I find it amazing that in this day and age we still have not figured out how to pull energy directly from the source. A nuclear reactor is just a fancy steam engine that uses hot rocks to generate steam. Surely there is a way to harness the radiation as an energy source that doesn't involve using the waste heat.
If they are including ad revenue in the figures it's easy to see these numbers go through the roof. How many free to play games on mobile float those ads all over the place?
Thank you for the clarification. I was aware that CDMA was a superior technology but much like Betamax vs VHS, GSM won the war. Not being able to do voice/data simultaneously was one of my biggest gripes. Once AT&T was able to do both it was one of the things I would advise my clients about. It could be the reason GSM eventually supplanted CDMA. The market will shift to whoever solves the problem people care about most. History is replete with extraordinary ideas that got trampled by the masses rushing to the new shiny.
I still miss my Nextel iDen and being able to PTT to somebody around the globe.
Nothing would please me more than to have all the carriers move to VoLTE but everything I am seeing says complete robust LTE coverage is still a ways off so the carriers need the old networks as stopgaps voice can fall back on in poor LTE coverage areas. I've read Sprint is using some type of VOIP fallback but it still relies on their CDMA EVDO radios.
Of all the reasons I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile years back the most important was CDMA. If my phone of choice won't work on your network then why do I want to use it? I'm curious if Sprint is bringing anything to the party other than subscribers?
What's funny is GM does some crazy stuff when working with "partners"...Early in my career I worked remanufacturing ECM (Electronic Control Modules) for them. There was an ECM that they used in a couple of Oldsmobile vehicles that were also used in some Isuzu models. That ECM had several dummy circuits that didn't do a damn thing. This was back when ECM were rudimentary and only controlled the fuel injectors and a few sensors. I could tell you what the entire thing did just by looking at the circuit board. The crazy part was if one of the dummy circuits went "bad" it would still throw a code and trigger the check engine light. I can't tell you how many thousands of these devices we repaired the dummy circuit on. Just so they could "fool" the guys over at Isuzu.
Normally I would just laugh and make a snarky comment about the 200 or so attempts Microsoft has tried to get into the mobile phone market but given Google's headlong march into Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Extinguish territory there are a growing number of people looking for alternatives. Of course this is Microsoft so we'll see if they can stay focused long enough to build an ecosystem.
Thanks for the information. My biggest hang-up is Waze. I was disappointed when Google bought them since I knew it was only a matter of time before they screwed it up. Sure enough an update this week implemented Google's "flat" or material design UI and now it looks like a 2 year old's drawing. I'll take a look at the other apps. For my browser I've had great success with Waterfox. It's only recently been ported to Android but it works well and since I use it on all of my other devices the interface is the same across everything I use from Linux to Windows.
XMPP (formerly known as Jabber) has been around since 1999 and has most if not all of these features. Any it is missing can be submitted and added as it's an open standard. Google has essentially embraced its role as the new Microsoft and has begun their EEE march. Chrome has become the new IE6 with all of the non-standard extensions they've rolled out without so much as submitting anything to W3C for consideration. I'm now looking for alternatives to all Google properties.
But there are numerous Chinese OEM's selling phones in the US who aren't receiving the same harassment Huawei is. The three letter agencies are all pointing to the fact Huawei's founder (Ren Zhengfei) is a former People's Liberation Army officer. I can understand a group that lives off of cloak-&-dagger are suspicious but I gotta say...I have had my Mate 9 for a year and it has been the best smart phone experience I've ever had.
Just because there isn't a hyperlink to the page with the document doesn't make the information private. If there wasn't security on the page/s in question they were public information regardless of what the government intended. The boy broke no laws. And no this is not like leaving your door unlocked and someone walking in to your house/car. It's more like I posted all of these documents on a public document pin board in the middle of the square but put a blank page over them so you couldn't read them without lifting the blank page. I would charge whoever designed the site (not the page coder but the person who decided not to invest in any security) with gross negligence.
