Well yes, the asterisk system can be pretty easily configured to recieve any type of call and route it to another place. All that matters is having the support line there whether it be POTS or whatever.
Skype is an implementation of VOIP. Asterisk (and Switchvox) is a sort of drop-in replacement for some very expensive telephone switch and voicemail hardware (PBX) like the Avaya systems.
there is simply TOO much software that is NOT available through YAST/YOU.
But I think it's important to appreciate that Suse has not made it impossible for you to use those YOU repositories for extra (and here's the clincher) UNSUPPORTED software.
I mean Novell/Suse is really in the business of selling support, both installation and ongoing for home users and enterprise. So they make a decision to provide (relatively inexpensive) support for a narrow field of selected applications available through YAST/YOU, rather than supporting anything anyone ever feels like installing from anywhere. This could put support costs through the roof.
I like Gentoo as much as anyone, but it doesn't make sense to compare Gentoo w/Portage to Suse w/YAST when Gentoo doesn't offer support contracts.
That's because they test this stuff out in smaller areas first. Collateral damage is not that bad if they decide to scrap the program because it's not working out. Manhattan, or Keller TX; who's going to complain more when they pull out?
I'd say hell yeah. Usability is becoming huge on every front. There's a lot of complaints (both on/. and other sites) that open source desktops such as KDE are mimicking Microsoft's approach by simply looking at what they've done and copying it. So the argument for the need of real design standards created by usability analysts and designers in hopes of offering something more innovative and better than Windows is definitely there. Whether talented design people who know user psychology are up to the challenge of making something "better than Windows" for the greater good is another issue entirely.
Now I don't know what journalists think thier job is, but from where I sit it seems like it's thier job to write news that sells. So far it seems like they're spinning these E-voting problems like "all hell is breaking loose in FL". It's just a press kit, so it's not like they have to read it. But it is at least one effort (subtle or not) to do damage control if the E-voting issues are not being potrayed correctly in the news.
Actually I found the link at the bottom of the article, iRiver Turns
Focus on In-Dash MP3 Players to be even more interesting. It looks like we'll finally start seeing some decent car audio MP3 offerings. I'm awfully tired of burning files to CD to play in the car. If iRiver is going to offer a model with wireless to sync up while parked in the garage, I would buy it immediately.
I used the flash cards from the Uni bookstore, they had 2000 of the most commonly used words on them. I believe they are made by Vis-Ed of Springfield Ohio.
The 2nd game you speak of was never supposed to be for actual training of soldiers. I think the elusive 2nd game was supposed to be a sort of RPG/advertisement where your character is enlisted and goes through basic training, with different skill sets, careers, game endings etc. To educate high-schooler about the Army. Last I heard it was scrapped when they included the training "FAQ" and "what's life in the army like?" type maps in the existing FPS game.
But I wouldn't be suprised if they used the existing work on that RPG as a base for this training sim.
That's a list of mirrors for Mandrake 10.0 Community, which is a month-old beta. Right now, Mandrake 10.0 Official is only available from Mandrake to MandrakeClub members via club-only mirrors.
As a MandrakeClub user, you have to send an email specifically requesting access to an FTP mirror. I still haven't received a response to my request after over 2 weeks. My biggest qualm is that the MandrakeClub signup page does not make it obvious that club members are mainly relegated to using bittorrent for "members-only" features.
Well- then don't buy the DVD adapter! It's an option.
I understand that buying the DVD adapter is an option. But if I buy an XBOX, I already paid for a device that has the functionality built-in, meaning I (probably) paid more for the device simply because it has that built-in functionality. Show me a $90 XBOX without DVD playback option, then you can say it's a true option. It seems like I should have made my point more clear.
I agree that some devices are better when they have more functionality. But with the console systems it's more like they're becoming a "Jack of all trades, master of none". Yeah, if you shell out the $40 to get the remote that "enables" DVD playback on the XBOX, you can watch movies on it. But why? My existing DVD player has much more functionality than the XBOX (not to mention more sets of outputs). It only cost $100. So the argument that we should buy a console because "it plays all the hottest games AND movies" falls apart when you can get better results by buying the items seperately at not much more cost. The only company sticking to thier guns on this is Nintendo. I doubt we'll ever see a Nintendo console that plays anything but games. I also believe customers will realize that they're paying an extra $100 for a console that duplicates the functionality of everything already under thier TV set.
