There is a reason nobody has already stepped into this market and I think you have hit on the major issue. If WiFi won't work for you, the only other option is using wire (or fiber) and that is NOT cheap even in high density areas. You *might* be able to engineer a mixed network of wireless and wired, but I dare say it's going to cost a LOT of money up front and the ROI will take years. I seriously doubt that if some existing ISP hasn't snapped up the market, there is anything to be made.
Stay away from this business idea. RUN away as fast as you can.
As an over 40 programmer with more than 20 years experience, I find your post offensive on a number of grounds.
I have a smart phone. More than one kind actually, and I've developed software for most of them over the years. Thank you.
I know from experience that solving problems requires that you understand what needs to be done first. I know that those who jump in without enough information end up working many times as hard as they need to. Sometimes you can get lucky and hack your way into a solution, but more often than not it will cost you dearly to maintain. You apparently don't get that.
I've programed in Java and I fully believe that it is a valuable tool for the problems it is suited for. I also know that many software developers leave school not knowing any other tool so Java gets used places where it doesn't belong. Good programers have developed many tools over the years and knows the limitations and proper applications for each. You are a one trick pony good for only one thing, but you THINK you know everything. Smart guys listen to the old farts and try to learn from others mistakes.
I've been doing Linux since you had to compile kernels to fit on a floppy, and back when getting X-Windows started involved actually editing text configuration files. I doubt guys like you know anything about this now that installing Linux is hitting return a few times. You can thank guys like me for making your life easier. You are welcome!
You may be some hot shot with computers (although I doubt it) but I've seen your kind come and go. I clean up the mess they leave, not because I'm smarter, faster or some hot shot computer guy myself, but because I can and will learn. Your kind won't stop and listen, won't learn something from the prattling on about all the past failures (and some successes) I've lived though. You haven't done anything of importance yet but you refuse to listen so you can avoid the same mistakes I made when I was your age.
You sir, need to read "The Mythical Man Month" and think about how software development hasn't really changed all that much. Sure, we may be coding Java and not assembly or JCL but at its core, the really hard part about software development hasn't changed all that much. Yea, I started coding procedurally in C back when K&R where still writing their book, but now doing Object Oriented in Java and C++ is really not that different. I've done waterfall development and now Agile in an effort to "revolutionize software development" but experience proves to me that there is no silver bullet. The hard parts of software development remain the same. But you would already know that if you'd listen to us old farts from time to time.
Go ahead hot shot. Dive in and beat yourself to death. We've seen this kind of thing before, heck, some of us had the same attitude and already made the mistakes you are going to make. We will just stand here and wait for you to come to your senses and start asking for help. Until then, good luck.
I'm not sure I can agree with you on this one. Capitalism has taken industries marked by scarce and expensive supply and has made supplies abundant and cheap. Capitalism drives change. It has done this time and time again.
If you have scarce resources, you just have another case where Capitalism can improve efficiency or provide alternate resources so things can carry on. Think about it. We've moved from candles to lamps to electricity for lighting, largely driven by Capitalism and the development of technology it has allowed. If there is not a way for Capitalism to fix it, I don't see where there is any other way to fix the problem.
I wasn't addressing how long it takes to hire somebody. I sure agree that the process of hiring somebody can be lengthy and frustrating, but if your goal is to fill the space, you can eventually get that done in the federal government. Try to fire somebody for substandard performance though, almost takes an act of congress and can consume more than a year and a half of your time assuming you know and follow the process.
Gee, I'd love to see a world where Intel, Dell, IBM, HP, TI and a host of other companies never existed. Yea, we'd be better off without GE, Ford, General Motors, Exxon and the like. Would not need any hackers in Silicon Valley, much less silicon. Just forget the transistor, integrated circuits or microprocessors ever existed.
Capitalism may have it's flaws, but it is better than any previously tried system over the last 6,000 years of recorded history. Please let's not repeat any of them!
think they deserve special treatment and don't have to be clean, social, pleasant, accountable workers.
newsflash: they do.
And this is why you get clueless people. Because you hire based on personality and clothes.
So show up with your knowledge, reasonably dressed and be pleasant with the people interviewing you and I'll bet they will jump at the chance to hire you. Be a team player, willing to work and eager to help them with their problems and they will be more than willing to keep paying you.
