Especially if your boss is a spineless, brown-nosing dumbass.
I did this once within two months of getting assigned to work for such a prick. But I did the precaution of tapping my network for potential openings before letting things get out of hand.
But over C#? Probably not. I figure that the real reason you're doing this is something else, and C# is just a rationalization.
Google frightens me. I know their motto is "Do no evil" but...
Consider this:
* They have one of the world's largest compute clusters.
* They have the demonstrated capability to use that cluster effectively.
* They've practically centralized all of the web in their cache. Even though you can ask for a site to be removed from the cache, I expect that all that does is hide the cache from the outside world - google still has a copy.
* Now they have all your email too, if you've signed up for a gmail account. If you haven't, chances are that someone you communicate with has a gmail account. So they have some of your email too.
* They have some link with the spooks - I've seen job ads from Google for the East Coast which require security clearance.
* If in fact they're going to do VOIP, I think it's just to get VOIP centralized as well.
Maybe your favourite TLA is paying them to do this. Who knows how much money they have.
Certainly Google has the capability if not the intent to do a lot of evil.
And I'm not sure they're all that clean - look at the way they cozied up to China and the way the Abu Ghraib images vanished out of their image caches. In one case they're supporting evil, and in the other case they're hiding evil.
Digital landline phones use DTMF == "Dual Tone Multi Frequency." I'd be very surprised if you can actually whistle those tones to the accuracy required.
Yahoo consistently blocks mail from HeavyReading.com and LightReading.com as spam. No amount of retraining by moving the mail or setting up filters seems to work.
Gmail works fine.
Hotmail, on the other hand, continues to be a joke.
So use gmail only for mailing lists. I've started doing that with my gmail account and it works great; especially for the mailing lists which don't have decent archives (or have archives with sucky search functions).
I hated the versioning feature. Combined with the stupid syntax for creating and using directories - "SET DIRECTORY=thank-good-ness-I-don't-remember-this-cr ap-anymore" - it left my directories in a mess.
It was SET VERSION-LIMIT=1 for me. Then my boss came along and tried to edit some code for me - yes, it was that long ago when bosses could write code - screwed up (he could write code, but being the boss, he was allowed to screw up, right) and tried to roll back.
1. Engineer 2. Doctor 3. Business 4. The civil services - i.e. live off taxpayers' money 4. None of the above
Interesting effect takes place in business oriented families - their kids try options 1 or 2 for a while, and then quit to run the business - usually pays better.
Well, in villages there is probably one guy you'll see carrying a cell phone - the postman. There's a scheme by which the postman goes house to house delivering letters, and if the phoneless resident wants to make a call, s/he makes it using the postman's mobile, and pays up in cash immediately.
1. In 94 or 95, Qualcomm persuaded MTNL in Delhi to trial IS-95 (the original CDMA "standard")
2. In 97, Bharti Telenet deployed CDMA against a basic services (ie landline) license under the guise of WiLL (Motorola speak for Wireless Local Loop). This went nowhere fast as Bharti didn't want to test the limits of their license legally - WLL at that time strictly meant NO mobility outside of the cell that the subscriber was supposed to located. If you know CDMA, you'll understand that technically this is not possible, due to soft and softer handoffs.
3. Reliance and Tata Telecom started deploying 3G-1X (IS-2000??) in late 2002. Reliance is a much more aggressive company than most, and unlike Bharti, pushed the limits of their license to take on the GSM operators. If you know Reliance, you'll understand that they pretty much have their way with anything; we're talking 800 pound gorilla on steroids here.
4. The regulatory authority buckled, and now CDMA is legally allowed to be mobile and therefore India has gone from having ONE operator for just landlines to places like Bangalore where there are at 7 networks (wireline and wireless) - BSNL (the incumbent former monopoly), Airtel, Spice, Hutch, Reliance, and Tata. Yes, that adds up to six, but BSNL runs two mobile networks - GSM and CDMA.
As for size determining CDMA or GSM, I don't think that's a factor - most people I know prefer GSM to CDMA - GSM roaming *works*, CDMA roaming is a joke. GSM lets you change your mobile when you feel like it - I've changed 4 mobiles in 5 years, without messing about with ESN numbers etc which would be a problem with CDMA. Be aware that the CDMA operators in India do not support mobiles which you did not buy from them. At least, I've been unable to find one willling to take a "foreign" ESN number into their network. It may be a policy problem, or just plain stupidity or ignorance.
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They appear sell it only to verticals, such as the army:
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Especially if your boss is a spineless, brown-nosing dumbass.
I did this once within two months of getting assigned to work for such a prick. But I did the precaution of tapping my network for potential openings before letting things get out of hand.
But over C#? Probably not. I figure that the real reason you're doing this is something else, and C# is just a rationalization.
Google frightens me. I know their motto is "Do no evil" but ...
Consider this:
* They have one of the world's largest compute clusters.
* They have the demonstrated capability to use that cluster effectively.
* They've practically centralized all of the web in their cache. Even though you can ask for a site to be removed from the cache, I expect that all that does is hide the cache from the outside world - google still has a copy.
* Now they have all your email too, if you've signed up for a gmail account. If you haven't, chances are that someone you communicate with has a gmail account. So they have some of your email too.
