That's it. That's all that we need. If we could somehow figure out a way to get a good gaming experience on Linux then the fabled Year of the Linux Desktop(tm) would manifest in reality.
Windows would be relegated to the office (and even that can change since more and more apps are web based) and we would finally be free.
Here's the thing about your laptops. They are large, heavy, loud, and hot. While they do have more performance than a Samsung Galaxy S7, it's really not by much, and it won't be noticeable to this products target.
This product will let people perform productivity tasks using a device they're probably carrying around with them anyways, and a keyboard/display/battery combo that will be light, thin, quiet, and cool. Not only that, they won't have to throw it away when they get a new phone, and the performance/features will just keep upgrading as the phones evolve.
I think this is a damn good idea. Why buy a smartphone AND a laptop that you will have to end up upgrading both?
It really has to do with the owners licensing the broadcast rights to different people up here, and those people don't seem to interested in providing streaming services, and/or giving up streaming rights.
I keep trying to take credit as a Canadian for that, but all of my American friends always insist it was the British who did it. Sorry either way, it's looking much nicer these days.
"with Canadian streaming provisions yet to be announced".
What did we ever do to you Americans to always get screwed on streaming services? No SlingTV, no HBO Now, no Showtime, no Hulu, no CBS All Access, hell, we never even got Pandora, Netflix library is reduced, and now nobody can be bothered to even let us watch Startrek.
Did we not say sorry enough to you guys for something? Sorry.
NIV is a little better at translating than the KJV, obviously. Here's the full start to Matthew 15:
"Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is 'devoted to God,' they are not to 'honor their father or mother' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites!"
Oh man, that's good to know that my knowledge of 10Base5 and 10Base2 network cabling is still useful, and my knowledge of netinfo, netware, appletalk, amigados, PC IRQ conflict troubleshooting, pascal, and of course, the ever popular frame relay. So glad I studied frame relay. because you just told me all my knowledge is never obsolete! I think I'm gonna go out and setup a windows 3.11 workgroup right now!
Jesus tells us what to do in such a situation. Rather than use force, we are commanded to love our enemies and turn the other cheek.
Really? Because according to your book and your fairy tales, this fictional character actually said these:
Matthew 10:34-36: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."
Matthew 15:3-4: "But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
In my opinion cell phone networks should be unified. What I mean by that is that no matter who your cellphone provider is you should be able to use the towers closest to you.
Your analogy would only be appropriate if the network were constrained by the number of customers it can serve simultaneously, and not by the total data utilized. It's the latter that's the primary constraint.
You are absolutely wrong. RF is a shared medium, you're not going to somehow get more data by adding towers running on the same frequency bands. 1 tower or 50 towers, the bandwidth is the same.
You don't understand how the cell network works. More towers do not give you more bandwidth. More towers gives you more coverage, and more capacity. Like adding a 12 port switch to a network with a 48 port switch that is full. You're not going to see speed increases, you're going to gain the ability to connect more devices to the network.
The speed comes from the backhaul, which already exists.
So again, allowing people to use more data per month does not increase costs for a provider who doesn't pay transit. If they get an influx of customers and need to add capacity, or want to expand their coverage, that is not a factor of data usage, and they would have to build those towers anyways.
Not all ISPs are equal. Verizon (UUNET) is a Tier 1 provider, meaning they do not buy transit from other ISPs. Data is not a finite resource, and therefore whether Joe Blow uses 3 or 4GB of data a month, it doesn't cost Verizon any differently.
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Because it's just so simple to move to another country of your choosing.
That's it. That's all that we need. If we could somehow figure out a way to get a good gaming experience on Linux then the fabled Year of the Linux Desktop(tm) would manifest in reality.
Windows would be relegated to the office (and even that can change since more and more apps are web based) and we would finally be free.
Here's the thing about your laptops. They are large, heavy, loud, and hot. While they do have more performance than a Samsung Galaxy S7, it's really not by much, and it won't be noticeable to this products target.
