How does the federal government telling AT&T that AT&T cannot spend $34 billion to buy T-Mobile cost AT&T customers money? Why doesn't AT&T spend a fraction of that on their own network, let's say ONLY $10 billion.
I like Linux and all but this sounds like a programer/power users interface.
The idea that you can simply type all you need is great for Linux users who remember all their commands and locations. What do I do when I forget a command, or don't even know it exists? What contextual menu can I dig through to FIND what I'm not sure I'm looking for?
Yes, some phones make it easier than others; however, if cellular data is needed for your phone to "work properly" on brand X network, then why is it even an option to turn cellular data services off? Isn't this false advertising when a store sales rep gives you that reason? Or is it that I don't have enough money to fight their lawyers? Let's ignore "airplane mode" in this scenario, because it disables all radios.
Then why doesn't AT&T provide better customer service and automatically adjust your bill to give you the lowest cost plan each month based on usage for text messages, cellular data and voice minutes?
Because allowing to get the best deal is not a corporate interest once they have your business.
NO... phone manufactures are and it's pretty much collusion with the carriers. Give me one reason any phone HAS to "phone home." The carriers make sure the phone manufactures don't allow a "data on/off" function, so they can say "Well... this phone NEEDS a data plan to work. Oh, we get to charge you extra for that." My modified Palm Pre gives me full control over the bluetooth, phone and data radios. It does not NEED to use any cellular data for any other part of the phone to function. AND how is it that carriers can allow/disallow data connections for internet capable non-smart phones, but for smart phones this option is impossible because you phone's WiFi just won't cut it no matter your well you know you needs?
Regulation is needed so that no whole plan or service, or portion of a plan or service can be forced on any customer for any phone that is not purchased with a promotion for a discount on said service, plan or phone.
How on god's green earth did megauploads.com get shutdown yesterday without SOPA and PIPA as laws? Seems to me, there are already systems in place to take sites offline in the US when they MAYBE break US copyright laws.
Some of the critiques are justified for each side, old and slow v. new and fast.
I always saw Vader v. Obiwan as 2 masters greatly respecting/fearing the ability of the other (15+ years in the making), like two master samurai carefully testing one another near the end of their time. Jedi fighting driods and much lesser skilled foes should be faster paced, or an emotionally driven battle (not very Jedi). A "slower" fight between 2 equal combatants should not be too fast or have Michael Bay style cuts; there's more drama (appropriate for a climatic battle in a space opera) with a fight where the action is easy to follow and EACH strike can make you a bit nervous. However, there should also be modulation within the pacing of the fight; all one pace can make for a very flat, mediocre fight.
Aren't situations like this when Twitter should, at the very least, temporarily suspend the obvious, automated "spam" accounts? All they need to do is quote some vague line in their "terms of service," which I haven't seen (I don't have a twitter account) but I would be surprised if it doesn't exist.
Digital media needs the same benefits as hard media. If I buy 1 digital copy of a movie at $10US; then I can stream that same copy for rental to 1 customer at a time indefinitely, just like a DVD. So what if digital copies don't wear out; I back up my important hard media. It will be the responsibility of the streaming service to control access to the streams based on the number of digital copies they purchased 1:1, and their method for doing so must be transparent and auditable. This way digital licensing cannot become a barrier to entry or selectively put competitors under financial duress who do not produce their own content. Purchased digital media should not come with a license, only subject to copyright law, which should be amended back to at least pre 1976 terms for many things.
Republicans should love how this benefits small business, and Democrats should love how this benefits consumers. Win win situation, right?
While I was in London, I was at shopping center at Angel and a rent-a-cop asked me if I was taking pictures of the shops. I said I was taking pictures of the wings and halo sculptures. That was fine, but not the shops. I say, "If the let you in the shops what could they possibly be protecting against?"
I can ask Netflix to send me some old B&W film nobody watches any more and they will. There's no way for me to ask them to put it on a server for me. As already posted , streaming quality is poor compared to DVD and with ISP data caps looming, it won't be a good service for long.
Glad to see the webOS internals guys getting some well deserved credit and recognition. Without them webOS would have been a waste of time.
