This little quirk should go up and down the chain if it really did get out unnoticed. RF guys that designed this antenna config might have job security issues, but how about QA? Didn't they use the device at all? How about the PM? Or was everyone instructed to hold their iPhone a certain way as Apple mantra?
Brings several interesting thought scenarios, such as "We brought it to QA, they found the problem, but it was too late to modify the design so they had to go with what they had, but Apple won't add a free or discounted bumper becuase accessories are a lucrative business too". Doubt we'll ever know outside of seeing positions open and people leave (by their own will or otherwise)
Here's the problem I'm seeing with everyone's "it's not 50/50" result - comparing females vs. males alive today is not the same as females vs. males births. Also, I'll cite my reference:
The assumption is that it's current day, world ratio - obviously defining time or region will adjust the numbers, but the question is vague and we haven't been counting all births since humanity began.
Tripped across this link a while ago detailing with a surprising amount of granularity market share of browsers. Netmarketshare says that 21.35% of browsing is taking place on IE6 or one of its derivative versions.
That's a whole lot of market share - Firefox aggregately across all versions beats it, but not by much.
Dvelopers can choose not to market to those users or ignore them and eventually give them a poor experience, sure. But if the below is accurate, then that would be about the same argument as ignoring Firefox users, as far as market share goes.
Though maybe the data I'm seeing here is wrong - this is the 'net, of course, and there are many ways of attempting to measure net usage.
Cable / satellite / telcos that distribute video channels don't pay for the shopping channels, they get paid by said channels for carriage. So at worst, the customers aren't charged for them.
If you don't want to see said channels or other annoying channels, most modern set top boxes have a feature called a favorites list. Allows you to see a program guide with only the channels you want to see.
If someone has physical unencrypted access to the laptop, can someone access it and effectively cover their tracks? (i.e. can you really be sure if the data has been read/copied?)
If someone has physical access to the laptop, what checks would you run (software and hardware) to ensure that it's entirely safe to put back on to the TSA's network? Do you believe that's it's possible / probable that the laptop would be properly checked out before being reintroduced to the network?
Just thinking out loud - everyone's focusing on the data integrity of the Clear list, wonder if that's the only thing that should worry IT about this security event.
"After yesterday's ruling, cable operators will have two choices come February 2009. They can either convert the digital SD signal to analog SD and pipe it across their lines (which means using more bandwidth and carrying three versions of a single channel) or they can offer digital SD only and roll out converter boxes to all their subscribers (which could be expensive)."
AT&T doesn't have this problem with their service since all of their customers need set-tops, which all have analog outputs (satellite and Verizon fall into this category as well). Cable has a problem since customers can get away with just running the coaxial cable into their TV and getting analog channels. If broadcasters go digital, cable companies could just incorporate these channels directly into their systems - but without analog downconversion in the system or a converter box to do it at the home, those customers won't be able to see it on their TV.
This feels like the FCC covering all the bases - people were mostly thinking about customers with off-air antennas not being able to get channels, but some cable customers could've been left in the dark as well.
The whole tax-deductible idea has an amusing and ironic thought attached to it. Walk through this scenario with me:
1.) Let's say OS code is tax deductible. So you must have someone (or a committee of someones) to judge the value of a piece of code if it were sold commercially. [politics galore, I know]
2.) Once you have the value, you can then apply the tax percentage multiplied by the number of copies distributed against the taxes of the coder (or company).
3.) Since this is now a "profitable" enterprise idea, it now has to be distributed. We have three options here - package it with other software in a bundle, distribute in en masse a la AOL, or download it off the internet.
4.) Of course, just the purchase alone or download probably isn't enough for the government, so a registration card or internet page must be created to make each use official.
So, there is a possibility in the above scenario that you could get more junk mail CDs than junk mail letters.
Also, you could eventually have a legitimate file sharing program just for this OS software, with a generic registration app attached. Kazaa with legal and corporate backing.
I just think that's somewhat amusing in today's day and age - for-profit software companies being a proponent of open source via file sharing.
If you're really curious: NTSC (Std. Def. 525I) = 720 x 480 = 345,600 pixels. ATSC 1080I = 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 pixels 2,073,600 / 345,600 = 6
So per frame, 1080I has 6x as many pixels as NTSC. However, there is another quality boost: NTSC: 30 fps (frames per second) ATSC 1080I: 60 fps (frames per second)
So, ATSC 1080I provides 12x as many pixels/second as NTSC.
As for the new DirecTV bird, the next one they plan to launch is DirecTV 7S, which is a spotbeam satellite (indicated by the S designator at the end).
