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Re:Who's Attacking My Server? by passivate on Monday March 14, 2022 @12:17PM (#30674281)
That is false. They can apply for a visitor card - which has a $25 fee.

In any case, physical goods and services are not analogous to digital goods and services. Or are you redoing the the piracy-is-stealing argument??

Re:Who's Attacking My Server? by alasdair_ on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:39PM (#30677177)
I'm doing the "it's still a 'public service' even if there are location restrictions" argument, since almost anything I can think of as a typical example of a "public service" (police, fire, medical, education, access to courts, etc.) also have location restrictions and we call all of those things "public services".

If you want a special definition of "public service" that means "accessible every human on earth without any exclusions" then that's fine, but telling someone something isn't a public service because you want to use a special definition of the phrase that no one else seems to use is a bit... overly argumentative?

Re:Who's Attacking My Server? by passivate on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:41AM (#30682008)
Fair enough, I didn't mean to be argumentative but I accept your criticism.