Is there an EASY way to route from POTS to VoIP and back? I'd like to be able to call my home phone number from my cell, and then punch in a number which will be dialed via VoIP.
The same goes for the other way around, when somebody calls my VoIP number, I'd like it to forward the call using my home phone line to my cellphone.
I know that this is possible, but what's the easiest way to achieve it?
One thing that didn't get mentioned is that the author of this book is at Apple today, and rumor is that he is working on Apple's version of WinFS, a metadata-driven filesystem.
Be saw the potential of metadata on the filesystem level before everybody else did.
Shameless plug: You might want to check out kSpaces. kSpaces lets you manage metadata that is associated with your files. It's not as neat and clean as direct integration into the filesystem, but it works today, and sure as hell beats waiting for Longhorn.:)
Yes, I am aware that Java can do this (I've done it, as you say, for years).
What makes this different is that.NET is thought of as a Windows-only environment. The fact that code can be ported this easily shows the potential of mono.
Doesn't anybody else find it interesting that Quark will use mono on OSX? I mean, apart from Novell, I haven't really heard of too many companies using mono for their products.
And bear in mind that mono on OSX is not that well supported (yet). Yes, the compiler and JIT run, but no GTK# or Windows Forms stuff yet. Miguel seems to indicate that Quark is working on bindings to Cocoa (will they name it Cocoa#?).
I, for one, welcome this development. I've tried Objective-C, and while it is quite powerful, the fact that it is almost exclusive to OSX (yeah yeah, I know about GNUstep) doesn't really help in making me want to learn it.
I just finished developing the first release of kSpaces, a distributed knowledge management platform that uses C#. While it was initially written for Windows, it took me 10 minutes (!!!) to get it to run on mono. All I really had to do was take out the Windows Forms stuff (not a problem with good separation between logic and presentation). I'm impressed.
Some really great stuff is going on here! Congrats, Miguel and Co.
Basically you just have to include a special, copyrighted Haiku in your e-mail, and most spam filters will let your mail through. The Haiku warrants that your e-mail is not spam, because you have to license the usage of the Haiku, and the terms prevent from using it in spam mail.
I'm not sure if Hotmail respects the Habeas Haiku, but it might be worth a try.
From what I can tell, DSPAM plugs into your MTA as a local delivery agent, very much like SpamAssassin does.
I couldn't see any platform requirements on their site, but here's what they say about MTA compatibility:
DSPAM works great with Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, Courier, and Exim, and should work well with any other MTA that supports an external local delivery agent.
I see you've been listening to Steve Jobs a lot lately. Don't get me wrong, I am an OSX user, but the computer industry - automobile industry comparison is somewhat besides the point.
Contrary to cars, computers become more and more useful if they are compatible. Most people i know like the Mac, but would never buy one because everybody else has Windows and they wouldn't be able to share documents and software with these people (they think).
Cars are independent, they get you from A to B, and that's it.
I'm not sure if I like their approach with you using you own chair. It seems to me that using this thing over a longer period of time can cause back pain due to improper posture, so I wouldn't run out and buy these just yet.
I do like the idea however, it would be nice if you could just interface any fitness equipment and link them with games. AFAIK there are already some products like this out there, especially for cycling and running.
Alright, I'll take a shower now, just come from the gym
If something like this is going to work, it will need to be distributed. Additionally, it will need to make use of traceroute somehow to see where the failure is occuring, to rule out that it's just a local problem.
I guess this would also include building traceroute maps for the monitored servers, so that you actually know beforehand what links are between the monitoring server and the monitored host. Of course, these will need to be updated regularly, as they can change.
Just a couple random thoughts that I have on this subject. It would be interesting to develop something like this.
I think that you should have a look at CVS. I know that many companies use it for version control of web sites. It is available on many platforms and easy to use but powerful. I don't know if there exist a Dreamweaver plug-in for it, but I think that this would be something really useful as I don't know of any good CVS front-ends.
Actually, disabling cookies with GIF's won't help very much, as most new banners are shown through iframe/ilayer, which means that your browser requests a true web page from the ad network (btw...Slashdot does this too;)
I haven't read all of the previous comment, so it may well be that this has been posted before.
Okay, this is how I generally do it. First of all, I suppose that you're using Perl, so these tips are for a Perl/Apache/MySql environment.
1) Use mod_perl so that your script doesn't neet a whole perl compiler for each separate instance in memory. The performance boost is just incredible...
2) Use Apache::DBI. It will prevent your script from connecting and disconnecting your DB each time it's called and rather use a persistent database connection. Great for performance.
There are some other tweaks that you can do. If you're interested, just let me know...
Slashdot Mirror
That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!
Is there an EASY way to route from POTS to VoIP and back? I'd like to be able to call my home phone number from my cell, and then punch in a number which will be dialed via VoIP.
The same goes for the other way around, when somebody calls my VoIP number, I'd like it to forward the call using my home phone line to my cellphone.
I know that this is possible, but what's the easiest way to achieve it?
PlaceLab has been doing this for a while, and it's free.
AFAIK the next core of the Athlon64 should have SSE3. They should come out early next year.
Yes, but that makes the service pretty useless then, considering that all of the logged messages are encrypted
A List Apart had a story where they redesigned Slashdot to make it CSS-based (yes, it still looked the same afterwards).
