The minidisc market made it; just not in north america. It's very popular in europe & Japan. VERY popular.
And mp3 players? Does sony actually have an mp3 player? I know they have a digital memory stick player, but I think it uses their atrac encoding (same as minidisc) not mp3.
Spread spectrum has nothing to do with it; you can certainly go 20 miles with the proper antennae/protocol/amplifier (depending).
802.11b cards, proper antennae and cabling, you can do 20 miles.
Switch to another protocol, optimized for the exact distance and application, you can get even more speed out of it.
You seem to think I'm whining about Customs & Immigration because it's 'annoying' or something.
Dude, let me tell you. If I'm travelling to the United States, then I fully expect to obey their laws and go through customs & immigration, etc etc.
But when I'm flying to central america, and my flight just happens to connect in Newark, and I'm not told until the last minute that I have to go through US Customs (which is NOT normal for a connecting international flight).. that disturbs me, because I may be carrying things in my baggage that I am not allowed to bring into theUS (But are perfectly legal where I came from and where I am going), or (though it's not the case at this point) I may for some reason not be permitted entry into the US.
And you are just the type who says 'You don't like it in the US? Look at countries with REAL problems'. Yep. Let me tell you.. if the US continues to erode it's people's freedoms as it has been, you will end up the same way.
If you are flying from say, Heathrow to Mexico City, connecting in Toronto (I made that up), standard practice is that you do not have to go through canadian customs & immigration in Toronto, because you are not actually entering Canada officially; you are simply catching a connecting flight.
On my trip from Amsterdam to Costa Rica, connecting in Newark, they made us collect our luggage, go through customs & immigration, and then hand our luggage back in.
Normally, an airport simply keeps you in a secure area between connecting flights if they are not domestic.
Can you point me to some information on this? I didn't think this was possible...
You cannot use an X server to view sessions served out by MS Terminal Services, as far as I know; that's completely contrary to what MS does.
I'd think users using old X terminals to view windows apps is the *last* thing MS wants.
You whined about your post on K5... but seriously. This borders on flamebait.
Hint: People who learn more abstract ideas about computers, and more generic ideas usually have no problems adapting to other systems.
Are you trying to say that every school should be obliged to teach windows because that's what you need to get a job? Hello? You aren't in highschool as 'job training', you are in it to learn theory and academics, to gain some base knowledge. I'd MUCH rather have my kids learn a thing or two about linux than 'here's windows'
Well, licensing issues aside (commercially selling 802.11b would be illegal in the UK, it violates the 2.4GHZ ISM band license), this is entirely possible.
I've had 802.11b connectison going 10 MILES using the proper antennas (and staying within the regulations). You are only limited to 100-300 meters using 0db gain omnidirectional cheap antennas.
The 2.4Ghz ISM band is licensed for localized use in the UK. Cordless phones, wireless LAN, medical and scientific insturmentation, microwave ovens, etc....It's NOT licensed for telecom-type use. You can't 'sell' internet access, and build up towers and tramist all over the place using the 2.4Ghz ISM band... it violates the license. It's NOT licensed the same way it is in North America.
GNP/GDP are *Not* measures, by any means, of quality-of-life. They are purely financial. War and death also make them go up; they are indifferent indices.
Portugal may have a low GNP, but they are certainly not in 'Poverty'. They work the land; are largeley self sufficient from region to region, and simply are not that modernized; they don't HAVE to be. They are comfortable, healthy people from what I've seen. I've seen MUCh worse living conditions in the US,Canada, and the UK than I've seen anywhere in Portugal.
It's the nature of their economy; their self-sufficiency and lack of exports that makes them 'appear' poor.
They are both wireless.. but comparing BlueTooth to 802.11b (PLEASE QUIT calling it 802.11, it's 802.11b, a small PART of 802.11. 802.11 encompases wired ethernet as well) is like comparing satellite transmission gear to your radio controlled model car. They just have nothing to do with each other, other than both use rf. Or to put it in other terms, it's like comparing Apples and Oranges.
