Sure, it sounds great on paper. But, this isn't World of Warcraft. I see NO reason on earth to do this. Valve has had a habbit of adding silly shit that nobody wants over the past few years. Anyone remember shields ? Another idea that sounds great on paper, but didn't work very well in the wild. It took a long time to wake them up.
Valve does not care what its players think. They know CS is a very popular game and people will generally play it regardless. Something like this should be an OPTION on the server, which most admins should keep off. A change like this will have a huge impact on matchs, for no good reason.
I stopped playing CS a while ago for a good reason.
who wants to watch a movie on a device with a tiny screen anyway?
I do. I am one of those crazy people who do that, and here is a few reasons why.
I travel and work a lot. I miss too many shows that I enjoy because of it.
I have the freedom to watch it when, and where I want. When I am traveling, I have my laptop with me so thats where I watch 90% of my TV.
I don't own a TV. For the low amount of time I watch it, and due to space reasons. I don't need one. I would rather have a 23" or 30" screen that I can watch stuff on, do work on, play video games, etc.
I am willing to pay $1.99 per episode to have NO commericals. I do NOT enjoy watching a show at 1 volume, to have someome shouting at me to purchase their product the next second.
I am the type of person that will re-watch a show a few times.
*VERY* portable, need I say more ?
What do you think I do on the flights where Jetblue doesn't go ?:P
Easly organized. I own a lot of media. I can pop on some of my favortie movies (that I watch all the time) in a few seconds rather then searching for the DVD, removing it from the cash, putting it in the drive, loading the software, skipping through 10 legal disclaimers, 4 product ads, 17 previews and 5 screens telling me that the "the views expressed here are not blah blah blah".
Sure, not all of the above applys to everyone. But, there are a lot of people out there that have some of the above. It really boils down to, I get the content *I* want to watch when *I* want.
Keep in mind, I won't use a service like unbox though. I am a Mac guy, like many others in these comments. I will wait for iTunes to release theirs. Lets face it, it will be better anyway.
Few years ago, this was a common setup I would put in place. When I had a number of users accessing all different types of devices or services, I would setup an LDAP server and have everything auth against it. It worked well, but has 2 major flaws.
Total pain in the ass to setup Total pain in the ass to maintain
Now, I am using radius for the same thing. It works a lot better, because lets face it. PostgreSQL or MySQL is a hell of a lot easier to work with then LDAP.
LDAP does have its place. If you are looking to tie more then just auth into a profile, then LDAP is the choice. If you just want auth, use something Radius.
Of course, if you are a total LDAP guru, you are gonna recommend LDAP. But for average admins, or quick setups. LDAP isn't the way to go.
No, this isn't what you think. I seriously wonder if companies realize how many customers they lose by being cheap and using call centers outside of the US. I no longer do business with Dell because of this. In fact, there is a nice long list of companies I will not deal with for this same very reason.
Why ? Doom 3 worked perfect right our of the box. No tweaks needed, no hardware changes, etc.
HL2 is a nightmare. I can't even play the damn game. The intro gets 1fps, while all other maps get 80fps. Meaning, I can't even play the game without cheating...
Valve isn't being very supportive either, they don't respond to posts or emails regarding the issue. I have tried for 2 days to figure it out.
If you haven't bought the game yet. DON'T! It is nothing but trouble. I am presently trying to find a way to get a refund, which of course is falling on deaf ears.
Everywhere I turn, there is nothing but complaints from people who can't play the game, or it have serious audio issues.
Total waste of money.
BTW: Before you flame, yes my system can handle the game. It runs World of Warcraft and Doom3 just fine, no issues what so ever.
Loading is a big thing to look at when compairing the 2 games.
EQ - Takes about 10 mins to get logged in, typical zoning which takes forever. Just like EQ1.
WoW - Takes about 1 min from loading the game, to actually play the game. There is no zoning, unless you take a large leap across the map, which still only takes 3 secs to load.
Not talking about char creation. Talking about going from the desktop, to getting into the game with an already made char.
