Although I did nothing non-standard before shut-down, this morning at
boot-up, for the first time, Little Snitch told me that some obscure
title wanted to connect to IP 77.67.10.140 which, on research, turned
out to be something connected with "Akamai". I denied the connection
then set out to discover what this was all about.

I did find a folder in my Applications folder, titled Akamai. I don't
recall downloading anything but clearly I did. The folder contents told
me nothing.

I googled and found a page at Wikipedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies> which, to me, is
obviously nothing more than puff from the manufacturer. When I clicked
the "discussion" link, I see someone else wrote "this article lacks an
explanation what akamai really does...I dont think its bad enough to be
an all out advertisement, but its pretty damn close" and I agree.

Another contributor replied "This article is the way it is because any
attempt to say what akamai does was erased, deleted, removed, etc. It
seems it's impossible to state that akamai's specialty 99% or more of
the time is to deliver trash adverts, being one of the biggest culprits
in internet useless and bandwidth-devourer traffic!!!..."

Yet another contributor said "From what others have said this,
obviously internet-centred, company keeps a watching brief on its wiki
entry and simply keeps it conforming to the company's official profile
statement. This ensures that it does not tell people like me what we
want to know. I don't know if the more serious accusations on this page
are true or not. I do know that the page does not answer the question -
what is this company and why do so many of the outgoing requests
through my firewall keep going there?"

The Akamai folder on my system thoughtfully contained an uninstaller so
I chose it. Goodbye Akamai.

But I mention it here because I'm still a bit "cloudy" on why I had it
and what it does. Did I do the right thing to uninstall it? Or could
there be some benefit from it?

Apple is reported to have a $12.5 million (USD) investment in the
company so I guess things can't be all bad.

On the other hand, another comment on the wiki page says "In September
1999 Microsoft and Akamai formed a strategic relationship to
incorporate Windows Media technology in Akamai's FreeFlow service, as
well as to facilitate the porting of the FreeFlow product to the
Windows platform; this relationship exists to this day" and this, to my
mind, is detrimental.

That page also makes numerous other boasts.

Ahhh since starting this post, I found another Wiki page that might be
more-neutral <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>
where this is written: "A content delivery network or content
distribution network (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies
of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize
bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network. A
client accesses a copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to
all clients accessing the same central server, so as to avoid
bottlenecks near that server."

So now I think I understand what Akamai is all about. But I'll continue
with this post anyway because others might be interested. And might
this be a pointer to one of the things Apple might be planning at its
new data centre?

The assertion that Akamai serves up extra advertising is enough to keep
me happy that I deleted it.

In article <291020100800355761%HP@snotmail.com>,
 High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:

> Ahhh since starting this post, I found another Wiki page that might 
> be more-neutral 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network> where this is 
> written: "A content delivery network or content distribution network 
> (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies of data, placed at 
> various points in a network so as to maximize bandwidth for access to 
> the data from clients throughout the network. A client accesses a 
> copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to all clients 
> accessing the same central server, so as to avoid bottlenecks near 
> that server."
> 
> So now I think I understand what Akamai is all about. But I'll 
> continue with this post anyway because others might be interested. 
> And might this be a pointer to one of the things Apple might be 
> planning at its new data centre?

The future is that your computer is tethered to the cloud where your 
licensed, copy-protected, you-"bought"-it-but-don't-own-it content will 
reside rather than on your own computer.  We are heading back full-tilt 
to centrally controlled computer systems of a smart network and 
not-so-smart terminals; the personal computer is being assimilated and 
resistance is futile.  The point is to serve the financial needs of the 
few at the expense of the many- as it is, so shall it be.  Blessed be 
the name of the Market.

Apple's been on this for a long time and have been better than most at 
figuring out effective business models.

> The assertion that Akamai serves up extra advertising is enough to 
> keep me happy that I deleted it.

Since most users want the interwebs to be free or very very cheap to 
use, like broadcast TV, the price to be paid is through advertising.

-- 
That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo.

In message <291020100800355761%HP@snotmail.com> 
  High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:
> Ahhh since starting this post, I found another Wiki page that might be
> more-neutral <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>
> where this is written: "A content delivery network or content
> distribution network (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies
> of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize
> bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network. A
> client accesses a copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to
> all clients accessing the same central server, so as to avoid
> bottlenecks near that server."

Apple has long used akima for distributing digital content, including
streaming video and direct downloads of software and software updates. I
don't think it is used by the software update application, but it may
well be.

