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  1. What about Third Party Solutions? Hint: Alpine on Apple Partners with Ford · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Alpine has this already for anybody who mods their car audio. Their 2006 head units have full support for most IPods (3rd gen and up). All you need is a compatible head unit and this $30 cable and all controls are through the head unit. Charges the battery as well. I have it, its great. Works just as well, if not better, some of these factory units.

  2. Re:What Happened on MelbourneIT Lapse Permitted Panix Hijack · · Score: 1

    Actually, that's not exactly correct.

    With the new policy, the burden of verification lies solely on the gaining registrar. Yes, the administrative contact gets notified from the losing registrar, but if no response is received in 5 days, the transfer will proceed (assuming domain is unlocked).

    Melbourne is almost completely to blame, they need to verify transfers properly. But, the domain admin should make sure that the name is properly locked, as this would have prevented the transfer from failing.

  3. Re:Can we run servers yet? on Comcast Raises Bandwidth in Shot at DSL · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's only an annoyance when it does finally get released and renewed and you can't phyically get to the box to find out what the address is.

    A 2kb perl script on cron can check the IP against the domain's DNS and mail the new one to an outside address (mine goes to a web-enabled cell phone)

  4. Re:Did a blog kill your mom or something? on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 1

    But...Those blogs are screwing with search engine results. That does affect all of us, even those who don't read them. I rather get relevant results for a search topic rather than a bunch of people talking about that topic in their blogs.

  5. Re:technical support? on Live Chat Salespeople On Web Sites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Depends on the business IMO. We have it at my work for Tech support (Web hosting), and it can be great for quick issues. I believe its better than phone in some ways because information like error messages/URLs can be cut and pasted rather than having to describe it. Its quicker than email, and so you get the "instant gratification" factor.
    It's no replacement for phone, but a nice tool.

  6. Re:Is this good for websites? on Qwest To Offer 'Naked DSL' · · Score: 1

    It is similar in the US as well. Most providers have a clause in their AUP making running servers or server applications through DSL forbidden, however, unless you are using large amounts of bandwidth, they usually don't say much about it.

  7. Re:Does this mean that information will be correct on Verisign Gets Out of the Registrar Biz, Keeps .com Registry · · Score: 1

    ICANN is not actually in charge of that. Internic is responsible for policing that. You can submit a problem report at this link and they will take it to the registrar who then researches the information and complies.

  8. Trillian seems ok on MSN Messenger Kickbans Third-Party IM Clients · · Score: 4, Informative

    My trillian .74F seems to be responsive

  9. Re:Flame if you will. on .org Registry Offline - Not · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You are correct about Verisign as a registry. They use RRP for all registrar/registry communication, more efficient, less bloated than other EPP implementations (e.g. .biz, .info). PIR uses a totally new & different implementation of EPP, making all registrars who want to service .org domains patch or rewrite entire systems so it can fit this new implementation. .org has been nothing but pathetic since PIR took over.

    Gotta love the current screwed up state of whois data for .org also: Whois output for slashdot.org

  10. Re:I was wondering... on Plans For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    The company I work for should deserve one then.
    Last time around management thought it would be good to go for .kids (no, I don't think its a good idea, you can't limit properly, and there are already a number of .com .net .org that are setup and advertised for kids specifically, there is no need for a specific gTLD; I expect .kids.us to flop as well)
    Obviously, we all know where that went.....
    $$$$$ looks funny as it swirls down the toilet.

  11. Re:http://www.oreilly.com/ on Best Computer Books For The Smart · · Score: 1

    I work for a web hosting company, and our oreilly books are seen in the hands of everyone from our trainees to our hard-core developers.
    They really are an outstanding line of technical books

  12. What about DSL? on Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    Those who can get DSL, isn't is the better choice now?
    I know for me, everyone keeps trying to influence me to "switch to cable, switch to cable." With this, my decision to stay with DSL seems a whole lot better.