In Poland on ERA-GSM simcards, you got menus built into the simcard menu which provide that information.
Pretty much you can get a list of:
Resturaunts, Taxis, Hotels, ATM machines, Banks, Bus stops etc.. etc.. near you.
And this information can be SMS'd to you as street locations or as a picture for the new mobiles that support MMS technology.. and pretty much it's really a cheap service. No wap needed to retreve the information, just a SMS-capable phone (and I know of no phones that aren't SMS-capabile).
It's rather inaccurate, being that Poland has several landline companies, however the claim about "NOM, Netia and Energis" infact, I never even heard of them, I know of others like tktelephone etc... which are more popular because I see them on TV... However yes, TPSA is in a dominent position, but they are under tight regulations to free up most of their network for others to take advantage.
While telephone calls might be expensive.. alot of people use these cheap services that allows one to call other people for cheaper costs by routing through diffrent providers (I don't know how this works). You pretty much have to dial some special number and use a card you buy in your local store to provide a code or such for this cheaper telephone call stuff. Plus, I'll also note that Voip is very popular in Poland.:)
I'll make a note that in my expirence, I have noticed that the sites that don't work in firefox, do not work in internet explorer when it has all it's settings secured.
I'm pretty suprised you have downtimes in your telecommuncations network...
In Poland most of the telephone lines run on digital lines, nobody ever gets a "circuit busy" like you do in the states... I have never expirenced downtime from my telephone provider (unless it was a powercut).
A common argument for people to state is that "ohh, well they were late in development so they get the latest technolgy" bla bla bla
Well.. if that were the case, why would they be the world's first international dialup access to the internet? (you can find the info somewhere on here.
I'm kind of forced to conclude that either the companies are ripping off the consumers or America just has a primative telecommunications network compared to other countries.
I tend to try to get my sites to display in netscape communicator 4.8 correctly, I've noticed once I've done that, I don't have a problem getting the site to display correctly in other browsers (of course I additionally add CSS for browsers that can handle it).
I'll make a note that your site looks slightly weird in Netscape communicator 4.8
Eh, their new avatar feature in their messenger, can only be customised in a unsecured IE browser. If I have the settings secured in IE, I find I cannot do such things..
IE does not have automatic updates, nor does it automatically download content. If anything, you're probably refering to the windows update application, which has NOTHING todo with IE.
There was something else that installed features in IE easilly for you, called "install on demand", however, that's nothing todo with automatic updates.
Oh, and another note, fire fox does not download program updates automatically, it notifies that you there is a update availible. You have to tell it to download it (which is good for those who wear tinhats I suppose).
They are using Linux with Apache.. Good but no site should provide this kind of details open! Look at google and Yahoo, they don't provide accurate information on these issues.
Results are clustered that's the only think I love right now. But I'm dam sure rest of competitor get this stuff soon
Yahoo use Apache and FreeBSD with some custom c CGIs and PHP scripts on the new stuff.
Google use alot of special mini appliances that runs linux and a customised apache server called GWS/2.1
Google also now have a special cacheing server that gives out the server header: GFE/1.3
Google's search software is written primarilly in JAVA.
Actually, if I recall, in win95, the FTP client was installed by the IE installer... so the command-line FTP client unfortunately would be part of the distribution.
Alright, I have a question for you then, how do you stop windows from sharing the harddrives?
The default settings in windows nt/2000/xp/2003 is that they share the harddrives under \\IP\DRIVE-LETTER$\ like \\IP\DRIVE-LETTER$\
Of course they are hidden folders, so you won't see them, and when you try to disable it, windows just recreates the share on reboot by the way.
Alot of people achieve to get spyware/adware etc... just by browsing certain webpages, even with internet explorer's security set to high, and auto updates enabled.
as for p2p programs... well, ICQ is a p2p program, the only harm you get from it I've seen is those anoying ads (which can be removed).
And, how would you know you never experienced ANY security problems? The average user doesn't even know when s/he has 12 viruses lurking around on their system.