All in all, WoW totally beats EQ2. Heres why:
- Can play WoW on older machines without much trouble. - WoW has PVP. Not something as an after though, the game was designed with it in mind. Something Sony has never done with there games. - Graphics wise, EQ2 has crazy requirements. Even with the best computers, putting more then 30 people in the same place at the same time will bog down BAD. WoW still looks very nice, the graphics are a little simpler which makes playing much more reasonable. - Quests... they give you good exp in WoW, they are fun, and there are *TONS* of them. Many more then EQ. Funny, another game beats EverQuest with it. - EQ is a grind game, spend tons and tons of hours doing nothing but killing the same mobs over and over again. In WoW, you can grind it out, or you can do quests, or both. There is no limit. - Customer service at Sony blows, this will NEVER change. They simply don't care. - Sony still doesn't understand the purpose of beta. They rather nerf everything bad after release and totally change the game. Blizzard at least has the common sense to make those changes durring beta. - Sony tends to just rip ideas rather then create there own. - The interface in WoW is MUCH easier to use and more complete. Not to mention, they actually give you an entire langauge to create the interface. Sony gives you access to simple XML files to move things around, not change how it works differently. - Sony has a long habbit of not fixing things. I mean come on, there are thigns in EQ1 that STILL haven't been fixed in *3* years! - EQ2 zerg vs WoW strategy is an interesting one. - EQ2 has tons of downtime, just like EQ1. WoW they removed that by adding things like drinks and fast respawns to get you moving faster.
There are tons more, just don't wanna type them all. Plan and simple, Sony isn't getting another dime from me. Not after all the shit they put me through for 4 years.
Why ? Look at what Sony is putting there money in. Actors, fancy graphics and marketing.
Mean while, there combat, quest system, (no PVP) are all badly under developed. EQ2 is Alpha quailty marked with Beta. This game would not be ready for at least another year and a half.
Sony and there great ideas, have decied they are going to release EQ2 on the same day as WoW, ready or not. They don't care if the game works or not. They are going to pull another SWG.
Blizzard on the other hand, is making it right the first time. They aren't going to release until the game is ready, end of story. So far, WoW (yes, I am in the beta) has a serious edge on EQ and EQ2. They fixed all the serious MMO problems. For example: Instead of killing the same mob all day, for 2 weeks straight in order to get 5 levels, you get most of your exp from quests. PVP already works 50 times better then EQ PVP. (I played on SZ for 3 years)
The biggest problem Sony has is QA and customer service. It takes them 8 - 10 hours to respond to an ingame ticket. Meanwhile, Sony cuts there GM force down by half... AGAIN. They really don't care what people think, or problems with the game.
Blizzard DOES care. I get a response from a GM within 2 mins. The listen to the customers on what they would like to see. Hell, I have personally suggested at least 5 large changes that made it into the game.
With EQ1, there are large problems with the game that have been there for over 4 years. They KNOW how to fix it, they just don't care.
This is why I could careless about EQ or Sony. They will continue to release shit until the end of time.
Would be the perfect person to rat out, not only does there datacenter disregard spammers who host there, he also spams quite a bit himself.
Why would I do it ?
1) They screawed me out of a $2000 check. 2) They screawed me on my taxes. 3) They still have some equipment of mine. 4) Even for $10,000 it would be worth it to me.
Thank god they have stopped that... I complained my ass off everytime I went in there. It was such a hastle.
I remeber one time I was on a job site 3 hours away, they were the only place around, I had to run in for a screw driver. They asked me 9 million questions, and even more since I wasn't from the area. I explained to them that I was working and needed to hurry back to work. They told me that they can't sell me anything without that information.
After that, I called rs everyday for 3 weeks bitching about it. I stopped going to rs for a few years after that.
Now, Strauss auto does this. They go a step futher. If you call on the phone to ask a price on... lets say, new breaks. They make you answer close to 15 questions. Phone number, email address, mailing address, then the questions that would make sense about the product I was looking at.
When I went into the store to buy it... I was asked the same questions again. I told them not to put me in there computer, they refussed. They said its not possiable to even open the register without it. So, of course... I gave them info such as:
Joe Smith 123 Main St Sometown, NJ 05555 (732) 555-1212 eat@joes.com
They bitched about it... I told them that was the only info I was going to give them.
