None of those things have anything whatsoever to do with information moving faster than the speed of light.
Quantum entanglement IS information moving FTL (or else a violation of locality). It may not be useful for information exchange, but that's a different matter.
None of those things allow information to move faster than the speed of light,
No they don't, as far as we know right now. But they're observed phenomenon that are themselves capable of FTL, completely shattering your oversimplified claim that the limit of c is invariable. They prove there is room for something else...
People who use more than 10GB will move to Sprint because it is cheaper.
No, they won't, and the numbers show that they don't, because Sprint's coverage is lousy. If anything, most Verizon users could be convinced to move to AT&T if the price difference was significant.
People also like certainty in billing. People hate the idea that changes in usage from month to month will affect their bill.
Nonsense. Nobody has a problem with metered water bills. What they dislike is huge ballooning overage charges, and overly high bills to begin with, which my idea would eliminate.
Telcos are trying to get you both ways, charging a big monthly fee for much more service than you would normally use, then big balloon overage fees for the occasion you do go over.
the fact that there exist things that are poorly understood doesn't mean that you can just make up whatever you want
No, indeed, but it makes it foolish to clutch on to the current theory as an infallible cornerstone.
All evidence that humans have encountered, from all fields, from the tiniest of scales to the most distant of astronomical observations,
Humans have encountered a trivially tiny amount of evidence about the universe, and are prone to misinterpreting or rationalizing what little we do see.
shows that nothing moves faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.
Except for, you know, numerous things in Quantum Mechanics, like quantum entanglement, virtual particles, etc... Which is why folks like Einstein worked so hard to find alternative theories and disprove quantum theory.
I'm with Shamu, here. Pay for what you use, instead of trying to squeeze an "unlimited" square peg into a finite round hole.
So Verizon just needs to bill $0.001 for every MB used, and everyone would be happy. No bullshit about tiers, overages, etc. If you're on WiFi all month, your cell bill would be $0. After all... "At the end of the day, carriers don't need tiered plans." Tiered data just "doesn't work in an LTE environment."
That leaves some paperwork/billing issues, but they're easily solved by only sending out a bill after a subscriber has accumulated at least $5 in charges, however many months that happens to take... Telna is a cheap wireline long-distance service that bills customers just like that, so it works.
And don't worry about voice minutes, as they're just small streams of data, themselves, and can go over WiFi as easily as it can cellular, leaving you again with a $0/mo bill when you're staying on WiFi all the time.
Except when it is possible... Hawking believes worm-holes are likely, which would make both FTL and even backwards time-travel possible, at least in theory.
For the record I'm a complete skeptic of backwards time-travel.
This is known already. Because, you know, physics.
Current physics is just one theory, based on observed evidence, and we already know there are big, gaping holes in it (dark matter, dark energy to name but two). It's more than just possible that a better theory will come along, which might leave open the possibility of FTL travel with some method. The only thing we really KNOW about the subject (from actual experimentation), is that just putting more energy into propulsion won't ever get you there. That doesn't mean there's no possible alternative way to do FTL.
I found out that WM who said that they recycled local, does not. They send it all to China.
Nothing you've said support- your previous claims at all. You're still completely fabricating what you imagine happens on the other end.
The reality, meanwhile is that entire industries are built around salvaging working equipment out of the e-waste stream.
Godson, one of the e-waste dealers who have set up shop close to the port, shows the contents of the container he has bought.
He sorts through them looking for working electronics that can be sold. He says that maybe 50 percent of the shipment is junk and the rest he will be able to salvage in some way.
Hard drives that can be salvaged are displayed at open-air markets. The drives are purchased for the equivalent of US$35. http://www.pbs.org/frontlinewo...
If they have that sort of network chances are 100% they already have equipment available to use it. The probably do not need your beat up old second hand equipment. After all there IS a reason you are getting rid of it.
The reason people are getting rid of their WiMax equipment, is because the network is being shutdown here. How does that translate to other countries that still have active networks? Your logic there... needs some work.