And you can bet crime does, in fact, pay here. It pays quite well.
I suppose you might be right... Eventually, you get caught. Then it's an all expense paid trip to the local "big house" with free meals and health care for the duration of your stay.
Seems to me that the online crime that really pays is not generally done by the lonely hacker living in the basement of his parent's house but the guys who spend years on their plans.
newsflash to your newsflash: then you won't get the best of the pool.
Gee... Having been part of the pool... I'm offended, either by the implication that I lack even the basic social graces, or by the implication that I'm not the best at what I did....
Congrats, you offended a lot of folks in one post.
If Apple gave away "development" machines to every learning institution, they would kiss about 75% of their desktop sales goodbye...
What I'm saying is that "smart" vendors do this kind of thing. Obviously you don't give away enough to kill the bottom line, just enough to prime the pump...
Smart platform vendors donate development platforms to colleges and universities around the world so that students have a chance to learn. I don't know if Apple does this nor not, but I saw a LOT of apple products in the computer labs when I went to school (20 or so years ago...)
This answers why EU wants less control of USA over the internet.
EU cares (more) about privacy that USA.
Privacy on the internet? You can't be serious.... If you expect privacy on the internet you are fooling yourself. Data passes though too many hands and too many servers and too many countries to remain private every time you expect it. You can encrypt the payloads and use proxies to make it hard to track you, but the information is still bouncing around out there and somebody could, if they wanted too bad enough, find you or decrypt your data.
Privacy online is an illusion, even if a law claims privacy online is a right.
If you really don't want to give up all this data to the whois directory, just forgo having a domain... Simple as that.
If you really *must* have a domain and you are worried about privacy, prepaid credit cards, prepaid phones, a P.O. box and throw away E-mail account are pretty easy to obtain these days, but that is only necessary if you don't trust who you buy the domain from and they refuse to be the whois contacts for you.
If anybody really is still worried about their privacy, I'll be happy to proxy their registrations for costs plus a fee and if you want I can arrange to accept cash and/or money orders. Of course, I'll have to know who you are and I'll be the one who officially owns the domain....
Careful, recording laws vary from state to state. Some places might find video or photos in violation of the law without consent, even without audio. Personally, I'd consult the local police and let them know what was going on, what I intended to do about it and what would be helpful for them to help it stop.
Goodwill does not take old tube type TV's of any size. Nobody wants them and they are expensive to dispose of. Best Buy and other retailers do accept used electronics for disposal in most states, free of charge though.
Speed isn't the only statistic when it comes to military aircraft.
That depends on what you intend the aircraft to actually do. You want a fighter? You need sustained turn rate first with as much speed as you can manage from there. You want to intercept oncoming aircraft? You need speed first, range and then turn rate You need to move cargo? You need VSTOL and lifting capacity and decent range but not speed. You want to deliver ordnance in support of ground forces? You better have the ability to lift lots of ordnance and loiter for hours but short field performance will likely win that contract. It's all about the *mission* of the platform.
As to why we would want a fast aircraft today? How useful would it be to be able to put a sensor or some ordnance on a target anywhere in the world in under an hour? I would think the USAF would pay dearly for that capacity. Add stealth and I'll wager they'd spend lots of money just doing R&D work on the possibility.
I would say that for most aircraft that the military would be interested in buying these days, speed is going to be pretty important.
Yea, not a lot of Cows out grazing in the sand near Roswell.... Of course there is a SAC base (at the time) near Roswell which just *might* help explain the July 1947 happenings....
I think the point is that if this was a workable solution, we would likely have at least some flying examples of this design by now. Even after this many years we have no known flying saucer designs in either military or civilian use so it seems *unlikely* that anybody has one of these things.
Of course, it is possible to prove a positive, so if someone thinks something exists, I would insist on proof.
Ever heard of futures contracts on commodities? In this case, they are just storing up the actual commodity for delivery at a later date when the price is higher. No big issue with this in my book. Actually, I like this idea of actually having the commodity in storage over selling contacts for stuff you don't have... But alas that's a whole other debate.
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There is a reason nobody has already stepped into this market and I think you have hit on the major issue. If WiFi won't work for you, the only other option is using wire (or fiber) and that is NOT cheap even in high density areas. You *might* be able to engineer a mixed network of wireless and wired, but I dare say it's going to cost a LOT of money up front and the ROI will take years. I seriously doubt that if some existing ISP hasn't snapped up the market, there is anything to be made.