Now, I understand WHY they ask you SOME of the info. They ask your phone number so they can track what cars you own. Thats great and all... but I was working on a friends car!
I have called there corperate office quite a few times, with no result so far. Needless to say, I no longer shop there.
As far as NY Times goes... guess what... I have yet to vist there site since the first time I went there that forced me to sign up. Like many other say, they can do what they want in order for me to get there free content. Ok, fine... but I get my news from other free sites. Why do I need them ? Hell, they can start charging for all I care... I will still get my news from elsewhere. Its no skin off my back.
A few years ago, I was pounding out some work for a project, working crazy hours, and getting no sleep for a month.
Alls I know, is I was so tired, the only thing I could think of was my bed. So, I found the site on accident and sent an email... what the hell, why not.
I wonder what I wrote, I could only imagine. But, I am guessing its just as crazy as everything else people write in.
I used to, a long time ago always put eat@joes.com a few years later, I found out that it _was_ a real address, and I ran into the owner of it. (Online of course)
Needless to say, we talked about the account and he said he would be interested in selling it for $500 or something like that. But, then he warned me of the unbelivable ammount of spam and garbage messages. (Keep in mind, this was also 7 years ago, when spam was much less)
I am happy I didn't buy it, becuase I could only imagine how many people give that out.
I am going to start using someone@somewhere.com when radio shack, and straus auto bust my balls about an email address. You can't say you don't have an email address, they want to sell you a computer. (radio shack, of course, not a car place) You don't want to give it out because of the spam. But also, if you decline to give it to them, they hold you up in line for 15 mins saying "they need it to get into the computer".
You misunderstod... my first attempt was very inefficient. I know what I can do to boost performance quite a bit.
1) Since there was a lot of duplicates last time, I did a select and insert in the same query. I will just clean the duplicates after words.
2) Auto vacuum was running, which slowed things down even more. Becuase of #1, I wanted the indexes to stay some what current. Every 10,000 entrys, it did an analyze. Not needed if I clean the duplicates after words.
3) The code it self was a mess. It was a quite hack in PHP for the hell of it. This time, I am gonna write it in C++. (I was reading from multiple files, in different formats for the import). This time, I just have to increment the letters, so to speak.
4) Instead of just having the same machine doing the import. (Same machine the database is on) I am going to have 5 computers churning it out.
The main thing I am looking at is the post searchs. Not the time it takes to generate those numbers. With a large enough cluster, you could in theory cover the entire space. Which, would be an intresting distributed project:P
3 weeks ago, for shits and giggles, I pre-calcuated md5 passwords based on a 5 million word dictionary. I dropped all of the results in a PostgreSQL database. Took about 12 hours to complete, mainly becuase the app I wrote to handle it was kinda poor and a quick hack. If I were to re-do it, I would use my workstations to create the checksums, and do the inserts.
I had a few friends come over and type in passwords to check against. Needless to say, 85% of those were found in the database. It only took 10 secs at most to do a search each time.
I don't know why it takes them so long to come up with a result. Needless to say, I am gonna have to 1 up them now. Tonight, I am gonna start pre-calcuating a database simular to theres. Difference is, mine will run MUCH faster:P
Way back when, the local phone company shipped out these cheap caller ID boxes when you ordered new service. They sent the lowest end model, which only shows the name and had ~50 number memory.
One day bored, I opened the box up and found that there was *1* soider point that would upgrade it to "name" caller ID, and 200+ more number memory.
The difference in price bewteen the 2 models was like $40.
Honestly, I don't think many people will do this change to upgrade there camera. Personally, I wouldn't becuase those damn things are expensive compaired to my $100 digital camera:P
I registered my cell phone and house line at the same time. Since I use my cell more then my house line, I figured it was important.
However, there are a lot of ways for telemarketers to get around it. First off, they claim its not a sales call, when it fact it damn sure is. Second, they make it look like it was something I requested.
I got 5 calls total from a local (same state) car dealer. They claim I submitted a request via car.com and couldn't verify anything beyond that. They also claimed all of this was via E-Mail and I was talking to a rep for 2 weeks about a car.
a) They couldn't verify my E-Mail address, opps sorry, its listed as unknown or invaild. b) Its a car I never would buy to begin with. c) I called there managment each time telling them to stop calling me before I file a complaint.
