To drive me last comment home, I did a quick Google search. According to this article, Verizon's profit margin is at over 40%. They could easily offer their customers a better experience and still make a nice profit but they instead choose to line their pockets since they don't have enough competition to justify putting more money towards customer experience.
Phone minutes are practically a commodity. None of the carriers have any real advantage, and there's no way they can really cut costs. The only way for them to make more money is by screwing customers. If you unlock your phone, it can help you avoid getting screwed.
If it weren't for "screw the customer" penalties, they'd all have a simple transparent plan. And you could figure out which phone was the cheapest, so you'd shop for a good deal (driving down profits).
You assume the only thing cell providers sell is minutes. They sell a complete mobile experience. This can include minutes, coverage area, data speed, pricing models, hardware ecosystem, network openness, perks, and much more. Minutes is not the only thing they can compete on.
I stick with Verizon because they have coverage everywhere, one of the largest 4G coverages, and because I got locked into their unlimited data plans before they went the way of the dodo. Unfortunately, they have some of the most restrictions on devices (locked phones and bootloaders), they unfairly keep out competition (Google Wallet), and they use CDMA instead of GSM which means that even if I had a unlocked phone, I could not just pop in a different SIM when I travel internationally in order to avoid ridiculous roaming charges.
If another network offered the same positives while avoiding the negatives, I would jump ship in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, there is not enough competition in the mobile area anymore so most carriers are happy to give its customers a suboptimal experience for an increasing amount of money.
You mean the 4GB file size limit of FAT32 never causes problems? Microsoft, Apple, the Linux community, and possibly Google really should come together and create a new, open, and license-free file system spec that they all agree to support in their respective operating systems. They could come together every ten years or so to create a new spec. Of course, Microsoft wouldn't want to do that. They make too much money through threatening companies that make their own implementation of one of Microsoft's proprietary file systems.
Do you really think you are going to get everyone to adopt an IPv7 before IPv6 is ubiquitous? Some people are already invested in IPv6. It will send the wrong message if the standards organizations start changing the recommended protocols before the current ones are widely adopted. Even less organizations will want to be early adopters. Without early adopters, there will not be any late adopters who wait until charges are widespread before switching.
If Netflix has no commercials, can be viewed from a huge array of internet-enabled devices, has a user friendly interface, and allows its customers to watch what they want when they want from a huge array of quality TV and movies, what is the problem with Netflix charging more? Hell, I WANT Netflix to charge more if it means I get a vastly larger collection of high quality titles.
It is perfectly honorable and respectable to want to be trained and ready to protect your country. What is not honorable and respectable is politicians allowing unconstitutional wars.
There are no scanners on the way into the U.S. You were either in the U.S. leaving (or an internal flight), or you encountered the scanner in the UK.
Not sure if your statement is true but I just returned from Brazil. They might of not had the scanners coming in to the US but they did have them for people taking a connecting domestic flights. Some people travel beyond cities with international airports.
I doubt the ISPs will have a whole lot of luck getting their customers to all upgrade their home routers.
Considering that many areas only have one ISP, if people were told they have 1 year to buy an IPv6 enabled router or they will lose access to the internet, they will buy a new router. It might be the only good thing that comes out of ISP monopolies. Besides, don't a lot of non-techie people just rent a router from the ISP? Most techies will be full willing to replace their routers with IPv6 enabled ones even without coercion.
How they getting roaming charges? I don't even get signal while flying. I put my cellphone on airplane mode to save battery during the flight not because I am worried about the plane crashing or roaming charges.
The apps are already on Android. The app developers might have to make some small modifications to allow for remote control input but overall the small cost would be worth it if they could get their app of compatible with 70% of new smart TVs.
I do about the same thing. I will not even consider buying a product online if I cannot find a nice chunk of user reviews somewhere and a nice technical list of features to give me an idea of what I am buying.
While I understand what you are saying I would like to point out that internet bandwidth cannot be directly compared to standard utilities like electricity, water, and gas. With standard utilities, you are paying for a combination of a product and its delivery through piped infrastructure. While the pipes mights determine the maximum load per time for delivery, demand for the product determines how much product is pushed through the pipes. If demand is down, a utility company and decrease product generation. While the pipes might be under utilized during time of low demand, the product can be stored and be delivered later rather than be lost.