I'm sure they "have equipment". Just as they have cars to drive on their roads. Does that mean they're full-up and don't want any more? Do you really think nobody would buy working used equipment for pennies?
I've been to more than a few "third world" countries over the years and most people here have a hugely mistaken idea about what life there is actually like.
More often, people with a trivial amount of experience mistakenly think their own personal anecdotes are actually significant. There's a LOT of 3rd world country out there, I'm sure you haven't been to much of it. I've seen the shops where they salvage working systems out of scrap and sell them to locals, precisely because new equipment is orders of magnitude more expensive.
Very little that is shipped is working. And when it gets to 3rd world nations, they are looking at the waste for 1 thing: How can they smelt it back to elements.
You pulled that directly out of your ass. It's not true.
Seriously, the ONLY way to solve this, is for us to stop allowing ANY garbage to be exported.
That sounds like a HORRIBLE idea. Nobody in this country wants to keep using my old Pentium 4, which is why I threw it out. But in 3rd world countries, for free, that's a hell of a useful item. I know all those older WiMax cell phones are considered trash in the US, but other countries still have WiMax networks, so why disallow exports to where they can keep being used?
Export of used vehicles to 3rd world countries seems to work wonderfully... They're repaired by low-cost local labor, modified to local standards if needed, and sold to locals at dirt-cheap prices. , Or else scrapped and used for parts when those other vehicles need them. Why can't that work for electronics, too, with just a little bit of regulation and oversight?
Then capitalism will find solutions rather quickly.
Sounds to me like capitalism already found its solution...
If I want to buy a widget and I'm looking for the one rated best or cheapest or whatever, why would that rating be affected by (a) how big Amazon's selection of products is (b) how good Amazon's customer service is (c) Amazon offering free delivery.
If you SORT your search results by "Price: Low to High", you will still see the lowest-priced sellers first, and when you click-through to the item, will be offered the lowest-priced seller. Of course Amazon's site is still crap after all these years, and shipping cost is NOT included with that, but still.
It's only if you DON'T sort by price that Amazon will use numerous metrics to decide which seller to feature for that item listing.
I've absolutely seen Amazon NOT featuring itself, when they have the item available, but other sellers have the item for a non-trivially lower price. When that doesn't happen, it seems to be because the cheaper seller has a poor seller feedback rating, or else is new enough to have little or no feedback.
Your A, B, and C are absolutely relevant, in those cases. Most people don't want to hassle with some unknown merchant who might send them counterfeit crap, might disappear and refuse returns or fail to issue refunds, and it's also usually a benefit to spend a few cents more so that the item adds to your free-shipping total, or else can come with 2-day Prime shipping, if you are a subscriber. Amazon is almost always a better choice in those cases, for those reasons. How much of a price-difference that's worth is debatable, but you can do a couple more clicks and find the lowest-priced seller for that item, instead of accepting Amazon's judgement for you.
Sorry for interrupting. You may now resume your insane and baseless rant against "the man". I'd like to preempt the paranoid ranting by stating I have no connection with Amazon, other than having been a heavy buyer for a few years, and just observing over a long period how their mess of a system works (and doesn't).
Comcast has precisely ZERO chance to make this work, and I don't say that just because Cox's attempt failed miserably. Have they heard of the cellular price wars? Have they looked at all the prepaid MVNOs out there? There are plans out there for everyone, no matter how little or how much data you use, and their prices are quickly trending towards zero.
People already know they can offload their cellular data usage onto WiFi, and the big ISPs all have some inexpensive way you can gain access to all their WiFi APs. Republic Wireless' most popular plan is the cheaper one with NO CELLULAR DATA included.
The only thing the big wired and WiFi ISPs could do to break-in to the cellular market is get together and offer service across ALL of their respective networks, for one low fee, and preferably after writing an app that automatically connects to any of their available WiFi APs in range. Doing this without interruption might require back-hauling to the cellular co, instead of directly accessing the internet, but that would actually be a value-add improvement over people just connecting to whatever unencrypted AP they can find... Then make a deal with one of the existing cellular companies to preload that feature onto all their phones.
