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Anyway, subscribing to epic thread. Glad to see OpenGL evolving. I hope those extensions gonna be available for every major GPU vendor in a finite time to be any useful for mainstream development.
Anyway, subscribing to epic thread. Glad to see OpenGL evolving. I hope those extensions gonna be available for every major GPU vendor in a finite time to be any useful for mainstream development.
The Second Annual Unofficial OpenGL Feature Awards!
I hereby hand out the following awards:
We (Finally) Did What We Said We Were Gonna Award
The conformance test suite.
I'll just quote Tychus Findley, "Hell, it's about time!"
One Little Mistake Award
This was good functionality, until I saw glBindImageTextures. I can't really think of a more useless way to specify that. It applies the "defaults", based on the texture target. Which means that an array texture will always be bound layered.
OK to be fair, you can use texture_views to effectively create single textures who's defaults match what you would pass to glBindImageTexture. And then you just bind them all in one go.
3D Labs Is Really, Really Dead Award
So, not only can we specify uniform locations in the shader, we can even specify packing behavior. To the point that we can steal components from other vectors and make them look just like other variables.
That one must be a nightmare to implement. I hope the ARB has a really comprehensive conformance test for it...
Oh, and this also wins Most Comprehensive Extension Award. It lets us steal components from other interface elements, specify the uniform/storage block layout, define locations for interface block members, and define transform feedback parameters directly in the shader.
Is OpenGL Still Open Award?
So. NVIDIA comes out with NV_bindless_texture. And unlike bindless attributes and pointers in GLSL, they actually patent this.
And now it's an ARB extension. It's not core... but it's not a proprietary extension. Yet anyone who implements it will almost certainly be stepping on US20110242117, and therefore must pay whatever NVIDIA says they have to pay. Unless NVIDIA has some agreement with the ARB, granting anyone a license to implement ARB_bindless_texture without paying a fee.
The really disconcerting part is that the patent encumbrance issue... isn't mentioned in the spec. Other extensions like EXT_texture_compression_s3tc mention their patent issues. But not this one.
Last Kid Picked for Baseball Award
When bindless texturing gets the nod from the ARB, and this doesn't, something interesting is happening behind the scenes. How much does the ARB not want this in core GL, for them to deal with sparse and bindless textures first?
Then again, apparently NVIDIA wants to support DSA so badly that they may be updating the DSA extension with new stuff... and not telling anyone else who's implementing it. If true, that's not playing fair, guys. There's clearly some kind of huge fight happening around this functionality within the ARB.
So I hope nobody's holding their breath on this one.
Fragmenting The World Award
I understand why ARB_bindless_texture and ARB_sparse_texture aren't core. That reason being (besides the patent issues) that we don't want IHVs to have to say that <insert hardware here> can do 4.3, but not 4.4. There are lower-classes of 4.x hardware that just can't do this stuff. So we leave them as extensions until as such time as the ARB decides that the market penetration of higher-end hardware is sufficient to incorporate them.
Or until we finally decide to have 5.0 (ie: when Microsoft decides to go to D3D 12).
But compute_variable_group_size really seems like something any 4.x-class hardware should be able to handle. Something similar goes for ARB_indirect_parameters.
Hey, That's Actually Useful Now Award
This extension adds functionality to glFlushMappedBufferRange, one of the more useless functions from ARB_map_buffer_range. Now, you can effectively keep a buffer mapped indefinitely and simply synchronize yourself with the server by flushing written ranges.
You Were Right Award
Um, me. Admittedly, it's old, but I still called it: immutable buffer object storage, with better, enforced behavior. I even called the name (which admittedly is derivative and therefore obvious). Though to be fair, the whole "render while mapped" was not something I predicted.
I was going to say that it seemed odd that not specifying GL_DYNAMIC_STORAGE_BIT still allowed you to map the buffer for writing. But I did see a notation that glBufferStorage will fail if you use GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT without also specifying GL_DYNAMIC_STORAGE_BIT. And of course, you can't map an immutable buffer for writing without GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT.
It doesn't have all of the bits I would have liked to see. But it has all the bits the IHV's wanted (they even said so in the "issues" section). So I'll call that "good enough."
Oh, and as for the complaints about GL_CLIENT_STORAGE_BIT being a hint... then don't use it. Remember: the problem with the current buffer object setup isn't merely that they're hints (that contributes, but that alone isn't the full problem). It's that the hints don't really communicate what you are going to do with the buffer. Buffer Storage lets you do that.
You describe exactly how you intend to use it. The bits answer the important questions up-front: will I write to it, will I map it for reading or writing, do I want OpenGL to access it while it's mapped, etc. And the API enforces every single one of these methods of use.
I have no idea why they even bothered to put GL_CLIENT_STORAGE_BIT there, since that doesn't describe how you will use the buffer. But as the issue rightly stated, drivers will ultimately just ignore the hint.
So encourage them to do so by ignoring it yourself.
It states very clearly that Khronos members only agree not to sue "other Khronos member"s. That doesn't sound very "open" to me. It sounds more like "pay Khronos money (by becoming a member) or you can't implement our specifications."Originally Posted by IP Framework
Are the people behind Mesa a "company" who can afford the "nominal price" of membership?
I'm not concerned about just whether AMD or Intel could implement it. It can't rightly be called an "open specification" if you have to join an industry consortium to implement the specification.
My 2 thingies on the DSA shenanigans, and other thoughts off the top of my head.
Right now DSA is not really needed any more (it never was from a purely technical perspective; I'm talking API cleanliness here).
Most of the functionality covered by the DSA extension is dead functionality in modern OpenGL. The only really relevant areas where this actually matters anymore are texture objects and buffer objects, and with vertex attrib binding, buffer objects don't really need it (PBOs are a special case that can be passed over here). DSA as it stands will never be fully implemented in modern OpenGL because modern OpenGL doesn't need all of it; the ARB can pick the best bits (as they have done before with the glProgramUniform calls) and respecify elsewhere to avoid the requirement for it.
I'm slightly disappointed that buffer storage didn't specify a DSA API in core, but it's not a big deal.
I would have liked to have seen glBindMultiTextureEXT go core, but it hardly seems worth it for a single entry point. GL_ARB_multi_bind covers the needed functionality anyway.
It's unclear how GL_ARB_multi_bind interacts with a subsequent glTexImage/glTexSubImage/glTexParameter/etc call, or even a subsequent glBindTexture call. It seems obvious that since the original active texture selector remains unmodified, that's the one that gets used. The resolution to issue #10 makes it clear for buffers, and it would have been nice to see similar for textures. This just makes texture objects even messier, and to be honest it's looking as though junking the whole API and specifying a new GL_ARB_texture_objects2 (or whatever) from scratch may have been a better approach. That's my prediction for OpenGL 5.
The reason the issue for buffer objects needed clarification is because buffer objects have a separation between an indexed bind point and the target bind point. Binding with glBindBufferRange binds to both the target and the indexed bind point, while glBindBuffer only binds to the indexed bind point. So it's not clear whether glBindBuffersRange would bind to the target bind point the way glBindBufferRange does. Hence the clarification.It's unclear how GL_ARB_multi_bind interacts with a subsequent glTexImage/glTexSubImage/glTexParameter/etc call, or even a subsequent glBindTexture call.
Textures have no such dichotomy; there is no "target bind point". There are only texture image unit binding points. So there's nothing that needs to be said about them. glBindTextures binds the textures to those texture image units, period.
This topic actually makes me curious about some of active posters here and this forum in general.Those new functions get a lot of discussion. What are you using this recent(4.2 and above) functionality for? What is the scope of application? Because this functionality is barely supported, it means you either target really specific hardware or have time to maintain additional code paths.