> The assertion that Akamai serves up extra advertising is enough to keep
> me happy that I deleted it.

I have never seen an Akima application on any computer, so I have noidea
what you had and uninstalled.

Doing an `mdfind -name akima` on my server I see some files in time
machine that are web history links to a page on metacafe. that is all I
see.

-- 
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BART A DULL BOY ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES BART A DULL BOY Bart
chalkboard Ep. 1F07

In message <timmcn-2F1A4F.15372528102010@news-2.mpls.iphouse.net> 
  Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> The future is that your computer is tethered to the cloud where your 
> licensed, copy-protected, you-"bought"-it-but-don't-own-it content will 
> reside rather than on your own computer.  We are heading back full-tilt 
> to centrally controlled computer systems of a smart network and 
> not-so-smart terminals; the personal computer is being assimilated and 
> resistance is futile.  The point is to serve the financial needs of the 
> few at the expense of the many- as it is, so shall it be.  Blessed be 
> the name of the Market.

Stocked up on supplies of tin-foil, I hope? You know they're embedding
RFID tags in all tin-foil packaging starting in 2011, right? You're
going to have to wrap your tin-foil in tin-foil.


-- 
Secondly, the Earth's a Libra

In article <slrnicjvfr.2nrk.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>,
 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> 
> Stocked up on supplies of tin-foil, I hope? You know they're embedding
> RFID tags in all tin-foil packaging starting in 2011, right? You're
> going to have to wrap your tin-foil in tin-foil.

What is the RFID frequency, Kenneth? The BOys from MIT noted that using 
aluminium foil may actually increase the signal strength in the band 
Govts  use most often. I wonder if that would also take place with RFIDs.

-- 
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
 ---PJ O'Rourke

In article <291020100800355761%HP@snotmail.com>,
 High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:

> The Akamai folder on my system thoughtfully contained an uninstaller so
> I chose it. Goodbye Akamai.
> 
> But I mention it here because I'm still a bit "cloudy" on why I had it
> and what it does. Did I do the right thing to uninstall it? Or could
> there be some benefit from it?

Most of Akamai's services just use of Akamai's caching and proxy 
servers, but some of them are peer-to-peer.  The latter need the users 
to have a plug-in to participate.  But I'm not sure how this could get 
installed without your consent.

> 
> Apple is reported to have a $12.5 million (USD) investment in the
> company so I guess things can't be all bad.
> 
> On the other hand, another comment on the wiki page says "In September
> 1999 Microsoft and Akamai formed a strategic relationship to
> incorporate Windows Media technology in Akamai's FreeFlow service, as
> well as to facilitate the porting of the FreeFlow product to the
> Windows platform; this relationship exists to this day" and this, to my
> mind, is detrimental.

Most of the video you get these days goes through Akamai (and competitor 
CDNs).  Without services like these, performance would be horrible.  And 
they need to license the streaming technology from the software vendors: 
Adobe for Flash, Microsoft for Windows Media and Silverlight, Real 
Networks for Real.  Why do you think this is detrimental?

> 
> That page also makes numerous other boasts.
> 
> Ahhh since starting this post, I found another Wiki page that might be
> more-neutral <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>
> where this is written: "A content delivery network or content
> distribution network (CDN) is a system of computers containing copies
> of data, placed at various points in a network so as to maximize
> bandwidth for access to the data from clients throughout the network. A
> client accesses a copy of the data near to the client, as opposed to
> all clients accessing the same central server, so as to avoid
> bottlenecks near that server."
> 
> So now I think I understand what Akamai is all about. But I'll continue
> with this post anyway because others might be interested. And might
> this be a pointer to one of the things Apple might be planning at its
> new data centre?
> 
> The assertion that Akamai serves up extra advertising is enough to keep
> me happy that I deleted it.

Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
to your browser faster.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

In article <slrnicjvfr.2nrk.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>,
 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <timmcn-2F1A4F.15372528102010@news-2.mpls.iphouse.net> 
>   Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
> > The future is that your computer is tethered to the cloud where 
> > your licensed, copy-protected, you-"bought"-it-but-don't-own-it 
> > content will reside rather than on your own computer.  We are 
> > heading back full-tilt to centrally controlled computer systems of 
> > a smart network and not-so-smart terminals; the personal computer 
> > is being assimilated and resistance is futile.  The point is to 
> > serve the financial needs of the few at the expense of the many- as 
> > it is, so shall it be.  Blessed be the name of the Market.
> 
> Stocked up on supplies of tin-foil, I hope? You know they're 
> embedding RFID tags in all tin-foil packaging starting in 2011, 
> right? You're going to have to wrap your tin-foil in tin-foil.

