I actually thought while first reading the article that you were supposed to cover the wireless router with it. I was thinking "How would that help? Is that even HEALTHY??"
If someone really wanted to hack a wireless network, they could stick a repeater in an outlet right next to a door or something like that.
I think that no one should be stealing the government's WiFi anyway... They're inefficient as it is, they need all the bandwidth they can get.
The iPod was a success because there weren't any other players on the market that the consumer really had a feel for. The iPod just made the MP3 Player an easy device to use. Apple TV is going to bomb here because they can't expect the same open market as there was with the iPod.
I own a DirecTV TiVo DVR and I love it. It's simple to use, yet it has advanced features. It does exactly what I want it to, with less interaction with the UI and more with the media I want.
Currently, the consumer is happy with the TiVo. Making a device that costs the same yet does remarkably less isn't going to declare a surefire victory for Jobs this time.
Am I the only one who sees a trend here? With the soon-to-be SpiralFrog and QTrax services, the internet is heading towards an ad-supported future. This can be good in that the consumer doesn't pay for the content, and more things become available to everyday internet users. The downside is that we now have all these annoying ads stuck in our face wherever we go. IMHO, I think the ad-supported free-ness is better than the clean-paged "premium-membership" ventures out there.
Is this satellite not totally useless without notifying someone? I mean really, it's nice to have data on volcanic activity, but if the volcano had erupted, and then someone checks the satellite and sees that there was data collected from the point that the volcano got hot, it's a little late then isn't it?
Even if it is a false alarm, couldn't it use some tracking from the moment that the satellite notices volcanic activity? Think of our modern-day hurricane tracking systems... Each storm is tracked, and some hit land, but many either are "false-alarms" or miss land. If most tropical storms are seen but then are deemed "false-alarms", then one hits land as a Cat-5 hurricane is it not too late? Yes, people will see the hurricane as it approaches land via weather radar and whatnot, but will it not be too late to evacuate adequately? Think of Katrina!
I'm just saying that the satellite is next to useless if it's not being put to good use by warning of potential disasters... Because it's nice to have data after a disaster, but will it not have been infinitely better if it had been used to save lives?
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I actually thought while first reading the article that you were supposed to cover the wireless router with it. I was thinking "How would that help? Is that even HEALTHY??" If someone really wanted to hack a wireless network, they could stick a repeater in an outlet right next to a door or something like that. I think that no one should be stealing the government's WiFi anyway... They're inefficient as it is, they need all the bandwidth they can get.
The iPod was a success because there weren't any other players on the market that the consumer really had a feel for. The iPod just made the MP3 Player an easy device to use. Apple TV is going to bomb here because they can't expect the same open market as there was with the iPod. I own a DirecTV TiVo DVR and I love it. It's simple to use, yet it has advanced features. It does exactly what I want it to, with less interaction with the UI and more with the media I want. Currently, the consumer is happy with the TiVo. Making a device that costs the same yet does remarkably less isn't going to declare a surefire victory for Jobs this time.
Am I the only one who sees a trend here? With the soon-to-be SpiralFrog and QTrax services, the internet is heading towards an ad-supported future. This can be good in that the consumer doesn't pay for the content, and more things become available to everyday internet users. The downside is that we now have all these annoying ads stuck in our face wherever we go.
IMHO, I think the ad-supported free-ness is better than the clean-paged "premium-membership" ventures out there.
Is this satellite not totally useless without notifying someone? I mean really, it's nice to have data on volcanic activity, but if the volcano had erupted, and then someone checks the satellite and sees that there was data collected from the point that the volcano got hot, it's a little late then isn't it? Even if it is a false alarm, couldn't it use some tracking from the moment that the satellite notices volcanic activity? Think of our modern-day hurricane tracking systems... Each storm is tracked, and some hit land, but many either are "false-alarms" or miss land. If most tropical storms are seen but then are deemed "false-alarms", then one hits land as a Cat-5 hurricane is it not too late? Yes, people will see the hurricane as it approaches land via weather radar and whatnot, but will it not be too late to evacuate adequately? Think of Katrina! I'm just saying that the satellite is next to useless if it's not being put to good use by warning of potential disasters... Because it's nice to have data after a disaster, but will it not have been infinitely better if it had been used to save lives?