Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

A House Divided: UWB's Double Standards

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the battle-of-the-standards dept.

Mai writes "What happens when two coalitions within a standard come into conflict, and it doesn't get resolved quickly? The ultrawideband technology standard shows you."

8 of 95 comments (clear)

  1. Answer to the question... by testing124 · · Score: 5, Funny

    DVD+/-RW happens.

    --
    Karma: bad (mostly unaffected by funny mods)
  2. A fight to the death? by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that the answer? Because let me tell you, a bunch of geeks in a hand-to-hand fight to the death would kick ass. Pay per view ratings would be through the roof!

  3. We're Not Sure... by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    We don't have all the answers, but we know it involves executives from Intel and Motorola sticking their hands up the FTC and ITU commissioners' asses and some sort of sock-puppet Kabuki theatre.

  4. Of course it's divided. by FireballX301 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was considered a military secret early on, because it has applications such as "spotting stealth planes" and "looking through walls."

    They can't decide which.

  5. Hideous flashback... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    "ultrawideband" made me think of my ex-wife's ass.

    --
    Trolling is a art,
    1. Re:Hideous flashback... by hobbesx · · Score: 5, Funny
      "ultrawideband" made me think of my ex-wife's ass.


      So, you had competing standards, and it saw lots of bandwidth?

      --
      This rating is Unfair ( ) ( ) Fair (*) Funny
      Sigh... If only. Modding would be so much more fun.
  6. Standards? by TubaJon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Double standards...It's like when me and a friend turn in the exact same homework, and he gets an A+ while I get a B-.

    --
    "The Matrix has you."
  7. Two coalitions enter! One coalition leaves! by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    What happens when two coalitions within a standard come into conflict, and it doesn't get resolved quickly?

    Bloodshed? Radiological bombs? Thunderdome? Dogs and cat sleeping together? Befuddled Slashdot posts? Snow in California? More Star Wars prequels? The Battle Of Hastings? The Magna Carta? The Cotton Gin? I dunno, man! I wasn't expecting a quiz! You're harshing my buzz!

    --
    --- Ban humanity.