Here is the migration schedule by city for as of this morning. . .
On Now - Oregon, Washington , Dallas
Mon, Tues - San Francisco, Illinois
Wednesday - Denver, Salt Lake
Thursday - Hartford, Conn., Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and the Rocky Mountain region in the mountain West
I heard a Taco Bell spokeswoman on the radio this morning say that they were all rooting for Mir to hit the target, because they have taken out insurance on the matter and are covered.
Imagine what a boon it would be for Taco Bell to have every american showing up for their free taco and buying a chalupa and soda to boot!
When I moved to my new apartment in Boston, I did away with the land line altogether. Cell phone only, thank you! As for connectivity - DSL line. Granted, that uses a verizon line, but my ISP uses Covad, so my money is going to the competition!!
Sure they do. First of all, many domains have been sold for millions of dollars, and that is just for the *domain name*. It seems as though this sale also includes the information contained within the website, which constitutes its real value.
AMEX does have a smart card. Their "Blue" product. Granted it is not the end-all be-all solution, but it is a step in the right direction at least, and they are the first US credit card co I know of doing it.
Some grocery stores have stopped doing this, because they are getting tired of being subpoenaed for these records in divorce proceedings. More than one angry spouse has used liquor/condom purchase records to prove adultery and ca$h in on the alimony.
That is one of the reasons new cellular standards such as CDMA and TDMA are taking over. In the long run, they are much more efficient, because they allow providers to lump many conversations on the same frequency. Older analog cell phones operate just like a radio broadcast.
CDMA = Code division multiple access, which according to my understanding means that you can carry out multiple conversations on the same freq. but all encoded differently so that only the intended recipient can decode the conversation.
TDMA = Time division multiple access, which is essentially a round-robin protocol for fitting multiple conversations on the same freq. Your phone just gets a small time slice.
As for a global FCC? Forget it! Individual countries already have allocated most available bandwidth unilaterally. This means that the paging spectrum in Brazil may be used for something different in Argentina. Hardware is constructed accordingly, so it will be nearly impossible to migrate everybody over to a standard any time soon.
You're right, there often is. However, this has not stopped DRAM manufacturers such as Samsung in the past from selling product below what it costs them to make it just to keep marketshare.
What on earth are you talking about? How can you possibly say "never" when talking about price drops on computing hardware? Just like everything else in this industry that starts out expensive, manufacturers will find cheaper ways to make LCDs, and soon enough you will see them on the backs of cereal boxes.
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Here is the migration schedule by city for as of this morning. . .
On Now - Oregon, Washington , Dallas
Mon, Tues - San Francisco, Illinois
Wednesday - Denver, Salt Lake
Thursday - Hartford, Conn., Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and the Rocky Mountain region in the mountain West
See the press release here
I heard a Taco Bell spokeswoman on the radio this morning say that they were all rooting for Mir to hit the target, because they have taken out insurance on the matter and are covered. Imagine what a boon it would be for Taco Bell to have every american showing up for their free taco and buying a chalupa and soda to boot!
What was I supposed to say about a wire brush?
Sure they do. First of all, many domains have been sold for millions of dollars, and that is just for the *domain name*. It seems as though this sale also includes the information contained within the website, which constitutes its real value.
AMEX does have a smart card. Their "Blue" product. Granted it is not the end-all be-all solution, but it is a step in the right direction at least, and they are the first US credit card co I know of doing it.
Some grocery stores have stopped doing this, because they are getting tired of being subpoenaed for these records in divorce proceedings. More than one angry spouse has used liquor/condom purchase records to prove adultery and ca$h in on the alimony.
CDMA = Code division multiple access, which according to my understanding means that you can carry out multiple conversations on the same freq. but all encoded differently so that only the intended recipient can decode the conversation.
TDMA = Time division multiple access, which is essentially a round-robin protocol for fitting multiple conversations on the same freq. Your phone just gets a small time slice.
As for a global FCC? Forget it! Individual countries already have allocated most available bandwidth unilaterally. This means that the paging spectrum in Brazil may be used for something different in Argentina. Hardware is constructed accordingly, so it will be nearly impossible to migrate everybody over to a standard any time soon.
--Dan Boxwell
You're right, there often is. However, this has not stopped DRAM manufacturers such as Samsung in the past from selling product below what it costs them to make it just to keep marketshare.
What on earth are you talking about? How can you possibly say "never" when talking about price drops on computing hardware? Just like everything else in this industry that starts out expensive, manufacturers will find cheaper ways to make LCDs, and soon enough you will see them on the backs of cereal boxes.