Apple's KeyLargo south bridge already has several USB 1.1 controllers, so why would Apple use the NEC chip and permanently disable the 2.0 functionality?
Honestly, none of the possibilities make much sense to me.
Yes, Java Cards run a crippled, stripped-down, bastardized Java VM. There are also traditional smart cards that only do crypto and data storage, and then there are fake smart cards that hold data but can't do any processing.
There is an RTP encapsulation format for MP3 (two of them, in fact), so you can multicast it or RTSP it. But Shoutcast/Icecast pseudo-streaming is so entrenched that virtually no one is interested in standards-based MP3 streaming.
Isn't the TSOP just the name for a chip package type? Why are they throwing the word around like it has something to do with the funtion of the chip itself.
Because they don't know anything about hardware. Speaking as a programmer, I don't really blame them...
<rant>BTW, TSOP flash is the bane of my existence. Those pins are always getting bent when I take the chip out of the socket.</rant>
There are plenty of billing systems for 802.11 (probably too many).
802.16 can be used in either licensed or unlicensed bands. In the licensed bands there's no problem; you pay the money and there should be no interference. In the unlicensed bands there can be interference, but the ISPs just have to bear it.
There are no 802.16 products yet since the spec was just finished. Right now there are a variety of 802.16-like products on the market from Aperto, Proxim, Alvarion, and Motorola.
Its 'mechanism not policy' design allows far more opportunities for *ghasp* innovation than any of the Unix clones.
I agree, but where is it? The L4 crowd, like Mach before them, spent so much time building the microkernel that they haven't built anything interesting on top of it.
Companies like Polycom and Pictel have been making H.323 videophones for several years. Of course, they tend to be so expensive that I'm not surprised/.ers haven't heard of them.
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Vocera -- it was probably mentioned on /. 3 or 4 times last week.
Who says you have to have an iPod? All you need is iTunes.
I suspect by "the Web" they mean .Mac.
Try doing some real-world benchmarks.
Apple's KeyLargo south bridge already has several USB 1.1 controllers, so why would Apple use the NEC chip and permanently disable the 2.0 functionality?
Honestly, none of the possibilities make much sense to me.
Since FireWire 800 is twice as fast as USB 2.0, it's hard to see a threat there.
J2SE you say? I figured he would use J2EE (Java 2 Evil Edition).
Yes, Java Cards run a crippled, stripped-down, bastardized Java VM. There are also traditional smart cards that only do crypto and data storage, and then there are fake smart cards that hold data but can't do any processing.
There is an RTP encapsulation format for MP3 (two of them, in fact), so you can multicast it or RTSP it. But Shoutcast/Icecast pseudo-streaming is so entrenched that virtually no one is interested in standards-based MP3 streaming.
That's even more reason why ISPs won't support multicast. If no ISP supports multicast, then there's no penalty for not supporting it.
Nothing is really required; after all, there's no "IETF police" that can punish ISPs that don't support multicast.
Isn't the TSOP just the name for a chip package type? Why are they throwing the word around like it has something to do with the funtion of the chip itself.
Because they don't know anything about hardware. Speaking as a programmer, I don't really blame them...
<rant>BTW, TSOP flash is the bane of my existence. Those pins are always getting bent when I take the chip out of the socket.</rant>
There are plenty of billing systems for 802.11 (probably too many).
802.16 can be used in either licensed or unlicensed bands. In the licensed bands there's no problem; you pay the money and there should be no interference. In the unlicensed bands there can be interference, but the ISPs just have to bear it.
There are no 802.16 products yet since the spec was just finished. Right now there are a variety of 802.16-like products on the market from Aperto, Proxim, Alvarion, and Motorola.
OS X uses some Mach code, but it doesn't use a microkernel. And OS X is architecturally not very interesting; it's basically yet another Unix.
Does this seem like something which could be used as a replacement for DSL/Cable in areas where there is none?
Yes, that's what 802.16 was designed for.
This simultaneously blows away 3G mobile and 802.11 technologies.
802.16 is designed for fixed outdoor operation and the antennas are much too big to fit in a PCMCIA card, so it won't replace 802.11.
802.16 clients can't move around, so it can't replace 3G.
See here.
Its 'mechanism not policy' design allows far more opportunities for *ghasp* innovation than any of the Unix clones.
I agree, but where is it? The L4 crowd, like Mach before them, spent so much time building the microkernel that they haven't built anything interesting on top of it.
As long as you have multiple access points and put them on different channels it should work.
Come on, this is Slashdot. People here don't use hardware RAID; they use software IDE RAID.
I think 802.3 (Ethernet) ran out of letters, so they started using aa, ab, etc.
And if you RTFA, you see that the letters between g and n are being used.
802.11 is half duplex, not full duplex. Heck, it isn't even TDD.
Multiport FireWire cards have all the ports on the same bus, so in that scenario all the machines would share the 400Mbps.
Companies like Polycom and Pictel have been making H.323 videophones for several years. Of course, they tend to be so expensive that I'm not surprised /.ers haven't heard of them.