It's not a separate voice standard. With LTE, they're going to have to use VOIP - it's a done deal.
What they do need a standard for is interoperability between standard circuit-switched systems (out there in abundance right now) and the upcoming LTE IP-based systems.
Looking at that report, there are quite a few other states that see a significantly smaller "ROI" for federal funds than California (Check out NJ's 0.5, compared to Cali's 0.79). It's nothing but pure sensationalism when people talk in absolute numbers. Besides, one should look at how much money California takes in every year as a percentage of it's gross "domestic" product. Maybe if they weren't spending so much on social programs and padding their votes, they might have something left from that amazingly large take for infrastructure. Not that this is a problem unique to California or anything...
Or, just maybe, the fall is a great time to release a new OS to cash in on all the holiday period new PC sales?
Do you seriously think that Microsoft even considers Ubuntu a competitor for the desktop at this point?
To act like there actually is something to minimize at this point in time is facetious.
I dearly wish there was something to minimize, but let's not kid ourselves.
Pretty simple reason, I would think. Apple wants Quicktime on your machine. What better way to get Quicktime out there than to force everyone with an iPod to install it?
including Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia — have sent a letter to the FCC saying new regulations could hinder the development of the Internet
Translation:
Major infrastructure vendors don't like new regulations that'll hurt the development of their bottom line. Nothing to see here folks.
Nokia or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open Source
Tell me I'm not the only one who thought of Dr. Strangelove when seeing the original title...
I don't know about you, but Steam is the only one I've ever actually used. I've heard of D2D, but probably won't ever use it. I haven't even heard of the others you have listed.
I'd expect it's the same reason why they're duplicating (to steal your line) every fucking thing in the Windows world? Promoting interop is a good thing, I wish people would get off their high horses already.
Several senators felt that the actual legal code would be too cryptic and complicated to be useful. Carper himself said, 'I don't expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I've ever read in my life.'
Anyone willing to bet that most of them haven't even read the freaking bill either? Certainly sounds like Carper isn't reading them!
I was about to say - when isn't a government power or new tax generally granted indefinitely?
Ignore the "intended" purposes for any new tax or government power. New taxes invariably have the generated funds redirected somewhere else (e.g. gas taxes) and new government powers are always abused (e.g. National Security letters).
If what you want from your computer is the ability to surf the web, read and send email and maybe compose the occasional document to be printed out, Linux can do that for you at least as well as Windows can, if not better, and for most adults, that's all they want from a home computer.
If that's all you're looking for (like my 85 year old grandmother, who's using Ubuntu these days) Linux is definitely what you want to have. That's exactly why I think Linux is the OS of choice for MIDs/UMPCs/Netbooks(and whatever new buzzword is being thrown around these days). Just don't have a gamer in the household without being able to dual boot back into Windows (or if you have a beefy enough machine, a good VM).
Until one can really game on Linux, desktop prime-time is out of reach, in my opinion. Wine isn't remotely good enough to make me completely ditch Windows at this point.
It's as easy as clicking a mouse! That's it. No more crashes, no more viruses, no more blue screens of death.
The only true part of this is the lack of viruses (for now). In place of BSODs, you just get to meet mister kernel panic instead, albeit with less frequency.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux. However, portraying it as incredibly easy to use with everything you'd want out of a desktop operating system is just false advertising for 95% of computer users out there. This is a horribly misleading ad. That's just great that universities and wall street (because we really want to harken back to them right now, yes?) use Linux, more power to the penguin. However, these institutions don't use Linux like one would as a home desktop OS.
Besides the fact that there are plenty of free(!) and perfectly working solutions for Windows to avoid malware and protect yourself against viruses.
I want Linux to really be ready for the home desktop of the average user, but it isn't. I don't think we should be kidding ourselves and making ads with false promises like these.
The best part about that quote is the breakdown. At 99 cents a song, this means that the other 89.9 cents go to the record companies and Apple. Apple keeps 29 cents per song, which may be why they're a bit miffed. But, this still leaves ~60 cents per track for the record companies. Perhaps ASCAP should think about who's taking the lion's share of the money. Otherwise... I think I can tell him where he can stick his 9 pennies for this song I just purchased off of Amazon.
Twice the size of Texas, not twice the size of the continental US.
Regardless, I think you're probably right - it would likely still be exceptionally expensive.
Probably not a bad way to generate some supplemental funding for a clean-up, though.