You know, you're right.  Other people who know better than you should 
control you.  And no one knows better than those good, honest, 
well-meaning corporations with billions of dollars riding on your 
behavior.  Self-determination and freedom is just creepy leftist 
mumbo-jumbo, after all.  Halllelujah, I has been showed the light!

-- 
That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo.

In message <88mdnXqafNZWnFfRnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@earthlink.com> 
  Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnicjvfr.2nrk.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>,
>  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> 
>> Stocked up on supplies of tin-foil, I hope? You know they're embedding
>> RFID tags in all tin-foil packaging starting in 2011, right? You're
>> going to have to wrap your tin-foil in tin-foil.

> What is the RFID frequency, Kenneth? The BOys from MIT noted that using 
> aluminium foil may actually increase the signal strength in the band 
> Govts  use most often. I wonder if that would also take place with RFIDs.

Now what did you go and tell him THAT for. It's going to make monitoring
him harder. Guess we're going to have to go with the "alien abduction"
and put a tracker in his skull.

-- 
Chefet, Chefet, thought Dios. Maker of rings, weaver of metal. Now he's
out of our heads, and see how his nails grow into claws... 

In article <slrnicjvbi.2nrk.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:


> 
> I have never seen an Akima application on any computer, so I have noidea
> what you had and uninstalled.
> 
> Doing an `mdfind -name akima` on my server I see some files in time
> machine that are web history links to a page on metacafe. that is all I
> see.

You won't see much if you continue to mis-spell it.

Look in Wikipedia or MacUpdate (for example) for "Akamai"

In article <barmar-04AF3D.21230028102010@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:



> Most of Akamai's services just use of Akamai's caching and proxy 
> servers, but some of them are peer-to-peer.  The latter need the users 
> to have a plug-in to participate.  But I'm not sure how this could get 
> installed without your consent.

I wouldn't go so far as to claim that it was installed and activated
without my consent. Just that I don't recall downloading it.

My gripe was that it was more-assertive than the average app. And
sneaky as hell.



> 
> Most of the video you get these days goes through Akamai

Nope. I trashed the Akamai plug-in. Without it, my computer is unaware
of Akamai's servers and, instead, goes to the source.

> (and competitor 
> CDNs).  Without services like these, performance would be horrible.  And 
> they need to license the streaming technology from the software vendors: 
> Adobe for Flash, Microsoft for Windows Media and Silverlight, Real 
> Networks for Real.  Why do you think this is detrimental?

My complaint is that they serve up a flood of advertising that I don't
want. And I object to the stealth.



> 
> Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
> acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
> to your browser faster.

Revenue for third quarter, 2010 was a staggering $253 million. That's a
billion bucks a year! Where the hell do you think it comes from?

Their customers are advertisers � bastards who want to pollute my
internet experience with their shit.

No one's going to give them a billion bucks just for helping speed
their ads to me. If that's all Akamai did, the advertiser's ads will
reach me without any help.

No, Akamai takes a web site, and send it to me with  slew of new
advertisements paid for by the customers of Akamai.

Otherwise, why would they exist at all? Where would their revenue come
from? They boast a staggering 73,000 servers in 70 countries, serving
up more than 20% of all internet traffic. You don't get to a position
like that by just offering to speed things up a little.

They are secretive to us users because they know we would object. But
they need us to download their plug-in before they can connect to us.
So they have to conceal what they do. But they are not secretive to the
people who pay money to them � advertisers!

They are just a parasitic, unwelcome add-on that I can well do without.

In message <011120102316316532%HP@snotmail.com> 
  High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnicjvbi.2nrk.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:


>> 
>> I have never seen an Akima application on any computer, so I have noidea
>> what you had and uninstalled.
>> 
>> Doing an `mdfind -name akima` on my server I see some files in time
>> machine that are web history links to a page on metacafe. that is all I
>> see.

> You won't see much if you continue to mis-spell it.

Granted, but there's still precious little on my server.

A few files in the form Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/a960.g.akamai.net 
in a user Library folder. copies of same in the TimeMachine archive.  
Certainly no apps.

Oh, and some emails from 2001 when we were discussing the death of the
founder and CEO Daniel Lewin on one of the 9/11 planes.

-- 
Once again I am banished to the demon section of the card catalog

In message <011120102316336638%HP@snotmail.com> 
  High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <barmar-04AF3D.21230028102010@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> My gripe was that it was more-assertive than the average app. And
> sneaky as hell.

