Am I the only one who thinks that VOIP is still too new and immature for emergency services to depend on it? It isn't even profitable yet; just look at the whole Vonage IPO farce. We can't even rely on our cell phones half the time - we certainly shouldn't be relying on the Internet for such critical services as 911.
The 100+ year old telephone system is still the most reliable network on the planet.
I find the default italic font style for posted articles to be difficult to read in the amount of text posted. Would be much easier to read using a non-italic font.
I recall reading somewhere on the site a while back that I can set up my own stylesheet for the site, which would probably allow me to do away with the italics. But that takes extra effort I really don't have time for. I just want information quickly...
We still use it all the time...
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Is Caps Lock Dead?
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My company uses and resells a backoffice application called SouthWare. It's used by hundreds of companies throughout the United States on both *nix and Windows. The Acucobol source code (which our company has licensed for modifications) is written in all caps, and the software itself requires all caps for operation.
It's roots date back to 1984 when COBOL source code was always written in caps, and to change it would require rewriting almost 2,000 object files.
So the need for a caps lock is still very much alive...
Not true. Here in downtown Chicago, there are a number of small convenience stores who charge extra fees for using credit cards. I walked out of one and left my stuff at the counter because they wanted me to pay an extra two bucks. Their explanation was that it was just like a fee you would pay at an ATM.
On another note, there are several 24-hour stores that increase their prices by 10-20% across the board after 2 a.m., I guess because when you're drunk you don't really care how much you pay for smokes or alcohol.
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Am I the only one who thinks that VOIP is still too new and immature for emergency services to depend on it? It isn't even profitable yet; just look at the whole Vonage IPO farce. We can't even rely on our cell phones half the time - we certainly shouldn't be relying on the Internet for such critical services as 911. The 100+ year old telephone system is still the most reliable network on the planet.
I find the default italic font style for posted articles to be difficult to read in the amount of text posted. Would be much easier to read using a non-italic font.
I recall reading somewhere on the site a while back that I can set up my own stylesheet for the site, which would probably allow me to do away with the italics. But that takes extra effort I really don't have time for. I just want information quickly...
It's roots date back to 1984 when COBOL source code was always written in caps, and to change it would require rewriting almost 2,000 object files.
So the need for a caps lock is still very much alive...
Not true. Here in downtown Chicago, there are a number of small convenience stores who charge extra fees for using credit cards. I walked out of one and left my stuff at the counter because they wanted me to pay an extra two bucks. Their explanation was that it was just like a fee you would pay at an ATM.
On another note, there are several 24-hour stores that increase their prices by 10-20% across the board after 2 a.m., I guess because when you're drunk you don't really care how much you pay for smokes or alcohol.