News.Com: New DSL standard offers faster speeds. Although DSL speeds vary widely, the new G.SHDSL could be two to three times faster than most versions of DSL targeted at business customers. The G.SHDSL standard also can deliver data farther than earlier DSL technologies, which are limited to a relatively short distance. [Tomalak's Realm]
Author: Vince Kimball
The view from Beirut
The view from Beirut. An American in Lebanon warns that despite Bush's efforts, Arabs will likely view an attack on terrorism as a war on Islam. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
Susan Kitchens' 2020 Hindsight
Susan Kitchens' 2020 Hindsight – Listening to the George Bush speech on the radio, feeling mostly heartsick, heartsick for what's to come, I take a bit of comfort that one of the longest periods of applause was in response to this statement: I ask you to uphold the values of America, and remember why so… Continue reading
New York Public Library: Dealing with Disaster (via Ex Libris)
New York Public Library: Dealing with Disaster (via Ex Libris) – “72 of the 85 neighborhood branch libraries opened for business on Wednesday, where they were jammed with calls and in-person requests for information about the disaster. Librarians continued to provide that information despite occasional bomb threats that forced them to evacuate their buildings. With… Continue reading
New York Public Library: Dealing with Disaster (via Ex Libris)
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.
PHP Weblog Means Easy News
PHP Weblog Means Easy News. Linux Magazine Sep 20 2001 10:04PM ET [XML and metadata news]
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]