I can tell you from the screenshot of the program, that it is a SIP-only program. I don't recall the name of it, but I've worked with it and my companies SIP server.
So, you see, yakForFree is really a SIP proxying service. You can register and make calls to any SIP-activated phone across the world. It uses an open standard. They targeted the geeks (a wise move). Geeks will start using it, and then so will their friends.
Oh, and that "proprietary system" you talk wrongly about does not have spyware with it!
Disclaimer: I don't work for Yak.
P.S. If this was non-SIP, I would tend to agree with you.
$someone_influenced_by_microsoft claimed that Linux administrators took 68 per cent longer to implement new business requirements than their Windows counterparts.
Well, I'm not suprised - They're probably busy reading slashdot half of the time.
Most companies are not comprised fully, of geeks. In fact, *most* companies have a significant minority of people that know a lot about computers.
So you see, you are correct. They are not stupid. But a lot of them do not know a huge lot about computers. These are not two mutually exclusive things.
e.g. The security policy may forbid programs for being installed etc. But some programs may seem to be legitimate... "but i was just trying to use player for my music".
I don't really see the point of screenshots or reviews at this time. It's way too early for it to have changed much - visually - (if at all) since Breezy.
If either Microsoft or Google buy out AOL, we could quite easily see a closer coordination of IM systems. With Microsoft and Yahoo agreeing to link up their systems not so long ago, this could easily give Microsoft a vantage point over Google if they were to consolidate MSN+Yahoo+AIM.
Well, if they had any fucking sense, they'd realise it wasn't possible. You can still (In the SIP/SDP case) send an arbitrary codec description over a call. The actual call is point-to-point.
Even taking into consideration the possibility of codec recognition and denying calls based on a restricted set of codecs, you could just place a "signature signal" at the start of the call - something relatively inaudible to the human ear - that triggers encryption etc. Maybe in the same way as Amateur Radioers have a blip at the start/end of speech.
Well, to be fair, my parents haven't got a clue what a device driver is, neither could they install Windows XP from scratch. I wouldn't be suprised if a huge majority of other parents were similar.
To be fair, CISC and moreover, RISC/CISC architectures "won" more due to marketing spin and the like. RISC is still superior technology, so logically it should have superceeded CISC and RISC/CISC.
I personally think it's a very dangerous set of things to consider. Batten Disease, being a genetic disorder can be inherited. So by helping this person, we have potentially assisted the spread of this very dangerous disease. Now, I'm not trying to sound evil but do we want to interfere with natural selection?
Does this process *fully* cure and modify the diseased genes? What are the chances that the offspring of this child also have Batten Disease?
FFS. I've got enough speed in my P4 2.6GHz. What I need is a lower (by today's metric, but still damn fast) clock speed with much less power consumption and heat production. Where is it?
The EU/UN could easily start require a change in non-.com TLDs. Lets say they legislate that all domain name sellers are forced to use the "new" EU/UN DNS system for non-.com TLDs. They then send the information to the US DNS system for mirroring, and if the US DNS administration decide not to comply then so be it. Meanwhile, any.com addresses are mirrored back to the EU/UN DNS system, and things carry on working as usual.
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I can tell you from the screenshot of the program, that it is a SIP-only program. I don't recall the name of it, but I've worked with it and my companies SIP server.
So, you see, yakForFree is really a SIP proxying service. You can register and make calls to any SIP-activated phone across the world. It uses an open standard. They targeted the geeks (a wise move). Geeks will start using it, and then so will their friends.
Oh, and that "proprietary system" you talk wrongly about does not have spyware with it!
Disclaimer: I don't work for Yak.
P.S. If this was non-SIP, I would tend to agree with you.
$someone_influenced_by_microsoft claimed that Linux administrators took 68 per cent longer to implement new business requirements than their Windows counterparts.
Well, I'm not suprised - They're probably busy reading slashdot half of the time.
Nobody can replace the file with a different file that will have the same MD5 hash.
Yet.
Most companies are not comprised fully, of geeks. In fact, *most* companies have a significant minority of people that know a lot about computers.
So you see, you are correct. They are not stupid. But a lot of them do not know a huge lot about computers. These are not two mutually exclusive things.
e.g. The security policy may forbid programs for being installed etc. But some programs may seem to be legitimate... "but i was just trying to use player for my music".
I don't really see the point of screenshots or reviews at this time. It's way too early for it to have changed much - visually - (if at all) since Breezy.
(Unfortunately) this is also the same reasoning for not transitioning over to Linux
If either Microsoft or Google buy out AOL, we could quite easily see a closer coordination of IM systems. With Microsoft and Yahoo agreeing to link up their systems not so long ago, this could easily give Microsoft a vantage point over Google if they were to consolidate MSN+Yahoo+AIM.
Holy crap. The nytimes article DIDN'T NEED REGISTRATION! Now *that's* news!
annoys the dog piss out of me...
Why have you been drinking dog piss?
That joke must be new here!
Kernels are not intended for the consumer. It is assumed that you have a certain level of understanding to install and configure the Linux Kernel.
No. There are laws against predjudice. "Free market" and all.
Well, if they had any fucking sense, they'd realise it wasn't possible. You can still (In the SIP/SDP case) send an arbitrary codec description over a call. The actual call is point-to-point.
Even taking into consideration the possibility of codec recognition and denying calls based on a restricted set of codecs, you could just place a "signature signal" at the start of the call - something relatively inaudible to the human ear - that triggers encryption etc. Maybe in the same way as Amateur Radioers have a blip at the start/end of speech.
7 and 3 respectively.
Well, to be fair, my parents haven't got a clue what a device driver is, neither could they install Windows XP from scratch. I wouldn't be suprised if a huge majority of other parents were similar.
Woah, 219 comments and no-one's made a humorous remark about Udo Kuhnt's name?!
Quotes are for fools
-- Me
To be fair, CISC and moreover, RISC/CISC architectures "won" more due to marketing spin and the like. RISC is still superior technology, so logically it should have superceeded CISC and RISC/CISC.
I personally think it's a very dangerous set of things to consider. Batten Disease, being a genetic disorder can be inherited. So by helping this person, we have potentially assisted the spread of this very dangerous disease. Now, I'm not trying to sound evil but do we want to interfere with natural selection?
Does this process *fully* cure and modify the diseased genes? What are the chances that the offspring of this child also have Batten Disease?
FFS. I've got enough speed in my P4 2.6GHz. What I need is a lower (by today's metric, but still damn fast) clock speed with much less power consumption and heat production. Where is it?
Why would moving IE to the user space help, when the default is Administrator?
So a bad guy mugs you for your account card and mobile, hoping to sell both on the black market.
Getting PINs and passwords has already been figured out.
You must be new here...
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It was bought out.
The EU/UN could easily start require a change in non-.com TLDs. Lets say they legislate that all domain name sellers are forced to use the "new" EU/UN DNS system for non-.com TLDs. They then send the information to the US DNS system for mirroring, and if the US DNS administration decide not to comply then so be it. Meanwhile, any .com addresses are mirrored back to the EU/UN DNS system, and things carry on working as usual.