The cell co doesn't need to build out nearly so many cell towers in urban areas to maintain fast internet speeds, the wired ISPs get a small cut of the monthly fees, and users pay less money for their data plan.
Some organizations just hope you're clueless of your rights, but others, particularly smaller groups, are legitimately clueless themselves. It can save everyone a lot of grief if you show up with the FCC OTARD printed out, in-hand:
Go to TVfool.com and put in your address, and about 20' antenna height. Anything -120dBm or above, you can get with good antennas and a mast mounted preamp. I'd bet big money you can get most local stations, and for under $200 total.
If you don't have a majority (which is not a requirement for 100%) with you, you can't set the path of a new ordinance by voting; and you generally can't set it at all by trying to reason with the town/city/whatever council
You don't seem to know much of anything about civics, so I'll take one quick attempt at explaining...
If a politician won his last election with an 80% majority, then you only need to control 30.1% of those who voted for him to cause him to lose next time. Your 30.1% plus the presumed existing 20% goes to his opponent, who then gets a majority over him.
So, the ONLY way you would ever need to control a 51% of voters is if the politician had 100% approval. In reality, the distribution is almost always much more evenly split, so the 5-10% of voters in a local election that you might realistically have sway over, will usually be a deciding factor. Even if it might not be, it's big enough to scare the hell out of any politician.
You're being far too specific.
No, I'm giving a factual example, which you obviously have no rebuttal to.
Government sets all kinds of house things in their mommy guise: how high off the floor electrical sockets have to be; how many windows you must have; how many cats you can keep in your home;
All of which are very useful and perfectly reasonable restrictions. Poorly built, very dangerous homes, filled with animals, are quite a health hazard that can easily harm your neighbors.
You need to pay more attention and/or learn how things actually work.
An ironic accusation, since you've proven yourself quite clueless.
Only works if your family and friends constitute a majority.
Nonsense. That would mean the candidate(s) is/are otherwise getting 100% of the vote. How often does that happen?
"Government is (among other things) a bunch of busy-bodies deciding what color you can paint your bike shed,
Except for just a few historic districts, the government practically never sets restrictions on what color you can paint your property, while it's very common with HOAs. Governments just set laws you can follow, while HOAs lord their power over everybody, and dictate on a case-by-case basis who is allowed to do what, based entirely on personal feelings rather than merit or objective evaluation.
some people want to live in a place where their neighbors can't leave trash out or have cars on their lawn (and to have enforcement that has teeth, unlike some municipalities). Some people want to raise roosters, other people think that owning a rooster violates your neighbors' right to quiet enjoyment of their homes.
That's called zoning and code enforcement. You don't need an HOA for any of that at all. Just move into an area zoned residential and you'll have no roosters. If codes aren't being enforced, you let your city representatives know it's important to you, and your family and friends will vote them out next election if they don't make it a priority.
HOAs are just a bunch of busy-bodies deciding what color you can paint your bike shed, and taking your money so they can play like they're doing something important. Governments keep having to preempt HOA restrictions, no requirements for green grass during a drought, no restrictions on antennas, etc. And it will keep going until HOAs are powerless, as it should, because they're fundamentally detrimental to everyone and everything.
you are somehow suggesting that the non-HOA living arrangement is somehow in danger, which is patently ridiculous since 20% of existing homes and 40% of new homes don't have one.
There are big geographic areas in which you simply cannot buy a home without an HOA restriction. If you want to live there, you're screwed. In other areas, you can't find an HOA no matter how hard you try. It's not a nice even mix where you can pick and choose whether you'd like an HOA area, or not.
HOAs are like an addiction... Whatever the reason you were convinced to start, you can't ever make it stop. At least personal service contracts are limited to 7 years by law. Your property is stuck with that horrible HOA on it for centuries, and owner after owner. A contract you can't ever get out of is borderline slavery.
So, you are saying maybe the F-35 isn't quite the money pit the detractors claim?
I take no stance on that bigger issue, never having really dug into the details. However, it's obviously that switching to single-purpose craft isn't the magic incantation that will fix all the problems.
