Comments for RottenBrains

Comment on ISPs Blocking SIP Ports by Amy

Amy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:49:01 +0000

I am in the US. I support SIP phones for my employer, and they use UDP port 5060. I have had trouble with the traffic being blocked by both Comcast and Verizon. Like Ben says, people usually don’t have very many ISP options, at least not here in the US. You can use the free market to stop unfair practices because the market is not free. There’s a monopoly by the ISP’s who also want to provide phone service. In order to give smaller companies the opportunity to even be in the market and provide competition there needs to be laws to stop unfair practices.

The owner of a small local ISP had a great idea. He suggested connectivity infrastructure to a home should be a part of new construction, like water, and electricity, but then a consumer should be able to select any ISP they like to provide service over that line. That would really encourage competition in the market because much smaller startups would be able to get their foot in the door.

Comment on Is it time to decomission this? by pck

pck — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:38:45 +0000

Given the responses, I think you’re probably onto something with the suggestion…

Comment on Texas by RjS

RjS — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:31:27 +0000

Yes, from Little Rock facing more-or-less south.

Comment on Texas by pck

pck — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:25:08 +0000

Hrm, no image info there to give me a clue…is that with your sans-IR-filter camera?

Comment on Bald Eagle at Lake Lewisville (Old Dallas Dam) by RjS

RjS — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:07:51 +0000

Yeah – it’s blurry. Very much a pull-the-pocket-camera out while the boat is coming off plane moment.

Comment on Enova Oil by Asta

Asta — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:37:55 +0000

According to the company’s website:
http://www.enovaoil.com/
“We’re sorry. Enova cooking oil is no longer available.”

I kind of wonder about why they did that, does seem likely that something was amiss.

I kind of worry about canola oil myself. Most of it is genetically modified these days. Add in the fact that the pre hybrid rapeseed (what canola is from) was a tad toxic and I kind of wonder if it won’t be another “They ate THAT!?” item in 25 or 30 years.

Comment on Fail! by pck

pck — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:16:11 +0000

Wow, that is indeed insane. And here I was chagrinned when I found my port 993 connection at my last hotel was trying to be MitM-ed by the hotel network.

Comment on My Daughters Made Cookies by RjS

RjS — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:43:31 +0000

It’s a pumpkin

Comment on My Daughters Made Cookies by ben

ben — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:58:14 +0000

Out of curiosity, did the starship officers and sea monster come from one daughter, and the Christmasy ones from the other? Oh, and what’s that orange thing under the wreath on the top right?

Comment on Mind the Shipping by ben

ben — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:52:53 +0000

To be pedantic, you’re not shopping at Amazon. You’re shopping at Deerso, within the Amazon Marketplace. This is actually an improvement; until recently you had to go through the check out process or drill down on the seller info to learn the shipping cost.

On the other hand, Amazon risks major name tarnish with the marketplace. I wish they would get rid of it, or require uniform policies from its sellers.