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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:21:02 -0500, Wildman wrote:
You unzip it first. The idea to zip the file was to reduce its size for posting. I understand the concept of a zip file. But, I have to PASTE the *contents* of the file into pastebin.com in order for that web site to work. Right? So, it's not a file upload kind of thing. If it were a file upload, then the zip concept would work better. (much better). But, pastebin is a content *paste* concept (it seems). And, well, pasting the contents of a zip file is messy. Very messy. So, I found a better way just now... Here are just the thousands of sites I have personally added that are *not* in the MVP Hosts file today: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c I created that file by comparing my current hosts file with the current MVP hosts file at http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm To extract just my changes, I used the techniques explained he http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...n-another-file Specifically, I called my hosts file, "file1", and then I called today's MVP HOSTS file "file2", and then I ran this command to get the difference: $ comm -2 -3 (sort file1) (sort file2) file3 The results, i.e., "file3", were pasted into pastebin.com. These are the thousands of web sites I have found to be obnoxious that are *not* in the MVP Hosts file today: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c If you find a problem, please call me on it. If you know how to tell the MVP people about these additions, please do. |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 02:17:29 +0000, Ned Turnbull wrote:
BTW, I'm going to shorten the file to eight thousand lines because I just found out how to create a file of just the differences I've added, which is explained he Here is the paste of just my additions, although it was ten thousand lines, so, maybe the sort went wrong... http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:16:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
I certainly wouldn't want a HOSTS file that big. The vast majority of the entires are bound to be sites I'll never visit, either first- party or third-party. Here are just the ten thousand sites that I've visited that I found obnoxious. http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c I created this listing by copying my current hosts file to "file1", and then copying today's MVP Hosts file to "file2" (removing Windows style line feeds and end of file characters) and then running the command shown at the web site below: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...n-another-file Namely: $ comm -2 -3 (sort file1) (sort file2) file3 That result was pasted into pastebin.com, which resulted in this URL: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c With those ten thousand additions, I almost never see a popup or an advertisement, plus a ton of trackers are disabled. Sure, there are *other* ways to do that, but if you have Mac, Linux, and Windows machines, this one file will work for all three and it's trivial to implement. Anyway, I give it to the world, and the world can decide, for themselves, whether they want to avail themselves of the power, or not. NOTE: There is no performance hit, that I know of, except for Windows there is one service you want to turn off (anyway), which is explained in the MVP HOSTS web site. On Linux & Mac, it works flawlessly without any performance hit whatsoever, even with tens of thousands of entries in the hosts file. |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:21:02 -0500, Wildman wrote:
Should have been: zip hosts hosts.zip Thank you for explaining that. I didn't spend a lot of time on the zipping, but I do appreciate the suggestion, so I'll save that syntax for the future. The reason I didn't spend a lot of time was twofold: 1. A zip file would be gibberish to cut and paste and most people would be leery of copying and pasting it. 2. When I tried, the gedit command was "too smart" as it automagically unzipped it, when I didn't want it to. So, I gave up on the zip file idea pretty quickly, but, please do note that the MVP Hosts file "is" a zipped file, so, it's a perfectly valid concept; it just doesn't work with the suggested pastebin.com web site. |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:16:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
But if you want to make it available to people then why not get your own website? I write apnotes all day, every day. I *should* create my own web site. I really should. I agree. But, for now, here are "my" ten thousand additions to the MVP Hosts file, which you can have, free of charge, to do what you want with: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 02:56:04 +0000 (UTC)
Ned Turnbull wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:21:02 -0500, Wildman wrote: You unzip it first. The idea to zip the file was to reduce its size for posting. I understand the concept of a zip file. But, I have to PASTE the *contents* of the file into pastebin.com in order for that web site to work. Right? So, it's not a file upload kind of thing. If it were a file upload, then the zip concept would work better. (much better). But, pastebin is a content *paste* concept (it seems). And, well, pasting the contents of a zip file is messy. Very messy. So, I found a better way just now... Here are just the thousands of sites I have personally added that are *not* in the MVP Hosts file today: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c I created that file by comparing my current hosts file with the current MVP hosts file at http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm To extract just my changes, I used the techniques explained he http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...n-another-file Specifically, I called my hosts file, "file1", and then I called today's MVP HOSTS file "file2", and then I ran this command to get the difference: $ comm -2 -3 (sort file1) (sort file2) file3 The results, i.e., "file3", were pasted into pastebin.com. These are the thousands of web sites I have found to be obnoxious that are *not* in the MVP Hosts file today: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c If you find a problem, please call me on it. If you know how to tell the MVP people about these additions, please do. I'm afraid I don't know anything about pastebin.com. The way it works makes a zip a bad idea. Someone else suggested to use Dropbox and that would be my recommendation as well. It will accept any type of file without having to use copy/paste. You just drag your file(s) into the "Dropbox" directory on the hard drive. All you need is a valid email address to sign up for their free account. I can't remember how much space you get but I think it is around 3-4gig. -- Wildman GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:09:46 -0500, Wildman wrote:
I'm afraid I don't know anything about pastebin.com. The way it works makes a zip a bad idea. Someone else suggested to use Dropbox Hi Wildman, I think we're fine now. While a zip file is generally a great idea, it won't work here because we want the file to remain as a text file. So the pastebin.com idea by Paul was perfect, except that my combined file was too large for a single paste. I've since stripped out the ten thousand additions I've manually added to the MVP Hosts file, so, now, *anyone* can combine the two on their own with a simple word processor. Here are the ~15,000 domains that MVP folks think you should avoid: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Here are ~10,000 additional domains I've found that "I" would avoid: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c Combining those two files gives you ~25,000 domains which will never bother you again. This works on all platforms, and is trivial to implement by anyone who knows how a hosts file works. |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
Ned Turnbull wrote:
[....] All this is asking is *where* I can post my excellent HOSTS file so that others may benefit from using it? It's looooooong (it's almost 25K lines long!). I just want to post it, as a text file, so others can use it and improve it. What location do you suggest? You've had lots of advice already ...... but I'd like you to carry out a test! Try posting your loooooooooong Hosts file into this test group: Newsgroups: 0.test It's REAL! See Message-ID: An experiment really! And it doesn't COST anything! ;-) -- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for others to benefit)?
