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  1. Yes, D-Link IP WebCams Can Do This on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Modern IP Webcam That Lets the User Control the Output? · · Score: 1

    On the current D-Link webcams available from BestBuy (e.g. DCS-2132LB1, DCS-5222LB1) besides their "Cloud" you can configure them to upload to FTP, CIFS, Email, and SD. The setting is done through Setup -> Event Setup. Add an FTP server and event to Periodic and Trigger, for instance, once per minute.

  2. BitTorrent on ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them? · · Score: 1

    I've often seen the same thing on my DSL connection (5MB/896KB), however when I BitTorrent a popular download, I always get my max bandwidth. So I'm sure my ISP is providing what they say they are. I suspect other culprits might be to blame, such as bandwidth of site visited, or mod_throttle on their end.

  3. Re:alpha-test on Build Your Own Solar Powered Hotspot · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are right... The photovoltaics in this backpack are claimed to provide 4 watts (presumedly in full daylight and properly oriented). The AP ships with a 12V 1.25A power supply. Given that bricks rarely provide more power than required, I'd estimate the power draw at over 12 watts. This means that it takes an hour to charge the batter sufficiently for user's to just get to the point they've cleared the spam out of their email boxes before the AP's power gives out.

  4. Re:Book: Cutstomer Satisfaction is Worthless... on Setting the Bar for Customer Service? · · Score: 1

    I ought to mention the main theme of the book... Going to a business and having them do what you wanted them to do, the first time, just as you wanted them to, and leaving thinking they took care of you well, is NOT what you want your customer to do. You want them to leave saying

    HOLY COW! I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE IT! THAT WAS *AWESOME*!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL BOB ABOUT THIS! HE'LL NEVER BELIEVE ME!

    That's what this book is about, building a customer base that wouldn't even think about going anywhere else, nor allow their family, friends, neighbors, or strangers on the street, going anywhere else. How to build customers that spend their own time being your salesforce.

  5. Book: Cutstomer Satisfaction is Worthless... on Setting the Bar for Customer Service? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would highly recommend the book: "Customer Satisfaction Is Worthless, Customer Loyalty Is Priceless : How to Make Customers Love You, Keep Them Coming Back and Tell Everyone They Know".

    This is required reading at my company. The book has a lot of self-hype, the author can't seem to grasp the concept of ordinal numbers, and is a bit condenscending, but if you get past that it has a LOT of REALLY EXCELLENT customer service advice for all businesses.

  6. RMS: Don't quit your day job. on Where Have All the Venture Capitalists Gone? · · Score: 1

    AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!
    I couldn't hit XMMS's stop button fast enough!

  7. Re:Go Linux on DaimlerChrysler Looks for Dismissal of SCO Suit · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, DCX is saying that they haven't used SCO's OPENSERVER or UNIXWARE in that period of time. That ARE using LINUX.

  8. And the Tech-Sheet Says... on Iomega Ships 35GB 'Son of Jaz' · · Score: 1

    The Technical Spec Sheet says Height: 1.0 cm, Width: 7.7 cm, Length: 7.5 cm. Which when rounded out is 1x8x8 cm.

  9. Link to SLC's Billboard on Clear Channel Plans To Roll Out Digital Billboards · · Score: 1

    You can get more information, including technical, on the Salt Lake City KSL Sign here.

  10. Not all they're cracked up to be on Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have a short one cbrown at (an EXCEPTIONALLY well known domain). Through some fluke, I NEVER gave that email address to anyone for use or posted it anywhere. I now get 300+ spams per day to it with ~15 per day getting through the spam filter. ALL phonebook spam. Granted, Google plans to do a better job of spam filtering, but that's yet to be seen.

  11. Re:Beware too much data concentrated on Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? · · Score: 1

    Case in point:
    Caldera, too, was a relatively benign mostly conciencious linux player before they "went to the dark side". (Linux, I am your FATHER!)

  12. Remember AltaVista! on Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? · · Score: 1

    When AltaVista started trying to be a portal, it was the beginning of the end.

  13. Domain Typos on Phishing Scams Incorporate SSL Certificates · · Score: 1

    Or evil domain is typo of legitimate one... (Not meant to defame any website) such as www.ebaye.com, www.paypall.com, www.macaffee.com, etc...

  14. Re:One question. on Groklaw Outlines More SCO Linux Contributions · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, SCO does NOT have to show the code "in court" in January. They have to provide it to IBM. There are protective orders in place such that SCO's "secret" code need not be directly disclosed in public. Though, I've yet to figure out why SCO needs such privacy on code they claim most any of us supposedly already have in plain text in /usr/src/linux.

  15. Re:Coprocessor Price on Clearspeed Makes Tall Claims for Future Chip · · Score: 1

    8,192 Bytes? Yeah, That's what my RCA COSMAC ELF 1802 Hex Keypad had. It sure could have used that upgrade. Maybe faster RAM would have sped it up.

  16. Coprocessor Price on Clearspeed Makes Tall Claims for Future Chip · · Score: 1

    Only $16,000! I'll take two!
    But where's the desktop bus bandwidth supposed to come from? I Think it'll choke on my PC133 RAM. Whatever desktop machine they're targeting is what I want for Christmas.

  17. Re:Open Source Drivers & Reverse Engineering on Open Sourcing Closed Sourced Drivers? · · Score: 1

    Of course it could be a WinProduct where the driver IS the device (ala WinModems & etc). This being the case it would be simplicity for a competitor to reverse engineer the card. However, if this were the case, it wouldn't last long in the Linux world. Printers, modems, NICs, & etc should do the work, not the drivers.