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Comment Professional Use (Score 2) 280

I installed WhatsApp (iOS) as it was one of the first cross platform messengers that allowed me to send messages on the cheap while traveling to international congresses with my coworkers, some of which used BBM and early Andriod-based phones. This was about 5 years ago, and have used it since with, primarily with Indian nationals as well as Pharmaceutical Industry professionals.

Comment Out of the frying pan, into the fire.. (Score 1) 268

I believe that this is still a fresh waste of taxpayer dollars. I believe the Rapiscan backscatter machines will be repurposed and fit into other government buildings, and the TSA will buy more L-3 (mm-radiowave) scanners, which provide a generic screen without the nudity. What are the safety data on the L3 scanners?

Comment Use Low Tech (Score 1) 167

Buy a large number of signs (laminated paper, plastic signs, small flags, paddles; may be single color or double faced, or similar). Have the vote taken by holding up the sign.Then have people count the votes in groups and report to a central person OR Take a picture with a digital camera. Load the picture into analysis software (I used to use a photoshop filter that counted the number of distinct dots in a color range in fluorescent microscopy, cant recall the name) and then you will have a definitive count.

Comment Re:Can we get the FUD tag now? (Score 1) 128

I am serious. No Troll. I am just sick of the damn cialias, viagra, whatever the hell they come up with next emails and having to change my email address all the damn time. I figure if M$ does come out with SenderID, even if they are using FUD, I can actually open my inbox without deleting half of it. I have email addresses that I have never used for anything outside of school that get spammed with stock quotes or random crap all the time. With M$ putting some money behind SenderID and getting a few people to join up with them (even if they are only screwed later -- think Zune and Plays for sure) then there will still be a large following. Maybe making SenderID standard with outlook express with vista they can get the standards ball rolling. I can even see the warning now .... the message you are about to read does not have a SenderID, and may possibly be spam. Have them download the latest version of Microsoft Outlook/Euntourage/Linux-STFU so the origin of this message can be verified.

Microsoft Releases Patent on SenderID 128

wayne writes "Microsoft has now put the SenderID patents under the OSP. The Open Specification Promise was discussed on slashdot before in conjunction with web services and it is good to see that they are opening up even more. There are still technical problems with SenderID compared with SPF and, of course, SPF isn't problem free. Still, over the last year, the number of SPF records has more than doubled from around 1.7 million to 4.1 million, with rate of growth increased in the last 6 months."

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