It is not just collissions; there are fundamental capacity-based reasons why the upstream is limited. There is plenty of literature on the theoretical upstream capacity of an arbitrary cellular system. I doubt if the sum of all the upstream rates in an embedded sector can ever be more than a few 100 kilobits/second, irrespective of the modulation used, for a 1.25Mhz channel.
I've not been able to get the plugin to work, either from within the browser or as a standalone on Mandrake 8.0 or 8.1. It starts up and then X freezes hard. I've not had much help from the codeweaver folks in this regard. I would be interested if anyone has got this working on mandrake.
When I buy stuff, I pay sales tax. The merchant who sold me the stuff has to pay income tax on the profit on the sale.
Just because somebody downstream in the revenue stream pays tax does not mean that the guys upstream don't have to.
This is the old, false and ethically bankrupt argument used by the wealthy all over to avoid paying taxes, at the same time making sure that the "common herd" does. (After all, we have to make sure that we have tanks and cops to protect our SUVs and enforce the DMCA, don't we?)
I understand that 1xRTT rollouts will be
followed shortly by IS-856 rollouts, which
is a pure packet-data variant of 1xRTT.
Apparantly, this provides a 2.4Mbps shared
pipe downstream, 153Kbps/subscriber upstream
(peak). This makes it simply the fastest cellular
data system available, and rollouts are expected
early next year. This is also technology invented
by Qualcomm.
Actually, Imdb has become less than useless
as an indicator of new movies nowadays, because
of the massive vote stuffing used by the
studios. Starting with the Blair Witch Project,
the studios have rolled this into their marketing
campaigns. I have seen favorable comments posted
on Imdb even before the movie was officially released by people claiming to have seen the preview.
I don't know Ulrich Drepper personally, though
I am aware he is a well-intentioned man and a
uber-hacker. I am glad that he is working on glibc, and that I can enjoy the fruits of his efforts.
Having said that, I have to say that his anger seems to stem from not anything specific that RMS has done, but the connotations that he assigns to RMS' actions.
Reading Mr. Drepper's article, it appears that RMS has acted democratically and ethically at every turn. Mr. Drepper himself admits that there was no effort to displace him from his position. Also, I see no issue with the new license wording: in fact, like Mr. Drepper admits, it seems more "commerce-friendly" than the previous one, thus refuting RMS' anti-commerce image. It seems, at least to me, that Mr. Drepper is guilty in no little way of the same fault he attributes to RMS... the obsessive need to control his environment.
Linux today has censored several of my posts that criticized some of their highlighted articles. In particular, comments on some of Dennis Powell's articles (one of which accused RMS in thinly veiled terms of stealing from the FSF for personal gain) were censored. These comments were in no way obscene. I have seen other people make comments on the same vein.
Today's development explains a lot. I wonder what this person's motivation is. In any event, Linux Today has lost all of my goodwill and trust.
Another "prominent" person of the Free Software community that I have reservations about is the aforementioned "journalist" Powell. I would really like to know where their money comes from.
Magnus.
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> Xena doesn't rely on men to provide
> her every clue on how to do something.
That is true in more ways than one! Not for
nothing is Xena so popular among women who walk
"up the down staircase".
Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course.
The Garter group survives by some of the most flagrantly unethical (and in my opinion, criminal) tactics ever displayed even in an industry where such things are common. As for driving Garter out of business if you do better research... what utter nonsense! That is like saying that you will drive MS out of business if you produce a better OS. In an ideal world, maybe. Not in a world driven by greed and corruption where manipulating and managing the public perception of things has been reduced to a science.
Comparing Richochet to 3G is like comparing
a mono-propeller plane to a Boeing 747.
Richochet is a very limited technology that works
over the unlicensed band. The reason why it is
out there today is precisely because of its limited ambitions. 3G is a much more comprehensive project that involves co-operation between gargantuan entities, so there is a lot of politics involved. But it will happen, sooner or later. And when it does, Richochet will sink without a trace.
And BTW, 3G is not one standard, but a family. Check out IS-856, a member of this family. A cellular, CDMA-based standard for delivering 2.4Mbps shared/ sector. Worldwide rollouts in Mid-2002.
And before you smugly report that "it is shared", consider this: so is Richochet. So is any access technology that does not involve a dedicated wire strung to your door.
I used to be a martyr to lower back pain until pointed to a simple remedy: stretching! You will not believe the difference it makes.
There are many books that describe simple but effective stretches that can make a huge difference to your everyday well-being. Spending 10 minutes every morning and 10 every evening on some Yoga exercises is even better.