Needless to say, not only did I file a complaint with the FTC, I also filed a complaint with the BBB and the local police. They are looking into changes being pressed for harrasment.
This is the only problem I have had so far with cell phones and telemarketers. Eitherway, I would be VERY pissed if they called my phone, if I didn't have an unlimited package through nextel, so for me its not a big deal.
I just hope if they are building a directory of cell phone numbers, they include some sort of feature to allow customers to request there names and numbers NOT be included.
I have been using Comcast cable modems in Brick NJ for 3 years. Before that, I used Charter in Monroe Michigan for 2 years, then before that it was Comast in North Plainfield NJ for 4+ years.
Guess what, never had a single issue with Linux. In fact, I have noticed an amazing increase in performance by using Linux as my gateway. Typically, some cable providers will install client side software which will slow down connections and cap them at certain times. I am not sure if this is very common anymore, but I did have a problem with this 2 years ago.
Since that problem, I never install there software. Which is mostly useless anyway.
Comcast has a big problem with there DNS servers. They are slow as shit. The response time on them slows the connection to a crawl durring peak time. My answer to this, was to use either
a) My friends DNS server which is located on an OC-12. b) Run my own local DNS server, which speeds results even faster.
In regards to the topic, I am disapointed at Comcast and Linksys "spying" on there customers from inside the LAN. This is just another reason I will use a Netgear Access Point and my Linux server as a gateway.
At sometimes, you would see 15 computers connected on my LAN. I only own 4 physical boxes. (Linux dedicated server, Linux workstation, Windows workstation and my laptop which is dual boot).
Why 15 ? Vmware... so I can test some of my projects in many different enviroments.
Thats all I would need is Comcast complaing about seeing 5+ computers and claiming I must be providing service for the neiborhood. Those vmware installs only really talk to each other.
Actually, this is good. Now, instead of SA wondering if its spam or not, using those above headers I *KNOW* its spam and to delete it without question.
Slashdot Mirror
Sure, it sounds great on paper. But, this isn't World of Warcraft. I see NO reason on earth to do this. Valve has had a habbit of adding silly shit that nobody wants over the past few years. Anyone remember shields ? Another idea that sounds great on paper, but didn't work very well in the wild. It took a long time to wake them up.
Valve does not care what its players think. They know CS is a very popular game and people will generally play it regardless. Something like this should be an OPTION on the server, which most admins should keep off. A change like this will have a huge impact on matchs, for no good reason.
I stopped playing CS a while ago for a good reason.
I do. I am one of those crazy people who do that, and here is a few reasons why.
Sure, not all of the above applys to everyone. But, there are a lot of people out there that have some of the above. It really boils down to, I get the content *I* want to watch when *I* want.
Keep in mind, I won't use a service like unbox though. I am a Mac guy, like many others in these comments. I will wait for iTunes to release theirs. Lets face it, it will be better anyway.
Few years ago, this was a common setup I would put in place. When I had a number of users accessing all different types of devices or services, I would setup an LDAP server and have everything auth against it. It worked well, but has 2 major flaws.
Total pain in the ass to setup
Total pain in the ass to maintain
Now, I am using radius for the same thing. It works a lot better, because lets face it. PostgreSQL or MySQL is a hell of a lot easier to work with then LDAP.
LDAP does have its place. If you are looking to tie more then just auth into a profile, then LDAP is the choice. If you just want auth, use something Radius.
Of course, if you are a total LDAP guru, you are gonna recommend LDAP. But for average admins, or quick setups. LDAP isn't the way to go.
No, this isn't what you think. I seriously wonder if companies realize how many customers they lose by being cheap and using call centers outside of the US. I no longer do business with Dell because of this. In fact, there is a nice long list of companies I will not deal with for this same very reason.
Vonage is trash ... I had 2 friends that each had it for less then 1 month.
Cellphones have better sound quailty and with the proper plan are still cheaper then a land line.
You get what you pay for if you go VoIP.
I signed up for Netflix about 2 months ago and I love it. My GF uses Blockbuster, which doesn't have as wide of a selection.
/. crew wouldn't either.