"Ned Turnbull" wrote in message
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:16:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote: I certainly wouldn't want a HOSTS file that big. The vast majority of the entires are bound to be sites I'll never visit, either first- party or third-party. With those ten thousand additions, I almost never see a popup or an advertisement, plus a ton of trackers are disabled. Sure, there are *other* ways to do that, but if you have Mac, Linux, and Windows machines, this one file will work for all three and it's trivial to implement. Anyway, I give it to the world, and the world can decide, for themselves, whether they want to avail themselves of the power, or not. Where should the statue be erected? -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for others to benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:05:47 -0400, "dadiOH" wrote:
"Ned Turnbull" wrote in message On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:16:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote: I certainly wouldn't want a HOSTS file that big. The vast majority of the entires are bound to be sites I'll never visit, either first- party or third-party. With those ten thousand additions, I almost never see a popup or an advertisement, plus a ton of trackers are disabled. Sure, there are *other* ways to do that, but if you have Mac, Linux, and Windows machines, this one file will work for all three and it's trivial to implement. Anyway, I give it to the world, and the world can decide, for themselves, whether they want to avail themselves of the power, or not. Where should the statue be erected? Who is this geezer. Has anyone checked his bona fides? Sent from my iFurryUnderbelly. -- p-0.0-h the cat Internet Terrorist, Mass sock puppeteer, Agent provocateur, Gutter rat, Devil incarnate, Linux user#666, ******* hacker, Resident evil, Monkey Boy, Certifiable criminal, Spineless cowardly scum, textbook Psychopath, the SCOURGE, l33t p00h d3 tr0ll, p00h == lam3r, p00h == tr0ll, troll infâme, the OVERCAT [The BEARPAIR are dead, and we are its murderers], lowlife troll, shyster [pending approval by STATE_TERROR], cripple, sociopath, kook, smug prick, smartarse, arsehole, moron, idiot, imbecile, snittish scumbag, liar, total ******* retard, shill, pooh-seur, and scouringerer. NewsGroups Numbrer One Terrorist Honorary SHYSTER and FRAUD awarded for services to Haberdashery. By Appointment to God Frank-Lin. Signature integrity check md5 Checksum: be0b2a8c486d83ce7db9a459b26c4896 |
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:05:47 -0400, dadiOH wrote:
Where should the statue be erected? In the host country, of course! |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:19:20 +0100, p-0''0-h the cat (ES) wrote:
Who is this geezer. Has anyone checked his bona fides? Is this the "real" pooh? If so, I'm glad to re-make your acquaintance! |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:00:05 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:
An experiment really! And it doesn't COST anything! ;-) |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for others to benefit)?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:34:29 +0000 (UTC), Ned Turnbull
wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:19:20 +0100, p-0''0-h the cat (ES) wrote: Who is this geezer. Has anyone checked his bona fides? Is this the "real" pooh? If so, I'm glad to re-make your acquaintance! Eeyore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sent from my iFurryUnderbelly. -- p-0.0-h the cat Internet Terrorist, Mass sock puppeteer, Agent provocateur, Gutter rat, Devil incarnate, Linux user#666, ******* hacker, Resident evil, Monkey Boy, Certifiable criminal, Spineless cowardly scum, textbook Psychopath, the SCOURGE, l33t p00h d3 tr0ll, p00h == lam3r, p00h == tr0ll, troll infâme, the OVERCAT [The BEARPAIR are dead, and we are its murderers], lowlife troll, shyster [pending approval by STATE_TERROR], cripple, sociopath, kook, smug prick, smartarse, arsehole, moron, idiot, imbecile, snittish scumbag, liar, total ******* retard, shill, pooh-seur, and scouringerer. NewsGroups Numbrer One Terrorist Honorary SHYSTER and FRAUD awarded for services to Haberdashery. By Appointment to God Frank-Lin. Signature integrity check md5 Checksum: be0b2a8c486d83ce7db9a459b26c4896 |
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I have a fantastic HOSTS file (where can I post it for othersto benefit)?
On 08/29/2014 11:03 PM, Ned Turnbull wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:16:45 -0400, Mayayana wrote: I certainly wouldn't want a HOSTS file that big. The vast majority of the entires are bound to be sites I'll never visit, either first- party or third-party. Here are just the ten thousand sites that I've visited that I found obnoxious. http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c I created this listing by copying my current hosts file to "file1", and then copying today's MVP Hosts file to "file2" (removing Windows style line feeds and end of file characters) and then running the command shown at the web site below: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...n-another-file Namely: $ comm -2 -3 (sort file1) (sort file2) file3 That result was pasted into pastebin.com, which resulted in this URL: http://pastebin.com/WJy5WH2c With those ten thousand additions, I almost never see a popup or an advertisement, plus a ton of trackers are disabled. Sure, there are *other* ways to do that, but if you have Mac, Linux, and Windows machines, this one file will work for all three and it's trivial to implement. Anyway, I give it to the world, and the world can decide, for themselves, whether they want to avail themselves of the power, or not. NOTE: There is no performance hit, that I know of, except for Windows there is one service you want to turn off (anyway), which is explained in the MVP HOSTS web site. On Linux & Mac, it works flawlessly without any performance hit whatsoever, even with tens of thousands of entries in the hosts file. 'atta boy!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks |
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