I regularly use VOIP via Free World Dialup (FWD). This system uses the SIP protocol. FWD servers seem to have frequent outages. To get around this problem, I've found that I can use direct IP to IP dialing and bypass FWD's servers completely. IP dialing is cumbersome, but you can put the dialed addresses in a speed call list and use 2-digit dialing. This works very well. There's a side benefit of no call logging since the provider's server is being bypassed. In theory I can call any SIP phone that's connected to the internet whether they're on Vonage, Packet Eight, or any other network, if I know their IP address.
Right now there are about a half dozen members of our private network. We're all registered with dyndns.org to solve the problem of dynamic addressing. We're all using Sipura Network adapters to connect a regular telephone to the Internet. The Sipura adapters accommodate dialing by hostname or IP address. The latency is lower with direct IP dialing because the voice packets are not routed through FWD's STUN or NAT servers.
This method is more secure since you're not dependent on any VOIP provider. The back doors that they provide for government spying can be bypassed. Encryption would be difficult but not impossible because it would have to be implemented in the Sipura firmware. SIP software phones will also work with direct IP dialing.
You are trusting a group of people whose credentials you don't really know. It's entirely possible, even probable, that they are, in fact, using your systems for purposes you don't support.
Bluefrog is an Open Source project hosted on Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bluefrog
If it contained mal-ware, I think we would have heard about it by now.
You can simply log into your Blue Security Account. From here, you can add or delete protected email addresses.
You won't get in right now because they've been slashdotted. Just bear with it. The spammers are taking shots in the dark. My work account is getting these messages and it's not even registered with Blue Security.
The first patent, granted in 2003, covers the method by which Netflix customers select and receive a certain number of movies at a time, and return them for more titles.
My Library has been doing this for Years. They don't charge me unless I forget to renew. One could argue that the subscription fee paid before the Netflix loan is equivalent to the late fee I would pay the library after I forgot to renew. If they don't have what I want, I give them a list and they call me when it comes in. Netflix's patent is just a slight variation of a practice that's hundreds of years old. Ask any librarian. Certainly not worthy of a patent!
Assuming we had the technology to generate gravity wave beams, It should be possible to create a tiny tunnel through space between earth and mars where the effective distance is far less than the 40 to 160 millon mile distance stated earlier, due to the effects of gravity bending space to reduce the effective distance. Radio waves could pass through this tunnel with reduced latency. It may even be possible to modulate the gravity waves themselves with broadband data
The bigger question is does this "Roswell Technology" all ready exist and is being held captive by our governments in the name of national security?
My first computer was an IBM PS/2 16 MHz 386 microchannel architecture machine. The price was $4000 with the IBM Employee discount and included a dot matrix printer and 13" color monitor.
The machine had no sound or network connectivity. A microchannel sound card was available for around $300. When the 60 meg hard drive filled upI bought a microchannel SCSI adapter from Future Domain for around $100 and paid $300 for a 200 meg hard drice which was a bargain at the time.
My secong machine was a Pentium class homebrew which cost less than $500. I decided I wasn't go put any more money into Microchannel which was a good decision at the time.
You could argue that cooking is prior art unless you come up with a unique way to do it like the George Foreman USB iGrill: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/igrill.sh tml I bought one of these gadgets a year ago and wouldn't be without it. It's really revolutionized cooking.
I thought that the 2005 episodes may have been shot in HD because of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Beta Cams are 3:4 aspect ratio unless you do post processing. You only end up with 300 or so active scan lines after letter boxing is applied on a 525 line system. I'd much rather have the full 720 or 1080 real active scan lines. Upconverting doesn't help. You still end up with only 300 lines of real content.
Now, I live in Region 1. If I ordered the region 2 DVD from BBCShop, would I be breaking the law? Would they even sell it to me? I actually prefer the Region 2 625/50 PAL DVDs over the 525/60 NTSC Region 1 DVDs since they are higher resolution.
Too bad they are not making 720p or 1080i High Definition versions available. The Hi Def version will probably be available in another year or two, forcing me to buy a second copy if I purchase the Standard Definition version now. I think I'll just make do with the XVID downloads until the Hi Def DVD version becomes available. Hopefully, the DVD writable media will last till then.
The FCC may soon allow cable/sat companies to sell individually customized TV channel packages.
The cable companies are allowed to sell on an ala-carte basis now but they won't because the content providers don't want it. It's an all or nothing deal with the content providers.
The FCC does not require a package or tier structure (other than local channel "Lifeline" service) nor do they prohibit selling programming on a per-channel basis. The FCC has resisted requiring the cable companies to make programming available on a per channel basis.
