Year
Emails
%In Error
%Spam
1997
4320
20%
2%
1998
3996
20%
3%
1999
6821
10%
5%
2000
7580
5%
6%
2001
6125
5%
7%
2002
6497
5%
10%
2003
13092
1%
37.6%
2004
13889
1%
40%
He now does more tasks by e-mail than he used to, so e-mail takes up more of his time - 2.5 hours per day.
Quite where the interest is here I don't know.
Year
Emails
%In Error
%Spam
1997
4320
20%
2%
1998
3996
20%
3%
1999
6821
10%
5%
2000
7580
5%
6%
2001
6125
5%
7%
2002
6497
5%
10%
2003
13092
1%
37.6%
2004
13889
1%
40%
He now does more tasks by e-mail than he used to, so e-mail takes up more of his time - 2.5 hours per day.
Quite where the interest is here I don't know.
How about perl for instant (and useful) results now...
possibly initially as a cgi script and let them get the output in the familar environment of the webrowser?
Popular handwriting recognition software doesn't work like that - it gains much of it's information from the "pen" strokes used to create the letters.
There's less information in a "finished" printed page than you'd get by tracking the movements a pen made to write it.
For an example of this different approach see this paper describing handwriting recognition using pen mounted accelerometers.
We've got to stop this happening again, we've got to educate the people spending our money on huge computer systems which are prone to failure.
I have found that many MPs when questioned on anything related to technology simply say that "it is a complex issue", which to me isn't good enough when such huge amounts of money and significant impact on people's lives is involved.
Motorola flip phones sold in the UK don't have the capibility to take a photo while they are closed.
There is a shutter button on the outside to enable this but I believe it is disabled by software in the UK following concerns such as those raised in the article.
Was this thread titled : "NASA's world wind". sites which have consumed the news feeds get confuddled when the title and link changes but the unique id stays the same...
Perhpas something else happened?
Amazon have the DVD [US] | DVD UK both with delivery on the day of release.
Amazon often dispatch items a day or so before the release date, meaning you could get the edge over the masses by following this route!!
I've just been browsing and noticed that a European Public Consultation on VOIP has just ended. Its consultation document is more complete than the UK Ofcom one though - for example it does consider interception and vulnerability questions.
An idea of the low level of discussion the European consultation provoked can be seen here.
More interesting is the fact the European document is very very very similar to the one issued by Ofcom. I'd say Ofcom's done a poor and copy and paste and rephrasing job - too late to enable people in the UK influence the law that will affect them - and our journalists - on and offline have failed us in not bringing the European consultation to our attention.
"The European Commission has published a paper in June 2004 on the regulation of Voice over IP services but this does not give clarity on some key legal issues. The Commission has indicated that it will give more clarification on this matter later in the year. " from ofcom
In the UK we don't have control over the laws on this sort of thing anymore, we are just waiting for European guidence to be issued which we will then have to follow if it's in our interests or not. This is just intermediatry guidence while we wait for the European machine to come up with something - though perhaps it does put us in a good position to shape what that something is.
Question 1: What types of new voice services do you envisage becoming available in the future and what characteristics will they have that distinguish them from traditional voice services?
Question 2: What are the main policy challenges raised by the introduction of new voice services for consumer protection and regulation?
Question 3: Do you agree with the initial top level aims identified by Ofcom?
Question 4: Are there other aims and criteria that Ofcom should consider?
Question 5: Are there other key policy questions that Ofcom should be considering?
Question 6: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that it is not necessary for all voice services to provide the same standard features as traditional telephone services, and that we should instead focus on enabling consumers to make informed decisions?
Question 7: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that it is not desirable to draw a distinction between the regulation of services that look like traditional services and those that do not?
Question 8: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that a distinction should not be drawn between the regulation of 'second line' services and 'primary' services?
Question 9: Do you think that a threshold should be set at which new voice services should be required offer the same features as traditional voice services? If so, how should the threshold be set?
Question 10: Do you agree that most providers would want to offer at least a basic form of access to 999?
Question 11: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that consumers sufficiently value having access to 999 in order for them to wish to retain at least one means of 'high quality' (very reliable) access to 999 at home?
Question 12: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that not all voice services should be required to offer access to 999 but that decisions about subscribing to and using such services must be properly informed? 55
New voice services
Question 13: Do you agree with Ofcom's initial view that given some new services may not able to offer the same degree of reliability for emergency calls as traditional voice services, it is better that these services are able to provide less reliable access to 999 rather than preventing them from offering any access at all?
Question 14: Do you agree with Ofcom's assessment of the costs and incentives for providers offering PATS?
Question 15: Do you agree with Ofcom's understanding of the implications of the definition of PATS contained in the Directives?
Question 16: Do you agree with Ofcom's understanding of the implications of this alternative approach?
