>>>the current protocols are *designed* to make multiple people "talking" over each other.
Code Division Multiplexing (CDMA). That's very effective for voice calls. A 20 Mbit/s 6 megahertz wide TV channel can carry five thousand 4 kbit/s voice calls, but of what value is that for internet? Assign 1 Mbit/s to each data user and you only have room for twenty people. Seems very impractical to me, and a wired solution (upgrading phonelines to DSL) seems like a FAR better solution to our rural users.
Also:
Paying for TV seems kinda silly. Here's a list of every channel I get. I probably left some off, but you get the point. Plus whatever else I get through hulu.com ----- all free.
ABC, CBS, et cetera PBS PBSkids PBSworld PBSinfo (documentaries) CW MyNetTV ION Mind Link Megahertz ThisTV (movies) Weather Channel NBC Universal Sports 24 four News channel RetroTV (70s/80s) FamilyTV (50s/60s reruns) RerunTV (stargate SG1,SGA,SGU, Star Trek, South Park, Mr.Monk, and so on)
Qubo Smile of a Child Univision Telemundo Telefutura JCTV (music) ION_life Shopping channel Wellness Channel (health, etc)
>>>These "wifi routers" are working in the white space between channels
You didn't get far. Only your second paragraph and already a blatant error. The TV Band/whitespace Devices broadcast ON channel (i.e. 13 through 51), not between channels. In fact it says that right in the article.
Furthermore there is NO space between television channels. Channels are like books on a shelf - they exist directly side-by-side. AND each channel is 6 megahertz wide - exactly the same width they were in the analog days. I know I sound angry, but I'm getting tired of people (you) passing along Pseudo Information. It's essentially the same as lying. .
>>>between channels 1 and 6 there is a unused band of 14 khz
No. Not unused. It's occupied by various wireless services like police radio. Also 14 kHz isn't anything to get excited about. That's equivalent to a single AM station, and AM Digital Radio only broadcasts at 30 kbit/s...... slower than dialup internet. Completely worthless in the modern age. THINK. .
I find it disturbing that Slashdot Mods write +4 Informative on a post that's flat wrong. Digital TV is more efficient than analog tv was, and it uses the entire 6 megahertz channel. There's no room between channels. Each TV station butts-up against its neighbor like books on a shelf. No space inbetween.
Really? How much "interest" does the janitor cleaning Microsoft's floors really have? Sure it's a job but I don't hear MS speaking-out for the rights of janitors. Often they do just the opposite.
Which is why Corporations, Rocks, Trees, and other things should all be treated the same - no rights. If you don't have a right to vote in the ballot box, neither should you have any of the other rights. Let Human Rights be for humans. Only.
BTW
At any point did Stallman remove his shoe and eat his own foot crud? (barf)
(1) Why is this in "idle" instead of "Your rights online"?
(2) Nobody wants to place blame on the data company. They want to obtain a Search Warrant in order to gather the data, so they can track down the thieves.
The end.
I guess the judge is a strict constructionist, who only sees the letter of the law (forbids data disclosure). We need mre like him to stop police abuses - like breaking into homes without warrants, killing the family dog, all to obtain a half-ounce of grass.
>>>SciFy didn't knowingly and with full cognizance
Of course they did. SyFy and all other TV channels are fully aware that most of their programming is DVR'd. It's why they asked Nielsen Ratings to start tracking DVR views in addition to live views. So hen they stream Stargate across the cable, they know it's being taped. BUT that doesn't mean they grant permission to post the recording on youtube. It's still copyrighted.
Likewise neither do I give permission for you to copy my message from your answering tape recorder to youtube. It's copyrighted by default. In addition there are numerous privacy protection laws that forbid such public disclosure of phone calls.
Congrats you just made a sale. Do you work on commission?;-)
One thing this printer lacks is a scanner, which my current printer has, so maybe I'll just bookmark it for future reference. You're right though that laser toner is MUCH cheaper than inkjet toner. 100-200 pages per cartridge is ridiculous. My laser printer gives me ~5000 per cartridge.
That is true but for some things it doesn't matter.
Who wants to still be using a VCR that's 20 years old? Who still uses computers that are 20 years old (i.e. 25 megahertz 386s or 68040s)??? Or an ancient CD player purchased in the late 80s, which is the size of a small TV? For some things price IS more important than longevity.