I will never use amazon because of there patents. I would seriously hope the rest of the
I agree with you 100%, if you don't mind I am now going to use this as my argument for cloning :P
http://www.freedesktopwallpapers.net/art/michelang elo-creation.jpg
And God saith unto Adam:
"Pull My Finger."
Why ? Doom 3 worked perfect right our of the box. No tweaks needed, no hardware changes, etc.
...
HL2 is a nightmare. I can't even play the damn game. The intro gets 1fps, while all other maps get 80fps. Meaning, I can't even play the game without cheating
Valve isn't being very supportive either, they don't respond to posts or emails regarding the issue. I have tried for 2 days to figure it out.
If you haven't bought the game yet. DON'T! It is nothing but trouble. I am presently trying to find a way to get a refund, which of course is falling on deaf ears.
Everywhere I turn, there is nothing but complaints from people who can't play the game, or it have serious audio issues.
Total waste of money.
BTW: Before you flame, yes my system can handle the game. It runs World of Warcraft and Doom3 just fine, no issues what so ever.
Loading is a big thing to look at when compairing the 2 games.
... they give you good exp in WoW, they are fun, and there are *TONS* of them. Many more then EQ. Funny, another game beats EverQuest with it.
EQ - Takes about 10 mins to get logged in, typical zoning which takes forever. Just like EQ1.
WoW - Takes about 1 min from loading the game, to actually play the game. There is no zoning, unless you take a large leap across the map, which still only takes 3 secs to load.
Not talking about char creation. Talking about going from the desktop, to getting into the game with an already made char.
All in all, WoW totally beats EQ2. Heres why:
- Can play WoW on older machines without much trouble.
- WoW has PVP. Not something as an after though, the game was designed with it in mind. Something Sony has never done with there games.
- Graphics wise, EQ2 has crazy requirements. Even with the best computers, putting more then 30 people in the same place at the same time will bog down BAD. WoW still looks very nice, the graphics are a little simpler which makes playing much more reasonable.
- Quests
- EQ is a grind game, spend tons and tons of hours doing nothing but killing the same mobs over and over again. In WoW, you can grind it out, or you can do quests, or both. There is no limit.
- Customer service at Sony blows, this will NEVER change. They simply don't care.
- Sony still doesn't understand the purpose of beta. They rather nerf everything bad after release and totally change the game. Blizzard at least has the common sense to make those changes durring beta.
- Sony tends to just rip ideas rather then create there own.
- The interface in WoW is MUCH easier to use and more complete. Not to mention, they actually give you an entire langauge to create the interface. Sony gives you access to simple XML files to move things around, not change how it works differently.
- Sony has a long habbit of not fixing things. I mean come on, there are thigns in EQ1 that STILL haven't been fixed in *3* years!
- EQ2 zerg vs WoW strategy is an interesting one. - EQ2 has tons of downtime, just like EQ1. WoW they removed that by adding things like drinks and fast respawns to get you moving faster.
There are tons more, just don't wanna type them all. Plan and simple, Sony isn't getting another dime from me. Not after all the shit they put me through for 4 years.
Try WoW, you will be suprised.
Microsoft said it won't charge for dual core ... BUT they never said it would ACTUALLY use both cores ....
:)
... then again, how many M$ products can you name that DO work ?
The point of the contest was to test how fast someone could level ... so, they can tune it for release.
Why ? Look at what Sony is putting there money in. Actors, fancy graphics and marketing.
... AGAIN. They really don't care what people think, or problems with the game.
Mean while, there combat, quest system, (no PVP) are all badly under developed. EQ2 is Alpha quailty marked with Beta. This game would not be ready for at least another year and a half.
Sony and there great ideas, have decied they are going to release EQ2 on the same day as WoW, ready or not. They don't care if the game works or not. They are going to pull another SWG.
