Is there a way to set up a caller ID system so that the phones won't even ring if the caller is not known?
Sure. Only hook up a modem with caller id and check the incoming phone numbers. If it matches, play a wav file.
On a similar note, back in the early 90's when I ran a BBS on my Amiga, I had one user who caused nothing but trouble. I set up a script to check the incoming caller id number and, if it was his number, the script wouldn't send the answer command.
For example, if I want to watch a DVD, then I have to press:
- TV, power (TV powers on)
- DVD, power (DVD powers on)
- AMP, 8 (which flips the receiver to the DVD input)
But WAIT! The instructions are different if the TV is already on. The complexity is MIND boggling. I will give ALL OF MY MONEY to someone who can fix the problem.
Devices should have distinct 'On' and 'Off' codes so that if you want something 'On', send the 'On' code and the device will ignore you if it is already on. This way, scripts can work regardless of the initial state of the device.
The animated picture on the web site makes it easy to use with a mouse but what happens when using a pen-based computer? It appears that right-handed users would be at a disadvantage using left-to-right languages like English because their writing hand would obscure the subsequent choices. Left-handed users would be disadvantaged if using it for writing a right-to-left language such as Hebrew.
Given the fact that most companies don't want the possibility of anyone outside the company viewing their information, I don't think this will take off.
What if admins were able to prohibit machines outside of the corporate LAN from joining the corporate distributed effort and vice versa?
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
This might be a last resort, but how about selling your house and moving? It may be less expensive than paying for infrastructure installation. And, of course, you will have to find someone who doesn't care about Internet access to buy it.
Another (difficult) option is to simply wait. Eventually there will be a good solution available to you.
Richard Stallman's suggestions are good, but I would suggest that his or any other remedy imposed on Microsoft should also be imposed on all of the other software companies. Would it be fair to only impose these remedies on Microsoft?
The web operates over the http:// protocol, and this is not going to last forever, as the web is not the be-all and end-all of content provision. IIRC, the path the IETF is following infers that the tv:// protocol is more likely to be important for broadband delivery, similarly phone:// and fax:// will count more than the TLD does.
TLDs will still be used within different protocols just as they are within ftp:// and telnet://, etc, today.
Which has the most visual impact tv://aol.com or http://aol.tv?
I doubt users will ever see tv://. My ftp and telnet software does not show ftp:// or telnet://. The video software will automatically denote this. FOX will have video://fox.tv for their video, http://fox.tv for their web site, and ftp://fox.tv for their ftp site.
If I were in Tuvalo, I'd be laughing at the shortsighted fool, while rolling around in a pile of money.
Yes, I agree. See my other posts under this article for why.
The so-called 'Internet revolution' that is supposed to be sweeping the world is going to be hard pressed to reach the small island state of Tuvalu now. Has this government sold out it's people by selling this domain or has there government pulled down a really cool score.
I think they made a good choice in selling off their TLD. Why can't Tuvalu businesses use the general TLDs to have the 'Internet revolution' reach them? Many (most?) businesses in other countries use.com because it is more recognizable. They would never have made much off the domain by selling it to their citizens/businesses, and what could they do with the.tv domain that they cannot do with the general TLDs that are available? Perhaps they could have made more money selling to TV companies directly, but perhaps they felt having dottv do it was better for them.
I don't really see why there are country domains in a place where geography means so little. Other than governments, (which generally have a 1 to 1 relationship with countries) what is the benefit of having country codes in a domain name? It may make some sense to put country codes under the.gov TLD as SLDs (Second Level Domains). (e.g. us.gov, tv.gov, etc.)
Instead of country TLDs we need about ten good general TLDs that will encompass the major categories of sites, (more than that would get confusing) in order to relieve the pressure on the.com TLD.
Should.tv be a TLD? Or should it be a(n) SLD under.rec?
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scp or pscp?
Is there a way to set up a caller ID system so that the phones won't even ring if the caller is not known?
Sure. Only hook up a modem with caller id and check the incoming phone numbers. If it matches, play a wav file.
On a similar note, back in the early 90's when I ran a BBS on my Amiga, I had one user who caused nothing but trouble. I set up a script to check the incoming caller id number and, if it was his number, the script wouldn't send the answer command.
