Why am I picturing a bunch of fat, pasty white guys living in their mom's basement endlessly fiddling with their mice (ahem) in order to... well, I have no idea what actually as I've never really gotten into FPS games.
Because you're an asshole.
You're on slashdot making fun of people with technology-based hobbies?
What are some of your hobbies, I'm sure we can berate you over them in some fashion.
You know, people said that about EverQuest, when WoW came out. That the idea of WoW beating EQ was simply absurd because there were so many people playing EQ who wouldn't want to simply switch.
I'm pretty sure that it was a different kind of people who played EverQuest. The appeal of WoW is just so much broader. I'd say the current WoW has more in common with FarmVille than Everquest:P.
Oh my god, this is the best line I've ever heard. I'm going to troll the shit out of the WoW-players with this.
Stuff that matters? Are you kidding? What's next? Filing weather forecasts?
...Discovery of new species posted as a Slashdot Science story. And you're complaining? Give me some examples of what YOU think the Science column should post.
(1) There's no space between TV channels. They all run directly next to one another, like books on a shelf.
That's not how frequency works, no. It's quantized arbitrarily into numbers, it isn't literally a block in space.
(2) The white space devices operate ON channel not between channels. So if there was an empty slot at 50, the device on connect to the internet ON channel 50.
If this is the case then that's an entirely different matter. The article doesn't mention that, but I don't have reason to argue if you've heard otherwise.
(3) The problem is that 50 is not open in the northeast. It's occupied. The entire TV band is full.
The article and materials I've read previously on the matter suggest that opening whitespace is regional, and for instance "channel 50" wouldn't be available for this use in areas where it was already in use for TV or something.
Cool, we can send those regs back in time, so the installed base of equipment will not be interfered with. Obvious and simple.
Both because you know ahead of the time that those rules will "interfere" with pre-existing equipment, and because it simply CANNOT BE ALLOWED that regulation changes affect anything already in place.
There's no "natural right" to radio frequencies, that's ridiculous. If everyone broadcasting via airwaves suddenly stopped, and you could no longer get free TV, who has infringed upon your "natural rights?"
No one is responsible for providing you with free entertainment.
I'm not nitpicking, I was clarifying where you were confused. Freeing up frequencies for Wifi does not have to fall within the constraint of "channels" because you won't be using a television to "tune in" to them. To reiterate, they're NOT the same thing. You don't need an "open channel" because there IS space between frequencies channels are assigned to. Similarly, there is space available in between "FM88" and "FM89" to use your own example.
The stumbling blocks have included concerns about interference with TV signals and wireless microphones, but the FCC plans to vote next week on rules meant to resolve those issues.
Why can't those politicians vote on something more useful, like repealing the law of gravity, or laws of thermodynamics? I'm sure its likely to be equally successful.
What are you talking about? "Rules to resolve issues" doesn't sound anything like anyone implying magical physics-breaking measures, it sounds like regulations on exact frequency and signal-strength, which there would obviously be anyway. Sensationalist much?
If we're picking our axioms, then why can't we choose to believe in a universe which operates on a universal set of rules unless its workings are altered on a case-by-case basis by some being existing outside of those rules? That would sort out the inconsistency - you can get general rules like gravity, electromagnetism etc. but also leave room for "acts of god" which may not be subject to such rules.
Sure go for it. The thing is, "acts of god" are explainable by the general rules already.
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Plus traffic on the Kessel run is murder these days.
You're thinking parsecs, man.
Why am I picturing a bunch of fat, pasty white guys living in their mom's basement endlessly fiddling with their mice (ahem) in order to ... well, I have no idea what actually as I've never really gotten into FPS games.
Because you're an asshole.
You're on slashdot making fun of people with technology-based hobbies?
What are some of your hobbies, I'm sure we can berate you over them in some fashion.
You know, people said that about EverQuest, when WoW came out. That the idea of WoW beating EQ was simply absurd because there were so many people playing EQ who wouldn't want to simply switch.
I'm pretty sure that it was a different kind of people who played EverQuest. The appeal of WoW is just so much broader. I'd say the current WoW has more in common with FarmVille than Everquest :P.
Oh my god, this is the best line I've ever heard. I'm going to troll the shit out of the WoW-players with this.
Thank you, so much.
Oh no, THREE HUNDRED degrees celsius!!! Whatever will they do?
Perhaps they shall bake a cake.
