There were other issues besides spectrum that kept cellular from being practical until the early 1970s. For example, solid-state UHF devices were in their infancy in the 1970s and a 1960s era mobile phone would have had to be powered by vacuum tubes and would be the size of a suitcase. Earlier than that it would simply not have been practical. It took the developments in miniaturized and low-power electronics for the space race and military to get to the point where cell phones were practical and economically viable.
In the era of the 40s to 70s there was little of the current suspicion of "big government" and corporations (Motorola, as mentioned in the article) were very risk-averse. By the late 70s the combination of technology and a younger, more mobile and tech adopting population (boomers) made cellular an attractive commercial proposition. Note how slow the uptake of mobile was once it was announced. We take multiple mobile phones per family for granted now, but It was the 1990s before more than 10% of US households had one. http://visualeconsite.s3.amazo...
What was missing from both her and the DNC was basic honesty and integrity. She played the inevitable monarch simply waiting for the crown to be bestowed upon her - assuming everything was going to go her way because it always had. The DNC played their part as if they were a banana republic, but without the sincerity or organization of one. They both deserved to lose. Trump, on the other hand, was mounting a hostile takeover of the RNC and had no idea what to do after he won.
A "None of the above" vote would have been an improvement over either the D or R this time 'round.
Medical care in the US *is* expensive. Many of the same forces driving automation at the low end ($15 minimum wage) are also affecting how payors (insurance companies, Medicare/Medicaid, etc.) view automation at the very high end. People will pay whatever the market will bear for their own health - payors, not so much. Expect giant leaps in AI driven medicine within the next 5 years. Will it be better than what we have now? Maybe. Will it be more cost effective? Almost certainly.
If this gets going (note the HPE contingent..) I'll be shocked. There's an entire cottage industry supplying the HPC world with small-run servers and boutique solutions. Looks like just another HPE marketing glossy at this point.
If medicine weren't so expensive in its present form, I'd agree. What I see happening is 'autodocs' first appearing in pharmacy waiting areas (like blood pressure cuffs today) for a nominal fee for those who can't afford a human Dr. Those who can afford to pay premium rates will, of course, use human doctors. Over time, robotic medicine will become more and more capable, reaching some point where it has rough parity with humans. At that point, insurance companies will demand you try them first and only use humans for a second opinion or odd specialty. After that, medical schools will shut down and humans practicing medicine without robotic supervision will become illegal.
I have several important (to me) files on 5MB removable CDC disk packs for Texas Instruments 990 computer running DX10 OS written in the OOF application. You laugh, but millenials like my kits look at those and think the same thoughts many of us do when we see the pyramids. I predict that computer archeology will be a popular major in colleges around 2030.
The only one of these if even partially agree with is that creation of internal IT infrastructures from scratch is a dying art. CI and HCI are making this activity, for most small-to-large companies one of diminishing business value. 10 years ago, you had no choice but to build from scratch - now you can buy ready-built rack-scale or appliance infrastructures and even get turnkey hybrid cloud footprints, not to mention these are vendor supported from the hardware up to the hypervisor.
The hollowing out of IBM will continue until the C-suite suits cash in immediately prior to bankruptcy. If this sounds harsh, look at IBM's track record over the past 5 years - as their stock price has risen, customer and employee NPS has plummeted.
When the Bronze age cultures in the Eastern Med collapsed in 1177 BC due to piracy, invasion, technology (Iron!) and famine, it took most of the Western world into the first of the Dark Ages. Will the slow disintegration of civilization in Syria spread to Europe and beyond?
Discussing the H-1b visa program with a visa holder at my workplace yielded some odd data; he was near the bottom of his class at Central University of Gujarat, he was hired not knowing what he was being asked to do when he arrived, his 'BS degree' in IT took 2 years and he makes less than $50k per year. Likely a good deal for him, but I doubt his employer is getting even what they paid for and his co-workers are pretty dubious as well.
Top 10 oil producing countries updated 2016
1 Russia 10,250,000
2 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) 10,050,000
3 United States 8,744,000
4 Iraq (OPEC) 4,836,000
5 People's Republic of China 3,938,000
6 Iran (OPEC) 3,920,000
7 Canada 3,893,000
8 United Arab Emirates (OPEC) 3,188,000
9 Kuwait (OPEC) 3,000,000
10 Brazil 2,624,000
Memory integrated architectures (PRISM, MPA, etc, etc..) have long been a twinkle in our collective eye, but I doubt HPE has the critical mass to pull this one across the finish line. Gone are the days when HP Labs held any credible sway in architecture. When was the last time HP(no E) told us they knew best in things architectural? Remember the Itanic!
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There were other issues besides spectrum that kept cellular from being practical until the early 1970s. For example, solid-state UHF devices were in their infancy in the 1970s and a 1960s era mobile phone would have had to be powered by vacuum tubes and would be the size of a suitcase. Earlier than that it would simply not have been practical. It took the developments in miniaturized and low-power electronics for the space race and military to get to the point where cell phones were practical and economically viable. In the era of the 40s to 70s there was little of the current suspicion of "big government" and corporations (Motorola, as mentioned in the article) were very risk-averse. By the late 70s the combination of technology and a younger, more mobile and tech adopting population (boomers) made cellular an attractive commercial proposition. Note how slow the uptake of mobile was once it was announced. We take multiple mobile phones per family for granted now, but It was the 1990s before more than 10% of US households had one. http://visualeconsite.s3.amazo...
