If everyone had a cell phone... then WHY would we need POTS? (plain old telephone system)
Clarity?.. I don't think so, digital phones are pretty good..
Convienence?.. obviously cell is better..
Reliability?.. possibly, but here, several years back a person cut the fiber in three spots, and the POTS was down for a week (yes, he got something like 10yrs in jail)..
Privacy?.. this one is a toss-up..
Better place?.. hate to say, but it wouldn't be..
Price?.. tough call as well, especially with cell giving free LD and all..
I would hate to say, but I believe that cellphones have an edge here..
BTW, if it's cost keeping people from having cells, then get rid of the POTS, and use that for a cell.
McKinley, which Otellini said will go into production "midyear," is built on a 180-nanometer process and has about 220 million transistors. Madison is built on a 130-nanometer process and has about 500 million transistors, he said.
They went to nanometer terminiology instead of micrometer...
And DAMN... 0.5 BILLION transistors... impressive.
"Privacy fears are stifling the development and expansion of the Internet as an engine of economic growth," Hollings, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said in a statement.
Replace the Privacy with Piracy, and you get the former CPDBODJTO (you know what I mean). Hey, at least a lot of his sound bites are already written.
When this bill actually comes out, we'll have to make sure there are NO RIDERS on it. This would be a perfect opportunity to do so, since this proposed legislation has a chance to pass.
If the telcos were smarter... they would have been working on this since PGPhone and Net2Phone.
Fast forward a few years, I could see an "Internet Appliance" (I hate that term), being a phone hooked up to the net through a native ethernet connector, having its own IPv6 address. This address would correlate to a phone, regardless of who it is. This way, you buy a phone, you already have a number. Plug and play sort of thing. THEN it would be accepted by the masses, when you don't need alot of equipment/knowledge to set it up.
The current Telcos will either embrace new technologies, and become ISPs... or, as you said, become like the **AA's of the world.
And thanks to the person who first mentioned Act of Gord, absolutely the funniest thing I've read in a long time. (I really like stories about stupid people.)
Yep... that's why when I'm surfing for my pr0n, I always remove the HTML page... and attempt to look at the directory... if the server is not quite setup correctly, I'll get the list if directories...
BTW, I have a patent on this... it's like surfing normal, but only in a different pattern.
BEFORE I get complaints about this post... it's actually about Great Plains Software (which was bought my MS)
On to the gritty details... their software is fully functional... you can even make copies of it, and you don't have to register/purchase it.
HOWEVER, (and this is the part the author of the question will be interested in) in the end-of-year payroll and other modules, there are some NON obvious and bug-prone steps that occur.
This wasn't designed on purpose like this, but it would actually reduce revenues if they fixed the problems.
NOTE: I do NOT work for GPS/MS... so please don't give ME grief about the practice.
Actually... if you would have read the article... it was 200 MICROwatts...
A typical 200-microwatt UWB transmitter, for example, radiates only one three-thousandth of the average energy emitted by a conventional 600-milliwatt cell phone.
This is another reason that the range is only ~5 to 10 meters.
The point I was attempting to make, but appeared to fail at, was the reason you want short distances and power levels for 5 to 10 GHz transmitters with several GHz of bandwidth.
The article mentioned spacial density. It's short so you can pack more people using it into a smaller space. If you were to crank up the power, you would walk over others using the same "frequency" which would be about everyone else using the thing.
Also, the higher the frequency, the more you get into the microwave bands... you really don't want to be putting out 200 watts of power to everyone around... they'd get cooked!
Since it covers such a broad spectrum of radio, many things can/will be affected if this was in the lower portions of the radio spectum. That's why its limited to 5 - 10 GHz... for now...
If this was allowed at about 80MHz, you wouldn't be able to listen to radio... all you would hear would be static. In fact the article went on to say that you need several Gigahertz of bandwidth. This is a LOT!
For instance CW (Morse code)... you need to seperate conversations by about 50 Hz... minimum. Stop and think about how many conversations you could get in....
Go up to AM and it gets a bit broader about 5 kHz minimum... with FM being the "widest" of the bunch... upto about 10 kHz minimum.
On who monitors the monitors, it's the same issue as who polices the police, to a certain degree. The analogy would hold better for the FBI wiretapping since police abuses tend to be more noticeable, but...
Ah... you appear to be proving my point... to a degree...