Hopefully you're not suggesting using a barometer to do that, because that's simply not possible. It doesn't have that level of accuracy.
You're utterly, totally and completely wrong, and spreading completely backwards misinformation.
Barometers in phones are highly accurate and can quickly, easily and accurately determine which floor of a building you are on with very high precision. Far more accurately (and much faster) than approximating altitude with GPS signals (even when you're outside and can even get a sat fix).
The A-10 is a simple, single purpose bird. [...] The bean counters always think a multi-purpose bird makes fiscal sense, that is until you actually try to build one. It works better to build a single purpose aircraft, the F-15 comes to mind then modify the basic airframe for other missions. AKA the F-15E.
The multipurpose F-35 is slightly CHEAPER than the single-purpose F-22.
The Fed will never end a massive pork barrel project like this, so suggesting they "could" is unreasonable and very inaccurate. "Could" that has a very low chance effectively means 0.
The Fed canceled the F-22 program early, which was also a massive pork-barrel project like this... So "Could" is far more likely than you imagine.
The US, on the other hand, takes a perverse pride in how terrible their prison system is.
That's only true in some few localities. This guy, however, would be going to federal prison, which are very high quality and safe institutions, not subject to the whims of local voters.
Prison rape is so common it's a subject for comedy
So are "Cowboys", and both for the same reason. They are mythical constructs that help writers, and don't really exist, outside of Hollywood:
People die when the police can't figure out what floor of a high rise building they are on, after calling 911 and passing out. You can find plenty of news reports about the numerous times it has happened.
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Quantum entanglement IS information moving FTL (or else a violation of locality). It may not be useful for information exchange, but that's a different matter.
No they don't, as far as we know right now. But they're observed phenomenon that are themselves capable of FTL, completely shattering your oversimplified claim that the limit of c is invariable. They prove there is room for something else...
No, they won't, and the numbers show that they don't, because Sprint's coverage is lousy. If anything, most Verizon users could be convinced to move to AT&T if the price difference was significant.
Nonsense. Nobody has a problem with metered water bills. What they dislike is huge ballooning overage charges, and overly high bills to begin with, which my idea would eliminate.
Telcos are trying to get you both ways, charging a big monthly fee for much more service than you would normally use, then big balloon overage fees for the occasion you do go over.
The exact price is largely irrelevant to the point.
No, indeed, but it makes it foolish to clutch on to the current theory as an infallible cornerstone.
Humans have encountered a trivially tiny amount of evidence about the universe, and are prone to misinterpreting or rationalizing what little we do see.
Except for, you know, numerous things in Quantum Mechanics, like quantum entanglement, virtual particles, etc... Which is why folks like Einstein worked so hard to find alternative theories and disprove quantum theory.
I'm with Shamu, here. Pay for what you use, instead of trying to squeeze an "unlimited" square peg into a finite round hole.
So Verizon just needs to bill $0.001 for every MB used, and everyone would be happy. No bullshit about tiers, overages, etc. If you're on WiFi all month, your cell bill would be $0. After all... "At the end of the day, carriers don't need tiered plans." Tiered data just "doesn't work in an LTE environment."
That leaves some paperwork/billing issues, but they're easily solved by only sending out a bill after a subscriber has accumulated at least $5 in charges, however many months that happens to take... Telna is a cheap wireline long-distance service that bills customers just like that, so it works.
And don't worry about voice minutes, as they're just small streams of data, themselves, and can go over WiFi as easily as it can cellular, leaving you again with a $0/mo bill when you're staying on WiFi all the time.
Except when it is possible... Hawking believes worm-holes are likely, which would make both FTL and even backwards time-travel possible, at least in theory.
For the record I'm a complete skeptic of backwards time-travel.
Current physics is just one theory, based on observed evidence, and we already know there are big, gaping holes in it (dark matter, dark energy to name but two). It's more than just possible that a better theory will come along, which might leave open the possibility of FTL travel with some method. The only thing we really KNOW about the subject (from actual experimentation), is that just putting more energy into propulsion won't ever get you there. That doesn't mean there's no possible alternative way to do FTL.
