We're actually talking about SLD's (Second-Level Domains) where there probably isn;t any set standard as opposed to TLDs..COM is a TLD but to avoid confusion at the second-level country-specific subdomain level it makes more sense to use something other than a TLD designation. In addition,.CO can stand for COrporate as well as COmmercial hence is a more flexible designation.
It should be titled something like "An Alternate View" and not be preachy about open source but just show practical examples of what open-source applications are out there and how people are using them.
They could pick a SourceForge "Project-Of-The-Week" which would hopefully serve the dual purpose of helping someone find a solution and recruiting developers to bring along projects that need a bit more attention.
It wouldn't have to be the flashy projects either, simple stuff like the Meeting Room Booking System could be presented and how users have taken this and applied it to airplane bookings, class schedules, etc etc.
US Forest Service Travel Warning The last two years have seen unprecedented growth in bear populations in the Rocky Mountain region. As Spring approaches, tourists are advised to wear small bells attached to their clothing, as this will frighten away most bears.
Tourists are also cautioned to watch the ground on the trail for bear droppings. Be particularly alert for the presence of Grizzly bear droppings, which are easily recognized because they usually contain small bells.
Dory: Ahh! Something's got me. Marlin: That's just me. Dory: Who are you? Marlin: [exasperated] Who am I? Who do you think? Dory: Are... are you my conscience? Marlin: [sighs] Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How have you been? Dory: Eh, can't complain. Marlin: Good. Now, do you see anything? Dory: [angler fish's light approaches] Yes, I see... a light. Hey, conscience, am I dead?
We have an 18-year old ROLM 9751 switch that thinks it's the year A4. Our voicemail is Octel running on OS/2 that thinks it's the year 104.
The old telecom equipment is generally rock solid but if it dies it will take time to fix even under contract. The last time we had a card die we were without phone service for a full day as they had to Fedex a replacement from Toronto to Vancouver.
As a backup against a catastrophic failure of the switch and/or voicemail I've set up an asterix box pre-configured with all the extensions and trunks. Switching to a complete VOIP setup using softphones at the start and adding VOIP handsets as they can be obtained could have us up with a complete PBX within 2-3 hours.
Other countries realize that what the U.S. does will affect them one way or another. Economically, militarily, whatever. It does not even have to be direct.
For example you can say that the war in Iraq had an effect on the French economy because they interests in the Iraqi oil infrastructure. Whether those interests were good or bad or helped Hussein is irrelevent. The Bush administration's actions in carrying out the invasion of Iraq had far-reaching consequences outside Iraq that the Bush administration either didn't consider or didn't think were important. That may be their greatest error.
I've noticed data downloading in V2 was noticeably slower than previous versions. Anywhere high-res used to come up in secnds and now the "Streaming.." status is getting as irritating as Real's "Buffering.."
When I need to drive somewhere I haven't been before I fly over the route using Keyhole and note landmarks, buildings, etc. that a map just won't give you.
I used this to get from Pheonix airport to the site of the legal conference I went to last August in no time.
I hope they keep up their "Where in the World" contest, I'm four for four.
Very true. The shock and amazement that ocurred from our lawyers when they found out how we did bills before the accounting system upgrade was a sight to behold.
The boring channel is NHK2. No-showbiz science programs. The real stuff you'd see in a lecture hall.
That being said even with just five or six channels I found Japanese TV can be far more entertaining and informative (even at the same time) than anything available in North America.
I haven't bothered to get cable, satellite or even a Tivo since moving back as each time we get a chance to sample what's on (staying at a hotel for example) we all end up agreeing its 99% crap. We have better things to do.
OK, We are a 180-user law firm. Our ROLM switch is more or less rock solid but pushing 20 years old is a bit dated. (Caller id? what's that?) Our Octel 100 Voicemail is already EOL.
So the next Big Project is to replace the phone system. VOIP is exciting and all that but since we are only one location the long distance savings just aren't there.
I'd like to tie the voice system to the messaging system (Exchange) so the users can have complete control over voicemail and the phone from the desktop. Also I'd like the switch to relay call information to the accounting system for lawyer time entries, not just call cost. e.g. Lawyer chooses a contact from Outlook that is tied to a matter and chooses New Call To. When they hang up the phone the system adds a timecard to the accounting system with the date, lawyer who made the call, tie rounded up to the nearest.1 of an hour and the narrative saying "Telephone call to Joe Williams".
Asterix is OK as a basic VOIP PBX for small offices but the development of the above integration would be overwhelming. Cisco's Unity products look like what we're after, but pricey.
Maybe I should submit this as an Ask Slashdot topic.
C'mon, people jump off buildings and cliffs with parachutes with a good chance of becoming road pizza because there ain't no second chance. Quite a few have been killed BASE jumping but yet it persists.
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We're actually talking about SLD's (Second-Level Domains) where there probably isn;t any set standard as opposed to TLDs. .COM is a TLD but to avoid confusion at the second-level country-specific subdomain level it makes more sense to use something other than a TLD designation. In addition, .CO can stand for COrporate as well as COmmercial hence is a more flexible designation.
It should be titled something like "An Alternate View" and not be preachy about open source but just show practical examples of what open-source applications are out there and how people are using them.
They could pick a SourceForge "Project-Of-The-Week" which would hopefully serve the dual purpose of helping someone find a solution and recruiting developers to bring along projects that need a bit more attention.
