have you ever bought anything direct from Apple? I've purchased 4 IPods in and a few computers and they Ship DIRECT from the Factory in China, The only "shelf" is for the distribution markets (Retail markets - Wal-mart, BestBuy, Target, etc.) and I bet that only is 1/2 of Apple's actual sales. and even in a retail distribution setup, Apple keeps most of that profit, the retailers only get a small % of the actual cost of the end price (look at the pricing, no one is ever less than a buck or 2 different on these products, and any incentive is in a Store Credit)
You can use your own modem, the issue is supporting it on the plant, different modems support different parts of the DOCSIS protocol, and providers use specific portions for different things (like voice QOS or bonding for other BW tiers or redundancy) and they need to set a modem to support them. What you are actually paying for in that rental is not just the hardware but the maintenance behind it, if your modem dies they will replace it at no cost to you. If you Bring Your Own you are responsible for it once the warranty from the manufacturer expires (if it dies you need to buy a new one)
Motorola, Cisco and others sell Cable Gateways you can go buy at your local big box store and those are supported by the cable companies but give you more features than your average dumb modem.
which now brings us to another point is a lack of authentication there, for most of them all you need is a Frequent Flyer Number or Last Name or just a reservation number, all of which can easily be stolen
The real problem is getting your boarding pass
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The problem is not in getting through the TSA checkpoint it is getting your boarding pass from the airline. He just proved you can get through the TSA checkpoint with a valid boarding pass without an ID. If you do not have ID and try to checkin for your flight at the airline desk you will get what John Gilmore got in the article - a refusal from the airline to give you your ticket.
HDMI compliance is not required, you just need a DVI to HDMI is just a rework of the DVI cable to allow for easier consumer connections and include audio. from http://www.ramelectronics.net/ "HDMI - Digital connection for Video and 8-channels of Digital Audio as well as device control features. Electronically better potential for supporting longer cable lengths than DVI for digital video. Specification supports up to 12 bit Y-Pr-Pb video (rarely implemented on equipment) as opposed to 8 bit limit of DVI RGB." I've used them before for other AV media conversion products and they make pretty good stuff.
also see the HDMI FAQ at http://www.hdmi.org/about/faq.asp which states "Is HDMI backward-compatible with DVI (Digital Visual Interface)? Yes, HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI using the CEA-861 profile for DTVs. HDMI DTVs will display video received from existing DVI-equipped products, and DVI-equipped TVs will display video from HDMI sources."
Unfortunately that is the standard pricing for most new phones (RAZR was 299 with a 2yr, and a VZ V710 or E815 is 199 or more on release) in the US market if you want to be bleeding edge you must pay
If it converts your existing Connection from connection x (be it Boradband or dial-up) to WiFi over Connection x it is a bridge (unless it is doing a NAT implementation) but i suspect it will just leverage Windows ICS.
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have you ever bought anything direct from Apple?
I've purchased 4 IPods in and a few computers and they Ship DIRECT from the Factory in China,
The only "shelf" is for the distribution markets (Retail markets - Wal-mart, BestBuy, Target, etc.) and I bet that only is 1/2 of Apple's actual sales.
and even in a retail distribution setup, Apple keeps most of that profit, the retailers only get a small % of the actual cost of the end price (look at the pricing, no one is ever less than a buck or 2 different on these products, and any incentive is in a Store Credit)
You can use your own modem, the issue is supporting it on the plant, different modems support different parts of the DOCSIS protocol, and providers use specific portions for different things (like voice QOS or bonding for other BW tiers or redundancy) and they need to set a modem to support them.
What you are actually paying for in that rental is not just the hardware but the maintenance behind it, if your modem dies they will replace it at no cost to you. If you Bring Your Own you are responsible for it once the warranty from the manufacturer expires (if it dies you need to buy a new one)
Motorola, Cisco and others sell Cable Gateways you can go buy at your local big box store and those are supported by the cable companies but give you more features than your average dumb modem.
which now brings us to another point is a lack of authentication there, for most of them all you need is a Frequent Flyer Number or Last Name or just a reservation number, all of which can easily be stolen
The problem is not in getting through the TSA checkpoint it is getting your boarding pass from the airline.
He just proved you can get through the TSA checkpoint with a valid boarding pass without an ID.
If you do not have ID and try to checkin for your flight at the airline desk you will get what John Gilmore got in the article - a refusal from the airline to give you your ticket.
HDMI compliance is not required, you just need a DVI to HDMI is just a rework of the DVI cable to allow for easier consumer connections and include audio.
from http://www.ramelectronics.net/ "HDMI - Digital connection for Video and 8-channels of Digital Audio as well as device control features. Electronically better potential for supporting longer cable lengths than DVI for digital video.
Specification supports up to 12 bit Y-Pr-Pb video (rarely implemented on equipment) as opposed to 8 bit limit of DVI RGB."
I've used them before for other AV media conversion products and they make pretty good stuff.
also see the HDMI FAQ at http://www.hdmi.org/about/faq.asp
which states "Is HDMI backward-compatible with DVI (Digital Visual Interface)?
Yes, HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI using the CEA-861 profile for DTVs. HDMI DTVs will display video received from existing DVI-equipped products, and DVI-equipped TVs will display video from HDMI sources."
http://bleex.me.berkeley.edu/bleex.htm
Talk about a rehash of something old. All their media coverage is from March of 2004.
Unfortunately that is the standard pricing for most new phones (RAZR was 299 with a 2yr, and a VZ V710 or E815 is 199 or more on release) in the US market if you want to be bleeding edge you must pay
If it converts your existing Connection from connection x (be it Boradband or dial-up) to WiFi over Connection x it is a bridge (unless it is doing a NAT implementation) but i suspect it will just leverage Windows ICS.