In our company we use Orange (UK) Smartphones set up to pull mail (POP3) from a Linux server running Postfix, MailScanner, ClamAV, Razor and SpamAssassin.
That's it.
The only contracted costs are the broadband link, phone rental and call charges.
No licences, no hosted servers, no ($$) Exchange server and no ($$) Blackberry Server.
Safety systems in some installations handling radioactive materials broadcast a background sequence of notes/clicks (*not* anything like a geiger counter) through loudspeakers in critical areas - the 'melody' is designed to be unobtrusive under normal conditions (your mind 'tunes it out'), but the notes change under alarm conditions or when certain monitored values start moving and even minute variations in the sound are immediately obvious to those in earshot. This has been in use for tens of years...and some of us just have to stare at a Nagios Web page or wait for an email that triggers a 'beep' sound.
It is EXTREMELY irresponsible to post such stupid stuff here - don't you realise that soon this will be duped several times on Digg and then other Diggers will post it to their blogs, while others look for someone (or a cell phone company) to blame, and will start wrapping their phones or heads in tinfoil - heck, some Diggers will probably TRY and cook an egg and may get salmonella from the eggs on their fingers, which they will transfer to their mouths when they suck their thumbs and so will end up needing antibiotics.
For the sake of humanity (Diggmanity?) *** --No Digg ***.
He's infringing my patent:
US PAT 99846321-666
"A method for obtaining stupidly large amounts of financial compensation from commercial organisations by suing them because they failed to point out (rightly or otherwise) something mind-numbingly obvious about a potential (real or otherwise) hazard related to the use of their product/s that anyone with a small degree of common sense would be competent to identify for themselves and thus take appropriate action."
The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it and be prepared to live on the streets as they couldn't pay for accommodation, transport or utility services. They would scrounge for food and somehow find ways to clothe themselves and their family for free just in order to pursue what they wanted.
To quote a Savage Garden song: "I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires"
I am deeply grateful to all those who gave their valuable insight and opinion into IBM's work whilst knowing jack sh*t about what they had to do and actually did./sarcasm
Light yellow tinted 'computer glasses' can help with eyestrain by softening the image and flattening out harsh contrasts.
Also...
If you find that, after a period of staring at a computer screen, when you look up, objects in the distance (say, > 15-20ft) are out of focus for a short while (and you don't normally need glasses for distance) then it's time to have your eyes tested - for one it can be a sign of diabetes.
...I was a little puzzled last week when completing a new system install (Small Business Server) when Windows kindly told me that it had all the information it needed, so I should press 'Finish' to *start* the install.
I'll add my experience to this as both an end-user and also an ex-systems house/reseller engineering manager:
Sony - don't sneeze near them, something will break. Big price premium for the brand name. Early ilfe (out of the box or soon after) failures 'notable'. Dell - clunky, heavy and below-optimal performance. Run hot Toshiba - over-priced for what you get. Choose your model carefully. Acer - well priced and fewer hassles than all the above. IBM - Generally well engineered and mostly reliable.
[ ] I Haven't RTFA, but... $random_self_opinionated_comment
[ ] [$Slashdot_reader] writes, "[$pundit] wrote an article about [$Technology_we're_not_currently_fond_of],
based on conjecture and personal opinion. Does this mean that [$Technology_flavor_of_the_month]
is taking over?
[ ] Slashdotted already!. I bet their server runs on $topic_item too!
[ ] I am not qualified to respond to this article, but I will give you my
insight anyway..
[ ] Here's a plug for my blog / Web site disguised as an insightful comment
(I need the ad revenue)
[ ] Next they'll be patenting 'A method of replying to a Slashdot posts using
a form containing pre-defined response options'
[X] Mod Parent [X] up [ ] Down
[ ] Fsck: [ ] Sony [ ] SCO [ ] Micro$oft [ ] DMCA [ ] DRM [ ] MPAA
[ ] RIAA [ ] Google [ ] Bush [ ] You all
[ ] I for one welcome our new $topic_item overlords
[ ] Imagine a beowulf cluster of those
[ ] In Soviet Russia, $topic_item owns you!
[ ] Meh!
[ ] You must be new here!
[ ] Netcraft confirms $topic_item is: [ ] dead [ ] dying
[ ] But have the inventors thought of what will happen if $random_amateur_insight
[ ] You insensitive clod
[ ] Torrent, anyone?
[ ] Here's a link to a patch: $random_linux_distro_url
[ ] "Yeah, but does it run Linux?"; if($summary has 'linux') add
" Oh, wait..."
Working on the (alleged by some) premise that we never went to the moon - how do we know that NASA isn't pumping out a fake, weak signal from a research lab just to fool us!!? I won't believe it until we get some triangulation on that signal!
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In our company we use Orange (UK) Smartphones set up to pull mail (POP3) from a Linux server running Postfix, MailScanner, ClamAV, Razor and SpamAssassin.
That's it.
The only contracted costs are the broadband link, phone rental and call charges.
No licences, no hosted servers, no ($$) Exchange server and no ($$) Blackberry Server.
Nuff said.
Hmmm..must go stop everyone using most of Google's stuff then.
Safety systems in some installations handling radioactive materials broadcast a background sequence of notes/clicks (*not* anything like a geiger counter) through loudspeakers in critical areas - the 'melody' is designed to be unobtrusive under normal conditions (your mind 'tunes it out'), but the notes change under alarm conditions or when certain monitored values start moving and even minute variations in the sound are immediately obvious to those in earshot. This has been in use for tens of years. ..and some of us just have to stare at a Nagios Web page or wait for an email that triggers a 'beep' sound.
Oh Noooooooo - it was on Digg 6 hours ago!