My local mechanic did the same thing - stole my spare donut tire. But of course that's hyperbole. He didn't actually "steal" the spare - he just forgot to put it in my trunk. i.e. An error.
People are human. You're unwillingness to allow them to BE human, and sometime make errors, only makes you look like an asshole.
>>>As my English professor would have said, "of course you do; of course it is."
Naturally. I've had a lot of forum conversations over the years that look like this: "Buckyballs is abusing Zen Magnets and the DMCA process." - "You state that as fact, but it's not fact - it's just your opinion. Dumbass." - "No shit Sherlock. Of course it's my opinion; that's why it's under MY name. Way to state the obvious."
>>>scrunching "en.wikipedia.org/" in front of some random term doesn't make a useful page
Actually it does. The only error grandparent poster made was putting an extra "/" at the end. Remove that and his link works perfectly. By the way I've been told Sybians are much more effective than Ben Wa Balls
Doubtful. Thinkgeek just filled their warehouse with millions of Buckyball products, in preparation for the Christmas season. They can't just drop Buckyball in an instant.
>>>they have other stuff in their TOS that pretty much makes Youtube not liable for anything
When Paypal was drug into court, the judge nullified most of their TOS by saying State and Federal law overrules a mere contract. I suspect Youtube's TOS would face a similar nullification.
I wonder what your arteries look like after weeks of eating this Bacon Salt? Probably like the pipes in my kitchen (all clogged-up with just a narrow hole).
>>>Phone messages left on *my* answering machine (or more likely voice mail) are *my* property.
False. If the message is copyrighted (and most are by default), then ownership remains with the original person. For example, you do not have a right to dump the latest Stargate episode on youtube, just because Syfy left a copy on your tape recorder or DVR.
I know it's fun to make fun of Walmart but I admire their philosophy.
"The vice president's office was furnished with a folding lawn chair and a chaise lounge." i.e. Cutting costs. Saving money. Perhaps if US citizens and more importantly the US Congress adopted the same "live within your means" philosophy, we would not have a national debt equal to $140,000 per household (plus another $90,000 of personal mortgage/credit card debt on top of that). Having ~230,000 average debt per home is not sustainable.
Also I'm not sure why the Snapper CEO felt intimidated (saying he literally started sweating). I certainly would not. The Walmart VP is a man and nothing more. .
>>>"(Wal-Mart won't help you out with repairing broken mowers)"
Flat wrong. When my car broke down, Walmart towed me into their garage and found the problem (dead battery). While there I mentioned I had a broken weed eater and the mechanic said they repair lawn appliances too. If this Snapper story couldn't get that bit of the story correct, I suspect the rest is wrong (or embellished) as well.
Or just buy the cheap $250 appliance (sale price) which may not have all the gee-whiz features but is simple in design, and that simplicity makes it last longer. When I worked in Sears I never understood those persons that dropped $1000 or more on a machine that goes in the basement
>>>it's usually cheaper to abuse the court system or buy out the competition.
Are European corporations any different? As I recall it was a European corporation (Opera) that sued Microsoft in order to gain competitive advantage. IIRC there was also an attempt by an European corporation to stop the Sun-Oracle merger.
In my opinion it's not "abuse" unless youtube refuses to restore the video.
You see under DMCA law, youtube has no choice. If they receive a request they MUST take down the material. Youtube is not supposed to make judgment calls on the validity of the request. Step 2 is to submit the anti-takedown request which youtube must also obey and restore the material (or else fce a lawsuit). Step 3 is for the offended company to either take it to court.
So why will the UK open source project succeed when the Switzerland(?) project failed? They tried to go open-source but now declared it didn't work out, and are going back to Windows 7 immediately .
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But Russia and Eastern Europe would have become democratic even without the 24 hour Air America broadcasts.
Seems like a giant waste of money to me. It certainly didn't accomplish much during the Cold war
>>>the current protocols are *designed* to make multiple people "talking" over each other.
Code Division Multiplexing (CDMA). That's very effective for voice calls. A 20 Mbit/s 6 megahertz wide TV channel can carry five thousand 4 kbit/s voice calls, but of what value is that for internet? Assign 1 Mbit/s to each data user and you only have room for twenty people. Seems very impractical to me, and a wired solution (upgrading phonelines to DSL) seems like a FAR better solution to our rural users.
