Yeah, Ron the Webmaster is overly trusting, he has his email address directly linked on that 'probability' page. Guess he was trying for maximum impact....
Sure, it's possible for Americans to buy from the Canadian Itunes store! But as Pres.Bush will remind you, we can't be sure those bits will be safe! What's really IN those files?
About where Brisbane would be if you overlaid the East Coast of Australia and that of the US. I spent 20 years in Philadelphia, and 4 months in Brisbane. Brisbane is nicer.
I'll know that Skype is serious about being everywhere when they allow free peering both inbound & outbound with other (SIP- and IAX2-based) VoIP providers, and with users of Asterisk or other flexible, standards-based telephony apps. As it is now, it is worse than those silly efforts made by AIM/Yahoo messenger/MSN messenger to repel alternative clients, such as Gaim or Trillian.
For an (almost) impartial view of this, see Michael Robertson's reasoned write-up.
This has been around for months. And is not bound to proprietary standards, having a computer running, or even being at home! I am so fookin tired of all the Skype hype! "As Seen on TV" used to be the phrase. Now it is more like "Ware doo eye klik?"... ooh, pretty colors!
Seems like the Mac fluffy bunny syndrome has attacked. Stanaphone does not charge a monthly fee, nor does gafachi, simpletelecom, voipjet, and others. A 'dumb toy' means something that looks nice and is hyped professionally, which duplicates things that already exist that work as well, or better, and at lower cost, and with open protocols with numerous competing open and closed client, server and provider options. The 'Walled Garden' environment favoured by Mac heads is doomed.
Stanaphone (not my #1 favorite, but it is easy) costs at http://www.stanaphone.com/whatsstana/
I call regular phone numbers from my computer using any of 10 providers. Using standard, open protocols (IAX2 and SIP). Sorry, the rates are not the same as SkypeOut. They are substantially cheaper.
This is where it's headed. The Microsoft Tax paid monthly, or your machine turns into a 100% space heater(as opposed to 97% when running MS crap). Will be the best thing that ever happened to Desktop Linux (or other free alternatives).
Asterisk plays VERY well with conventional PBXs.
I've setup Asterisk boxes with T1 or PRI links to old PBXes in the US / London / German offices of my company. It works great. Everybody uses the phones already on their desks, calls between offices are free, and Asterisk allows many more features, all accessible by non-wizard users via an access code.
It's also trivial to shop around for good deals in call termination, which is tough to do with normal telcos.
Longer term, the IP stuff will win, but there is no real justification for throwing the current stuff into the trash, just yet.
So how is this different? Somebody makes a supposedly secure product (which it is not) that is overpriced (which MS products ARE). Somebody else finds that the thing is a piece of crap, and disseminates this knowledge. Who's the bad guy? The big corporation that makes money from marketing garbage? Hah.
The article I believe means that Apple continues to produce award winning applications like iLife: iTunes, iPhoto, GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie - while Microsoft just puts mediocre apps like Movie Creator and claims it's a value.
Microsoft traps people into using their crap with well-documented (and judicially proven) monopolistic methods, and making absolutely sure that the stuff requires Windows. Apple traps people into using their shiny things by producing apps that require their blinky boxes. If they had not been such turds during the nineties, they coulda been a contenda!
100% agree with Kunte, the pro-Apple kowtowing is a pathetic joke. Apple deserves respect for their marketing and packaging, and for presenting a great alternative to the Microsoft hegemony/monopoly. But they do essentially NOTHING to support open source, have they released much of their proprietary code? They are using the 'steal-me-please' BSD stuff, just as Microsoft has, really they are not -that- much better. Being better than MS (yes, Apple actually DOES innovate on occasion!) does not make them gods. So cut out this religious shit already.
You want to be almost absolutely sure your intended recipient is the only one who sees your message?
This legal shit reminds me of a package of peanuts I got yesterday at the supermarket: "This product was processed in a facility that processes peanuts".
This proves we need lawyers like female fish need bicycles....
The office of homeland security has determined that the Enemies of America (R) are using the public streets, and as such, these must be closely controlled, if not eliminated altogether. Dissent only helps the terrorists, and shows that you are not a true Patriot(R).
You and a lot of others make good points; it was not my intention to state that college degrees were/are unnecessary. The 'currency' of education in the US is so devalued that if you haven't any University degree then you are, in fact, suspect. What I was saying is that treating your college education as a form of vocational training is a BIG mistake, because you will be wasting the best opportunity in your life to learn stuff and have a good time. Formal courses in IT are almost always outdated and taught by people who couldn't make it in the real world. Yes, there are exceptions, but I did not take a course in counting, so I cannot tell you how many there are!
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, Ron the Webmaster is overly trusting, he has his email address directly linked on that 'probability' page. Guess he was trying for maximum impact....
Microsoft degrades technology, the concept of business fairplay, and The English Language, too.
Good Tidings to all, and HO! HO! HO!
But what I REALLY want to know is whether I have to give up listening to Swedish-sounding robotic voices, and start hearing Norwegian robots....
Something like 666 strands per inch. Remember only the BAD GUYS have something to hide. Fear not.
