How is this different from most ISPs? They block certain ports off their network, shut you down for transferring copyright material, provide your name under suspicion of transferring copyright material, possibly monitor your activities. And do you really expect that to be different because there's no wire connecting you to the network? "Well, since we con't use copper, just those big antennas, it's free!" Now that we established that somewhere, someone is going to pay for wireless access, we can be sure that there will be a company involved. And where there's a company, there's a chance of being screwed. In every sector, there is someone who is willing to bend you over, so hopefully, we'll have more than one company in this new sector (and maybe one of them will bend you over less;).
You need to keep in mind the limits of technology, as well as the benefits of technology.
I don't use the phone book every time I call my mom. Even if I did, it can be up to a year out-of-date (if I use a current phone book). This is not the case for IP addresses, where I use DNS to locate Google EVERY time, and they can hand me to any number of web servers. So there is a valid reason for keeping phone numbers attached to users.
Directory Assistance and 411 typically have charges nowadays, and they don't work for all things. I can't get both national and provincial 800 numbers on 411. I can't get cell phone numbers on 411. I don't know if there is a Directory Assistance for cell phones, or how it works if there is one. These integrated network issues are not a part of IP. More like IP, Telnet, FTP.
Technology keeps getting updated, leading to more features on various networks. But this isn't software (which has other issues;-). There are capital costs for physical changes to networks. It was relatively recently that my province (in Canada) allowed number portability within the city. But I believe it can only be transferred to another local point - my entire province has one area code, so why would that be a problem. Maybe it has to do with updating the switches throughout an area that's a close equivalent to half the U.S. midwest. I'm sure it will happen over time, and that new area codes will be added, but not today. This is the same issue with having a registry. Another of your replies mentioned VeriSign doing this, but I don't live in the U.S. It won't work here (yet), and it will take different bodies running it. Not quite the issue you raise, but they appear to have the equivalent throughout Europe, so it isn't impossible.
As for numbers meaning anything, that went out in the last 10 to 20 years. It used to be area code, switch code, personal code (or some such), you may have heard references on the Simpsons if you ever heard Bart give out a number like "Jackson 5-1234" (JK5-1234 => 555-1234). They don't do it that way any more, but there are still some limits, usually at the area code, or for older switches. Yes, there were billions of dollars worth of infrastructure built this way, and as it becomes viable to replace it, they do - with current technology.
And, of course, most of these don't apply to cell phones. They can move across an entire network, be allowed to roam on other (compatible) networks, and have to share a number of other attributes. Number portability is not a right for users (but it is a very pro-consumer choice that would always seem dangerous to the biggest providers), but the lack thereof is not a right for providers, either.
So he said what everyone else on/. has said for the last month? Actually, that's not true, it's the first time I've seem that it's the kernel under attack, but it seems obvious enough. Of course, until SCO points out the offending code, how can you be sure? Anyway, if RMS talking about it helps change opinions outside of the technical world, that's great. I think the opinions within the technical world have pretty much crystallized by now.
This sounds like fun, possibly moreso than trying to log into wireless networks. Also, under the FCC, it may be legal. We need to think of a name for this. I think war-shopping or anti-shopping are good options. Of course, seeing the damage you've done would be part of the fun, so that fancy spectrum analyzer may be needed just to keep score.
Finally, there might be something about shopping that I enjoy.
"charity" (with all the negative baggage that implies)
What I find sad is the acceptance, and validity, of this statement in today's society. When exactly did charity become a negative thing?
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Yeah, and anything is better than what they had before: In the 3rd year of King Ahasuerus... And the fun of starting from 3 every time a leader dies, and trying to keep track between kingdoms.
I'm just as nervous about those who are trying to protect me as I am those who are trying to make me their subject. The difference can be as simple as intention, and that can change in a single election.
30 days and no pink elepahnts. Sure, pink elephants are hard to find. Maybe we should change it to harp seals. After all, they're probably more common in the US than terrorists...
How is this any different than deg. Celsius, deg. Farenheit, and Kelvin? Celsius set 0 equal to water freezing at one atmosphere, 100 equal to water boiling. Who knows why Farenheit set his scale where he did (0 is the coldest it got 9 years out of 10 in his neighborhood?)? Kelvin set 0 to Absolute 0, and used the same scale as Celsius.
Just about everyone uses years to measure time, and the accuracy seems to be the limits of the society that developed the standard. Which year counts ar the start of the standard seems to be fairly arbitrary, but is usually set at great events. You may not think Jesus' birth was extraordinary, but within 400 years, a significant part of the world knew about it, better than pretty much any king before his time. If we had an accurate value for the creation of this world (if you're a Creationist) or the start of this universe (if you're not), but no one can give us either to within a year, so it would lead to another arbitrary starting point. So we may as well stick with the arbitrary one that we have.