For those not familiar, a spotbeam has a smaller footprint (or coverage area) than the full satellite, which the DirecTV and Dish Network are using to provide specific local packages to specific areas. So, a local package for, say Baltimore, goes to Baltimore and not everywhere in the U.S. This spotbeam tech also allows them to re-use a transponder number, as long as the spotbeam coverage areas for that transponder number are mutually exclusive. So a spotbeam of transponder #5 could beam Baltimore locals to Baltimore, and another spotbeam of transponder #5 could beam Seattle locals to Seattle.
DirecTV 7S will help DirecTV to add more locals - at least another 30 by the end of 2004 (as mandated by the FCC as a stipulation of News Corp. buying them). That's its primary purpose.
As for everything in HD, wouldn't worry about that yet - there are only a few channels being broadcast in true HD. More to come, but it's slow in happening. As far as locals in HD everywhere? Again, not yet - the big push is to get as many markets up as possible to compete locally with cable, and that will take enough bandwidth right there.
Next, please don't mistake DirecTV having 3 orbital locations for having access to 3 full orbital locations. Each satellite location is subdivided into 32 transponders (frequency range assignments), of which they need a satellite to transmit them and license from the FCC to broadcast using those transponders. They have all 32 licenses at their main location, 101. However, they have 11 transponders at 119, and only 3 transponders at 110. Still impressive, but not as great as first thought perhaps.
Last but not least: just because you see it in CES Innovations does not mean it's coming out anytime soon. HD-DVR is a wonderful thought, and a feasible technology - definitely something about which to get excited. But wait for the product to come out first. And don't be surprised if the first HD-DVR to market isn't a DirecTiVo - Dish Network debuted their 921 receiver in last year's CES - a dual-tuner HD-DVR that can also record OTA broadcasts (over-the-air, a.k.a. received via off-air antenna).
Sorry for the extremely long post - hope it provides more insight into the topic.
For those, like myself, who find energy drinks a great way to stay awake until silly-o-clock in the morning, there are websites out there that are for us. Thinkgeek has a great selection of caffeinated and herbal products, from drinks to mints to chai a flavoring syrup called Skyrocket that contains 100 mg of caffeine per ounce!!!
As for drinks, their selection includes Red Bull, Bawls, 7 types of Jolt (including Jolt Espresso), and XTZ Tea (includes some herbal ingredients - very tasty), to name a few.
Reason I post this site is that their selection is nice, they have sampler packages, and they have all manner of goodies there that aren't food/drink-related. Also because I've spent a paycheck or two at that site.
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This little quirk should go up and down the chain if it really did get out unnoticed. RF guys that designed this antenna config might have job security issues, but how about QA? Didn't they use the device at all? How about the PM? Or was everyone instructed to hold their iPhone a certain way as Apple mantra?
Brings several interesting thought scenarios, such as "We brought it to QA, they found the problem, but it was too late to modify the design so they had to go with what they had, but Apple won't add a free or discounted bumper becuase accessories are a lucrative business too". Doubt we'll ever know outside of seeing positions open and people leave (by their own will or otherwise)
Just curious.
Here's the problem I'm seeing with everyone's "it's not 50/50" result - comparing females vs. males alive today is not the same as females vs. males births. Also, I'll cite my reference:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-is-life-expectancy-lo
The assumption is that it's current day, world ratio - obviously defining time or region will adjust the numbers, but the question is vague and we haven't been counting all births since humanity began.
Tripped across this link a while ago detailing with a surprising amount of granularity market share of browsers. Netmarketshare says that 21.35% of browsing is taking place on IE6 or one of its derivative versions.
That's a whole lot of market share - Firefox aggregately across all versions beats it, but not by much.
Dvelopers can choose not to market to those users or ignore them and eventually give them a poor experience, sure. But if the below is accurate, then that would be about the same argument as ignoring Firefox users, as far as market share goes.
Though maybe the data I'm seeing here is wrong - this is the 'net, of course, and there are many ways of attempting to measure net usage.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=2
Cable / satellite / telcos that distribute video channels don't pay for the shopping channels, they get paid by said channels for carriage. So at worst, the customers aren't charged for them.
If you don't want to see said channels or other annoying channels, most modern set top boxes have a feature called a favorites list. Allows you to see a program guide with only the channels you want to see.
I have to wonder:
If someone has physical unencrypted access to the laptop, can someone access it and effectively cover their tracks? (i.e. can you really be sure if the data has been read/copied?)
If someone has physical access to the laptop, what checks would you run (software and hardware) to ensure that it's entirely safe to put back on to the TSA's network? Do you believe that's it's possible / probable that the laptop would be properly checked out before being reintroduced to the network?
Just thinking out loud - everyone's focusing on the data integrity of the Clear list, wonder if that's the only thing that should worry IT about this security event.
From TFA:
"After yesterday's ruling, cable operators will have two choices come February 2009. They can either convert the digital SD signal to analog SD and pipe it across their lines (which means using more bandwidth and carrying three versions of a single channel) or they can offer digital SD only and roll out converter boxes to all their subscribers (which could be expensive)."