The Palm Pre had this in 2012. Innovation, or Apple licensing HP technology?
SV tech workers need unions about the same as fish need an airplane.
Sad to see ignorance of security technology flourishing in the UK. Bad enough here in the colonies..
What was missing from both her and the DNC was basic honesty and integrity. She played the inevitable monarch simply waiting for the crown to be bestowed upon her - assuming everything was going to go her way because it always had. The DNC played their part as if they were a banana republic, but without the sincerity or organization of one. They both deserved to lose. Trump, on the other hand, was mounting a hostile takeover of the RNC and had no idea what to do after he won. A "None of the above" vote would have been an improvement over either the D or R this time 'round.
"Plugh", certainly.. I've slept since then. Ans spelchek is the debil.
XYZZY, plough and Y2 are still stuck in my brain..
Medical care in the US *is* expensive. Many of the same forces driving automation at the low end ($15 minimum wage) are also affecting how payors (insurance companies, Medicare/Medicaid, etc.) view automation at the very high end. People will pay whatever the market will bear for their own health - payors, not so much. Expect giant leaps in AI driven medicine within the next 5 years. Will it be better than what we have now? Maybe. Will it be more cost effective? Almost certainly.
The political and policy pendulum swings both ways. Tick, tock.. Net Neutrality will return, and in greater numbers [of supporters].
Uber seems to have screwed the pooch in just about every area possible lately. What is it, greed, ignorance or simply mendacity? All three?
If this gets going (note the HPE contingent..) I'll be shocked. There's an entire cottage industry supplying the HPC world with small-run servers and boutique solutions. Looks like just another HPE marketing glossy at this point.
If medicine weren't so expensive in its present form, I'd agree. What I see happening is 'autodocs' first appearing in pharmacy waiting areas (like blood pressure cuffs today) for a nominal fee for those who can't afford a human Dr. Those who can afford to pay premium rates will, of course, use human doctors. Over time, robotic medicine will become more and more capable, reaching some point where it has rough parity with humans. At that point, insurance companies will demand you try them first and only use humans for a second opinion or odd specialty. After that, medical schools will shut down and humans practicing medicine without robotic supervision will become illegal.
I wasn't thinking quite so clearly 35 years ago.. Nobody was.
..is what I think a fair amount to charge the RNC for the privilege of having me delete their voicemails.
I have several important (to me) files on 5MB removable CDC disk packs for Texas Instruments 990 computer running DX10 OS written in the OOF application. You laugh, but millenials like my kits look at those and think the same thoughts many of us do when we see the pyramids. I predict that computer archeology will be a popular major in colleges around 2030.
The only one of these if even partially agree with is that creation of internal IT infrastructures from scratch is a dying art. CI and HCI are making this activity, for most small-to-large companies one of diminishing business value. 10 years ago, you had no choice but to build from scratch - now you can buy ready-built rack-scale or appliance infrastructures and even get turnkey hybrid cloud footprints, not to mention these are vendor supported from the hardware up to the hypervisor.
https://npsbenchmarks.com/comp...
The hollowing out of IBM will continue until the C-suite suits cash in immediately prior to bankruptcy. If this sounds harsh, look at IBM's track record over the past 5 years - as their stock price has risen, customer and employee NPS has plummeted.
When the Bronze age cultures in the Eastern Med collapsed in 1177 BC due to piracy, invasion, technology (Iron!) and famine, it took most of the Western world into the first of the Dark Ages. Will the slow disintegration of civilization in Syria spread to Europe and beyond?
Personally, I'd find a Java-to-Perl converter more useful. Lots of good dev environments for Java, not so much for Perl.
I used to write important formulae in pencil between the keys. Good thing I graduated before they took that away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnOIvn8hMS4
Discussing the H-1b visa program with a visa holder at my workplace yielded some odd data; he was near the bottom of his class at Central University of Gujarat, he was hired not knowing what he was being asked to do when he arrived, his 'BS degree' in IT took 2 years and he makes less than $50k per year. Likely a good deal for him, but I doubt his employer is getting even what they paid for and his co-workers are pretty dubious as well.
Top 10 oil producing countries updated 2016 1 Russia 10,250,000 2 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) 10,050,000 3 United States 8,744,000 4 Iraq (OPEC) 4,836,000 5 People's Republic of China 3,938,000 6 Iran (OPEC) 3,920,000 7 Canada 3,893,000 8 United Arab Emirates (OPEC) 3,188,000 9 Kuwait (OPEC) 3,000,000 10 Brazil 2,624,000
Memory integrated architectures (PRISM, MPA, etc, etc..) have long been a twinkle in our collective eye, but I doubt HPE has the critical mass to pull this one across the finish line. Gone are the days when HP Labs held any credible sway in architecture. When was the last time HP(no E) told us they knew best in things architectural? Remember the Itanic!