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If anyone is interested how photography resolution compares to digital, I found a great link once about this: http://www.users.qwest.net/~rnclark/scandetail.htm

It's pretty eye-opening if you think digital photography is getting close to film.

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Strange... Maybe I'll send an Unlambda example at least:

```s``s``sii`ki
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``s`k`s`ks``s``s`ks``s`k`s`kr``s`k`sikk
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It's quite challanging to parse that code, once you know the syntax.

I also like Unlambda, but Brainf*** is my language of choice.

Exactly. Just ask their credit-card processing company, they must have some place where they credit the money to.

And even without this, on most spams, you have a sender IP to work with, which leads to an ISP, which theoretically has logs about who used that IP at the time the spam was sent. However, the problem is, many, ISPs don't really care, and consider it more cost efficient to just file mails to abuse into /dev/null .

But I imagine, a court order would really help to encourage them to act, unless of course they didn't keep any logs in the first place. However, spam is often such a minor offense that nobody bothers to intend legal action against the offenders.

Take a gander at the Announcement. It seems as their XBox giveaway promotion is not enticing people to sell their soul as quickly as they had hoped. The new switchover date is set for the beginning of march.

So, you still have some time to switch to a linux/mac friendly ISP. Might I suggest Deru Internet. They offer 20 email accounts (which you can access via any email client, unlike msn) and 100mb of storage, all for about 2 bucks more than what Qwest/MSN charges.

It already there, built into NUON DVD Players. It was written by Jeff Minter and called VLM(Video Light Machine). A hundred+ effects, synced to the music(and not just the beats). 'Trippy' doesnt even begin to describe it.
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Qwest will continue to provide Business customers with Internet Service Provider (ISP) services, such as:

* Qwest.net OfficeWorksSM
* Qwest.net OfficeWorksSM LAN



This is a business customer service. In the agreement you are entitled to run any service you wish. If you have facts that indicate MSN's got it's eyes on that offering, please substantiate.

Upgrade to OfficeWorks and run your own mail server. Problem solved. How long does it take anyone around here to set up a simple mail/name server so they can manage their own mail. Think about it.... you want your mail based at an ISP anyway?

I'm not.

They do mention Mac's in the FAQ, but no other OS's (there are other OS's?). What choices are provided in the form? Could you prevent the change from occuring if you choose something like Linux?

I give away some software I've written because of simple economics: the cost of one or two or even 100 transactions is just too high. I'm not set up to charge people $150 for a SPARC assembler: I don't have a tax ID, I don't want a tax ID, I don't even want to know about taxes, I can't accept credit cards. The cost of getting set up to make the transaction would be too high. I could never recoup it.

Very specialized software for certain tasks will never have very many buyers. The cost of the few transactions will always put that software in some grey area where the writer may as well give it away.

This seems like an argument for micropayments, doesn't it?

I give away some software I've written because of simple economics: the cost of one or two or even 100 transactions is just too high. I'm not set up to charge people $150 for a SPARC assembler: I don't have a tax ID, I don't want a tax ID, I don't even want to know about taxes, I can't accept credit cards. The cost of getting set up to make the transaction would be too high. I could never recoup it.

Very specialized software for certain tasks will never have very many buyers. The cost of the few transactions will always put that software in some grey area where the writer may as well give it away.

This seems like an argument for micropayments, doesn't it?

Right now 64bit computing is simply for high end workstations and servers.

Oh, rubbish. I've had a 64-bit CPU running Linux for several years.
Under no circumstances could you consider my UDB a "high end" box of any sort. 64-bit computing is for whoever wants to fiddle with it.

Mr. Lutton's page has more comprehensive and consolidated information on the 67x's than QWest & Cisco combined.

Microsoft would probably just offer everyone a free month of MSN Internet connectivity. :-)

Actually, qwest.net is being sold to MSN.

MSN is actually gobbling up the ILEC's, so why bother with a CLEC?
Here's the proof.

I know lots of people have had problems getting one or both of the great broadband connections, but I couldn't be happier - except perhaps if high-speed DSL was a little cheaper for me.

FYI, my cable provider was MediaOne/RoadRunner (don't know who might have bought M1 now though) and my DSL providers have been Qwest (line, service, formerly USWest) and BitStream Underground (service). I'm located in the Twin Cities. Tell them all I sent ya, I'll split the referral bonus with ya ;)

- Headius

The business press (local, national and international) has traditionally been very nice to companies that are currently on top, but the kind of 100% criticism-free reporting that Microsoft gets is just astounding.

No business reporter ever got fired for kissing Microsoft's butt, I guess. This article from Brill's Content describes what happens to reporters who don't toe the M$ line.

Running a DSL from Qwest since October 2000, and have been very pleased with it. I pay a little extra, but, last Sunday, I toasted my 675 with a CBOS update at 5:30 am, and, had a 678 replacement by 11:30 am Tuesday, courtesy of UPS as an RMA. My Hat's off to Qwest, for this. They truly came through for me.

Friday, I had a power outtage (first since I moved here). Was only about a minute and a half, but, that was enough to knock all the machines and the router off-line. So, yesterday, I headed to Fry's and picked up APC 500VA BACK-APC Back-Ups and started my planning.

I used Xfig to draft up a decent network layout and to plan my UPSes and which machines to plug into them based on power needs, and availability priorities. Then, I set out on the physical changes by starting from the left and moving right. I was able to remove 4 power strips (along with the concommitant electrical hazard and wiring mess) by using the 3 UPS-powered outlets in the APC's for the machines, and, the 3 surge-protected outlets for monitors, printers, alarm clocks, sound-card power adaptors, etc. I ran the RJ-11 phone chord through the small UPS that only has the router and the primary server to thwart electrical charges from coming through at the DeMarc.