Also, don't forget the importance of good sleeping posture. Do not lie on your back with your hands stretched out over your head, or even folded above your head. When you sleep, your hands should be relaxed and positioned over your chest. Ideally, you should have a pillow underneath your knees. Alternately, try sleeping on your side with a pillow between your legs.
The writer seems to have a major problem with
men and boys. They like sex. The horror! However, the fact is, with the exception of a small "non-mainstream" percentage, most women like sex too. Ever taken a look at a "Woman's Magazine" lately? It is full of pictures of half-naked women/girls and explicit advice about sexual matters. Half the content is advice on how to attract wealthy and powerful men, and how to get rid of losers. Just as men rate women on how good their figures are, women rate men on their success, or "alpha-characteristics."
The only difference between Cosmopolitan and Playboy is that Cosmo sells sex from a "Producer" perspective and Playboy sells it from a "Consumer" perspective.
Keep your ears open for IS-856-based technology.
This is part of the CDMA-2000 standards family and
has been developed by Qualcomm corporation.
When this is deployed, you will have many vendors building
to one standard that provides you with cellphone and high-speed
wireless access. All sorts of cool devices will be available.
Look for deployments beginning the middle of 2002.
You are absolutely right. The apparant
glee with which this sad news is being
received makes me sick to my stomach.
It just shows that no good deed goes
unpunished.
Eazel, thanks very much from one grateful linux
user. You fought the good fight and lost
for now. Hopefully, your legacy will carry
on.
Dennis Powell writes an article hinting that
Eazel's collapse indicates that RMS buggers
sheep. Article appears on Linuxtoday.
All comments refuting the claims are
censored.
I think they contributed something to the
original ppp code in the kernel.
But my respect for Caldera has deteriorated
since the time they sold out to MS by settling
their "Dr-DOS" lawsuit. They has MS by the balls
and could have really embarassed them at a
particularly vulnerable time. Instead, they
chose to settle and bury the details, so the
full story of the notorious win-3.1 popup
message will never hit the mainstream.
There is a simple reason why the RIAA is able to get away with this. The US high court judges
are corrupt as they come, and corporations know
it. They might have different political ideologies, but the nomination process makes
it impossible for honest judges to go up the ladder, since both parties are beholden to the
same corporations. Thus we have sleazy, unethical
slimeballs like "Judge" Kaplan and the cunning
bastards in the US appeals court spouting whatever nonsense that they want and getting away with murder.
Of course, the journalists whose job it is to expose these criminals are themselves beholden to the same corporations! They are employed, directly or indirectly, by the media companies who constitute the RIAA. Thus we have the unholy alliance that operates without any fear of exposure or reprisals.
Well, for one, you might get an offer that
you cannot refuse from MS. At present, they
are giving away CE to most customers and subsidizing
development for CE in a big way with their
ill-gotten desktop profits. They are also giving
cold hard cash to smaller customers for using
their OS! The same way web-developers get paid
to design sites that use IE proprietary features
so that the sites look like crap from any other
browser.
Uhh... IS-856 is a 3gpp2 standard. It is
no more proprietary than GSM, GPRS, EDGE or
any other technology. BTW, the GSM world is
now upgrading to wideband CDMA, and I believe
that the emerging HSCSD standard is based on that.
This is basically the implementation of the IS-856 standard that was ratified by the 3gPP2
recently. The system works over a bandwidth of
1.25 MHz (exactly the same as IS-95 CDMA) and
delivers a peak of 2.4 Mbits/sec. It is important
to note that this 2.4 Mbits/sec is shared among all the "currently connected" subscribers in that "sector". So expect lower speeds per consumer during peak hours.
The technology was developed by the folks
at Qualcomm corp. They are the same chaps who
invented CDMA (or at least, commercialized it). I think all the big national
wireless providers have committed to deploying
IS-856 by late 2002. Anyway sprint is surely not the only one. Besides Lucent, I all the
big equipment vendors must be working on
building IS-856 systems (Eg. Ericcson, Nortel,
Nokia, Samsung etc).
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It is not just collissions; there are fundamental capacity-based reasons why the upstream is limited.
There is plenty of literature on the theoretical upstream capacity of an arbitrary cellular system. I doubt if the sum of all the upstream rates in an embedded sector can ever be more than a few 100 kilobits/second, irrespective of the modulation used, for a 1.25Mhz channel.
Magnus.
