It's a VOIP phone from SOYO that allows free direct calls between same model phones. They also provide an international calling plan but I don't think I will be interested in that.
I bought two G668 models and I intend to place one in my parent's place (they live abroad) and one besides my regular telephone. That way it will work as a family "bat-phone" and reduce our long distance charges to zero.
Two great advantages are that they don't need to get connected to a computer and they can make AND receive calls. These phones have their own number when used within the "Network".
I expect to recuperate the cost in two months!
/You have to understand that my parents are technophobes, with this they can just pick up the phone and dial a number
//All my international calls go to family and friends, if this works I will be giving more phones for christmas next year!
I followed the problems with these machines on the news and apparently one of the most important problems is that there isn't a way to verify the vote count on each machine. These machines have a function where they print the total votes cast and that's it. No audit trial.
Why can't they attach a printer to each machine where the voter will see a paper ballot being printed at the same time he/she submitted their vote on the screen? They will hava a last chance to see their vote before it is automatically dropped into a see through box. If there was a problem with an individual vote the person will call for assistance immediately and with a proper procedure in place, the vote could either be cancelled or approved.... And at the end of the day if for some reason there is a problem with the voting machines you can always go back to the transparent ballot boxes and count each individual vote all over again.
Makes sense?
/obviously this calls for a reliable printer mechanism, like the ones with see on ATMs or Cash Machines, at least!
But I'm reading slashdot outside the U.S. and maybe the term 'National Park' sounds too local. I assume that not only americans will be able to visit it.
Sorry to hear about your debts. Make an effort to stick to your budget and make sure your loans allow you to pay more than the expected monthly amount. If you are not allowed to do that then try to refinance as much as possible.
By doing this you can cut a substantial amount of time for paying it off.
Hope this helps.
p.s. You might need to learn how to cook, you'll be amazed how much money is spent on those daily trips to McDonalds or the pizza place. p.p.s. Your education is one of your best investments, try to get the most of it whenever you can.
1. From the Tools menu select Options 2. From the Options dialog window, click on the Advanced icon on the left frame. 3. Scroll down the content frame until you see the Software Update section and click the Check Now button.
I had a banking account with HSBC Canada and one day I got a letter asking to sign a form confirming my Canadian citizenship. I phone to asked the reason and I was told that because the bank's HQ was moved to the US all accounts had to be confirmed of non-us citizens otherwise all interest gains in savings accounts would have to be reported to the IRS.
People are crossing the Mexican border in higher numbers than Canada's and terrorists could well come from down south: These are some potential first attempts
Hey, guess what? I read the article and the risk is non-existant if the ATMs have their own network (which is expected) and only their proxies talk to back-end servers:
But other security vendors question the need for the technology. Nigel Hawthorn, of security appliance firm Blue Coat Systems, said that ATMs commonly operate on a separate physical network, which is closed. "Sasser hit the back-end systems of banks, not ATM machines," he said.
If you hear from your bank that they are having virus on their ATMs I would seriously consider changing banks.
If you are in charge of ATMs in any american/canadian bank and you have this happen under your watch I'm certain that you would get a special audit from the federal government.
Sounds like the teller person is sharing his/her terminal with the ATM or something, and once in a while he jumps into the internet and starts reading email on IE.
How could an ATM be infected? How would ATMs open a virus attachment?
Do ATMs use the internet to communicate to their main hub?
I worked briefly at IBM Mexico (circa 1997) and the big office suite battle was in full swing. One day they decided to delete MS Office and replace it with Wordperfect Office (being an acquired IBM product).
It was common to show clients how IBM was ussing their own products and suggest what a prototypical business operation should look like.
Now if they don't even support their own products that's quite a blow to their own reputation. For IBM reputation matters when dealing w/big business clients.
I think what they have to do is evolve Lotus (rebrand it?) and plan a graceful exit. And in that way offer the appearance of supporting and planning for their customers.
All right. Poverty and wealth distribution is a problem in all these countries. But when talking about rocket technology and the people who research them, they are not going to live in those conditions.
What most people don't get is that you can get as developed as any other country in the G8 given that you show the money to pay for it. You have to target the middle/high class to find this. To call these people poor is well, not very nice and dumb.
From a moral point of view I believe education and social justice is what is a the core of these countries problems. Hopefully with time these social problems can be overcome.
Being the second largest economy in Latin America does not exactly qualify it as "poor". I've seen quite a few posts comaring developing nations being equal to a dirt poor african nation.
It's just plain ignorant to bundle all non-developed countries in one bunch. Don't act surprised when these "poor" countries start buying up companies from the "prosperous" countries.