For example, if I want to watch a DVD, then I have to press:
- TV, power (TV powers on)
- DVD, power (DVD powers on)
- AMP, 8 (which flips the receiver to the DVD input)
But WAIT! The instructions are different if the TV is already on. The complexity is MIND boggling. I will give ALL OF MY MONEY to someone who can fix the problem.
Devices should have distinct 'On' and 'Off' codes so that if you want something 'On', send the 'On' code and the device will ignore you if it is already on. This way, scripts can work regardless of the initial state of the device.
You didn't read the article did you?
The article states why base 3 is the most efficient.
I wonder if this would be easier or faster for Stephen Hawking to use compared to his current system.
The animated picture on the web site makes it easy to use with a mouse but what happens when using a pen-based computer? It appears that right-handed users would be at a disadvantage using left-to-right languages like English because their writing hand would obscure the subsequent choices. Left-handed users would be disadvantaged if using it for writing a right-to-left language such as Hebrew.
I wonder what the total Mean Time Between Failures is on all that equipment. It must be approaching zero.
Given the fact that most companies don't want the possibility of anyone outside the company viewing their information, I don't think this will take off.
What if admins were able to prohibit machines outside of the corporate LAN from joining the corporate distributed effort and vice versa?
We use Logic Box.
I have one of these and love it:
CD3 Selector
Are admins still allowed to scan for viruses?
pi = 3
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
1 Kings 7:23
Sorry. You have incompletely analysed the verse. Try this: http://www.yfiles.com/pi.html
Would it make sense to only allow end-user products to be patentable?
No patents on business practices or software techniques, but you can patent a product such as a software product.
The problem is not that one-click shopping has been done before. The problem is that software patents should not be granted period.
What happens if no one ever finds prior art for one-click shopping? Haven't we then basically proven that Amazon's patent is valid?
We need to focus on fixing the patent system. Then the these patents will automatically be invalidated.
This might be a last resort, but how about selling your house and moving? It may be less expensive than paying for infrastructure installation. And, of course, you will have to find someone who doesn't care about Internet access to buy it. Another (difficult) option is to simply wait. Eventually there will be a good solution available to you.
Richard Stallman's suggestions are good, but I would suggest that his or any other remedy imposed on Microsoft should also be imposed on all of the other software companies. Would it be fair to only impose these remedies on Microsoft?
The web operates over the http:// protocol, and this is not going to last forever, as the web is not the be-all and end-all of content provision. IIRC, the path the IETF is following infers that the tv:// protocol is more likely to be important for broadband delivery, similarly phone:// and fax:// will count more than the TLD does.
TLDs will still be used within different protocols just as they are within ftp:// and telnet://, etc, today.
Which has the most visual impact tv://aol.com or http://aol.tv?
I doubt users will ever see tv://. My ftp and telnet software does not show ftp:// or telnet://. The video software will automatically denote this. FOX will have video://fox.tv for their video, http://fox.tv for their web site, and ftp://fox.tv for their ftp site.
If I were in Tuvalo, I'd be laughing at the shortsighted fool, while rolling around in a pile of money.
Yes, I agree. See my other posts under this article for why.
The so-called 'Internet revolution' that is supposed to be sweeping the world is going to be hard pressed to reach the small island state of Tuvalu now. Has this government sold out it's people by selling this domain or has there government pulled down a really cool score.
I think they made a good choice in selling off their TLD. Why can't Tuvalu businesses use the general TLDs to have the 'Internet revolution' reach them? Many (most?) businesses in other countries use .com because it is more recognizable. They would never have made much off the domain by selling it to their citizens/businesses, and what could they do with the .tv domain that they cannot do with the general TLDs that are available? Perhaps they could have made more money selling to TV companies directly, but perhaps they felt having dottv do it was better for them.
I don't really see why there are country domains in a place where geography means so little. Other than governments, (which generally have a 1 to 1 relationship with countries) what is the benefit of having country codes in a domain name? It may make some sense to put country codes under the .gov TLD as SLDs (Second Level Domains). (e.g. us.gov, tv.gov, etc.)
Instead of country TLDs we need about ten good general TLDs that will encompass the major categories of sites, (more than that would get confusing) in order to relieve the pressure on the .com TLD.
Should .tv be a TLD? Or should it be a(n) SLD under .rec?