I've not been able to get the plugin to
work, either from within the browser or as
a standalone on Mandrake 8.0 or 8.1.
It starts up and then X freezes hard.
I've not had much help from the codeweaver folks
in this regard. I would be interested if anyone
has got this working on mandrake.
Magnus.
When I buy stuff, I pay sales tax. The merchant who sold me the stuff has to pay income tax on the profit on the sale.
Just because somebody downstream in the revenue stream pays tax does not mean that the guys upstream don't have to.
This is the old, false and ethically bankrupt argument used by the wealthy all over to avoid paying taxes, at the same time making sure that the "common herd" does. (After all, we have to make sure that we have tanks and cops to protect our SUVs and enforce the DMCA, don't we?)
Magnus.
I understand that 1xRTT rollouts will be
followed shortly by IS-856 rollouts, which
is a pure packet-data variant of 1xRTT.
Apparantly, this provides a 2.4Mbps shared
pipe downstream, 153Kbps/subscriber upstream
(peak). This makes it simply the fastest cellular
data system available, and rollouts are expected
early next year. This is also technology invented
by Qualcomm.
Hari.
Actually, Imdb has become less than useless
as an indicator of new movies nowadays, because
of the massive vote stuffing used by the
studios. Starting with the Blair Witch Project,
the studios have rolled this into their marketing
campaigns. I have seen favorable comments posted
on Imdb even before the movie was officially released by people claiming to have seen the preview.
Magnus.
Enlighten us, please.
Magnus.
What are the odds that the guy who faked the Linuxtoday "talkbacks" was in the payroll of M$? Very high, it seems to me.
Magnus.Can you please provide evidence of your claim that a black person has ever owned a white slave in the USA?
Not that I am doubting you, I just want some proof. I have never heard this claimed by anyone before.
Magnus.I don't know Ulrich Drepper personally, though I am aware he is a well-intentioned man and a uber-hacker. I am glad that he is working on glibc, and that I can enjoy the fruits of his efforts.
Having said that, I have to say that his anger seems to stem from not anything specific that RMS has done, but the connotations that he assigns to RMS' actions. Reading Mr. Drepper's article, it appears that RMS has acted democratically and ethically at every turn. Mr. Drepper himself admits that there was no effort to displace him from his position. Also, I see no issue with the new license wording: in fact, like Mr. Drepper admits, it seems more "commerce-friendly" than the previous one, thus refuting RMS' anti-commerce image. It seems, at least to me, that Mr. Drepper is guilty in no little way of the same fault he attributes to RMS... the obsessive need to control his environment.
Magnus.Linux today has censored several of my posts that criticized some of their highlighted articles. In particular, comments on some of Dennis Powell's articles (one of which accused RMS in thinly veiled terms of stealing from the FSF for personal gain) were censored. These comments were in no way obscene. I have seen other people make comments on the same vein.
Today's development explains a lot. I wonder what this person's motivation is. In any event, Linux Today has lost all of my goodwill and trust.
Another "prominent" person of the Free Software community that I have reservations about is the aforementioned "journalist" Powell. I would really like to know where their money comes from.
Magnus.> her every clue on how to do something.
That is true in more ways than one! Not for nothing is Xena so popular among women who walk "up the down staircase".
Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course.
Magnus.The Garter group survives by some of the most flagrantly unethical (and in my opinion, criminal) tactics ever displayed even in an industry where such things are common. As for driving Garter out of business if you do better research... what utter nonsense! That is like saying that you will drive MS out of business if you produce a better OS. In an ideal world, maybe. Not in a world driven by greed and corruption where manipulating and managing the public perception of things has been reduced to a science.
Magnus.Comparing Richochet to 3G is like comparing a mono-propeller plane to a Boeing 747.
Richochet is a very limited technology that works over the unlicensed band. The reason why it is out there today is precisely because of its limited ambitions. 3G is a much more comprehensive project that involves co-operation between gargantuan entities, so there is a lot of politics involved. But it will happen, sooner or later. And when it does, Richochet will sink without a trace.
And BTW, 3G is not one standard, but a family. Check out IS-856, a member of this family. A cellular, CDMA-based standard for delivering 2.4Mbps shared/ sector. Worldwide rollouts in Mid-2002.
And before you smugly report that "it is shared", consider this: so is Richochet. So is any access technology that does not involve a dedicated wire strung to your door.
Magnus.I used to be a martyr to lower back pain until pointed to a simple remedy: stretching! You will not believe the difference it makes.
