This is actually why I prefer the DSL to the cable modems. Sympatico here has no "No Server" clauses in the contract. They mention in the documentation that you can't run servers, but only because of dynamic IP's. Apparently, they haven't heard of Dynamic DNS:-). The one disadvantage is that they enforce the use of their proxy web server (for port 80, at least). So hopefully Mozilla clears up the proxy problems soon...
I received the same package. For some reason, they gave me something like 5 filters, which is more than a bit excessive. I put a splitter at the demarcation jack, plugged the modem into one side, and a filter into the other. I then plugged all of my voice lines into that. 1 filter needed, as easy as can be...
Apr 27, 99: Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) for a period ending not later than July 2, 1999 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 11, rule X.
In other words, the Committee on Intelligence is on a deadline. Cool.
General Relativity doesn't help with the causality violation. As long as the presence of the bubble is detectable, and it travels FTL is some frame, it is possible to violate causality, whether or not anything crosses the surface of the bubble. The only way to preserve causality with FTL travel is to have a preferred reference frame. Of course, if you have a preferred frame, Relativity is out the window anyways...
Canada has restrictions on exporting Cryptography, but they are not as severe as the American restrictions (except when the software originated in the US). Actually, does anybody know WHAT the restrictions are for 'proxy' US exports? I get the impression that for cryptography software originating in the US, we have identical requirements for getting permission, but we might be able to get that permission from the Canadian government and not the US. That seems to be a bit of an improvement, in practice... For software which does not originate in the US, Canada appears to follow the requirements of the Wasegnaar (sp?) Accord. Luckily for us, that means any software which is freely distributable is okay. It mentions that Copyright restrictions do not affect the definition of freely distributable, as well. Actually, I am more than a bit curious as to what this REALLY means... It seems to mean that if I take some commercial software and distribute it freely (in violation of copyright and license agreements) I am in violation of copyright law but not in violation of Export Control law. Very odd...
>So you can remove that one from the Urban Legend >list, folks. I was there. Another techie at this >same company managed to successfully get away >with the techie's dream: telling a caller to f*** >off (yes, we all paid for that too). Other
Once upon a time, I worked as a bicycle mechanic. It doesn't pay as well as programming, and you get dirtier, but the hours are better... At my shop, we had a rule that we were allowed one fsck off a month. That is, once a month, if we felt the necessity, we could tell a really STUPID customer to fsck off. The only problem is that the store owner kept using his up early, and had to borrow mine... I still think it was a pretty good system.
Slashdot Mirror
This is actually why I prefer the DSL to the cable modems. Sympatico here has no "No Server" clauses in the contract. They mention in the documentation that you can't run servers, but only because of dynamic IP's. Apparently, they haven't heard of Dynamic DNS :-). The one disadvantage is that they enforce the use of their proxy web server (for port 80, at least). So hopefully Mozilla clears up the proxy problems soon...
I received the same package. For some reason, they gave me something like 5 filters, which is more than a bit excessive. I put a splitter at the demarcation jack, plugged the modem into one side, and a filter into the other. I then plugged all of my voice lines into that. 1 filter needed, as easy as can be...
Apr 27, 99:
Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) for a period ending
not later than July 2, 1999 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that
committee pursuant to clause 11, rule X.
In other words, the Committee on Intelligence is on a deadline. Cool.
General Relativity doesn't help with the causality violation. As long as the presence of the bubble is detectable, and it travels FTL is some frame, it is possible to violate causality, whether or not anything crosses the surface of the bubble. The only way to preserve causality with FTL travel is to have a preferred reference frame. Of course, if you have a preferred frame, Relativity is out the window anyways...
Canada has restrictions on exporting Cryptography, but they are not as severe as the American restrictions (except when the software originated in the US). Actually, does anybody know WHAT the restrictions are for 'proxy' US exports? I get the impression that for cryptography software originating in the US, we have identical requirements for getting permission, but we might be able to get that permission from the Canadian government and not the US. That seems to be a bit of an improvement, in practice...
For software which does not originate in the US, Canada appears to follow the requirements of the Wasegnaar (sp?) Accord. Luckily for us, that means any software which is freely distributable is okay. It mentions that Copyright restrictions do not affect the definition of freely distributable, as well. Actually, I am more than a bit curious as to what this REALLY means... It seems to mean that if I take some commercial software and distribute it freely (in violation of copyright and license agreements) I am in violation of copyright law but not in violation of Export Control law. Very odd...
>So you can remove that one from the Urban Legend
>list, folks. I was there. Another techie at this
>same company managed to successfully get away
>with the techie's dream: telling a caller to f***
>off (yes, we all paid for that too). Other
Once upon a time, I worked as a bicycle mechanic. It doesn't pay as well as programming, and you get
dirtier, but the hours are better... At my shop,
we had a rule that we were allowed one fsck off a month. That is, once a month, if we felt the necessity, we could tell a really STUPID customer to fsck off. The only problem is that the store owner kept using his up early, and had to borrow mine... I still think it was a pretty good system.