I guess we should ban network testing software also. Oh yeah, don't forget to require a license to own a software compiler. And permission from your local FBI office to take programming classes.
She killed her own child by signing up for a service that didn't fit her needs.
Ok, you cancel your landline and buy a mobile phone. The mobile phone doesn't work in your area. DO you sue T-Mobile?
From Business Week (MUCH BETTER ARTICLE)
" A deadline has been extended that could have left tens of thousands of people without their Internet phone service next week.
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it would delay a Monday deadline for providers of Internet-based phone calls to obtain acknowledgments that their customers understand the problems they may encounter when dialing 911 in an emergency.
Providers of the phone service, known as Voice over Internet Protocol or "VoIP," had been told by the FCC that they should disconnect service by Tuesday to people who had not responded.
The agency extended the deadline to Sept. 28. If by that time a provider still has not received confirmation, then the company should disconnect a customer's phone service, according to the FCC order.
The agency gave companies the option of turning off regular Internet phone service to a client but still allowing emergency calls to 911 to be made. As part of this so-called "soft" disconnect, a provider could also allow customers to place non-911 calls that would automatically be sent to the company's customer service center.
The VON Coalition, a group of VoIP providers, was pleased with the extension but still worried about having to cut a client's service next month.
"You've got to think there's some portion of the population that's not going to return these things," said Glenn Richards, legal counsel for the coalition. "I just question whether the best result is to turn those people off."
The deadline extension followed complaints from the coalition, which includes AT&T and MCI, that customers would be left stranded in an emergency. Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and other lawmakers also wrote FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to express their concerns.
Anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000 people could have been left with no service, according to industry estimates. There are about 1.7 million VoIP subscribers nationwide.
The FCC issued its initial order in May after tearful testimony from a Florida mother who told the commissioners about how she was unable to summon help to save her dying infant daughter.
The commission ordered the companies to provide full emergency 911 capabilities by Nov. 28. The acknowledgments were a first step in that process.
Unlike traditional telephones, where phone numbers are associated with a specific location, VoIP users can place a call from virtually anywhere they have access to a high-speed Internet connection. That can make it difficult to connect VoIP accounts to the computer systems that automatically route 911 calls to the nearest emergency dispatcher and transmit the caller's location and phone number to the operator who answers the call.
Power outages can also be a problem, leaving users unable to dial 911 because the high-speed Internet modems, phone adapters and computers needed for VoIP rely on electrical outlets.
Vonage Holdings Corp., the biggest VoIP carrier, with more than 800,000 subscribers, said Friday that 97 percent of its customer base had responded to the company's notices about 911 risks. That leaves 23,000 subscribers the company is still trying to reach via e-mail, phone and mail."
The problem is if the electrical grid goes down (likely since it is deteriorating and you can take power out by just shooting a transformer box) then the whole school goes down.
Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot.
How does freedom and what can only be described as evil iron-handed restrictions by media conglomerates being together.
I don't want to see opensource polluted.
"Based on the data created from our sample searches, this study concludes that a user can expect, on average, to receive 166.9% more results using the Google search engine than the Yahoo! search engine. In fact, in the 10,012 test cases we ran, only in 3% of the cases (307) did Yahoo! return more results. In 96.6% of the cases (9,676) Google returned more results. In less than 1% of the cases (29) both search engines returned the same number of results.
It is the opinion of this study that Yahoo!'s claim to have a web index of over twice as many documents as Googles index is suspicious. Unless a large number of the documents Yahoo! has indexed are not yet available to its search engine, we find it puzzling that Yahoo!'s search engine consistently returned less results than Google. "
Also, if you would like the play the trailer outside of the webpage and fullscreen use this Firefox extension.
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/mediapla yerconnectivity
Although VLC will play it outside I suggest Quicktime because it looks like it is the only player that buffers the stream. You can stretch the video to as big as your screen, which is really cool.
Slashdot Mirror
What about the ice roads they build every year to get supplies to far flung communities and research bases?
Don't forget about China buying that new supertanker they probably plan on building into a carrier.
And no, I'm not kidding. Don't have the link handy though.
Ok thanks for clearing that up.
Oh yeah lets ban UPX compression also. There's no real reason for it!
Debuggers, out.
Remember the terroism charges for running an IRC server.
I guess we should ban network testing software also. Oh yeah, don't forget to require a license to own a software compiler. And permission from your local FBI office to take programming classes.
When I was reading I thought "Hey, where does the flux capacitor fit into this?"
They signed up for VOIP. They have no one to blame but themselves.
Great. So now I have the "h4xx0rz" my box just to play a video file.
Uh huh.
She killed her own child by signing up for a service that didn't fit her needs.
