WTF??? Your daughter has a 'cell phone problem' and you applaud the school for taking care of YOUR problem?? When did it become the school district's PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY in the matter?
Take a little responsibility for the actions of your offspring!
AFAIK (yes, I did RTFA), this is tantamount to adding another method of data transmission using more of the envelope. You still have the frequency being used and still have a portion of the carrier plus sideband transmitted, no matter what type or method of transmission is used. This may be used to embed something similar to a sub-carrier, or a unique identifier. More directivity and narrower beamwidth during point-to-point transmissions will do wonders to keep the RF floor down.
If this reduces the waste to a stable (somewhat non-radioactive state) then I'm all for it. But where does the energy come from to convert this? Is this going to require as much energy to render the "sludge" safe enough to dispose of? Or is this another 'Flash in the Pan'? (Sorry, couldn't help myself).
OK, High ID and all, here I go (and pointing out the obvious).
Both Comcast and AT&T have infrastructures that support broadband. Both have rather large bandwith capability. AT&T has the advantage here (as far as carriers go) in that they are also the providers of broadband capability to the number of small ISP's in your area. Joe's Internet Service has to connect to someone, no? Who do you think provides that connectivity? Joe's Wideband Cross-Country Internet Provider for Small ISP's? No, AT&T does. There are a (very) few others, but AT&T is one of the biggies.
Comcast has another infrastructure (Entertainment Delivery) that is connected across the US of A. They deliver bits and bytes of digital and analog signals, to include VOIP. When you make that long-distance call (who owns the backbone?), you get almost instant connectivity without lag or latency (various times of the day/month notwithstanding).
This sits real nice with their shareholders/stockholders who are going to profit from the agreements for delivery of on-demand and feature-length shows over broadband connections.
In the end, it's all just business.
Somehow, I see this as a stepping stone to more de-regulation and "stepping on of toes" for other, perhaps more (I hesitate to use the word) 'important' areas of the frequency bands; example being Fire Department, Ambulance Service, Air Ambulances (helicopters), Police, etc. Data telemetry used to send real-time digital information by the various emergency responders also notwithstanding. I do wish to balance my comment with the fact that I am an amateur radio enthusiast, and what the FCC did to allocate digital transmissions in Alaska using the amateur spectrum for commercial use (subsequently blocked by the ARRL and concerned amateur operators). I have a feeling that there are going to be some real problems, not only with manufacturers of sub-standard devices trying to 'cash in' during the rush for market presence, but further deregulation and posturing by regulatory groups forcing the already narrow allocations even further. When you have someone driving FCC that is unaware of how little room there is now, will there be any left when it's all over?
There are different classifications of worker; Hourly Non-Exempt (follows labor law for compensation), Hourly Exempt(labor law dosen't apply), Salaried Non-Exempt (salaried, but get compensation), and Salaried Exempt (you get the idea). Job classificaiton is set by the US-DOL (Dept of Labor) and unless the state of Kahliforniah has re-classified almost all IT positions, I'd say they are getting ready for a mass-exodus of workers, or challenge of the recent passing of the legislation. Either way, it's ponderous.
After not having read TFA, I would suspect the suspension is only for overtime compensation, not an outright termination of payment for hours worked. IANAL, but this may fly in the face of Federal Law for OT Comp. Basically, Title IX says (paraphrasing, don't have reference in front of me) that any exempt, hourly wage earner should be compensated by means determined for working more than 40 hours in a week. Normally, this meant extra pay, not forcing work beyond 40 hours without being paid as I understand from the synopsis. They would still have to be paid at least their normal wage.
Sounds like CA may be in violation of Federal Labor Law, but again IANAL.
My guess is that you can install the Dongle and run the OS/X from the Dongle, instead of partitioning and dual-booting. Not only that, but portability of an OS from Old Machine to New Machine would be kinda nice...although storage of files when Dongle is installed would be local only?
Given the size of the codebase, and how I've seen Oracle used in the past, does this mean that we are now going to see Oracle hardware the size of the old UNIVAC Mainframes?
