What would you prefer, being charged per megabyte or per device? Because most people are charged per device. $40/month for data on your phone, fine, but then you want a sim card in your iPad? That's another data plan at $40/month, regardless of how much you use.
The article is proposing a usage-based system that's independent of the number of devices. That's a much better arrangement IMHO.
This is like complaining that it costs more to park near your local supermarket, when all they've done is add some extra handicap places. The fine you pay for parking in a handicapped spot isn't the cost of parking there, it's the cost of breaking the rules. Similarly, you're not supposed to sign up for this $20/month plan and then stream Netflix all day. If you want Netflix, get a plan with a bigger limit. It's not that hard.
What possible motive do the GPS manufacturers have for rigging the tests? If modern, properly-configured GPS units don't recieve interference, then why would they care? I read the article expecting some important link, like Garmin having an alliance with Verizon, but there was no mention of that.
In fact if anything, GPS makers would enjoy selling modern units to customers with older units that no longer work because of LightSquared.
Sorry, but it's just too much of a stretch to believe in this conspiracy. I think LightSquared are simply desperate to get the FTC to give them their waiver. Their business is royally screwed without it.
It's not just misleading, it's actually lying. The pictures are accompanied by the phrase "Images shown are for demonstrative purposes only". But they're not demonstrative of anything like the difference between a high-end and low-end graphics card.
The fact that it's for business users does not in any way excuse Dell for flat-out lying to customers.
The summary (taken from the first article) implies that these new diodes are going to supersede LEDs, but they have completely different purposes. LEDs make lights, these things don't.
Here in the Netherlands all 3 major mobile carriers recently raised their prices (and/or lowered their download limit) within a few weeks of each other. Vodafone cited falling SMS revenue due to WhatsApp. This isn't surprising; I send maybe 3 text messages a month now compared to about 1,000 using WhatsApp.
Yep, a creationist and an atheist have teamed up to use shady marketing tactics in order to collect on that big "theological debate audience" dollar. Sure.
A lot of carriers in Europe and Australia add a monthly surcharge on BlackBerry contracts. Vodafone Netherlands, for example requires you to pay an extra €5/month if you choose a BlackBerry handset (increasing the price from €23 to €28 per month). There's no similar fee for iPhone or Android users. I'm sure this must be costing RIM more than a few customers.
"in other news, ipods get heavier as you fill them." Yes, they do. This is clear to anyone familiar with Maxwell. This professor has come to the answer a different way, via Einstein.
"Had SureView been on Bradley Manning's machine, no one would know who Bradley Manning is today," This quote sends shivers down my spine.
Imagine if King George III had had this kind of technology. Then no one would know who George Washington is today. Why would anybody think this is a bad thing?
No wonder the phone companies haven't heard about it, since judging by the comments, no one on Slashdot has either. Perhaps you mean tethering? I have a contract with Vodafone (Netherlands). It came with a HTC Desire. The phone came with an app called "Wifi Hotspot". It works perfectly. My girlfriend has a Desire S. It also has the Wifi Hotspot app. So... where's the problem? You're in Ireland, not the US.
It'll be interesting to see Sony-Ericsson return to the market. I remember when they were a big player alongside Nokia, Motorola and Samsung, but things are completely different in the post-iPhone (ie, Android) world. With Nokia out of the picture, and Motorola focusing almost entirely on the US market (even more than usual), it's really just Samsung and HTC. Both have done extremely well with Android. Sony-Ericsson, if they can move beyond the lackluster Xperia range, can bring a lot more diversity to the Android system.
I still won't buy one, you know, because it's Sony. But I welcome the competition.
If only more conservatives felt the same way. But American conservatives (and Republicans in particular) are about as far as it gets from "dealing in facts" these days and are more anti-science than the far left.
"Dealing in facts" means recognising evolution. That's unacceptable in the US Right. So something even mildly controversial, like climate change, has no hope.
The basic plan isn't very compelling, but for $65/month you get 200GB (100/100) and 25mbit/5mbit. That's definitely better than ADSL, for only $15 more.
I was curious how much energy these things produce:
The Pavegen floor tiles flex a slight 5 millimeters when stepped on, capturing kinetic energy which is either stored in lithium polymer batteries beneath its surface or converted into 2.1 watts of electricity and distributed throughout surrounding lights.
It produces 2.1 watts for how long? 1 second? 100ms? I guess it could make some LEDs flash. Also:
Kembell-Cook is now in the running to win the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of 2011 Award which would give him 10,000 lbs to use towards his invention.
Wow. Will his prize be in the form of a giant cartoon-style weight with "10,000 lbs" written on it? Perhaps they'll drop it on his house.
That's not what he said at all. The first to file rule doesn't override prior art. If someone invents something and publishes it, no one else can come along and patent it. However, if someone invents something and doesn't publish it (keeping it a trade secret), it can still be patented by someone else. This is a good thing because it encourages the publication of inventions, patented or otherwise.
Now, the reason why this act favours large corporations is that it allows for a company to publish an invention to a limited group, ie, other departments, sister corporations, whatever, but keeping it a secret from the outside world. They've satisfied the requirements to establish "prior art", but in reality no one else knows about the invention.
The act has established a new type of trolling: alongside the submarine patent, there is now submarine prior art.
but it seems more likely that Facebook's bankers aren't happy with the company's numbers
Nowhere in the Financial Times article or the pointless IT World blog post is there anything to support this claim. The FT says the opposite: it's desirable to delay the IPO as much as possible, especially during times of market volatility, and furthermore revenues have most likely doubled since last year.