Maybe they will also add text ads to e-mails you send outside of the google.com domain too.
Many people don't seem that bothered about yahoo's stupid adverts in e-mail (I know, I got many anoying ads in e-mails from @yahoo.com e-mails).
"The deployment of IPv6--the sixth version of the Internet Protocol" - 6th version? no it isn't, it's version 6.
"Each about 500 bytes in length" - wrong, i can change my packets to 15Kb in size if i wanted, or even 512KB
"Versions 1 through 3 never made it out of the lab. Neither, for that matter, did Version 5." - right... he doesn't realize that ipv6 is just called that because of the 6 areas to insert a IP address: area1:area2:area3:area4:area5:area6. version 1, yes it does exist, this is my ipv1: 1345396058 (long ip).
"There are so many IPv6 addresses that humanity will never run out of them--never, ever." - never say never:)
"those routers don't have similar hardware that can route V6 in hardware: those packets have to be routed in software, which is a slower process." - all enterprise routers, which the Internet runs on, can have their roms changed, no changing of routers required
I also noticed one more flawed thing with his article, he talks about IPv6 coming, and going to be widespread, then at the end he makes it seem as if it isn't coming.
He seems to of sparsely researched how IPv6 works, thus, resulting in this really bad informative article.
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You don't need to be a expert, infact it's mostly just a couple of clicks and a few sentences in VB.NET
E-shopping disturbs me: "Other people who have baught duct tape have also baught XXL dustbin bags, Shogun kitchen knives and airifles"
Hmm, interesting...
Moe bde uywa tego strona.
Uhm... Why not just disable javascript in your browser?
It would be nice if someone made a extention for firefox that disabled javascript for some sites selectively.
In Poland on ERA-GSM simcards, you got menus built into the simcard menu which provide that information.
Pretty much you can get a list of:
Resturaunts, Taxis, Hotels, ATM machines, Banks, Bus stops etc.. etc.. near you.
And this information can be SMS'd to you as street locations or as a picture for the new mobiles that support MMS technology.. and pretty much it's really a cheap service. No wap needed to retreve the information, just a SMS-capable phone (and I know of no phones that aren't SMS-capabile).
It is? Please name at least one company that provides SIP/IAX2 termination. (unless you mean GG/Tlen/Skype etc.)
Yep.
Sorry, I actually named the company wrong, it's actually called tktelekom.
However, I admit that calls aren't so cheap, but with these cards I mentioned it's not so bad.
I also know that TPnet (TPSA) provide some VOIP services for buisnesses.
It's rather inaccurate, being that Poland has several landline companies, however the claim about "NOM, Netia and Energis" infact, I never even heard of them, I know of others like tktelephone etc... which are more popular because I see them on TV... However yes, TPSA is in a dominent position, but they are under tight regulations to free up most of their network for others to take advantage.
:)
While telephone calls might be expensive.. alot of people use these cheap services that allows one to call other people for cheaper costs by routing through diffrent providers (I don't know how this works). You pretty much have to dial some special number and use a card you buy in your local store to provide a code or such for this cheaper telephone call stuff.
Plus, I'll also note that Voip is very popular in Poland.
I'll make a note that in my expirence, I have noticed that the sites that don't work in firefox, do not work in internet explorer when it has all it's settings secured.
I'm pretty suprised you have downtimes in your telecommuncations network...
In Poland most of the telephone lines run on digital lines, nobody ever gets a "circuit busy" like you do in the states... I have never expirenced downtime from my telephone provider (unless it was a powercut).
A common argument for people to state is that "ohh, well they were late in development so they get the latest technolgy" bla bla bla
Well.. if that were the case, why would they be the world's first international dialup access to the internet? (you can find the info somewhere on here.
I'm kind of forced to conclude that either the companies are ripping off the consumers or America just has a primative telecommunications network compared to other countries.
