Once you are there hot swapping the packs with a life becomes the way to go with even lead acid. People are so focused on perfection here that they miss the opportunity for just better.
Sunk costs. Yes it is never coming back. Yes they have a marginal income stream from XBL. Basic economics makes us ask about economic profits, given that same total expenditure could they have made more profit in the same time period doing something else. The answer is CERTAINLY yes.
Here's are teh REAL questions, are they going to blow another couple billion in unrecoverable waste on Xbox 720? Have they learned that they are woefully bad at diverging from their core business? Are they stealing resources and talent better used on their core business? The answer is certainly no, pride overcomes good business at Microsoft 9 times out of 10.
1. Fire Balmer (he's a bully and the bully pulpit is gone for Microsoft.) 2. Pay a large dividend. 3. Break up the company by design. 4. Put spending caps on useless shit like the "Windows Sound" 5. Give managers a % pay raise based on how much smaller they make their code while maintaining function. 6. Release a non backwards compatible operating system that kicks ass (they have at least two that have been shelved.)
Double bullshit, all you have is the fucking straw man argument, "Carter was once wrong so arguments about resource exhaustion are always wrong, lets go have a beer."
Why do people argue against good ideas on Slashdot.org so much? Is the contrarian attitude of nerds so overriding or are they paid shills who are required by contract to show that there is no use for bittorret etc.?
My Dad went to Andover with him and listened to the "stick ball" speech, later he majored in history at Harvard, got a law degree from Columbia and a JD so I think he is entitled to his opinion both personal and historical on Bush. He says "Bush was the worst president since Harding" and "...did 100 years of damage to the US economy."
My opinion is that Bush was a kakistocracy (government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens) created by the dominists to defame the federal government an encourage ass-clowns the tea bag express. I think Bush was not only the worst president in living memory but more importantly he was a "domestic enemy" of the constitution who signed a law that directly attacked the 4th amendment. Harding merely allowed the secessionist southern senators to allocate money to the south after secession, a crime of inaction rather than a premeditated attack of the Constitution.
Carter, are you kidding? Not great, or even good but he didn't cause the energy crisis, he didn't cause the helicopters to flip on the way to Tehran, he sure as hell didn't negotiate, then delay the release of the hostages in an arms deal with our enemies like the Reaganites. He didn't buy into the John and Allan Dulles model of political change through CIA sponsored overthrows of democratically elected governments in Iran. Did you know that buying "Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up" by the Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh used to get you on the federal watch list? I wonder why?
I am pretty sure you are repeating other people opinions without critical thought with a flippant nod to conservatives so I'll forgive you, but only barely.
"You want one of these then, not a cellphone."
I don't want to needlessly carry multiple devices. I might want to talk about confidential things. I might want to use my Jawbone that is already in my ear. I don't think "why would you want to do it that way" is a interesting question relating to the abilities devices when they are only limited by software.
"Making cell phones that are also cell repeaters is very simple as long as you don't mind huge phones that output enough power to toast your bagel while you're waiting."
Not all the time, how about just when needed? E.g. Ack(help I have no tower!)Sed(I can see you, I can see the tower, are you sure you can't see the tower?)Ack(help me random phone, you are my only hope!)Also the broadcasting and receiving device in a wireless system HAVE to be able to see each other, this is why 250mw on a DD-WRT WRT54G can cause problems, the computer can see the router but the router can't see the computer. Towers can see mobile phone's broadcasts; believe it or not.
"As long as you aren't expecting cellular carriers to subsidize the cost of your equipment for you..."
I am not expecting shit from an oligopoly but somehow I get shitty coverage. I do buy my own equipment because I want to control my property not be someone's bitch for a trifling discount over the life of the device.
"...there's no reason they would disable anything on a handset."
You would think so but you would be wrong. Take for instance the Nokia e71 vs. e71x. I have had both. The e71x WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHOOSE EDGE VS. 3G. This means when I am at home and have 1/2 a bar of 3G (just enough for the little fucker to keep trying) and 5 bars of EDGE I cannot use my phone. As a share holder in AT&T I sent them a very angry letter asking them why they spent my money to have a software engineer make a handset worse. I have not gotten a reply but I have heard a conference call where the investors asked similar question at an institutional investor level. I know why they do it to a certain extent e.g the Nokia e61x where they disabled the Wifi so prevent using VoIP over 802.11 instead of cellular circuit switched voice.