Blizzard on the other hand, is making it right the first time. They aren't going to release until the game is ready, end of story. So far, WoW (yes, I am in the beta) has a serious edge on EQ and EQ2. They fixed all the serious MMO problems. For example: Instead of killing the same mob all day, for 2 weeks straight in order to get 5 levels, you get most of your exp from quests. PVP already works 50 times better then EQ PVP. (I played on SZ for 3 years)
The biggest problem Sony has is QA and customer service. It takes them 8 - 10 hours to respond to an ingame ticket. Meanwhile, Sony cuts there GM force down by half
Blizzard DOES care. I get a response from a GM within 2 mins. The listen to the customers on what they would like to see. Hell, I have personally suggested at least 5 large changes that made it into the game.
With EQ1, there are large problems with the game that have been there for over 4 years. They KNOW how to fix it, they just don't care.
This is why I could careless about EQ or Sony. They will continue to release shit until the end of time.
Would be the perfect person to rat out, not only does there datacenter disregard spammers who host there, he also spams quite a bit himself.
Why would I do it ?
1) They screawed me out of a $2000 check.
2) They screawed me on my taxes.
3) They still have some equipment of mine.
4) Even for $10,000 it would be worth it to me.
Thank god they have stopped that ... I complained my ass off everytime I went in there. It was such a hastle.
... lets say, new breaks. They make you answer close to 15 questions. Phone number, email address, mailing address, then the questions that would make sense about the product I was looking at.
... I was asked the same questions again. I told them not to put me in there computer, they refussed. They said its not possiable to even open the register without it. So, of course ... I gave them info such as:
... I told them that was the only info I was going to give them.
... but I was working on a friends car!
... guess what ... I have yet to vist there site since the first time I went there that forced me to sign up. Like many other say, they can do what they want in order for me to get there free content. Ok, fine ... but I get my news from other free sites. Why do I need them ? Hell, they can start charging for all I care ... I will still get my news from elsewhere. Its no skin off my back.
I remeber one time I was on a job site 3 hours away, they were the only place around, I had to run in for a screw driver. They asked me 9 million questions, and even more since I wasn't from the area. I explained to them that I was working and needed to hurry back to work. They told me that they can't sell me anything without that information.
After that, I called rs everyday for 3 weeks bitching about it. I stopped going to rs for a few years after that.
Now, Strauss auto does this. They go a step futher. If you call on the phone to ask a price on
When I went into the store to buy it
Joe Smith
123 Main St
Sometown, NJ 05555
(732) 555-1212
eat@joes.com
They bitched about it
Now, I understand WHY they ask you SOME of the info. They ask your phone number so they can track what cars you own. Thats great and all
I have called there corperate office quite a few times, with no result so far. Needless to say, I no longer shop there.
As far as NY Times goes
A few years ago, I was pounding out some work for a project, working crazy hours, and getting no sleep for a month.
... what the hell, why not.
Alls I know, is I was so tired, the only thing I could think of was my bed. So, I found the site on accident and sent an email
I wonder what I wrote, I could only imagine. But, I am guessing its just as crazy as everything else people write in.
I used to, a long time ago always put eat@joes.com a few years later, I found out that it _was_ a real address, and I ran into the owner of it. (Online of course)
Needless to say, we talked about the account and he said he would be interested in selling it for $500 or something like that. But, then he warned me of the unbelivable ammount of spam and garbage messages. (Keep in mind, this was also 7 years ago, when spam was much less)
I am happy I didn't buy it, becuase I could only imagine how many people give that out.
I am going to start using someone@somewhere.com when radio shack, and straus auto bust my balls about an email address. You can't say you don't have an email address, they want to sell you a computer. (radio shack, of course, not a car place) You don't want to give it out because of the spam. But also, if you decline to give it to them, they hold you up in line for 15 mins saying "they need it to get into the computer".
You misunderstod ... my first attempt was very inefficient. I know what I can do to boost performance quite a bit.
:P
1) Since there was a lot of duplicates last time, I did a select and insert in the same query. I will just clean the duplicates after words.
2) Auto vacuum was running, which slowed things down even more. Becuase of #1, I wanted the indexes to stay some what current. Every 10,000 entrys, it did an analyze. Not needed if I clean the duplicates after words.
3) The code it self was a mess. It was a quite hack in PHP for the hell of it. This time, I am gonna write it in C++. (I was reading from multiple files, in different formats for the import). This time, I just have to increment the letters, so to speak.
4) Instead of just having the same machine doing the import. (Same machine the database is on) I am going to have 5 computers churning it out.