In the case of police, it is very public. Even the local news ususally has information about it. Whatever else can be obtained by the Freedom of Information Act.
Now, we get into the hidden and very closed side of "homeland security". If there is an abuse of power with carnivore or another of its ilk, then who notices? If there is an internal "investigation", who notices? What if it encouraged to find traitors to the US (by any means possible)? What is not said may be loud and clear.
The biggest problem is that they are not publicly accessible, since it's for our good. And due to the "Patriot Act", if you question us and our motives, you must be a terrorist. The sheeple will roll over and accept this.
Now obviously, I'm questioning the policies that we currently have. I am still 100% behind the US, and I still think that it's a great place to live.
I for one like my freedoms... I would like more of them and less government interference/intrusion.
That being said, the problem with even the naming of the "Patriot Act" is that I consider myself a patriot to the United States, however I do NOT like the implications of this legislation. However, to speak out against it, the sheeple (those who don't know/care about the issues being raised) are feed the line that if you don't agree with this act, then you must be a terrorist.
Ok... so if I'm forced to go along with it, at what point do we have to say NO MORE? By the time that we get some prominent voices logically explaining the situation to the masses, it will be too late. In Micro$oft we're forced to trust. We opted you in for your own good.
One problem is that if I attempt to start encrypting my email (to preserve my freedoms), two things would happen. One, I would have a really tough time convincing my Non-Technical friends to do the same, so we could carry on conversations. And two, I would be branded a terrorist, since I'm not following the herd.
This isn't the only thing to do, however it's a fairly easy concept to get across.
IF, and that is a big if, there was a large enough group together (in philosophy), we maybe able to stop this runaway train before it's too late.
Another problem with this whole area of legislation, is... Who monitors the monitors? (to quote Enemy of the State).
Obviously, carnivore and it's brethern IS being used for survallance, but who is making sure that it's being used for good? Likewise, who would make sure that our MS Passports aren't hacked into? The CIA/NSA/FBI should be able to be trusted, but are they trustworthy? Microsoft... well we all know where Microsoft stands in this matter.
I know that this is preaching to the choir... just some points that I believe...
finding out your car is stolen before it is stripped or the battery is disconnected.
Well... we have battery backups for computers, do about the same thing... when the battery is disconnected, then do one final "here I am" signal and shutdown.
You probably wouldn't even need to shutdown... if the current draw is low enough, and the battery was sufficent, you could keep pinging for a few hours/days before you do shutdown.
Athlon?... BTW it's trademarked by AMD...
Thunderbird?... sound's like a Ford...
Clawhammer?... a few pounds...
Sledgehammer?... about 22 pounds...
Now... CODE NAMES for the CPUs are a different matter... AMD shows us what the codenames are... in italics. These are the cores that make up the CPU. So, what's the difference between Thoroughbread and Barton? Cache size for one... but probably slightly different architecture for performance.
One thing to note... Clawhammer and Sledgehammer ARE the codenames... but probably be the product names when they come out.
My wife is currently going to college (graduating in about a month) for Speech Comm...
Now, in the many conversations that we've had about expermentation with human subjects, there are several ways to get data.
The largest problem with Informed Consent, is that it inherently alters the subjects behavior. Regardless if they are told "just forget about it".
Imagine doing a study on Satanism or Scientology. If you attempted to get informed consent from either of these groups, they would deny access. Also, who should give the consent? Everybody? Just a select few?
In the above case of the Satanic cult, the researchers did NOT get informed consent. Once the study was over, they told the head guy (no not Satan) of the group. He was actually pleased that they were able to fool him, since I guess he was pretty good at reading people.
Unfortunately, my SO has gone to bed, or she would be able to make many more points on the study of group interactions.
I'm relieved to see that Debian is embracing a majoritarian democratic model, where the developers choose their leadership
Huh?
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
I should be allowed to tape my babysitter in my own house.
Totally agree... however... to be safer from lawsuits, you may want to inform her that you are taping (whether you tape or not)... the effect of that may be worth more than showing a video tape (now illegal?) in court.
They plan to sell 70% of the their HD business to Hitachi.
Uhmmm.. this isn't exactly correct. From the article...
Separately, IBM and Hitachi also said they plan to combine their various hard-disk drive operations into a new, stand-alone joint venture. Hitachi would own 70 percent of the joint venture and pay IBM for its hard drive assets, subject to the completion of negotiations, the companies said.
