Well, to think from their perspective... if they allow a service that costs them plenty and is already free to go out of their control, how are they ever going to monetize it?
Don't get me wrong I would love to have a GUI client on my computer to let me call internationally at Google's rates, but then the free calling to US may disappear since they can't pair it with AdSense.
docs.google.com shows up currently in the category "Personal Network Storage and Backup." Seems quite accurate to me.
Requires a valid subscription to see, but https://www.websense.com/sitelookup does allow administrators to test categories and report categorised URLs to the human review team. It is also available in the installed product, so admins don't even have to go out of their way.
After failing to download a database update for two weeks, the software will cease to function. Now that the subscription has been pulled, Yemen ISPs will have two weeks to find a different "solution" to their problem.
The problem is you are applying the sense of "knowing" to a program. The algorithm will most likely answer any and all questions, but with varying accuracy. Of course, a threshold for the expected accuracy before initiating a button press could be set, but it is still a very different concept. Programs are a way off from AI, but I would love to see how this project fairs.
If we knew more about the workings of a brain and could electronically replicate it, there would be less of a distinction in my mind.
Now cue the arguments that humans don't "know" anything either...
Under related stories:
"Firehose:Google online advertising acquisition blocked by Anonymous Coward"
Wow, either Google has suffered in the economic crash or we have super cowards!
Actually with many VoIPs like SpeakEasy or Vonage, we can get unlimited phone calls (locally, nationally, and even internationally) for a fixed rate. Many POTS phone providers and Cell Companies also provide unlimited plans.
The problem with VoIP (and cell phones, and even land lines now) is that it (they all) relies on internet access, which is usually not metered for end users (different deal for providers, if you've ever used shared hosting). Once data to customers is limited, VoIP costs may take a hike and you'd be correct.
Internet is not a common utility like water or electricity, you can not judge it as such. Only phones can be truly considered similar, as they relay information and not physical goods.
The university I attend uses cash registers with Blackboard stickers on the back. Not sure if they were made by Blackboard or are just Blackboard compatible...
I agree with the general sentiment that the CMS part of Blackboard bites, but the school (and students) seem quite happy with the way their commerce suite works.
BZFlag is not a FPS game, it is a "First Person Tank Shooter" according to Wikipedia... hmm, I guess it counts as "FPS" maybe they disagree with the 13,300 registered players that like it
No see, even in college Computer Science majors are quite well isolated from the International Studies majors... or maybe it's just because my campus is huge.
Wii and Wiimote sales are (last I checked) already thru the roofs, and much higher (eBay). Agreed though, very creative... and only serving to increase my (already existent) need for a Wii when they are in stock again.
Just as a side note, I have a green laser pointer/gun mount sight I got a few years ago from eBay. It is a 35 mW rating.
Pointing out that 5 mW isn't what everyone sells/buys.
Last I checked the OLPC did include one SD/MMC slot and USB ports. All capable of extra storage.
Am I wrong? Check the OLPC specifications. Whoever wrote the article must have missed this.
I have my university emails all forwarded to GMail already, but I have used our web-mail systems and have found that they are not half bad. It's just that GMail is even cleaner and aggregates all my messages and calendars for me.
Some of my friends (after seeing what I did) followed suite, while others still preferred to keep school and everything else separate.
What I don't think you get is that the article is talking about "Ghost Calls."
It is only in the title and article...
FYI: these are calls where there is no annoying drone, just a ring, pickup, and hangup.
I have a Speakeasy VoIP and that makes it easy to list logs and block numbers. The problem is after I blocked them, I've been receiving these calls from private numbers.
How are we supposed to deal with that? I tried blocking private numbers, but many of my friends (unfortunately) also hide their numbers.
Another thing, what benefit to them is this... other than MAYBE marking active phone numbers?
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The gal also gets another ass... the bloke she married.
Well, to think from their perspective... if they allow a service that costs them plenty and is already free to go out of their control, how are they ever going to monetize it?
Don't get me wrong I would love to have a GUI client on my computer to let me call internationally at Google's rates, but then the free calling to US may disappear since they can't pair it with AdSense.
So what happens now that two of the 3 points they used to defend themselves against ATT are gone?
Didn't see any fon SSIDs on the list :-(
Foneros unite!
docs.google.com shows up currently in the category "Personal Network Storage and Backup." Seems quite accurate to me.