Nothing you've said support- your previous claims at all. You're still completely fabricating what you imagine happens on the other end.
The reality, meanwhile is that entire industries are built around salvaging working equipment out of the e-waste stream.
The reason people are getting rid of their WiMax equipment, is because the network is being shutdown here. How does that translate to other countries that still have active networks? Your logic there... needs some work.
I'm sure they "have equipment". Just as they have cars to drive on their roads. Does that mean they're full-up and don't want any more? Do you really think nobody would buy working used equipment for pennies?
More often, people with a trivial amount of experience mistakenly think their own personal anecdotes are actually significant. There's a LOT of 3rd world country out there, I'm sure you haven't been to much of it. I've seen the shops where they salvage working systems out of scrap and sell them to locals, precisely because new equipment is orders of magnitude more expensive.
You pulled that directly out of your ass. It's not true.
Most weather stripping around doors will compress quite nicely and makes more than enough room for a coaxial cable. It works best in a corner.
You probably also have a window available, and there are lots of nice flat coax adapter cables available:
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That sounds like a HORRIBLE idea. Nobody in this country wants to keep using my old Pentium 4, which is why I threw it out. But in 3rd world countries, for free, that's a hell of a useful item. I know all those older WiMax cell phones are considered trash in the US, but other countries still have WiMax networks, so why disallow exports to where they can keep being used?
Export of used vehicles to 3rd world countries seems to work wonderfully... They're repaired by low-cost local labor, modified to local standards if needed, and sold to locals at dirt-cheap prices. , Or else scrapped and used for parts when those other vehicles need them. Why can't that work for electronics, too, with just a little bit of regulation and oversight?
Sounds to me like capitalism already found its solution...
If you SORT your search results by "Price: Low to High", you will still see the lowest-priced sellers first, and when you click-through to the item, will be offered the lowest-priced seller. Of course Amazon's site is still crap after all these years, and shipping cost is NOT included with that, but still.
It's only if you DON'T sort by price that Amazon will use numerous metrics to decide which seller to feature for that item listing.
I've absolutely seen Amazon NOT featuring itself, when they have the item available, but other sellers have the item for a non-trivially lower price. When that doesn't happen, it seems to be because the cheaper seller has a poor seller feedback rating, or else is new enough to have little or no feedback.
Your A, B, and C are absolutely relevant, in those cases. Most people don't want to hassle with some unknown merchant who might send them counterfeit crap, might disappear and refuse returns or fail to issue refunds, and it's also usually a benefit to spend a few cents more so that the item adds to your free-shipping total, or else can come with 2-day Prime shipping, if you are a subscriber. Amazon is almost always a better choice in those cases, for those reasons. How much of a price-difference that's worth is debatable, but you can do a couple more clicks and find the lowest-priced seller for that item, instead of accepting Amazon's judgement for you.
Sorry for interrupting. You may now resume your insane and baseless rant against "the man". I'd like to preempt the paranoid ranting by stating I have no connection with Amazon, other than having been a heavy buyer for a few years, and just observing over a long period how their mess of a system works (and doesn't).
Comcast has precisely ZERO chance to make this work, and I don't say that just because Cox's attempt failed miserably. Have they heard of the cellular price wars? Have they looked at all the prepaid MVNOs out there? There are plans out there for everyone, no matter how little or how much data you use, and their prices are quickly trending towards zero.
People already know they can offload their cellular data usage onto WiFi, and the big ISPs all have some inexpensive way you can gain access to all their WiFi APs. Republic Wireless' most popular plan is the cheaper one with NO CELLULAR DATA included.
The only thing the big wired and WiFi ISPs could do to break-in to the cellular market is get together and offer service across ALL of their respective networks, for one low fee, and preferably after writing an app that automatically connects to any of their available WiFi APs in range. Doing this without interruption might require back-hauling to the cellular co, instead of directly accessing the internet, but that would actually be a value-add improvement over people just connecting to whatever unencrypted AP they can find... Then make a deal with one of the existing cellular companies to preload that feature onto all their phones.