It would appear that the headline is more correct than the story, IBM is out, but own a 30% stake in the new company... this is not the same as selling 70% to Hitachi...
I read the articles, which where a little light in the technical stuff...
Instead of P2P using thier own port system, couldn't they use Port 80 tunnelling? A RFC has even been created for it (however, the RFC addresses different issues).
Then the data shouldn't be distinguishable between web-surfing and file-sharing.
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I would hate to say, but I believe that cellphones have an edge here ..
BTW, if it's cost keeping people from having cells, then get rid of the POTS, and use that for a cell.
They went to nanometer terminiology instead of micrometer ...
And DAMN ... 0.5 BILLION transistors ... impressive.
Well, according to AMD ... they ARE the 800lb gorilla ...
Replace the Privacy with Piracy, and you get the former CPDBODJTO (you know what I mean). Hey, at least a lot of his sound bites are already written.
When this bill actually comes out, we'll have to make sure there are NO RIDERS on it. This would be a perfect opportunity to do so, since this proposed legislation has a chance to pass.
Fast forward a few years, I could see an "Internet Appliance" (I hate that term), being a phone hooked up to the net through a native ethernet connector, having its own IPv6 address. This address would correlate to a phone, regardless of who it is. This way, you buy a phone, you already have a number. Plug and play sort of thing. THEN it would be accepted by the masses, when you don't need alot of equipment/knowledge to set it up.
The current Telcos will either embrace new technologies, and become ISPs ... or, as you said, become like the **AA's of the world.
2000's: Carnivore++: blown chips
"Hey boss, we need another crate of Intel Crypto Chips."
When they attempt to shut it down, will anything like Peek-a-booty be able to come to the rescue?
And thanks to the person who first mentioned Act of Gord, absolutely the funniest thing I've read in a long time. (I really like stories about stupid people.)
BTW, I have a patent on this ... it's like surfing normal, but only in a different pattern.
On to the gritty details ... their software is fully functional ... you can even make copies of it, and you don't have to register/purchase it.
HOWEVER, (and this is the part the author of the question will be interested in) in the end-of-year payroll and other modules, there are some NON obvious and bug-prone steps that occur. This wasn't designed on purpose like this, but it would actually reduce revenues if they fixed the problems.
NOTE: I do NOT work for GPS/MS ... so please don't give ME grief about the practice.
It doesn't mention if these are repeat people that they are getting subpoenas for ... how many emails can you send to another person in a month?
If I was a terrorist, I'm sure that I wouldn't send anything cleartext ... or obviously subversive.
A typical 200-microwatt UWB transmitter, for example, radiates only one three-thousandth of the average energy emitted by a conventional 600-milliwatt cell phone.
This is another reason that the range is only ~5 to 10 meters.
The point I was attempting to make, but appeared to fail at, was the reason you want short distances and power levels for 5 to 10 GHz transmitters with several GHz of bandwidth.
Sort of the shotgun approach instead of a rifle.
The article mentioned spacial density. It's short so you can pack more people using it into a smaller space. If you were to crank up the power, you would walk over others using the same "frequency" which would be about everyone else using the thing.
Also, the higher the frequency, the more you get into the microwave bands ... you really don't want to be putting out 200 watts of power to everyone around ... they'd get cooked!
Since it covers such a broad spectrum of radio, many things can/will be affected if this was in the lower portions of the radio spectum. That's why its limited to 5 - 10 GHz ... for now ...
If this was allowed at about 80MHz, you wouldn't be able to listen to radio ... all you would hear would be static. In fact the article went on to say that you need several Gigahertz of bandwidth. This is a LOT!
For instance CW (Morse code) ... you need to seperate conversations by about 50 Hz ... minimum. Stop and think about how many conversations you could get in ....
Go up to AM and it gets a bit broader about 5 kHz minimum ... with FM being the "widest" of the bunch ... upto about 10 kHz minimum.
Ah ... you appear to be proving my point ... to a degree ...
In the case of police, it is very public. Even the local news ususally has information about it. Whatever else can be obtained by the Freedom of Information Act.
Now, we get into the hidden and very closed side of "homeland security". If there is an abuse of power with carnivore or another of its ilk, then who notices? If there is an internal "investigation", who notices? What if it encouraged to find traitors to the US (by any means possible)? What is not said may be loud and clear.