The main thing I am looking at is the post searchs. Not the time it takes to generate those numbers. With a large enough cluster, you could in theory cover the entire space. Which, would be an intresting distributed project
3 weeks ago, for shits and giggles, I pre-calcuated md5 passwords based on a 5 million word dictionary. I dropped all of the results in a PostgreSQL database. Took about 12 hours to complete, mainly becuase the app I wrote to handle it was kinda poor and a quick hack. If I were to re-do it, I would use my workstations to create the checksums, and do the inserts.
:P
I had a few friends come over and type in passwords to check against. Needless to say, 85% of those were found in the database. It only took 10 secs at most to do a search each time.
I don't know why it takes them so long to come up with a result. Needless to say, I am gonna have to 1 up them now. Tonight, I am gonna start pre-calcuating a database simular to theres. Difference is, mine will run MUCH faster
Correction, the low end model only showed the number ... the "upgraded" one showed the name and number.
Way back when, the local phone company shipped out these cheap caller ID boxes when you ordered new service. They sent the lowest end model, which only shows the name and had ~50 number memory.
:P
One day bored, I opened the box up and found that there was *1* soider point that would upgrade it to "name" caller ID, and 200+ more number memory.
The difference in price bewteen the 2 models was like $40.
Honestly, I don't think many people will do this change to upgrade there camera. Personally, I wouldn't becuase those damn things are expensive compaired to my $100 digital camera
I registered my cell phone and house line at the same time. Since I use my cell more then my house line, I figured it was important.
However, there are a lot of ways for telemarketers to get around it. First off, they claim its not a sales call, when it fact it damn sure is. Second, they make it look like it was something I requested.
I got 5 calls total from a local (same state) car dealer. They claim I submitted a request via car.com and couldn't verify anything beyond that. They also claimed all of this was via E-Mail and I was talking to a rep for 2 weeks about a car.
a) They couldn't verify my E-Mail address, opps sorry, its listed as unknown or invaild.
b) Its a car I never would buy to begin with.
c) I called there managment each time telling them to stop calling me before I file a complaint.
Needless to say, not only did I file a complaint with the FTC, I also filed a complaint with the BBB and the local police. They are looking into changes being pressed for harrasment.
This is the only problem I have had so far with cell phones and telemarketers. Eitherway, I would be VERY pissed if they called my phone, if I didn't have an unlimited package through nextel, so for me its not a big deal.
I just hope if they are building a directory of cell phone numbers, they include some sort of feature to allow customers to request there names and numbers NOT be included.
Yep, since I don't use any of the above services I don't have to worry.
In the *VERY* rare event that I did, I would add a pin hole for just that address.
I have been using Comcast cable modems in Brick NJ for 3 years. Before that, I used Charter in Monroe Michigan for 2 years, then before that it was Comast in North Plainfield NJ for 4+ years.
... so I can test some of my projects in many different enviroments.
Guess what, never had a single issue with Linux. In fact, I have noticed an amazing increase in performance by using Linux as my gateway. Typically, some cable providers will install client side software which will slow down connections and cap them at certain times. I am not sure if this is very common anymore, but I did have a problem with this 2 years ago.
Since that problem, I never install there software. Which is mostly useless anyway.
Comcast has a big problem with there DNS servers. They are slow as shit. The response time on them slows the connection to a crawl durring peak time. My answer to this, was to use either
a) My friends DNS server which is located on an OC-12.
b) Run my own local DNS server, which speeds results even faster.
In regards to the topic, I am disapointed at Comcast and Linksys "spying" on there customers from inside the LAN. This is just another reason I will use a Netgear Access Point and my Linux server as a gateway.
At sometimes, you would see 15 computers connected on my LAN. I only own 4 physical boxes. (Linux dedicated server, Linux workstation, Windows workstation and my laptop which is dual boot).
Why 15 ? Vmware
Thats all I would need is Comcast complaing about seeing 5+ computers and claiming I must be providing service for the neiborhood. Those vmware installs only really talk to each other.
Actually, this is good. Now, instead of SA wondering if its spam or not, using those above headers I *KNOW* its spam and to delete it without question.