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===Router Advertisement and Stateless Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)===
===Router Advertisement and Stateless Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)===
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To properly hand out IPv6s to the network clients we will need to use an advertising daemon. The standard tool for this job is {{|radvd}} and is available in []. Configuration of radvd is fairly simple. Edit {{ic|/etc/radvd.conf}} to include
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Revision as of 07:19, 10 November 2013
This article is a tutorial for turning a computer into an internet gateway/router. It focuses on security, since the gateway is connected directly to the Internet. It should not run any services available to the outside world. Towards the LAN, it should only run gateway specific services. It should not run httpd, ftpd, samba, nfsd, etc. as those belong on a server in the LAN as they introduce security flaws.
This article does not attempt to show how to set up a shared connection between 2 PCs using cross-over cables. For a simple internet sharing solution, see Internet Sharing.
- 1 Hardware Requirements
- 2 Conventions
- 3 Installation
- 4 Network interface configuration
- 5 ADSL connection/PPPoE
- 6 DNS and DHCP
- 7 Connection sharing
- 8 IPv6
- 9 Cleanup
- 10 Logrotate
- 11 Optional additions
- 12 See also
Hardware Requirements
- At least 1 GB of hard drive space. The base install will take up around 500MB of space and if you want to use a caching web proxy, you will need to reserve space for the cache as well.
- At least two physical network interfaces: a gateway connects two networks with each other. You will need to be able to connect those networks to the same physical computer. One interface must connect to the external network, while the other connects to the internal network.
- A hub, switch or UTP cable: You need a way to connect the other computers to the gateway
Conventions in this guide will be to use non-realistic interface names, to avoid confusion about which interface is which.
- intern0: the network card connected to the LAN. On an actual computer it will probably have the name enp2s0, enp1s1, etc.
- extern1: the network card connected to the external network (or WAN). It will probably have the name enp2s0, enp1s1, etc.
A fresh install of Arch Linux is the easiest to start from, as no configuration changes have been made and there is a minimal amount of packages installed. This is helpful when attempting to reduce security risk.
For security purposes,
/tmp and
/home should be separate from the
/ partition. This prevents disk space from being completely used up by log files, daemons or the unprivileged user. It also allows different mount options for those partitions. If you have already partitioned your drive, the gparted livecd can be used to resize, move, or create new partitions.
Your home and root partitions can be much smaller than a regular install since this is not a desktop machine.
/var should be the largest partition—it is where databases, logs and long-term caches are stored. If you have a lot of RAM, mounting
/tmp as
tmpfs is a good idea, so making a disk partition for it during the initial install is unnecessary. Note that
/tmp is mounted as
tmpfs by default in Arch.
After creation of non-root account you are recommended to install sudo and disable root login.
Network interface configuration
Persistent naming and Interface renaming
Systemd automatically chooses unique interface names for all your interfaces. These are persistent and will not change when you reboot. If you would like to rename interface to user friendlier names read Network_Configuration#Device_names.
IP configuration
Now you will need to configure the network interfaces. The best way to do so is using netctl profiles. You will need to create two profiles.
Description='Public Interface.' Interface=extern0 Connection=ethernet IP='dhcp'
Description='Private Interface' Interface=intern0 Connection=ethernet IP='static' Address=('10.0.0.1/24')
Next up is to set up the interfaces with netctl.
# netctl enable extern0-profile # netctl enable intern0-profile
ADSL connection/PPPoE
Using rp-pppoe, we can connect an ADSL modem to the extern1 of the firewall and have Arch manage the connection. Make sure you put the modem in bridged mode though (either half-bridge or RFC1483), otherwise the modem will act as a router too.
# pacman -S rp-pppoe
It should be noted that if you use only PPPoE to connect to the internet (ie. you do not have other WAN port, except for the one that connects to your modem) you do not need to set up the
extern0-profile as the external pseudo-interface will be ppp0.
PPPoE configuration
You can use netctl to setup the pppoe connection. To get started
# cp /etc/netctl/examples/pppoe /etc/netctl/
and start editing. For the interface configuration choose the interface that connects to the modem. If you only connect to the internet through PPPoE this will probably be
extern0. Fill in the rest of the fields with your ISP information. See the pppoe section in netctl.profile man page for more information on the fields.
DNS and DHCP
We will use dnsmasq, a DNS and DHCP daemon for the LAN. It was specifically designed for small sites. To get it, install dnsmasq from the official repositories.
Dnsmasq needs to be configured to be a DHCP server. To do this:
interface=intern0 # make dnsmasq listen for requests only on intern0 (our LAN) expand-hosts # add a domain to simple hostnames in /etc/hosts domain=foo.bar # allow fully qualified domain names for DHCP hosts (needed when # "expand-hosts" is used) dhcp-range=10.0.0.2,10.0.0.255,255.255.255.0,1h # defines a DHCP-range for the LAN: # from 10.0.0.2 to .255 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a # DHCP lease of 1 hour (change to your own preferences)
Somewhere below, you will notice you can also add "static" DHCP leases, i.e. assign an IP-address to the MAC-address of a computer on the LAN. This way, whenever the computer requests a new lease, it will get the same IP. That is very useful for network servers with a DNS record. You can also deny certain MAC's from obtaining an IP.
Now start dnsmasq:
# systemctl start dnsmasq.service
Connection sharing
Time to tie the two network interfaces to each other.
Simple stateful firewall documents the setup of an iptables firewall and NAT.
Shorewall, an iptables frontend, can be used as an easier alternative. See Shorewall for detailed configuration.
Useful reading: IPv6 and the Wikipedia IPv6 entry.
You can use your router in IPv6 mode even if you do not have an IPv6 address from your ISP. Unless you disable IPv6 all interfaces should have been assigned a unique
fe80::/10 address.
For internal networking the block
fc00::/7 has been reserved. These addresses are guaranteed to be unique and non-routable from the open internet. Addresses that belong to the
fc00::/7 block are called Unique Local Addresses. To get started generate a ULA /64 block to use in your network. For this example we will use
fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::/64. Firstly we must assign a static IPv6 on the internal interface. Modify the
intern0-profile we created above to include the following line
IPCustom=('-6 addr add fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::1/64 dev intern0')
This will add the ULA to the internal interface. As far as the router goes, this is all you need to configure.
Router Advertisement and Stateless Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
To properly hand out IPv6s to the network clients we will need to use an advertising daemon. The standard tool for this job is radvd and is available in official repositories. Configuration of radvd is fairly simple. Edit
/etc/radvd.conf to include
interface intern0 { AdvSendAdvert on; MinRtrAdvInterval 3; MaxRtrAdvInterval 10; prefix fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::/64 { AdvOnLink on; AdvAutonomous on; AdvRouterAddr on; }; };
The above configuration will tell clients to autoconfigure themselves using addresses from the specified /64 block. Addresses on the clients are uniquely generated using the MAC address of the connected interface and are optionally mangled for security reasons if privacy extensions are enabled (which is recommended to do). On the client side you need to enable
IP6=stateless in your active netctl profile. If you want a static IP as well add
IPCustom=('-6 addr add fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::2/64 dev eth0')
Don't forget to enable radvd.service
Firewall tweaks
Stateless autoconfiguration works on the condition that IPv6 icmp packets are allowed throughout the network. So some firewall tweaks are required on both ends of the network for it to work properly. On the client side all you need to do is allow the
ipv6-icmp protocol on the INPUT chain. If you are using Simple Stateful Firewall you only need to add
-A INPUT -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT
You can limit it to internal network using
-s fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::/64 and/or
-s fe80::/10 if you feel it is a security threat. Additionally you must add the same rules to your router firewall but extending it to the OUTPUT and FORWARD chains as well.
-A INPUT -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT
Again, you can limit it to the internal network for the INPUT chain.