There are many books that describe simple but effective stretches that can make a huge difference to your everyday well-being. Spending 10 minutes every morning and 10 every evening on some Yoga exercises is even better.
Also, don't forget the importance of good sleeping posture. Do not lie on your back with your hands stretched out over your head, or even folded above your head. When you sleep, your hands should be relaxed and positioned over your chest. Ideally, you should have a pillow underneath your knees. Alternately, try sleeping on your side with a pillow between your legs.
Magnus.The writer seems to have a major problem with men and boys. They like sex. The horror! However, the fact is, with the exception of a small "non-mainstream" percentage, most women like sex too. Ever taken a look at a "Woman's Magazine" lately? It is full of pictures of half-naked women/girls and explicit advice about sexual matters. Half the content is advice on how to attract wealthy and powerful men, and how to get rid of losers. Just as men rate women on how good their figures are, women rate men on their success, or "alpha-characteristics."
The only difference between Cosmopolitan and Playboy is that Cosmo sells sex from a "Producer" perspective and Playboy sells it from a "Consumer" perspective.
Magnus.Whereas you, I am sure, can reference 100 papers written by Women's Studies College Professors to support the contrary.
Magnus.Keep your ears open for IS-856-based technology. This is part of the CDMA-2000 standards family and has been developed by Qualcomm corporation. When this is deployed, you will have many vendors building to one standard that provides you with cellphone and high-speed wireless access. All sorts of cool devices will be available. Look for deployments beginning the middle of 2002.
Magnus.You are absolutely right. The apparant glee with which this sad news is being received makes me sick to my stomach. It just shows that no good deed goes unpunished.
Eazel, thanks very much from one grateful linux user. You fought the good fight and lost for now. Hopefully, your legacy will carry on.
Magnus.More predictions:
Dennis Powell writes an article hinting that Eazel's collapse indicates that RMS buggers sheep. Article appears on Linuxtoday. All comments refuting the claims are censored.
Magnus.
I think they contributed something to the original ppp code in the kernel.
But my respect for Caldera has deteriorated since the time they sold out to MS by settling their "Dr-DOS" lawsuit. They has MS by the balls and could have really embarassed them at a particularly vulnerable time. Instead, they chose to settle and bury the details, so the full story of the notorious win-3.1 popup message will never hit the mainstream.
Magnus.There is a simple reason why the RIAA is able to get away with this. The US high court judges are corrupt as they come, and corporations know it. They might have different political ideologies, but the nomination process makes it impossible for honest judges to go up the ladder, since both parties are beholden to the same corporations. Thus we have sleazy, unethical slimeballs like "Judge" Kaplan and the cunning bastards in the US appeals court spouting whatever nonsense that they want and getting away with murder.
Of course, the journalists whose job it is to expose these criminals are themselves beholden to the same corporations! They are employed, directly or indirectly, by the media companies who constitute the RIAA. Thus we have the unholy alliance that operates without any fear of exposure or reprisals.
Magnus.> are owned by the people. The government does
> not and is not.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Dude, I really fell for that one! I didn't realize your article was satire until I read that line!
Uhh.. it was satire, wasn't it?
Magnus.
Well, for one, you might get an offer that you cannot refuse from MS. At present, they are giving away CE to most customers and subsidizing development for CE in a big way with their ill-gotten desktop profits. They are also giving cold hard cash to smaller customers for using their OS! The same way web-developers get paid to design sites that use IE proprietary features so that the sites look like crap from any other browser.
Magnus.Uhh... IS-856 is a 3gpp2 standard. It is no more proprietary than GSM, GPRS, EDGE or any other technology. BTW, the GSM world is now upgrading to wideband CDMA, and I believe that the emerging HSCSD standard is based on that.
Magnus.This is basically the implementation of the IS-856 standard that was ratified by the 3gPP2 recently. The system works over a bandwidth of 1.25 MHz (exactly the same as IS-95 CDMA) and delivers a peak of 2.4 Mbits/sec. It is important to note that this 2.4 Mbits/sec is shared among all the "currently connected" subscribers in that "sector". So expect lower speeds per consumer during peak hours.
The technology was developed by the folks at Qualcomm corp. They are the same chaps who invented CDMA (or at least, commercialized it). I think all the big national wireless providers have committed to deploying IS-856 by late 2002. Anyway sprint is surely not the only one. Besides Lucent, I all the big equipment vendors must be working on building IS-856 systems (Eg. Ericcson, Nortel, Nokia, Samsung etc).
Magnus.