With the internet, all the cost is in the infrastructure. There is no product. If a wire can handle 10 Gb/s and only 1Gb/s is going through it, 9 Gb/s are lost. The potential data flow that could have traveled during that time is lost. It cannot be saved for later. If later there is a 19 Gb/s demand, only 10Gb/s can flow through the wires. If there was really a network congestion problem, it would make more sense to charge based on the time the data is pulled or to cap usage during peak hours. That way, users would be encouraged to offload any non-time sensitive usage to non-peak hours. That way, the line could stay consistently full and everyone can have acceptable performance.
That said, I think it is more of a ISP greed problem than a network congestion problem. From my understanding, most major ISPs make pretty hefty profit margins due to the fact that most areas only have one ISP available. Since ISPs obviously don't have a lack of funds and most likely have the means to lay down more wire quickly enough to satisfy demand, if there is network congestion, it is most likely because ISPs don't want to spend money on infrastructure. Don't get me wrong. They are entitled to charge enough to make money but if they are making huge margins due to a monopoly while providing sub-standard service, something is wrong.
Most IDEs have the ability to auto-format existing code. They also let you change the formatting rules if you prefer something different than the default. Your organization can just share formatting rules file. Code the way you want then hit the hot key before committing.
When you are mining an asteroid as it's passing by Earth, ownership is determined by who has the most/biggest guns in the immediate vicinity.
In other words, the same rules as we have on Earth. A government claims a land because they want it and they have the means to defend it against other claims. Said government then "sells" pieces of said land to its citizens.
Megaman you just blatantly raced through a side scroller, shooting things until you got to a boss, whose weapon you could use to no important effect until the end of the game anyway (i.e. complete in any order).
Now you are making miss Stargate. I wish they would start a new series with the format of the first two series. Stargate Universe was horrible in comparison.
While other issues would probably still be the same, since the pictures were probably freely given at some point to the person who leaked them, I doubt there would be any wiretapping charges. That said, don't be a dick by leaking pictures like that.
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To drive me last comment home, I did a quick Google search. According to this article, Verizon's profit margin is at over 40%. They could easily offer their customers a better experience and still make a nice profit but they instead choose to line their pockets since they don't have enough competition to justify putting more money towards customer experience.
Phone minutes are practically a commodity. None of the carriers have any real advantage, and there's no way they can really cut costs. The only way for them to make more money is by screwing customers. If you unlock your phone, it can help you avoid getting screwed.
If it weren't for "screw the customer" penalties, they'd all have a simple transparent plan. And you could figure out which phone was the cheapest, so you'd shop for a good deal (driving down profits).
You assume the only thing cell providers sell is minutes. They sell a complete mobile experience. This can include minutes, coverage area, data speed, pricing models, hardware ecosystem, network openness, perks, and much more. Minutes is not the only thing they can compete on.
I stick with Verizon because they have coverage everywhere, one of the largest 4G coverages, and because I got locked into their unlimited data plans before they went the way of the dodo. Unfortunately, they have some of the most restrictions on devices (locked phones and bootloaders), they unfairly keep out competition (Google Wallet), and they use CDMA instead of GSM which means that even if I had a unlocked phone, I could not just pop in a different SIM when I travel internationally in order to avoid ridiculous roaming charges.
If another network offered the same positives while avoiding the negatives, I would jump ship in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, there is not enough competition in the mobile area anymore so most carriers are happy to give its customers a suboptimal experience for an increasing amount of money.
You mean the 4GB file size limit of FAT32 never causes problems? Microsoft, Apple, the Linux community, and possibly Google really should come together and create a new, open, and license-free file system spec that they all agree to support in their respective operating systems. They could come together every ten years or so to create a new spec. Of course, Microsoft wouldn't want to do that. They make too much money through threatening companies that make their own implementation of one of Microsoft's proprietary file systems.
Those are not supported by Microsoft Windows right out of the box so that are not readily suitable for use in flash drives and SD cards.
Do you really think you are going to get everyone to adopt an IPv7 before IPv6 is ubiquitous? Some people are already invested in IPv6. It will send the wrong message if the standards organizations start changing the recommended protocols before the current ones are widely adopted. Even less organizations will want to be early adopters. Without early adopters, there will not be any late adopters who wait until charges are widespread before switching.
If Netflix has no commercials, can be viewed from a huge array of internet-enabled devices, has a user friendly interface, and allows its customers to watch what they want when they want from a huge array of quality TV and movies, what is the problem with Netflix charging more? Hell, I WANT Netflix to charge more if it means I get a vastly larger collection of high quality titles.
