I agree its probably about capacity. iPhone users already use more data than the average data plan subscriber, so they probably estimate iPhone tetherers will also use a lot more data. AT&T has been consistent lately about pricing the iPhone plans just like any other phone plans--I don't see why they wouldn't offer a 5GB capped tether plan for an additional $30.
Another possibility is that they're having trouble distinguishing tethering from normal use--possibly if they enable tethering then it might work even when not paying for the tethering plan. That would be a deal breaker for them.
All of it smells to me like Apple is trying to make their issues with AT&T obvious. It's very possible that Apple has a CDMA iPhone in the pipeline for 2010, with or without LTE. Consider that it took 2 years for the new graphics chip to reach market after the supply deals were made and that last year Apple was headhunting CDMA2000/EV-DO engineers.
Last I checked, tethering is an extra $30 over your normal plan. If you're getting it for $10-12, then that's some legacy rate and not available for new customers.
Its not that they are hardcoded to block MMS, they are set to intercept MMS and use the viewmymessage.com portal for them. You can still get MMS using an iPhone right now, but it comes in the form of a SMS with a login and password.
I sincerely doubt AT&T will charge extra for MMS. They just have to figure out how to selectively pass MMS through to iPhones using 3.0 and continue using the portal for iPhones using 2.0.
I'm am still shocked at the lack of technical understanding being applied to the idea that AT&T will charge extra for MMS.
CFL bulbs...Not good for use in bathrooms or inside refrigerators.
Those would be two good targets for LED lighting. Both are directional lighting and can be designed with non-standard fixtures. You'd probably never need to change the fridge LED, and bathrooms could have some stylish designs that aren't built around the shape of an ancient incandescent light bulb.
Ceiling fans could benefit from LEDs too. The vibration is bad for incandescents. Depending on your wiring, the fan motor may be rough on your CFLs.
Besides, in the US you have this wonderful law so that you have to pay no sales tax on trans-state sales (at least true for mail/internet orders) Hardly. You're supposed to declare all out of state purchases and pay a 'use' tax that is equivalent to the sales tax at the end of the year when filing your state income tax. Here's an example:
You must be an idiot. You are attributing a number of opinions to me that I did not express in my post.
I DON'T think your nurse wife should enter a medication in lower case if the system requires it in upper case. She would also be an idiot to do that.
My problem is with the acceptance of using all caps for everything because its easier. I'm tired of customer service reps entering my data in all caps, when their system clearly supports proper capitalization. I'm tired of people composing messages in all caps because they can hunt and peck quicker without using the shift key. I am NOT however against the caps lock key that I use regularly--a key press before and after a string of caps is much easier for a typist than holding a shift key down.
As far as your assessment that only the unemployed or college students "take that line" is most likely attributed to the fact that an overwhelming majority of people lack the ambition or drive to actually do something. They're more content to be told what to do, or they've simply given up on life. I'm sorry, but I graduated college 5 years ago, and I've been employed since then. I have continually emphasized to my co-workers to avoid using all caps and to be aware of proper capitalization because the end result is software that is more professional looking. I've done my part to raise the issue in meetings and conferences. The typical response is that they don't think it matters... but if they want my approval on something, it does matter, and since the time to do it correctly is trivial, how about "why not" instead of "why".
Further, I'm also against Improper Capitalization Of All Words As Often Done By Word's Title Case Feature. Words like "of", "the", and "as" don't get capitalized!!!! (Unless, of course, they start a title).
Your post has illustrated America's Problem. People don't try to change things because they don't think they can. Quitters.
I'm in the US.... I regularly peak out my bandwidth for days on end and haven't had any problems. I don't remember the source, but I was told that the bandwidth limits weren't enforced except in areas with lots of customer complaints for speed issues.
It's worth nothing that the comparison is between the FX-60 running at 2.6 GHz, and a Core Duo running at 2.6 GHz. Hence the clock-for-clock comparison. I think they were trying to compare architectures, for which I thought the article did a good job. I learned that the Yonah is nice, but can't do 64-bit or FPU operations well.