I drink maybe a soda, or two, a year. Now, the bottle may end up being as toxic as the stuff in it.
That's cool, I can respect someone that doesn't drink sodas because they're unhea--
Just don't start shipping my RedBulls in the things..
DERP.
Speaking of which, regarding these kinds of surveys, doesn't that violate the Facebook terms of service?
And doesn't Facebook ask you to "verify" your acount ("for your protection", of course), like Paypal, after a while?
If so, how did they (the researchers) get a credit cart for Freddi Staur?
Uh, last I checked I haven't ever given Facebook my credit card number.
Have you?
So your HR people systematically screen out good people based on useless qualifications.
Yours doesn't?
Where do you work? I'll put in an application tonight.
Stuff that matters? Are you kidding? What's next? Filing weather forecasts?
...Discovery of new species posted as a Slashdot Science story. And you're complaining? Give me some examples of what YOU think the Science column should post.
Head wash -> back massage -> chiropraxis -> open heart operations -> brain tumor removal -> handjob.
umm. I think I can speak for all present when I say we are more than comfortable with that handjob being available right now.
You think wrong.
(1) There's no space between TV channels. They all run directly next to one another, like books on a shelf.
That's not how frequency works, no. It's quantized arbitrarily into numbers, it isn't literally a block in space.
(2) The white space devices operate ON channel not between channels. So if there was an empty slot at 50, the device on connect to the internet ON channel 50.
If this is the case then that's an entirely different matter. The article doesn't mention that, but I don't have reason to argue if you've heard otherwise.
(3) The problem is that 50 is not open in the northeast. It's occupied. The entire TV band is full.
The article and materials I've read previously on the matter suggest that opening whitespace is regional, and for instance "channel 50" wouldn't be available for this use in areas where it was already in use for TV or something.
Cool, we can send those regs back in time, so the installed base of equipment will not be interfered with. Obvious and simple.
Both because you know ahead of the time that those rules will "interfere" with pre-existing equipment, and because it simply CANNOT BE ALLOWED that regulation changes affect anything already in place.
What was your point again?
It's not really a whoosh if I know the origin of the joke.
Why are you spamming this irrelevant nonsense across so many threads? Cut it out.
No one is responsible for providing you with free entertainment.
But someone is responsible for providing you with free healthcare?
So tangential it's almost a non sequitur. Who taught you how to argue?
There's no "natural right" to radio frequencies, that's ridiculous. If everyone broadcasting via airwaves suddenly stopped, and you could no longer get free TV, who has infringed upon your "natural rights?"
No one is responsible for providing you with free entertainment.
I'm not nitpicking, I was clarifying where you were confused. Freeing up frequencies for Wifi does not have to fall within the constraint of "channels" because you won't be using a television to "tune in" to them. To reiterate, they're NOT the same thing. You don't need an "open channel" because there IS space between frequencies channels are assigned to. Similarly, there is space available in between "FM88" and "FM89" to use your own example.
FU I refuse to pay for TV.
Then you don't get TV.
Seems pretty obvious to me.
And what open frequencies? Where the hell does the FCC think Wifi devices are supposed to operate?
Channels =/= "frequencies."
They're referring to spectrum space in between "channels."
The stumbling blocks have included concerns about interference with TV signals and wireless microphones, but the FCC plans to vote next week on rules meant to resolve those issues.
Why can't those politicians vote on something more useful, like repealing the law of gravity, or laws of thermodynamics? I'm sure its likely to be equally successful.
What are you talking about? "Rules to resolve issues" doesn't sound anything like anyone implying magical physics-breaking measures, it sounds like regulations on exact frequency and signal-strength, which there would obviously be anyway. Sensationalist much?
Jesus, I had to Google both of those words.
Because they aren't real words.
To put it simply, "Simpsons did it."
If we're picking our axioms, then why can't we choose to believe in a universe which operates on a universal set of rules unless its workings are altered on a case-by-case basis by some being existing outside of those rules? That would sort out the inconsistency - you can get general rules like gravity, electromagnetism etc. but also leave room for "acts of god" which may not be subject to such rules.
Sure go for it. The thing is, "acts of god" are explainable by the general rules already.
Christians were the birth of science.
No.
What next, a duet with Justin Bieber?
I think Ludacris already stooped to that low.
It's Symantec, unfortunately.
Deck.
>He could have had a Tommy Gun too
Sorry to be a pendant, but a Tommy Gun IS a Thompson.
>implying slashdot is a futaba board