We still don't know what it is as Akamai doesn't install an app.



>> Most of the video you get these days goes through Akamai

> Nope. I trashed the Akamai plug-in. Without it, my computer is unaware
> of Akamai's servers and, instead, goes to the source.

No, most of your video will come from an Akamai server somewhere. You
are unlikely to ever notice this as the servers live between you and the
'source' site.

>> CDNs).  Without services like these, performance would be horrible.  And 
>> they need to license the streaming technology from the software vendors: 
>> Adobe for Flash, Microsoft for Windows Media and Silverlight, Real 
>> Networks for Real.  Why do you think this is detrimental?

> My complaint is that they serve up a flood of advertising that I don't
> want. And I object to the stealth.

You're still not understanding what Akamai is and does. It doesn't
'send' you anything that you didn't, in some way, request. If an ad
comes from an Akamai server its because the web page you're visiting has
cached that add on the Akamai servers.


>> Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
>> acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
>> to your browser faster.

> Revenue for third quarter, 2010 was a staggering $253 million. That's a
> billion bucks a year! Where the hell do you think it comes from?

From companies that use Akamai's servers to help distribute their videos,
downloads, system updates, etc.

> Their customers are advertisers ‹ bastards who want to pollute my
> internet experience with their shit.

No, they aren't.

Read <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies>. especially
under "Content Delivery to a user".

> No, Akamai takes a web site, and send it to me with  slew of new
> advertisements paid for by the customers of Akamai.

No, you are completely, 100% wrong in your understanding of what Akamai
does.

> Otherwise, why would they exist at all? Where would their revenue come
> from? They boast a staggering 73,000 servers in 70 countries, serving
> up more than 20% of all internet traffic. You don't get to a position
> like that by just offering to speed things up a little.

Yes, in point of fact you do because it speeds up traffic a LOT, not a
little.

> They are secretive to us users because they know we would object. But
> they need us to download their plug-in before they can connect to us.

I have never downloaded an Akamai plugin. I have no idea what was on
your system.

> So they have to conceal what they do. But they are not secretive to the
> people who pay money to them ‹ advertisers!

Read the wiki page under "Customers". Microsoft, NBC, Apple, BBC, Hulu.
All of these use Akamai to help speed distribution of digital content.
As I recall ALL Hulu videos are hosted on Akamai servers.

-- 
When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing that in a matter
of hours we'd changed the way we were going. Where would I be now? Where
would I be now if we'd never met? Would I be singing this song to
someone else instead?

In article <011120102316336638%HP@snotmail.com>,
 High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:

> In article <barmar-04AF3D.21230028102010@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Most of the video you get these days goes through Akamai
> 
> Nope. I trashed the Akamai plug-in. Without it, my computer is unaware
> of Akamai's servers and, instead, goes to the source.

The plug-in has nothing to do with it.  Companies that use Akamai to 
deliver their web sites do it through DNS.  For instance:

$ host www.hulu.com
www.hulu.com is an alias for www.hulu.com.edgesuite.net.
www.hulu.com.edgesuite.net is an alias for a1700.g.akamai.net.

> 
> > (and competitor 
> > CDNs).  Without services like these, performance would be horrible.  And 
> > they need to license the streaming technology from the software vendors: 
> > Adobe for Flash, Microsoft for Windows Media and Silverlight, Real 
> > Networks for Real.  Why do you think this is detrimental?
> 
> My complaint is that they serve up a flood of advertising that I don't
> want. And I object to the stealth.

The advertising they serve up is the same as you'd get if the company 
were doing it themselves.  It's not "extra".

> > Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
> > acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
> > to your browser faster.
> 
> Revenue for third quarter, 2010 was a staggering $253 million. That's a
> billion bucks a year! Where the hell do you think it comes from?
> 
> Their customers are advertisers � bastards who want to pollute my
> internet experience with their shit.

Their customers are all the web sites that use them.  For instance, 
Apple uses them to serve all the iTunes and App Store content.

> No one's going to give them a billion bucks just for helping speed
> their ads to me. If that's all Akamai did, the advertiser's ads will
> reach me without any help.

If all the advertisers tried to do it themselves without the help of 
Akamai, Limelight, Level 3, etc., their servers wouldn't be able to 
handle the load.

> No, Akamai takes a web site, and send it to me with  slew of new
> advertisements paid for by the customers of Akamai.
> 
> Otherwise, why would they exist at all? Where would their revenue come
> from? They boast a staggering 73,000 servers in 70 countries, serving
> up more than 20% of all internet traffic. You don't get to a position
> like that by just offering to speed things up a little.