Also, modern CRTs have assorted sleep modes. So whether or not to turn off a CRT depends on your usage patterns. For LCDs, I have no data.
While I have no data on LCDs, the key elements are the panel itself (which requires power to be set in an opaque mode, transparent shouldn't draw any) and one or more fluorescent lights. The lights are a big energy draw from my experience, which is why laptops have a brightness setting, and turn the screen off fairly quickly in power-saving modes. I typically get 1.5 to 2.5 hours of battery life if my brightness is set to be a lower level on battery and set to the lowest brightness. If I don't have it step down the level and have it on the highest brightness, I usually get around 0.75 to 1.25 hours.
This is one of the reasons OLEDs are being examined - removing the backlight (which is wasted when displaying darker colors) can reduce the total power usage.
It's too bad, I haven't listened to that album. It sounds like it could qualify as an artistic work. Of course, the silent tracks are probably better than anything Madonna has done...
I disagree. If a group is diametrically opposed to something I believe in, I will stop buying their stuff. I would also say that they suck, but not necessarily their music. And I might occasionally miss collecting their new work, but it would be worth it to protest with my wallet. I would even go a step further and tell them why I will no longer buy ANY of their products, not just their music.
Aw crap, now I sound like RMS! (Now you can't mod me as flamebait;)
Yeah, I was thinking of that as an alternative to paying the premium for a quietdesktop computer, but I work in a Windows environment:( and running Citrix or Terminal Services is such a PITA. It doesn't seem to matter how much you throw at it, it never runs fast enough for you to forget the lag...
Funny it might be indeed, however I don't really think that it is in any way related to, or valuable for, the discussion about Phantom in particular or beta testers in general.
Neither is this post.
You might enjoy discussing such matters with my other foes, because I post strictly on-topic.
I don't have to write my senators - I don't have any, American ones anyway (and the ones I do have aren't elected, so wouldn't listen to me anyway...). I just get to laugh at the escapades the Americans get to go through. After all, most industrialized nations have gone through this in the last 6 years, or will in the next 6. Hmmm, when I put it that way, it doesn't seem so funny...
I mean, if you need something small and quiet, you get a laptop.
I beg to differ. When the fan on my Thinkpad kicks in, it's almost as loud as my desktop. Considering it's 18" from my head, as opposed to the >36" for my desktop, I wouldn't call it a quiet solution.
I'm thinking of getting a fanless computer for my next desktop. I don't do a lot of gaming where I need the high-end CPUs, and value silence more than unused clock cycles. OTOH, I'll probably build my own in the faint hope of saving a few bucks - and having a clue what's happening in there...
Maybe the male brain kicks in at a higher capacity during the courting process. They're nicer, more vocal, more considerate, spend all kinds of time with one thought going through their minds: "How am I going to get into her pants?" Of course, during normal tests (math, grammar, IQ, MRI), they're not thinking of much at all, more like: "Why do the tiles over here have all those little holes and the ones over there don't?" Therefore, the larger brain does improve the odds of that male getting a mate (or mates), which leads to the chance of having more offspring to pass on their large heads. It would also explain all the women saying, "He was so nice when we were dating", and the guy saying, "Quiet, football."
Check out Arrowsmith School. It was founded by a lady whose brain was underdeveloped in sections and overdeveloped in others. It gave her a leg up in being able to achieve things you wouldn't expect given her disabilities. Short and long of it is if you exercise your brain in different areas, it improves. She was able to achieve normal capabilities over the span of years. The interesting question is, could the exercises be developed to where you could get above normal results?
Good thing we did that in Germany. Oh wait, although the military stayed there (in the democratic side) for almost 60 years, they were not running the country for any amount of time that I have heard of, and they'd been out of East Germany ever since the split. But we won't worry about little things like sovereignty when there are things like oil, I mean democracy, to worry about...
One thing I noticed about the test was that it had a lot of social interaction questions on it. I would suspect someone with strong antisocial tendencies, and few other markers for autism et al, would show up as positive. That could include a fair number of geeks.
You keep insulting me even when you try to explain me why tit is so hard for you to control yourself...
At first I thought you were being rude and sexist, and was going to call you a hypocrite based on your other messages, but then I remembered the quality of your spelling...
