The important thing to remember when switching from PTSN to VoIP is to not rely on VoIP as your main means of communication to the outside world. Always have a backup (at least a pre-paid cell phone) in case of emergency. The reliability compared to PTSN isn't there, and I have no problem accepting that. I try to explain to everyone to be aware of the risks, that VoIP is not regulated the same way (if at all) as PTSN, and to think of VoIP as a cell phone; you're not always going to be able to use it.
I can see where 911 calling could be an issue, though. VoIP will grow and change as needed. When security becomes an issue, it will change one way or another.
Neverland Square
You are in Neverland. A large, phallic statue stands tall in the middle. Roads lead in every direction, north to the bedroom, south to the bathroom and east and westbound on the main street. Exits: north, east, south, west.
A security guard stands here, whistling. A small boy lies here on the ground. Michael Jackson is floating here.
Mod me off-topic, but I thought this would be really funny to make.
I use SSH too. But what happens if you run into a problem with SSH or iptables? SSH is usually never a problem, but if I'm messing with new settings for iptables (or some new fangled firewall I'm trying), a KVM switch is a must.
And you can't set up a GUI with SSH. Well, at least you can't test a GUI with SSH.
I was going to mod you down for acting a bit like a troll, but I'll reply instead.
The first sentence was arrogant. While it does give me a certain amount a pride to be able to do something most people can't, I don't flaunt it, simply because there are a billion other things people can do better than me (like stay in shape).
The second sentence is insightful. I've gone through several Gentoo installs; it has taken me 4 tries to get a good Gentoo install on my server (i.e., when I reboot the system doesn't fail). Fortunately, after I finished the third, I was able to get Gentoo running on my desktop, too. To say it was a learning experience is a definite understatement; it changed the whole way I think about computers. Above all, what has helped me most in installing Gentoo is having 2 PCs and a kvm switch.
The third sentence is an opinion. The docs do not work for every setup; in fact, they are a guideline, and will absolutely work for most setups.
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Insightful eh?
Opera may be smaller, and better in some respects, but your gripe about the adblocker in Forefox is unfounded. The right regular expression (per website of course) for the 'adblock' extension will block ads but not images. Hell, even "*ad*" would block nearly all ads but block almost no images (assuming you never came across 'ad' anywhere in a legimiate image url).
You might be thinking of the built-in function of Firefox, "Block images from [site]". Besides, even if you were to use said built-in function, it would block the site serving the ads, like doubleclick, mediaplex, etc., and not images originating on the site you're looking at. There's also this neat little function that will only load images for originating site (in Options/Preference, under Web Features, check "for the originating site only").
Let's take your "local newspaper" as an example since you seem to use it. Say "Pittsburgh Business Times" (which is where you live according to your website). Here's a url titled "Sales Power":
Now of course, if you were to block http://*bizjournals* then you would block all images coming from that site (don't want that), although that still wouldn't block any ads that didn't originate on the site anyways. Let's take a look at a doubeclick url:
Long url, eh? Doubleclick is one of the most comment advertising hosts, but you can block anything with "doubleclick" in the url by using this expression: http://*doubleclick* Voila. That blocks nearly all ads on the page.
So before you speak of adblocking features built into Firefox or available as addons, do a bit of research first, and don't discount Firefox simply because you're not experienced with it.
So we're getting a bigger and better version of the Norstar system we've got now. My company ditched Norstar and went with Cisco VoIP phones and phone servers. There's your solution.
With this technology, fully custom housing becomes affordable. Yeah! Now I can... now I can... oh wait, the bank/lender still won't give me a loan because this doesn't change my age (22), and they don't think I can make a house payment when I've never had a problem paying a rent payment on my apt for nearly 2 freakin' years.
It makes sense for DVI to be better. With DVI, images are inherently sharp because each pixel on the monitor reflects one pixel from the computer. In fact, there is no reason why non-DVI LCD panels should still exist since all LCD panels are inherently digital. An analog-only LCD panel actually requires additional circuitry to convert the information back to the digital format - with DVI, there's a direct connection. More importantly for you, there's no meaningful price difference. The cheapest 17" non-DVI monitor is $205 and the cheapest 17" DVI monitor is $220. If your budget is so tight that you cannot afford the $15 difference, you shouldn't be spending your money on computer equipment in the first place. If there's one absolute of buying an LCD monitor, it is to get a monitor with DVI support. As long as you stick with a DVI panel, your monitor will be sharp.
No, he probably meant he didn't want them going to college on his tax dollars because he's probably one of those people who refers to hispanics/latinos as "wetbacks".