IF HP can do what they are trying, then Apple and Android may well be playing catch up in the not too distant future. HP is creating an OS environment that can go from desktop to laptop, to touch slates to cell phones without skipping a beat. Data and applications synchronized, seamlessly across devices. Scalable at an enterprise level with enterprise tools. No hodgepodge of Windows + iOS + Blackberry + Linux each with separate management tools. It's one stop shopping with a powerhouse like HP supporting it and for consumers, supporting the home brew community.
The prospects are quite exciting. Only time will reveal the results.
First, to be clear, "cloud computing" is basically a term derived from "the cloud" which is the nebulous internet when you didn't want or need to specify what servers or path your data was taking to get to you. You aren't really sure who's hosting your stuff, unless it's written in the ULA somewhere.
Sure, "cloud computing" MAY make your data accessible anywhere there's internet availability, but what's to stop the host from data mining all your stuff or forcing you to watch commercials while you're on the brink of discovering Unified Field Theory, because you agreed to it in some sort of user agreement.
Sorry, but don't confuse me for an idiot; I more simply said what you stated and I prefaced it with "In a Nut Shell." I was simply laying out Comcast's "argument" and what they did to "fix" it. I did mention that Comcast wants to charge more for Netflix content, in a way. I did not elaborate on who ultimately will pay the additional cost or that Comcast will "conveniently" offer "cheaper," alternative content.
I do not support the purchasing of NBC/Universal by Comcast. Don't be fooled it's not a merger; it's easier to get past the stock holders and SEC by calling it a merger.
Level 3 made a deal with Netflix, so Level 3 amped up their own bandwidth and servers to push out Netflix content. Comcast felt their agreement with Level 3 to pass traffic for Level 3 was being abused. So rather than throttling all Level 3 traffic, Comcast decided to block only their competitor, Netflix who they feel is a threat to their business, to temporarily "balance" their traffic passing agreement with Level 3, unless Level 3 pays more to Comcast.
Aside from "rogue" apps, a remote kill switch can remove any side loaded software; the application store will be the only choice, stifling competition. TFA says that the phone can check in and see if the app is approved, if not it can be deleted. We need laws that can't let hardware manufacturers dictate how a device is used or what's put on them after a sale, so long as it doesn't cause MEASURABLE harm or interference with or to other services or devices.
If the the remote kill switch bugs you, get a Palm/HP webOS device, they openly support their home brew community. webOS has a beta application store channel if you're feeling adventurous. Yes, I own a Palm Pre but no stock in HP.
I'm just waiting for a TV to come with a fully functional, unrestricted and networkable PC built in that uses standard parts and interfaces and is linked to one of the TV inputs.
If you don't want providers mucking with your phone OS much, try a webOS device. HP/Palm has publicly acknowledged and said good things of the webOS home brew scene, and basically said "use at your own risk."
Traditional books cost about $25+ for new hardback and about $8+ for paperbacks. This price includes the cost of materials which were claimed for many years to be a large chunk of the cost. But companies don't use "cost plus" to price things, where "plus" is some arbitrary profit to make over the cost. Companies, now, figure out the MAX people are willing to pay over cost. If it cost $1.00 to produce an ebook, but you're willing to pay $14, you are WILLINGLY paying 1400% markup; that's 1300% profit.
Companies aren't as interested in making a valuable product as they're interested in taking the MAX amount of money from you. This also means, power is in the hands of consumers. If you want the price to come down on "over priced," inexpensive to produce goods with relatively high profit margins, don't buy them unless they are at a price you feel they're worth. Yes, some instant gratification will have to put aside.
More on point, if consumers send the message to Apple, Amazon, Random House et. al. that they won't pay "high" prices for ebooks, then prices will drop across the board regardless of what distributors are charged.
Since when has they ability to more more product and therefore demand a lower price from a supplier been illegal?
However poorly the EU words words it, I think, what they are trying to avoid is lock-in. i.e. iPhone = Apple app store ONLY, or iPhone = ATT service ONLY. I know the iPhone is carried on many carriers across the EU; it's just an example. They are trying to prevent a single purchase from locking customers into a single supply chain / company, essentially negating other competing services.
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How does the federal government telling AT&T that AT&T cannot spend $34 billion to buy T-Mobile cost AT&T customers money? Why doesn't AT&T spend a fraction of that on their own network, let's say ONLY $10 billion.
