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Larry Gilbert marked one of aerix88's replies in Verizon as useful. aerix88 replied to the question "How can you block incoming calls from spammers and telemarketers?". Larry Gilbert and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Larry Gilbert replied on September 16, 2009 16:35 to the question "How can VZNavigator be set to automatically reroute in cases of traffic accidents or congestion?" in Verizon:

I think VZNavigator may have gotten better with this since you posted your question. Are you using version 4.5.1 today? (Check the opening screen.)

Larry Gilbert started following the question "Why does my vznavigator stop when a new sms comes in? Any workarounds?" in Verizon.

A comment on the idea "VZNavigator's not perfect, so let the users help" in Verizon:

(I posted a reply to you asking a question about the NAVTEQ interface. I had trouble deleting it, so it may still be here, but it isn't relevant anymore as I've answered my own question.)

This is exactly the kind of thing I had in mind and was hoping for. I acknowledge that no mapping service can be perfect, so all I ask for is an easy avenue for feedback just like this. Actually, I would also ask for a one-month-or-less turnaround on updates instead of three months, but that's more NAVTEQ's problem than anyone else's. :-)

Thank you for your informative reply! I really appreciate it. – Larry Gilbert, on September 16, 2009 16:31

Larry Gilbert marked one of aerix88's replies in Verizon as useful. aerix88 replied to the idea "VZNavigator's not perfect, so let the users help".

Larry Gilbert replied on September 10, 2009 17:24 to the problem "Get Satisfaction thinks I don't have cookies enabled" in Get Satisfaction:

Thor and Amy, I think you have provided excellent responses to the newest comments here, above and beyond the call.

For the public record, I do not see this problem anymore. Today I am using Firefox 3.5.2, NoScript 1.9.8.8 (with getsatisfaction.com set to "Allow"), and CookieSafe 3.0.5 (with getsatisfaction.com set to "Session" and without the global-allow setting that I mentioned before). I have not experimented with Cookie Monster.

Larry Gilbert replied on July 17, 2009 17:29 to the problem "BitTorrent is indiscriminately blocked" in Cox Communications:

Update: I was able to download OpenOffice.org 3.1 successfully via BitTorrent yesterday. This was from my office, which has business-level service from Cox San Diego. I will have to experiment at home to see how it works there.

A comment on the problem "Where's my money!" in Tipjoy:

Great, glad to hear it! – Larry Gilbert, on July 17, 2009 17:23

Larry Gilbert posted an update in Digium on July 17, 2009 17:14:

Developers, Switchvox Extend is for you

In case you missed all of the fanfare elsewhere, Digium has released Switchvox Extend, providing an API to Switchvox from your own applications. While Digium has its own official libraries for Perl and PHP, the developer community is already getting involved and has brought forth pyswitchvox, a new Python library. We're excited to see what else people come up with.

Find all of the details starting here: http://developers.digium.com/switchvox/

Larry Gilbert replied on July 17, 2009 17:01 to the problem "Can em tags be supported please?" in Get Satisfaction:

Also see http://gsfn.us/t/9vp9

Larry Gilbert replied on July 17, 2009 16:59 to the problem "HTML in replies not working?" in Get Satisfaction:

Rebeca, with some experimentation, you may discover some workarounds. For example, this phrase is surrounded with <em> tags, and this phrase is surrounded with <i> tags. The former doesn't seem to work while the latter does. So that's one workaround (although distasteful to an HTML purist like me). :-)

The core problem is that the documentation of what's allowed is inconsistent with what actually is allowed. Er, what actually is allowed. ;-)

Larry Gilbert started following the problem "HTML in replies not working?" in Get Satisfaction.

Larry Gilbert replied on July 17, 2009 16:52 to the problem "Where's my money!" in Tipjoy:

Arcturus, I see that "The company says this solves the problem," but since you haven't followed up, I (just another user) am curious as to whether this has been resolved to your satisfaction.

Larry Gilbert replied on July 17, 2009 16:49 to the problem "where is my money that i cashed out to paypal? it said would be posted within 24 hours, and it has been 5 days now" in Tipjoy:

Autumn, I see that you raised this issue a month ago, and as a fellow user, I'm curious whether it was resolved.

Larry Gilbert marked one of abby's replies in Tipjoy as useful. abby replied to the question "Tipjoy still active?".

A comment on the question "Tipjoy still active?" in Tipjoy:

I'm pleased to hear that, Abby. Nevertheless, wouldn't it be a good service to your users to let them know about that publicly? The only clue anywhere on the website shows up when someone tries to access their pledges, in which case they see this message: "Our cash-in systems are down for a bit of maintenance, but will be back soon. Thanks for your patience." To me, a "bit of maintenance" means something like "we had to take our database offline because we found some inconsistencies and needed to clean them up," and "soon" means "within a day or two, if not today." So I think this status message is overly vague, if not out-and-out misleading.

As an aside, I am happy that Tipjoy is using Get Satisfaction for support, but I think it would be a great idea to let people know that. When I told Mr. Kiciman of the existence of this page, he expressed surprise and said he didn't know there was any kind of support at all (short of direct e-mails to the founders). – Larry Gilbert, on July 17, 2009 16:36

Larry Gilbert asked a question in Tipjoy on July 15, 2009 17:42:

Tipjoy still active?

I'm concerned about some posts made a couple of hours ago by Pamir Kiciman on Twitter (@gassho) about Tipjoy--especially so since the @tipjoy account hasn't posted a tweet in almost a month. Is Tipjoy still a going concern? Can you respond to the issues raised in those tweets?

Larry Gilbert marked one of PaulC's replies in reQall as useful. PaulC replied to the idea "To-do's that depend on other to-do's".

Larry Gilbert shared an idea in Verizon on June 26, 2009 18:22:

Lower barriers to app developers

In this new era of smartphones, Verizon Wireless's lackluster selection of downloadable apps is its weakest link. VZW needs to nurture its development ecosystem by adopting a freer and less costly process for accepting third-party applications. Alternatively, VZW could adopt a lower-tier development track with looser restrictions for apps that do not require use of the network. This will allow more (and, arguably better) choices to customers, and it will help attract and retain those with sophisticated needs. As things stand, offerings from competitors like Apple cast a long, long shadow over what VZW provides.

Larry Gilbert replied on June 26, 2009 17:56 to the question "How do I feed RSS into Ping.fm?" in Ping.fm:

Now that notify.me supports Ping.fm, it is another option.