Global Unicast Addresses
Static WAN IPv6
If your ISP or WAN network can access the IPv6 Internet you can assign global link addresses to your router and propagate them through SLAAC to your internal network. If you can use a Static IPv6 all you must do is add it to your external profile and enable it the advertisement of the global unicast block in
/etc/netctl/extern0-profile simply add the IPv6 and the IPv6 prefix (usually /64) you have been provided
IPCustom=('-6 addr add 2002:1:2:3:4:5:6:7/64 dev extern0')
and edit
/etc/radvd.conf to include the new advertisement block.
interface intern0 { AdvSendAdvert on; MinRtrAdvInterval 3; MaxRtrAdvInterval 10; prefix fd00:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::/64 { AdvOnLink on; AdvAutonomous on; AdvRouterAddr on; }; prefix 2002:1:2:3::/64 { AdvOnLink on; AdvAutonomous on; AdvRouterAddr on; }; };
In that way your internal network clients will also get a Global IPv6 address. This IP is routable from the open internet, so adjust your firewalls. Please note that global and local IPv6s can co-exist on the same interface without further configuration.
Acquiring WAN IPv6 via DHCPv6-PD
If your ISP handles out IPv6s using DHCPv6-PD you will need to use a DHCPv6 client to get the IP from your ISP. Common such programs are dibblerAUR, wide-dhcpv6AUR and dhcpcd. ISC's dhclient should also work, but documentation on prefix delegation is scarce.
For dibbler edit
log-mode short log-level 7 iface "extern0" { ia pd }
dibbler-client(8) for more information.
For wide-dhcpv6 edit
interface extern0 { send ia-pd 0; }; id-assoc pd 0 { prefix-interface intern0 { sla-id 1; sla-len 8; }; };
To enable/start wide-dhcpv6 client use the command
# systemctl enable/start firstname.lastname@example.com
dhcp6c(8) and
dhcp6c.conf(5) for more information.
For dhcpcd edit
/etc/dhcpcd.conf. You might already be using dhcpcd for IPv4 so just update your existing configuration. If you would like to use it for IPv6 only uncomment the third line.
duid noipv6rs #ipv6only interface extern0 ia_pd 1 intern0
This configuration will ask for a prefix from WAN (interface
extern0) and delegate it to the internal interface (
dhcpcd(8) and
Because the IPv6 prefix is now dynamic, we need to change radvd to advertize any subnet instead of specific ones. With this configuration radvd will pick any /64 prefix available on the internal interface and propagate SLAAC IPv6s to the clients. Simply change
/etc/radvd.conf to
interface intern0 { AdvSendAdvert on; MinRtrAdvInterval 3; MaxRtrAdvInterval 10; prefix ::/64 { AdvOnLink on; AdvAutonomous on; AdvRouterAddr on; DeprecatePrefix on; }; };
PPPoE and IPv6
If your ISP provides IPv6 via PPPoE you can enable it in your pppoe netctl profile. Just add this to pppoe netctl profile
and restart it. Also you must change any
extern0 references to the configuration files above to
ppp0 instead since IPv6 is assigned to ppp pseudo-interface instead of a real ethernet interface. Please note, that depending on your modem IPv6 might not be available through half-bridge so switch to full RFC1483 bridging instead.
Now that the installation has been performed, it is necessary to remove as many packages as possible. Since we are making a gateway, keeping unneeded packages only "bloats" the system, and increases the number of security risks.
First, check for obsolete/deprecated packages (likely after a fresh install and massive series of updates):
$ pacman -Qm
Review the list of explicitly installed packages that are not dependencies and remove any that are unneeded. Having only needed packages installed is an important security consideration.
$ pacman -Qet
Completely remove the packages you do not need along with their configuration files and dependencies:
# pacman -Rsn package1 package2 package3
You should review the logrotate configuration to make sure the box is not brought down by lack of diskspace due to logging.
Logrotate is installed by default, so you will not have to install it.
Optional additions
The above configuration of shorewall does not include UPnP support. Use of UPnP is discouraged as it may make the gateway vulnerable to attacks from within the LAN. However, some applications require this to function correctly.
To enable UPnP on your router, you need to install an UPnP Internet gateway daemon (IGD). To get it, install miniupnpd from the official repositories.
Read the Shorewall guide on UPnP for more information
Remote administration
OpenSSH can be used to administer your router remotely. This is useful for running it "headless" (no monitor or input devices).
Caching web proxy
See Squid or Polipo for the setup of a web proxy to speed up browsing and/or adding an extra layer of security.
Time server
To use the router as a time server, see Network Time Protocol.
Then, configure shorewall or iptables to allow NTP traffic in and out.
Content filtering
Install and configure DansGuardian or Privoxy if you need a content filtering solution.
Traffic shaping
Traffic shaping is very useful, especially when you are not the only one on the LAN. The idea is to assign a priority to different types of traffic. Interactive traffic (ssh, online gaming) probably needs the highest priority, while P2P traffic can do with the lowest. Then there is everything in between.
Traffic shaping with shorewall
Read Shorewall's Traffic Shaping/Control guide.
Here is my config as an example:
- /etc/shorewall/tcdevices : here is where you define the interface you want to have shaped and its rates. I have got a ADSL connection with a 4MBit down/256KBit up profile.
ppp0 4mbit 256kbit
- /etc/shorewall/tcclasses : here you define the minimum (rate) and maximum (ceil) throughput per class. You will assign each one to a type of traffic to shape.
# interactive traffic (ssh) ppp0 1 full full 0 # online gaming ppp0 2 full/2 full 5 # http ppp0 3 full/4 full 10 # rest ppp0 4 full/6 full 15 default
- /etc/shorewall/tcrules : this file contains the types of traffic and the class it belongs to.
1 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp ssh 2 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp 27000:28000 3 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp http 3 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp https
I have split it up my traffic in 4 groups:
- interactive traffic or ssh: although it takes up almost no bandwidth, it is very annoying if it lags due to leechers on the LAN. This get the highest priority.
- online gaming: needless to say you ca not play when your ping sucks. ;)
- webtraffic: can be a bit slower
- everything else: every sort of download, they are the cause of the lag anyway.
Intrusion detection and prevention with snort
See Snort.


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We are in a need of a customization of the opensource VoIP / SIP client LinPhone. The development has to be done in two phases: Phase 1: Customization of mobile + tablet apps (iOS + Android) // Objective C = iOS + Java = Android --> ready in two weeks. Phase 2: Customization of PC apps (Windows, Mac OSX and Linux) // Qt/QML = Windows, Mac OSX and Linux
i need to install yate on openwrt and pass calls server to my gateway we pass call useing sip to sip if you can make it please bid
we need a phone system based on twilio platform.
Signalling work with CISCO CUCM Understanding VOIP - SIP (including Blind and Attended Transfer implementation) - VOIP Call analysis – Wire Shark or similar - Visual Basic Script language - Proprietary Cisco SIP protocol extensions - Cisco CUCM - Call flows of the Attended Call Transfer - Cisco Finesse handling of the Call Transfer Budget as outlined
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Application that allows people to instantly phone a specialist, on a pay-per-minute basis, to receive recommendations
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I have an iOS app which uses Sinch api for the VoIP calls, i'd like this replaced with an opensource solution, such as FreeSWITCH. The app uses usernames and not phone number. It's in Obj-C, with php services, mysql DB, hosted on Amazon AWS. I expect excellent clear quality calls.
Voip Calling App with unlimited Bandwidth, It will Be used for calling East African Countries, it must be functional.
Voip Calling App with unlimited Bandwidth, It will Be used for calling East African Countries, it must be functional.
