AT&T still maintains the position that less than 5% of its users exceed the 3GB threshold each month.
5% of users hitting 3GB this year means 25% of users will probably be hitting that data limit next year. The amount of data the average person is using is increasing at an incredible speed. To place a limit so low when use is increasing so rapidly makes no sense to me. Plus 5% of about 100 million users means there are 5 million people out there using that much data.
This isn't just an issue of slashdot-types hogging up the network. You're talking about average people at this point.
Wow...I had never heard of the electric fan theory. I just looked into it and found information about South Korea's government touting this idea. That's just...wow. Thanks for that one.
I noticed you said the temperature at its lowest was -32C, and the pressure was only 93 Pascals. Did you need special electronics/cameras in order to operate under these conditions?
Where/how did you learn the information needed in order to pull off a feat like this? Related: How long have you been working on these types of projects?
FYI, as of right now the insurance companies are still denying people with pre-existing conditions. If you're under 19 they can't deny you now. But if you're over 19, you have to wait until Jan 1st 2014 before the insurance companies are forced to insure everyone. This date was made to coincide with the time that everyone is forced to have insurance (which further enforces your point of the compromise.)
I'm curious how they determined who were civilians.
I'm not actually disputing the numbers, as I personally don't have any additional facts on the subject. However, when I looked at that wiki page, I didn't see anything that addressed how the civilians killed were actually classified as civilians. Did their family members say that they weren't insurgents? Obviously that data could be skewed as many people may not want to admit that a relative was an insurgent. Hell, they may not even know for that matter. Perhaps it was based simply on whether weapons were found near the bodies, that sounds pretty logical, but it has its faults as well.
It wouldn't surprise me to find that the numbers were actually much higher or much lower, as I can only imagine it to be a very difficult thing to determine.
That's an awesome quote. In looking into it though it appears that Larry McDonald didn't include the "please use in that order" part. Ed Howdershelt, a science fiction writer did though.
I find myself talking to my android phone on a pretty regular basis. Whenever I want to do an internet search that's more than a couple words, it's pretty fast and simple to hold down my search button and just speak the search phrase. The accuracy is pretty damn good even when speaking normally. The only problem is the background volume level; it doesn't work well in loud areas. It's great for the gps too: "navigate to 1122 Main St" "navigate to Joe's Bar". I don't see myself using this same technology with my work computer, but as far as my phone goes, I'm already talking to it and expecting it to react.
I thought that overall the movie was pretty well done (I have not read the comics.) I think the reason it didn't do as well as hoped was not the actual rating itself, but some of the reason for the rating. Violence, nudity, adult situations, etc. are all pretty common in well-performing R-rated action/fantasy movies. But the gore (did we really need to see that much detail when the guys arm was broken), and the overwhelming dark overtones made myself and others leave the movie feeling slightly disturbed.
Slightly less gore, and slightly more levity could have gone a long way to improving the box office performance in my opinion.
I'm rather upset that the older stories section is gone from the right side bar. That was a really nice, quick and easy way to glance through the stories from the weekend or any other day that I missed and see if there were any headlines I wanted to explore further.
Along the same lines, whatever happened to the xkcd link that used to be over there. I noticed that and the other links around it disappeared a couple months ago, and haven't had anywhere to bitch about that.
Maybe Google's plan is to finally make it clear to the general public why we need laws to protect net neutrality. When there were no deals like this in the works, many people didn't understand why net neutrality mattered.
I heard a report about this on NPR last night. The researcher talking about it said the whole thing was basically BS in terms of altering one's state of mind. They did a small study (ok, really small, only 4 people), and found no shift in brain waves at all when listening to binaural beats.
When I graduated high school, I expressed an interest in studying Physics. I would have loved to work with theoretical physics. However, all of my high school advisers suggested that I go the engineering route instead. They basically said that it would be much easier to get a job, specifically a good-paying job, with an engineering degree.
I took their advice, and it's worked out fairly well, but I still wonder if I could have made more meaningful contributions to society if I was working towards advancement in physics rather than the application of science to business (i.e. engineering.) For reference, this was about 10 years ago that I received the advice to avoid a straight science major.
Wow do you know any nation where some kids don't want to be rock stars, movie stars, race car drivers, or soccer players?
I guess you have never been to Japan, Korea, or India.
Or the UK for that matter. Think Football aka Soccer. Take a look at the tabloids...
I wanted to be an astronautic myself.
As far as religion as superstition... Go to India sometime or Japan. Shinto shrines are common even in peoples homes. Sounds like you're some whacked out self-loathing person that has little real experience in other cultures.
says Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.'