It is perfectly honorable and respectable to want to be trained and ready to protect your country. What is not honorable and respectable is politicians allowing unconstitutional wars.
Ubuntu doesn't do even/odd but they definitely have LTS releases that they promote commercial support for.
Democracy means that you get the government you deserve.
Democracy means you get the government the majority deserves.
FTFY. Don't claim to know how I vote based on how the majority votes.
There are no scanners on the way into the U.S. You were either in the U.S. leaving (or an internal flight), or you encountered the scanner in the UK.
Not sure if your statement is true but I just returned from Brazil. They might of not had the scanners coming in to the US but they did have them for people taking a connecting domestic flights. Some people travel beyond cities with international airports.
I doubt the ISPs will have a whole lot of luck getting their customers to all upgrade their home routers.
Considering that many areas only have one ISP, if people were told they have 1 year to buy an IPv6 enabled router or they will lose access to the internet, they will buy a new router. It might be the only good thing that comes out of ISP monopolies. Besides, don't a lot of non-techie people just rent a router from the ISP? Most techies will be full willing to replace their routers with IPv6 enabled ones even without coercion.
How they getting roaming charges? I don't even get signal while flying. I put my cellphone on airplane mode to save battery during the flight not because I am worried about the plane crashing or roaming charges.
You mean there are infinitely many seats on an airplane?
The apps are already on Android. The app developers might have to make some small modifications to allow for remote control input but overall the small cost would be worth it if they could get their app of compatible with 70% of new smart TVs.
I do about the same thing. I will not even consider buying a product online if I cannot find a nice chunk of user reviews somewhere and a nice technical list of features to give me an idea of what I am buying.
Google and other major sites do not usually organize a unified effort to inform the public of most crap legislation.
While I understand what you are saying I would like to point out that internet bandwidth cannot be directly compared to standard utilities like electricity, water, and gas. With standard utilities, you are paying for a combination of a product and its delivery through piped infrastructure. While the pipes mights determine the maximum load per time for delivery, demand for the product determines how much product is pushed through the pipes. If demand is down, a utility company and decrease product generation. While the pipes might be under utilized during time of low demand, the product can be stored and be delivered later rather than be lost.
With the internet, all the cost is in the infrastructure. There is no product. If a wire can handle 10 Gb/s and only 1Gb/s is going through it, 9 Gb/s are lost. The potential data flow that could have traveled during that time is lost. It cannot be saved for later. If later there is a 19 Gb/s demand, only 10Gb/s can flow through the wires. If there was really a network congestion problem, it would make more sense to charge based on the time the data is pulled or to cap usage during peak hours. That way, users would be encouraged to offload any non-time sensitive usage to non-peak hours. That way, the line could stay consistently full and everyone can have acceptable performance.
That said, I think it is more of a ISP greed problem than a network congestion problem. From my understanding, most major ISPs make pretty hefty profit margins due to the fact that most areas only have one ISP available. Since ISPs obviously don't have a lack of funds and most likely have the means to lay down more wire quickly enough to satisfy demand, if there is network congestion, it is most likely because ISPs don't want to spend money on infrastructure. Don't get me wrong. They are entitled to charge enough to make money but if they are making huge margins due to a monopoly while providing sub-standard service, something is wrong.
Most IDEs have the ability to auto-format existing code. They also let you change the formatting rules if you prefer something different than the default. Your organization can just share formatting rules file. Code the way you want then hit the hot key before committing.
That's spudtacular!
When you are mining an asteroid as it's passing by Earth, ownership is determined by who has the most/biggest guns in the immediate vicinity.
In other words, the same rules as we have on Earth. A government claims a land because they want it and they have the means to defend it against other claims. Said government then "sells" pieces of said land to its citizens.
Those patents wouldn't be worth much if no one can claim ownership of the things that they bring back with the patented technology.
Megaman you just blatantly raced through a side scroller, shooting things until you got to a boss, whose weapon you could use to no important effect until the end of the game anyway (i.e. complete in any order).
And yet the games were pure awesomeness.
Why the ... Who thought ... What the hell did they do to Mega Man!? Are they serious?!
Now you are making miss Stargate. I wish they would start a new series with the format of the first two series. Stargate Universe was horrible in comparison.
While other issues would probably still be the same, since the pictures were probably freely given at some point to the person who leaked them, I doubt there would be any wiretapping charges. That said, don't be a dick by leaking pictures like that.