You know those lists that determine what IPs should be blocked from mail servers ? Well, maybe the idea at one point was interesting (maybe not)... . I realized today that I'm again on a couple of lists, nothing major, I realized this because an email I tried to send was blocked. After investigation it appears that these would be the among the different reasons:

• Dynamic IP (which is not true of course)
• Someone on the same netblock sent a "bad" email .... in November !!!
• A server on my netblock bounced an email
• I bought a can of SPAM and I'm sure they know about it

Some of ... .. .

Icky on the inside ?

I noticed chrome is available for Debian/GNU Linux among others.. They have also been putting up ads around town that are impossible to miss. Some people think this is good, probably because Google is already their start page for many people, some even type the URL of the page they want to see on Google !

Some have told me to stop seeing evil everywhere and just bend over and. ... well, while I do think that the Google search engine is unquestionably good I don't think that I want to see one entity have so much control over the Internet, because the Internet belongs to everyone.. .well, things are ... .. .

Do you wonder if your internet is being sieved somewhere along the line ? People have been working on this subject and this question lead me to a few sites like OpenNet Initiative, You canget some gathered information on per country basis and more. Herdict is another site that I that met thanks to the previously mentioned site allows you to report a blocked site and view other's reports.

I also did a whois on a random IP that posted a spam comment, the "remarks" sections was quite explicit:

% Information related to '212.138.11... .. .