I need to create and confing server. i need to forward calls to it and to see the header and make tests can be done on linuxcpanelwinvps
La RCSOft software specializzata da anni in sviluppo software gestionali, per potere integrare al suo interno un CRM richiede una interfaccia con il Centralino Voip 3CX v15 in poi, per potere effettuare delle telefonate in uscita e per potere recuperare il numero chiamante in entrata in modo da posizionarsi sul form del cliente. L'interfaccia deve
I have installed Dinstar GSM gateway, but I have voice quality problem. Who can solve it, please contact with me
Build a front-end with REST API for Asterisk (login/off, register customers, password reminder) in Laravel, CakePHP or similar PHP framework, manipulate the Asterisk PBX from the interface (ivr, Sip/iax, did, ami/agi, voicemail, routes etc.)
...Gateway service that utilizes either PBX, SMPP, or VoIP - the platform must be able to run stand-alone meaning it can not use any 3rd party services such as a 3rd party sip provider, a 3rd party SMS service such as Twilio or Plivo. It must not need SIM Cards or modems. It must be able to create VoIP numbers (on it's own) ex; not using Google Voice or
...router have connected a VOIP DEVICE i want to send call THIS VOIP DEVICE now i have 2options 1) Install VPN on server and openwrt ROUTER and bridge network and set a static IP same serial on VOIP DEVICE useing MASQUERADE 2) make remote connections and USE 2nd IP on my voip device i need a solutions to pass call server to local VOIP device i cant use any
...the GSM gateway &3 (SPA3000) Cisco VoIP connected to Internet over a VPN Gateway * This granted GSM & Cisco gateways to see the server in Germany * Server in Germany connected to the VPN gateway via RASPBERRY B3 computer that is connected to the same switch with all VoiP devices. We expect to configure the above VOIP devices with the xCALLY for both
A- 1- Want VOIP app to be working in the background even after closing the app. 2- Auto restart app after phone rebooted. B- Upload to google play. C- Give me source code after finish the job.
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I need my gateway to be set up so that I can receive international voip traffic and forwarded using the simcards on the gateway. You set the route and Asterisk server on VPS. This should take just few minutes
we have a task allocation web system and want to integrate ring central VOIP API so call centre agents can receive calls on our web app dashboard and allocate tasks easily, we need you to manage queues and simultaneously calling so all agents will keep busy to serve more customer calls Only experts are required who have already done this kind of work
I need to create and confing server. i need to forward calls to it and to see the header and make tests can be done on linuxcpanelwinvps
Hello I want to make Android APP that allow me to send calls to the mobile via SIP ( VoIP ) and this calls can me dialed ( Outbound ) Via the GSM ( the SIM card which is installed in the phone ) In more details Now we have a mobile device and Asterisk server, I want to link the mobile to the server and this server will send the call (SIP) and the
I have an extremely small (8 phone) 3CX VOIP system in my business and need some help sorting a few issues out that I cannot seem to fix. I need someone who is 3CX experienced, as I have used general VOIP people off here before but its never perfectly right, so prefer someone with in depth 3CX knowledge rather than an all rounder.
account login Rate management reseller Account management Gateway management Routing gateway Mapping Gateway Settlement account user management Dial Plan CDR #You have to create everyday a new CDR Table i need a CDR page where i can check all the calls report like cdr by account name/gateway name or ip/client name or ip/ make sure i can use a SIP account as a routing gateway I want to make s...
Hi i need to setup local users and remote users in call queue and with 4 different schedules in 3CX VOIP phone system
Hi, I need to get native apps for android and ios for SIP Audio calling, Video not needed. Calling can be done app to app and on phone number as well. SIP Gateway would be provided. You have to manage for app to app call Something like rebtel. Customer can buy the package from app/website and call via website/app There should be front end, super admin backend, backend for resellers, account pag...
We need some skilled JS, VoIP Developers with know how and skills in Plum Voice Software. Developing IVR Self Service IVR Call Center. We pay good + Payed Holidays wherever you want + High End PC after 6 months work worth ( 2500,- EUROS ) We Pay and send Gifts On Religious Holidays like Christmas etc. Contact Me !
Hello, I want to make filter for calls I have problems that some numbers made big problems to me like same call dialing for more then 100 hit in just 1h it big problem also some numbers are not working so client still call the number too , also robot calls , and no answers number re dialing also it big problem . Here's the Ida 1 - any number should press 1 to accept the call 2 - if same numbe...
...the prospects nationally and internationally (majorly the USA). 2) Must have a productive and claim-worthy experience in selling products and services via telephone/mobile/VoIP in international markets. 3) Should have a technical background, software selling knack along with a positive attitude and being creative with striking interesting conversations
hello freelancer,we are looking for developer who have strong knowldge in voip calling and also have knowldge about cloud.
Hi I have a customer using Yealink T48G & T46G phones and an epygi qx50 in Australia. Their VOIP provider uses E164, which is a big pain for them, because they have to add 61 in-front of everything. They want to be able to dial local numbers such as 40567392 (this is a local number of 07 40567392 or E164 61740567392) national number such as 07 35625462
Hey, I have a customer using Yealink T48G & T46G phones and an epygi qx50 in Australia. Their VOIP provider uses E164, which is a big pain for them, because they have to add 61 in-front of everything. They want to be able to dial local numbers such as 40567392 (this is a local number of 07 40567392 or E164 61740567392) national number such as 07 35625462
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A- I have a linphone based ios VOIP app. I want to modify it by: 1- When first downloading and installing app and registering it does not work from the first time. 2- Reset Ringtone to use phone default ringtone 3- Change audio selection to PCMU only ( only one codec must be selected now several). 4- Replace wherever showing Linphone with VoiceHi
We have 2 sophos firewall installed XG115, now in the network we have IPPBX installed behind the firewall at 2 locations as enclosed is the network map below. Now as it can be seen that both firewalls are connected through an IP-SEC Tunnel and both the firewalls have an IPPBX behind them. Now the issue is that when we connect from a mobile user through VPN, the mobile user is able to connect to t...
I have installed my amazon ubuntu server and asterisk server . Asterisk server is working well . I am looking for somone that can install and connect SIP so that I can send sms code perfectly
I have installed my amazon ubuntu server and asterisk server . Asterisk server is working well . I am looking for somone that can install and connect SIP so that I can send sms code perfectly
I already have a demo voip app with Integrate Callkit, Pushkit, I use third party phone service provider. I need to make Voice call work between virtual number and actual phone numbers.
Hello i need to bulid sip filter to filter Retail Voip traffic
I need someone to setup a voip switch to forward calls with a cdr database witch check incoming calls and add them to blacklist/whitelist/graylist by some rules dynamically based on previous database records , rules should be definable and trainable for future change if there is a script I need some samples .


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Go ahead and visit your friend Jim. He's tucked into the northwestern edge of Algonquin, in an apartment complex location in between Frankfort Avenue on the south and Grummer Road on the north. When you arrive, you'll find Jim speaking with two of his friends, resting on Japanese bikes. After the men joke around about their motorcycles of choice, they get down to business. Three Angels of Death vans are roaming around Alderney, and these men want to give you some pipe bombs to take them out. That's it.
In some ways, this mission is straight-forward. After all, the task at hand is easy enough to comprehend -- you're to destroy three Angels of Death-owned vans endlessly roving the streets of Alderney. But when you have to actually execute these attacks, you'll find that the premise is actually much harder to make reality. The game implies that you should chuck the pipe bombs at the vans while driving your chopper or in a car, but this is ridiculously difficult and makes no sense. That's exactly what you shouldn't do.
Instead, drive around Alderney, looking for the three red dots on your HUD, which represent the ever-moving locations of the enemy vans. Get in a resilient car that provides some strength and speed, and unequip your bombs in lieu of an Uzi or Pistol. When you see one of the vans, open fire on the enemies within, making the driver your primary target. Once the driver is downed, the van isn't going anywhere, so it's at this point that you should use this sudden opportunity to bomb the static target. The bombs are powerful, so make sure to get away from the radius (don't cook them before throwing -- this will give you more time to get away.) Repeat this process on all three vans, and you'll be finished with this mission in no time. Oh, and there's good news, too. There's no time limit! So take your time and do the job right.