You heard it here first folks...he finally admits it...Steve Jobs...is a witch. And what do we do with witches?
The problem is that most 16-year olds will have different interests and levels of emotional maturity than their 18-year old classmates will. They'll have all the same problems as those who skip multiple grades. I would think a better alternative would be to bring those college-level courses to the high school, but to keep all the similarly aged students in the same high school social setting. Just allow them to get the college level credits sooner. The social aspects of both high school and college are just as important as the educational aspects. Those who miss out on the social experiences often regret it later.
That's still far less than 2^768 though. So your original point still stands.
That's a crazy realization though, that there literally wouldn't be enough atoms in the universe to store every number from 1 to 2^768.
Education about distracted driving IS the cure. You can do things while driving in a safe manner. It's just important to know when and how. There are times when it's fairly safe (as safe as driving ever is) to glance at a text message or at that billboard out the window. There are other times when your eyes should never leave the road (e.g. High-traffic, high-speed situations)
Are you really trying to say that you always give driving your 100% complete attention? You never look at the speedometer? You never glance out the side window? It really does depend on how you approach it. There are ways to text while driving that do not cause additional risk. Namely, never taking your eyes off the road for any kind of extended period of time.
As some people above said, it's all about training. But instead of teaching people how to be safe, we just say, 'don't do it'. That's really not going to work.
Oh...and thanks for basically saying, "so please, die."
It's really not that hard at all to text while driving and be safe at the same time. You just need to text very very slowly. Taking a quick glance at the phone to see where a letter is or what that word was is no more dangerous than the quick glance you take at the radio, or the speedometer, or at that colorful sign on the side of the road. The people who say "oh, but you have to concentrate on what it is you want to say in response", are kidding right? People think about all SORTS of things unrelated to the road while they're driving. No one is thinking 'road road road road, straight straight straight straight, follow lines follow lines. If you limit text writing to very brief glances at the phone, I don't see how your risk factor could be increased any beyond that created by the normal distractions of driving. The problem is with those who stop looking at the road for extended periods of time, and that's a problem that goes way beyond texting.
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AT&T still maintains the position that less than 5% of its users exceed the 3GB threshold each month.
5% of users hitting 3GB this year means 25% of users will probably be hitting that data limit next year. The amount of data the average person is using is increasing at an incredible speed. To place a limit so low when use is increasing so rapidly makes no sense to me. Plus 5% of about 100 million users means there are 5 million people out there using that much data.
This isn't just an issue of slashdot-types hogging up the network. You're talking about average people at this point.
Wow...I had never heard of the electric fan theory. I just looked into it and found information about South Korea's government touting this idea. That's just...wow. Thanks for that one.
I just wanted to say thanks to Derek for answering my and everyone's questions.
Thanks!
I noticed you said the temperature at its lowest was -32C, and the pressure was only 93 Pascals. Did you need special electronics/cameras in order to operate under these conditions?
Where/how did you learn the information needed in order to pull off a feat like this? Related: How long have you been working on these types of projects?
FYI, as of right now the insurance companies are still denying people with pre-existing conditions. If you're under 19 they can't deny you now. But if you're over 19, you have to wait until Jan 1st 2014 before the insurance companies are forced to insure everyone. This date was made to coincide with the time that everyone is forced to have insurance (which further enforces your point of the compromise.)
I'm curious how they determined who were civilians.
I'm not actually disputing the numbers, as I personally don't have any additional facts on the subject. However, when I looked at that wiki page, I didn't see anything that addressed how the civilians killed were actually classified as civilians. Did their family members say that they weren't insurgents? Obviously that data could be skewed as many people may not want to admit that a relative was an insurgent. Hell, they may not even know for that matter. Perhaps it was based simply on whether weapons were found near the bodies, that sounds pretty logical, but it has its faults as well.
It wouldn't surprise me to find that the numbers were actually much higher or much lower, as I can only imagine it to be a very difficult thing to determine.
That's an awesome quote. In looking into it though it appears that Larry McDonald didn't include the "please use in that order" part. Ed Howdershelt, a science fiction writer did though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty
I find myself talking to my android phone on a pretty regular basis. Whenever I want to do an internet search that's more than a couple words, it's pretty fast and simple to hold down my search button and just speak the search phrase. The accuracy is pretty damn good even when speaking normally. The only problem is the background volume level; it doesn't work well in loud areas. It's great for the gps too: "navigate to 1122 Main St" "navigate to Joe's Bar". I don't see myself using this same technology with my work computer, but as far as my phone goes, I'm already talking to it and expecting it to react.