Changing every single page on the site to CSS takes a lot of work
Not true. If you check out Slashcode you will see that there aren't that many templates.
Nobody said anything about spelling, you insensitive clod!
One thing that didn't get mentioned is that the author of this book is at Apple today, and rumor is that he is working on Apple's version of WinFS, a metadata-driven filesystem.
Be saw the potential of metadata on the filesystem level before everybody else did.
Shameless plug: You might want to check out kSpaces. kSpaces lets you manage metadata that is associated with your files. It's not as neat and clean as direct integration into the filesystem, but it works today, and sure as hell beats waiting for Longhorn. :)
Yes, I am aware that Java can do this (I've done it, as you say, for years).
.NET is thought of as a Windows-only environment. The fact that code can be ported this easily shows the potential of mono.
What makes this different is that
Doesn't anybody else find it interesting that Quark will use mono on OSX? I mean, apart from Novell, I haven't really heard of too many companies using mono for their products.
And bear in mind that mono on OSX is not that well supported (yet). Yes, the compiler and JIT run, but no GTK# or Windows Forms stuff yet. Miguel seems to indicate that Quark is working on bindings to Cocoa (will they name it Cocoa#?).
I, for one, welcome this development. I've tried Objective-C, and while it is quite powerful, the fact that it is almost exclusive to OSX (yeah yeah, I know about GNUstep) doesn't really help in making me want to learn it.
I just finished developing the first release of kSpaces, a distributed knowledge management platform that uses C#. While it was initially written for Windows, it took me 10 minutes (!!!) to get it to run on mono. All I really had to do was take out the Windows Forms stuff (not a problem with good separation between logic and presentation). I'm impressed.
Some really great stuff is going on here! Congrats, Miguel and Co.
Sounds like the Habeas Sender Warranted Email Solution would help here.
Basically you just have to include a special, copyrighted Haiku in your e-mail, and most spam filters will let your mail through. The Haiku warrants that your e-mail is not spam, because you have to license the usage of the Haiku, and the terms prevent from using it in spam mail.
I'm not sure if Hotmail respects the Habeas Haiku, but it might be worth a try.
From what I can tell, DSPAM plugs into your MTA as a local delivery agent, very much like SpamAssassin does.
:P
I couldn't see any platform requirements on their site, but here's what they say about MTA compatibility:
DSPAM works great with Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, Courier, and Exim, and should work well with any other MTA that supports an external local delivery agent.
Hope that answers your questions
He's right, when I first typed ls -l, I thought it all made sense. GUI's are for wimps.
PS. I've been trying to submit this story for hours now, but somehow there is no command-line equivalent to pressing the 'Submit' button...doh
I see you've been listening to Steve Jobs a lot lately. Don't get me wrong, I am an OSX user, but the computer industry - automobile industry comparison is somewhat besides the point.
Contrary to cars, computers become more and more useful if they are compatible. Most people i know like the Mac, but would never buy one because everybody else has Windows and they wouldn't be able to share documents and software with these people (they think).
Cars are independent, they get you from A to B, and that's it.
At least that's the way I see it.
You must surely mean OpenCola's Swarmcast. hiro
I'm not sure if I like their approach with you using you own chair. It seems to me that using this thing over a longer period of time can cause back pain due to improper posture, so I wouldn't run out and buy these just yet.
I do like the idea however, it would be nice if you could just interface any fitness equipment and link them with games. AFAIK there are already some products like this out there, especially for cycling and running.
Alright, I'll take a shower now, just come from the gym
hiro
You should definitely have a look at Together Controlcenter from TogetherSoft. It's not really an editor, but great for modelling Java applications.
http://www.togethersoft.com/
Hope you like it...
hmm...i wonder why they switched over to GRUB ? trying to fill their ChangeLog i guess...tztz
hiro
You might want to check out ArgoUML. It's free AFAIK, and it's quite good from what I've seen.
hiro
Now, what happens there if a person is doing marketing AND programming ? Shoot himeself and try to dodge ? :)
--hiro
If something like this is going to work, it will need to be distributed. Additionally, it will need to make use of traceroute somehow to see where the failure is occuring, to rule out that it's just a local problem.
I guess this would also include building traceroute maps for the monitored servers, so that you actually know beforehand what links are between the monitoring server and the monitored host. Of course, these will need to be updated regularly, as they can change.
Just a couple random thoughts that I have on this subject. It would be interesting to develop something like this.
-- hiro aka wintahmoot
I think that you should have a look at CVS. I know that many companies use it for version control of web sites. It is available on many platforms and easy to use but powerful. I don't know if there exist a Dreamweaver plug-in for it, but I think that this would be something really useful as I don't know of any good CVS front-ends.
Actually, disabling cookies with GIF's won't help very much, as most new banners are shown through iframe/ilayer, which means that your browser requests a true web page from the ad network (btw...Slashdot does this too ;)
I haven't read all of the previous comment, so it may well be that this has been posted before.
Okay, this is how I generally do it. First of all, I suppose that you're using Perl, so these tips are for a Perl/Apache/MySql environment.
1) Use mod_perl so that your script doesn't neet a whole perl compiler for each separate instance in memory. The performance boost is just incredible...
2) Use Apache::DBI. It will prevent your script from connecting and disconnecting your DB each time it's called and rather use a persistent database connection. Great for performance.
There are some other tweaks that you can do. If you're interested, just let me know...
Wintermute