uptime wise, I would say it is acceptable, tho. The number of times I get busy signals when calling a non busy phone is not. I've had "skype in" for a couple years now and doubt very much i will renew it, as the availability is unacceptable, at least in my area.
I like skype. I don't mind sharing a bit of bandwidth peer to peer wise to make it work. it isn't quite up to speed, tho
>>'For a communications system this large to go down, it's almost unheard of,'
except it is not. Skype has failedbefore
I've had a skype in number at home for two years. I do not use it any longer owing to lack of reliability. Often (way too often) I get busy signals on numbers that are not busy. I can hold my cell in on had my skype phone in the other and get a busy signal. I assume when the peer-to-peer network saturates in my area, I get a busy signal.
I won't use it for my home phone, who in their right mind would use it for a business? I wish it did work. I like the idea and I like the price, but stuff like this can't "mostly" work.
>>Then you get stupid password systems which state your password must be "at least 6 letters, including 1 upper case and 1 number", about 38 bits. Or even worse "between 6 and 8 characters".
One system I dealt with recently at a largish company (multi-billions revenue) introduced tougher new password guidelines:
The tough new standard? Must contain upper and lower case. Must contain at least one number. Must be EIGHT characters long.
Curious as to whether that will help for very long. I'm thinking that scam sites could spider high ranking "advanced" pages, paste a few paragraphs from each hit and then pile the ads up top.
>>One benefit of having a domain is having forward all for %.com@domain.com.
That is what I've done for years. The "catchall" mail is close to 100% spam and most of the rest is crap I don't want to read.
I filter out anything of interest (IE account signup emails) and delete the inbox periodically.
Possibly the best 8 bucks a year I have ever spent.
I use several O/S. The ones from Redmond need a little help in the virus department:]
And you are right - The fire department ought to have been considered funded by the taxes that family had been paying for how many? years.
I guess what I was trying convey was that despite being something we shouldn't have to pay for (like that fire levy), the cost of AV is nothing compared to the potential inconvenience of not having it.
Thanks for the link. Not buying it at $35 tho. The price is fine for a physical textbook, but way out of line for an electronic copy IMHO.
Which leaves me still wanting a book. Total newb with regards to Blender and 3D modeling of any sort. Anyone knowledgeable here (I know this is/. silly me) with recommendations on this book or others? Textbook/online course/ebook, whatever.
If A-V keeps you from having to rebuild a machine + restore everything on it even once, it's a pretty much paid for itself.
I would have no issue paying a reasonable fee for antivirus if there weren't adequate free options available.
No offense, but I think this is the road to bankruptcy. "Old" GM thought that way too. Pre-bailout, they figure losing large per unit was "OK" if it brought more units sold. Profit (at some later date) would follow market share.
If GM was better at math, they would have understood the trailing obligations incurred every time they threw money at the unions (and considered the built in cost penalty per vehicle.) It isn't just now, its' later you need to worry about when negotiating contracts.. for that matter, once they had placed themselves in a position where some models became unprofitable due to overhead, they ought to have quit building them. If you're losing $amount on an already mass produced vehicle, it's a damn neat trick to sell more of them and at a discount and suddenly become profitable.
These guys (GM) are lucky they were "too big to fail".
>>so I'm sure we'll shortly find out whether it's the exceptionally useful tool it appears to promise to be.
The M79 has been around for nearly 50 years and (per Wikipedia) is still in use.
This weapon would seem to fill the same role, presumably with less required skill and greater effect.
>> And when Joe Farmer runs his backhoe through your Fiber line? Send everyone home for the day? Tell your clients that their media is stuck on Amazon?
Dual connections with different topologies and hardware fail over. It isn't that expensive.
Having said that, I still would hesitate to put core assets (or even email) in the cloud.
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>> One major failure in 8 years is crap?
two actually
uptime wise, I would say it is acceptable, tho. The number of times I get busy signals when calling a non busy phone is not. I've had "skype in" for a couple years now and doubt very much i will renew it, as the availability is unacceptable, at least in my area.
I like skype. I don't mind sharing a bit of bandwidth peer to peer wise to make it work. it isn't quite up to speed, tho
I know it doesn't qualify as 'tech', but I thought of this immediately.
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"with an expected release date of 2011"
Perhaps the first patent troll? probably not, but an interesting read that sent me off looking for more info on Selden
thanks for that link.
