As some of you know, I am planning to start a Dynamic DNS service of my own, which will allow people to host real world (i.e. .co.nz) domains on their dynamic ip connections. This is not really aimed at dial-up users, but more at *cough* broadband 'always on' connections (i.e. JetStart).
Most of the scripts are complete, and my tests so far have gone well. However, I would like to start a trial with a few people soon.
So if you are interested, please fill in the form at the following link, and I will select a few people in the next week to begin the trial.
http://www.comtek.co.nz/dyndns/
Cheers,
Aaron Martin.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:48:37PM +1300, Gavin Denby wrote:
>
> I know this sounds silly, but I got hit with this some years ago when I
> sold/Made a headset for a cellphone for a cyclist. I gave Clear warnings
> on the dangers of using it while riding, Needless to say he ignored
> them, had a crash, We got the blame for him using it while riding as we
> did not warn him that his hearing could be impared if he wore it while
> not actually talking on the phone, but wearing it just in case he got a
> phone call.
>
> It was the last one we ever made.
Heh, completely off-topic, but reminds me of something (possibly
an urban legend) that to poke some fun at the warnings required on labels,
Husqvarna put out a chainsaw with a warning label "warning - chain is
sharp. Do not stop with hands or genitals".
Or the lady in the states who tried to sue a pharmaceutical because
after eating spermicide and then having intercourse, she got pregnant.
How obvious do things have to be? The Consumer Guarantee Act uses
the word "reasonable" a lot, leaving it up to the judge or jury to decide
what is reasonable. I think juries (and judges) could have a lot of
difficulty if some obscure technical problem occurred - would you expect
to explain how BGP routing works?
On the other hand, Telecom advertises Jetstart as "up to 5 times faster
than a dial-up modem", but Jetstart (with xtra at least) appears to
be massively over-subscribed, although I haven't noticed that much of a
slow-down on the Ham. East exchange. But you should see the bitching
in xtra.adsl about peak-time slowdowns.
John McPherson
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Ok, I have a 128k and a 256k connection at my disposal, and a cd-writer. If
anyone wants linux cd's (or any other LEGAL cd's) downloaded and burned off, I
think a fair price would be $5/cd? Plus postage if required outside Hamilton?
Let me know your thoughts / orders!
Aaron Martin
Comtek Computing Solutions Ltd.
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