Stay away from this business idea. RUN away as fast as you can.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush... SELL!
As an over 40 programmer with more than 20 years experience, I find your post offensive on a number of grounds.
I have a smart phone. More than one kind actually, and I've developed software for most of them over the years. Thank you.
I know from experience that solving problems requires that you understand what needs to be done first. I know that those who jump in without enough information end up working many times as hard as they need to. Sometimes you can get lucky and hack your way into a solution, but more often than not it will cost you dearly to maintain. You apparently don't get that.
I've programed in Java and I fully believe that it is a valuable tool for the problems it is suited for. I also know that many software developers leave school not knowing any other tool so Java gets used places where it doesn't belong. Good programers have developed many tools over the years and knows the limitations and proper applications for each. You are a one trick pony good for only one thing, but you THINK you know everything. Smart guys listen to the old farts and try to learn from others mistakes.
I've been doing Linux since you had to compile kernels to fit on a floppy, and back when getting X-Windows started involved actually editing text configuration files. I doubt guys like you know anything about this now that installing Linux is hitting return a few times. You can thank guys like me for making your life easier. You are welcome!
You may be some hot shot with computers (although I doubt it) but I've seen your kind come and go. I clean up the mess they leave, not because I'm smarter, faster or some hot shot computer guy myself, but because I can and will learn. Your kind won't stop and listen, won't learn something from the prattling on about all the past failures (and some successes) I've lived though. You haven't done anything of importance yet but you refuse to listen so you can avoid the same mistakes I made when I was your age.
You sir, need to read "The Mythical Man Month" and think about how software development hasn't really changed all that much. Sure, we may be coding Java and not assembly or JCL but at its core, the really hard part about software development hasn't changed all that much. Yea, I started coding procedurally in C back when K&R where still writing their book, but now doing Object Oriented in Java and C++ is really not that different. I've done waterfall development and now Agile in an effort to "revolutionize software development" but experience proves to me that there is no silver bullet. The hard parts of software development remain the same. But you would already know that if you'd listen to us old farts from time to time.
Go ahead hot shot. Dive in and beat yourself to death. We've seen this kind of thing before, heck, some of us had the same attitude and already made the mistakes you are going to make. We will just stand here and wait for you to come to your senses and start asking for help. Until then, good luck.
So a nifty new gyro for $1.80? Must just be the initial cost estimate.
After they get into the details I'm sure that cost will go up by a lot....
I'm not sure I can agree with you on this one. Capitalism has taken industries marked by scarce and expensive supply and has made supplies abundant and cheap. Capitalism drives change. It has done this time and time again.
If you have scarce resources, you just have another case where Capitalism can improve efficiency or provide alternate resources so things can carry on. Think about it. We've moved from candles to lamps to electricity for lighting, largely driven by Capitalism and the development of technology it has allowed. If there is not a way for Capitalism to fix it, I don't see where there is any other way to fix the problem.
I wasn't addressing how long it takes to hire somebody. I sure agree that the process of hiring somebody can be lengthy and frustrating, but if your goal is to fill the space, you can eventually get that done in the federal government. Try to fire somebody for substandard performance though, almost takes an act of congress and can consume more than a year and a half of your time assuming you know and follow the process.
Gee, I'd love to see a world where Intel, Dell, IBM, HP, TI and a host of other companies never existed. Yea, we'd be better off without GE, Ford, General Motors, Exxon and the like. Would not need any hackers in Silicon Valley, much less silicon. Just forget the transistor, integrated circuits or microprocessors ever existed.
Capitalism may have it's flaws, but it is better than any previously tried system over the last 6,000 years of recorded history. Please let's not repeat any of them!
think they deserve special treatment and don't have to be clean, social, pleasant, accountable workers.
newsflash: they do.
And this is why you get clueless people. Because you hire based on personality and clothes.
So show up with your knowledge, reasonably dressed and be pleasant with the people interviewing you and I'll bet they will jump at the chance to hire you. Be a team player, willing to work and eager to help them with their problems and they will be more than willing to keep paying you.
And you can bet crime does, in fact, pay here. It pays quite well.
I suppose you might be right... Eventually, you get caught. Then it's an all expense paid trip to the local "big house" with free meals and health care for the duration of your stay.