The system carried 7.4 Mbit/s per MHz per Watt, said Professor Schwartz. By comparison, GSM would have around 0.0058, and CDMA/EV-DO about 0.0085 Mbit/s per MHz per Watt.
These units of measurement are not meaningful. Transmission Bandwidth and Transmission Power are two independent parameters that do not interact. Increasing the transmission power will increase the signal field intensity at the receiver and thus increase range. Increasing the modulation bandwidth will allow higher transmission speeds. Increasing the power will not increase the transmission speed (assuming adqeuate signal levels are available to prevent interference from noise).
Hopefully Lavasoft's AdAware or Symantic AntiVirus will include complete removal tools in their products. I doubt that Micro$oft's recently released malicious software removal tools will ever address this malicious software.
Employers have a legitimate need to know, since they must withold SS and Medicare taxes and pay them to the government. On the other hand, the phone company and dentist office do not have a legimate need to know. They would probably get into trouble if they used this system to check on their customers.
I get very annoyed and concerned that there are companies out there that collect, store, and sell my personal information to basically anybody that is willing to pay for it. Credit bureaus are a prime example of this.
I've been wondering if it would be feasable to write down all of my personal information (name, address, phone, SSN, Mother's maiden name, etc.) and copyright this information. The next step would be to send out Cease and Desist letters demanding that my copyrighted personal information be removed from their databases and demand royalty payments for the personal information that they've sold for profit.
I might even want to store my personal on encrypted media to get coverage under the DMCA. If the RIAA and MPAA can get away with it, It seems that I should be able to do the same.
I run a business myself. I don't collect SSNs but I could. Someone could tell me they wouldn't provide it and then I could tell them that I wouldn't do business with them.
I've run into this situation myself. My telephone long distance carrier was demanding a social security number in order to obtain service, so I gave them one: 123-45-6789. They accepted it and provided service.
Since they are not a government agency, they really don't have any way of verifying the number that I gave them. The Social Security Administration does not give out or verify SSNs for non government entities.
The main problem that I run into is that I don't remember the social security numbers that I give out. When I call a business with a question about my bill and they ask for a SSN, I tell them that I don't use my SSN for identification. They usually come up with some other questions like mothers maiden name or street address.
For example, you could transfer the whole balance to the phone in some encrypted manner, or you could have the phone check every minute whether the balance expired. You could keep its own true account, or you can model it as a phone with infinite airtime and a forced calling card. And so forth. There's more than one way to skin a prepaid cat.
You should patent your workaround before someone else does and $profits$.
This was announced several months ago on Dish Network's Charlie Chat. A representative from Archos was there giving the presentation. This is just a customized and possibly crippled version of Archos's standard product line. I don't think Dish Network will allow transferring the program material to other devices such as a DVD burner.
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I found this torrent on the resurected Pirate Bay Site:
The Pirate Bay Bust video converted to divx.avi format - http://www.thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3492068
I got a 404 message when I tried to download it. The site may not be fully available. I'll try again later.
I regularly use VOIP via Free World Dialup (FWD). This system uses the SIP protocol. FWD servers seem to have frequent outages. To get around this problem, I've found that I can use direct IP to IP dialing and bypass FWD's servers completely. IP dialing is cumbersome, but you can put the dialed addresses in a speed call list and use 2-digit dialing. This works very well. There's a side benefit of no call logging since the provider's server is being bypassed. In theory I can call any SIP phone that's connected to the internet whether they're on Vonage, Packet Eight, or any other network, if I know their IP address.
Right now there are about a half dozen members of our private network. We're all registered with dyndns.org to solve the problem of dynamic addressing. We're all using Sipura Network adapters to connect a regular telephone to the Internet. The Sipura adapters accommodate dialing by hostname or IP address. The latency is lower with direct IP dialing because the voice packets are not routed through FWD's STUN or NAT servers.
This method is more secure since you're not dependent on any VOIP provider. The back doors that they provide for government spying can be bypassed. Encryption would be difficult but not impossible because it would have to be implemented in the Sipura firmware. SIP software phones will also work with direct IP dialing.
Bluefrog is an Open Source project hosted on Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bluefrog
If it contained mal-ware, I think we would have heard about it by now.
You can simply log into your Blue Security Account. From here, you can add or delete protected email addresses.
You won't get in right now because they've been slashdotted. Just bear with it. The spammers are taking shots in the dark. My work account is getting these messages and it's not even registered with Blue Security.
Maybe they are planning to give away the hardware since it is advertising supported. The concept works with software - why not try it with hardware?