Once NY implemented taxi medallions to restrict the trade organized crime took over the business. Subways compete with taxis so I suspect heavy "lobbying" was done to curtail new projects. And until Uber toppled the medallion cart a single medallion was worth well over a million dollars. They're still selling for about two hundred thousand but a far cry from their former glory.
The problem with that is each content provider now wants to be paid directly. Meaning a show I was getting on Netflix is on another service which wants my ~$10 a month for access to their entire lineup when all I want is the one show they used to license to Netflix. If I watch 10 shows in total I am now paying over $100 month which was what cable cutting was supposed to prevent. I foresee a backlash in the near future where content providers will learn (they won't actually learn they'll just blame pirates) they have cut off their nose to spite their face. Paramount is already flaunting this with their Star Trek pre-sequel. I doubt it is doing as well as they claim and I'm not about to subscribe just for one show.
The problem is though, that they are increasing OC at the expense of catalogue size.
They aren't sacrificing anything. The studios they license content from are pulling content or increasing the the licensing terms to exorbitant amounts as they try to capitalize on Netflix's success or are terrified of it cannibalizing theirs...which in some areas it is. Netflix's OC of the Marvel characters was unexpectedly a huge hit. Which may explain why Disney is taking all of their content and rolling out their own competing streaming service.
There are several competitors that are fighting to be the new facebook. I looked at several of them and they are already getting traction. I like the look of MeWe best so far but I'm keeping my eye on a few of the others.
Aren't you going to be surprised when Microsoft trots out the XBox Solo in the shape of the Millennium Falcon. And the RROD will be back but this time as a feature! Merch tie-ins BABY!!!
If Sony is exceeding sales figures for the PS4 (they were in December) then they will postpone any talks about a successor until the numbers begin to fall. Any rumors about a replacement will stall sales of the existing model. They may well have the PS5 ready to go but it makes no sense to introduce it if the existing model is still selling well.
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I find it amazing that in this day and age we still have not figured out how to pull energy directly from the source. A nuclear reactor is just a fancy steam engine that uses hot rocks to generate steam. Surely there is a way to harness the radiation as an energy source that doesn't involve using the waste heat.
If they are including ad revenue in the figures it's easy to see these numbers go through the roof. How many free to play games on mobile float those ads all over the place?
Thank you for the clarification. I was aware that CDMA was a superior technology but much like Betamax vs VHS, GSM won the war. Not being able to do voice/data simultaneously was one of my biggest gripes. Once AT&T was able to do both it was one of the things I would advise my clients about. It could be the reason GSM eventually supplanted CDMA. The market will shift to whoever solves the problem people care about most. History is replete with extraordinary ideas that got trampled by the masses rushing to the new shiny.
I still miss my Nextel iDen and being able to PTT to somebody around the globe.
Nothing would please me more than to have all the carriers move to VoLTE but everything I am seeing says complete robust LTE coverage is still a ways off so the carriers need the old networks as stopgaps voice can fall back on in poor LTE coverage areas. I've read Sprint is using some type of VOIP fallback but it still relies on their CDMA EVDO radios.
Of all the reasons I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile years back the most important was CDMA. If my phone of choice won't work on your network then why do I want to use it? I'm curious if Sprint is bringing anything to the party other than subscribers?
What's funny is GM does some crazy stuff when working with "partners"...Early in my career I worked remanufacturing ECM (Electronic Control Modules) for them. There was an ECM that they used in a couple of Oldsmobile vehicles that were also used in some Isuzu models. That ECM had several dummy circuits that didn't do a damn thing. This was back when ECM were rudimentary and only controlled the fuel injectors and a few sensors. I could tell you what the entire thing did just by looking at the circuit board. The crazy part was if one of the dummy circuits went "bad" it would still throw a code and trigger the check engine light. I can't tell you how many thousands of these devices we repaired the dummy circuit on. Just so they could "fool" the guys over at Isuzu.
SpaceX and The Boring company pegged to drill ice on moon!
I believe Mike Rowe has been trying to get the US to take notice of this for quite a few years.
If they had invested with bitcoin they could have done so anonymously!
They're trying to get in on the sweet revenue stream John Deere cooked up.