Requires a valid subscription to see, but https://www.websense.com/sitelookup does allow administrators to test categories and report categorised URLs to the human review team. It is also available in the installed product, so admins don't even have to go out of their way.
After failing to download a database update for two weeks, the software will cease to function. Now that the subscription has been pulled, Yemen ISPs will have two weeks to find a different "solution" to their problem.
Is that 0.0003 U.S. cents or 0.000003 Verizon cents?
The problem is you are applying the sense of "knowing" to a program. The algorithm will most likely answer any and all questions, but with varying accuracy. Of course, a threshold for the expected accuracy before initiating a button press could be set, but it is still a very different concept. Programs are a way off from AI, but I would love to see how this project fairs.
If we knew more about the workings of a brain and could electronically replicate it, there would be less of a distinction in my mind.
Now cue the arguments that humans don't "know" anything either...
Under related stories:
"Firehose:Google online advertising acquisition blocked by Anonymous Coward"
Wow, either Google has suffered in the economic crash or we have super cowards!
Actually with many VoIPs like SpeakEasy or Vonage, we can get unlimited phone calls (locally, nationally, and even internationally) for a fixed rate. Many POTS phone providers and Cell Companies also provide unlimited plans.
The problem with VoIP (and cell phones, and even land lines now) is that it (they all) relies on internet access, which is usually not metered for end users (different deal for providers, if you've ever used shared hosting). Once data to customers is limited, VoIP costs may take a hike and you'd be correct.
Internet is not a common utility like water or electricity, you can not judge it as such. Only phones can be truly considered similar, as they relay information and not physical goods.
The university I attend uses cash registers with Blackboard stickers on the back. Not sure if they were made by Blackboard or are just Blackboard compatible...
I agree with the general sentiment that the CMS part of Blackboard bites, but the school (and students) seem quite happy with the way their commerce suite works.
BZFlag is not a FPS game, it is a "First Person Tank Shooter" according to Wikipedia... hmm, I guess it counts as "FPS"
maybe they disagree with the 13,300 registered players that like it
Actually, Texas Instruments, Microchip, and various other companies still fully disclose many specifications and offer samples.Where have they gone wrong?
http://sample.microchip.com/
http://www.ti.com/home_b_samples
Of course, they don't sample anything as powerful as a modern GPU, but the time of samples isn't over!
thank you... I wasn't sure how many others caught this but I guess since this is /. it doesn't really matter
No see, even in college Computer Science majors are quite well isolated from the International Studies majors... or maybe it's just because my campus is huge.
Wii and Wiimote sales are (last I checked) already thru the roofs, and much higher (eBay).
Agreed though, very creative... and only serving to increase my (already existent) need for a Wii when they are in stock again.
In support: It is possible to "borrow" eBooks from libraries. For example, my community's library http://www.pvld.org/ebooks.htm Another example, my university's library http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/disc/eresources.htm
Just as a side note, I have a green laser pointer/gun mount sight I got a few years ago from eBay. It is a 35 mW rating. Pointing out that 5 mW isn't what everyone sells/buys.
Don't they have the same kind of deals here with Google (and thus google.cn)?
Last I checked the OLPC did include one SD/MMC slot and USB ports. All capable of extra storage. Am I wrong? Check the OLPC specifications. Whoever wrote the article must have missed this.
Interestingly TFA allows me to blame part of my high school gradual failure on my parents... but since I'm in college anyway, I guess not.
I have my university emails all forwarded to GMail already, but I have used our web-mail systems and have found that they are not half bad. It's just that GMail is even cleaner and aggregates all my messages and calendars for me. Some of my friends (after seeing what I did) followed suite, while others still preferred to keep school and everything else separate.
ok, so I use Safari or Opera (if they handle this better) to browse porn for a while till they patch this
What I don't think you get is that the article is talking about "Ghost Calls."
It is only in the title and article...
FYI: these are calls where there is no annoying drone, just a ring, pickup, and hangup.
I have a Speakeasy VoIP and that makes it easy to list logs and block numbers. The problem is after I blocked them, I've been receiving these calls from private numbers.
How are we supposed to deal with that? I tried blocking private numbers, but many of my friends (unfortunately) also hide their numbers.
Another thing, what benefit to them is this... other than MAYBE marking active phone numbers?