If 802.11b succeeds (it already is) it will have nothing to do with how well Bluetooth does, and vice versa. Once again, to refresh, the point of bluetooth is this:
A low-cost all-inclusive chipset (1 or 2 chips) that can be added to any device to bluetooth-enable it. YES it's short range, low power. It was *designed* that way; it's not a shortcoming.
The whole idea was that, rather than have every company design proprietary wireless systems, they should all get together, develop a low-cost spec, and let the new market that's created work for itself.
of COURSE a palm *could* use 802.11b.... but it takes more power, and is overkill. Confuscious say 'Don't use a cannon to kill a mosquito'
It's not fraud if the end-user accepts what it's going to do. Remember, the site (slashdot) is only what it appears to be when rendered by a common browser; if I use lynx, I don't see ads; does that mean lynx is violating some law?
It's just NOT the same thing.
Should I modify your computer? Heck no.... I shoudln't, you are absolutely correct about that.
However, simply trying to connect to \\blahblah\c and having it work is hardly 'breaking in'.
No, I woudln't break into someone's house just for fun. But, let's say I was walking down the street, and I saw a shopkeeper locking up for hte night, but noticed he didn't shut the door. I'm going to be a GOOD citizen, walk over, see if it's just my imagination, or if the door is actually open, and if it IS open, I'm going to go TELL hima bout it. I don't expect to be prosecuted for breaking and entering or trespassing; I expect to be told 'thank you'.
How does windows force you to use proprietary software? Just because the 'free software' crowd doesn't write software that actually works under windows?
You can get GCC for windows (and it works well). THere is no law against developing free software for windows. Poeple just *aren't doing it*
This, from the only country that forces you to go through customs & Immigration even to handle a connecting flight.
From one of the few remaining countries with a death penalty.
From a country that still taxes it's people even if they reside in a foreign country (Only a few countries still do this; one being Libya)
IT's for when you owe people money, and you can't pay. The idea is that you can stave off the creditors for a while, deal with them all fairly and evenly, and allow your company to start making some money. This doesn't mean 'making money because they don't have to pay bills'... it is designed to give them breathing room in order to dig their way out.
A *seriously* troubled company wouldn't bother with Chapter 11... they would just dissolve.
You can't base your assumptions as to what would infringe and what doesn't based on the abstract; you have to read the exact wording of the patent itself. The abstract is just a 'summary' designed to quickly let you know generally what the patent is about.
I have to disagree. I want to buy *internet service* period. Charge me for extra bandwidth if you want (if I use it).. but don't tell me i "can't have listening TCP sockets'.
The internet is about connecting computers, not about 'consumers' and 'servers'
Simple. Stay out of it. What the hell are you doing spending 12 hours a day in your cube?
Unless you are part owner (and I don't mean like, you have some options or a bit of stock.. I mean like a HUGE interest in the business), there is no reason for you to be spending 12 hours a day at work. Get a life (I mean that seriously.. you will regret the wasted youth later in life.)
As for 'sprucing up' your cube... why do you need suggestions? Just do what you want, within what your office will allow.
As my guru once said, you aren't doing your job properly if you can't do it between 9 and 5.
My 'false hopes' revolve around the fact that I can connect one computer to another, somehow, without what I do being filtered, no matter what. So can anyone else, and so we eventually get the internet.
Pundits can argue all they want that it won't stay that way.. but it will.
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Yes, sony supports varied technologies.
The minidisc market made it; just not in north america. It's very popular in europe & Japan. VERY popular.
And mp3 players? Does sony actually have an mp3 player? I know they have a digital memory stick player, but I think it uses their atrac encoding (same as minidisc) not mp3.
Spread spectrum has nothing to do with it; you can certainly go 20 miles with the proper antennae/protocol/amplifier (depending).