But when the fuck did people other than restaurant waiting personel (waiter/waitress) start asking for and even expecting tips? I have no problem giving waiters and waitress tips, since they actually a wage that is specifically designed to be supported by tips (which is why they make $2-3 hr, the rest made up by tips, unless they don't at least make minimum wage, which then the employee has to cover the difference).
I see it at salon's/barbershops. I have to tip the bastards now to get a decent haircut. I even had a Sonic "waitress" ask me for a tip. Twice. See this post. Should I start asking for a tip whenever I receive a phone call from a cable modem customer asking for assistance because they can't get online? When will the fucking madness stop?
This is great that you think this, and that it's true, but in reality most merchants and banks don't check and/or don't give a damn.
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Or are you just being sarcastic?
They're charging that much because the websites are banned/filtered by the government/ISPs. The 'contrabandwidth' specialists bypass those bans and filters on internet connections and sell usage. That is why the prices are so high; they can charge that much because there's really no other way to gain access to these banned/filtered websites (unless you bypass them yourself).
The box says, add salt to taste. I may say it as funny but it's true. You salt it until it tastes just right. That is some form of logic.
It's not instinct. You learn, over time, how much pepper, salt, or other herbs and spices in specific amounts tastes in certain dishes, and you go from there.
Why burn the files to a disc when you can just write it to a file? A lot of cd burning software comes with an option to 'burn' to an ISO (in Nero if you select 'virtual image recorder' as the burner).
The difficultness is overstated, if you just RTFA. Really. I setup a Gentoo router over my week-day weekend (Tues-Thur). The hardest part was loading the correct driver for one of my NICs (I have two mobos, A7N8X-E Deluxe and A7N8X Deluxe (rev 2.0)). The problem with that was I was loading the right driver, but for the wrong mobo (was loading sk98lin which is for the A7N8X-E Deluxe instead of 3c59x for the A7N8X Deluxe). I spent 3 hours trying to figure out what I did wrong. After that, it's simply a matter of following the easy-to-read Gentoo handbook, sysadmin guides (which guided me through how to set up the actual router), and Gentoo wiki.
What helped me best in setting it up is after having sshd running so I could ssh into the server from my main PC. Have that running in putty on one side of the screen (or another screen if you have 2 monitors) and the handbook on the other, it was dead easy.
Jesus man. How are you going to compare maternity leave to a guy getting hit by a car? I guarantee women have babies far more often than guys get hit by cars (unless the women are driving...).
I happen to like the thinkpad pointing device, the red 'joystick' I call 'nub'. It can actually act like a real mouse, unlike this thing call RollerMouse, which is really just 3 buttons and a scroll wheel.
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The important thing to remember when switching from PTSN to VoIP is to not rely on VoIP as your main means of communication to the outside world. Always have a backup (at least a pre-paid cell phone) in case of emergency. The reliability compared to PTSN isn't there, and I have no problem accepting that. I try to explain to everyone to be aware of the risks, that VoIP is not regulated the same way (if at all) as PTSN, and to think of VoIP as a cell phone; you're not always going to be able to use it.
I can see where 911 calling could be an issue, though. VoIP will grow and change as needed. When security becomes an issue, it will change one way or another.
Pot, meet kettle.
I use SSH too. But what happens if you run into a problem with SSH or iptables? SSH is usually never a problem, but if I'm messing with new settings for iptables (or some new fangled firewall I'm trying), a KVM switch is a must.
And you can't set up a GUI with SSH. Well, at least you can't test a GUI with SSH.
I was going to mod you down for acting a bit like a troll, but I'll reply instead.
The first sentence was arrogant. While it does give me a certain amount a pride to be able to do something most people can't, I don't flaunt it, simply because there are a billion other things people can do better than me (like stay in shape).
The second sentence is insightful. I've gone through several Gentoo installs; it has taken me 4 tries to get a good Gentoo install on my server (i.e., when I reboot the system doesn't fail). Fortunately, after I finished the third, I was able to get Gentoo running on my desktop, too. To say it was a learning experience is a definite understatement; it changed the whole way I think about computers. Above all, what has helped me most in installing Gentoo is having 2 PCs and a kvm switch.
The third sentence is an opinion. The docs do not work for every setup; in fact, they are a guideline, and will absolutely work for most setups.
Gator(or whatevertheyswitchedtheirnameto)
Claria.
Opera may be smaller, and better in some respects, but your gripe about the adblocker in Forefox is unfounded. The right regular expression (per website of course) for the 'adblock' extension will block ads but not images. Hell, even "*ad*" would block nearly all ads but block almost no images (assuming you never came across 'ad' anywhere in a legimiate image url).