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WTF??? Your daughter has a 'cell phone problem' and you applaud the school for taking care of YOUR problem?? When did it become the school district's PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY in the matter?
Take a little responsibility for the actions of your offspring!
AFAIK (yes, I did RTFA), this is tantamount to adding another method of data transmission using more of the envelope. You still have the frequency being used and still have a portion of the carrier plus sideband transmitted, no matter what type or method of transmission is used. This may be used to embed something similar to a sub-carrier, or a unique identifier. More directivity and narrower beamwidth during point-to-point transmissions will do wonders to keep the RF floor down.
Sorry,
If this reduces the waste to a stable (somewhat non-radioactive state) then I'm all for it. But where does the energy come from to convert this? Is this going to require as much energy to render the "sludge" safe enough to dispose of? Or is this another 'Flash in the Pan'? (Sorry, couldn't help myself).
OK, High ID and all, here I go (and pointing out the obvious). Both Comcast and AT&T have infrastructures that support broadband. Both have rather large bandwith capability. AT&T has the advantage here (as far as carriers go) in that they are also the providers of broadband capability to the number of small ISP's in your area. Joe's Internet Service has to connect to someone, no? Who do you think provides that connectivity? Joe's Wideband Cross-Country Internet Provider for Small ISP's? No, AT&T does. There are a (very) few others, but AT&T is one of the biggies. Comcast has another infrastructure (Entertainment Delivery) that is connected across the US of A. They deliver bits and bytes of digital and analog signals, to include VOIP. When you make that long-distance call (who owns the backbone?), you get almost instant connectivity without lag or latency (various times of the day/month notwithstanding). This sits real nice with their shareholders/stockholders who are going to profit from the agreements for delivery of on-demand and feature-length shows over broadband connections. In the end, it's all just business.
Somehow, I see this as a stepping stone to more de-regulation and "stepping on of toes" for other, perhaps more (I hesitate to use the word) 'important' areas of the frequency bands; example being Fire Department, Ambulance Service, Air Ambulances (helicopters), Police, etc. Data telemetry used to send real-time digital information by the various emergency responders also notwithstanding. I do wish to balance my comment with the fact that I am an amateur radio enthusiast, and what the FCC did to allocate digital transmissions in Alaska using the amateur spectrum for commercial use (subsequently blocked by the ARRL and concerned amateur operators). I have a feeling that there are going to be some real problems, not only with manufacturers of sub-standard devices trying to 'cash in' during the rush for market presence, but further deregulation and posturing by regulatory groups forcing the already narrow allocations even further. When you have someone driving FCC that is unaware of how little room there is now, will there be any left when it's all over?
There are different classifications of worker; Hourly Non-Exempt (follows labor law for compensation), Hourly Exempt(labor law dosen't apply), Salaried Non-Exempt (salaried, but get compensation), and Salaried Exempt (you get the idea). Job classificaiton is set by the US-DOL (Dept of Labor) and unless the state of Kahliforniah has re-classified almost all IT positions, I'd say they are getting ready for a mass-exodus of workers, or challenge of the recent passing of the legislation. Either way, it's ponderous.
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After not having read TFA, I would suspect the suspension is only for overtime compensation, not an outright termination of payment for hours worked. IANAL, but this may fly in the face of Federal Law for OT Comp. Basically, Title IX says (paraphrasing, don't have reference in front of me) that any exempt, hourly wage earner should be compensated by means determined for working more than 40 hours in a week. Normally, this meant extra pay, not forcing work beyond 40 hours without being paid as I understand from the synopsis. They would still have to be paid at least their normal wage. Sounds like CA may be in violation of Federal Labor Law, but again IANAL.
My guess is that you can install the Dongle and run the OS/X from the Dongle, instead of partitioning and dual-booting. Not only that, but portability of an OS from Old Machine to New Machine would be kinda nice...although storage of files when Dongle is installed would be local only?
Given the size of the codebase, and how I've seen Oracle used in the past, does this mean that we are now going to see Oracle hardware the size of the old UNIVAC Mainframes?