US Digital Television (aka ATSC) uses 8VSB, not Spread Spectrum. The two have nothing in common except that they are digital modulation schemes, just like the QPSK/nQAM in your dialup modem.
Europe (DVB) picked COFDM instead of 8VSB. There was a huge debate in the US for a few years about whether we should also go with COFDM, but the FCC decided to stick with 8VSB (relatively recently, like last year). And before you say "that's a stupid decision", go read the FCC report in which they announced their decision. They're not ignorant -- they considered the evidence and made a decision on the basis of it. Well, OK, maybe a few billion dollars of NAB influence had an affect...
MOD PARENT UP, please. Spread spectrum in the CDMA form has NOT "been around for 50 years". And even when it was working years ago in military gear, that is a faaaaar cry from a marketable CHEAP chipset...
Unfortunately [the Kyocera 7135] is a StarTac-style flip phone.
To each his own -- I swear by clamshell designs. More compact, lower SAR, better conformance to face.
The Samsung SPH-i500
(announced last week for SprintPCS) is smaller in four dimensions (including weight), does AMPS, and has an integrated 16MB Palm 4 PDA. I am going NUTS waiting for it to appear locally so I can finally get a good look at it. I was very disappointed when I finally saw the Treo -- there's no way I could have one of those big flat things on my belt all day long.
VOD is cool, but the next business model that cable companies (and cable company equipment providers like Scientific-Altanta and Motorola Broadband) are looking now at is SVOD.
They found that with VOD, people might watch a movie or two a month. With SVOD, where you pay a flat fee (say, $10) per month and get unlimited VOD, people watch it like f*cking crazy. And got addicted and never ever EVER left their cable bill unpaid!
The biggest problem the cable companies have is "churn" (customer turnover) and SVOD is a churn killer.
So the cable companies are currently building out the infrastructure to support SVOD.
It's the only reply close to pointing out the problem with his logic. And pointing out the problem is a lot more important since his post is now modded up to 5:(
My Mom's running the [discontinued]
Gateway Connected Touchpad, which runs some Linux distro (Midori, I think) and then an AOL client on top of that. So not only is she running Linux, she's running it on a Transmeta CPU.
I had no interest in trying to support a Windows PeeCee from 800 miles away, so I spent the bucks on the [overpriced] touchpad. I think it was worth it, because the damn thing just works, day after day, and I don't have to worry about Outlook viruses, IE security holes, or *shudder* Windows Update.
The state may be the most unregulated wasteland east of the Mississippi in other regards (residential construction licensing, environmental enforcement, smart transportation planning) but when it comes to phone spam,
they definitely got it right.
It works great -- I've received about 2 unsolicited calls in 5 years.
Imagine there's a peasant somewhere halfway across the world. If you could push a button and kill the person without getting caught, would you do it for a million dollars?
Psychology 101 -- in the early 60's, Stanley Milgram wrote the book on how depraved people can be.
What he was really studying was the varying levels of conformity (or conformability) in various cultures, and how willing people are to follow orders, even when those orders are morally wrong.
>>Between 1990 and 2000 CEO pay has increased 571%.
>>[ufenet.org] By comparison, the US's GDP over the
>>same time period only increased 3.7% anually
>>[bls.gov], or 37%.
>Sorry, when you can't do arithmetic, nobody takes
>you seriously.
Too bad, because his point is still valid. A 3.7% annual increase equates to 43.8% over a 10-year period, not 37%. But either value is still FAR below the 571% growth in CEO pay.
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Europe (DVB) picked COFDM instead of 8VSB. There was a huge debate in the US for a few years about whether we should also go with COFDM, but the FCC decided to stick with 8VSB (relatively recently, like last year). And before you say "that's a stupid decision", go read the FCC report in which they announced their decision. They're not ignorant -- they considered the evidence and made a decision on the basis of it. Well, OK, maybe a few billion dollars of NAB influence had an affect ...
Just the tank camera, no cutaways, all the way from launch to SRB seperation.
Play it fast (hold the frame advance button down) for another cool view of the whole launch in about 15 seconds.
They've used metal mining as a cover story before ...
Easy: Free Local Calling Area
(hint: US billing structure)
Hopefully someone else will post and connect the dots for you, but right now I'm just going to go back to reading the comments ...
Whar's me points when I need em?
bingo MOD PARENT UP
MOD PARENT UP
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No points today
To each his own -- I swear by clamshell designs. More compact, lower SAR, better conformance to face.
The Samsung SPH-i500 (announced last week for SprintPCS) is smaller in four dimensions (including weight), does AMPS, and has an integrated 16MB Palm 4 PDA. I am going NUTS waiting for it to appear locally so I can finally get a good look at it. I was very disappointed when I finally saw the Treo -- there's no way I could have one of those big flat things on my belt all day long.
Now that's a SlashDot-ism I've never seen before. Definately.
facetious
Do you check a dictionary when unsure? Why Not?
Mod parent up! I'm out of points. 3 is not high enough.
They found that with VOD, people might watch a movie or two a month. With SVOD, where you pay a flat fee (say, $10) per month and get unlimited VOD, people watch it like f*cking crazy. And got addicted and never ever EVER left their cable bill unpaid!
The biggest problem the cable companies have is "churn" (customer turnover) and SVOD is a churn killer.
So the cable companies are currently building out the infrastructure to support SVOD.
It's the only reply close to pointing out the problem with his logic. And pointing out the problem is a lot more important since his post is now modded up to 5 :(
Somebody please turn this guy onto Mozilla 1.0!
I had no interest in trying to support a Windows PeeCee from 800 miles away, so I spent the bucks on the [overpriced] touchpad. I think it was worth it, because the damn thing just works, day after day, and I don't have to worry about Outlook viruses, IE security holes, or *shudder* Windows Update.
Having seen the progression, the next name should be Polevault.
It works great -- I've received about 2 unsolicited calls in 5 years.
Hell yeah, and I rode that sucker. A thousand shares for $70? Thank you, media frenzy!
Psychology 101 -- in the early 60's, Stanley Milgram wrote the book on how depraved people can be.
http://www.new-life.net/milgram.htm
What he was really studying was the varying levels of conformity (or conformability) in various cultures, and how willing people are to follow orders, even when those orders are morally wrong.
Check out NetFlix.
Here are the results of a Google search for florida riley privacy supreme court. Google is your friend.
I see we've reached detente on the company-is-singular-vs-plural issue. Or are you posting this from the middle of the Atlantic?
Mod parent up!
>>[ufenet.org] By comparison, the US's GDP over the
>>same time period only increased 3.7% anually
>>[bls.gov], or 37%.
>Sorry, when you can't do arithmetic, nobody takes
>you seriously.
Too bad, because his point is still valid. A 3.7% annual increase equates to 43.8% over a 10-year period, not 37%. But either value is still FAR below the 571% growth in CEO pay.
Judging by the dearth of actual intelligent insight, I think most people posting here are actually DeVry-educated.
Don't read Slashdot much, do you?