I thought that overall the movie was pretty well done (I have not read the comics.) I think the reason it didn't do as well as hoped was not the actual rating itself, but some of the reason for the rating. Violence, nudity, adult situations, etc. are all pretty common in well-performing R-rated action/fantasy movies. But the gore (did we really need to see that much detail when the guys arm was broken), and the overwhelming dark overtones made myself and others leave the movie feeling slightly disturbed.
Slightly less gore, and slightly more levity could have gone a long way to improving the box office performance in my opinion.
I'm rather upset that the older stories section is gone from the right side bar. That was a really nice, quick and easy way to glance through the stories from the weekend or any other day that I missed and see if there were any headlines I wanted to explore further.
Along the same lines, whatever happened to the xkcd link that used to be over there. I noticed that and the other links around it disappeared a couple months ago, and haven't had anywhere to bitch about that.
Maybe Google's plan is to finally make it clear to the general public why we need laws to protect net neutrality. When there were no deals like this in the works, many people didn't understand why net neutrality mattered.
I heard a report about this on NPR last night. The researcher talking about it said the whole thing was basically BS in terms of altering one's state of mind. They did a small study (ok, really small, only 4 people), and found no shift in brain waves at all when listening to binaural beats.
Yeah...right....
When I graduated high school, I expressed an interest in studying Physics. I would have loved to work with theoretical physics. However, all of my high school advisers suggested that I go the engineering route instead. They basically said that it would be much easier to get a job, specifically a good-paying job, with an engineering degree.
I took their advice, and it's worked out fairly well, but I still wonder if I could have made more meaningful contributions to society if I was working towards advancement in physics rather than the application of science to business (i.e. engineering.) For reference, this was about 10 years ago that I received the advice to avoid a straight science major.
Wow do you know any nation where some kids don't want to be rock stars, movie stars, race car drivers, or soccer players?
I guess you have never been to Japan, Korea, or India.
Or the UK for that matter. Think Football aka Soccer. Take a look at the tabloids...
I wanted to be an astronautic myself.
As far as religion as superstition... Go to India sometime or Japan. Shinto shrines are common even in peoples homes.
Sounds like you're some whacked out self-loathing person that has little real experience in other cultures.
There...Indianfied that for ya.
says Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.'
You heard it here first folks...he finally admits it...Steve Jobs...is a witch. And what do we do with witches?
The problem is that most 16-year olds will have different interests and levels of emotional maturity than their 18-year old classmates will. They'll have all the same problems as those who skip multiple grades. I would think a better alternative would be to bring those college-level courses to the high school, but to keep all the similarly aged students in the same high school social setting. Just allow them to get the college level credits sooner. The social aspects of both high school and college are just as important as the educational aspects. Those who miss out on the social experiences often regret it later.
Yeah...that's about right...It's incredible how large the number 2^768 really is. :)
Craziness happens
2^84 != 16^80 16^80 == (2^4)^80 = 2^320 I think you were thinking about (2^4)*(2^80) in which case you'd add the exponents to get (2^84).
In the observable universe, there are about 2^84 atoms
Approximations of the number of atoms in the universe are around 10^80 minimum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe
That's still far less than 2^768 though. So your original point still stands.
That's a crazy realization though, that there literally wouldn't be enough atoms in the universe to store every number from 1 to 2^768.
3.115 x 10^(-19) Gigawatt-hours...if you really wanted to know.
Education about distracted driving IS the cure. You can do things while driving in a safe manner. It's just important to know when and how. There are times when it's fairly safe (as safe as driving ever is) to glance at a text message or at that billboard out the window. There are other times when your eyes should never leave the road (e.g. High-traffic, high-speed situations)
Are you really trying to say that you always give driving your 100% complete attention? You never look at the speedometer? You never glance out the side window? It really does depend on how you approach it. There are ways to text while driving that do not cause additional risk. Namely, never taking your eyes off the road for any kind of extended period of time.
As some people above said, it's all about training. But instead of teaching people how to be safe, we just say, 'don't do it'. That's really not going to work.
Oh...and thanks for basically saying, "so please, die."
It's really not that hard at all to text while driving and be safe at the same time. You just need to text very very slowly. Taking a quick glance at the phone to see where a letter is or what that word was is no more dangerous than the quick glance you take at the radio, or the speedometer, or at that colorful sign on the side of the road. The people who say "oh, but you have to concentrate on what it is you want to say in response", are kidding right? People think about all SORTS of things unrelated to the road while they're driving. No one is thinking 'road road road road, straight straight straight straight, follow lines follow lines. If you limit text writing to very brief glances at the phone, I don't see how your risk factor could be increased any beyond that created by the normal distractions of driving. The problem is with those who stop looking at the road for extended periods of time, and that's a problem that goes way beyond texting.