I like Linux and all but this sounds like a programer/power users interface.
The idea that you can simply type all you need is great for Linux users who remember all their commands and locations. What do I do when I forget a command, or don't even know it exists? What contextual menu can I dig through to FIND what I'm not sure I'm looking for?
Yes, some phones make it easier than others; however, if cellular data is needed for your phone to "work properly" on brand X network, then why is it even an option to turn cellular data services off? Isn't this false advertising when a store sales rep gives you that reason? Or is it that I don't have enough money to fight their lawyers? Let's ignore "airplane mode" in this scenario, because it disables all radios.
Alright, I'll stop now.
Then why doesn't AT&T provide better customer service and automatically adjust your bill to give you the lowest cost plan each month based on usage for text messages, cellular data and voice minutes?
Because allowing to get the best deal is not a corporate interest once they have your business.
NO... phone manufactures are and it's pretty much collusion with the carriers. Give me one reason any phone HAS to "phone home." The carriers make sure the phone manufactures don't allow a "data on/off" function, so they can say "Well... this phone NEEDS a data plan to work. Oh, we get to charge you extra for that." My modified Palm Pre gives me full control over the bluetooth, phone and data radios. It does not NEED to use any cellular data for any other part of the phone to function. AND how is it that carriers can allow/disallow data connections for internet capable non-smart phones, but for smart phones this option is impossible because you phone's WiFi just won't cut it no matter your well you know you needs?
Regulation is needed so that no whole plan or service, or portion of a plan or service can be forced on any customer for any phone that is not purchased with a promotion for a discount on said service, plan or phone.
How on god's green earth did megauploads.com get shutdown yesterday without SOPA and PIPA as laws? Seems to me, there are already systems in place to take sites offline in the US when they MAYBE break US copyright laws.
First, RIP Bob Anderson.
Some of the critiques are justified for each side, old and slow v. new and fast.
I always saw Vader v. Obiwan as 2 masters greatly respecting/fearing the ability of the other (15+ years in the making), like two master samurai carefully testing one another near the end of their time. Jedi fighting driods and much lesser skilled foes should be faster paced, or an emotionally driven battle (not very Jedi). A "slower" fight between 2 equal combatants should not be too fast or have Michael Bay style cuts; there's more drama (appropriate for a climatic battle in a space opera) with a fight where the action is easy to follow and EACH strike can make you a bit nervous. However, there should also be modulation within the pacing of the fight; all one pace can make for a very flat, mediocre fight.
Aren't situations like this when Twitter should, at the very least, temporarily suspend the obvious, automated "spam" accounts? All they need to do is quote some vague line in their "terms of service," which I haven't seen (I don't have a twitter account) but I would be surprised if it doesn't exist.
Digital media needs the same benefits as hard media. If I buy 1 digital copy of a movie at $10US; then I can stream that same copy for rental to 1 customer at a time indefinitely, just like a DVD. So what if digital copies don't wear out; I back up my important hard media. It will be the responsibility of the streaming service to control access to the streams based on the number of digital copies they purchased 1:1, and their method for doing so must be transparent and auditable. This way digital licensing cannot become a barrier to entry or selectively put competitors under financial duress who do not produce their own content. Purchased digital media should not come with a license, only subject to copyright law, which should be amended back to at least pre 1976 terms for many things.
Republicans should love how this benefits small business, and Democrats should love how this benefits consumers. Win win situation, right?
While I was in London, I was at shopping center at Angel and a rent-a-cop asked me if I was taking pictures of the shops. I said I was taking pictures of the wings and halo sculptures. That was fine, but not the shops. I say, "If the let you in the shops what could they possibly be protecting against?"
I can ask Netflix to send me some old B&W film nobody watches any more and they will. There's no way for me to ask them to put it on a server for me. As already posted , streaming quality is poor compared to DVD and with ISP data caps looming, it won't be a good service for long.
Glad to see the webOS internals guys getting some well deserved credit and recognition. Without them webOS would have been a waste of time.
IF HP can do what they are trying, then Apple and Android may well be playing catch up in the not too distant future. HP is creating an OS environment that can go from desktop to laptop, to touch slates to cell phones without skipping a beat. Data and applications synchronized, seamlessly across devices. Scalable at an enterprise level with enterprise tools. No hodgepodge of Windows + iOS + Blackberry + Linux each with separate management tools. It's one stop shopping with a powerhouse like HP supporting it and for consumers, supporting the home brew community.