I'm not trying to troll here, but Fry's has to be one of the most wretched places on earth. I have lived in several places on the west coast (always a Fry's nearby) and every Fry's has the same fundamental problem. Not only does the management go out of thier way to make the shopping experience as painful and difficult as possible, thier prices and selection are some of the worst. I can't tell you how many times I've had to purchase items there (for work) and I always see some poor guy with a shopping cart full of an ATX box, motherboard, hard drive, and all the necessary peripherals. He gets to the register and pays nearly 2x as much as he would have if he got the item online. He thinks he's getting a great deal until it comes time to cash in on all those "rebates". Then, he waits 3 hours for the 16 year old in the "inventory" cage to get back from break so he can get the bottom-of-the-barrel RAM and processor he already bought. Finally, he feels obligated to WAIT IN LINE TO LEAVE THE STORE. So he can have his reciept "verified" with a pink highlighter by another 16 year-old. Having it all under one roof is great for browsing/shopping, but smart people really use Fry's as a last resort. I have also lived in Cambridge, and though Micro Center (I assume is still there) might be a quarter of the size of the average Fry's. I'd much rather shop there, given the chance.
Well, it's not as typical as people from all over assuming that Microsoft Corp. has some kind of stranglehold on the culture and community in and around Seattle. I've lived in Redmond for about 2 years now (girlfriend works for MS, she uses Linux almost exclusively). As I tell everyone who asks, you're probably going to meet many people who work for Microsoft, Nintendo, Eddie Bauer, Safeco, Boeing, etc. in everyday life here. Many of them are free-thinking people who use alternative OS's. Some of them are total cult of Microsoft weirdos. To answer your question, this isn't the first time the Seattle papers have published material that puts down Microsoft.
Well, you could tell the units to co-operate by taking turns, only firing when the angle is X (or the most efficient angle for missing the Earth). This would be like a gatling gun as it fires when the next barrel is ready. Additionally, it would also have the added benefit of giving the digger units enough time to get another big chunk of rock ready for the next turn.
looking over your shoulder can easily result in you rear-ending the guy in front of you.
Only if you're driving so close to him that you would hit him even if you weren't looking over your shoulder. Bottom line, and there's no argument against this so don't bother.. There's no excuse for not looking over your shoulder EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE LANES in a SUV, car, or on a motorcycle.
Motorists using cruise control in the "fast" or "passing" lane is only part of the problem I think.
While I agree that the lane discipline is a key factor in keeping smooth flowing traffic, I disagree that it would make up for the fact that many US highways are carrying way more vehicles than they were intended to. The German "Safe and equitable speed" guideline and "do not pass on the right" rule works very well when traffic is actually moving. But it doesn't work in the gridlock freeway traffic where most accidents occur.
They probably select a demographic that would cling to the novelty of it. If your not a clique-type socialite who values an online tool to "create a closer and more intimate network of friends" then I guess Orkut isn't interested in you. Alternately, you probably aren't interested in it.
In regards to this being "Microsoft's own stomping grounds" I can tell you (as a resident of Redmond Washington) that despite the huge amount of people here employed by Microsoft Corp., there are many other people (working for Eddie Bauer, Safeco, Nintendo, etc.) who are just as interested in other operating systems as they are in Windows. You just see a lot more Windows XP T-shirts walking around town than you might expect. The greater Seattle area has one of the most (if not THE most) active linux/unix/perl user group networks I have ever seen. Additionally, there are many linux-only companies in this area. At dinner out, you are just as likely to overhear a conversation about the newest Outlook non-feature as one about how powerful shell scripting is in Linux. Keep in mind, also, that not all MS employees are total soulless whoring drones. I have met some of the smartest people here, and it usually boils down to a wink and a smile if you ask why they work for such an evil company.
Even in games such as America's Army a player might be tempted to go rambo. And some players do. But the ratio of time spent dead waiting for the next round (no respawn) evenually makes players think about better ways to spend thier life (in the game) next round.
What you're talking about is a great idea. For Warp or other smallish labels to partner with local music shops and split the cost of distribution makes good business sense. But like you said, the big labels can't do this sort of thing. Not because they would lose money on it, and probably not because they don't want to. Ultimately, the distributors will not let them. There's a symbiotic relationship between the distributor and the publisher. That's really what this backlash (DRM, RIAA goons, etc.) is all about. The guys who own the bricks and mortar warehouses and box trucks that bring the CD's to the record shop like things the way they are and don't see why it should be any different.
The existence of the ad says, "Linux is a strong competitor for Microsoft products. We are willing to pay millions to try to prevent that perception."