802.11b cards, proper antennae and cabling, you can do 20 miles.
Switch to another protocol, optimized for the exact distance and application, you can get even more speed out of it.
And moreover, 802.11 itself identifies the entire set of ethernet standards.
802.11 is the formal definition of an ethernet frame.
You seem to think I'm whining about Customs & Immigration because it's 'annoying' or something.
Dude, let me tell you. If I'm travelling to the United States, then I fully expect to obey their laws and go through customs & immigration, etc etc.
But when I'm flying to central america, and my flight just happens to connect in Newark, and I'm not told until the last minute that I have to go through US Customs (which is NOT normal for a connecting international flight).. that disturbs me, because I may be carrying things in my baggage that I am not allowed to bring into theUS (But are perfectly legal where I came from and where I am going), or (though it's not the case at this point) I may for some reason not be permitted entry into the US.
And you are just the type who says 'You don't like it in the US? Look at countries with REAL problems'. Yep. Let me tell you.. if the US continues to erode it's people's freedoms as it has been, you will end up the same way.
If you are flying from say, Heathrow to Mexico City, connecting in Toronto (I made that up), standard practice is that you do not have to go through canadian customs & immigration in Toronto, because you are not actually entering Canada officially; you are simply catching a connecting flight.
On my trip from Amsterdam to Costa Rica, connecting in Newark, they made us collect our luggage, go through customs & immigration, and then hand our luggage back in.
Normally, an airport simply keeps you in a secure area between connecting flights if they are not domestic.
Can you point me to some information on this? I didn't think this was possible...
You cannot use an X server to view sessions served out by MS Terminal Services, as far as I know; that's completely contrary to what MS does.
I'd think users using old X terminals to view windows apps is the *last* thing MS wants.
You whined about your post on K5... but seriously. This borders on flamebait.
Hint: People who learn more abstract ideas about computers, and more generic ideas usually have no problems adapting to other systems.
Are you trying to say that every school should be obliged to teach windows because that's what you need to get a job? Hello? You aren't in highschool as 'job training', you are in it to learn theory and academics, to gain some base knowledge. I'd MUCH rather have my kids learn a thing or two about linux than 'here's windows'
Well, licensing issues aside (commercially selling 802.11b would be illegal in the UK, it violates the 2.4GHZ ISM band license), this is entirely possible.
I've had 802.11b connectison going 10 MILES using the proper antennas (and staying within the regulations). You are only limited to 100-300 meters using 0db gain omnidirectional cheap antennas.
The 2.4Ghz ISM band is licensed for localized use in the UK. Cordless phones, wireless LAN, medical and scientific insturmentation, microwave ovens, etc....It's NOT licensed for telecom-type use. You can't 'sell' internet access, and build up towers and tramist all over the place using the 2.4Ghz ISM band... it violates the license. It's NOT licensed the same way it is in North America.
GNP/GDP are *Not* measures, by any means, of quality-of-life. They are purely financial. War and death also make them go up; they are indifferent indices.
,Canada, and the UK than I've seen anywhere in Portugal.
Portugal may have a low GNP, but they are certainly not in 'Poverty'. They work the land; are largeley self sufficient from region to region, and simply are not that modernized; they don't HAVE to be. They are comfortable, healthy people from what I've seen. I've seen MUCh worse living conditions in the US
It's the nature of their economy; their self-sufficiency and lack of exports that makes them 'appear' poor.
I suggest you travel to a few 2nd and 3rd world countries before making that judgement.
Also.... beelive it or not, a good wireless system is the *answer* to lack of telecom infrastructure; it's much cheaper to deploy.
http://www.waverider.com
There are other protocols that are better suited towards the larger distances associated with giving everyone internet access to the home wirelessly.
With 802.11b, sure, you could have access points all over the place... but it's by no means the most efficient or best way to do it.
Because that's all you've heard of?