Actually, I already knew that, but I still looked at the benchmarks.
Apple has traditionally discontinued connections along with significant chip or architecture changes, ie B&W G3, G4s, etc. Previous events would suggest that if Apple were to discontinue FireWire, it would have been with the intelMacs release. But considering the integration and history of FireWire and iMovie, I would think that a significant change to iLife would be expected at the same time.
The link has pictures indicating MCE application target for the 7600GS with passive cooling. I'm currently using a 6600GT for gaming; if this is the replacement and can be passively cooled, I would love one in my media pc--I could play on my 37-inch LCD. Plus it would be a perfect excuse to get a 7900GT for my gaming pc... it can't have the same performance as my media pc!
That's not EV-DO speeds. Verizon has 3 levels... 14.4k known as Quick2Net (QNC), 1xRTT/Express Network/115k, and EV-DO which the article says is 700k, but I've heard of higher and lower (200k). I would say TMobile's is comparable to VZW's Express Network.
I was just illustrating that FireWire 400 is more than sufficient for most people. Since MB/sec is an easier unit to comprehend, I was simply implying that 50 MB/sec is quite capable for most uses. I wouldn't complain about 50 MB/sec over 100 MB/sec since I can't think of anything I would need it for. My DV camera uses, what, about 4 MB/sec? An external DVD burner or even a HD might not fully tax FireWire 400.
In other words, Apple using 400 instead of 800 is hardly headline news. I'd rather go complain that my car has a speed limiter at 135 mph.
It could be the fact that its a Gateway. Cheap powersupply, motherboard, hard drive. My guess is that something is not behaving properly during the low power condition. I believe the PS should shut off completely when its not able to maintain 5/12V, but due to a design flaw or defect, yours may still be outputting, leading to unknown states in various components of your system.
Easiest answer: UPS.
Otherwise, a fresh, clean install of Windows; swap power supplies; swap hard drives; swap motherboard, etc.
You're still acting as if ALL people are mindless zombies whose subconscious is really in control of all their actions. I have been relatively immune to subconscious suggestion for most of my adult life. I try to push it on others that I notice get enticed by advertising. The advantages we as humans have over other animals, even primates, allows us to impose a "supervisor program" even over our subconscious. It works the same way you can program yourself to give up habits (nail-biting, etc). Stop thinking of yourself as a creature that you can't control. You can program your subconscious far better than an advertisement.
And actually I noticed my contradiction as I wrote it. But I also realized that I've tried to train myself to be observant and to take in information even when I'm not paying direct attention. I just don't let it control me--its information at my disposal.
If 10 ads for ju food go by, I go, "Damn, I swear that's the 10th ad I've seen for ju foods!"
The correlation between TV and obesity has to do with boredom. Most people are simply bored while they're watching TV. Experiment with 2 TVs. If the person is trying to pay attention to both, they're less likely to go for food.
That would require me to actually pay attention to the ads. No thanks. As an intelligent human being I have the capability to ignore things. ie If I'm in a noisy room, I can still pick out speech from the person I'm conversing with. If I'm finding Waldo, I can ignore the extras and pick him out. If I'm watching TV, I can ignore the commercials and "coming nexts" while I talk to my wife... or I can return to what I was doing on the laptop... or I can hit fast forward on the remote.
And even more amazing is that if the ad is actually interesting, a little part of my subconscious mind will let me know and I can choose to pay attention.
To say that watching TV is a waste of time while spending hours posting on slashdot (and actually reading other responses) is okay shows extreme bias and hypocrisy. Personally, I like sitting down to watch an exciting and suspenseful story unfold. I enjoy sitting down to relax after a stressful day at work. If posting on slashdot thousands of times and never watching TV gives you that same satisfaction, then congratulations--you may actually be enjoying your life.
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I agree! I'd rather be bound by data usage caps than pay more money for what I do with that data.
I agree its probably about capacity. iPhone users already use more data than the average data plan subscriber, so they probably estimate iPhone tetherers will also use a lot more data.
AT&T has been consistent lately about pricing the iPhone plans just like any other phone plans--I don't see why they wouldn't offer a 5GB capped tether plan for an additional $30.
