At least according to "Alex" there isn't anything mysterious or even spy-tastic about this xmit station. It's a localized military transmission tower for the Moscow region. I am unsure of the correct terminology, but it seems the men in charge of strategic military installations within the Moscow region are permitted to broadcast messages from this station as required. Why it remains in use despite its age and unsophistication is because the tower provides a more stable communication source than more modern methods - clearly from it's performance record we can agree.
Contra to the summary, this is not some kind of monopolist ploy for customer domination. It's simple really. It's all about money.
The legal team at Rogers realized (or got sued and settled) that in case of a carrier provided phone fails to operate as expected during an emergency, while Rogers having full prior knowledge of this fault and having done nothing, could foreseeably be held for damages and some kind of punitive measure.
Car Analogy: You're driving a car that comes with OnStar. A manufacturer fault with OnStar may cause the car to suddenly turn off if you press the "OnStar help" button. Car Manuf issues a recalls. Know that they can't reach all customers with any urgency or certainty, they remotely disable your radio, lights, etc with the expectation that you'll notice those problems immediately and bring your car in for service regardless if you are aware of the recall.
(Not exactly the best analogy, but basicly.....)
Not to be completely off topic, but I think the print cartridge companies would have better luck if they incorporated a "lab on chip" style spectrometer in the print head of every cartridge. That way, only the "patented ink formula" could be used in the cartridge, any other kind would signal the print head to stop. In this effect, they'd lock out all re-fillers until they could recreate the ink formula exactly which would be no small task (or cheap - their only selling point)
Anyone get the feeling this is just one step against AllofMP3? I mean not specifically only for them, but things the studio have limited control over and would rather block aka Customs and immigration style?
Sure it's all tragic that the fire took out some fiber - but what in the world was the fire burning? If you see the pictures, the fire extends nearly the entire way along the side of the bridge. That's either one rather large mattress or maybe fiber/conduits are more flammable than I imagined.
That's good to know. I was a little suspicious that they might have tuned down the FSB bus speed to help acheive the lower voltage, but if that's the case. Time to swap out my M400's power hungry CPU for this one instead...
The low voltabe CPU is definitely a perfect match for the use of this laptop (7hours!), but I agree the onboard video really drags this and like all tablets down the drain if you plan to do any 3d work or gaming so to speak.
Being from Canada, I think the whole idea is just silly. They're treating the symptoms and not the root cause - again.
Ignoring the fact that CP is definitely illegal here, incompetently blocking CP is not going to solve anything. Pedophiles and sex offenders are just that, you don't grow or learn into it when you get older. The effort and resources could be better put to catching these criminals rather than just blanketing the subject.
On a side note, opting out is practically impossible being that every major internet provider in Canada has already signed up.
I'm not sure if Canada has common-carrier laws like our American counter-parts, but if we do, this must be some clear violation of that stature.
Maybe I'm missing something but since this appears to be trade infraction at best, it doesn't seem to lead that Lik-Sang would need or could be forced to close.
Sony suits were brought up in the UK so one would imagine, if Lik-Sang wanted they could simply fail to show up in court, default guilt, and therefor minimize financial impact. There upon, Lik-Sang could continue to conduct business as usual from HK and to all non-EU countries.
Something smells fishy... either it's a PR stunt Or! creative business law aka close "Lik-Sang" and open new "Like-Sang" and resume business as usual until the next Sony suite.
Hehe, I think I was maybe 7/8 years old at the time? My dad brought me up on the C64 so when I went to my new class for the first time I felt right at home. It was sitting alone in the corner, and even the teacher was a little weary of it - afterall, it was the time of the school-Macintosh marrage. Naturally I had to show a bunch of the kids how to type things and save them on audio tapes.
If we continue on the same track with increasing taxs, the day they will see victory against common music piracy is the day blank cds and media are more costly than the actual original, imagine paying $0.50 + $25 tax on a blank or just paying for the real cd at roughly $20.
The government is going in the completely wrong direction, morally justifing copy-theft.
In anycase, off to China Town! cash and product hold no bars; screw the taxes.
Even with the event of this new high-speed data transmission; one would think that if WiFi ever reached even 70% coverage in a populus that maybe a "WiFi enabled" or even a "WiFi Only" mobile phone wouldn't be that far-fetched?
I mean, for the casual user, imagine no charge calling...ever? (negating that WiFi networks you're on are free) 'course business users will still require real cells being WiFi is typically a hotspot paradigm.
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At least according to "Alex" there isn't anything mysterious or even spy-tastic about this xmit station. It's a localized military transmission tower for the Moscow region. I am unsure of the correct terminology, but it seems the men in charge of strategic military installations within the Moscow region are permitted to broadcast messages from this station as required. Why it remains in use despite its age and unsophistication is because the tower provides a more stable communication source than more modern methods - clearly from it's performance record we can agree.
