Month: September 2001

CamWorld

CamWorld – Walter Mossberg (Wall Street Journal): “It's somewhat suspicious that software from some of Microsoft's fiercest rivals just happened to be partially disabled in some way by Windows XP.”

E-mail attachments are dead. 

May people won't open them due to the chance they are a virus.   They clog up e-mail databases as they spread throughout a company (sometimes you get two to three copies of the same attachment).  Corporate admins and security people are starting to put blocks on attachments at the firewall.  All in all, attachments are on the way out. 

To correct this, we need a new application (which may be a killer app):  an enclosures/attachments posting tool that integrates with the major e-mail packages.  Here is how it works:  When I select add attachment I get the standard browse window which allows me to select the file I want to attach.  However, instead of attaching the file to the e-mail my file is upstreamed to a storage server.  What is sent instead is a username and password for getting that file,  User name = e-mail address.  Password = randomly generated number. 

The benefits?  My inbox doesn't clog if I am on a dial-up.  Sys admins can block attachments at the firewall.  E-mail databases grow less quickly.  I can forward or receive multiple copies of the same pointer to the attachment without any increase in storage costs or bother.  I don't have a virus threat because the file isn't sitting on my desktop.  Also there is an archive of all my sent and received attachments, which I can use as I see fit (it would be even better if there was an annotation on the file). 

This would be a nice business.  Three client apps that attach to Outlook, Lotus, and Eudora.  A storage system with the ability to handle secure access and a small level of personalization (my attachments list and people that have accessed my attachments sorted by e-mail, date, and file).  Build this and companies would line up to buy it from you.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog

E-mail attachments are dead.  May people won't open them due to the chance they are a virus.   They clog up e-mail databases as they spread throughout a company (sometimes you get two to three copies of the same attachment).  Corporate admins and security people are starting to put blocks on attachments at the firewall.  All in all,… Continue reading E-mail attachments are dead. 

May people won't open them due to the chance they are a virus.   They clog up e-mail databases as they spread throughout a company (sometimes you get two to three copies of the same attachment).  Corporate admins and security people are starting to put blocks on attachments at the firewall.  All in all, attachments are on the way out. 

To correct this, we need a new application (which may be a killer app):  an enclosures/attachments posting tool that integrates with the major e-mail packages.  Here is how it works:  When I select add attachment I get the standard browse window which allows me to select the file I want to attach.  However, instead of attaching the file to the e-mail my file is upstreamed to a storage server.  What is sent instead is a username and password for getting that file,  User name = e-mail address.  Password = randomly generated number. 

The benefits?  My inbox doesn't clog if I am on a dial-up.  Sys admins can block attachments at the firewall.  E-mail databases grow less quickly.  I can forward or receive multiple copies of the same pointer to the attachment without any increase in storage costs or bother.  I don't have a virus threat because the file isn't sitting on my desktop.  Also there is an archive of all my sent and received attachments, which I can use as I see fit (it would be even better if there was an annotation on the file). 

This would be a nice business.  Three client apps that attach to Outlook, Lotus, and Eudora.  A storage system with the ability to handle secure access and a small level of personalization (my attachments list and people that have accessed my attachments sorted by e-mail, date, and file).  Build this and companies would line up to buy it from you.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Here is a novel idea.  Why not pay Pakistan to take out the Taliban and bin Laden.  Literally, pay them to take over the country, set-up a democracy (or some semblance thereof) and then pay them to rebuild?  How much would that cost? $30 b (all of Pakistans current debt)?  It would be worth it.  Regardless, there are nations all around the world that would pitch in. 

These cesspools of civilization have to go.  The Taliban is a vicious dictatorship that kills innocents freely.  I harbors terrorists.  It hates.   If we can't go in because we aren't muslim, why not find friends that are and fund them to take care of the problem.   Can we do the same with Egypt in regards to the Sudan and Turkey in regards to Lebanon?  Yes.  It may ruffle a few feathers, but the $100 b it costs to do it will be wisely spent.

Dave

Here is a novel idea.  Why not pay Pakistan to take out the Taliban and bin Laden.  Literally, pay them to take over the country, set-up a democracy (or some semblance thereof) and then pay them to rebuild?  How much would that cost? $30 b (all of Pakistans current debt)?  It would be worth it. … Continue reading Here is a novel idea.  Why not pay Pakistan to take out the Taliban and bin Laden.  Literally, pay them to take over the country, set-up a democracy (or some semblance thereof) and then pay them to rebuild?  How much would that cost? $30 b (all of Pakistans current debt)?  It would be worth it.  Regardless, there are nations all around the world that would pitch in. 

These cesspools of civilization have to go.  The Taliban is a vicious dictatorship that kills innocents freely.  I harbors terrorists.  It hates.   If we can't go in because we aren't muslim, why not find friends that are and fund them to take care of the problem.   Can we do the same with Egypt in regards to the Sudan and Turkey in regards to Lebanon?  Yes.  It may ruffle a few feathers, but the $100 b it costs to do it will be wisely spent.

Dave

Search Engine Friendly SSI Image Gallery

Search Engine Friendly SSI Image Gallery. Morbus: Search Engine Friendly SSI Image Gallery “Well, that's certainly a mouthful, eh? In this article, I'll show you how I created a search engine friendly dynamic image gallery, using only the features built into a core distribution of the Apache web server. This image gallery will support supplementary… Continue reading Search Engine Friendly SSI Image Gallery

Why Is Broadband So Narrow?

Forbes ASAP: Why Is Broadband So Narrow? That is why Lyne and a growing number of other business leaders in Chicago believe this financial bottleneck can best be removed by leveraging the spending power of government. Mayor Daley is the moving force behind a broadband-to-the-neighborhoods effort called CivicNet. [Tomalak's Realm]

News.com

News.com  Palm makes a mess of its brand and its support sites.  Another clueless train fiasco. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

BBC

BBC.  Senior clerics in Afghanistan have called on Osama Bin Laden – the Saudi-born militant named as the key suspect behind the suicide attacks on New York and Washington – to leave the country voluntarily.  A glimmer of sanity. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

David Coursey

David Coursey: “Microsoft says it wants Passport and Hailstorm, its foundation services for Web-based applications, to play well with others. So in a shocking move, the company is announcing today that Passport will be changed to use an Internet-standard security model and Hailstorm won't be the only place for users to store their personal information.”… Continue reading David Coursey