This is exactly why the first round of MS Anti-Linux FUD from a couple of years ago didn't work. At least some PHB's saw the FUD for what it was and it backfired on Microsoft. Some clients of mine might have never considered Linux on thier webservers if thier MS rep hadn't spoken out against Linux in such an overzealous way.
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Well yes, the asterisk system can be pretty easily configured to recieve any type of call and route it to another place. All that matters is having the support line there whether it be POTS or whatever.
Skype is an implementation of VOIP. Asterisk (and Switchvox) is a sort of drop-in replacement for some very expensive telephone switch and voicemail hardware (PBX) like the Avaya systems.
I mean Novell/Suse is really in the business of selling support, both installation and ongoing for home users and enterprise. So they make a decision to provide (relatively inexpensive) support for a narrow field of selected applications available through YAST/YOU, rather than supporting anything anyone ever feels like installing from anywhere. This could put support costs through the roof.
I like Gentoo as much as anyone, but it doesn't make sense to compare Gentoo w/Portage to Suse w/YAST when Gentoo doesn't offer support contracts.
That's because they test this stuff out in smaller areas first. Collateral damage is not that bad if they decide to scrap the program because it's not working out. Manhattan, or Keller TX; who's going to complain more when they pull out?
I'd say hell yeah. Usability is becoming huge on every front. There's a lot of complaints (both on /. and other sites) that open source desktops such as KDE are mimicking Microsoft's approach by simply looking at what they've done and copying it. So the argument for the need of real design standards created by usability analysts and designers in hopes of offering something more innovative and better than Windows is definitely there. Whether talented design people who know user psychology are up to the challenge of making something "better than Windows" for the greater good is another issue entirely.
Now I don't know what journalists think thier job is, but from where I sit it seems like it's thier job to write news that sells. So far it seems like they're spinning these E-voting problems like "all hell is breaking loose in FL". It's just a press kit, so it's not like they have to read it. But it is at least one effort (subtle or not) to do damage control if the E-voting issues are not being potrayed correctly in the news.
Actually I found the link at the bottom of the article, iRiver Turns Focus on In-Dash MP3 Players to be even more interesting. It looks like we'll finally start seeing some decent car audio MP3 offerings. I'm awfully tired of burning files to CD to play in the car. If iRiver is going to offer a model with wireless to sync up while parked in the garage, I would buy it immediately.
I used the flash cards from the Uni bookstore, they had 2000 of the most commonly used words on them. I believe they are made by Vis-Ed of Springfield Ohio.
The 2nd game you speak of was never supposed to be for actual training of soldiers. I think the elusive 2nd game was supposed to be a sort of RPG/advertisement where your character is enlisted and goes through basic training, with different skill sets, careers, game endings etc. To educate high-schooler about the Army. Last I heard it was scrapped when they included the training "FAQ" and "what's life in the army like?" type maps in the existing FPS game.
But I wouldn't be suprised if they used the existing work on that RPG as a base for this training sim.
That's a list of mirrors for Mandrake 10.0 Community, which is a month-old beta. Right now, Mandrake 10.0 Official is only available from Mandrake to MandrakeClub members via club-only mirrors.
As a MandrakeClub user, you have to send an email specifically requesting access to an FTP mirror. I still haven't received a response to my request after over 2 weeks. My biggest qualm is that the MandrakeClub signup page does not make it obvious that club members are mainly relegated to using bittorrent for "members-only" features.
I understand that buying the DVD adapter is an option. But if I buy an XBOX, I already paid for a device that has the functionality built-in, meaning I (probably) paid more for the device simply because it has that built-in functionality. Show me a $90 XBOX without DVD playback option, then you can say it's a true option. It seems like I should have made my point more clear.
I agree that some devices are better when they have more functionality. But with the console systems it's more like they're becoming a "Jack of all trades, master of none". Yeah, if you shell out the $40 to get the remote that "enables" DVD playback on the XBOX, you can watch movies on it. But why? My existing DVD player has much more functionality than the XBOX (not to mention more sets of outputs). It only cost $100. So the argument that we should buy a console because "it plays all the hottest games AND movies" falls apart when you can get better results by buying the items seperately at not much more cost. The only company sticking to thier guns on this is Nintendo. I doubt we'll ever see a Nintendo console that plays anything but games. I also believe customers will realize that they're paying an extra $100 for a console that duplicates the functionality of everything already under thier TV set.
