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  1. Re:Software did what it was suppose to. on Software Bug Behind Biggest Telephony Outage In US History (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you want to route all 212 area code numbers to a specific carrier you can just enter '212' and it will route them. If you want go do a NPA-NXX, just enter '212555'. Since it's longest match it will also work for a 'thousands block' (ie, 2125551) and even down to the individual number (2125551212). US numbers don't mean a whole lot, but in other countries they specify specific geographic regions, carriers or number types. The backend database takes longest match for the most flexibility and the EMS UI is nothing more than a glorified frontend directly to the DB. There's little business logic actually protecting you.

    In a lot of cases, you want a wildcard match. I route a number of prefixes to different carriers with longer matches but I have a blank entry to default fall back directly to Level3 if I don't have any other carriers to handle calls.

    Everyone who uses Sonus knows this is how it works. It sounds like they gave a task to someone and only trained them on one piece of data entry. The fact that 800 people had access to this highly specialized software without higher level tooling that adds in the required business logic is the terrifying piece.

  2. Software did what it was suppose to. on Software Bug Behind Biggest Telephony Outage In US History (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm 99% sure they were using the Sonus EMS management software (L3 is a huge Sonus shop) to manage the PSX routing engine. The software works as longest match of the number. Since you have to always select the country, a blank entry would be treated as +1 and block everything after that or everything in the US.

  3. Many options on Ask Slashdot: State of the Art In DIY Security Systems? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are looking for either the HAI Omnipro II or the ELK M1 gold. Check out http://cocoontech.com/forums/ for all the information you will ever need.

  4. Re:PACER on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 2

    The document in PDF format will be here shortly:

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/67775601

  5. PACER on Civil Suit Filed, Involving the Time Zone Database · · Score: 4, Informative

    COMPLAINT, REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, RESTRAINING ORDER,
    DAMAGES AND TRIAL BY JURY
    Parties
    1. Plaintiff, Astrolabe, Inc. [hereinafter “Astrolabe”], is a for-profit
    Massachusetts corporation with a principal place of business at 350 Underpass
    Road, P.O. Box 1750, Brewster, Barnstable County, Commonwealth of
    Massachusetts 02631, and is engaged in the business of publication, marketing
    and sale, including computer software publications and/or programs
    pertaining to the field of astrology.
    2. Defendant, Arthur David Olson [hereinafter “Olson”], is an individual with a
    last and usual residence at 7406 Hancock Avenue, #2, Takoma Park,
    Maryland 20912, and with a usual an ordinary place of business as a computer
    specialist at the Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Building 37,
    Room 4146A, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, 37
    Convent Drive, MSC 4262, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
    3. Defendant, Paul R. Eggert [hereinafter “Eggert”], is an individual with a last
    and usual residence in the State of California, who is engaged in the business
    of computer services and programming, and employed as a lecturer with the
    University of California, Los Angeles, Computer Science Department, with a
    principal business address of: UCLA Computer Science, Box 951596,
    4532JBH, Los Angeles, Calfiornia 90095-1596.
    Case 1:11-cv-11725-GAO Document 1 Filed 09/30/11 Page 1 of 5
    Jurisdiction
    4. Pursuant to a written agreement, Astrolabe is the copyright assignee of the
    copyright owner, of certain copyright-protected computer software programs
    and information contained therein, pursuant to the Copyright Protection Act,
    17 U.S.C. Section 101, et seq., known as the “ACS Atlas,” consisting of both
    the “ACS International Atlas,” and the “ACS American Atlas,” in the form of
    computer software program(s) and/or data bases, and in the form of electronic
    output and future electronic media from said programs [hereinafter “the Works”].
    5. These atlases set forth interpretations of historical time zone information
    pertaining to innumerable locations throughout the world, based upon the
    compilation of historical research and documentation regarding applicable
    time zones officially and/or in actuality in effect, given the actual latitude and
    longitudes of specific locations throughout the world.
    6. Upon information and belief, defendants Olson and Eggert have unlawfully
    reproduced the Works, in violation of the Copyright Protection Act, without
    proper permission and/or authorization from the copyright holder, and without
    paying royalties due and payable to the copyright holder and/or its assignee,
    Astrolabe, in computer software format.
    7. Plaintiff, Astrolabe publishes, markets and sells its ACS Atlas programs (the
    Works) for commercial profit purposes to, inter alia, those interested and/or
    engaged in the business and field of astrology seeking to determine the
    historical time at any given time in any particular location, world-wide.
    8. In connection with its rights to reproduce the Works, plaintiff Astrolabe is
    contractually obligated to pay royalties to the owner/assignor of the copyright
    and the authors of the same.
    Facts
    9. Defendant Olson’s unauthorized reproduction of the Works have been
    published at ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzarchive.qz, where the references to
    historic international time zone data is replete with references to the fact that
    the source for this information is, indeed, the ACS Atlas.
    10. In connection with his unlawful publication of some and/or any portion of the
    Works, defendant Olson has wrongly and unlawfully asserted that this
    information and/or data is “in the public domain,” in violation of the
    protections afforded by the federal copyright laws.
    11. Defendant Eggert’s unauthorized repro

  6. Re:NAS + Online storage on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    I concur with SmugMug. I have their entry level account for $40/year and it's worth every cent for unlimited storage. Plus you can get back your original images very easily instead of compressed versions. Highly recommended.