Is that "moot" as in "arguable or open to debate", "of no significance or relevance", or "a ring for gauging wooden pins"?
No "moot" as in the guy who runs 4chan.org.
You bookmark your search engine...
I can confirm this.
I tend to try to get my sites to display in netscape communicator 4.8 correctly, I've noticed once I've done that, I don't have a problem getting the site to display correctly in other browsers (of course I additionally add CSS for browsers that can handle it).
I'll make a note that your site looks slightly weird in Netscape communicator 4.8
Eh, their new avatar feature in their messenger, can only be customised in a unsecured IE browser. If I have the settings secured in IE, I find I cannot do such things..
IE does not have automatic updates, nor does it automatically download content. If anything, you're probably refering to the windows update application, which has NOTHING todo with IE.
There was something else that installed features in IE easilly for you, called "install on demand", however, that's nothing todo with automatic updates.
Oh, and another note, fire fox does not download program updates automatically, it notifies that you there is a update availible. You have to tell it to download it (which is good for those who wear tinhats I suppose).
I agree with you but..
.. Good but no site should provide this kind of details open! Look at google and Yahoo, they don't provide accurate information on these issues.
They are using Linux with Apache
Results are clustered that's the only think I love right now. But I'm dam sure rest of competitor get this stuff soon
Yahoo use Apache and FreeBSD with some custom c CGIs and PHP scripts on the new stuff.
Google use alot of special mini appliances that runs linux and a customised apache server called GWS/2.1
Google also now have a special cacheing server that gives out the server header: GFE/1.3
Google's search software is written primarilly in JAVA.
Enough open details for you?
Actually, if I recall, in win95, the FTP client was installed by the IE installer... so the command-line FTP client unfortunately would be part of the distribution.
> Why won't it download other developers' codecs, such that users have to go to the trouble of manually installing them?
You haven't been on slashdot long, have you?
> IE is the thing that should be removed.
But without IE, I cannot get firefox on a freshly installed windows system!
Alright, I have a question for you then, how do you stop windows from sharing the harddrives? The default settings in windows nt/2000/xp/2003 is that they share the harddrives under \\IP\DRIVE-LETTER$\ like \\IP\DRIVE-LETTER$\ Of course they are hidden folders, so you won't see them, and when you try to disable it, windows just recreates the share on reboot by the way. Alot of people achieve to get spyware/adware etc... just by browsing certain webpages, even with internet explorer's security set to high, and auto updates enabled. as for p2p programs... well, ICQ is a p2p program, the only harm you get from it I've seen is those anoying ads (which can be removed). And, how would you know you never experienced ANY security problems? The average user doesn't even know when s/he has 12 viruses lurking around on their system.
For more information: Intresting news article
Maybe they will also add text ads to e-mails you send outside of the google.com domain too. Many people don't seem that bothered about yahoo's stupid adverts in e-mail (I know, I got many anoying ads in e-mails from @yahoo.com e-mails).
"The deployment of IPv6--the sixth version of the Internet Protocol" - 6th version? no it isn't, it's version 6.
:)
"Each about 500 bytes in length" - wrong, i can change my packets to 15Kb in size if i wanted, or even 512KB
"Versions 1 through 3 never made it out of the lab. Neither, for that matter, did Version 5." - right... he doesn't realize that ipv6 is just called that because of the 6 areas to insert a IP address: area1:area2:area3:area4:area5:area6. version 1, yes it does exist, this is my ipv1: 1345396058 (long ip).
"There are so many IPv6 addresses that humanity will never run out of them--never, ever." - never say never
"those routers don't have similar hardware that can route V6 in hardware: those packets have to be routed in software, which is a slower process." - all enterprise routers, which the Internet runs on, can have their roms changed, no changing of routers required
I also noticed one more flawed thing with his article, he talks about IPv6 coming, and going to be widespread, then at the end he makes it seem as if it isn't coming.
He seems to of sparsely researched how IPv6 works, thus, resulting in this really bad informative article.