Yes because any country not in the G8 has to constantly worry about when the river is going to flood... give me a break.
For once, make a trip longer than to your local mall to get a better perspective of the developing world. Not all that you hear at Starbucks is necessarly true.
This is a late reply, don't know if it will get thru.
After reading all the threads related to India, offshoring and IT Trends I've come to these conclusions:
The US will still be the biggest economy in the world, inevitably creating demand for services more than anything.
Offshoring to India is no panacea, some highly critical design tasks can simply not be done offshore because of the need to keep in constant communication with clients or whoever is requesting/issuing requirements.
India itself is finally growing economically and has a potential huge need for IT services in the future, thus reducing the number of IT developers to work on foreign projects.
Also, good Indian programmers (or from any country!!) are not that plentiful and they will demand higher salaries (either in India or moving to the US) thus leaving the "average" programmers to deal with huge quality issues.
So, for any programmer, he/she should focus in the following:
Focus on skills that are needed by medium to large organizations (including state or federal governments). Don't go first to your small business or municipal government, those are very unstable environments economically speaking, use them as your last option.
Focus on (for example) Java, C#, PHP. Java is my preference since it has established itself in corporate environments. What ever you choose make an effort to certify yourself. Is just another business card, it will not make you proficient in that language but it will help you cover all the basic knowledge.
Large corporate organizations use Oracle. This is almost a rule. Make sure you start using it and if possible make it your second certification. SQL Server is a close second. For medium organizations anything goes, from propietary (Oracle Microsoft) to open source (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
Is almost certain that web enabling projects will be the rule in the coming years. Despite the.com burst, governments and businesses are realizing the need to share information online. Make sure you brush up on your skills of SOAP and Web Services. You don't have to code them by hand, look for tools that will help you build the interfaces (i.e. Apache Axis).
That happens to every brand of products sold on Wal-Mart. Someone posted an excellent article on./ putting as an example the maker of a jar of pickles that sells at Wal-Mart.
The adavantages of having your product on Wal-Mart is that you become market leader almost instantly. Wal-Mart will pay on time and the full amount of your product order (something the other retailers did not do).
The disadvantages are that every year Wal-Mart will ask you to lower your price 5-10% otherwise they will drop you. They will continue to ask for this until they realize they don't want you to disappear in bankruptcy or because they haven't found a more agressive competitor.
It is said that Wal-Mart is the distribution channel of the world.
/Largest corporation in sales (bay far) in the world
Slashdot Mirror
Take a look at this phone:
/You have to understand that my parents are technophobes, with this they can just pick up the phone and dial a number
//All my international calls go to family and friends, if this works I will be giving more phones for christmas next year!
It's a VOIP phone from SOYO that allows free direct calls between same model phones. They also provide an international calling plan but I don't think I will be interested in that.
I bought two G668 models and I intend to place one in my parent's place (they live abroad) and one besides my regular telephone. That way it will work as a family "bat-phone" and reduce our long distance charges to zero.
Two great advantages are that they don't need to get connected to a computer and they can make AND receive calls. These phones have their own number when used within the "Network".
I expect to recuperate the cost in two months!
I followed the problems with these machines on the news and apparently one of the most important problems is that there isn't a way to verify the vote count on each machine. These machines have a function where they print the total votes cast and that's it. No audit trial.
... And at the end of the day if for some reason there is a problem with the voting machines you can always go back to the transparent ballot boxes and count each individual vote all over again.
/obviously this calls for a reliable printer mechanism, like the ones with see on ATMs or Cash Machines, at least!
Why can't they attach a printer to each machine where the voter will see a paper ballot being printed at the same time he/she submitted their vote on the screen? They will hava a last chance to see their vote before it is automatically dropped into a see through box.
If there was a problem with an individual vote the person will call for assistance immediately and with a proper procedure in place, the vote could either be cancelled or approved.
Makes sense?
Well if you can't break into their site maybe you should try learning with CryptoCat and get the basics right!!
Maybe I'm off topic here.
/flame away
But I'm reading slashdot outside the U.S. and maybe the term 'National Park' sounds too local. I assume that not only americans will be able to visit it.
How about declaring a U.N. World Heritage site.
Excuse me, why is this a TROLL?
./ pshyque.
/oh well, hopefully someone with moderator points will make it right.
I agreed at least with half of the post, but apparently it struck a nerve in the
If what you said is right for Dell, being the market leader, what is there to expect from HP, IBM, Gateway et.al.?!!!!
You get what you paid for, and then some. If Dell likes you I bet you will have a much better experience.