Another possibility is that they're having trouble distinguishing tethering from normal use--possibly if they enable tethering then it might work even when not paying for the tethering plan. That would be a deal breaker for them.
All of it smells to me like Apple is trying to make their issues with AT&T obvious. It's very possible that Apple has a CDMA iPhone in the pipeline for 2010, with or without LTE. Consider that it took 2 years for the new graphics chip to reach market after the supply deals were made and that last year Apple was headhunting CDMA2000/EV-DO engineers.
Last I checked, tethering is an extra $30 over your normal plan. If you're getting it for $10-12, then that's some legacy rate and not available for new customers.
Its not that they are hardcoded to block MMS, they are set to intercept MMS and use the viewmymessage.com portal for them. You can still get MMS using an iPhone right now, but it comes in the form of a SMS with a login and password.
I sincerely doubt AT&T will charge extra for MMS. They just have to figure out how to selectively pass MMS through to iPhones using 3.0 and continue using the portal for iPhones using 2.0.
I'm am still shocked at the lack of technical understanding being applied to the idea that AT&T will charge extra for MMS.
CFL bulbs...Not good for use in bathrooms or inside refrigerators.
Those would be two good targets for LED lighting. Both are directional lighting and can be designed with non-standard fixtures. You'd probably never need to change the fridge LED, and bathrooms could have some stylish designs that aren't built around the shape of an ancient incandescent light bulb.
Ceiling fans could benefit from LEDs too. The vibration is bad for incandescents. Depending on your wiring, the fan motor may be rough on your CFLs.
Blended use of CFL and LED is the way to go.
That's a stupid reply.
Slashdotters are VERY familiar with sexual terms and activities that come up in porn. It's real sex that they're unfamiliar with.
It's Verizon Math!
I guess it should be: 5/400 = 0.0125 = 1.25%
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I was looking forward to the first BD-ROM...
You must be an idiot. You are attributing a number of opinions to me that I did not express in my post.
I DON'T think your nurse wife should enter a medication in lower case if the system requires it in upper case. She would also be an idiot to do that.
My problem is with the acceptance of using all caps for everything because its easier. I'm tired of customer service reps entering my data in all caps, when their system clearly supports proper capitalization. I'm tired of people composing messages in all caps because they can hunt and peck quicker without using the shift key. I am NOT however against the caps lock key that I use regularly--a key press before and after a string of caps is much easier for a typist than holding a shift key down.
As far as your assessment that only the unemployed or college students "take that line" is most likely attributed to the fact that an overwhelming majority of people lack the ambition or drive to actually do something. They're more content to be told what to do, or they've simply given up on life. I'm sorry, but I graduated college 5 years ago, and I've been employed since then. I have continually emphasized to my co-workers to avoid using all caps and to be aware of proper capitalization because the end result is software that is more professional looking. I've done my part to raise the issue in meetings and conferences. The typical response is that they don't think it matters... but if they want my approval on something, it does matter, and since the time to do it correctly is trivial, how about "why not" instead of "why".
Further, I'm also against Improper Capitalization Of All Words As Often Done By Word's Title Case Feature. Words like "of", "the", and "as" don't get capitalized!!!! (Unless, of course, they start a title).
Your post has illustrated America's Problem. People don't try to change things because they don't think they can. Quitters.
"poeple doing medical billing use software that requires all letter keypresses must be in caps"
Perhaps they are part of the problem. Who writes software that requires all caps?
I'm in the US.... I regularly peak out my bandwidth for days on end and haven't had any problems. I don't remember the source, but I was told that the bandwidth limits weren't enforced except in areas with lots of customer complaints for speed issues.
It's worth nothing that the comparison is between the FX-60 running at 2.6 GHz, and a Core Duo running at 2.6 GHz. Hence the clock-for-clock comparison. I think they were trying to compare architectures, for which I thought the article did a good job. I learned that the Yonah is nice, but can't do 64-bit or FPU operations well.
Actually, I already knew that, but I still looked at the benchmarks.