Also:
Paying for TV seems kinda silly. Here's a list of every channel I get. I probably left some off, but you get the point. Plus whatever else I get through hulu.com ----- all free.
ABC, CBS, et cetera
PBS
PBSkids
PBSworld
PBSinfo (documentaries)
CW
MyNetTV
ION
Mind
Link
Megahertz
ThisTV (movies)
Weather Channel
NBC Universal Sports
24 four News channel
RetroTV (70s/80s)
FamilyTV (50s/60s reruns)
RerunTV (stargate SG1,SGA,SGU, Star Trek, South Park, Mr.Monk, and so on)
Qubo
Smile of a Child
Univision
Telemundo
Telefutura
JCTV (music)
ION_life
Shopping channel
Wellness Channel (health, etc)
Anonymous Coward wrote:
All those channels are not being used by broadcast. You're looking at your cable, nimwit.
hahahahahaahahha. Sometimes AC's can be funny. I don't even have cable TV, because Comcast's ~$80 pricetag is too high.
>>>These "wifi routers" are working in the white space between channels
You didn't get far. Only your second paragraph and already a blatant error. The TV Band/whitespace Devices broadcast ON channel (i.e. 13 through 51), not between channels. In fact it says that right in the article.
Furthermore there is NO space between television channels. Channels are like books on a shelf - they exist directly side-by-side. AND each channel is 6 megahertz wide - exactly the same width they were in the analog days. I know I sound angry, but I'm getting tired of people (you) passing along Pseudo Information. It's essentially the same as lying.
.
>>>between channels 1 and 6 there is a unused band of 14 khz
No. Not unused. It's occupied by various wireless services like police radio. Also 14 kHz isn't anything to get excited about. That's equivalent to a single AM station, and AM Digital Radio only broadcasts at 30 kbit/s...... slower than dialup internet. Completely worthless in the modern age. THINK.
.
>>>(Score:4, Informative)
I find it disturbing that Slashdot Mods write +4 Informative on a post that's flat wrong. Digital TV is more efficient than analog tv was, and it uses the entire 6 megahertz channel. There's no room between channels. Each TV station butts-up against its neighbor like books on a shelf. No space inbetween.
Really? How much "interest" does the janitor cleaning Microsoft's floors really have? Sure it's a job but I don't hear MS speaking-out for the rights of janitors. Often they do just the opposite.
Which is why Corporations, Rocks, Trees, and other things should all be treated the same - no rights. If you don't have a right to vote in the ballot box, neither should you have any of the other rights. Let Human Rights be for humans. Only.
BTW
At any point did Stallman remove his shoe and eat his own foot crud? (barf)
(1) Why is this in "idle" instead of "Your rights online"?
(2) Nobody wants to place blame on the data company. They want to obtain a Search Warrant in order to gather the data, so they can track down the thieves.
The end.
I guess the judge is a strict constructionist, who only sees the letter of the law (forbids data disclosure). We need mre like him to stop police abuses - like breaking into homes without warrants, killing the family dog, all to obtain a half-ounce of grass.
>>>SciFy didn't knowingly and with full cognizance
Of course they did. SyFy and all other TV channels are fully aware that most of their programming is DVR'd. It's why they asked Nielsen Ratings to start tracking DVR views in addition to live views. So hen they stream Stargate across the cable, they know it's being taped. BUT that doesn't mean they grant permission to post the recording on youtube. It's still copyrighted.
Likewise neither do I give permission for you to copy my message from your answering tape recorder to youtube. It's copyrighted by default. In addition there are numerous privacy protection laws that forbid such public disclosure of phone calls.
Congrats you just made a sale. Do you work on commission? ;-)
One thing this printer lacks is a scanner, which my current printer has, so maybe I'll just bookmark it for future reference. You're right though that laser toner is MUCH cheaper than inkjet toner. 100-200 pages per cartridge is ridiculous. My laser printer gives me ~5000 per cartridge.
That is true but for some things it doesn't matter.
Who wants to still be using a VCR that's 20 years old? Who still uses computers that are 20 years old (i.e. 25 megahertz 386s or 68040s)??? Or an ancient CD player purchased in the late 80s, which is the size of a small TV? For some things price IS more important than longevity.
>>>They stole a tire from me.