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text: UK Financial Services Sector regulatory landscape for 2016 Share this 24 MAY 2016 Автор: Michael McKee In a short article it is not possible to be totally comprehensive about everything that the regulators are focused on, and which might affect you, in the year ahead but here are some of the bigger issues of which to be mindful. PRA regulated banks and insurers will need to comply with the new Senior Managers Regime and Certification regime during 2016 with most of the key dates occurring during the first half of the year and up to 7 September 2016 which is the last implementation date for insurers. The regime has a significant impact on boards and senior executives and requires much more formal descriptions of their roles and responsibilities. The certification regime captures a much wider range of staff than the approved persons regime. As many will know this is a major overhaul and replacement of the approved persons regime. The FCA have indicated that they will be applying the regime in place of the existing approved persons regime to all other authorised firms during 2018. Both the PRA and the FCA are putting a new emphasis on encouraging whistleblowing following recommendations previously made by the Treasury Select Committee. A range of firms, particularly banks and insurers, must now appoint a whistleblowers' champion - who is typically to be a non-executive director and will be subject to the Senior Managers Regime or the Senior Insurance Managers Regime. There are also obligations to adopt appropriate whistleblowing arrangements. These are additional to existing obligations in the general legislation relating to whistleblowing. Andrew Bailey has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the FCA and will take up the position later in 2016. Andrew has many years of experience at the Bank of England and as CEO of the PRA so this is likely to assist in strengthening flows of information and cooperation between the FCA, the PRA and the Bank of England. Sam Woods has been announced as his replacement as CEO of the PRA. He has had a very quick rise to the top of the PRA having previously held senior roles in the civil service including playing a key role supporting the work of the Vickers Commission which led to the ring-fencing requirements for the largest UK banks. This year will also be a big year for banks preparing for ring-fencing. The work on this is already underway and the task is a huge one. One thing that is getting less attention is the knock on impacts for customers and counterparties of the banks. Firms who are in this position should start thinking about whether there are any implications for their own banking arrangements. Finally, there is also an important new emphasis on supporting innovative financial approaches. The FCA has published its thinking about developing a Regulatory Sandbox which would operate in tandem with Project Innovate and be a means for innovative new entities to work through the regulatory implications of their innovation with the FCA. A number of changes to law and rules will need to be put in place to implement some aspects of the Sandbox concept and these are expected to be put in place during the first half of 2016.


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In the room we have folks playing the roles of new Cascades™ developers. Some are trying to approach development from the point of view of open source developers. We have gamers looking at developing games. There are those wearing iOS developer hats and looking to bring existing apps to BlackBerry. We have developers and product managers from the Czech Republic and Sweden joining us online.
We hope that these diverse perspectives will help us better understand the experiences of developers starting out with BlackBerry development.
We all started on http://developer.blackberry.com and at the outset we had a debate on whether it's clear on what technology a developer should use. After clicking C/C++ the debate continued. What does the sponge cake represent? Why do we need to differentiate technologies right away when a single IDE has them all? As an iOS developer do I go to porting heaven or do I choose Cascades? Can I have Raw OS access, be Open Source friendly and interact with Bluetooth sensors when I choose Cascades? We were a bit confused on what choice to make and why and we'll take that feedback to improve the site.
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Floridata's daffodil page says that common names for Narcissus spp. include daffodil, narcissus, jonquil, Lent lily, Easter flower, and butter-cup. In fact, there are so many different sorts of Narcissus that botanists divide them into 13 different categories.
To me, light-colored daffodils (like those in the photo) are "jonquils." I have no scientific reason for giving them that name. It's just my way of distinguishing them from the yellow-blooming ones which I call "daffodils."
Here in Kentucky, many people refer to the little old-time yellow daffodils as "buttercups." In early spring, buttercups pop up and bloom in many places where the houses have been gone for untold years. They're a memorial to gardeners whom we never knew.


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I also think that a (gasp) adult RPG protagonist would be an interesting idea out of the norm. If I saw a console-style RPG with say a 40 year old man or woman as the main protagonist, that'd be crazily unique (and yes, Anachronox is one such game, though I can't really recall just how old Sly is :p).
PC RPGs tend to utilize more adult characters and storylines. It's just that console RPGs have more appealing gameplay interfaces for us:PPersona 2: Eternal Punishment uses young adult characters (aged from 21-32) who struggle with adult issues and have adult dialogue. Heck, even the teenagers in Persona 2: Innocent Sin have mature and insightful dialogue, so they don't seem like chickenheads like many teens in cookie-cutter RPGs.
Actually, as I seem to recall it Cloud was in his twenties - 21 if I'm remembering right. He was only an adolocent during his days in the military. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's the last FF to have had an adult main character. You're right though, the way they're used is more important than their actual age, but it's just very, very unusual to me when DQ1 started the japanese RPG back in... 1987 I believe. It's been nearly 20 years since then, and we're still with teenage heroes. Do most of the players from way back then prefer to be 'young at heart', or are the developers just that resistant to changing their stories? :PThough I'll admit, it seems the older teenager character is better for the 'going on an adventure' tale than someone who's older. But I don't see why a hero in their early 20's wouldn't be just as good.
The average video game player is estimated to be 25-30 years of age.-John
Trid- I think it's a universal truth that in any video game, RPG or otherwise, the desert is always the most annoying dungeon/stage. For me the worst desert had to be the one in Stupid Invaders. Every screen looked exactly the same and you had to do them in a certain order to get to where you needed to go, or you'd die. And there were NO HINTS for navigation as far as I could find. I had to use a FAQ for it and I have no clue how the FAQ writer figured it out.


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I love writing, photography, art and cooking - that's why blogging is such a fun thing to me. Not only do I get to share my interests, but at same time they can all be documented in one place, on my blog.
Since I've been ultra busy running Le Chouette Macaron lately, I think I better start writing something here once in every two days - after all, I do love blogging! At least, post a picture and write something... better than nothing, rite?
I took the picture above in Convent Garden during my trip last autumn. I took it because I was buying the lamp shade... I bought it in white color, for only 12pounds, if I remember the price correctly... That's so cheap, rite? But till now, I have yet to hang the lamp :).
When I looked back at the picture, I noticed the hanging "La Chouette!" OMG, at that material time, I have yet founded Le Chouette Macarons. Otherwise, I would've bought it! ;)
Since I started Le Chouette Macaron, everywhere I go I'd look out for anything owl. If I find any nice "La Chouette", I would buy it to add to my collection. Needless to say, I will use them as decor ornaments if and when I open my own shop. But for now, I simply display them in my home office. For the past three two months since I started the business, here are some "la Chouette" in my growing collection! (Feel free to help me add more! LOL!)
A real "la Chouette" I found in Bandung last year. They were selling it for IDR60 000 (RM20), wish I can adopt a pair now hehehe


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Quantum struggles to break restraining chains
It hasn't got its growth taped - yet
Comment Still making a loss, still facing revenue declines, still making progress; that's Quantum's fiscal 2009 story in a nutshell.
Rick Belluzzo's company recorded final fiscal 2010 revenues of $164.45m, down from the year-ago quarter's $168m. There was a loss of $4.37m, an improvement on the year-ago loss of $11.9m.
The full year results provide a more pleasing picture. Fiscal 2010 revenues were $681.43m, down, as expected, from fiscal 2008's $809m. But in a pleasant surprise, fiscal 2010 net income was positive, a profit of $16.63m, as opposed to fiscal 2009's thumping loss of $358.3m.
Other good things were the fiscal 2010 profit, Quantum's best such performance in eight years, and the year's 41.1 per cent gross margin, the best for nine years.
There's visible progress in moving Quantum away from the declining tape market and OEM sales and towards the sunny prospects of disk-based and software products. Belluzzo said that DXi deduplicating storage arrays recorded good growth and the StorNext file system layered on a SAN made progress too.
