When I read that, I too was wondering what on earth that was meant to imply - as "allege" implies some form of accusation. BoingBoing's writers are most certainly professional bloggers. That is a statement of fact, not an allegation, so what really was the accusation?
Even BoingBoing agrees that MagicJack's hardware is great stuff... Too bad their marketing/management/legal department seems to think it can get away with shady practices like their crappy EULA.
Talk about futuristic. I'd actually pay to live in a house like this - I am assuming that they have done their homework and things more or less already work, since they're giving it media attention and all.
Yes, vendor lock in, training costs, etc, will cost more than maintaining the status quo, since the licenses for proprietary software are still valid for next few years.
But long term?? Without a doubt open source is the cheaper option there. Bite the bullet now, and several years down the road, you'll be thinking what a good choice you made when the current version of Windows, MS Office, et cetera, become obsolete, and you need to "upgrade".
he should just lie and give them a placebo and write it as such in their journal
While I am all for placebos in such a scenario, practically this will never happen - think doctors fearing litigation should the patient find out, or worse yet misdiagnosis where the patient actually did indeed need the medication.
If I were in the Indian govt, I'd take the advice of the ISP, censoring the internet is an infeasible task, at least for the technologically savvy:
0) People are getting their pr0n via search engines
1) Censor yahoo, or any other search engine
2) People unable to get their pr0n via search engines, they turn to torrents or any other p2p
3) Censor p2p traffic
4) People unable to get their pr0n via p2p, they route their traffic through proxies or any other virtual tunnels
5)...
I'm finding it hard to believe that IE6 is stilling around at all... The only situation where I would use that junk is if I had a software lock-down at work....
and even then I'd re-consider working there for being too archaic.
Congratulations Firefox: It was just a matter of time before quality gets reflected in market shares!
The episode of the IT crowd, where the protagonsists got a black cardboard box and put blinking lights on it, and fooled everyone into thinking it was "The Intenet"
Q: "How come there's no wires?"
A: "Because it'wireless!"
.. is that it appears that the HR department is charge of this. I certainly don't trust HR types with lots of trivial things - let alone finding your "significant other"!
the industry has not interpreted it to require that mandatory clearances be
maintained at all times.
Sounds familiar...
You have to FORCE them to do their job right, or else they'll argue that they don't have to, and they'll let their negligent ways cause major inconveniences for millions of people.
... Bingo! The exact same thing happened in Melbourne, where the much loathed train network operator (Connex), found that it was not contractually obligated to fix the air-conditioning on its trains when broken. As a result of this, and several other negligences, so many trains got delayed, cancelled and even derailed during summer, that there was a media uproar.
The good thing is that the gov't here did indeed Hit'em in their wallets by fining them $19.5 mill
Completely agreed with parent on "You have to FORCE them to do their job right"!
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oxymoron, like ... Microsoft Works (tm)
Mod parent up!!!
It also alleged that I am a professional blogger.
When I read that, I too was wondering what on earth that was meant to imply - as "allege" implies some form of accusation. BoingBoing's writers are most certainly professional bloggers. That is a statement of fact, not an allegation, so what really was the accusation?
Even BoingBoing agrees that MagicJack's hardware is great stuff... Too bad their marketing/management/legal department seems to think it can get away with shady practices like their crappy EULA.
You may not agree with the comment, but it is a reasonable point of view. Why do I get the feeling that someone wants to suppress bguiz's ideas ?
Thank you Alain, I was wondering why too, considering several other have posted similar opinions too.
I hypothesise having an immediate child that gets modded "-1 Troll" automatically makes one a "Flamebait", however little sense that makes.
And I remember a letter of prime minister of Peru to Microsoft
Could you provide a link to mentioned letter?
Talk about futuristic. I'd actually pay to live in a house like this - I am assuming that they have done their homework and things more or less already work, since they're giving it media attention and all.
If only this was near where I live.
Yes, vendor lock in, training costs, etc, will cost more than maintaining the status quo, since the licenses for proprietary software are still valid for next few years.
But long term?? Without a doubt open source is the cheaper option there. Bite the bullet now, and several years down the road, you'll be thinking what a good choice you made when the current version of Windows, MS Office, et cetera, become obsolete, and you need to "upgrade".
I think you probably might have several noteworthy points in there, but you really should:
... before I'll be willing to read your comment.
Oh wait, no they didn't!
...and things have gone downhill from there too.
he should just lie and give them a placebo and write it as such in their journal
While I am all for placebos in such a scenario, practically this will never happen - think doctors fearing litigation should the patient find out, or worse yet misdiagnosis where the patient actually did indeed need the medication.
If I were in the Indian govt, I'd take the advice of the ISP, censoring the internet is an infeasible task, at least for the technologically savvy:
0) People are getting their pr0n via search engines ...
1) Censor yahoo, or any other search engine
2) People unable to get their pr0n via search engines, they turn to torrents or any other p2p
3) Censor p2p traffic
4) People unable to get their pr0n via p2p, they route their traffic through proxies or any other virtual tunnels
5)
Lather, rinse, repeat
A similar sequence of events is (about to) play out here in Australia, should the govt pass its internet censorship bill.
I'm finding it hard to believe that IE6 is stilling around at all... The only situation where I would use that junk is if I had a software lock-down at work....
and even then I'd re-consider working there for being too archaic.
Congratulations Firefox: It was just a matter of time before quality gets reflected in market shares!
It's very fashionable on \. to hate Microsoft.
You sir, irk me with your choice of slash direction in '\.'!
The episode of the IT crowd, where the protagonsists got a black cardboard box and put blinking lights on it, and fooled everyone into thinking it was "The Intenet"
Q: "How come there's no wires?"
A: "Because it'wireless!"
.. is that it appears that the HR department is charge of this. I certainly don't trust HR types with lots of trivial things - let alone finding your "significant other"!
When will banks start upgrading their security?
Me think its the same syndicate as these guys.
the industry has not interpreted it to require that mandatory clearances be maintained at all times.
Sounds familiar...
You have to FORCE them to do their job right, or else they'll argue that they don't have to, and they'll let their negligent ways cause major inconveniences for millions of people.
... Bingo! The exact same thing happened in Melbourne, where the much loathed train network operator (Connex), found that it was not contractually obligated to fix the air-conditioning on its trains when broken. As a result of this, and several other negligences, so many trains got delayed, cancelled and even derailed during summer, that there was a media uproar.
The good thing is that the gov't here did indeed Hit'em in their wallets by fining them $19.5 mill
Completely agreed with parent on "You have to FORCE them to do their job right"!
"What are..."
Google's #1 suggestion: "...these strawberries doing on my nipples I need them for the fruit salad"
That would be funny if you had pressed the "I'm feeling Lucky" button.
Wired quotes Harris's reaction: "I read the indictment — it's complete bull****. I'll tell you right now I'm not going to plead guilty."
You know what else is bullshit? Wired can publish the word "bullshit" but apparently Slashdot needs to censor it.
You know what else is bull****? Wired can publish the word "bull****" but apparently Slashdot needs to censor it.
Homestarrunner has one of the best pixellated, beeps-for-sounds, games available on the net.
And yes, they are in flash, and you can play them right in the webpage. Much humorous in-game reference too. Try "Trogdor".