I never said it would kill anyone... I was commenting on the fact that there are people stupid enough to sue them over something as inconsequential as a mild shock, and that statement absolves them of most of the liability.
lets not forget we're in the country of "wasn't my fault!!!!!" these days
"errr.. I got me this new intarweb thingy, but when I went to fix my outside box, I wuz standin' in dat dere puddle, and I gots me shocked!!! I'ma gunna sue dem bastards!!!"
theory Audio pronunciation of "theory" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (th-r, thîr) n. pl. theories
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
my statement was more of a general rant about the practice of that. I realize it doesn't really apply *in this case* but the rant itself is still valid I think;)
It's nice to see "the little guy" get one over on the "anything you think, we own" mentality of the big corporations. Produce a product on company time, yeah that's work for hire, but this bullshit of "you made X 3 years after you left the company, but we still own it" has to stop.
so if I call another Vonage customer, then CALEA doesn't factor in and they can't tap my call? I think that's incorrect. I could have sworn that they insisted that Vonage provide that capability for all of their customers.
so again, why am I subject to CALEA when it's an IP-only call?
while sattelite is a so-so choice for rural broadband, it's virtually unuseable for VOIP due to a minimum of ~500ms of latency. Most of the commercial providers *do* have some type of latency compensation in their software, but I'm almost certain that they aren't designed to compensate for that much of a delay.
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How does CALEA factor in when the connection doesn't touch the POTS system though?
Seriously, if they can require *any* VOIP to be tappable, where does it stop? Email? web traffic? IM?
It seems that lately a lot of stuff has started to regress to older tech. Steam power, hand labor being of higher value craftsmanship, blowing up "those damn arabs" (ok, that last one was a potshot, sue me)
Is this just history repeating itself, or are we really going to start progressing towards an almost dark ages type society where we ressurect old tech and reuse it constantly?
Damn Small Linux, blackbox, and bluetooth, and I think I just found my next remote webserver admin tool. I can't justify $2k for a machine, but less than $600 (tax, etc) might make it really feasable.
I've tried out SphereXP and I have to say it's pretty kludgy. It bogged my machine down quite a bit, and just seemed rather counter intuitive. The idea of "parking" a window somewhere, and not being able to interact with it unless you restore it seemed to be a pretty big limitation to me.
People just don't care... they can't be bothered to think about it. I've talked to so many people, "yeah.. I need to get a new computer, this one's slow" their system gets hosed, they just get a new computer. wtf is with that?
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I never said it would kill anyone... I was commenting on the fact that there are people stupid enough to sue them over something as inconsequential as a mild shock, and that statement absolves them of most of the liability.
lets not forget we're in the country of "wasn't my fault!!!!!" these days
I don't know why they always say crap like this.
I'll tell you exactly why...
"errr.. I got me this new intarweb thingy, but when I went to fix my outside box, I wuz standin' in dat dere puddle, and I gots me shocked!!! I'ma gunna sue dem bastards!!!"
need I say more?
for the price of their "coffee", you could get a 1000sq ft spot in the downtown district cheaper I'd guess. Internet would likely be better too.
That's not hostile. In our industry, one doesn't make hostile moves because our value lies with people,' he added."
yes, but only when they're valuable for 80 hours a week.
note to mods, here's the point of this joke
theory Audio pronunciation of "theory" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (th-r, thîr)
n. pl. theories
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
where are your test results? I'd like to see em'
my statement was more of a general rant about the practice of that. I realize it doesn't really apply *in this case* but the rant itself is still valid I think ;)
It's nice to see "the little guy" get one over on the "anything you think, we own" mentality of the big corporations. Produce a product on company time, yeah that's work for hire, but this bullshit of "you made X 3 years after you left the company, but we still own it" has to stop.
so I call a spade a spade? what's the problem?
and I never said he was helping the company, but I'd damn sure like to know if a product I planned to buy had goatse style holes in it...
and the companies reaction was to sue him for damages?? that's pure greed.
how in the hell is that a troll? It's an honest question!
fucking moderators on this site need to be kicked in the head
yeah *this post* is a troll, have at it
And now we have people getting arrested for pointing out someone else's mistake...
When did greed become more important than helping someone?
You're going to attempt to stream 3 separate video and audio streams over a 512kbit link?
I think you need to look into more bandwidth, that's quite a low amount and I think you're going to see some issues from it.
Fiber To The Home could make this a kickass box. Anything, Anytime...
Could this be a saving grace for Blockbuster to finally get into the fray again with Netflix?
so if I call another Vonage customer, then CALEA doesn't factor in and they can't tap my call? I think that's incorrect. I could have sworn that they insisted that Vonage provide that capability for all of their customers.
so again, why am I subject to CALEA when it's an IP-only call?
while sattelite is a so-so choice for rural broadband, it's virtually unuseable for VOIP due to a minimum of ~500ms of latency. Most of the commercial providers *do* have some type of latency compensation in their software, but I'm almost certain that they aren't designed to compensate for that much of a delay.
How does CALEA factor in when the connection doesn't touch the POTS system though?
Seriously, if they can require *any* VOIP to be tappable, where does it stop? Email? web traffic? IM?
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umm.... your letters don't match... try "Federal Communications Commission"
Or simply disappear off the face of the earth. I have no recourse at all.
yes you do... ever heard of a "chargeback" ? Every single one of these voip companies has you pay via credit card.
It seems that lately a lot of stuff has started to regress to older tech. Steam power, hand labor being of higher value craftsmanship, blowing up "those damn arabs" (ok, that last one was a potshot, sue me)
Is this just history repeating itself, or are we really going to start progressing towards an almost dark ages type society where we ressurect old tech and reuse it constantly?
Damn Small Linux, blackbox, and bluetooth, and I think I just found my next remote webserver admin tool. I can't justify $2k for a machine, but less than $600 (tax, etc) might make it really feasable.
I sure hope they don't start charging for this after the beta.
now I'm no lawyer, but isn't that borderline extortion? or maybe racketeering?
Or a truly active windshield display in the car.
yay! as if it's not bad enough getting run over by soccermom's in their Navigators.. now they get to look at all the pretty flashy things!!
I've tried out SphereXP and I have to say it's pretty kludgy. It bogged my machine down quite a bit, and just seemed rather counter intuitive. The idea of "parking" a window somewhere, and not being able to interact with it unless you restore it seemed to be a pretty big limitation to me.
People just don't care... they can't be bothered to think about it. I've talked to so many people, "yeah.. I need to get a new computer, this one's slow" their system gets hosed, they just get a new computer. wtf is with that?
let me rephrase that...
I'd give a large donation (hint hint) for someone to port it and GPL it. Firefox shouldn't be sold, IMHO.
That's a damn good idea. I'd pay decent money (hint hint) for a "Firefox for PalmOS" to use with my Tungsten.