If the plot is sufficently well thought out, and the acting good enough then people will overlook the loose ends in the plot because they are simply entertained by the movie.
I feel sorry for someone who goes to see a film, and then complains about "gaping plot holes" that are in reality insignificant.
Here in Finland we have had electronic ID cards for a year now. It's a smart card with users ID, various personal keys and some other data in a chip. Keys are stored only on the card (no copies anywhere). You need a card reader for your PC (later cellphone/PDA/DigiTV...) to use the card. You can use the card when dealing with official bureaux, private business, e-commerce etc, and you can have different keys for different purposes on your card (lotsa memory on it). Nice, eh?
Our official elections are still pen and paper, but next fall there will be sortof 'youth municipal election' (please don't make me explain that!) in which you can vote by internet and even by SMS!
From Ericsson's press release: As a part of the agreement, AT&T Wireless will use Ericsson's R520 mobile
phones to launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network
I guess this means AT&T's service will be SIMM-locked.:(
Does anyone know what's the point in SIMM-locking? Everybody knows it's silly and cumbersome so why do it?
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If the plot is sufficently well thought out, and the acting good enough then people will overlook the loose ends in the plot because they are simply entertained by the movie.
I feel sorry for someone who goes to see a film, and then complains about "gaping plot holes" that are in reality insignificant.
Oh, now I understand why people use Windows!
Here in Finland we have had electronic ID cards for a year now. It's a smart card with users ID, various personal keys and some other data in a chip. Keys are stored only on the card (no copies anywhere). You need a card reader for your PC (later cellphone/PDA/DigiTV...) to use the card. You can use the card when dealing with official bureaux, private business, e-commerce etc, and you can have different keys for different purposes on your card (lotsa memory on it). Nice, eh?
Our official elections are still pen and paper, but next fall there will be sortof 'youth municipal election' (please don't make me explain that!) in which you can vote by internet and even by SMS!
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yeah, I CAN see the point in SIMM-locking...
From Ericsson's press release:
As a part of the agreement, AT&T Wireless will use Ericsson's R520 mobile phones to launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network
I guess this means AT&T's service will be SIMM-locked.
Does anyone know what's the point in SIMM-locking?
Everybody knows it's silly and cumbersome so why do it?
That CNET article isn't too informative, here's some more info (Source: AT&T's, Ericsson's and Nokia's press releases):
Nokia and Ericsson will deliver the network base stations, planning & implementation.
It will be 1900 MHz, GPRS-ready, triple-mode (GSM/EDGE/UMTS) system.
Network will evolve to UMTS 'over the next several years' (says AT&T).
AT&T Wireless will use Ericsson's R520 mobile phones to launch its GPRS network.
DoCoMo will provide i-mode. (OK.. CNET told that.)
Initial launch will be in first half of 2001
;)
This means AT&T's network will have great services (i-mode), great tech (GSM), reasonable speed (GPRS/EDGE) and later on will implement UMTS.
Looks like this will bring wireless USA to a new era.
BTW: As a European I have to admit I'm a little bit jealous about that i-mode thing