Question 17: Are there policy initiatives in other areas related to new voice services that Ofcom should be considering? Section 5
Question 18: Although Ofcom is not consulting on its interim position, it would welcome your views on its interim policy to forbear from enforcing PATS obligations against new voice services which offer access to 999. Section 6
Question 19: Is it reasonable to have different network integrity requirements for nomadic services compared to services at a fixed location, and how should consumers be made aware of this difference?
Question 20: Do you think that it is better for Ofcom to: 1. Retain the Essential Requirements Guidelines in their current form; 2. Re-issue the Essential Requirements Guidelines, incorporating additional guidance in relation to Voice over Broadband and Next Generation Networks; or 3. Withdraw the Essential Requirements Guidelines, and apply the 'reasonably practical' test set out in General Condition 3
Question 21: Do you think that there are reasonably practical measures that providers at a fixed location can take even if they do not directly control the underlying network?
Question 22: What in practice should the roles of the network provider versus the service provider be for network integrity when the network
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Year Emails %In Error %Spam
1997 4320 20% 2%
1998 3996 20% 3%
1999 6821 10% 5%
2000 7580 5% 6%
2001 6125 5% 7%
2002 6497 5% 10%
2003 13092 1% 37.6%
2004 13889 1% 40%
He now does more tasks by e-mail than he used to, so e-mail takes up more of his time - 2.5 hours per day. Quite where the interest is here I don't know.
Year Emails %In Error %Spam
1997 4320 20% 2%
1998 3996 20% 3%
1999 6821 10% 5%
2000 7580 5% 6%
2001 6125 5% 7% 2002
6497 5% 10%
2003 13092 1% 37.6%
2004 13889 1% 40% He now does more tasks by e-mail than he used to, so e-mail takes up more of his time - 2.5 hours per day. Quite where the interest is here I don't know.
With the string of announcements of smart moves over the last few days why is the share price not soaring?
That's 1800 of Google's own marketing people brought in from around the planet to be briefed on the new product they're gonna sell.
The existance of MSPaint doesn't seam to be making Photoshop more affordable.
Isn't this a bit easy to spam? surely spamproofing should be integral in new technologies now if its going to be kept under control?
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How about perl for instant (and useful) results now... possibly initially as a cgi script and let them get the output in the familar environment of the webrowser?
Google news's collation of the worldwide media's coverage of this story seams to show that the mainstream serious media is ignoring this story.
No one's paying me to post www.subservientchicken.com/ but I do.... it must be a good example of what we're talking about...
Somewhere online one can buy Swans and Milkmaids??
Saying that online shopping is more expensive than the high street doesn't make sense - one thing's for sure there's a lot more choice online..
Popular handwriting recognition software doesn't work like that - it gains much of it's information from the "pen" strokes used to create the letters. There's less information in a "finished" printed page than you'd get by tracking the movements a pen made to write it. For an example of this different approach see this paper describing handwriting recognition using pen mounted accelerometers.
Is there another MP who's taken a clearer anti-ID card stance, and is prepared to discuss their positon so openly?
I have found that many MPs when questioned on anything related to technology simply say that "it is a complex issue", which to me isn't good enough when such huge amounts of money and significant impact on people's lives is involved.
There is a huge contract that'll be up for grabbs soon - EDS are preparing themselves to manage the UK national identity database and identity card scheme. This is one we could lobby our representatives on to ensure they do it right..
Where to have the debate where it might be read by those who mater:
Free service to fax your MP
Boris
Richard Allan
Tom Watson
Shaun Woodward
Citing the recent and ongoing failures such as that cited in the article, and the UK Child support agency's computer failure. as well as the NHS computer system UK
Motorola flip phones sold in the UK don't have the capibility to take a photo while they are closed. There is a shutter button on the outside to enable this but I believe it is disabled by software in the UK following concerns such as those raised in the article.
We will return to nuclear power, but to see what it will look like when we do, go to this site on Z-pinch and Wikipedia's article on Inertial fusion energy".
Was this thread titled : "NASA's world wind". sites which have consumed the news feeds get confuddled when the title and link changes but the unique id stays the same... Perhpas something else happened?
Go here for UK availability on the PMP-140 .... and prices... and a photo it looks a bit like a pre-gameboy era electronic game gadget... and it's gold are they all gold I wonder/
The pmp120 looks more like it belongs in with the "now"...
I hope the articles wrong about that...
Click here to see some google print results.
Amazon have the DVD [US] | DVD UK both with delivery on the day of release.
Amazon often dispatch items a day or so before the release date, meaning you could get the edge over the masses by following this route!!
An idea of the low level of discussion the European consultation provoked can be seen here.
More interesting is the fact the European document is very very very similar to the one issued by Ofcom.
I'd say Ofcom's done a poor and copy and paste and rephrasing job - too late to enable people in the UK influence the law that will affect them - and our journalists - on and offline have failed us in not bringing the European consultation to our attention.
In the UK we don't have control over the laws on this sort of thing anymore, we are just waiting for European guidence to be issued which we will then have to follow if it's in our interests or not. This is just intermediatry guidence while we wait for the European machine to come up with something - though perhaps it does put us in a good position to shape what that something is.