That's ANI (automatic number identification), which is transmitted to owners of toll free numbers regardless of the state of blocking/non-blocking of Caller-ID. The rationale is that if the toll free business is paying for the call, that business is entitled to caller information.
If you had a business with assets to take and had Apple's lawyers breathing down your neck, you'd probably kiss their ass in public to keep them from putting you under, too. Doesn't mean Stardock really feels that way.
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To get a job in Puerto Rico, one must present a "certificado de buen conducto"
It's surprising to me that as a U.S. Territory that P.R. can even have laws that allow that to happen. Is this certificate something conjured up by business that they take to a police station to have certified or an invention of the government?
Of course, that this happens in a place where the shopkeeper looks you over while you stand outside the barred door and then decide whether or not your worthy to come in shouldn't surprise me.
We Americans don't know how well-off we are sometimes!
I remember a show on PBS way back that had some MIT people working on a set top box that could identify faces of the Nielsen families. That way, they could know not only what the set was tuned to, but who in the family was watching. This was on the order of ten years ago--I particularly remember the coined word "eigenfaces" being tossed about.
. . . before, and failed. Badly. Even over cable networks. There were systems, back in the day, that allowed one to download games to a cartridge over what could now loosely be called a "cable modem" for such venerable systems as the Atari 2600, Mattel Intellivision, and Sega Genesis.
I think the fact that most people are reluctant to provide a revenue stream (think on the order of $9.95-$19.95/month) combined with the other fact that lots of games that would have been a $30-$50 sale will lose their appeal after two plays will result in a quick death for this system.
Why is it that eBay can claim to be "only a venue" and then intervene, killing auctions they don't like? That's almost as specious as Prodigy censoring posts on its forums then claiming common carrier status when sued for libel. Oh, wait, that happened. Anyway, how come eBay gets to have its cake and eat it too?
The Federal government adds a tax to my telephone service, to fund fat pipes to libraries and schools. This is cool, because my community gets to use the schools, and I get to use the library! But wait! Now that the government is so generously giving my money to schools and libraries, the government says "Ah Ah Ah! You have to follow our rules to get this money!"
I get it. The government takes my money in the name of the common good and uses it to micromanage the institutions that are out there doing the good. Where have I seen this before? Oh yeah, Federal Financial aid for education (Title IV). Either way, we pay for education, but now the money filters through the Feds' hands and arrives with strings attached.
Fair enough--you didn't assert PBS is commercial free. That's just one of my pet peeves. You mention the increasing need for money--this may have something to do with the fact that potential patrons see large corporate sponsorships and the airtime (not a commercial) they're given in return and figure PBS must be getting plenty of money there. So there are even less voluntary contributions from viewers--a cynical, vicious cycle.
I'm tired of commercials every 5-8 minutes, anyone else? It's definately made me appreciate PBS.
That's right, because on PBS, there are no commericals, by definition. Those 30 second to two minute pieces of information about Saab, Ford, or whoever are not commercials. Remember that.
And those half-hour long fundraising sessions that cut the middle of long programs a few times a year? You guessed it--not commercials.
Point is, PBS just limits the kind of commercials they accept--calling PBS commercial free does not make it so.
Blame your marketroids for selling them to that audience without adequate training, not the poor SOB's unfamiliar with computers.
I know this might be hard to believe, but there are lots of intelligent people out there who have never learned what "double-click" means because they haven't needed to up to this point.
Now, the intersection of the set of otherwise intelligent people with the set of QVC equipment purchasers may well be small, but a little sympathy might be in order.
My guess is these people are mostly older, and could use some encouragement for getting their feet wet and giving it a try rather than saying "Bah" to the whole idea. Someday (I hope), you and I are going to be old, and it is we who will be laughed at while we have trouble with the technology of the day.
Hang in there--tech support sucks no matter who you're dealing with:).
I assume that if you have responsibility for technical purchases for this business, that in the future you will spec "NO COPY PROTECTION" on the purchase order. If the product turns out to be protected in such a way, you declare the PO void and take the vendor to court unless they refund your money or provide you a version without it. If they won't, find a competitor that will. If their isn't one, there's a market opportunity for you:).
On a side note, did you know that MS is the only company I know of
that people will buy a beta version from to have it expire and have topurchase another beta.
Actually, IBM successfully did this with OS/2, starting with version 2.0.
It therefore requires unprecedented attempts to assure the veracity of the content it purveys and to protect those who use it. And if that means suspending full First Amendment protection from the Internet, so be it.
That's about where I stopped reading. If there were still a House Committee on Un-American Activities, I would expect this guy to be brought before it and blacklisted. The only difference now would be that it would be justified.
It might have something to do with the fact that, discounting minute emissions from a local oscillator, pagers are receivers, as opposed to transmitters. Banning pagers would be like banning FM radios or televisions. Cellular telephones, however, are transmitters as well, increasing concerns about interference with medical devices.