That's along the lines of what I'd been thinking about that statistic as well. It really doesn't seem to benefit the children any, and only complicates things for the parents. With no generalized benefit, it would seem strong regulation is an unnecessary burden. I'm sure that's the point the HSLDA is driving at here. I do think some regulation is likely necessary, but not an onerous amount. Just enough to monitor that the children are indeed "being schooled". Although, the definition of what "being schooled" means would likely be a point of contention. On second reading, I think I need a better term there. I keep hearing the colloquialism "You just got schooled!" and I doubt that would work for anyone.:)
Thanks for the study link. I could have done without the hostility and sarcasm. Why is it impossible to just issue a "request for more information" on/. without someone getting their panties in a bunch? Never mind, I think I know the answer already. Most RFMIs aren't really asking for more info around here... For the record, I support home schooling. Full disclosure: I was not home schooled, but some of my (much) younger siblings are currently.
Moving along, I thought the most interesting part of the numbers were the numbers regarding parent education levels and state regulation. Parent education had the expected results but not nearly as pronounced as it tends to be in the public system. I found it very interesting that state regulation had virtually no impact, which poses an interesting question that the link mentions (Why is the regulation necessary if it doesn't seem to do anything?).
But if they fail, they cost society an even more significant sum. So the overarching priority is - is the parent accomplishing the task they have taken on? If they start faltering, intervene with assistance and constructive advice. If they start having real trouble, then the child should go to school.
This is a sticky situation to have the state try to control, given its own track record with dealing with faltering students. I'm not saying the cost to society isn't there, I'm just saying it strikes me as somewhat hypocritical given the number of students the public option already fails.
While playing devil's advocate a little more... According to the US Dept of Education, in 2007 the percentage of home schooled children in the US was only 2.9% of all school age children. One would think the focus should be more on the ~80% of children in the public school system (the remainder are in private schools), and the segment of those that are currently being failed by the public schooling system, rather than on the much smaller fraction of home schooled children.
There are certainly parents and children who shouldn't be doing home schooling, but forcing them into a system that performs demonstrably worse rings false. Who knows, for some of those kids, the public system might be better. I just think the focus should be on fixing the public option, rather than harassing home schoolers.
Absolutely correct. Studies consistently show that homeschoolers are ridiculously better prepared than students who have been through the public school system. A study in 1997 (admittedly 12 years ago) showed that students who have been homeschooled for two years or more usually score between the 86th and 92nd percentile in every subject.
linky
While playing devil's advocate here, the question comes to mind about how the home school demographic performs against a similar slice of society where the only difference was the schooling. That'd be an interesting comparison. The link only mentions that race appears to be a non-factor.
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It's not a separate voice standard. With LTE, they're going to have to use VOIP - it's a done deal. What they do need a standard for is interoperability between standard circuit-switched systems (out there in abundance right now) and the upcoming LTE IP-based systems.
Looking at that report, there are quite a few other states that see a significantly smaller "ROI" for federal funds than California (Check out NJ's 0.5, compared to Cali's 0.79). It's nothing but pure sensationalism when people talk in absolute numbers. Besides, one should look at how much money California takes in every year as a percentage of it's gross "domestic" product. Maybe if they weren't spending so much on social programs and padding their votes, they might have something left from that amazingly large take for infrastructure. Not that this is a problem unique to California or anything...
Don't forget the manipulation of the Chinese currency that their government does. They keep it artificially lower in value on purpose.
Or, just maybe, the fall is a great time to release a new OS to cash in on all the holiday period new PC sales?
Do you seriously think that Microsoft even considers Ubuntu a competitor for the desktop at this point?
To act like there actually is something to minimize at this point in time is facetious.
I dearly wish there was something to minimize, but let's not kid ourselves.
Pretty simple reason, I would think. Apple wants Quicktime on your machine. What better way to get Quicktime out there than to force everyone with an iPod to install it?
Translation: Major infrastructure vendors don't like new regulations that'll hurt the development of their bottom line. Nothing to see here folks.
Nokia or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open Source
Tell me I'm not the only one who thought of Dr. Strangelove when seeing the original title...
I don't know about you, but Steam is the only one I've ever actually used. I've heard of D2D, but probably won't ever use it. I haven't even heard of the others you have listed.
Especially since Nintendo seems to have removed the message about repairing at no cost as well...
http://techforums.nintendo.com/nins/board/message?board.id=wii_tech&thread.id=29992
I'd expect it's the same reason why they're duplicating (to steal your line) every fucking thing in the Windows world? Promoting interop is a good thing, I wish people would get off their high horses already.
I've noticed exactly the same thing from Lowe's as well. It has the net effect of making the online reviews completely worthless.
Anyone willing to bet that most of them haven't even read the freaking bill either? Certainly sounds like Carper isn't reading them!
Mod parent up, I couldn't have said this any better myself. Pity something like this had to be AC'd though.
Oh, that's what made them useless!
I was about to say - when isn't a government power or new tax generally granted indefinitely?
