After reading about the unlimited PCS vision for only $10 over my regular plan I decided to try it. I typically spend 3-4 hours a day commuting to my job, to help that time pass faster I have already developed various techniques for getting work down such as preloading various websites, email, and code that I'm working on. Although some of the tools I develop can be run on my laptop running windows, others cannot and I hoped to be able to expand the range of stuff I can work on in transit.
I ordered a new phone, the sanyo 4900, that supported all the typical in-phone features such as email, messaging, and web browsing. It also has a USB for connecting a laptop etc. Since I already had an existing sprint pcs service most of the rebates weren't available, so I ended up paying full price for the new phone.
When I first got the phone I tried out some of the in-phone "3G" features, such as the built in browser, but found it very slow and clumsy. I typically would wait 30-60 seconds every time I tried loading a new page. Trying to type a url in using the keypad is extremely painful, and it seems many webpages just won't render in any usable way on such a tiny screen. I already have two email addresses, so I haven't made any real effort to use the sprint email.
The main way I now use the vision service is by connecting via USB to my laptop. This gives me a real web browser, and makes it possible to connect to my work via VPN.
Like the article says the latency is very high. Typically in the range of 500mS. Also the jitter (the variability in the latency) is very high as well, I often get latencies that vary from 200mS up to 1.2 S! This latency is most noticable if you try to use a terminal connection to login to a remote machine. Trying to type anything with a latency that high is downright painful. I have learned to keep an buffer in my head of what I have typed because I typically won't see it echoed back for 2-3 seconds after I type. For web browsing the latency is noticable, but usable.
Obviously writing code with such high latency is painful, fortunately there is another way. Trying to run a filesystem such as NFS is not really doable under these conditions, but ftp works fine. I typically work by loading source via ftp, editing, saving it back, and then using a (extremely slow) terminal to compile and execute with output redirected to a log file. I then load the log file (again with ftp) debug, edit code and repeat. Fortunately vim has built in ftp support so I can just load a file by saying ftp://hostname/dirpath/filename and then from then on it gets treated as a regular file.
One way to learn about new bands with napster is by browsing another users files.
When I search for a little known band that I like and find another user with a fat pipe I right click (in winblows) and select view files. I then download any other tunes I like and if the user shares common interests I might try downloading other bands that use likes.
This is not unlike how most people learn about bands in the real world. You meet someone, determine shared musical preferences, in the process of scoping out shared preferences inevitably you uncover some bands you haven't heard before.
The key for the indie music producers is to find their potential fan base and seed it somehow. Once there good ole word of mouth (and new fangled word-of-napster) will propagate the music to the remainder of the fan base. A good label will combine napster with a small directed marketing campaign towards influential users.
If the EULA becomes MS standard-operating-procedure will projects like wingimp become illegal, after MS relicenses all their DLLs?
Does wingimp use MS compilers?
(looks like GTK can be compiled with MSVC or gcc 2.95xxx)
Is it possible to write any windows application if you can't link with their DLL's?
Finally though all of us linux bigots will scream, is this that different from when the GPL is applied indiscriminately to things like libraries? I believe if a library is released under GPL and not LGPL it is not possible to link against it in non free (non GPL?) software.
I suppose in the context of MS being a monopoly we can say it is inherently different.
Too me offering to pay contributers seems almost too nice. Has anyone considered the possibility that this has been a ploy to identify potential cyberterrorist.
1) Appeal to there need to "set the record straight."
2) Offer some money to expert contributers, but require personal info to "deliver" it.
3) Compile list and submit to CIA, FBI, and cyberterrorism headhunters. (There has got to be some out there, and who better to know them than Jane's)
A PE certification is essential in some industries and a total waste for others.
If you are a computer engineer planning a career designing ASIC's you generally won't need a PE. You won't be asked about certification and you will be unusual if you even work with someone who has one.
If you are an electrical engineer planning on designing electrical power systems the PE degree is vital.
My father-in-law had to be certified in several states as part of his building power engineering business. In order to obtain permits for construction a PE stamped design document (ie blueprints and/or schematics) are required.
