Simply put, once a customer has used up the bandwidth that they've paid for in a money, they will have to go and buy more.
Care to explain what you understand by "used up the bandwidth"?
Doesn't it sound like the non-nonsensical "used up all the speed of your car"?
(Bandwidth is measured in "bits per second". "Usage Based Billing" should be in something sort of "distance traveled" or "fuel purchased" in the car analogy).
On the C block, they can force Verizon to activate the phone for subscribers who request it. But the question ends up being: Is this profitable for the OEM?
'Course it is!!! "You brick the phone by ROM modding, you're outside of warranty... I sympathize with you; here, let me sell you my new model; you get a 10% discount for your 3days old brick".
Verizon in fact can't even tell HTC to unlock their phone (not that they would want to) because they aren't allowed to tell the manufacturer how to make their phone.
HTC is committed to assisting customers in unlocking bootloaders for HTC devices. However, certain models may not be unlockable due to operator restrictions. We continue to work with our partners on this, check back often for ongoing updates about unlockable devices.
Granted, nowhere is Verizon mentioned explicitly in regards with the unlockable devices... but neither can be said that Verizon cannot ask HTC to unlock their phones.
Biofuels will supplement, but never replace oil for the military. Frankly, I doubt there's enough of it to be significant.
50% seems significant to me. TFA quote:
The force has a 2016 deadline for being able to get half its needs from 50/50 alternative fuel blends, equivalent to 400 million gallons of biofuels or other combustibles, such as synthetic liquid fuels from coal and gas.
Deep Space Atomic Clock.... what does this have with "deep space"? GPS satellites are on medium Earth orbits... or did the space constricted so much now that NASA operates no shuttles?
(letting aside that... heck... what should it have anything to do with "space"? It's an atomic clock, does it need 0-g to function?)
"It looks like you are going to a party. Would you like some help?
* Help me choose my underwear
* No, thanks, I'll continue to use the last week's one."
What is there to patent? If you can patent a sphere with 36 cameras then patent law is absurd, it's hard for me to think of anything more generic than a sphere with a few cameras attached.
I hope that your last 30-40 years of sleep have been good.
In Australia, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 explicitly prohibits this activity.
Section 7 - Telecommunications not to be intercepted
A person shall not:
(a) intercept;
(b) authorize, suffer or permit another person to intercept; or
(c) do any act or thing that will enable him or her or another person to intercept;
a communication passing over a telecommunications system.
A lawyer will argue that air (in which the radio waves travel inside the shopping center) is hardly a telecommunication system.
The last person who suggested they reduce prices to be competitive was beaten to death by the Duopoly of Coles/Myer and Woolsworth. Then the corpse was kicked by Gerry Harvey (who seems to enjoy beating dead horses).
So a horse suggested that retailers should reduce prices? Australia is stranger than I thought.
Mate, no human is willing to staff their boards.
Little known fact, BHP is run by a Wombat.
Was... rumors have it that now a drop bear is at the helm.
If you maintain another country, absolutely. You are not allowed run a virtual machine.
VM is a bad analogy for this case (as bad as the Open Source is. Open Standards would have been more appropriate). Anyway, why don't you try a car analogy, I find easier to understand them;)
The chilli is so scorching, that Marcel and his team have to wear protective gear when handling the new variety. "If you don't wear gloves your hands will be pumping heat for two days later," he says.
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Simply put, once a customer has used up the bandwidth that they've paid for in a money, they will have to go and buy more.
Care to explain what you understand by "used up the bandwidth"?
Doesn't it sound like the non-nonsensical "used up all the speed of your car"?
(Bandwidth is measured in "bits per second". "Usage Based Billing" should be in something sort of "distance traveled" or "fuel purchased" in the car analogy).
Just now they're "disgruntled"?
I mean... what did they think? /. posters are disgruntled for ages already.
Doesn't MSFT pay dividends?
quarterly.
What do you think shifting some water from poles towards equator will do?
... until the universe segfaults.
You mean "coredumps"?
Let me guess: to extend and extinguish them... isn't it? Isn't it?