I'm not trying to troll here, but Fry's has to be one of the most wretched places on earth. I have lived in several places on the west coast (always a Fry's nearby) and every Fry's has the same fundamental problem. Not only does the management go out of thier way to make the shopping experience as painful and difficult as possible, thier prices and selection are some of the worst. I can't tell you how many times I've had to purchase items there (for work) and I always see some poor guy with a shopping cart full of an ATX box, motherboard, hard drive, and all the necessary peripherals. He gets to the register and pays nearly 2x as much as he would have if he got the item online. He thinks he's getting a great deal until it comes time to cash in on all those "rebates". Then, he waits 3 hours for the 16 year old in the "inventory" cage to get back from break so he can get the bottom-of-the-barrel RAM and processor he already bought. Finally, he feels obligated to WAIT IN LINE TO LEAVE THE STORE. So he can have his reciept "verified" with a pink highlighter by another 16 year-old. Having it all under one roof is great for browsing/shopping, but smart people really use Fry's as a last resort. I have also lived in Cambridge, and though Micro Center (I assume is still there) might be a quarter of the size of the average Fry's. I'd much rather shop there, given the chance.
Well, it's not as typical as people from all over assuming that Microsoft Corp. has some kind of stranglehold on the culture and community in and around Seattle. I've lived in Redmond for about 2 years now (girlfriend works for MS, she uses Linux almost exclusively). As I tell everyone who asks, you're probably going to meet many people who work for Microsoft, Nintendo, Eddie Bauer, Safeco, Boeing, etc. in everyday life here. Many of them are free-thinking people who use alternative OS's. Some of them are total cult of Microsoft weirdos. To answer your question, this isn't the first time the Seattle papers have published material that puts down Microsoft.
Well, you could tell the units to co-operate by taking turns, only firing when the angle is X (or the most efficient angle for missing the Earth). This would be like a gatling gun as it fires when the next barrel is ready. Additionally, it would also have the added benefit of giving the digger units enough time to get another big chunk of rock ready for the next turn.
I'm forced to agree
Motorists using cruise control in the "fast" or "passing" lane is only part of the problem I think. While I agree that the lane discipline is a key factor in keeping smooth flowing traffic, I disagree that it would make up for the fact that many US highways are carrying way more vehicles than they were intended to. The German "Safe and equitable speed" guideline and "do not pass on the right" rule works very well when traffic is actually moving. But it doesn't work in the gridlock freeway traffic where most accidents occur.
They probably select a demographic that would cling to the novelty of it. If your not a clique-type socialite who values an online tool to "create a closer and more intimate network of friends" then I guess Orkut isn't interested in you. Alternately, you probably aren't interested in it.
In regards to this being "Microsoft's own stomping grounds" I can tell you (as a resident of Redmond Washington) that despite the huge amount of people here employed by Microsoft Corp., there are many other people (working for Eddie Bauer, Safeco, Nintendo, etc.) who are just as interested in other operating systems as they are in Windows. You just see a lot more Windows XP T-shirts walking around town than you might expect. The greater Seattle area has one of the most (if not THE most) active linux/unix/perl user group networks I have ever seen. Additionally, there are many linux-only companies in this area. At dinner out, you are just as likely to overhear a conversation about the newest Outlook non-feature as one about how powerful shell scripting is in Linux. Keep in mind, also, that not all MS employees are total soulless whoring drones. I have met some of the smartest people here, and it usually boils down to a wink and a smile if you ask why they work for such an evil company.
Interestingly, Bueller's sister drove a fiero.
Even in games such as America's Army a player might be tempted to go rambo. And some players do. But the ratio of time spent dead waiting for the next round (no respawn) evenually makes players think about better ways to spend thier life (in the game) next round.
Or they go play something else..
What you're talking about is a great idea. For Warp or other smallish labels to partner with local music shops and split the cost of distribution makes good business sense. But like you said, the big labels can't do this sort of thing. Not because they would lose money on it, and probably not because they don't want to. Ultimately, the distributors will not let them.
There's a symbiotic relationship between the distributor and the publisher. That's really what this backlash (DRM, RIAA goons, etc.) is all about. The guys who own the bricks and mortar warehouses and box trucks that bring the CD's to the record shop like things the way they are and don't see why it should be any different.
This is exactly why the first round of MS Anti-Linux FUD from a couple of years ago didn't work. At least some PHB's saw the FUD for what it was and it backfired on Microsoft. Some clients of mine might have never considered Linux on thier webservers if thier MS rep hadn't spoken out against Linux in such an overzealous way.