It wouldn't have to be the flashy projects either, simple stuff like the Meeting Room Booking System could be presented and how users have taken this and applied it to airplane bookings, class schedules, etc etc.
sony.co.jp
bbc.co.uk
Why is Australia different?
So you can't watch TV for any length of time?
Nothing has changed...
Only a major new version of the software and the addition of large areas of high-resolution imagery.
What Google's PhD's will do with this tool from this point onwards is what will make a huge difference.
US Forest Service Travel Warning
The last two years have seen unprecedented growth in bear populations in the Rocky Mountain region. As Spring approaches, tourists are advised to wear small bells attached to their clothing, as this will frighten away most bears.
Tourists are also cautioned to watch the ground on the trail for bear droppings. Be particularly alert for the presence of Grizzly bear droppings, which are easily recognized because they usually contain small bells.
it can stand on story and dialogue alone.
How true: (nothing but black on the screen)
Dory: Ahh! Something's got me.
Marlin: That's just me.
Dory: Who are you?
Marlin: [exasperated] Who am I? Who do you think?
Dory: Are... are you my conscience?
Marlin: [sighs] Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How have you been?
Dory: Eh, can't complain.
Marlin: Good. Now, do you see anything?
Dory: [angler fish's light approaches] Yes, I see... a light. Hey, conscience, am I dead?
We have an 18-year old ROLM 9751 switch that thinks it's the year A4. Our voicemail is Octel running on OS/2 that thinks it's the year 104.
The old telecom equipment is generally rock solid but if it dies it will take time to fix even under contract. The last time we had a card die we were without phone service for a full day as they had to Fedex a replacement from Toronto to Vancouver.
As a backup against a catastrophic failure of the switch and/or voicemail I've set up an asterix box pre-configured with all the extensions and trunks.
Switching to a complete VOIP setup using softphones at the start and adding VOIP handsets as they can be obtained could have us up with a complete PBX within 2-3 hours.
5000 copies of "My Pet Goat".
(I know, it's actually a story called The Pet Goat in a reading textbook).
Somehow fitting nonetheless.
Missed the point, didn't we?
Other countries realize that what the U.S. does will affect them one way or another. Economically, militarily, whatever. It does not even have to be direct.
For example you can say that the war in Iraq had an effect on the French economy because they interests in the Iraqi oil infrastructure. Whether those interests were good or bad or helped Hussein is irrelevent. The Bush administration's actions in carrying out the invasion of Iraq had far-reaching consequences outside Iraq that the Bush administration either didn't consider or didn't think were important. That may be their greatest error.
FLAMEWAR!!!!!!!!
But American actions affect France, Canada, the U.K., Iraq, Iran, China, North Korea, India, everywhere for that matter.
The worlwide poll results reflect to a minimum extent the feelings generated by the current administration's actions.
What we need is a seamless transition from Celestia to Keyhole. Maybe Google should integrate both products and make a real solar system explorer.
Man, if I could have had these toys when I was young....
I've noticed data downloading in V2 was noticeably slower than previous versions. Anywhere high-res used to come up in secnds and now the "Streaming.." status is getting as irritating as Real's "Buffering.."
When I need to drive somewhere I haven't been before I fly over the route using Keyhole and note landmarks, buildings, etc. that a map just won't give you.
I used this to get from Pheonix airport to the site of the legal conference I went to last August in no time.
I hope they keep up their "Where in the World" contest, I'm four for four.
Great directions:
"go South until it turns North. Look around - there's a big dome. Go inside. Enter the first building on your right and go upstairs. Party!"
Very true. The shock and amazement that ocurred from our lawyers when they found out how we did bills before the accounting system upgrade was a sight to behold.
"We were using Wordperfect for DOS??!!"
Read the sig.
Too many are living in past assumptions about war.
*cough*Phantom Console*cough*
America does dumb, Japan does wierd.
The boring channel is NHK2. No-showbiz science programs. The real stuff you'd see in a lecture hall.
That being said even with just five or six channels I found Japanese TV can be far more entertaining and informative (even at the same time) than anything available in North America.
I haven't bothered to get cable, satellite or even a Tivo since moving back as each time we get a chance to sample what's on (staying at a hotel for example) we all end up agreeing its 99% crap. We have better things to do.
No, that's who they're going to war with.
if you include the boot...
For non-Brit readers, "boot" = trunk.
OK, We are a 180-user law firm. Our ROLM switch is more or less rock solid but pushing 20 years old is a bit dated. (Caller id? what's that?) Our Octel 100 Voicemail is already EOL.
.1 of an hour and the narrative saying "Telephone call to Joe Williams".
So the next Big Project is to replace the phone system. VOIP is exciting and all that but since we are only one location the long distance savings just aren't there.
I'd like to tie the voice system to the messaging system (Exchange) so the users can have complete control over voicemail and the phone from the desktop. Also I'd like the switch to relay call information to the accounting system for lawyer time entries, not just call cost. e.g. Lawyer chooses a contact from Outlook that is tied to a matter and chooses New Call To. When they hang up the phone the system adds a timecard to the accounting system with the date, lawyer who made the call, tie rounded up to the nearest
Asterix is OK as a basic VOIP PBX for small offices but the development of the above integration would be overwhelming. Cisco's Unity products look like what we're after, but pricey.
Maybe I should submit this as an Ask Slashdot topic.
C'mon, people jump off buildings and cliffs with parachutes with a good chance of becoming road pizza because there ain't no second chance. Quite a few have been killed BASE jumping but yet it persists.
So, hordes of Macromedia coders turn you on?