They speed things up a LOT.  Online video would be practically 
impossible without CDNs.  It would totally overload the exchanges where 
ISPs connect to each other.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

I

> You're still not understanding what Akamai is and does.

Yes I am


> It doesn't
> 'send' you anything that you didn't, in some way, request. If an ad
> comes from an Akamai server its because the web page you're visiting has
> cached that add on the Akamai servers.

Wrong.




> 
> 
> >> Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
> >> acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
> >> to your browser faster.

Disagree. Study further, like I have. You'll soon find yourself asking
"who would pay them a billion dollars a year jut to make their
advertisement arrive a few milliseconds faster?

Of the ad is already there, the advertiser has no reason to pay a
fortune to make their ad arrive slightly earlier. Makes no sense.




> Read the wiki page under "Customers". Microsoft, NBC, Apple, BBC, Hulu.
> All of these use Akamai to help speed distribution of digital content.
> As I recall ALL Hulu videos are hosted on Akamai servers.

Yes of course they would emphasise those names. You are naive. That
wikipedia page reads obviously as having been written as a PR piece by
Akamai themselves. Click the "discussion" link and you'll see others
say exactly the same.

You need to turn your "skeptic" switch on. The world is not as benign
as you think.

In article <021120102103141055%HP@snotmail.com>,
 High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:

> I
> 
> > You're still not understanding what Akamai is and does.
> 
> Yes I am
> 
> 
> > It doesn't
> > 'send' you anything that you didn't, in some way, request. If an ad
> > comes from an Akamai server its because the web page you're visiting has
> > cached that add on the Akamai servers.
> 
> Wrong.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > >> Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
> > >> acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
> > >> to your browser faster.
> 
> Disagree. Study further, like I have. You'll soon find yourself asking
> "who would pay them a billion dollars a year jut to make their
> advertisement arrive a few milliseconds faster?
> 
> Of the ad is already there, the advertiser has no reason to pay a
> fortune to make their ad arrive slightly earlier. Makes no sense.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Read the wiki page under "Customers". Microsoft, NBC, Apple, BBC, Hulu.
> > All of these use Akamai to help speed distribution of digital content.
> > As I recall ALL Hulu videos are hosted on Akamai servers.
> 
> Yes of course they would emphasise those names. You are naive. That
> wikipedia page reads obviously as having been written as a PR piece by
> Akamai themselves. Click the "discussion" link and you'll see others
> say exactly the same.
> 
> You need to turn your "skeptic" switch on. The world is not as benign
> as you think.

You need to either start taking your meds again or your privileges to 
the day room and access to the internet will be suspended.  Seriously.

Or the black helicopters will find you and disappear you to some nice 
middle eastern country where you can be questioned without any problem 
from a Constitution.

http://www.eclectech.co.uk/mindcontrol.php

-- 
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[I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored]

In message <021120102103141055%HP@snotmail.com> 
  High Priest <HP@snotmail.com> wrote:
>> You're still not understanding what Akamai is and does.

> Yes I am

Not even a little bit.

>> It doesn't
>> 'send' you anything that you didn't, in some way, request. If an ad
>> comes from an Akamai server its because the web page you're visiting has
>> cached that add on the Akamai servers.

> Wrong.

Not wrong. Exactly right.

>> >> Akamai doesn't serve extra advertising.  They just provide the web 
>> >> acceleration service used by many advertisers, so that the ads will get 
>> >> to your browser faster.

> Disagree. Study further, like I have. You'll soon find yourself asking
> "who would pay them a billion dollars a year jut to make their
> advertisement arrive a few milliseconds faster?

I know a lot about akamai and have for many years now. The people who
pay them are Hulu, Apple, Microsoft,And anyone outside of Google who has
digital content to distribute.

> Of the ad is already there, the advertiser has no reason to pay a
> fortune to make their ad arrive slightly earlier. Makes no sense.

You are, again, demonstrating your complete lack of understanding.

> Yes of course they would emphasise those names. You are naive. That
> wikipedia page reads obviously as having been written as a PR piece by
> Akamai themselves. Click the "discussion" link and you'll see others
> say exactly the same.

Doesn't change the fact that that is where their money comes from.

> You need to turn your "skeptic" switch on. The world is not as benign
> as you think.

Has nothing to do with it. You are making shit up that isn't true.

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He [Edward d'Eath] could think in italics. Such people needed watching.
Preferably from a safe distance.