Ok, you cancel your landline and buy a mobile phone. The mobile phone doesn't work in your area. DO you sue T-Mobile?
From Business Week (MUCH BETTER ARTICLE)
" A deadline has been extended that could have left tens of thousands of people without their Internet phone service next week.
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it would delay a Monday deadline for providers of Internet-based phone calls to obtain acknowledgments that their customers understand the problems they may encounter when dialing 911 in an emergency.
Providers of the phone service, known as Voice over Internet Protocol or "VoIP," had been told by the FCC that they should disconnect service by Tuesday to people who had not responded.
The agency extended the deadline to Sept. 28. If by that time a provider still has not received confirmation, then the company should disconnect a customer's phone service, according to the FCC order.
The agency gave companies the option of turning off regular Internet phone service to a client but still allowing emergency calls to 911 to be made. As part of this so-called "soft" disconnect, a provider could also allow customers to place non-911 calls that would automatically be sent to the company's customer service center.
The VON Coalition, a group of VoIP providers, was pleased with the extension but still worried about having to cut a client's service next month.
"You've got to think there's some portion of the population that's not going to return these things," said Glenn Richards, legal counsel for the coalition. "I just question whether the best result is to turn those people off."
The deadline extension followed complaints from the coalition, which includes AT&T and MCI, that customers would be left stranded in an emergency. Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and other lawmakers also wrote FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to express their concerns.
Anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000 people could have been left with no service, according to industry estimates. There are about 1.7 million VoIP subscribers nationwide.
The FCC issued its initial order in May after tearful testimony from a Florida mother who told the commissioners about how she was unable to summon help to save her dying infant daughter.
The commission ordered the companies to provide full emergency 911 capabilities by Nov. 28. The acknowledgments were a first step in that process.
Unlike traditional telephones, where phone numbers are associated with a specific location, VoIP users can place a call from virtually anywhere they have access to a high-speed Internet connection. That can make it difficult to connect VoIP accounts to the computer systems that automatically route 911 calls to the nearest emergency dispatcher and transmit the caller's location and phone number to the operator who answers the call.
Power outages can also be a problem, leaving users unable to dial 911 because the high-speed Internet modems, phone adapters and computers needed for VoIP rely on electrical outlets.
Vonage Holdings Corp., the biggest VoIP carrier, with more than 800,000 subscribers, said Friday that 97 percent of its customer base had responded to the company's notices about 911 risks. That leaves 23,000 subscribers the company is still trying to reach via e-mail, phone and mail."
Actually this was started because a mommy tried to dial 911 on her VOIP phone, therefore not getting help in time to save her child.
Don't you just love how people put the blame on something else? Oh no you were too stupid to even understand your PHONE so you better blame them.
Now we just need to slow light down to 100 miles an hour and we can do r33l star warz.
The problem is if the electrical grid goes down (likely since it is deteriorating and you can take power out by just shooting a transformer box) then the whole school goes down.
Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot. How does freedom and what can only be described as evil iron-handed restrictions by media conglomerates being together. I don't want to see opensource polluted.
Name a feature IE has out of the box that firefox doesn't.
"Based on the data created from our sample searches, this study concludes that a user can expect, on average, to receive 166.9% more results using the Google search engine than the Yahoo! search engine. In fact, in the 10,012 test cases we ran, only in 3% of the cases (307) did Yahoo! return more results. In 96.6% of the cases (9,676) Google returned more results. In less than 1% of the cases (29) both search engines returned the same number of results. It is the opinion of this study that Yahoo!'s claim to have a web index of over twice as many documents as Googles index is suspicious. Unless a large number of the documents Yahoo! has indexed are not yet available to its search engine, we find it puzzling that Yahoo!'s search engine consistently returned less results than Google. "
The usual ping time from base station -> satellite -> home user is ~250ms. That is not counting all the other hops to the actual servers.
Freedom.
That is seriously the most fucking funny thing I have ever read!
MOD PARENT UP.
http://mp3.baidu.com/
It actually works really well even for english songs. A search for usher bring sup his songs.
Why do I have to choose between the great features of KDE and Gnome? Why can't they shut the fuck up and work together?
Not trying to be a troll...I'm just tired of this crap.
It still doens't look friendly enough...
Also, if you would like the play the trailer outside of the webpage and fullscreen use this Firefox extension. http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/mediapla yerconnectivity
Although VLC will play it outside I suggest Quicktime because it looks like it is the only player that buffers the stream. You can stretch the video to as big as your screen, which is really cool.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity/t railer_2/large.html
Not downloadable, but it actually works, unlike the one on the site. At least for me.
The RIAA offered to take up his propagand...er...I mean, speech writing department.
Try RIAA/MPAA.com.
You didn't hear? Yeah, they run the government now.