The prospects are quite exciting. Only time will reveal the results.
So are you saying every where in Huck Finn "nigger" means "slave" (no race implied) and never simply because the person is black?
Does this mean when I say "slave" I'm actually saying "nigger?"
First, to be clear, "cloud computing" is basically a term derived from "the cloud" which is the nebulous internet when you didn't want or need to specify what servers or path your data was taking to get to you. You aren't really sure who's hosting your stuff, unless it's written in the ULA somewhere.
Sure, "cloud computing" MAY make your data accessible anywhere there's internet availability, but what's to stop the host from data mining all your stuff or forcing you to watch commercials while you're on the brink of discovering Unified Field Theory, because you agreed to it in some sort of user agreement.
I read every day... God I hate road signs and billboards.
Sorry, but don't confuse me for an idiot; I more simply said what you stated and I prefaced it with "In a Nut Shell." I was simply laying out Comcast's "argument" and what they did to "fix" it. I did mention that Comcast wants to charge more for Netflix content, in a way. I did not elaborate on who ultimately will pay the additional cost or that Comcast will "conveniently" offer "cheaper," alternative content.
I do not support the purchasing of NBC/Universal by Comcast. Don't be fooled it's not a merger; it's easier to get past the stock holders and SEC by calling it a merger.
Level 3 made a deal with Netflix, so Level 3 amped up their own bandwidth and servers to push out Netflix content. Comcast felt their agreement with Level 3 to pass traffic for Level 3 was being abused. So rather than throttling all Level 3 traffic, Comcast decided to block only their competitor, Netflix who they feel is a threat to their business, to temporarily "balance" their traffic passing agreement with Level 3, unless Level 3 pays more to Comcast.
Aside from "rogue" apps, a remote kill switch can remove any side loaded software; the application store will be the only choice, stifling competition. TFA says that the phone can check in and see if the app is approved, if not it can be deleted. We need laws that can't let hardware manufacturers dictate how a device is used or what's put on them after a sale, so long as it doesn't cause MEASURABLE harm or interference with or to other services or devices.
If the the remote kill switch bugs you, get a Palm/HP webOS device, they openly support their home brew community. webOS has a beta application store channel if you're feeling adventurous. Yes, I own a Palm Pre but no stock in HP.
I'm just waiting for a TV to come with a fully functional, unrestricted and networkable PC built in that uses standard parts and interfaces and is linked to one of the TV inputs.
If you don't want providers mucking with your phone OS much, try a webOS device. HP/Palm has publicly acknowledged and said good things of the webOS home brew scene, and basically said "use at your own risk."
Traditional books cost about $25+ for new hardback and about $8+ for paperbacks. This price includes the cost of materials which were claimed for many years to be a large chunk of the cost. But companies don't use "cost plus" to price things, where "plus" is some arbitrary profit to make over the cost. Companies, now, figure out the MAX people are willing to pay over cost. If it cost $1.00 to produce an ebook, but you're willing to pay $14, you are WILLINGLY paying 1400% markup; that's 1300% profit.
Companies aren't as interested in making a valuable product as they're interested in taking the MAX amount of money from you. This also means, power is in the hands of consumers. If you want the price to come down on "over priced," inexpensive to produce goods with relatively high profit margins, don't buy them unless they are at a price you feel they're worth. Yes, some instant gratification will have to put aside.
More on point, if consumers send the message to Apple, Amazon, Random House et. al. that they won't pay "high" prices for ebooks, then prices will drop across the board regardless of what distributors are charged.
Since when has they ability to more more product and therefore demand a lower price from a supplier been illegal?
Living in Texas on the Gulf Coast, here's how I see things:
ExxonMobile: "Thank god, it's BP."
Texas: "Thank God it's Louisiana."
However poorly the EU words words it, I think, what they are trying to avoid is lock-in. i.e. iPhone = Apple app store ONLY, or iPhone = ATT service ONLY. I know the iPhone is carried on many carriers across the EU; it's just an example. They are trying to prevent a single purchase from locking customers into a single supply chain / company, essentially negating other competing services.