Wow, sounds like an underserved market... So you want a store that carries the item you want so you can buy it NOW.. In your case, a durable home appliance. I'm wondering, did you think to try Lowes or Home Depot at the time? They sell appliances too.
Best Buy seems to be a bit under staffed here too. Actually, most retailers do around here. However there are at least 4 Best Buy stores within a 5 min drive from me and they always seem full. The issue here though is finding people willing to work retail and accept the pay. Our unemployment numbers have been 1% under the national for awhile and we are approaching a point where you simply cannot find low cost labor for retail work anymore.
Not exactly like SCO, they actually DID develop and own the patents they are trying to protect... SCO tried to claim they had acquired the rights to stuff that I don't think they actually had.
But I do agree, TiVo is pushing the boundaries of the patiently obvious with some of their patents here. I hope Comcast wins, but I also hope that they both spend wads of cash on lawyers and the patents get tossed by the court. TiVo needs to move on and do something actually ground breaking..
Just curious... What do you mean by "good stores"?
I live in a major metropolitan are and we have a number of electronic stores here. In no specific order, we have Apple Store, Frys, Micro Center, and Best Buy and a couple of specialty retailers selling home theater and professional AV equipment. I think each as strengths and weaknesses. I'm just wondering what you think are the requirements of a "good store".
Hmmm.. Bipartisan support and you and Rand Paul (R) are pissed off...Nice...
Might there be a valid reason we need this law that both parties in congress actually recognizes? Need this always be attributed to some nefarious intent?
Have your temper tantrum but your best way to block this is in the Senate anyway. You can count on Rand Paul to oppose this, just get the democrats to vote as a block and this is scuttled...
This is EXACTLY why the people *MUST* have access to unbreakable encryption.
The government doesn't have any right to know when someone's spouse asks them to pick up milk on their way home!
You have access to unbreakable encryption now..
The ONLY unbreakable encryption technique is a one time use pad that uses truly random data for the pad.
All you need is a way to generate and distribute the pads securely...
They obviously don't teach the scientific method in school anymore... Ever hear this one? "Correlation does not prove causation"
Before you dig out your CO2 concentration and temperature charts and try to show how similar they are if you arrange the plot scales and offset the dates just so.... Remember that.
Remember, I'm NOT claiming the climate isn't changing... It most certainly is. I'm just not sure we can know just how much man's activity is responsible, and we obviously are not able to accurately forecast what it really means. So far, in the last 2 decades we've only proven that we are horrible at predicting the future with our climate models, and even worse at predicting the actual effects of the changes.
Finally, we'd be remiss to not mention that fossil fuels have been a key energy source driving the industrial revolution and massive advances in the world's standard of living. There would be a lot more death, illness and starvation without fossil fuels. Are you ready to give up all the advances and do away with fossil fuels? I'm not, I like people being better off, and if that means we move New York to higher ground.. So be it.
No.. It's "I'm going to continue to buy your goods while I sue you for selling dangerous goods."
Would you sue somebody for making an unsafe car, while you continue to by the same exact car every time you need a new one? What does that say about how dangerous it is?
I'm telling NYC that I don't think they are serious about safety if they don't stop using the dangerous product in favor of the alternates that exist. Just filing the lawsuit isn't enough. Be consistent..
You miss my point I guess.. AM's wave length is soooo long that the sizes of the necessary wire to collect enough of it for your receiver to actually receive it at a reasonable signal to noise ratio is pretty big. Sure, if you have a 50K Watt station next door, the signal will be great for that station, but you are not going to get the same kind of reception of say the radio in your car.
I dare to say you won't be happy with the ability of an AM receive function in a cell phone. It just won't be sensitive enough.
Boy, did you fall for the propaganda.. The Chevron issue is a patent infringement case where Chevron was attempting to protect its patents from those who where allegedly violating their license terms. They are not refusing to license the technology, it was licensed, they are attempting to enforce the terms of the license.
But it doesn't fit your "Oil Companies bad" narrative so you don't see it that way I guess..
Nice, but unless you can attach some kind of reasonable antenna for transmitting what's the point? You will have to be standing directly on top of the repeater to get the squelch to open.
(Apart from that, why the (blank) was that locked in the first place and who was benefiting from that an/or who paid them to have it off ????)