<duck>
On the C block, they can force Verizon to activate the phone for subscribers who request it. But the question ends up being: Is this profitable for the OEM?
'Course it is!!! "You brick the phone by ROM modding, you're outside of warranty... I sympathize with you; here, let me sell you my new model; you get a 10% discount for your 3days old brick".
Verizon in fact can't even tell HTC to unlock their phone (not that they would want to) because they aren't allowed to tell the manufacturer how to make their phone.
Oh, is it so?
HTC is committed to assisting customers in unlocking bootloaders for HTC devices. However, certain models may not be unlockable due to operator restrictions. We continue to work with our partners on this, check back often for ongoing updates about unlockable devices.
Granted, nowhere is Verizon mentioned explicitly in regards with the unlockable devices... but neither can be said that Verizon cannot ask HTC to unlock their phones.
Many girls are worth a second look, but each time I try, they're still as ugly as they were...
I can't grasp girl analogies... can you please come with a car one?
Bill Gates On What Business Can Teach Schools
1) patent
2) lawsuit
3) profit!
You forgot
0) lobby
Errr... apologies... I heard they're calling it "evangelism".
Biofuels will supplement, but never replace oil for the military. Frankly, I doubt there's enough of it to be significant.
50% seems significant to me. TFA quote:
The force has a 2016 deadline for being able to get half its needs from 50/50 alternative fuel blends, equivalent to 400 million gallons of biofuels or other combustibles, such as synthetic liquid fuels from coal and gas.
Deep Space Atomic Clock.... what does this have with "deep space"? GPS satellites are on medium Earth orbits... or did the space constricted so much now that NASA operates no shuttles?
(letting aside that... heck... what should it have anything to do with "space"? It's an atomic clock, does it need 0-g to function?)
"It looks like you are going to a party. Would you like some help?
* Help me choose my underwear
* No, thanks, I'll continue to use the last week's one."
What is there to patent? If you can patent a sphere with 36 cameras then patent law is absurd, it's hard for me to think of anything more generic than a sphere with a few cameras attached.
I hope that your last 30-40 years of sleep have been good.
Beware, end sequence of the clip reads: "Patent pending".
In Australia, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 explicitly prohibits this activity. Section 7 - Telecommunications not to be intercepted
A person shall not:
a communication passing over a telecommunications system.
A lawyer will argue that air (in which the radio waves travel inside the shopping center) is hardly a telecommunication system.
So a horse suggested that retailers should reduce prices? Australia is stranger than I thought.
Mate, no human is willing to staff their boards.
Little known fact, BHP is run by a Wombat.
Was... rumors have it that now a drop bear is at the helm.
Indeed, a citation is needed. Fuck the "struggling retail sector", you don't track me unless you're in possession of a warrant.
I read a few days ago that the retailer space is private property?
If you maintain another country, absolutely. You are not allowed run a virtual machine.
VM is a bad analogy for this case (as bad as the Open Source is. Open Standards would have been more appropriate). ;)
Anyway, why don't you try a car analogy, I find easier to understand them
That said, the law should be like open source code, freely available for anyone to read and analyze.
How far to go? E.g. may I make a fork on a certain law and adjust it to my needs?
The two solutions that are in line with both past experience and economic theory are: (A) cap-and-trade, ...
(B) A CO2 tax,...
Problem with B. - doesn't reward removing CO2 (think forest plantation or any other mean of carbon seq.)
Where's the "suddenburstofcommonsense" tag for the story?
what hobby can't be militarized?
Blowing soap bubbles?
Pepper defense soap bubbles! Burn the eyes and nose of your oncoming attackers.
That's stupid - the hydrophobic part of the soap will bind capsaicin.
No matter how lame, no matter how uninteresting,
C'mon mate... 1,463,700 Scoville units is still interesting.
always made me think people have a few taste buds in their anus. I mean how else can it feel hot right?
From here
The chilli is so scorching, that Marcel and his team have to wear protective gear when handling the new variety. "If you don't wear gloves your hands will be pumping heat for two days later," he says.
It's 1,463,700 Scoville units.