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After reading about the unlimited PCS vision for only $10 over my regular plan I decided to try it. I typically spend 3-4 hours a day commuting to my job, to help that time pass faster I have already developed various techniques for getting work down such as preloading various websites, email, and code that I'm working on. Although some of the tools I develop can be run on my laptop running windows, others cannot and I hoped to be able to expand the range of stuff I can work on in transit.
I ordered a new phone, the sanyo 4900, that supported all the typical in-phone features such as email, messaging, and web browsing. It also has a USB for connecting a laptop etc. Since I already had an existing sprint pcs service most of the rebates weren't available, so I ended up paying full price for the new phone.
When I first got the phone I tried out some of the in-phone "3G" features, such as the built in browser, but found it very slow and clumsy. I typically would wait 30-60 seconds every time I tried loading a new page. Trying to type a url in using the keypad is extremely painful, and it seems many webpages just won't render in any usable way on such a tiny screen. I already have two email addresses, so I haven't made any real effort to use the sprint email.
The main way I now use the vision service is by connecting via USB to my laptop. This gives me a real web browser, and makes it possible to connect to my work via VPN.
Like the article says the latency is very high. Typically in the range of 500mS. Also the jitter (the variability in the latency) is very high as well, I often get latencies that vary from 200mS up to 1.2 S! This latency is most noticable if you try to use a terminal connection to login to a remote machine. Trying to type anything with a latency that high is downright painful. I have learned to keep an buffer in my head of what I have typed because I typically won't see it echoed back for 2-3 seconds after I type. For web browsing the latency is noticable, but usable.
Obviously writing code with such high latency is painful, fortunately there is another way. Trying to run a filesystem such as NFS is not really doable under these conditions, but ftp works fine. I typically work by loading source via ftp, editing, saving it back, and then using a (extremely slow) terminal to compile and execute with output redirected to a log file. I then load the log file (again with ftp) debug, edit code and repeat. Fortunately vim has built in ftp support so I can just load a file by saying ftp://hostname/dirpath/filename and then from then on it gets treated as a regular file.
One way to learn about new bands with napster is by browsing another users files.
When I search for a little known band that I like and find another user with a fat pipe I right click (in winblows) and select view files. I then download any other tunes I like and if the user shares common interests I might try downloading other bands that use likes.
This is not unlike how most people learn about bands in the real world. You meet someone, determine shared musical preferences, in the process of scoping out shared preferences inevitably you uncover some bands you haven't heard before.
The key for the indie music producers is to find their potential fan base and seed it somehow. Once there good ole word of mouth (and new fangled word-of-napster) will propagate the music to the remainder of the fan base. A good label will combine napster with a small directed marketing campaign towards influential users.
If the EULA becomes MS standard-operating-procedure will projects like wingimp become illegal, after MS relicenses all their DLLs?
Does wingimp use MS compilers?
(looks like GTK can be compiled with MSVC or gcc 2.95xxx)
Is it possible to write any windows application if you can't link with their DLL's?
Finally though all of us linux bigots will scream, is this that different from when the GPL is applied indiscriminately to things like libraries? I believe if a library is released under GPL and not LGPL it is not possible to link against it in non free (non GPL?) software.
I suppose in the context of MS being a monopoly we can say it is inherently different.
Too me offering to pay contributers seems almost too nice. Has anyone considered the possibility that this has been a ploy to identify potential
cyberterrorist.
1) Appeal to there need to "set the record straight."
2) Offer some money to expert contributers, but require personal info to "deliver" it.
3) Compile list and submit to CIA, FBI, and cyberterrorism headhunters. (There has got to be some out there, and who better to know them than Jane's)
A PE certification is essential in some industries
and a total waste for others.
If you are a computer engineer planning a career designing ASIC's you generally won't need a PE.
You won't be asked about certification and you
will be unusual if you even work with someone who
has one.
If you are an electrical engineer planning on
designing electrical power systems the PE degree
is vital.
My father-in-law had to be certified in several states as part of his building power engineering
business. In order to obtain permits for
construction a PE stamped design document (ie blueprints and/or schematics) are required.