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How is this different from most ISPs? They block certain ports off their network, shut you down for transferring copyright material, provide your name under suspicion of transferring copyright material, possibly monitor your activities. And do you really expect that to be different because there's no wire connecting you to the network? "Well, since we con't use copper, just those big antennas, it's free!" Now that we established that somewhere, someone is going to pay for wireless access, we can be sure that there will be a company involved. And where there's a company, there's a chance of being screwed. In every sector, there is someone who is willing to bend you over, so hopefully, we'll have more than one company in this new sector (and maybe one of them will bend you over less ;).
You need to keep in mind the limits of technology, as well as the benefits of technology.
;-). There are capital costs for physical changes to networks. It was relatively recently that my province (in Canada) allowed number portability within the city. But I believe it can only be transferred to another local point - my entire province has one area code, so why would that be a problem. Maybe it has to do with updating the switches throughout an area that's a close equivalent to half the U.S. midwest. I'm sure it will happen over time, and that new area codes will be added, but not today. This is the same issue with having a registry. Another of your replies mentioned VeriSign doing this, but I don't live in the U.S. It won't work here (yet), and it will take different bodies running it. Not quite the issue you raise, but they appear to have the equivalent throughout Europe, so it isn't impossible.
I don't use the phone book every time I call my mom. Even if I did, it can be up to a year out-of-date (if I use a current phone book). This is not the case for IP addresses, where I use DNS to locate Google EVERY time, and they can hand me to any number of web servers. So there is a valid reason for keeping phone numbers attached to users.
Directory Assistance and 411 typically have charges nowadays, and they don't work for all things. I can't get both national and provincial 800 numbers on 411. I can't get cell phone numbers on 411. I don't know if there is a Directory Assistance for cell phones, or how it works if there is one. These integrated network issues are not a part of IP. More like IP, Telnet, FTP.
Technology keeps getting updated, leading to more features on various networks. But this isn't software (which has other issues
As for numbers meaning anything, that went out in the last 10 to 20 years. It used to be area code, switch code, personal code (or some such), you may have heard references on the Simpsons if you ever heard Bart give out a number like "Jackson 5-1234" (JK5-1234 => 555-1234). They don't do it that way any more, but there are still some limits, usually at the area code, or for older switches. Yes, there were billions of dollars worth of infrastructure built this way, and as it becomes viable to replace it, they do - with current technology.
And, of course, most of these don't apply to cell phones. They can move across an entire network, be allowed to roam on other (compatible) networks, and have to share a number of other attributes. Number portability is not a right for users (but it is a very pro-consumer choice that would always seem dangerous to the biggest providers), but the lack thereof is not a right for providers, either.
So he said what everyone else on /. has said for the last month? Actually, that's not true, it's the first time I've seem that it's the kernel under attack, but it seems obvious enough. Of course, until SCO points out the offending code, how can you be sure? Anyway, if RMS talking about it helps change opinions outside of the technical world, that's great. I think the opinions within the technical world have pretty much crystallized by now.
This sounds like fun, possibly moreso than trying to log into wireless networks. Also, under the FCC, it may be legal. We need to think of a name for this. I think war-shopping or anti-shopping are good options. Of course, seeing the damage you've done would be part of the fun, so that fancy spectrum analyzer may be needed just to keep score.
Finally, there might be something about shopping that I enjoy.
"charity" (with all the negative baggage that implies)
What I find sad is the acceptance, and validity, of this statement in today's society. When exactly did charity become a negative thing?
Yeah, and anything is better than what they had before: In the 3rd year of King Ahasuerus... And the fun of starting from 3 every time a leader dies, and trying to keep track between kingdoms.
I'm just as nervous about those who are trying to protect me as I am those who are trying to make me their subject. The difference can be as simple as intention, and that can change in a single election.
30 days and no pink elepahnts. Sure, pink elephants are hard to find. Maybe we should change it to harp seals. After all, they're probably more common in the US than terrorists...
Generation was never really a problem, but I don't want to have much to do with the collection...
How is this any different than deg. Celsius, deg. Farenheit, and Kelvin? Celsius set 0 equal to water freezing at one atmosphere, 100 equal to water boiling. Who knows why Farenheit set his scale where he did (0 is the coldest it got 9 years out of 10 in his neighborhood?)? Kelvin set 0 to Absolute 0, and used the same scale as Celsius.
Just about everyone uses years to measure time, and the accuracy seems to be the limits of the society that developed the standard. Which year counts ar the start of the standard seems to be fairly arbitrary, but is usually set at great events. You may not think Jesus' birth was extraordinary, but within 400 years, a significant part of the world knew about it, better than pretty much any king before his time. If we had an accurate value for the creation of this world (if you're a Creationist) or the start of this universe (if you're not), but no one can give us either to within a year, so it would lead to another arbitrary starting point. So we may as well stick with the arbitrary one that we have.