My local mechanic did the same thing - stole my spare donut tire. But of course that's hyperbole. He didn't actually "steal" the spare - he just forgot to put it in my trunk. i.e. An error.
People are human. You're unwillingness to allow them to BE human, and sometime make errors, only makes you look like an asshole.
>>>As my English professor would have said, "of course you do; of course it is."
Naturally. I've had a lot of forum conversations over the years that look like this: "Buckyballs is abusing Zen Magnets and the DMCA process." - "You state that as fact, but it's not fact - it's just your opinion. Dumbass." - "No shit Sherlock. Of course it's my opinion; that's why it's under MY name. Way to state the obvious."
I disagree. Renewable energy == doubleplusgood
And telling people to use Firefox/Chrome because IE5,6,7,8 rarely display pages correctly is not self-righteous. It's +1 Informative (also factual).
As for not writing HTML correctly? False. It's IE that doesn't *interpret* HTML correctly that is plusungood.
>>>scrunching "en.wikipedia.org/" in front of some random term doesn't make a useful page
Actually it does. The only error grandparent poster made was putting an extra "/" at the end. Remove that and his link works perfectly. By the way I've been told Sybians are much more effective than Ben Wa Balls
>>>DROP BuckyBalls as product.
Doubtful. Thinkgeek just filled their warehouse with millions of Buckyball products, in preparation for the Christmas season. They can't just drop Buckyball in an instant.
>>>they have other stuff in their TOS that pretty much makes Youtube not liable for anything
When Paypal was drug into court, the judge nullified most of their TOS by saying State and Federal law overrules a mere contract. I suspect Youtube's TOS would face a similar nullification.
I wonder what your arteries look like after weeks of eating this Bacon Salt? Probably like the pipes in my kitchen (all clogged-up with just a narrow hole).
>>>Phone messages left on *my* answering machine (or more likely voice mail) are *my* property.
False. If the message is copyrighted (and most are by default), then ownership remains with the original person. For example, you do not have a right to dump the latest Stargate episode on youtube, just because Syfy left a copy on your tape recorder or DVR.
>>>Does the DMCA offer any immunity to civil lawsuits for damages resulting from a [false/abusive] DMCA takedown notice?
Yes. Because the DMCA offers a solution to abusive notices - file an anti-takedown Reinstatement Request and your video gets put back up. The end.
I know it's fun to make fun of Walmart but I admire their philosophy.
"The vice president's office was furnished with a folding lawn chair and a chaise lounge." i.e. Cutting costs. Saving money. Perhaps if US citizens and more importantly the US Congress adopted the same "live within your means" philosophy, we would not have a national debt equal to $140,000 per household (plus another $90,000 of personal mortgage/credit card debt on top of that). Having ~230,000 average debt per home is not sustainable.
Also I'm not sure why the Snapper CEO felt intimidated (saying he literally started sweating). I certainly would not. The Walmart VP is a man and nothing more.
.
>>>"(Wal-Mart won't help you out with repairing broken mowers)"
Flat wrong. When my car broke down, Walmart towed me into their garage and found the problem (dead battery). While there I mentioned I had a broken weed eater and the mechanic said they repair lawn appliances too. If this Snapper story couldn't get that bit of the story correct, I suspect the rest is wrong (or embellished) as well.
>>>It's better in some cases to buy used
Or just buy the cheap $250 appliance (sale price) which may not have all the gee-whiz features but is simple in design, and that simplicity makes it last longer. When I worked in Sears I never understood those persons that dropped $1000 or more on a machine that goes in the basement
>>>it's usually cheaper to abuse the court system or buy out the competition.
Are European corporations any different? As I recall it was a European corporation (Opera) that sued Microsoft in order to gain competitive advantage. IIRC there was also an attempt by an European corporation to stop the Sun-Oracle merger.
In my opinion it's not "abuse" unless youtube refuses to restore the video.
You see under DMCA law, youtube has no choice. If they receive a request they MUST take down the material. Youtube is not supposed to make judgment calls on the validity of the request. Step 2 is to submit the anti-takedown request which youtube must also obey and restore the material (or else fce a lawsuit). Step 3 is for the offended company to either take it to court.
So why will the UK open source project succeed when the Switzerland(?) project failed? They tried to go open-source but now declared it didn't work out, and are going back to Windows 7 immediately
.