You where the one to benefit. Do you have any idea how much space you need for an FM antenna? Without a reasonable sized antenna you won't pick up squat unless the transmitter is literally in the next block. You got a smaller, lighter cell phone with a bigger battery and never had an issue trying to keep your favorite FM station coming in clearly...
Me thinks you severely underestimate the size of the required antennas. FM at about 100Mz has a wave length of about 3 meters and AM frequencies are between 400 and 500 meters. FM is doable in a cell phone's size but it's going to be a tight fit. AM is going to get pretty big and heavy pretty quick and I doubt that even a ferrite core antenna will make it in your average cell phone successfully. If you don't have some minimum fraction of a wavelength in your antenna, your receiver will pick up almost nothing so I'd expect that nifty AM receiver to struggle even if you have a 50KW station a mile away.
LOL.. The argument here though is two fold... 1. That Global Warming is happening and 2. Oil Companies are to blame.
I think #1 is likely true. The climate has changed multiple times in the past, there is no reason to argue it's not happening now.
However #2 is a horse of a different color. I'm not sure we actually KNOW that the current warming trend is entirely man made, or that it wouldn't be happening even if we hadn't gone though the industrial revolution. Remember, Correlation does not imply causation, it *may* suggest it, but it doesn't prove it. Given that the science behind this specific part of the question is far from conclusive, especially on the how much contribution fossil fuel use has actually contributed to this, the courts will have difficulty finding fault or calculating liability of a specific company if they do. Remember that much of our climate modeling has shown to be inconsistent with reality over time, a fact that doesn't bode well for declaring something "proved" in a legal setting.
Yea I know.. I was telling the CITY to do this, they are the ones who filed suit. Until they do, I don't figure they are actually serious about the damage fossil fuels they are claiming and are just looking for a payday.
Surely they can regulate the importation and sale of fossil fuels within their borders and sever any electrical connections on their own. Show us they are serious about this and I'll give them credit for being consistent... Stupid, but consistent.
Subways you have to push, Intersections with Traffic cops instead of lights, horse and buggies back on broad way along with an army of street cleaners to keep the, um, horse droppings picked up. And did I mention the smell of all the people w/o AC in the summer or water to shower with year round if they live above the 5th floor?
Fossil fuel energy was a necessary step for modern civilisation, few would argue against that. The issue is that once we knew more about the many negative factors that came with it, we should've quickly started the long process of transitioning to alternative sources with a lot less negatives - but the fossil fuel companies have deliberately and provably obscured that knowledge and impeded those efforts, to their own benefit and to the great detriment of society as a whole. They should be held accountable for all the damage and health costs that could have been avoided, in that time and in the future.
That's garbage talk there... The oil companies suppressed nothing, they produced energy at the lowest possible cost is all.
What happened is fossil fuels remained cheaper than the alternative so the ROI wasn't there to justify alternate sources of energy. The market chooses the cheapest viable alternative. That was fossil fuels. The oil companies just delivered us what we where willing to pay for.
So, in your parlance and using your logic, the problem was regulation that didn't make fossil fuels more expensive... So government is the problem, if we use your logic.
Not that I agree, I think fossil fuels are a fine thing myself and has contributed mightily to the creation of wealth and increased standards of living world wide.
Agreed, this is basically a joke, until NYC banns the import f all fossil fuels and energy sources which are derived from fossil fuels including electricity.
Have fun pushing the subway train in the dark and staying warm though the winter.
Perhaps we should hold those burning fossil fuels responsible for doing so. The largest city in the world's worst polluting nation would be a good start. I propose that we sue New York City for their contributions to climate change.
I say we ban the import of Fossil fuels into the city and disconnect them from the carbon powered Electrical grid... Let them make due with bio-fuel, solar panels and windmills.
Remember, the FCC is bad because they torpedoed NN. Now ANYTHING they do is bad... It's how this game is played. Got to gin up that hate and keep the feeling alive for a long as possible....
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Wow, sounds like an underserved market... So you want a store that carries the item you want so you can buy it NOW.. In your case, a durable home appliance. I'm wondering, did you think to try Lowes or Home Depot at the time? They sell appliances too.
Best Buy seems to be a bit under staffed here too. Actually, most retailers do around here. However there are at least 4 Best Buy stores within a 5 min drive from me and they always seem full. The issue here though is finding people willing to work retail and accept the pay. Our unemployment numbers have been 1% under the national for awhile and we are approaching a point where you simply cannot find low cost labor for retail work anymore.