My 0.02
Sorry to hear about your debts. Make an effort to stick to your budget and make sure your loans allow you to pay more than the expected monthly amount. If you are not allowed to do that then try to refinance as much as possible.
By doing this you can cut a substantial amount of time for paying it off.
Hope this helps.
p.s. You might need to learn how to cook, you'll be amazed how much money is spent on those daily trips to McDonalds or the pizza place.
p.p.s. Your education is one of your best investments, try to get the most of it whenever you can.
Yes exactly... a more descriptive process:
1. From the Tools menu select Options
2. From the Options dialog window, click on the Advanced icon on the left frame.
3. Scroll down the content frame until you see the Software Update section and click the Check Now button.
Just keeping the record straight:
Official Lyrics of O Canada!
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
National Anthem: O Canada
I had a banking account with HSBC Canada and one day I got a letter asking to sign a form confirming my Canadian citizenship. I phone to asked the reason and I was told that because the bank's HQ was moved to the US all accounts had to be confirmed of non-us citizens otherwise all interest gains in savings accounts would have to be reported to the IRS.
I closed my account the next day.
People are crossing the Mexican border in higher numbers than Canada's and terrorists could well come from down south:
These are some potential first attempts
If you hear from your bank that they are having virus on their ATMs I would seriously consider changing banks.
If you are in charge of ATMs in any american/canadian bank and you have this happen under your watch I'm certain that you would get a special audit from the federal government.
Sounds like the teller person is sharing his/her terminal with the ATM or something, and once in a while he jumps into the internet and starts reading email on IE.
/I didn't rtfa
How could an ATM be infected? How would ATMs open a virus attachment?
Do ATMs use the internet to communicate to their main hub?
Yes, that's right. Thank you.
That's right.
I worked briefly at IBM Mexico (circa 1997) and the big office suite battle was in full swing. One day they decided to delete MS Office and replace it with Wordperfect Office (being an acquired IBM product).
It was common to show clients how IBM was ussing their own products and suggest what a prototypical business operation should look like.
Now if they don't even support their own products that's quite a blow to their own reputation. For IBM reputation matters when dealing w/big business clients.
I think what they have to do is evolve Lotus (rebrand it?) and plan a graceful exit. And in that way offer the appearance of supporting and planning for their customers.
Does anybody know if there is a way to support multiple sessions within tabs? Or between independet firefox windows/browsers for that matter?
/I haven't read all the help files
All right. Poverty and wealth distribution is a problem in all these countries. But when talking about rocket technology and the people who research them, they are not going to live in those conditions.
/I'm from Mexico
//I'm middle class
What most people don't get is that you can get as developed as any other country in the G8 given that you show the money to pay for it. You have to target the middle/high class to find this. To call these people poor is well, not very nice and dumb.
From a moral point of view I believe education and social justice is what is a the core of these countries problems. Hopefully with time these social problems can be overcome.
Being the second largest economy in Latin America does not exactly qualify it as "poor". I've seen quite a few posts comaring developing nations being equal to a dirt poor african nation.
It's just plain ignorant to bundle all non-developed countries in one bunch. Don't act surprised when these "poor" countries start buying up companies from the "prosperous" countries.
CEMEX (Mexico)
EMBRAER (Brazil)
TELEVISA (Mexico)
WIPRO (India)
KOLA REAL (Peru)
Yes because any country not in the G8 has to constantly worry about when the river is going to flood... give me a break.
For once, make a trip longer than to your local mall to get a better perspective of the developing world. Not all that you hear at Starbucks is necessarly true.
If astronauts drink from their own piss, how come this is different? Is there a bad soul lurkin in recyled water?
That's what I was going to say. Why is then Sony finally adopting it?
MOD parent UP.
When I'm trying to kill some time at the airport, here comes some jerk and keeps turning the tv off!!!!
>:-(
After reading all the threads related to India, offshoring and IT Trends I've come to these conclusions:
So, for any programmer, he/she should focus in the following:
And of course keep reading Slashdot!!
That happens to every brand of products sold on Wal-Mart. Someone posted an excellent article on ./ putting as an example the maker of a jar of pickles that sells at Wal-Mart.
/Largest corporation in sales (bay far) in the world
//scary shiat
The adavantages of having your product on Wal-Mart is that you become market leader almost instantly. Wal-Mart will pay on time and the full amount of your product order (something the other retailers did not do).
The disadvantages are that every year Wal-Mart will ask you to lower your price 5-10% otherwise they will drop you. They will continue to ask for this until they realize they don't want you to disappear in bankruptcy or because they haven't found a more agressive competitor.
It is said that Wal-Mart is the distribution channel of the world.
It looks like a really cool toy and moves quite fast, faster than a bicycle.