These two products are expected by Belluzzo to be main drivers of growth in fiscal 2011 where Quantum's focus is going to be firmly on revenue growth. Quantum now describes itself as a storage systems company, not a tape or a data protection company.
Disk systems revenue in fiscal 2010 were $95m, compared to $23m in fiscal 2009. Its other focus is to move to Quantum-branded product sales and away from OEM sales. There's progress here too, branded business in fiscal 2010 being 74 per cent of non-royalty revenues, up from 67 per cent a year ago.
It's very, very hard for an established company in a declining market sector like tape to break free of the restraining chains and become a growth star. Such companies are rarely first into a booming market and garner second-level benefits, not the first-level ones enjoyed by companies like Data Domain who face no legacy baggage constraints.
Quantum is far from abandoning the tape market, launching new libraries and LTO5 kit recently. However, its disk and software revenues are still not growing fast enough to compensate for declining tape system revenues, and the fiscal 2009-2009 revenue decline is mostly due to lower OEM revenues, meaning lower tape system revenues.
Will Quantum break free of its past in its fiscal 2011? That depends on how well it rides the deduplication wave, where Data Domain recently introduced OST-based deduplication pre-processing to Symantec media servers and gained a substantial performance boost. Quantum surely must do the same thing as fast as possible - it already supports OST - and extend the same facilities to the other backup software suppliers equally quickly. It simply cannot afford to get trounced and left behind by Data Domain.
Secondly, in El Reg's view, Quantum must keep an eye on the inline deduplication of primary data being offered by Nimbus Data and WhipTail and, as soon as the performance and longevity claims are substantiated, leap into the market with flash-based DXi products and lead the market.
Then, of course, there is the cloud. Quantum needs a strategy, and could partner with a cloud service and product supplier, such as Nirvanix to have old and inactive data squirted off from DXi boxes to the cloud. You can imagine Belluzzo's eyebrows raising at this: "More trouble. Don't you realise that tape is the best and cheapest long-term data archival storage medium?"
Granted, Quantum gets bennies from linking its disk boxes to its Scalar libraries in an overall D2D2T scheme but the world is moving on, on towards D2D2C where C means cloud. It's no use being in denial; it's happening and Quantum needs, we feel, a cloud strategy as well as a tape strategy. If it could store tape data in the cloud then that would be a neat and unique trick to pull.
Back to earth and the DXi products; the StorNext software doesn't have such good growth prospects in our view, and the key to earning much more cash in its current and next financial years is the DXi line. It has to succeed for Quantum to succeed in becoming a growth company again. ®


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fezo Manahawkin, NJPosts: 10,357Funny thing about user fees on roads.
We've been trying to dump them for years in NJ and invariably the argument against that is "if you use the road you pay for the road." This argument is usually made by people who don't live where they'd have to use of the state's 3 toll roads.
So, now what do we have? A proposal to hike the tolls to cover infrastructure improvements on the free roads. Swell.2013 Mazda 5 Grand Touring, 2010 Toyota Prius IV. 2007 Toyota Camry XLE, 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999 Mazda Miata0
More on "the true costs of transportation."
Most drivers don't even know how much per mile it costs them to drive, much less how various subsidies come into play (ULI).
"U.S. roadway user fees fund only about 63% of total roadway costs. General taxes spent on roads average about 1.8¢ per vehicle mile. Vehicle user fees would need to increase by 59% to fully fund roadway costs.
It is sometimes argued that not all roadway costs should be charged to motorists. Even residents who never drive use road access for delivery of goods and services, walking and bicycling, and for utility lines. This can be addressed by establishing a standard of "basic access" that is unrelated to driving.
Many people assume incorrectly that pedestrians and cyclists pay less than their fair share of roadway costs because they do not pay fuel taxes or vehicle registration fees dedicated to highway funding. Local roads (the roads used most for walking and cycling) are mainly funded through general taxes that residents pay regardless of their travel patterns. Less than 10% of local road funding originates from vehicle user fees in the U.S."
(pdf file) from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (link)
Still putting the social costs arguments on the back burner for a while longer. :shades:0
"U.S. roadway user fees fund only about 63% of total roadway costs. General taxes spent on roads average about 1.8¢ per vehicle mile. Vehicle user fees would need to increase by 59% to fully fund roadway costs.
If we figure the Federal gas tax at 18 cents per gallon. The only people paying their fair share are the Hummer drivers getting 10 MPG. The guy driving a Prius is a leach on our society by that measure. I think the only fair way to tax for highway usage is by the mile as Oregon is experimenting with and CA is looking at. It would be easy to tie it in with a mandatory yearly smog check on ALL vehicles including hybrids and diesels. What ever the difference from the year before you pay 1.8 cents per mile. With the advent of EVs something will need to be done. There is already a lot of CNG drivers not paying road tax when they use a home fueling device.
We could tie a special tax on bikes, scooters, skateboards and wheelchairs.0
We could tie a special tax on bikes, scooters, skateboards and wheelchairs.
You left off walking and breathing. :P0
That will be covered by the Carbon Tax0
> Unlike mass transit that only a few benefit from
That is the problem that explains why many roads are overcrowded, especially in urban areas, by single commuters in their (sometimes) big cars.
I personally favor the addition of an "infrastructure tax" on Gas to
1) fund roads up to 100% , including specific infrastructures paid by tolls
incidently tolls would be removed, which would save costs and lower the gas bill.
2) Fund alternative infrastructure, namely light rail, mass transit and inter-city high speed transit.
The Motorist would pay the real cost of gas (which is still cheap imho) and be offered more public transports as alternatives. Let us imagine after the necessary investments were done, that 20% of US population had access to public transport instead of 5% today (my own guess), then it would mean a potential of 15% fewer cars on the road.
Currently, everyone has the choice of his/her transport mean, provided that it is a car. This situation is unhealthy, but are we willing to go for a change?0
That is the problem that explains why many roads are overcrowded, especially in urban areas, by single commuters in their (sometimes) big cars.
If you look at cities like NY and London that have mass transit for most of the people, there roads are totally impacted. So how did mass transit help? I do not have hard data on who does or does not have access to mass transit. I know the suburb I am moving out of has bus and trolley service. The buses and the trolley run near empty most of the time. How does that cut down on traffic or pollution in the case of the bus running empty? In 2003 it was costing San Diego $50,000,000 to subsidize the trolley system. I have used it a few times to avoid high cost parking. I still had to drive several miles to a station and park my car in a lot that is a known theft area.
Here is an interesting study on the subject:
Voodoo Economics won't work. I have to pay taxes to build roads and defend our oil supplies whether I drive or not, and fire trucks, ambulances, and delivery vehicles need streets to drive on. Pretending that I somehow avoid those "hidden costs" by taking the bus is beneath stupid. Telling me that 45 minutes in a crowded, lurching bus is better or a more effective use of my time than 20 minutes in my car is a couple of levels below that.
Wishful thinking won't cut it. It will do absolutely no good to say all these problems will go away if we can somehow persuade Americans to accept higher density and move back in from the suburbs. Suburbs began to sprawl back in the days of streetcars. Americans do not want to live in high density settings. Why not just accept it and plan accordingly?
Studies have repeatedly shown two things: the more transportation is available, the more people spread out. Second, commuters start to get irritable when commute times exceed half an hour. Basically, commuters move out to a distance where they feel the time cost is acceptable, and get angry when the rules change. Moral: Americans like to spread out until other individuals do not seriously impinge on their freedom of action. Deal with it.
euphonium Great Northwest, West of the Cascades.Posts: 3,425Washington has the largest ferry system in the Union. They exist to service the transport of a minority, but very high income people from the mainland to their remote island homes in Puget Sound and the San Juans. The Bremerton ferry may be an exception to high income folk, but the point is the ferries are subsidized by the state's gas tax which reduces the maintenance of existing highways and roads. Ferry support also takes away the building of needed new roads. The state is divided by the Cascade Range and the folks in Eastern Washington, Southern Washington, & Central Washington directly subsidize the ferries in The Peoples Republic of Puget Sound.
