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Month: March, 2007

VOIP and 911

31 March, 2007 (08:25) | Sociology, Telecom | No comments

The CBC has a story today about the problems you can run into if you make a 911 call using a VOIP phone.
Some users of voice-over-internet protocol (VOiP) telephone services — which use a high-speed internet connection to place calls instead of a traditional telephone network — could encounter dangerous delays when making 911 calls.
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paranoia rising

30 March, 2007 (23:17) | Political | No comments

I can’t help but wonder if the capture of those 15 was not in fact a set-up by the UK for Bush’s sake. To invade needs an international incident of some kind that will mobilize the UN to go beyond sanctions.

What if Blair agreed to have a ship sail into Iranian [...]

Friends For Life

30 March, 2007 (16:20) | Miscellaneous | 3 comments

If you can watch this and still be depressed, sad, angry, you need more powerful therapy than this, seek help

Monkey Briefs
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Linux responds

30 March, 2007 (16:19) | Computer, Humor | No comments

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Linux vs PC and Mac part 1
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Linx vs PC and Mac part 2
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Linux vs PC and Mac part 3
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[tags]Linux,PC,Mac,video,commercial,Novell,humor,humour[/tags]
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Comments off

28 March, 2007 (20:06) | Blogging | No comments

There has been enough rumour and speculation regarding the Kathy Sierra incident. I had intended from the start to turn comments off on my post but in the rush out the door this afternoon I forgot to. I am about to do that now. The post was intended as a vehicle for me to let [...]

OMG this is funny

28 March, 2007 (19:59) | Humor, Multimedia | No comments

I don’t recommend watching this at work. Your boss is going to wonder why you are laughing yourself silly instead of working
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Jet Skiing with Richard Simmons
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Let Freedom Ring

28 March, 2007 (19:08) | Multimedia, Political, Sociology | No comments

RX has once again outdone himself. His new video remix is great (and that sneaky Norm character gets them days before RX puts then on his site - harrumph so I had to steal it from him )
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Let Freedom Ring Remix
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Update: for some reason the media player [...]

Iran –> Oil —> Currency

28 March, 2007 (18:37) | Economics, Political, War | No comments

If you’re at all wondering why the is hot to trot to take on Iran here’s your answer. I’ve mentioned it numerous times gong back at least 3 years. It’s not just that Iran has very large reserves of and which the that own the White House would like to lock [...]

The Rush to Judgement

28 March, 2007 (17:17) | Blogging | 2 comments

Many of, if not all of you, are aware by now of the controversy surrounding the vicious online attack against . An attack that started on the meankids.org site then the unclebobism.wordpress.com site (both sites have been taken down by their owners.) I have deliberately refrained from speaking on this matter as a number of [...]

The Sultan’s Elephant

28 March, 2007 (16:17) | Miscellaneous | No comments

If you only watch one Youtube video in the near future make it this one of the French company doing their giant theatre piece . It is amazing. Once you have seen it go to 3Quarks Daily for more background on this piece and group. (hat tip to Norm)

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