This product will let people perform productivity tasks using a device they're probably carrying around with them anyways, and a keyboard/display/battery combo that will be light, thin, quiet, and cool. Not only that, they won't have to throw it away when they get a new phone, and the performance/features will just keep upgrading as the phones evolve.
I think this is a damn good idea. Why buy a smartphone AND a laptop that you will have to end up upgrading both?
I'm not saying you're wrong, but what 7 year old laptop do you have?
How in the world does it cost verizon more money if customers choose to use a certain router? This should be illegal.
$329 - $249 = $80
It really has to do with the owners licensing the broadcast rights to different people up here, and those people don't seem to interested in providing streaming services, and/or giving up streaming rights.
I keep trying to take credit as a Canadian for that, but all of my American friends always insist it was the British who did it. Sorry either way, it's looking much nicer these days.
"with Canadian streaming provisions yet to be announced".
What did we ever do to you Americans to always get screwed on streaming services? No SlingTV, no HBO Now, no Showtime, no Hulu, no CBS All Access, hell, we never even got Pandora, Netflix library is reduced, and now nobody can be bothered to even let us watch Startrek.
Did we not say sorry enough to you guys for something? Sorry.
NIV is a little better at translating than the KJV, obviously. Here's the full start to Matthew 15:
"Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is 'devoted to God,' they are not to 'honor their father or mother' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites!"
Where is your evidence?
Sounds like a layer 8 problem.
Oh man, that's good to know that my knowledge of 10Base5 and 10Base2 network cabling is still useful, and my knowledge of netinfo, netware, appletalk, amigados, PC IRQ conflict troubleshooting, pascal, and of course, the ever popular frame relay. So glad I studied frame relay. because you just told me all my knowledge is never obsolete! I think I'm gonna go out and setup a windows 3.11 workgroup right now!
Jesus tells us what to do in such a situation. Rather than use force, we are commanded to love our enemies and turn the other cheek.
Really? Because according to your book and your fairy tales, this fictional character actually said these:
Matthew 10:34-36: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."
Matthew 15:3-4: "But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
In my opinion cell phone networks should be unified. What I mean by that is that no matter who your cellphone provider is you should be able to use the towers closest to you.
You can, it's called roaming.
And none of that changes the fact that whether Joe Blow uses 3 or 4GB of data a month, the cost to Verizon is the same.
Your analogy would only be appropriate if the network were constrained by the number of customers it can serve simultaneously, and not by the total data utilized. It's the latter that's the primary constraint.
You are absolutely wrong. RF is a shared medium, you're not going to somehow get more data by adding towers running on the same frequency bands. 1 tower or 50 towers, the bandwidth is the same.
You don't understand how the cell network works. More towers do not give you more bandwidth. More towers gives you more coverage, and more capacity. Like adding a 12 port switch to a network with a 48 port switch that is full. You're not going to see speed increases, you're going to gain the ability to connect more devices to the network.
The speed comes from the backhaul, which already exists.
So again, allowing people to use more data per month does not increase costs for a provider who doesn't pay transit. If they get an influx of customers and need to add capacity, or want to expand their coverage, that is not a factor of data usage, and they would have to build those towers anyways.
I am aware, your point?
Not all ISPs are equal. Verizon (UUNET) is a Tier 1 provider, meaning they do not buy transit from other ISPs. Data is not a finite resource, and therefore whether Joe Blow uses 3 or 4GB of data a month, it doesn't cost Verizon any differently.
Verizon is an ISP... Data is free to them. This is simply a way to extract more money out of customers...
You don't say, the turnout of an event that has never happened before has no precedent?
Amazing....
No, they're conscripted childen stolen from their parents.
Women in general are worse at tech jobs, and therefore, less women want to pursue tech jobs.
MYSTERY SOLVED!
... and bitching about invasion of privacy is a little hypocritical.