Seems to me that the online crime that really pays is not generally done by the lonely hacker living in the basement of his parent's house but the guys who spend years on their plans.
"newsflash: they do."
newsflash to your newsflash: then you won't get the best of the pool.
Gee... Having been part of the pool... I'm offended, either by the implication that I lack even the basic social graces, or by the implication that I'm not the best at what I did....
Congrats, you offended a lot of folks in one post.
So you've worked for the Government?
From my experience at the federal level, it's only hard to FIRE a government employee.
If Apple gave away "development" machines to every learning institution, they would kiss about 75% of their desktop sales goodbye...
What I'm saying is that "smart" vendors do this kind of thing. Obviously you don't give away enough to kill the bottom line, just enough to prime the pump...
Smart platform vendors donate development platforms to colleges and universities around the world so that students have a chance to learn. I don't know if Apple does this nor not, but I saw a LOT of apple products in the computer labs when I went to school (20 or so years ago...)
Doesn't SeaLand register domains?
This answers why EU wants less control of USA over the internet. EU cares (more) about privacy that USA.
Privacy on the internet? You can't be serious.... If you expect privacy on the internet you are fooling yourself. Data passes though too many hands and too many servers and too many countries to remain private every time you expect it. You can encrypt the payloads and use proxies to make it hard to track you, but the information is still bouncing around out there and somebody could, if they wanted too bad enough, find you or decrypt your data.
Privacy online is an illusion, even if a law claims privacy online is a right.
If you really don't want to give up all this data to the whois directory, just forgo having a domain... Simple as that.
If you really *must* have a domain and you are worried about privacy, prepaid credit cards, prepaid phones, a P.O. box and throw away E-mail account are pretty easy to obtain these days, but that is only necessary if you don't trust who you buy the domain from and they refuse to be the whois contacts for you.
If anybody really is still worried about their privacy, I'll be happy to proxy their registrations for costs plus a fee and if you want I can arrange to accept cash and/or money orders. Of course, I'll have to know who you are and I'll be the one who officially owns the domain....
Careful, recording laws vary from state to state. Some places might find video or photos in violation of the law without consent, even without audio. Personally, I'd consult the local police and let them know what was going on, what I intended to do about it and what would be helpful for them to help it stop.
Goodwill does not take old tube type TV's of any size. Nobody wants them and they are expensive to dispose of. Best Buy and other retailers do accept used electronics for disposal in most states, free of charge though.
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Speed isn't the only statistic when it comes to military aircraft.
That depends on what you intend the aircraft to actually do. You want a fighter? You need sustained turn rate first with as much speed as you can manage from there. You want to intercept oncoming aircraft? You need speed first, range and then turn rate You need to move cargo? You need VSTOL and lifting capacity and decent range but not speed. You want to deliver ordnance in support of ground forces? You better have the ability to lift lots of ordnance and loiter for hours but short field performance will likely win that contract. It's all about the *mission* of the platform.
As to why we would want a fast aircraft today? How useful would it be to be able to put a sensor or some ordnance on a target anywhere in the world in under an hour? I would think the USAF would pay dearly for that capacity. Add stealth and I'll wager they'd spend lots of money just doing R&D work on the possibility.
I would say that for most aircraft that the military would be interested in buying these days, speed is going to be pretty important.
you forget: accidents, Lens flare, atmospheric refraction, military training activity, hoaxes and just flat crazy folks with vivid dreams.
There are about 100 movie scripts in that story you are telling. You know that if you see it on the movie screen, it's got to be true!
Yea, not a lot of Cows out grazing in the sand near Roswell.... Of course there is a SAC base (at the time) near Roswell which just *might* help explain the July 1947 happenings....
How do you prove a negative? (you don't)
I think the point is that if this was a workable solution, we would likely have at least some flying examples of this design by now. Even after this many years we have no known flying saucer designs in either military or civilian use so it seems *unlikely* that anybody has one of these things.
Of course, it is possible to prove a positive, so if someone thinks something exists, I would insist on proof.
Ever heard of futures contracts on commodities? In this case, they are just storing up the actual commodity for delivery at a later date when the price is higher. No big issue with this in my book. Actually, I like this idea of actually having the commodity in storage over selling contacts for stuff you don't have... But alas that's a whole other debate.
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