Not exactly like SCO, they actually DID develop and own the patents they are trying to protect... SCO tried to claim they had acquired the rights to stuff that I don't think they actually had.
But I do agree, TiVo is pushing the boundaries of the patiently obvious with some of their patents here. I hope Comcast wins, but I also hope that they both spend wads of cash on lawyers and the patents get tossed by the court. TiVo needs to move on and do something actually ground breaking..
Just curious... What do you mean by "good stores"?
I live in a major metropolitan are and we have a number of electronic stores here. In no specific order, we have Apple Store, Frys, Micro Center, and Best Buy and a couple of specialty retailers selling home theater and professional AV equipment. I think each as strengths and weaknesses. I'm just wondering what you think are the requirements of a "good store".
I hate that and the "Extended Warranty" speech too...
Hmmm.. Bipartisan support and you and Rand Paul (R) are pissed off.. .Nice...
Might there be a valid reason we need this law that both parties in congress actually recognizes? Need this always be attributed to some nefarious intent?
Have your temper tantrum but your best way to block this is in the Senate anyway. You can count on Rand Paul to oppose this, just get the democrats to vote as a block and this is scuttled...
This is EXACTLY why the people *MUST* have access to unbreakable encryption. The government doesn't have any right to know when someone's spouse asks them to pick up milk on their way home!
You have access to unbreakable encryption now..
The ONLY unbreakable encryption technique is a one time use pad that uses truly random data for the pad.
All you need is a way to generate and distribute the pads securely...
Seriously?
They obviously don't teach the scientific method in school anymore... Ever hear this one? "Correlation does not prove causation"
Before you dig out your CO2 concentration and temperature charts and try to show how similar they are if you arrange the plot scales and offset the dates just so.... Remember that.
Remember, I'm NOT claiming the climate isn't changing... It most certainly is. I'm just not sure we can know just how much man's activity is responsible, and we obviously are not able to accurately forecast what it really means. So far, in the last 2 decades we've only proven that we are horrible at predicting the future with our climate models, and even worse at predicting the actual effects of the changes.
Finally, we'd be remiss to not mention that fossil fuels have been a key energy source driving the industrial revolution and massive advances in the world's standard of living. There would be a lot more death, illness and starvation without fossil fuels. Are you ready to give up all the advances and do away with fossil fuels? I'm not, I like people being better off, and if that means we move New York to higher ground.. So be it.
No.. It's "I'm going to continue to buy your goods while I sue you for selling dangerous goods."
Would you sue somebody for making an unsafe car, while you continue to by the same exact car every time you need a new one? What does that say about how dangerous it is?
I'm telling NYC that I don't think they are serious about safety if they don't stop using the dangerous product in favor of the alternates that exist. Just filing the lawsuit isn't enough. Be consistent..
You miss my point I guess.. AM's wave length is soooo long that the sizes of the necessary wire to collect enough of it for your receiver to actually receive it at a reasonable signal to noise ratio is pretty big. Sure, if you have a 50K Watt station next door, the signal will be great for that station, but you are not going to get the same kind of reception of say the radio in your car.
I dare to say you won't be happy with the ability of an AM receive function in a cell phone. It just won't be sensitive enough.
Boy, did you fall for the propaganda.. The Chevron issue is a patent infringement case where Chevron was attempting to protect its patents from those who where allegedly violating their license terms. They are not refusing to license the technology, it was licensed, they are attempting to enforce the terms of the license.
But it doesn't fit your "Oil Companies bad" narrative so you don't see it that way I guess..
For FM, sure, for AM? Not so much given the very long wavelength. But you also have to have a headphone jack, something not as common as it once was.
Nice, but unless you can attach some kind of reasonable antenna for transmitting what's the point? You will have to be standing directly on top of the repeater to get the squelch to open.
Yep! There it is, right beside the plug in headphones they need as an antenna, but have no way to actually plug in...
Super!
(Apart from that, why the (blank) was that locked in the first place and who was benefiting from that an/or who paid them to have it off ????)
You where the one to benefit. Do you have any idea how much space you need for an FM antenna? Without a reasonable sized antenna you won't pick up squat unless the transmitter is literally in the next block. You got a smaller, lighter cell phone with a bigger battery and never had an issue trying to keep your favorite FM station coming in clearly...