You might be thinking of the built-in function of Firefox, "Block images from [site]". Besides, even if you were to use said built-in function, it would block the site serving the ads, like doubleclick, mediaplex, etc., and not images originating on the site you're looking at. There's also this neat little function that will only load images for originating site (in Options/Preference, under Web Features, check "for the originating site only").
Let's take your "local newspaper" as an example since you seem to use it. Say "Pittsburgh Business Times" (which is where you live according to your website). Here's a url titled "Sales Power": Now of course, if you were to block http://*bizjournals* then you would block all images coming from that site (don't want that), although that still wouldn't block any ads that didn't originate on the site anyways. Let's take a look at a doubeclick url: Long url, eh? Doubleclick is one of the most comment advertising hosts, but you can block anything with "doubleclick" in the url by using this expression: http://*doubleclick* Voila. That blocks nearly all ads on the page.
So before you speak of adblocking features built into Firefox or available as addons, do a bit of research first, and don't discount Firefox simply because you're not experienced with it.
Propietary? yes. Lock-in? yup. Unreliable junk? I happen to think they're pretty good. It's amazing my first post got modded as flamebait.
So we're getting a bigger and better version of the Norstar system we've got now.
My company ditched Norstar and went with Cisco VoIP phones and phone servers. There's your solution.
With this technology, fully custom housing becomes affordable.
Yeah! Now I can... now I can... oh wait, the bank/lender still won't give me a loan because this doesn't change my age (22), and they don't think I can make a house payment when I've never had a problem paying a rent payment on my apt for nearly 2 freakin' years.
No, he probably meant he didn't want them going to college on his tax dollars because he's probably one of those people who refers to hispanics/latinos as "wetbacks".
Ok, so I'm going way offtopic here...
But when the fuck did people other than restaurant waiting personel (waiter/waitress) start asking for and even expecting tips? I have no problem giving waiters and waitress tips, since they actually a wage that is specifically designed to be supported by tips (which is why they make $2-3 hr, the rest made up by tips, unless they don't at least make minimum wage, which then the employee has to cover the difference).
I see it at salon's/barbershops. I have to tip the bastards now to get a decent haircut. I even had a Sonic "waitress" ask me for a tip. Twice. See this post. Should I start asking for a tip whenever I receive a phone call from a cable modem customer asking for assistance because they can't get online? When will the fucking madness stop?
that's not in your name is still fraud. If you sign your own name, that's fraud in the 2nd degree.
This is great that you think this, and that it's true, but in reality most merchants and banks don't check and/or don't give a damn.
Or are you just being sarcastic?
They're charging that much because the websites are banned/filtered by the government/ISPs. The 'contrabandwidth' specialists bypass those bans and filters on internet connections and sell usage. That is why the prices are so high; they can charge that much because there's really no other way to gain access to these banned/filtered websites (unless you bypass them yourself).
You want an easy-to-use abstraction layer.
It's not instinct. You learn, over time, how much pepper, salt, or other herbs and spices in specific amounts tastes in certain dishes, and you go from there.
Uhh... so set up a fake cd burner. I believe Alcohol 120% allows this.
Why burn the files to a disc when you can just write it to a file? A lot of cd burning software comes with an option to 'burn' to an ISO (in Nero if you select 'virtual image recorder' as the burner).
What if Microsoft comes out with a limited edition called Microsoft Software Limited Update Tool (S.L.U.T.)?
Ok, so I read the blog, great arguments. I am wondering though why this post was posted under "Apple"!?
The difficultness is overstated, if you just RTFA. Really. I setup a Gentoo router over my week-day weekend (Tues-Thur). The hardest part was loading the correct driver for one of my NICs (I have two mobos, A7N8X-E Deluxe and A7N8X Deluxe (rev 2.0)). The problem with that was I was loading the right driver, but for the wrong mobo (was loading sk98lin which is for the A7N8X-E Deluxe instead of 3c59x for the A7N8X Deluxe). I spent 3 hours trying to figure out what I did wrong. After that, it's simply a matter of following the easy-to-read Gentoo handbook, sysadmin guides (which guided me through how to set up the actual router), and Gentoo wiki.
What helped me best in setting it up is after having sshd running so I could ssh into the server from my main PC. Have that running in putty on one side of the screen (or another screen if you have 2 monitors) and the handbook on the other, it was dead easy.
Jesus man. How are you going to compare maternity leave to a guy getting hit by a car? I guarantee women have babies far more often than guys get hit by cars (unless the women are driving...).
I happen to like the thinkpad pointing device, the red 'joystick' I call 'nub'. It can actually act like a real mouse, unlike this thing call RollerMouse, which is really just 3 buttons and a scroll wheel.