I believe Bezos is working on that
Normally I would just laugh and make a snarky comment about the 200 or so attempts Microsoft has tried to get into the mobile phone market but given Google's headlong march into Microsoft's Embrace, Extend, Extinguish territory there are a growing number of people looking for alternatives. Of course this is Microsoft so we'll see if they can stay focused long enough to build an ecosystem.
What they want is an iPad Pro that runs MacOS.
Thanks for the information. My biggest hang-up is Waze. I was disappointed when Google bought them since I knew it was only a matter of time before they screwed it up. Sure enough an update this week implemented Google's "flat" or material design UI and now it looks like a 2 year old's drawing. I'll take a look at the other apps. For my browser I've had great success with Waterfox. It's only recently been ported to Android but it works well and since I use it on all of my other devices the interface is the same across everything I use from Linux to Windows.
XMPP (formerly known as Jabber) has been around since 1999 and has most if not all of these features. Any it is missing can be submitted and added as it's an open standard. Google has essentially embraced its role as the new Microsoft and has begun their EEE march. Chrome has become the new IE6 with all of the non-standard extensions they've rolled out without so much as submitting anything to W3C for consideration. I'm now looking for alternatives to all Google properties.
But there are numerous Chinese OEM's selling phones in the US who aren't receiving the same harassment Huawei is. The three letter agencies are all pointing to the fact Huawei's founder (Ren Zhengfei) is a former People's Liberation Army officer. I can understand a group that lives off of cloak-&-dagger are suspicious but I gotta say...I have had my Mate 9 for a year and it has been the best smart phone experience I've ever had.
Just because there isn't a hyperlink to the page with the document doesn't make the information private. If there wasn't security on the page/s in question they were public information regardless of what the government intended. The boy broke no laws. And no this is not like leaving your door unlocked and someone walking in to your house/car. It's more like I posted all of these documents on a public document pin board in the middle of the square but put a blank page over them so you couldn't read them without lifting the blank page. I would charge whoever designed the site (not the page coder but the person who decided not to invest in any security) with gross negligence.
Once NY implemented taxi medallions to restrict the trade organized crime took over the business. Subways compete with taxis so I suspect heavy "lobbying" was done to curtail new projects. And until Uber toppled the medallion cart a single medallion was worth well over a million dollars. They're still selling for about two hundred thousand but a far cry from their former glory.
The problem with that is each content provider now wants to be paid directly. Meaning a show I was getting on Netflix is on another service which wants my ~$10 a month for access to their entire lineup when all I want is the one show they used to license to Netflix. If I watch 10 shows in total I am now paying over $100 month which was what cable cutting was supposed to prevent. I foresee a backlash in the near future where content providers will learn (they won't actually learn they'll just blame pirates) they have cut off their nose to spite their face. Paramount is already flaunting this with their Star Trek pre-sequel. I doubt it is doing as well as they claim and I'm not about to subscribe just for one show.
The problem is though, that they are increasing OC at the expense of catalogue size.
They aren't sacrificing anything. The studios they license content from are pulling content or increasing the the licensing terms to exorbitant amounts as they try to capitalize on Netflix's success or are terrified of it cannibalizing theirs...which in some areas it is. Netflix's OC of the Marvel characters was unexpectedly a huge hit. Which may explain why Disney is taking all of their content and rolling out their own competing streaming service.
There are several competitors that are fighting to be the new facebook. I looked at several of them and they are already getting traction. I like the look of MeWe best so far but I'm keeping my eye on a few of the others.
Aren't you going to be surprised when Microsoft trots out the XBox Solo in the shape of the Millennium Falcon. And the RROD will be back but this time as a feature! Merch tie-ins BABY!!!
Naming their manuscript "The Book". I mean God is merciful but taking the same name as His manuscript just might be smiteworthy.
If Sony is exceeding sales figures for the PS4 (they were in December) then they will postpone any talks about a successor until the numbers begin to fall. Any rumors about a replacement will stall sales of the existing model. They may well have the PS5 ready to go but it makes no sense to introduce it if the existing model is still selling well.
Just because you refuse to learn why it matters doesn't mean it doesn't matter.