Al Gore is gonna be pissed...
Anyone have opinions on voxox?
Mod that up someone.
>>'For a communications system this large to go down, it's almost unheard of,'
except it is not. Skype has failed before I've had a skype in number at home for two years. I do not use it any longer owing to lack of reliability. Often (way too often) I get busy signals on numbers that are not busy. I can hold my cell in on had my skype phone in the other and get a busy signal. I assume when the peer-to-peer network saturates in my area, I get a busy signal.
I won't use it for my home phone, who in their right mind would use it for a business? I wish it did work. I like the idea and I like the price, but stuff like this can't "mostly" work.
>>Can you imagine I once had stock options at $100?
that comment made me curious enough to hit google finance. not pretty
>>Then you get stupid password systems which state your password must be "at least 6 letters, including 1 upper case and 1 number", about 38 bits. Or even worse "between 6 and 8 characters".
One system I dealt with recently at a largish company (multi-billions revenue) introduced tougher new password guidelines:
The tough new standard? Must contain upper and lower case. Must contain at least one number. Must be EIGHT characters long.
gah...
Curious as to whether that will help for very long. I'm thinking that scam sites could spider high ranking "advanced" pages, paste a few paragraphs from each hit and then pile the ads up top.
>>One benefit of having a domain is having forward all for %.com@domain.com.
That is what I've done for years. The "catchall" mail is close to 100% spam and most of the rest is crap I don't want to read. I filter out anything of interest (IE account signup emails) and delete the inbox periodically.
Possibly the best 8 bucks a year I have ever spent.
All of us in Canada at least. She seems to take her mandate seriously.
Don't forget DNS too.
Google has access to a great deal more information than most people realize.
I use several O/S. The ones from Redmond need a little help in the virus department :]
And you are right - The fire department ought to have been considered funded by the taxes that family had been paying for how many? years.
I guess what I was trying convey was that despite being something we shouldn't have to pay for (like that fire levy), the cost of AV is nothing compared to the potential inconvenience of not having it.
Might not be fair, or reasonable, but it's truth.
Thanks for the link. Not buying it at $35 tho. The price is fine for a physical textbook, but way out of line for an electronic copy IMHO.
/. silly me) with recommendations on this book or others? Textbook/online course/ebook, whatever.
Which leaves me still wanting a book. Total newb with regards to Blender and 3D modeling of any sort.
Anyone knowledgeable here (I know this is
>>Precisely. I'd go without virus software rather than pay for it
That made me think of the dude who lost a house because he didn't pay a $75 fire department levy.
If A-V keeps you from having to rebuild a machine + restore everything on it even once, it's a pretty much paid for itself.
I would have no issue paying a reasonable fee for antivirus if there weren't adequate free options available.
>> they can make it up in volume.
No offense, but I think this is the road to bankruptcy. "Old" GM thought that way too. Pre-bailout, they figure losing large per unit was "OK" if it brought more units sold. Profit (at some later date) would follow market share.
If GM was better at math, they would have understood the trailing obligations incurred every time they threw money at the unions (and considered the built in cost penalty per vehicle.) It isn't just now, its' later you need to worry about when negotiating contracts.. for that matter, once they had placed themselves in a position where some models became unprofitable due to overhead, they ought to have quit building them. If you're losing $amount on an already mass produced vehicle, it's a damn neat trick to sell more of them and at a discount and suddenly become profitable.
These guys (GM) are lucky they were "too big to fail".
Glad I'm not the only one that thought "how does it taste"? :P
I expect the company is getting attention due to a sudden influx of cash
>> There's already a few people doing similar things
Yep. My hosts file is full of them (and I am sure nowhere near being complete).
>>so I'm sure we'll shortly find out whether it's the exceptionally useful tool it appears to promise to be.
The M79 has been around for nearly 50 years and (per Wikipedia) is still in use.
This weapon would seem to fill the same role, presumably with less required skill and greater effect.
Timon and Pumbaa's typing game. It's a good typing tutor and fun enough to fit in the "game" headspace.
Hexen was a lot of fun. I'd love to see it updated
>> And when Joe Farmer runs his backhoe through your Fiber line? Send everyone home for the day? Tell your clients that their media is stuck on Amazon?
Dual connections with different topologies and hardware fail over. It isn't that expensive.
Having said that, I still would hesitate to put core assets (or even email) in the cloud.