Me thinks you severely underestimate the size of the required antennas. FM at about 100Mz has a wave length of about 3 meters and AM frequencies are between 400 and 500 meters. FM is doable in a cell phone's size but it's going to be a tight fit. AM is going to get pretty big and heavy pretty quick and I doubt that even a ferrite core antenna will make it in your average cell phone successfully. If you don't have some minimum fraction of a wavelength in your antenna, your receiver will pick up almost nothing so I'd expect that nifty AM receiver to struggle even if you have a 50KW station a mile away.
LOL.. The argument here though is two fold... 1. That Global Warming is happening and 2. Oil Companies are to blame.
I think #1 is likely true. The climate has changed multiple times in the past, there is no reason to argue it's not happening now.
However #2 is a horse of a different color. I'm not sure we actually KNOW that the current warming trend is entirely man made, or that it wouldn't be happening even if we hadn't gone though the industrial revolution. Remember, Correlation does not imply causation, it *may* suggest it, but it doesn't prove it. Given that the science behind this specific part of the question is far from conclusive, especially on the how much contribution fossil fuel use has actually contributed to this, the courts will have difficulty finding fault or calculating liability of a specific company if they do. Remember that much of our climate modeling has shown to be inconsistent with reality over time, a fact that doesn't bode well for declaring something "proved" in a legal setting.
Yea I know.. I was telling the CITY to do this, they are the ones who filed suit. Until they do, I don't figure they are actually serious about the damage fossil fuels they are claiming and are just looking for a payday.
Surely they can regulate the importation and sale of fossil fuels within their borders and sever any electrical connections on their own. Show us they are serious about this and I'll give them credit for being consistent... Stupid, but consistent.
Subways you have to push, Intersections with Traffic cops instead of lights, horse and buggies back on broad way along with an army of street cleaners to keep the, um, horse droppings picked up. And did I mention the smell of all the people w/o AC in the summer or water to shower with year round if they live above the 5th floor?
Well I guess if you can't care for oil properly that means *no more oil for YOU*.
Oh if only the world were so lucky then we could switch over to wind/solar/nuclear in under a year.
Sue the Oil Companies out of existence and we will have to do that you know..
Fossil fuel energy was a necessary step for modern civilisation, few would argue against that. The issue is that once we knew more about the many negative factors that came with it, we should've quickly started the long process of transitioning to alternative sources with a lot less negatives - but the fossil fuel companies have deliberately and provably obscured that knowledge and impeded those efforts, to their own benefit and to the great detriment of society as a whole. They should be held accountable for all the damage and health costs that could have been avoided, in that time and in the future.
That's garbage talk there... The oil companies suppressed nothing, they produced energy at the lowest possible cost is all.
What happened is fossil fuels remained cheaper than the alternative so the ROI wasn't there to justify alternate sources of energy. The market chooses the cheapest viable alternative. That was fossil fuels. The oil companies just delivered us what we where willing to pay for.
So, in your parlance and using your logic, the problem was regulation that didn't make fossil fuels more expensive... So government is the problem, if we use your logic.
Not that I agree, I think fossil fuels are a fine thing myself and has contributed mightily to the creation of wealth and increased standards of living world wide.
There are many ways to offset the pollution.
Why sue gas company instead of the car owner burning the gas?
Make no sense, this is just further bizarre social justice. The polluters suing the people who have them the means to pollute.
Because the Car owner is a voter and doesn't have that much money, but a big bad Oil Company doesn't vote and presumably has a lot of cash.
Agreed, this is basically a joke, until NYC banns the import f all fossil fuels and energy sources which are derived from fossil fuels including electricity.
Have fun pushing the subway train in the dark and staying warm though the winter.
By then we will all be dead anyway according to the doom and gloom perditions the GW crowd are fond of making.
Perhaps we should hold those burning fossil fuels responsible for doing so. The largest city in the world's worst polluting nation would be a good start. I propose that we sue New York City for their contributions to climate change.
I say we ban the import of Fossil fuels into the city and disconnect them from the carbon powered Electrical grid... Let them make due with bio-fuel, solar panels and windmills.
Remember, the FCC is bad because they torpedoed NN. Now ANYTHING they do is bad... It's how this game is played. Got to gin up that hate and keep the feeling alive for a long as possible....