  7. Not completely 'secret' on An Anonymous, Verifiable E-Voting Tech · · Score: 1

    If you're removing the candidate list from the side you keep, that means that the barcode somehow has your specific ordering of candidates stored. While this may be encrypted, the computer has a way of knowing for that specific ballot, what each option is for, which means that someone, somewhere, has access to that key to be able to determine how to get the per ballot candidate ordering.

    That key will be much easier to get access to than people think, and once you do, you've compromised the secrecy of the entire election. Walk into your local election clerk's office and see if they're the type of person who could safely store and maintain a vital electronic key.

  8. Like electricity? Not quite. on Mixed Reception To AT&T's New Data Pricing Scheme · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When you pay your electric bill, you typically pay a flat rate (a connection charge) to your electric company for the transmission system, and a per kwh rate to them to buy electricity from any number of generating plants. Use 1 kwh or 1000kwh, your payment stays the same. Now if you want to jump to the next level (1ph 120v to 3ph 480v) then you pay a higher connection charge, but still don't pay more for your usage for the /transmission/ of the power.

    If you want to follow that model then I'll gladly pay AT&T $5/month for their network transmission services, and a per MB rate that they can pass on to the webmasters and hosts of the websites that I visit.

  9. Mirror of pdf on Five Technologies Iran Is Using To Censor the Net · · Score: 4, Informative
  10. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 1

    If you wait too long between searching and picking one it will time out the download link due to the playToken expiring.  Just re-try the search and pick your number faster.

  11. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 1

    you need to install JSON from cpan.

  12. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Crap didn't test,
    replace the $filename line with

    my $filename = $ref->{data}->{songs}->{list}->[$req]->{artist} ."-" . $ref->{data}->{songs}->{list}->[$req]->{title} . ".mp3";

  13. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 1

    someone mod this parent up, it's source code that rips music from their service.

  14. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 1

    Nevermind, it gives you the full mp3, the song I picked was just a short sample played backwards :) That was pretty easy.

  15. Re:Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://next.lala.com/api/AutoComplete/songAutoComplete?prefix=bt

    Pass URL encoded downloadToken to:

    http://next.lala.com/api/Player/getTrackUrls?flash=true&webSrc=lala&widgetId=LalaHeadlessPlayer&T=

    url gives you the mp3 url, it's not a full mp3, sounds backwards, but it's a start to downloading from them.

  16. Doesn't seem so bad... on Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So they're letting you listen to a digital copy one time? Time to start firing up the flash ripper and start scraping the site. Chances are they're not sticking stupid DRM or watermarking in their own 'secure' player.

    Granted having your entire music collection in fla is annoying, you can probably can convert it to something a little more usable.

    Sounds like a great source for large volumes of music.

  17. Re:Youtube link on Suppresed Video of Japanese Reactor Sodium Leak · · Score: 5, Informative
  18. Youtube link on Suppresed Video of Japanese Reactor Sodium Leak · · Score: 5, Informative
  19. torrents for the isos on Debian 3.1 (Sarge) Released · · Score: 1
  20. Knoppix to the rescue on True Stories of Knoppix Rescues · · Score: 1

    I've used knoppix to recover both windows and linux systems for years. Whenever a windows install is too hosed to boot I'll use knoppix to get all the data moved over to another system (if it's a laptop). I've used knoppix to fix hosed lilo configs, recover data from hacked installs, etc. It's a great tool for any admin.

  21. Gronk on Centrally-Controlled Home Music System on a Budget? · · Score: 1

    Check out JWZ's Gronk

  22. Awesome plan! on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, so paypal.com is having issues loading. Makes sense to slashdot them too!

  23. Right on Hobbit Hole + World Class Fallout Shelter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, a house underground! Never seen one of those before. That's so much better than a guy who tunneled a huge shelter under his house by himself. Oh yes.

  24. SIP on Cross-Platform VoIP Software? · · Score: 3, Informative

    You're looking for a standard protocol that can be used across all platforms, and that protocol is SIP. I've used several VOIP products that have SIP support and currently am using a Grandstream Budget Tone 100 VOIP phone ($65) to do my calling and can contact anyone on any platform that can support SIP.

  25. Problems on 'Open MS Passport': MyUID Goes Beta · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the TOS:

    MyUID may revoke your account at any time, with or without a reason. If you have a subscribed account, you will not be refunded unless there are special circumstances.

    All data in your account and messages you send and receive belong to MyUID. If you are looking for private transmissions you should be using encrypted e-mails.

    --------------

    The problems with sites like this is you don't know behind them, you don't know what makes them tick, you don't know who has access to your data. Until they allow me to encrypt my data with my own key and not allow anyone access to it (even to themselves) they're not going to see my business.