The cell co doesn't need to build out nearly so many cell towers in urban areas to maintain fast internet speeds, the wired ISPs get a small cut of the monthly fees, and users pay less money for their data plan.
Some organizations just hope you're clueless of your rights, but others, particularly smaller groups, are legitimately clueless themselves. It can save everyone a lot of grief if you show up with the FCC OTARD printed out, in-hand:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/over...
Go to TVfool.com and put in your address, and about 20' antenna height. Anything -120dBm or above, you can get with good antennas and a mast mounted preamp. I'd bet big money you can get most local stations, and for under $200 total.
You don't seem to know much of anything about civics, so I'll take one quick attempt at explaining...
If a politician won his last election with an 80% majority, then you only need to control 30.1% of those who voted for him to cause him to lose next time. Your 30.1% plus the presumed existing 20% goes to his opponent, who then gets a majority over him.
So, the ONLY way you would ever need to control a 51% of voters is if the politician had 100% approval. In reality, the distribution is almost always much more evenly split, so the 5-10% of voters in a local election that you might realistically have sway over, will usually be a deciding factor. Even if it might not be, it's big enough to scare the hell out of any politician.
No, I'm giving a factual example, which you obviously have no rebuttal to.
All of which are very useful and perfectly reasonable restrictions. Poorly built, very dangerous homes, filled with animals, are quite a health hazard that can easily harm your neighbors.
An ironic accusation, since you've proven yourself quite clueless.
Nonsense. That would mean the candidate(s) is/are otherwise getting 100% of the vote. How often does that happen?
Except for just a few historic districts, the government practically never sets restrictions on what color you can paint your property, while it's very common with HOAs. Governments just set laws you can follow, while HOAs lord their power over everybody, and dictate on a case-by-case basis who is allowed to do what, based entirely on personal feelings rather than merit or objective evaluation.
That's called zoning and code enforcement. You don't need an HOA for any of that at all. Just move into an area zoned residential and you'll have no roosters. If codes aren't being enforced, you let your city representatives know it's important to you, and your family and friends will vote them out next election if they don't make it a priority.
HOAs are just a bunch of busy-bodies deciding what color you can paint your bike shed, and taking your money so they can play like they're doing something important. Governments keep having to preempt HOA restrictions, no requirements for green grass during a drought, no restrictions on antennas, etc. And it will keep going until HOAs are powerless, as it should, because they're fundamentally detrimental to everyone and everything.
There are big geographic areas in which you simply cannot buy a home without an HOA restriction. If you want to live there, you're screwed. In other areas, you can't find an HOA no matter how hard you try. It's not a nice even mix where you can pick and choose whether you'd like an HOA area, or not.
HOAs are like an addiction... Whatever the reason you were convinced to start, you can't ever make it stop. At least personal service contracts are limited to 7 years by law. Your property is stuck with that horrible HOA on it for centuries, and owner after owner. A contract you can't ever get out of is borderline slavery.
I take no stance on that bigger issue, never having really dug into the details. However, it's obviously that switching to single-purpose craft isn't the magic incantation that will fix all the problems.
You're utterly, totally and completely wrong, and spreading completely backwards misinformation.
Barometers in phones are highly accurate and can quickly, easily and accurately determine which floor of a building you are on with very high precision. Far more accurately (and much faster) than approximating altitude with GPS signals (even when you're outside and can even get a sat fix).
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The multipurpose F-35 is slightly CHEAPER than the single-purpose F-22.
The Fed canceled the F-22 program early, which was also a massive pork-barrel project like this... So "Could" is far more likely than you imagine.
That's only true in some few localities. This guy, however, would be going to federal prison, which are very high quality and safe institutions, not subject to the whims of local voters.
So are "Cowboys", and both for the same reason. They are mythical constructs that help writers, and don't really exist, outside of Hollywood:
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People die when the police can't figure out what floor of a high rise building they are on, after calling 911 and passing out. You can find plenty of news reports about the numerous times it has happened.