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What would you prefer, being charged per megabyte or per device? Because most people are charged per device. $40/month for data on your phone, fine, but then you want a sim card in your iPad? That's another data plan at $40/month, regardless of how much you use.
The article is proposing a usage-based system that's independent of the number of devices. That's a much better arrangement IMHO.
Thanks for the suggestion, Jared.
This is like complaining that it costs more to park near your local supermarket, when all they've done is add some extra handicap places. The fine you pay for parking in a handicapped spot isn't the cost of parking there, it's the cost of breaking the rules. Similarly, you're not supposed to sign up for this $20/month plan and then stream Netflix all day. If you want Netflix, get a plan with a bigger limit. It's not that hard.
What possible motive do the GPS manufacturers have for rigging the tests? If modern, properly-configured GPS units don't recieve interference, then why would they care? I read the article expecting some important link, like Garmin having an alliance with Verizon, but there was no mention of that.
In fact if anything, GPS makers would enjoy selling modern units to customers with older units that no longer work because of LightSquared.
Sorry, but it's just too much of a stretch to believe in this conspiracy. I think LightSquared are simply desperate to get the FTC to give them their waiver. Their business is royally screwed without it.
It's not just misleading, it's actually lying. The pictures are accompanied by the phrase "Images shown are for demonstrative purposes only". But they're not demonstrative of anything like the difference between a high-end and low-end graphics card.
The fact that it's for business users does not in any way excuse Dell for flat-out lying to customers.
The summary (taken from the first article) implies that these new diodes are going to supersede LEDs, but they have completely different purposes. LEDs make lights, these things don't.
Here in the Netherlands all 3 major mobile carriers recently raised their prices (and/or lowered their download limit) within a few weeks of each other. Vodafone cited falling SMS revenue due to WhatsApp. This isn't surprising; I send maybe 3 text messages a month now compared to about 1,000 using WhatsApp.
When exactly is this hyper-inflation supposed to start? I've been hearing about it for years, but the inflation rate is still what, 3.6%?
That's why these robots have 120fps cameras.
Yep, a creationist and an atheist have teamed up to use shady marketing tactics in order to collect on that big "theological debate audience" dollar. Sure.
A lot of carriers in Europe and Australia add a monthly surcharge on BlackBerry contracts. Vodafone Netherlands, for example requires you to pay an extra €5/month if you choose a BlackBerry handset (increasing the price from €23 to €28 per month). There's no similar fee for iPhone or Android users. I'm sure this must be costing RIM more than a few customers.
If a religion forbids coffee & tea, won't it also forbid caffeinated jerky?
"in other news, ipods get heavier as you fill them."
Yes, they do. This is clear to anyone familiar with Maxwell. This professor has come to the answer a different way, via Einstein.
This is the best comment that ever started with "Listen bro".
I thought tinfoil hats are to protect you from government mind-rays, not lava. Though tinfoil is pretty amazing stuff.
"Had SureView been on Bradley Manning's machine, no one would know who Bradley Manning is today,"
This quote sends shivers down my spine.
Imagine if King George III had had this kind of technology. Then no one would know who George Washington is today. Why would anybody think this is a bad thing?
No wonder the phone companies haven't heard about it, since judging by the comments, no one on Slashdot has either. Perhaps you mean tethering?
I have a contract with Vodafone (Netherlands). It came with a HTC Desire. The phone came with an app called "Wifi Hotspot". It works perfectly.
My girlfriend has a Desire S. It also has the Wifi Hotspot app. So... where's the problem? You're in Ireland, not the US.
"We realised that Qwikster sounds like the sort of company that made spyware in the late 90s".
It'll be interesting to see Sony-Ericsson return to the market. I remember when they were a big player alongside Nokia, Motorola and Samsung, but things are completely different in the post-iPhone (ie, Android) world. With Nokia out of the picture, and Motorola focusing almost entirely on the US market (even more than usual), it's really just Samsung and HTC. Both have done extremely well with Android. Sony-Ericsson, if they can move beyond the lackluster Xperia range, can bring a lot more diversity to the Android system.
I still won't buy one, you know, because it's Sony. But I welcome the competition.
If only more conservatives felt the same way. But American conservatives (and Republicans in particular) are about as far as it gets from "dealing in facts" these days and are more anti-science than the far left.
"Dealing in facts" means recognising evolution. That's unacceptable in the US Right. So something even mildly controversial, like climate change, has no hope.
Where in Europe? Even in the Netherlands you can't get a connection for that price.
The basic plan isn't very compelling, but for $65/month you get 200GB (100/100) and 25mbit/5mbit. That's definitely better than ADSL, for only $15 more.
I was curious how much energy these things produce:
It produces 2.1 watts for how long? 1 second? 100ms? I guess it could make some LEDs flash.
Also:
Wow. Will his prize be in the form of a giant cartoon-style weight with "10,000 lbs" written on it? Perhaps they'll drop it on his house.
That's not what he said at all. The first to file rule doesn't override prior art. If someone invents something and publishes it, no one else can come along and patent it. However, if someone invents something and doesn't publish it (keeping it a trade secret), it can still be patented by someone else. This is a good thing because it encourages the publication of inventions, patented or otherwise.
Now, the reason why this act favours large corporations is that it allows for a company to publish an invention to a limited group, ie, other departments, sister corporations, whatever, but keeping it a secret from the outside world. They've satisfied the requirements to establish "prior art", but in reality no one else knows about the invention.
The act has established a new type of trolling: alongside the submarine patent, there is now submarine prior art.
Nowhere in the Financial Times article or the pointless IT World blog post is there anything to support this claim. The FT says the opposite: it's desirable to delay the IPO as much as possible, especially during times of market volatility, and furthermore revenues have most likely doubled since last year.