Apple has traditionally discontinued connections along with significant chip or architecture changes, ie B&W G3, G4s, etc. Previous events would suggest that if Apple were to discontinue FireWire, it would have been with the intelMacs release. But considering the integration and history of FireWire and iMovie, I would think that a significant change to iLife would be expected at the same time.
So you run red lights when you're on your bike?
The link has pictures indicating MCE application target for the 7600GS with passive cooling. I'm currently using a 6600GT for gaming; if this is the replacement and can be passively cooled, I would love one in my media pc--I could play on my 37-inch LCD. Plus it would be a perfect excuse to get a 7900GT for my gaming pc... it can't have the same performance as my media pc!
Any chance for some benchmarks soon?
That's not EV-DO speeds. Verizon has 3 levels... 14.4k known as Quick2Net (QNC), 1xRTT/Express Network/115k, and EV-DO which the article says is 700k, but I've heard of higher and lower (200k). I would say TMobile's is comparable to VZW's Express Network.
I was just illustrating that FireWire 400 is more than sufficient for most people. Since MB/sec is an easier unit to comprehend, I was simply implying that 50 MB/sec is quite capable for most uses. I wouldn't complain about 50 MB/sec over 100 MB/sec since I can't think of anything I would need it for. My DV camera uses, what, about 4 MB/sec? An external DVD burner or even a HD might not fully tax FireWire 400.
In other words, Apple using 400 instead of 800 is hardly headline news. I'd rather go complain that my car has a speed limiter at 135 mph.
Oh Geez! No FireWire 800!!? What am I going to do... I'll have to use the insufferable FireWire 400 at ONLY 50 MB/sec.
I can't believe there's no PCI Express x16 slot either! How am I going to install my GeForce 7800GT?
It could be the fact that its a Gateway. Cheap powersupply, motherboard, hard drive. My guess is that something is not behaving properly during the low power condition. I believe the PS should shut off completely when its not able to maintain 5/12V, but due to a design flaw or defect, yours may still be outputting, leading to unknown states in various components of your system.
Easiest answer: UPS.
Otherwise, a fresh, clean install of Windows; swap power supplies; swap hard drives; swap motherboard, etc.
You're still acting as if ALL people are mindless zombies whose subconscious is really in control of all their actions. I have been relatively immune to subconscious suggestion for most of my adult life. I try to push it on others that I notice get enticed by advertising. The advantages we as humans have over other animals, even primates, allows us to impose a "supervisor program" even over our subconscious. It works the same way you can program yourself to give up habits (nail-biting, etc). Stop thinking of yourself as a creature that you can't control. You can program your subconscious far better than an advertisement.
And actually I noticed my contradiction as I wrote it. But I also realized that I've tried to train myself to be observant and to take in information even when I'm not paying direct attention. I just don't let it control me--its information at my disposal.
If 10 ads for ju food go by, I go, "Damn, I swear that's the 10th ad I've seen for ju foods!"
The correlation between TV and obesity has to do with boredom. Most people are simply bored while they're watching TV. Experiment with 2 TVs. If the person is trying to pay attention to both, they're less likely to go for food.
Sit down and count the ads in one show.
That would require me to actually pay attention to the ads. No thanks. As an intelligent human being I have the capability to ignore things. ie If I'm in a noisy room, I can still pick out speech from the person I'm conversing with. If I'm finding Waldo, I can ignore the extras and pick him out. If I'm watching TV, I can ignore the commercials and "coming nexts" while I talk to my wife... or I can return to what I was doing on the laptop... or I can hit fast forward on the remote.
And even more amazing is that if the ad is actually interesting, a little part of my subconscious mind will let me know and I can choose to pay attention.
To say that watching TV is a waste of time while spending hours posting on slashdot (and actually reading other responses) is okay shows extreme bias and hypocrisy. Personally, I like sitting down to watch an exciting and suspenseful story unfold. I enjoy sitting down to relax after a stressful day at work. If posting on slashdot thousands of times and never watching TV gives you that same satisfaction, then congratulations--you may actually be enjoying your life.