Opinions on the merits of the NIE on Iran’s nuclear program that was released yesterday are widely, widely varied. While many are quick to question why President Bush was apparently “out of the loop”, others have widely differing views of the report.
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A quick VOIP trick, useful if you need to forward to (or call!) a PSTN telephone number and your softphone, ATA, or whatever expects a full SIP address: With VOIP, a PSTN number - like (800)555-8355 - is actually “sip:8005558355@your.sip.server”. (Depending on your provider, obviously, it might be 18005558355@your.sip.server, or 0018005558355@your.sip.server…) Just something to keep in mind if you’re ever trying to connect to the PSTN, but can only “dial” a SIP address.