Part of the argument is that as the selling price of a computer or internet appliance goes down, either the OS charge per unit must go down or it becomes an unreasonably large part of the cost. As long as PCs cost $2500, no one is concerned about how much it costs to bundle MS software with it. When it costs $200, it looks really attractive to have a free OS in there.
>Really, it's hard to choose what to criticize >here: it's all so utterly bilge from end to >end.
Correct. They claim analog signals have an almost infinite information carrying capacity. Not according to Shannon! There is a limit to the amount of information a channel can carry regardless of the equipment used. A telephone line is actually much better information transmission medium than a power line. I would be surprised if anyone can get more information over a power line than a telephone line. Big wires do not translate into large information capacity.
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What's the fastest processor shipping in volume -- AMD or Intel?
Part of the argument is that as the selling price of a computer or internet appliance goes down, either the OS charge per unit must go down or it becomes an unreasonably large part of the cost. As long as PCs cost $2500, no one is concerned about how much it costs to bundle MS software with it. When it costs $200, it looks really attractive to have a free OS in there.
>Really, it's hard to choose what to criticize >here: it's all so utterly bilge from end to
>end.
Correct. They claim analog signals have an almost infinite information carrying capacity. Not according to Shannon! There is a limit to the amount of information a channel can carry regardless of the equipment used. A telephone line is actually much better information transmission medium than a power line. I would be surprised if anyone can get more information over a power line than a telephone line. Big wires do not translate into large information capacity.
Some politicians are creating their dream job -- they get to view porn all day long in order to "rate" it.
I always wonder why "offensive" material that will "corrupt society" can be viewed by government employees without ill effect.