Would you accept and use a malware infested TV if it were free or very cheap?
My Library has been doing this for Years. They don't charge me unless I forget to renew. One could argue that the subscription fee paid before the Netflix loan is equivalent to the late fee I would pay the library after I forgot to renew. If they don't have what I want, I give them a list and they call me when it comes in. Netflix's patent is just a slight variation of a practice that's hundreds of years old. Ask any librarian. Certainly not worthy of a patent!
Assuming we had the technology to generate gravity wave beams, It should be possible to create a tiny tunnel through space between earth and mars where the effective distance is far less than the 40 to 160 millon mile distance stated earlier, due to the effects of gravity bending space to reduce the effective distance. Radio waves could pass through this tunnel with reduced latency. It may even be possible to modulate the gravity waves themselves with broadband data
The bigger question is does this "Roswell Technology" all ready exist and is being held captive by our governments in the name of national security?
But wait - They have Al Gore on their team, you know, the guy that invented the internet. Don't question their promises, just trust them.
My first computer was an IBM PS/2 16 MHz 386 microchannel architecture machine. The price was $4000 with the IBM Employee discount and included a dot matrix printer and 13" color monitor.
The machine had no sound or network connectivity. A microchannel sound card was available for around $300. When the 60 meg hard drive filled upI bought a microchannel SCSI adapter from Future Domain for around $100 and paid $300 for a 200 meg hard drice which was a bargain at the time.
My secong machine was a Pentium class homebrew which cost less than $500. I decided I wasn't go put any more money into Microchannel which was a good decision at the time.
John Titor, the time traveler from 2036 came to visit us in our year 2000 and departed in March 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor
He told us many things about our future, many of which have already started to come true.
You could argue that cooking is prior art unless you come up with a unique way to do it like the George Foreman USB iGrill: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/igrill.sh tml I bought one of these gadgets a year ago and wouldn't be without it. It's really revolutionized cooking.
I thought that the 2005 episodes may have been shot in HD because of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Beta Cams are 3:4 aspect ratio unless you do post processing. You only end up with 300 or so active scan lines after letter boxing is applied on a 525 line system. I'd much rather have the full 720 or 1080 real active scan lines. Upconverting doesn't help. You still end up with only 300 lines of real content.
Now, I live in Region 1. If I ordered the region 2 DVD from BBCShop, would I be breaking the law? Would they even sell it to me? I actually prefer the Region 2 625/50 PAL DVDs over the 525/60 NTSC Region 1 DVDs since they are higher resolution.
Too bad they are not making 720p or 1080i High Definition versions available. The Hi Def version will probably be available in another year or two, forcing me to buy a second copy if I purchase the Standard Definition version now. I think I'll just make do with the XVID downloads until the Hi Def DVD version becomes available. Hopefully, the DVD writable media will last till then.
I don't want a security patch for Sony's DRM malware. Just give me a removal tool and the problem will go away on it's own.
Valente was MPAA, not RIAA.
The cable companies are allowed to sell on an ala-carte basis now but they won't because the content providers don't want it. It's an all or nothing deal with the content providers.
The FCC does not require a package or tier structure (other than local channel "Lifeline" service) nor do they prohibit selling programming on a per-channel basis. The FCC has resisted requiring the cable companies to make programming available on a per channel basis.
It will self destruct in 24 hours!
Hopefully Lavasoft's AdAware or Symantic AntiVirus will include complete removal tools in their products. I doubt that Micro$oft's recently released malicious software removal tools will ever address this malicious software.
Employers have a legitimate need to know, since they must withold SS and Medicare taxes and pay them to the government. On the other hand, the phone company and dentist office do not have a legimate need to know. They would probably get into trouble if they used this system to check on their customers.
I get very annoyed and concerned that there are companies out there that collect, store, and sell my personal information to basically anybody that is willing to pay for it. Credit bureaus are a prime example of this.
I've been wondering if it would be feasable to write down all of my personal information (name, address, phone, SSN, Mother's maiden name, etc.) and copyright this information. The next step would be to send out Cease and Desist letters demanding that my copyrighted personal information be removed from their databases and demand royalty payments for the personal information that they've sold for profit.
I might even want to store my personal on encrypted media to get coverage under the DMCA. If the RIAA and MPAA can get away with it, It seems that I should be able to do the same.
This was announced several months ago on Dish Network's Charlie Chat. A representative from Archos was there giving the presentation. This is just a customized and possibly crippled version of Archos's standard product line. I don't think Dish Network will allow transferring the program material to other devices such as a DVD burner.