Also, modern CRTs have assorted sleep modes. So whether or not to turn off a CRT depends on your usage patterns. For LCDs, I have no data.
While I have no data on LCDs, the key elements are the panel itself (which requires power to be set in an opaque mode, transparent shouldn't draw any) and one or more fluorescent lights. The lights are a big energy draw from my experience, which is why laptops have a brightness setting, and turn the screen off fairly quickly in power-saving modes. I typically get 1.5 to 2.5 hours of battery life if my brightness is set to be a lower level on battery and set to the lowest brightness. If I don't have it step down the level and have it on the highest brightness, I usually get around 0.75 to 1.25 hours.
This is one of the reasons OLEDs are being examined - removing the backlight (which is wasted when displaying darker colors) can reduce the total power usage.
I think your percentage is a little low...
It's too bad, I haven't listened to that album. It sounds like it could qualify as an artistic work. Of course, the silent tracks are probably better than anything Madonna has done...
I disagree. If a group is diametrically opposed to something I believe in, I will stop buying their stuff. I would also say that they suck, but not necessarily their music. And I might occasionally miss collecting their new work, but it would be worth it to protest with my wallet. I would even go a step further and tell them why I will no longer buy ANY of their products, not just their music.
;)
Aw crap, now I sound like RMS! (Now you can't mod me as flamebait
Yeah, I was thinking of that as an alternative to paying the premium for a quietdesktop computer, but I work in a Windows environment :( and running Citrix or Terminal Services is such a PITA. It doesn't seem to matter how much you throw at it, it never runs fast enough for you to forget the lag...
Funny it might be indeed, however I don't really think that it is in any way related to, or valuable for, the discussion about Phantom in particular or beta testers in general.
Neither is this post.
You might enjoy discussing such matters with my other foes, because I post strictly on-topic.
Ahh, is there anything better than irony?
I don't have to write my senators - I don't have any, American ones anyway (and the ones I do have aren't elected, so wouldn't listen to me anyway...). I just get to laugh at the escapades the Americans get to go through. After all, most industrialized nations have gone through this in the last 6 years, or will in the next 6. Hmmm, when I put it that way, it doesn't seem so funny...
I mean, if you need something small and quiet, you get a laptop.
I beg to differ. When the fan on my Thinkpad kicks in, it's almost as loud as my desktop. Considering it's 18" from my head, as opposed to the >36" for my desktop, I wouldn't call it a quiet solution.
I'm thinking of getting a fanless computer for my next desktop. I don't do a lot of gaming where I need the high-end CPUs, and value silence more than unused clock cycles. OTOH, I'll probably build my own in the faint hope of saving a few bucks - and having a clue what's happening in there...
If you want to do ecstacy, go ahead. And if you want to shower your brain with electromagnetic stimulation, go bonkers.
Homer: "No TV and no beer make Homer something something..."
Marge (reading the walls): "Go crazy?"
Homer: "Don't mind if I do..." (Makes crazy sounds)
Ah, a classic.
Maybe the male brain kicks in at a higher capacity during the courting process. They're nicer, more vocal, more considerate, spend all kinds of time with one thought going through their minds: "How am I going to get into her pants?" Of course, during normal tests (math, grammar, IQ, MRI), they're not thinking of much at all, more like: "Why do the tiles over here have all those little holes and the ones over there don't?" Therefore, the larger brain does improve the odds of that male getting a mate (or mates), which leads to the chance of having more offspring to pass on their large heads. It would also explain all the women saying, "He was so nice when we were dating", and the guy saying, "Quiet, football."
Check out Arrowsmith School. It was founded by a lady whose brain was underdeveloped in sections and overdeveloped in others. It gave her a leg up in being able to achieve things you wouldn't expect given her disabilities. Short and long of it is if you exercise your brain in different areas, it improves. She was able to achieve normal capabilities over the span of years. The interesting question is, could the exercises be developed to where you could get above normal results?
Good thing we did that in Germany. Oh wait, although the military stayed there (in the democratic side) for almost 60 years, they were not running the country for any amount of time that I have heard of, and they'd been out of East Germany ever since the split. But we won't worry about little things like sovereignty when there are things like oil, I mean democracy, to worry about...
One thing I noticed about the test was that it had a lot of social interaction questions on it. I would suspect someone with strong antisocial tendencies, and few other markers for autism et al, would show up as positive. That could include a fair number of geeks.
You keep insulting me even when you try to explain me why tit is so hard for you to control yourself...
At first I thought you were being rude and sexist, and was going to call you a hypocrite based on your other messages, but then I remembered the quality of your spelling...
I'd hardly call MENSA the be-all and end-all of social activities...