Sure, it's possible for Americans to buy from the Canadian Itunes store! But as Pres.Bush will remind you, we can't be sure those bits will be safe! What's really IN those files?
Hey, they may have shite for brains, but the money was worth it! No trouble with the dreaded 228 patents that Linux supposedly infringes!
About where Brisbane would be if you overlaid the East Coast of Australia and that of the US. I spent 20 years in Philadelphia, and 4 months in Brisbane. Brisbane is nicer.
For an (almost) impartial view of this, see Michael Robertson's reasoned write-up.
This has been around for months. And is not bound to proprietary standards, having a computer running, or even being at home! I am so fookin tired of all the Skype hype! "As Seen on TV" used to be the phrase. Now it is more like "Ware doo eye klik?"... ooh, pretty colors!
Seems like the Mac fluffy bunny syndrome has attacked. Stanaphone does not charge a monthly fee, nor does gafachi, simpletelecom, voipjet, and others. A 'dumb toy' means something that looks nice and is hyped professionally, which duplicates things that already exist that work as well, or better, and at lower cost, and with open protocols with numerous competing open and closed client, server and provider options. The 'Walled Garden' environment favoured by Mac heads is doomed.
Stanaphone (not my #1 favorite, but it is easy) costs at http://www.stanaphone.com/whatsstana/
No monthly fee. Runs on Mac. Does not require propellor beanie. As an extra bonus, you can receive calls, too.
t =voip
There are MANY clients out there, I prefer IAXcomm (good on Mac/Linux/Wincrap). An 'easier' one is probably SJPhone (also Mac/Wincrap).
http://www.sjlabs.com/sjp.html
Easiest service is probably Stanaphone, you'll get a New York inbound number, and cheap outbound.
For outbound-only, you have many choices.
This list is not complete, but it's plenty.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/isplist?
Skype is a dumb toy that is very well-marketed.
Wake up, oh ignorant one.
I call regular phone numbers from my computer using any of 10 providers. Using standard, open protocols (IAX2 and SIP). Sorry, the rates are not the same as SkypeOut. They are substantially cheaper.
This is where it's headed. The Microsoft Tax paid monthly, or your machine turns into a 100% space heater(as opposed to 97% when running MS crap). Will be the best thing that ever happened to Desktop Linux (or other free alternatives).
Stop dedicating your life to subsidising Microsoft's hegemony. Move people to a good, maintained Linux Distro. Yes, it is possible.
Asterisk plays VERY well with conventional PBXs.
I've setup Asterisk boxes with T1 or PRI links to old PBXes in the US / London / German offices of my company. It works great. Everybody uses the phones already on their desks, calls between offices are free, and Asterisk allows many more features, all accessible by non-wizard users via an access code.
It's also trivial to shop around for good deals in call termination, which is tough to do with normal telcos.
Longer term, the IP stuff will win, but there is no real justification for throwing the current stuff into the trash, just yet.
The Rejection Hotline!
p hp ?age=666
Local numbers all over the US!
http://rejectionhotline.com/numbers_and_cities.
So how is this different? Somebody makes a supposedly secure product (which it is not) that is overpriced (which MS products ARE). Somebody else finds that the thing is a piece of crap, and disseminates this knowledge. Who's the bad guy? The big corporation that makes money from marketing garbage? Hah.
Microsoft traps people into using their crap with well-documented (and judicially proven) monopolistic methods, and making absolutely sure that the stuff requires Windows. Apple traps people into using their shiny things by producing apps that require their blinky boxes. If they had not been such turds during the nineties, they coulda been a contenda!
100% agree with Kunte, the pro-Apple kowtowing is a pathetic joke. Apple deserves respect for their marketing and packaging, and for presenting a great alternative to the Microsoft hegemony/monopoly. But they do essentially NOTHING to support open source, have they released much of their proprietary code? They are using the 'steal-me-please' BSD stuff, just as Microsoft has, really they are not -that- much better. Being better than MS (yes, Apple actually DOES innovate on occasion!) does not make them gods. So cut out this religious shit already.
(ok, six, with GPG)
You want to be almost absolutely sure your intended recipient is the only one who sees your message?
This legal shit reminds me of a package of peanuts I got yesterday at the supermarket:
"This product was processed in a facility that processes peanuts".
This proves we need lawyers like female fish need bicycles....
The office of homeland security has determined that the Enemies of America (R) are using the public streets, and as such, these must be closely controlled, if not eliminated altogether. Dissent only helps the terrorists, and shows that you are not a true Patriot(R).
Why can't they use multicast for distributing lawsuits? A lot more efficient than hitting hundreds of individual IP numbers with their affidavits!
Michael Hunt? Richard Hertz?
You and a lot of others make good points; it was not my intention to state that college degrees were/are unnecessary. The 'currency' of education in the US is so devalued that if you haven't any University degree then you are, in fact, suspect. What I was saying is that treating your college education as a form of vocational training is a BIG mistake, because you will be wasting the best opportunity in your life to learn stuff and have a good time. Formal courses in IT are almost always outdated and taught by people who couldn't make it in the real world. Yes, there are exceptions, but I did not take a course in counting, so I cannot tell you how many there are!