I also made sure to take up all slack on CAT-V cables so there was little cable left dangling that might attract the cat (feline type of device) to chew on it. Trust me: this is important if you have one of these biological devices with access to the server room. Just coil them up and use twisties to secure them (the CAT-V cables; not the cat).

I use my 2nd bedroom that has a stand-alone air-conditioner in it that keeps the temperature at 78 degrees so they don't overheat. Also, don't smoke (if you do) in the room you reserve for your machines. I have one of these machines (can you guess which) in a different room with a 19" monitor that I use for all my other needs.

Lastly, I'm using Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) to keep an eye on things and check it in the morning to make sure no one's using the DSL router, but, me. A quick check on traffic usage, and, then, another check to make sure there are no machine crashes let's me start the day. Then, I start by checking mail to deal with the port-scanners, my customers, and, make my tour of the latest security news.

Linux rocks!!! www.dedserius.com

Wow! They even give you a Usenet porn primer in their presentation on Law Enforcement on the internet! Their slides show various newsgroups including: alt.sex.masterbation.pictures.female.teen and alt.sex.bondage! http://www.users.qwest.net/~lawenforcement/LawEnfo rce1.pdf pages 18-21

I had the slashdot main page open already, so I thought I'd try it. Here's what I came up with (not a perfect match, but close enough to show it can be done):

LaTeX file., The package with the incomprehesible bits, All needed files in tar.gz, The postscript output (gzipped)

It would require literally weeks of dedicated LaTeX hacking, and the result would be a horrific kludge.

Closer to a few hours. And I wouldn't call it a horrific kludge... I'm sure it would take some time to recreate the slashdot page in HTML as well.

You can set up quite complicated layouts with proper use of the TeX \hbox and \vbox primitives. Then you just need to visualize your layout as boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes, etc. (Of course I'm not advocating replacing HTML with LaTeX, I just took exception to the statement that it was "for all practical purposes impossible" to do something as complicated as the slashdot homepage in LaTeX.)

I had the slashdot main page open already, so I thought I'd try it. Here's what I came up with (not a perfect match, but close enough to show it can be done):

LaTeX file., The package with the incomprehesible bits, All needed files in tar.gz, The postscript output (gzipped)

It would require literally weeks of dedicated LaTeX hacking, and the result would be a horrific kludge.

Closer to a few hours. And I wouldn't call it a horrific kludge... I'm sure it would take some time to recreate the slashdot page in HTML as well.

You can set up quite complicated layouts with proper use of the TeX \hbox and \vbox primitives. Then you just need to visualize your layout as boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes, etc. (Of course I'm not advocating replacing HTML with LaTeX, I just took exception to the statement that it was "for all practical purposes impossible" to do something as complicated as the slashdot homepage in LaTeX.)

I had the slashdot main page open already, so I thought I'd try it. Here's what I came up with (not a perfect match, but close enough to show it can be done):

LaTeX file., The package with the incomprehesible bits, All needed files in tar.gz, The postscript output (gzipped)

It would require literally weeks of dedicated LaTeX hacking, and the result would be a horrific kludge.

Closer to a few hours. And I wouldn't call it a horrific kludge... I'm sure it would take some time to recreate the slashdot page in HTML as well.

You can set up quite complicated layouts with proper use of the TeX \hbox and \vbox primitives. Then you just need to visualize your layout as boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes, etc. (Of course I'm not advocating replacing HTML with LaTeX, I just took exception to the statement that it was "for all practical purposes impossible" to do something as complicated as the slashdot homepage in LaTeX.)

I had the slashdot main page open already, so I thought I'd try it. Here's what I came up with (not a perfect match, but close enough to show it can be done):

LaTeX file., The package with the incomprehesible bits, All needed files in tar.gz, The postscript output (gzipped)

It would require literally weeks of dedicated LaTeX hacking, and the result would be a horrific kludge.

Closer to a few hours. And I wouldn't call it a horrific kludge... I'm sure it would take some time to recreate the slashdot page in HTML as well.

You can set up quite complicated layouts with proper use of the TeX \hbox and \vbox primitives. Then you just need to visualize your layout as boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes in boxes, etc. (Of course I'm not advocating replacing HTML with LaTeX, I just took exception to the statement that it was "for all practical purposes impossible" to do something as complicated as the slashdot homepage in LaTeX.)

Uh, scuse the busted links... the "these" I was referring to are/were the OSI Superboard C1P. You should be able to navigate to it by clicking here (not my page, just a place with a good pic). My fault for not checking the links. Dadburn HTML andyhow.

Oh, yeah, here's a link to a picture of one, in case you needed help remembering. By the way, did anybody else ever mess with one of these groovy old things?

I don't live in the northwest, but I'm involved in the ISP business, and I've heard nothing good about USWest. Qwest, on the other hand, has been pretty good when it comes to bandwidth for ISPs. Hopefully Qwest will force a clue down USWest's throat, instead of absorbing USWest's poison, which is what happened to AT&T when they swallowed TCI.

On other other hand, not everyone at Qwest is a rocket scientist. Starting about a month ago, and still on several pages, is Qwest's "new" phone number: 1-800-RIDE-QWEST. Look really closely at that phone number, then ask yourself: Do you want those people making decisions that affect your dialtone?

P.S.: No, most phones don't.