* They have some link with the spooks - I've seen job ads from Google for the East Coast which require security clearance.
* If in fact they're going to do VOIP, I think it's just to get VOIP centralized as well.
Maybe your favourite TLA is paying them to do this. Who knows how much money they have.
Certainly Google has the capability if not the intent to do a lot of evil.
And I'm not sure they're all that clean - look at the way they cozied up to China and the way the Abu Ghraib images vanished out of their image caches. In one case they're supporting evil, and in the other case they're hiding evil.
Digital landline phones use DTMF == "Dual Tone Multi Frequency." I'd be very surprised if you can actually whistle those tones to the accuracy required.
"Most users ever online was 469, 12 Minutes Ago at 10:32."
So 24 comments, and 469 blokes actually RTFA.
I'm going to patent the word "Duh" and charge a royalty from the patent office everytime those clowns use it.
Yahoo consistently blocks mail from HeavyReading.com and LightReading.com as spam. No amount of retraining by moving the mail or setting up filters seems to work.
Gmail works fine.
Hotmail, on the other hand, continues to be a joke.
128 bit AAC is equivilent to 192 bit MP3.
Really? I didn't know that. Thanks for the info, I will revisit itunes/ipod.
Ok Steve, you got your MP3, why don't you fix the quality on itunes to better than 128kpbs?!?
That list is irrelevant. People in China/India /. for that
work for a living, and don't have time for
hobby projects like Linux. Or
matter.
I see what you mean; they're like particles out of quantum physics with opposite spins.
Michael-ons and Dave-ons.
Couldn't use Moore-on as that would confuse Michael with Bush, the Moron.
So we'll all find out that that smirking fratboy Dubya can't spell either.
EOM
... only they call it their beltsize.
Okay, how do I put this? If you call tech support with or without RTFM, you deserve what you get.
Return that box to the store, you're not qualified to use it.
I object to (2). You gotta have all the coffee you can drink - subject that the first person to call for a bio-break terminates the meeting.
It took a year to convince the bitter half that a home theatre was a good idea. This may take a little longer.
So use gmail only for mailing lists. I've started doing that with my gmail account and it works great; especially for the mailing lists which don't have decent archives (or have archives with sucky search functions).
I hated the versioning feature. Combined with the stupid syntax for creating and using directories - "SET DIRECTORY=thank-good-ness-I-don't-remember-this-cr ap-anymore" - it left my directories in a mess.
It was SET VERSION-LIMIT=1 for me. Then my boss came along and tried to edit some code for me - yes, it was that long ago when bosses could write code - screwed up (he could write code, but being the boss, he was allowed to screw up, right) and tried to roll back.
Uhoh.
by Redmond?
Take one nimble Penguin and stuff it silly. Penguin now too fat to run circles around Windows.
Yes, Indians can do anime too:
http://toonzanimation.com
Why would I need this?
Actually the choices are
1. Engineer
2. Doctor
3. Business
4. The civil services - i.e. live off taxpayers' money
4. None of the above
Interesting effect takes place in business oriented families - their kids try options 1 or 2 for a while, and then quit to run the business - usually pays better.
Well, in villages there is probably one guy you'll see carrying a cell phone - the postman. There's a scheme by which the postman goes house to house delivering letters, and if the phoneless resident wants to make a call, s/he makes it using the postman's mobile, and pays up in cash immediately.
Yes, India uses CDMA:
1. In 94 or 95, Qualcomm persuaded MTNL in Delhi to trial IS-95 (the original CDMA "standard")
2. In 97, Bharti Telenet deployed CDMA against a basic services (ie landline) license under the guise of WiLL (Motorola speak for Wireless Local Loop). This went nowhere fast as Bharti didn't want to test the limits of their license legally - WLL at that time strictly meant NO mobility outside of the cell that the subscriber was supposed to located. If you know CDMA, you'll understand that technically this is not possible, due to soft and softer handoffs.
3. Reliance and Tata Telecom started deploying 3G-1X (IS-2000??) in late 2002. Reliance is a much more aggressive company than most, and unlike Bharti, pushed the limits of their license to take on the GSM operators. If you know Reliance, you'll understand that they pretty much have their way with anything; we're talking 800 pound gorilla on steroids here.
4. The regulatory authority buckled, and now CDMA is legally allowed to be mobile and therefore India has gone from having ONE operator for just landlines to places like Bangalore where there are at 7 networks (wireline and wireless) - BSNL (the incumbent former monopoly), Airtel, Spice, Hutch, Reliance, and Tata. Yes, that adds up to six, but BSNL runs two mobile networks - GSM and CDMA.
As for size determining CDMA or GSM, I don't think that's a factor - most people I know prefer GSM to CDMA - GSM roaming *works*, CDMA roaming is a joke. GSM lets you change your mobile when you feel like it - I've changed 4 mobiles in 5 years, without messing about with ESN numbers etc which would be a problem with CDMA. Be aware that the CDMA operators in India do not support mobiles which you did not buy from them. At least, I've been unable to find one willling to take a "foreign" ESN number into their network. It may be a policy problem, or just plain stupidity or ignorance.