Why did you take time out of your life to post this apologist bullshit?
That's funny because I often call people who are operating in the cab of a piece of heavy equipment to tell them what to do. Don't be an apple fan boy or try to be a smart ass and come off a dumb ass by assuming that because you don't have a use for something no one else will!
Uhhhhh...(while grinding skull against pavement in insane rage) WTF are you taking about?
Can you tether with an iPhone? No. Can I tether with an unlocked phone Nokia e71, n97, or e61? Yes. Can you choose the network on an e71x? No. Can I choose the network on an e71? Yes.
A phone that could route calls through it peers seems far more community driven than some new interface. I want to be able to call someone 10 feet away without a tower, I want tol be able tol reach a tower by routing through my neighbor or his femtocell, I want an idle cell that can see a network to be a tower. Oh yeah and I want people to know that if you buy your own hardware at&t can't disable the good shit.
this is what is wrong with Nokia. They market shit heavily like the n97 which I have and is subtlety not quite right in almost every way while not marketing something awesome. They suffer from the "not invented here" problem just as badly as Motorola in my opinion.
Also for an awesome augmented reality game check out http://cellagames.com/ stuff. It has made more non-geeks look at my e71 and say that is cooler than an iPhone then anything else.
Slashdot Mirror
The Golden Path.
Create a timeline that cannot result in the extinction of humanity. *see Leto II
I swear to God the GOP, the Chamber of Commerce, or just Exxon has paid shills on slashdot.
Is any of this related to Samsung getting the DEC Alpha after Intel picked the bones?
Bullshit.
America=Freedom
Russia=Control
This simple explanation got people to eat all kinds of dog food for 30+ years.
I am hoping for a GCU so I can get my god damn drug glands.
Once you are there hot swapping the packs with a life becomes the way to go with even lead acid. People are so focused on perfection here that they miss the opportunity for just better.
Yeah but I'd wait 6 minutes at a "filling station" to get not only clean power but also only one moving part in my car.
Sunk costs. Yes it is never coming back. Yes they have a marginal income stream from XBL. Basic economics makes us ask about economic profits, given that same total expenditure could they have made more profit in the same time period doing something else. The answer is CERTAINLY yes.
Here's are teh REAL questions, are they going to blow another couple billion in unrecoverable waste on Xbox 720? Have they learned that they are woefully bad at diverging from their core business? Are they stealing resources and talent better used on their core business? The answer is certainly no, pride overcomes good business at Microsoft 9 times out of 10.
I am sure walking is far more efficient even with factory farming. IC is not even close to "efficient" even from a relative standpoint.
But I want my own division with lots of spending and employees!
1. Fire Balmer (he's a bully and the bully pulpit is gone for Microsoft.)
2. Pay a large dividend.
3. Break up the company by design.
4. Put spending caps on useless shit like the "Windows Sound"
5. Give managers a % pay raise based on how much smaller they make their code while maintaining function.
6. Release a non backwards compatible operating system that kicks ass (they have at least two that have been shelved.)
Double bullshit, all you have is the fucking straw man argument, "Carter was once wrong so arguments about resource exhaustion are always wrong, lets go have a beer."
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/activism_non_profit/watch/v20018168hpFeebj3
It is only simple math.
God I hate oligopolies.
Why do people argue against good ideas on Slashdot.org so much? Is the contrarian attitude of nerds so overriding or are they paid shills who are required by contract to show that there is no use for bittorret etc.?
Naked chicks, booze, flipping over cars, and rusting aerospace; fucking awesome.
Sorry I meant James Buchanan
My Dad went to Andover with him and listened to the "stick ball" speech, later he majored in history at Harvard, got a law degree from Columbia and a JD so I think he is entitled to his opinion both personal and historical on Bush. He says "Bush was the worst president since Harding" and "...did 100 years of damage to the US economy."
My opinion is that Bush was a kakistocracy (government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens) created by the dominists to defame the federal government an encourage ass-clowns the tea bag express. I think Bush was not only the worst president in living memory but more importantly he was a "domestic enemy" of the constitution who signed a law that directly attacked the 4th amendment. Harding merely allowed the secessionist southern senators to allocate money to the south after secession, a crime of inaction rather than a premeditated attack of the Constitution.
