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Stuart Levine | 1 Mar 2004 03:21

Backup

Friday, Cavalier Telephone's DSL went out throughout 
Maryland.  Since then, there have been spot outages 
and slowdowns.

Since my office uses Cavalier and I use it at home, this 
is more than an inconvenience.  I assume that the same 
situation could occur with any carrier.

Any suggestions as to a possible backup solution for 
the office.  Please note that due to our telephone 
system, dialup as a backup will not work.

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Bobby Sanders | 1 Mar 2004 05:46

Re: Backup

You may want to investigate IR from computer -> cell phone that
supports IR -> regular dial up ISP -> internet and you're home if, at
the time or your outage, your ISP can still take calls from the telco
co and get back out to the Internet backbone.  That, pure wireless and
cable are all that I can think of as backup solutions.  You might,
however, prefer wireless to DSL is you can get it.

Take care,

Bobby

--On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:21:33 -0500, "Stuart Levine"
<sltax@...> said:

  SL> Friday, Cavalier Telephone's DSL went out throughout Maryland.
  SL> Since then, there have been spot outages and slowdowns.

  SL> Since my office uses Cavalier and I use it at home, this is more
  SL> than an inconvenience.  I assume that the same situation could
  SL> occur with any carrier.

  SL> Any suggestions as to a possible backup solution for the office.
  SL> Please note that due to our telephone system, dialup as a backup
  SL> will not work.

  SL> *************************************** Stuart Levine Fisher &
  SL> Winner, LLP Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Telephone: 410.385.2000
  SL> Telecopier: 443.927.7075 Cellphone/Pager: 410.802.5817
  SL> sltax@... weblog: http://taxbiz.blogspot.com
  SL> http://www.taxation-business.com
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Jeff M. Fischbach, ABFE | 1 Mar 2004 06:22

Re: Jabber

I'm not sure that Jabber would satisfy the "spirit" of your employer's
objections, because, even though it is not one of the major hot spots
for gab, it is still open to outside communications. My guess is
that--if you don't want to buck the system--you'd be more likely to
get away with using Windows built-in, but hated, Messenger Service (XP
& 200). At least this way, you're not installing any software to the
workstations or network, and you're not violating the "spirit" of the
admonition by using a web-based Java IM, as is available from AOL or
Odigo (a very nice web application, but I'm sure it would be
off-limits, based on what you've said).

You can access Windows Messenger Service as follows:

1) Right-click on "My Computer"/"Manage".

2) Under "System Tools" right-click on "Shared Folders".

3) Choose "All Tasks"

4) Finally, "Send Console Message..."

You'll need the network/login name of each other's workstations, but
this should put you back in contact.

Let me know if it works out, or if you have any additional questions.

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Jeff M. Fischbach, ABFE | 1 Mar 2004 06:38

Re: Backup

Stuart: Are you within Flight Systems Cablevision
(http://www.fscv.net/FSCV_SM.htm) Access? They have broadband cable
modem packages starting  <at>  $35/month. Not a bad insurance policy. Coax
cable tends to be more resilient and more conducive to broadband
communications than twisted pair phone wire, so you may even prefer it
to your DSL. Most people I work with nationwide seem to prefer cable
modem service in terms of reliability. Customer service may be a
different story.

Another option, if cable is out of reach is broadband wireless. There
is a company called Toadnet (http://www2.toad.net/coverage.asp), based
in MD, that appears to service your area. While the name is not
inspiring, wireless broadband can be a viable high-speed option. Many
of my clients use it as a fail-over. Just make sure that they give you
a free evaluation. One tall tree can be the difference between
nightmare and Nirvana.

Hope that helps.

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Stuart Levine | 1 Mar 2004 23:54

Blogs as Academic Publishing Media

Regardless of your personal political views, you should 
take a look at Brad DeLong's posting at:

http://www.j-bradford-
delong.net/movable_type/2004_archives/000391.html

or here:

http://tinyurl.com/37wqu

While perhaps not of the rigor required of an academic 
paper, it is clearly more detailed and in-depth than a 
standard blog piece.  Earlier there had been some 
discussion of whether weblog activity should be given 
weight in making academic promotion decisions.  