Ignore the "intended" purposes for any new tax or government power. New taxes invariably have the generated funds redirected somewhere else (e.g. gas taxes) and new government powers are always abused (e.g. National Security letters).
If that's all you're looking for (like my 85 year old grandmother, who's using Ubuntu these days) Linux is definitely what you want to have. That's exactly why I think Linux is the OS of choice for MIDs/UMPCs/Netbooks(and whatever new buzzword is being thrown around these days). Just don't have a gamer in the household without being able to dual boot back into Windows (or if you have a beefy enough machine, a good VM).
Until one can really game on Linux, desktop prime-time is out of reach, in my opinion. Wine isn't remotely good enough to make me completely ditch Windows at this point.
The only true part of this is the lack of viruses (for now). In place of BSODs, you just get to meet mister kernel panic instead, albeit with less frequency.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux. However, portraying it as incredibly easy to use with everything you'd want out of a desktop operating system is just false advertising for 95% of computer users out there. This is a horribly misleading ad. That's just great that universities and wall street (because we really want to harken back to them right now, yes?) use Linux, more power to the penguin. However, these institutions don't use Linux like one would as a home desktop OS.
Besides the fact that there are plenty of free(!) and perfectly working solutions for Windows to avoid malware and protect yourself against viruses.
I want Linux to really be ready for the home desktop of the average user, but it isn't. I don't think we should be kidding ourselves and making ads with false promises like these.
The best part about that quote is the breakdown. At 99 cents a song, this means that the other 89.9 cents go to the record companies and Apple. Apple keeps 29 cents per song, which may be why they're a bit miffed. But, this still leaves ~60 cents per track for the record companies. Perhaps ASCAP should think about who's taking the lion's share of the money. Otherwise... I think I can tell him where he can stick his 9 pennies for this song I just purchased off of Amazon.
Twice the size of Texas, not twice the size of the continental US.
Regardless, I think you're probably right - it would likely still be exceptionally expensive.
Probably not a bad way to generate some supplemental funding for a clean-up, though.
Geeze, the post history says it all for this one.
... that's no moon
Apology accepted, and thank you.
That's along the lines of what I'd been thinking about that statistic as well. It really doesn't seem to benefit the children any, and only complicates things for the parents. With no generalized benefit, it would seem strong regulation is an unnecessary burden. I'm sure that's the point the HSLDA is driving at here. I do think some regulation is likely necessary, but not an onerous amount. Just enough to monitor that the children are indeed "being schooled". Although, the definition of what "being schooled" means would likely be a point of contention. On second reading, I think I need a better term there. I keep hearing the colloquialism "You just got schooled!" and I doubt that would work for anyone. :)
Thanks for the study link. I could have done without the hostility and sarcasm. Why is it impossible to just issue a "request for more information" on /. without someone getting their panties in a bunch? Never mind, I think I know the answer already. Most RFMIs aren't really asking for more info around here... For the record, I support home schooling. Full disclosure: I was not home schooled, but some of my (much) younger siblings are currently.
Moving along, I thought the most interesting part of the numbers were the numbers regarding parent education levels and state regulation. Parent education had the expected results but not nearly as pronounced as it tends to be in the public system. I found it very interesting that state regulation had virtually no impact, which poses an interesting question that the link mentions (Why is the regulation necessary if it doesn't seem to do anything?).
But if they fail, they cost society an even more significant sum. So the overarching priority is - is the parent accomplishing the task they have taken on? If they start faltering, intervene with assistance and constructive advice. If they start having real trouble, then the child should go to school.
This is a sticky situation to have the state try to control, given its own track record with dealing with faltering students. I'm not saying the cost to society isn't there, I'm just saying it strikes me as somewhat hypocritical given the number of students the public option already fails.
While playing devil's advocate a little more... According to the US Dept of Education, in 2007 the percentage of home schooled children in the US was only 2.9% of all school age children. One would think the focus should be more on the ~80% of children in the public school system (the remainder are in private schools), and the segment of those that are currently being failed by the public schooling system, rather than on the much smaller fraction of home schooled children.
There are certainly parents and children who shouldn't be doing home schooling, but forcing them into a system that performs demonstrably worse rings false. Who knows, for some of those kids, the public system might be better. I just think the focus should be on fixing the public option, rather than harassing home schoolers.
FWIW, I was a public school brat.
Absolutely correct. Studies consistently show that homeschoolers are ridiculously better prepared than students who have been through the public school system. A study in 1997 (admittedly 12 years ago) showed that students who have been homeschooled for two years or more usually score between the 86th and 92nd percentile in every subject. linky
While playing devil's advocate here, the question comes to mind about how the home school demographic performs against a similar slice of society where the only difference was the schooling. That'd be an interesting comparison. The link only mentions that race appears to be a non-factor.