If Oregon can charge by the mile and bikers pay their own way, how can the ferries be self supported by not being dependent on the gas tax?0
Don't ferries use fuel? Isn't it taxed?
Ditto other motorized forms of public transit.
And they all pay annual permit fees too.
Bikes are obviously the exception. It doesn't seem outrageous to me to require that bikes be required to have little license plates, just like motorcycles, with a fee to pay annually. Heck, don't you have to pay an annual fee to have a dog?
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>NY and London that have mass transit for most of the people, there roads are totally impacted
My short experience of those 2 cities tell me that maybe mass transit is practically reachable by maybe 25-30% of the population. whereas the very centre of cities have some reasonably present subway lines, those lines are often operating at maximum capacity. Otoh, further suburbs are very lightly connected. the neigbouring railway system is patchy and under-represented given the population and the overall transit needs. All those need gaps are compensated by car journeys.
I deliberately exclude the bus system as a mass transit system, unless it irrigates neigbouring mass transit station. A bus Journey will meet the same issues with clogged traffic and road usage. Reserved bus lines are a first step but can not replace a completely dedicated infrastructure.
The situation of London is worse with a decrepit tube that is badly in need of extensive refurbishment and development. There are a few railway lines which suffer the same fate and whom everybody agree on how unpleasant any trip may be. Only the Congestion Charge (CC) set-up by red Ken is starting to bend motor usage in the hypercenter and bring some cash in to start the always postponed work.
Yes, Mass transit need huge financing and return on investment is not as visible/quick as when you put your money on the market. I don't think of it as a replacement for individual transport but as an alternative to give people choice.
OK let me dream somehow. let me imagine some 600 Billion USD were not "invested" by some government in a middle east venture but spent in 100 Mass transit / alternative infrastructure projects in the US? Maybe this money would have been enough to make such transports available to, say 25% of the US population instead of 5%?
Your study talks about the problem of underfunded and inefficient public transport.
Naturally, people won't do self flogging and spend one hour of bus journey instead of 30 minutes by car (unless forced to). Modern mass transit offers good level of comfort and attractive speed, provided it is seriously planned, funded and implemented. It won't be done without government support anyway.0
grbeck Posts: 2,361The Urban Land Institute is talking about how much individual vehicle owners are paying to drive, not how much they are subsidized by government. That is an entirely different question.
And it does nothing to contradict what I posted earlier:
As for more attractive public transit - if subsidies are the concern, then mass transit isn't the answer. On a per person mile basis, mass transit systems receive subsidies that are 50 times higher than that received by highway users.
The share covered by user fees is 77.8 percent for users of highways and local streets, versus 23.9 percent for mass transit users.
Those figures are straight from the federal government, and, if anything, are fairer to mass transit than other sources I've seen.
It also doesn't answer the question that, if road users aren't covering their "fair share," why are we then diverting money from the Highway Trust Fund to pay for non-road projects?
I have no problem with bicycle paths (I enjoy bike riding myself), and I realize that mass transit benefits drivers by giving people other options (and provides transportation for those too poor to own a car, or unable to drive). But the hoary myth that drivers are getting a free ride at the expense of everyone else is just that...a myth.0
So .... about 22% of road funding isn't borne by the road users from those numbers. That sounds like general revenue funding is picking up the slack. And I think it's going to get bigger unless fuel taxes are raised.
"About 45 percent of all highway spending comes from the trust fund." (referring to the Highway Trust Fund - Fox News)
"The bulk of highway and road funding, about 55%, comes from a combination of state and federal gasoline taxes. The rest generally comes from vehicle registrations, drivers' license fees, bonds and other public borrowing." WSJ via Planetizen
Not really on point but this misallocation statement was entertaining:
"Over the past 50 years, the motorists in Alaska have received six times as much from the federal highway trust fund as they have paid into it." Heritage Foundation
The Highway Trust Fund has a bunch of problems - more fuel efficient cars means less money generated per mile traveled, purchasing power has declined while construction costs have risen, and the Minneapolis bridge collapse focused many people on an aging highway infrastructure (link).0
"Over the past 50 years, the motorists in Alaska have received six times as much from the federal highway trust fund as they have paid into it."
You would think that Alaska would have better roads. That new Seward Highway is horrible. Alaska attracts a lot of shyster type contractors. Build it and head South, never to be heard from again. Then they probably have sent more legislators to prison in the last few years of any state. Maybe they are just cleaning house. Something the other 49 states and Congress needs to do.0
"This abundance of natural gas is something we weren't expecting as a country, but it's here now, and it's a gift we should take advantage of," says Steven Mueller, chief executive of Houston-based natural-gas producer Southwestern Energy Co. "There's huge savings here and a way to help to environment."
Natural gas is already making big inroads in the commercial-truck market. Delivery companies, trash haulers and other firms that operate big fleets are switching to natural-gas vehicles to save on fuel costs."
At ~half the cost of diesel (not counting the infrastructure you need if you run a trucking terminal), wouldn't that mean you would pay half the road taxes that you are currently paying if your semi was running diesel?0
"As Sander Van Dedem recalled watching the charges tick up every 10 seconds on the dashboard meter on the way to the airport, he resolved to try public transportation next time. "Looking at the money makes you realize that a car isn't always a good idea," said Mr. Van Dedem, a commercial sales manager for I.B.M. here.
But his pricey ride was not in a taxi. He was driving his own Volvo XC60.
The car had been outfitted with the meter so that Mr. Van Dedem could take part in a trial of a controversial government tax proposal to charge drivers a fee for the miles they drive."
In Auto Test in Europe, Meter Ticks Off Miles, and Fee to Driver (NY Times)
Oregon has been wrestling with this issue for a while.
"If electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars do not consume gasoline, they don't have to pay the state gas tax.
Legislators are looking to change that."
Tax electric cars by the mile? 'The gas tax cannot survive' (KVAL)
Massachusetts too.
Pay-per-mile tax is latest cash grab from greedy pols (Boston Herald)0
If only I had proof that taxes actually went to infrastructure and not to public sector graft :sick:0
Pay by the mile driving proposed in the Bay Area, tracked via GPS. Probably won't go anywhere but never assume anything about San Fran. :shades:
California Community Mulls Driving Tax Amid Privacy Concerns (Inside Line)0
Almost certainly a non-starter for now, but there are more and more versions of this tax-the-miles approach popping up all the time in various municipalities.
I would not be surprised at all to see the first of these ideas become reality in ten years. Me, I don't care about the privacy issues really, since I will be out on public roads, but I also don't believe the money will be used for what it was intended. So we will just be paying more and more to have third-world roads and constant gridlock.
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berri Posts: 9,152I think you're right. Heck, more and more states are trying to affix tolls to Interstates which were all taxpayer funded.0
Remember this discussion? Now we can blame the millennials.
"In a new report, Wall Street rating agency Standard & Poor's said millennials nationwide are driving far less than older motorists did when they came of age—and when they do get behind the wheel, they are generally in smaller, more fuel-efficient cars.
Meanwhile, even if driving were to increase, the overall higher fuel efficiency of cars now on the road will continue to have an impact, even after the millennials begin having families and start driving minivans to soccer practice. The Standard & Poor's report said cars on U.S. roads are "now more fuel-efficient than ever—and by a substantial margin, compared with just a decade or so ago." It said fuel efficiency has improved 25 percent compared with vehicles from model year 2004, which will keep gas tax revenues depressed."
Millennials ease off the gas (making it harder to pay for roads...) (nj.com)0
The criticism of the article in the comments is more valuable than the article itself.