AT&T doesn't have this problem with their service since all of their customers need set-tops, which all have analog outputs (satellite and Verizon fall into this category as well). Cable has a problem since customers can get away with just running the coaxial cable into their TV and getting analog channels. If broadcasters go digital, cable companies could just incorporate these channels directly into their systems - but without analog downconversion in the system or a converter box to do it at the home, those customers won't be able to see it on their TV.
This feels like the FCC covering all the bases - people were mostly thinking about customers with off-air antennas not being able to get channels, but some cable customers could've been left in the dark as well.
The whole tax-deductible idea has an amusing and ironic thought attached to it. Walk through this scenario with me:
1.) Let's say OS code is tax deductible. So you must have someone (or a committee of someones) to judge the value of a piece of code if it were sold commercially. [politics galore, I know]
2.) Once you have the value, you can then apply the tax percentage multiplied by the number of copies distributed against the taxes of the coder (or company).
3.) Since this is now a "profitable" enterprise idea, it now has to be distributed. We have three options here - package it with other software in a bundle, distribute in en masse a la AOL, or download it off the internet.
4.) Of course, just the purchase alone or download probably isn't enough for the government, so a registration card or internet page must be created to make each use official.
So, there is a possibility in the above scenario that you could get more junk mail CDs than junk mail letters.
Also, you could eventually have a legitimate file sharing program just for this OS software, with a generic registration app attached. Kazaa with legal and corporate backing.
I just think that's somewhat amusing in today's day and age - for-profit software companies being a proponent of open source via file sharing.
If you're really curious:
NTSC (Std. Def. 525I) = 720 x 480 = 345,600 pixels.
ATSC 1080I = 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 pixels
2,073,600 / 345,600 = 6
So per frame, 1080I has 6x as many pixels as NTSC. However, there is another quality boost:
NTSC: 30 fps (frames per second)
ATSC 1080I: 60 fps (frames per second)
So, ATSC 1080I provides 12x as many pixels/second as NTSC.
As for the new DirecTV bird, the next one they plan to launch is DirecTV 7S, which is a spotbeam satellite (indicated by the S designator at the end).
For those not familiar, a spotbeam has a smaller footprint (or coverage area) than the full satellite, which the DirecTV and Dish Network are using to provide specific local packages to specific areas. So, a local package for, say Baltimore, goes to Baltimore and not everywhere in the U.S. This spotbeam tech also allows them to re-use a transponder number, as long as the spotbeam coverage areas for that transponder number are mutually exclusive. So a spotbeam of transponder #5 could beam Baltimore locals to Baltimore, and another spotbeam of transponder #5 could beam Seattle locals to Seattle.
DirecTV 7S will help DirecTV to add more locals - at least another 30 by the end of 2004 (as mandated by the FCC as a stipulation of News Corp. buying them). That's its primary purpose.
As for everything in HD, wouldn't worry about that yet - there are only a few channels being broadcast in true HD. More to come, but it's slow in happening. As far as locals in HD everywhere? Again, not yet - the big push is to get as many markets up as possible to compete locally with cable, and that will take enough bandwidth right there.
Next, please don't mistake DirecTV having 3 orbital locations for having access to 3 full orbital locations. Each satellite location is subdivided into 32 transponders (frequency range assignments), of which they need a satellite to transmit them and license from the FCC to broadcast using those transponders. They have all 32 licenses at their main location, 101. However, they have 11 transponders at 119, and only 3 transponders at 110. Still impressive, but not as great as first thought perhaps.
Last but not least: just because you see it in CES Innovations does not mean it's coming out anytime soon. HD-DVR is a wonderful thought, and a feasible technology - definitely something about which to get excited. But wait for the product to come out first. And don't be surprised if the first HD-DVR to market isn't a DirecTiVo - Dish Network debuted their 921 receiver in last year's CES - a dual-tuner HD-DVR that can also record OTA broadcasts (over-the-air, a.k.a. received via off-air antenna).
Sorry for the extremely long post - hope it provides more insight into the topic.
For those, like myself, who find energy drinks a great way to stay awake until silly-o-clock in the morning, there are websites out there that are for us. Thinkgeek has a great selection of caffeinated and herbal products, from drinks to mints to chai a flavoring syrup called Skyrocket that contains 100 mg of caffeine per ounce!!!
As for drinks, their selection includes Red Bull, Bawls, 7 types of Jolt (including Jolt Espresso), and XTZ Tea (includes some herbal ingredients - very tasty), to name a few.
Reason I post this site is that their selection is nice, they have sampler packages, and they have all manner of goodies there that aren't food/drink-related. Also because I've spent a paycheck or two at that site.