The key word is cheap. Jaz disks nominally sell for $100/2G, as opposed to.19/600M for CDR. Granted, Jaz is a lot more flexible in actual use, but is several orders of magnitude more expensive. And, based on observation of Iomega media stretching all the way back to the Bernoulli 10MB cartridges, the media prices never come down significantly.
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That's ANI (automatic number identification), which is transmitted to owners of toll free numbers regardless of the state of blocking/non-blocking of Caller-ID. The rationale is that if the toll free business is paying for the call, that business is entitled to caller information.
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I'd take the spam. I can delete/filter/trap spam, but when anonymity's gone, it's gone.
But the CSID is blocked with *67 when it's a local call. And AFAIK, Cisco doesn't have any special mojo with the phone cops. Do they?
If you had a business with assets to take and had Apple's lawyers breathing down your neck, you'd probably kiss their ass in public to keep them from putting you under, too. Doesn't mean Stardock really feels that way.
Look here.
It's surprising to me that as a U.S. Territory that P.R. can even have laws that allow that to happen. Is this certificate something conjured up by business that they take to a police station to have certified or an invention of the government?
Of course, that this happens in a place where the shopkeeper looks you over while you stand outside the barred door and then decide whether or not your worthy to come in shouldn't surprise me.
We Americans don't know how well-off we are sometimes!
I remember a show on PBS way back that had some MIT people working on a set top box that could identify faces of the Nielsen families. That way, they could know not only what the set was tuned to, but who in the family was watching. This was on the order of ten years ago--I particularly remember the coined word "eigenfaces" being tossed about.
That's called Usenet .
Oh, you mean to play on the PC :)--that'll have to wait for the emulator.
I think the fact that most people are reluctant to provide a revenue stream (think on the order of $9.95-$19.95/month) combined with the other fact that lots of games that would have been a $30-$50 sale will lose their appeal after two plays will result in a quick death for this system.
Why is it that eBay can claim to be "only a venue" and then intervene, killing auctions they don't like? That's almost as specious as Prodigy censoring posts on its forums then claiming common carrier status when sued for libel. Oh, wait, that happened. Anyway, how come eBay gets to have its cake and eat it too?
I get it. The government takes my money in the name of the common good and uses it to micromanage the institutions that are out there doing the good. Where have I seen this before? Oh yeah, Federal Financial aid for education (Title IV). Either way, we pay for education, but now the money filters through the Feds' hands and arrives with strings attached.
Not necessary to be rude.
It's not sealed against dust, bread crumbs, or pizza remnants.
I'm glad to hear that it's cheaper now, and wasn't bashing the product. You should consider therapy about your anger.
Took a few days to get used to a trackball vs. a mouse, but worth it!
Here's a writeup on it from an ADA point of view. Paid $50ish at Office Depot.
If I had a mod point, it would be yours. That was an awesome paper, which I've forwarded to our computer security/crypto prof. Thanks!
Fair enough--you didn't assert PBS is commercial free. That's just one of my pet peeves. You mention the increasing need for money--this may have something to do with the fact that potential patrons see large corporate sponsorships and the airtime (not a commercial) they're given in return and figure PBS must be getting plenty of money there. So there are even less voluntary contributions from viewers--a cynical, vicious cycle.
That's right, because on PBS, there are no commericals, by definition. Those 30 second to two minute pieces of information about Saab, Ford, or whoever are not commercials. Remember that.
And those half-hour long fundraising sessions that cut the middle of long programs a few times a year? You guessed it--not commercials.
Point is, PBS just limits the kind of commercials they accept--calling PBS commercial free does not make it so.
I know this might be hard to believe, but there are lots of intelligent people out there who have never learned what "double-click" means because they haven't needed to up to this point.
Now, the intersection of the set of otherwise intelligent people with the set of QVC equipment purchasers may well be small, but a little sympathy might be in order.
My guess is these people are mostly older, and could use some encouragement for getting their feet wet and giving it a try rather than saying "Bah" to the whole idea. Someday (I hope), you and I are going to be old, and it is we who will be laughed at while we have trouble with the technology of the day.
Hang in there--tech support sucks no matter who you're dealing with :).
I assume that if you have responsibility for technical purchases for this business, that in the future you will spec "NO COPY PROTECTION" on the purchase order. If the product turns out to be protected in such a way, you declare the PO void and take the vendor to court unless they refund your money or provide you a version without it. If they won't, find a competitor that will. If their isn't one, there's a market opportunity for you :).
I've got dibs on DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:CA!
Actually, IBM successfully did this with OS/2, starting with version 2.0.
That's about where I stopped reading. If there were still a House Committee on Un-American Activities, I would expect this guy to be brought before it and blacklisted. The only difference now would be that it would be justified.
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The usual IANAD, etc.
The key word is cheap. Jaz disks nominally sell for $100/2G, as opposed to .19/600M for CDR. Granted, Jaz is a lot more flexible in actual use, but is several orders of magnitude more expensive. And, based on observation of Iomega media stretching all the way back to the Bernoulli 10MB cartridges, the media prices never come down significantly.