There are other protocols that are more suited towards wide-area distribution of internet access....
http://www.waverider.com
They are both wireless.. but comparing BlueTooth to 802.11b (PLEASE QUIT calling it 802.11, it's 802.11b, a small PART of 802.11. 802.11 encompases wired ethernet as well) is like comparing satellite transmission gear to your radio controlled model car. They just have nothing to do with each other, other than both use rf. Or to put it in other terms, it's like comparing Apples and Oranges.
If 802.11b succeeds (it already is) it will have nothing to do with how well Bluetooth does, and vice versa. Once again, to refresh, the point of bluetooth is this:
A low-cost all-inclusive chipset (1 or 2 chips) that can be added to any device to bluetooth-enable it. YES it's short range, low power. It was *designed* that way; it's not a shortcoming.
The whole idea was that, rather than have every company design proprietary wireless systems, they should all get together, develop a low-cost spec, and let the new market that's created work for itself.
of COURSE a palm *could* use 802.11b.... but it takes more power, and is overkill. Confuscious say 'Don't use a cannon to kill a mosquito'
It's not fraud if the end-user accepts what it's going to do. Remember, the site (slashdot) is only what it appears to be when rendered by a common browser; if I use lynx, I don't see ads; does that mean lynx is violating some law?
It's just NOT the same thing.
Should I modify your computer? Heck no.... I shoudln't, you are absolutely correct about that.
However, simply trying to connect to \\blahblah\c and having it work is hardly 'breaking in'.
No, I woudln't break into someone's house just for fun. But, let's say I was walking down the street, and I saw a shopkeeper locking up for hte night, but noticed he didn't shut the door. I'm going to be a GOOD citizen, walk over, see if it's just my imagination, or if the door is actually open, and if it IS open, I'm going to go TELL hima bout it. I don't expect to be prosecuted for breaking and entering or trespassing; I expect to be told 'thank you'.
How does windows force you to use proprietary software? Just because the 'free software' crowd doesn't write software that actually works under windows?
You can get GCC for windows (and it works well). THere is no law against developing free software for windows. Poeple just *aren't doing it*
The vast majority of security holes are not related whatsoever to the kernel... they are application specific.
Actually, most countries won't kill you for criticizing them... contrary to what you might be taught in school.
This, from the only country that forces you to go through customs & Immigration even to handle a connecting flight.
From one of the few remaining countries with a death penalty.
From a country that still taxes it's people even if they reside in a foreign country (Only a few countries still do this; one being Libya)
God help us.
IT's for when you owe people money, and you can't pay. The idea is that you can stave off the creditors for a while, deal with them all fairly and evenly, and allow your company to start making some money. This doesn't mean 'making money because they don't have to pay bills'... it is designed to give them breathing room in order to dig their way out.
A *seriously* troubled company wouldn't bother with Chapter 11... they would just dissolve.
You can't base your assumptions as to what would infringe and what doesn't based on the abstract; you have to read the exact wording of the patent itself. The abstract is just a 'summary' designed to quickly let you know generally what the patent is about.
I have to disagree. I want to buy *internet service* period. Charge me for extra bandwidth if you want (if I use it).. but don't tell me i "can't have listening TCP sockets'.
The internet is about connecting computers, not about 'consumers' and 'servers'
Simple. Stay out of it. What the hell are you doing spending 12 hours a day in your cube?
Unless you are part owner (and I don't mean like, you have some options or a bit of stock.. I mean like a HUGE interest in the business), there is no reason for you to be spending 12 hours a day at work. Get a life (I mean that seriously.. you will regret the wasted youth later in life.)
As for 'sprucing up' your cube... why do you need suggestions? Just do what you want, within what your office will allow.
As my guru once said, you aren't doing your job properly if you can't do it between 9 and 5.
My 'false hopes' revolve around the fact that I can connect one computer to another, somehow, without what I do being filtered, no matter what. So can anyone else, and so we eventually get the internet.
Pundits can argue all they want that it won't stay that way.. but it will.