The biggest problem is that they are not publicly accessible, since it's for our good. And due to the "Patriot Act", if you question us and our motives, you must be a terrorist. The sheeple will roll over and accept this.
Now obviously, I'm questioning the policies that we currently have. I am still 100% behind the US, and I still think that it's a great place to live.
That being said, the problem with even the naming of the "Patriot Act" is that I consider myself a patriot to the United States, however I do NOT like the implications of this legislation. However, to speak out against it, the sheeple (those who don't know/care about the issues being raised) are feed the line that if you don't agree with this act, then you must be a terrorist.
Ok ... so if I'm forced to go along with it, at what point do we have to say NO MORE? By the time that we get some prominent voices logically explaining the situation to the masses, it will be too late. In Micro$oft we're forced to trust. We opted you in for your own good.
One problem is that if I attempt to start encrypting my email (to preserve my freedoms), two things would happen. One, I would have a really tough time convincing my Non-Technical friends to do the same, so we could carry on conversations. And two, I would be branded a terrorist, since I'm not following the herd.
This isn't the only thing to do, however it's a fairly easy concept to get across.
IF, and that is a big if, there was a large enough group together (in philosophy), we maybe able to stop this runaway train before it's too late.
Another problem with this whole area of legislation, is ... Who monitors the monitors? (to quote Enemy of the State).
Obviously, carnivore and it's brethern IS being used for survallance, but who is making sure that it's being used for good? Likewise, who would make sure that our MS Passports aren't hacked into? The CIA/NSA/FBI should be able to be trusted, but are they trustworthy? Microsoft ... well we all know where Microsoft stands in this matter.
I know that this is preaching to the choir ... just some points that I believe ...
Well ... we have battery backups for computers, do about the same thing ... when the battery is disconnected, then do one final "here I am" signal and shutdown.
You probably wouldn't even need to shutdown ... if the current draw is low enough, and the battery was sufficent, you could keep pinging for a few hours/days before you do shutdown.
Athlon? ... BTW it's trademarked by AMD...
... sound's like a Ford ...
... a few pounds ...
... about 22 pounds ...
Thunderbird?
Clawhammer?
Sledgehammer?
Now ... CODE NAMES for the CPUs are a different matter ... AMD shows us what the codenames are ... in italics. These are the cores that make up the CPU. So, what's the difference between Thoroughbread and Barton? Cache size for one ... but probably slightly different architecture for performance.
One thing to note ... Clawhammer and Sledgehammer ARE the codenames ... but probably be the product names when they come out.
Now, in the many conversations that we've had about expermentation with human subjects, there are several ways to get data.
The largest problem with Informed Consent, is that it inherently alters the subjects behavior. Regardless if they are told "just forget about it".
Imagine doing a study on Satanism or Scientology. If you attempted to get informed consent from either of these groups, they would deny access. Also, who should give the consent? Everybody? Just a select few?
In the above case of the Satanic cult, the researchers did NOT get informed consent. Once the study was over, they told the head guy (no not Satan) of the group. He was actually pleased that they were able to fool him, since I guess he was pretty good at reading people.
Unfortunately, my SO has gone to bed, or she would be able to make many more points on the study of group interactions.
Huh?
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
Or for more info go here
Totally agree ... however ... to be safer from lawsuits, you may want to inform her that you are taping (whether you tape or not) ... the effect of that may be worth more than showing a video tape (now illegal?) in court.
(Also, don't encourage her to take a shower)
Should have dumped my X10 stock yesterday ...
and I hate to ask ... but who is to enforce these laws?
Currently, I would say that the **AA's of the world are trying to play both lawmaker (DMCA) and police (RIAA extortion)
Uhmmm .. this isn't exactly correct. From the article ...
Separately, IBM and Hitachi also said they plan to combine their various hard-disk drive operations into a new, stand-alone joint venture. Hitachi would own 70 percent of the joint venture and pay IBM for its hard drive assets, subject to the completion of negotiations, the companies said.
It would appear that the headline is more correct than the story, IBM is out, but own a 30% stake in the new company ... this is not the same as selling 70% to Hitachi ...
But can it a survive a Slashdotting?
Instead of P2P using thier own port system, couldn't they use Port 80 tunnelling? A RFC has even been created for it (however, the RFC addresses different issues).
Then the data shouldn't be distinguishable between web-surfing and file-sharing.