_ on_Cellular
http://www.digg.com/technology/This_is_Your_Brain
It is EXTREMELY irresponsible to post such stupid stuff here - don't you realise that soon this will be duped several times on Digg and then other Diggers will post it to their blogs, while others look for someone (or a cell phone company) to blame, and will start wrapping their phones or heads in tinfoil - heck, some Diggers will probably TRY and cook an egg and may get salmonella from the eggs on their fingers, which they will transfer to their mouths when they suck their thumbs and so will end up needing antibiotics.
For the sake of humanity (Diggmanity?) *** --No Digg ***.
I better go warn them before it's too late.....
That's right - and all our medical notes,, drug dispensing and consultation histories will have the wrong date which will cause absolute chaos!
...a new class of peanuts.. I must take a break and/or get some glasses.
Microsoft had no immediate comment on Ferris' alert.
Not so - they tried to post a reply on his site but their browser kept crashing.
He's infringing my patent: US PAT 99846321-666 "A method for obtaining stupidly large amounts of financial compensation from commercial organisations by suing them because they failed to point out (rightly or otherwise) something mind-numbingly obvious about a potential (real or otherwise) hazard related to the use of their product/s that anyone with a small degree of common sense would be competent to identify for themselves and thus take appropriate action."
The page got torn...
The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it and be prepared to live on the streets as they couldn't pay for accommodation, transport or utility services. They would scrounge for food and somehow find ways to clothe themselves and their family for free just in order to pursue what they wanted.
To quote a Savage Garden song: "I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires"
Well, it *is* hard to improve on perfection!
/sarcasm
You're both nuts!
My camera has Mangapixels and takes very animated photos
Yeah - the 'five second rule'...
"Hey, Staphy, that dude's just dropped his sandwish on the floor - I'm on it..."
"Woah, hold on there Campy, remember the rule...hang one...ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR...FIVE....OK...ALL TOGETHER NOW....JUMP!!!"
Like that's realistic!
I am deeply grateful to all those who gave their valuable insight and opinion into IBM's work whilst knowing jack sh*t about what they had to do and actually did. /sarcasm
Light yellow tinted 'computer glasses' can help with eyestrain by softening the image and flattening out harsh contrasts.
Also...
If you find that, after a period of staring at a computer screen, when you look up, objects in the distance (say, > 15-20ft) are out of focus for a short while (and you don't normally need glasses for distance) then it's time to have your eyes tested - for one it can be a sign of diabetes.
L3K
(T2 diabetic)
...I was a little puzzled last week when completing a new system install (Small Business Server) when Windows kindly told me that it had all the information it needed, so I should press 'Finish' to *start* the install.
Yes, via the digg.com front page, it would appear.
I'll add my experience to this as both an end-user and also an ex-systems house/reseller engineering manager:
Sony - don't sneeze near them, something will break. Big price premium for the brand name. Early ilfe (out of the box or soon after) failures 'notable'.
Dell - clunky, heavy and below-optimal performance. Run hot
Toshiba - over-priced for what you get. Choose your model carefully.
Acer - well priced and fewer hassles than all the above.
IBM - Generally well engineered and mostly reliable.
My personal, mainstream favourite is Acer
Slashdot EeziPost (TM) MK 1.1.01
#NB: For obvious reasons, the first option is ENABLED by default - remember to turn off if you are NOT responding to a dupe
[ ] Another: [ ] Dupe [ ] Slashvertisment [X ] WTF [ ] $editor is a dork
[ ] Frist psot [ ] $link_to_GNAA [ ] $link_to_goatse [ ] $random_drivel
[ ] I Haven't RTFA, but... $random_self_opinionated_comment
[ ] [$Slashdot_reader] writes, "[$pundit] wrote an article about [$Technology_we're_not_currently_fond_of], based on conjecture and personal opinion. Does this mean that [$Technology_flavor_of_the_month] is taking over?
[ ] Slashdotted already!. I bet their server runs on $topic_item too!
[ ] I am not qualified to respond to this article, but I will give you my insight anyway..
[ ] Here's a plug for my blog / Web site disguised as an insightful comment (I need the ad revenue)
[ ] Next they'll be patenting 'A method of replying to a Slashdot posts using a form containing pre-defined response options'
[X] Mod Parent [X] up [ ] Down
[ ] Fsck: [ ] Sony [ ] SCO [ ] Micro$oft [ ] DMCA [ ] DRM [ ] MPAA [ ] RIAA [ ] Google [ ] Bush [ ] You all
[ ] I for one welcome our new $topic_item overlords
[ ] Imagine a beowulf cluster of those
[ ] In Soviet Russia, $topic_item owns you!
[ ] Meh!
[ ] You must be new here!
[ ] Netcraft confirms $topic_item is: [ ] dead [ ] dying
[ ] But have the inventors thought of what will happen if $random_amateur_insight
[ ] You insensitive clod
[ ] Torrent, anyone?
[ ] Here's a link to a patch: $random_linux_distro_url
[ ] "Yeah, but does it run Linux?"; if($summary has 'linux') add " Oh, wait..."
[ ] Profit!!
[ ] Tinfoil hat at the ready
[ ] Still no cure for cancer
[X] "()*%£^" No Carrier
Site displays IP address of visitor - world quakes - EVIL EVIL EVIL. Get a sense of proportion.
Yeah, that'll do it...cue M$ policy decision change at Executive level in 3..2..1
May I add this to my Slashdot EeziPost system?? Thanks L3K
Working on the (alleged by some) premise that we never went to the moon - how do we know that NASA isn't pumping out a fake, weak signal from a research lab just to fool us!!? I won't believe it until we get some triangulation on that signal!
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