Contra to the summary, this is not some kind of monopolist ploy for customer domination. It's simple really. It's all about money. The legal team at Rogers realized (or got sued and settled) that in case of a carrier provided phone fails to operate as expected during an emergency, while Rogers having full prior knowledge of this fault and having done nothing, could foreseeably be held for damages and some kind of punitive measure. Car Analogy: You're driving a car that comes with OnStar. A manufacturer fault with OnStar may cause the car to suddenly turn off if you press the "OnStar help" button. Car Manuf issues a recalls. Know that they can't reach all customers with any urgency or certainty, they remotely disable your radio, lights, etc with the expectation that you'll notice those problems immediately and bring your car in for service regardless if you are aware of the recall. (Not exactly the best analogy, but basicly.....)
Not to be completely off topic, but I think the print cartridge companies would have better luck if they incorporated a "lab on chip" style spectrometer in the print head of every cartridge. That way, only the "patented ink formula" could be used in the cartridge, any other kind would signal the print head to stop. In this effect, they'd lock out all re-fillers until they could recreate the ink formula exactly which would be no small task (or cheap - their only selling point)
Anyone get the feeling this is just one step against AllofMP3? I mean not specifically only for them, but things the studio have limited control over and would rather block aka Customs and immigration style?
Sure it's all tragic that the fire took out some fiber - but what in the world was the fire burning? If you see the pictures, the fire extends nearly the entire way along the side of the bridge. That's either one rather large mattress or maybe fiber/conduits are more flammable than I imagined.
Right right...IBM - $$$ :Lenovo = China, etc hehe.
That's good to know. I was a little suspicious that they might have tuned down the FSB bus speed to help acheive the lower voltage, but if that's the case. Time to swap out my M400's power hungry CPU for this one instead...
The low voltabe CPU is definitely a perfect match for the use of this laptop (7hours!), but I agree the onboard video really drags this and like all tablets down the drain if you plan to do any 3d work or gaming so to speak.
The X60 looks like a Toshiba M400 without a CD/DVD drive - much like the M200.
My question is, how does the Core Duo 1.8Ghz Low Voltage CPU performance compare to the standard Core Duo 1.8Ghz CPU in the M400.
Being from Canada, I think the whole idea is just silly. They're treating the symptoms and not the root cause - again.
Ignoring the fact that CP is definitely illegal here, incompetently blocking CP is not going to solve anything. Pedophiles and sex offenders are just that, you don't grow or learn into it when you get older. The effort and resources could be better put to catching these criminals rather than just blanketing the subject.
On a side note, opting out is practically impossible being that every major internet provider in Canada has already signed up.
I'm not sure if Canada has common-carrier laws like our American counter-parts, but if we do, this must be some clear violation of that stature.
Maybe a good analgy for that would be: Why lock the door to your home if you haven't been robbed yet?
Maybe I'm missing something but since this appears to be trade infraction at best, it doesn't seem to lead that Lik-Sang would need or could be forced to close. Sony suits were brought up in the UK so one would imagine, if Lik-Sang wanted they could simply fail to show up in court, default guilt, and therefor minimize financial impact. There upon, Lik-Sang could continue to conduct business as usual from HK and to all non-EU countries. Something smells fishy... either it's a PR stunt Or! creative business law aka close "Lik-Sang" and open new "Like-Sang" and resume business as usual until the next Sony suite.
I for one welcome our grunting overlords!
Makes you stop for a second to think, are they talking about China or the EU?
Hehe, I think I was maybe 7/8 years old at the time? My dad brought me up on the C64 so when I went to my new class for the first time I felt right at home. It was sitting alone in the corner, and even the teacher was a little weary of it - afterall, it was the time of the school-Macintosh marrage. Naturally I had to show a bunch of the kids how to type things and save them on audio tapes.
Wow, that's very cool, esp when you can point out something on TV and say - "Yup! That's mine..."
Anyone spot the Commodore PET sitting in the back? ...ahh memories...
In Russia you own the DVD player; In United States, DVD player owns you....
If we continue on the same track with increasing taxs, the day they will see victory against common music piracy is the day blank cds and media are more costly than the actual original, imagine paying $0.50 + $25 tax on a blank or just paying for the real cd at roughly $20. The government is going in the completely wrong direction, morally justifing copy-theft. In anycase, off to China Town! cash and product hold no bars; screw the taxes.
Even with the event of this new high-speed data transmission; one would think that if WiFi ever reached even 70% coverage in a populus that maybe a "WiFi enabled" or even a "WiFi Only" mobile phone wouldn't be that far-fetched? I mean, for the casual user, imagine no charge calling...ever? (negating that WiFi networks you're on are free) 'course business users will still require real cells being WiFi is typically a hotspot paradigm.
Ever wonder what Office XP would look like as an emoticon? or more precisely, what that XP really stood for? ... tilt your head left...
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