It'd be interesting to see the road-based tax policies that existed back when generations prior were hitting their stride, and infrastructure was much better. Maybe back then there weren't so many pseudo-private contractors at the trough, and not so many platinum benefits.0
isellhondas Issaquah WashingtonPosts: 20,197This is a very sore subject for me since our roads are choked with bicycles.
Fintail is aware of the old railroad bed on E. Lake Samm that got converted to a bicycle/walking path. a few years back. Well, the bicyclists didn't like the gravel path so to please them MILLIONS of dollars were spent paving to to make it smooth. And what taxes do these bicycle riders pay? How about NOTHING!
Seattle caters to bicycles and we spend tons of money putting up Share the Road signs and painting lanes for them to ride in. Some are arrogant and some love riding side by side impeding traffic.
It just seems to me that asking them to pay maybe 20.00 a year wouldn't be asking too much!0
And car drivers are lily-white and none are driving around on expired plates.
Try a bike sometime - you found out you like Toyotas just fine, you might like two wheels too.0
isellhondas Issaquah WashingtonPosts: 20,197I have a lot of bicycle miles under my belt.
Growing up in So. California, we didn't have dedicated bicycle lanes. We had to fend for ourselves and guess what? We were required to pay a yearly license fee. You paid the fee and applied a decal to your bicycle.
If a cop stopped you for something and you didn't have a current sticker you paid a fine. Ask me how I know!
Car drivers are far from lily white and some cars probably have expired plates. It's hard to have expired plates on a bicycle in this state since they aren't required.
Due to your defensive comments, I have to assume you're a biker?
As a bike rider, would you be opposed to paying a small yearly fee for a license?
Just curious...0
And some type of ID so the CCTV network can keep an eye on things, and insurance...
But this isn't a bike thread. Now that WA is embracing toll lanes to keep taxation regressive, cyclists definitely should be forced to chip in if they want special areas. Pay up or shut up, just as motorists are told to do.0
Yeah, I object, I pay enough taxes as it is.isellhondas said:
As a bike rider, would you be opposed to paying a small yearly fee for a license? Just curious...
The only advantage of getting older was that I was able to hike around on the National Monument yesterday without having to pay the $5 daily entrance fee.
I'm pretty much against any user fee that charges people for using their own body to recreate (or commute). Walking, hiking, biking, skiing on the flats, paddling. I'm also against state and federal park entry fees - anything that discourages people from getting out of their car and get some fresh air.
Bike paths more than pay for themselves just with heart attack prevention and rehab.
Mr_Shiftright Sonoma, CaliforniaPosts: 62,410I still have my "ONE LESS CAR" t-shirt that I wear occasionally to remind motorists that me on my bike represents one more parking space for them.
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In my line of work, I've come to know insects pretty well. I recognize the importance of each and every kind of insect and I love to teach the public about them. Insects help us infinitely more than they could ever harm us! The one poor soul that gets the most grief is a wonderful little organism known simply as the cockroach. Men squirm, women scream, and even some children turn up their nose at the mere thought of a cockroach! I spend a lot of my time here campaigning for these little guys and I'm here to clear up some misconceptions, and hopefully change some perceptions about these awesome insects!
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Let's start with the basics; cockroaches are insects with 6 legs, 3 body parts, 1 pair of antennae, and sometimes, 2 pairs of wings. They belong to the order Blattodea. These insects are most closely related to termites and praying mantids which have been known as "specialized cockroaches."
Did you know that there are about 4000 different species of cockroach worldwide? We're used to seeing the brown ones, but they can be green, white, or even dark blue. Some can even have elaborate patterns with colors like red and orange. They live in almost every climate; however, they are mostly concentrated in tropical climates. Most roaches live in forests, making homes of trees, rotten logs and leaf litter. They spend their lives as scavengers and decomposers. They rid the world of decaying organic matter and replace it with nutrients that feed the soil and plants. They are one of our most important decomposers, and our existence depends on them! Sometimes, however, they can get a little too close to home.
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Out of the 4,000 different species of cockroach, about 4 or 5 have decided to invade our homes from time to time. Can you blame them? Natural habitat is declining faster than ever and we offer them great accomodations, complete with a free all-you-can-eat buffet! That huge, gigantic thing scurrying accross your floor is called the American Cockroach – and it's probably the biggest bug in Texas. It's commonly referred to as a water bug, palmetto bug, or tree roach, but the only scientifically correct name it has is Periplaneta americana. They prefer to hang out in dark, warm, moist environments and that's why you will usually only see them at night while they forage for food.
If you keep your house clean, well organized, and in good repair, you may see one of these roaches in your house from time to time. Do not panic, it probably wandered in from outside and it's very unlikely that you have a heavy infestation. Now, if you keep your house dirty, cluttered, and falling apart, well, you are welcoming every roach in a mile radius.
Another familiar species of cockroach is the German Cockroach Blatella germanica. These roaches are very small, light brown, and have 2 longitudinal stripes just below the head. Unlike the American cockroach, German cockroaches are highly adapted to living only in human dwellings, completely dependent on the filth humans leave behind. So, if you see one of these roaches in your house, it is very possible that you do have a very serious infestation. Here are some common myths about roaches and the real truth behind them.
Roaches are dirty.
False! Roaches are obsessive compulsive about cleanliness! They spend most of their time resting, and the rest of their time cleaning themselves, much like a cat. Roaches are actually some of the cleanest animals around.
Roaches spread disease
Trufalse. This is a little less clear cut. Roaches themselves do not have diseases, but can transmit germs with their hairy legs and sticky feet. For example, if you leave residue from raw meat on your counter, it is possible a cockroach may walk through it and track it around, but if your counter is clean and disinfected, that roach will stay clean! There have actually been studies where a cockroach and a human finger touched the same dirty kitchen floor. They were each swabbed and the swab was smeared into a petri dish to be cultured. at the end of the study, the human finger produced several times the amount of bacteria the cockroach did.
Roaches can hurt you
False! Roaches are equipped with no more than a set of jaws for chewing. They are capable of biting, which would not hurt at all – but that's really not their style; they're more into running away. They have no stinging appendages or anything like that. They are harmless.
Roaches can live for two weeks with no head.
Ok, this one is actually true. The reason for this is that a roach has several brains throughout its body, not just one in its head. They are really just ganglia or bunches of nerve cells. The one in the cockroach's head only controls its antennae and mouthparts. Remove the head, and it will still be able to control its legs which are equipped with millions of sensory receptors, allowing it to find its way quite well. Eventually, though, the insect will be overcome by dehydration and die.
I saw an albino cockroach!
False! It's likely that the cockroach you saw is one that has just shed its skin. A freshly molted cockroach is white with black eyes, and very soft and vulnerable. After a few hours, its new skin will start to harden and grow darker, until it is the original color.
Cockroaches can give my child asthma
True. Unfortunately, a heavy infestation of cockroaches can cause asthma in allergen-sensitive individuals, especially children. If you have hundreds of cockroaches in your walls, the feces will build up and become airborne. This is all the more reason to keep your house clean!
Well, there you have it folks, the skinny on cockroaches. I hope that some of you may look at cockroaches in a new light and next time you see one – give it break! It's not their fault they have a bad rap. If you still feel nauseous thinking of them, just make sure your house is sparkling clean. If we clean up after ourselves, the roaches don't have to do it for us. Skip the poison, it's bad for the environment and kills all of those wonderful bugs everyone loves to see. Until next time, happy bug watching!


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No, he played for the Samoan Under-21's at 14Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
His mum is from there or has some connection from there and he was there on holiday with his family nad they asked hm if he wanted to play. You wouldn't exactly decline the opportunity to play a youth international, would you?
Because of that he wasn't allowed to represent Aus until he won the case.
Dave: It was England Under-21's.