The answer is  a clear "maybe," with the qualifier being 
whether the postings, either indiviually or collectively, 
sufficiently deal with professional issues in the in-depth 
manner required.  My sense of the issue is that weblog 
pieces are becoming longer, more detailed, and more 
nuanced.  Whether they're at the point now that they 
should be given weight with respect to academic 
promotion decisions is really not the appropriate 
question.  The appropriate question is whether that 
plateau will be reached sometime and when.  I'm betting 
that the plateau will be reached and will be reached very 
shortly, perhaps with respect to some bloggers in a year 
or two.
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Greg Broiles | 1 Mar 2004 19:53

RE: Jabber


I have done some work with Jabber, though it's been a few years and not in
the context you describe below. I think most end users who can install AIM
or similar clients could install a Jabber client without much fuss.

As noted by Jeff Fischbach, if you use the public Jabber servers, you're
still allowing outside communications similar to AOL/AIM/Yahoo/whatever.

I believe your question, though, is more focused on installing a private
Jabber server for your local environment. That would not allow contact with
outside persons, at least assuming that you've got a firewall in place
between your local net and the rest of the world.

According to this list -

http://www.jabber.org/software/servers.php

there are a number of server implementations available for Unix and Windows
systems. The only one that I've used is the "jabberd" package on FreeBSD and
Linux, which worked fine, but assumes that you've got someone available
who's comfortable working and administering a BSD or Linux system. If you
don't have a person like that already available to you, I would suggest that
you stick with a Windows-based server.

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Tax Compliance Manager
Shumaker Tax Consultants
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John DeBruyn | 4 Mar 2004 16:54

Google goes with Atom over RSS

Google, sub nom Blogger, goes with Atom blog syndication format over the
older, more popular RSS format, and not without squawking from some users
and bystanders:

http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5157662.html

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Diana Waters | 2 Mar 2004 14:41
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Looking for stats in labor law

Help Please. I'm looking for statistics on legal costs and awards 
for labor/employment law suits in California for last year or two, 
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Stuart Levine | 7 Mar 2004 23:24

Re: Google goes with Atom over RSS

This is one of the squawking users.  I haven't posted 
since November, but I intend to start up again shortly.  I 
will thereafter move off of Blogger for, among other 
reasons, their dropping of RSS.

Query:  Is it possible to have a blog that is 
simultaneously RSS and Atom compliant?  If so, 
wouldn't that resolve the problem?

On 4 Mar 2004 at 8:54, John DeBruyn wrote:

> Google, sub nom Blogger, goes with Atom blog syndication format over
> the older, more popular RSS format, and not without squawking from
> some users and bystanders:
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5157662.html
> 
> John
> 
> John DeBruyn Denver CO USA
> http://www.debruyn.com
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Ann M. Byrne | 7 Mar 2004 23:30
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Re: Google goes with Atom over RSS

Movable Type supports both RSS and Atom.

http://www.movabletype.org/default_templates.shtml

Ann Byrne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stuart Levine 
  To: network-lawyers@... 
  Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [NetLawyers] Google goes with Atom over RSS

  This is one of the squawking users.  I haven't posted 
  since November, but I intend to start up again shortly.  I 
  will thereafter move off of Blogger for, among other 
  reasons, their dropping of RSS.

  Query:  Is it possible to have a blog that is 
  simultaneously RSS and Atom compliant?  If so, 
  wouldn't that resolve the problem?

  On 4 Mar 2004 at 8:54, John DeBruyn wrote:

  > Google, sub nom Blogger, goes with Atom blog syndication format over
  > the older, more popular RSS format, and not without squawking from
  > some users and bystanders:
  > 
  > http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5157662.html
  > 
  > John
  >
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