I wouldn't be that dismissive without using it for a while.
I'm a heavy user of wireless broadband - mostly because it is free for me, but I can tell you that unless you are a heavy downloader you will do fine with it. I use it for general browsing/email/system updates/VPN to work/linux cd images, etc, without any real issues. There are times when reception isn't the best - lowering your speed a bit, but it is generally good enough for all those things above.
As someone else mentioned, if you have a developed network at home then it probably doesn't make as much sense, but if you have a laptop and you need access at various different places it is definitely worth it.
The problems discussed in this article are well known in the industry and there have been solutions to most of them for years now. Secondly as many others have noted 3G/HSDPA operate in a totally different mode and with HSDPA the latency has been cut to 10s of ms, instead of 100s of ms.
What this article doesn't talk about is how inefficient EDGE is when it comes to implemeting it for an operator. It's no surprise that most euro operators don't have EDGE systems as expanding GSM to cater for EDGE is an extremely expensive excercise.
I second STM as a full recommendation !:) The bag has been with me 3-4 times around the world in the past two years... has carried way, way too much and it still looks as new. All the straps are heavily reinforced. With zipper bags, it is the zipper that goes first usually, however the zippers are also of very high quality. I've had it packed so much that it was bursting and they still stayed together.
I'm not sure if someone else pointed this out, but the current way and measure of time is the basis of the metric system. To be more exact, the unit of one metre is specifically linked to how much the light travels in a certain amount of time.
The meter is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
To be more specific here is the URL where the following comes from: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html
So making time "metric" would be a bit hard, since "metricity" is based on time itself:)
at my university, the 3rd year introductory OS course uses topsy as the os background and it involves writing such things as the virtual memory handling as one of the assignments.
As I understand the GPL in very vague terms you only have to supply sources to those programs that you have actually modified. So if your hardware/software combination doesnt contain any modified programs, is there a need to distribute source AT ALL? Like for example, just because I'm using the Linux kernel in a product, and I have all the drivers already available and I havent touched the kernel source, but I've made my own programs to do whatever, there shouldnt be a need to distribute source, because the GPL doesn't come into effect... right?
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I wouldn't be that dismissive without using it for a while.
I'm a heavy user of wireless broadband - mostly because it is free for me, but I can tell you that unless you are a heavy downloader you will do fine with it. I use it for general browsing/email/system updates/VPN to work/linux cd images, etc, without any real issues. There are times when reception isn't the best - lowering your speed a bit, but it is generally good enough for all those things above.
As someone else mentioned, if you have a developed network at home then it probably doesn't make as much sense, but if you have a laptop and you need access at various different places it is definitely worth it.
This is from an Australian viewpoint by the way.
The problems discussed in this article are well known in the industry and there have been solutions to most of them for years now. Secondly as many others have noted 3G/HSDPA operate in a totally different mode and with HSDPA the latency has been cut to 10s of ms, instead of 100s of ms.
People like Bytemobile - http://www.bytemobile.com/, Flash networks - http://www.flashnetworks.com/asp/main.asp, 724 solutions - http://www.724.com/, etc. have been working on these problems for years and if the operator has their product the latency should be a minor issue even when using GPRS.
What this article doesn't talk about is how inefficient EDGE is when it comes to implemeting it for an operator. It's no surprise that most euro operators don't have EDGE systems as expanding GSM to cater for EDGE is an extremely expensive excercise.
Was this really about copycat kids driving a car or copycat kids surfing? :)
I second STM as a full recommendation ! :) The bag has been with me 3-4 times around the world in the past two years... has carried way, way too much and it still looks as new. All the straps are heavily reinforced. With zipper bags, it is the zipper that goes first usually, however the zippers are also of very high quality. I've had it packed so much that it was bursting and they still stayed together.
Highly recommended.
I'm not sure if someone else pointed this out, but the current way and measure of time is the basis of the metric system. To be more exact, the unit of one metre is specifically linked to how much the light travels in a certain amount of time.
:)
The meter is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
To be more specific here is the URL where the following comes from:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html
So making time "metric" would be a bit hard, since "metricity" is based on time itself
at my university, the 3rd year introductory OS course uses topsy as the os background
and it involves writing such things as the
virtual memory handling as one of the assignments.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3231/
as it is now linux is probably too complex to be used, ie modified/improved on by most 3rd year students doing an intro OS course...
As I understand the GPL in very vague terms
you only have to supply sources to those programs
that you have actually modified. So if your hardware/software combination doesnt contain any
modified programs, is there a need to distribute
source AT ALL? Like for example, just because I'm
using the Linux kernel in a product, and I have
all the drivers already available and I havent
touched the kernel source, but I've made my own
programs to do whatever, there shouldnt be a need
to distribute source, because the GPL doesn't
come into effect... right?