Carter, are you kidding? Not great, or even good but he didn't cause the energy crisis, he didn't cause the helicopters to flip on the way to Tehran, he sure as hell didn't negotiate, then delay the release of the hostages in an arms deal with our enemies like the Reaganites. He didn't buy into the John and Allan Dulles model of political change through CIA sponsored overthrows of democratically elected governments in Iran. Did you know that buying "Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up" by the Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh used to get you on the federal watch list? I wonder why?
I am pretty sure you are repeating other people opinions without critical thought with a flippant nod to conservatives so I'll forgive you, but only barely.
What the fuck is wrong with these people? Could they be paid shills or are they really arguing in favor of mediocrity?
You win the "only meaningful response" prize! Awesome.
"You want one of these then, not a cellphone."
I don't want to needlessly carry multiple devices. I might want to talk about confidential things. I might want to use my Jawbone that is already in my ear. I don't think "why would you want to do it that way" is a interesting question relating to the abilities devices when they are only limited by software.
"Making cell phones that are also cell repeaters is very simple as long as you don't mind huge phones that output enough power to toast your bagel while you're waiting."
Not all the time, how about just when needed? E.g. Ack(help I have no tower!)Sed(I can see you, I can see the tower, are you sure you can't see the tower?)Ack(help me random phone, you are my only hope!)Also the broadcasting and receiving device in a wireless system HAVE to be able to see each other, this is why 250mw on a DD-WRT WRT54G can cause problems, the computer can see the router but the router can't see the computer. Towers can see mobile phone's broadcasts; believe it or not.
"As long as you aren't expecting cellular carriers to subsidize the cost of your equipment for you..."
I am not expecting shit from an oligopoly but somehow I get shitty coverage. I do buy my own equipment because I want to control my property not be someone's bitch for a trifling discount over the life of the device.
"...there's no reason they would disable anything on a handset."
You would think so but you would be wrong. Take for instance the Nokia e71 vs. e71x. I have had both. The e71x WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHOOSE EDGE VS. 3G. This means when I am at home and have 1/2 a bar of 3G (just enough for the little fucker to keep trying) and 5 bars of EDGE I cannot use my phone. As a share holder in AT&T I sent them a very angry letter asking them why they spent my money to have a software engineer make a handset worse. I have not gotten a reply but I have heard a conference call where the investors asked similar question at an institutional investor level. I know why they do it to a certain extent e.g the Nokia e61x where they disabled the Wifi so prevent using VoIP over 802.11 instead of cellular circuit switched voice.
Why did you take time out of your life to post this apologist bullshit?
That's funny because I often call people who are operating in the cab of a piece of heavy equipment to tell them what to do. Don't be an apple fan boy or try to be a smart ass and come off a dumb ass by assuming that because you don't have a use for something no one else will!
Uhhhhh...(while grinding skull against pavement in insane rage) WTF are you taking about?
Can you tether with an iPhone?
No.
Can I tether with an unlocked phone Nokia e71, n97, or e61?
Yes.
Can you choose the network on an e71x?
No.
Can I choose the network on an e71?
Yes.
So in fact, the chance of AT&T disabling the good shit is 100%.
And on a side note, this
http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/terranet-creates-peer-to-peer-cellphone-network-20070912/
is what I am looking for.
A phone that could route calls through it peers seems far more community driven than some new interface. I want to be able to call someone 10 feet away without a tower, I want tol be able tol reach a tower by routing through my neighbor or his femtocell, I want an idle cell that can see a network to be a tower. Oh yeah and I want people to know that if you buy your own hardware at&t can't disable the good shit.
Alien meme infected mashup artist http://fusionanomaly.net/closeencountersmashedpotatoes.jpg
But...
this is what is wrong with Nokia. They market shit heavily like the n97 which I have and is subtlety not quite right in almost every way while not marketing something awesome. They suffer from the "not invented here" problem just as badly as Motorola in my opinion.
Also for an awesome augmented reality game check out http://cellagames.com/ stuff. It has made more non-geeks look at my e71 and say that is cooler than an iPhone then anything else.