I'm pinning my hopes on software to revolutionize the entire wireless industry. And by entire, I mean anything with a processing unit and transceiver.
For example, with software radio, cell phone manufacturers can make the guts of one phone and sell it in every market in the world. Equipment providers can make one cell phone tower, and use it everywhere. Wanna upgrade to a new standard? No problem. Distribute new software to the handsets and base stations and you're done. Imagine being able to roll out a new protocol to take advantage of just-made-available spectrum instantly.
Your one cell phone could act as a wireless ethernet adaptor, a bluetooth adaptor, an FM radio, an AM radio, a VHF radio, whatever! The promise of this technology is incredible.
It's not a totally closed system. The sun warms water and land, which creates temeratur differences, which causes air to flow from the cool areas to the warm. There's your wind.
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Sure, in the case of fraud, you're limited in liability to $50... but only once it's all said and done. In the meantime, you are actually out whatever the fradulent charges are.
Here's an example. Your paycheck is deposited, putting your account at $1500. The next day, someone goes and fradulently buys some stuff, say $1500 worth. Your account balance is now $0. If you report the incident, your balance will still be $0. Not until everything is tracked down will you get your $1500 back. In the meantime, I hope you have some savings, since your rent and phone bill will still come due.
Solution? Always use a credit card. In that case, it's the bank's money that's gone missing. And, suddenly, they're much more interested in recovering it.
The author's entire argument hinges on some type of calibration the brain might do.
The danger of this exploitation of human perception flaws is that especially by lossy audio data compression sound portions get destroyed those, although the brain would not pass them to the conscious awareness, are likely necessary for the human hearing's own perpetual calibration.
The author never proves we do this calibration, so out goes his argument. What crap!
I first played Doom in 1994 on a 486DX2-66 with 8 megs of ram. At the time, it was a pretty good computer, but it was no P-66. Doom ran damn well, though.
Now, Nokias run the same game at adequate speed. Shouldn't I conclude the graphics and cpu capabilites equal those of my old desktop?
Finance 101: The $10 billion was marked for R&D and acquisitions. So, if you go out and buy a company for $100 million in cash, what happens to your net worth? You record a $100 million increase. They don't lose that money, it just turns from cash (or stock; whatever they paid with) into an asset (well, buildings, books, goodwill, etc.). So, it's not like they have to profit $10 billion on their purchases to "make back" that money.
What they're really saying is that with $10 billion, they can get a 10% + return doing this. They're essentially looking for a return on their investment.
If they spent that much on R&D, the money would be gone. That's why you'll see them buy other compaines that do this kind of stuff.
Currently, you can carry on quite a bit of alcohol before anyone would get suspicious. How well does 190 proof Everclear burn? Add to that a vaporiser, and you'd have a nice, make-shift, fule-air bomb.
Hackable hardware a problem? Sounds like Paladium is the solution!
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some voting machines running on MS hardware and MS OS recording votes when Gates runs for President. Wonder who would win?
Go over to your clock radio on your bed stand and crack it open.
Look at all the radio-related things in there. You've got some capacators, resistors, a neato tuning thing.
GNU Radio replaces all that with software.
What's good/neat? Well, right now, the "decoding" of radio waves to sound is done totally analog. This new system would give the same results, but you could apply filters to never have any static. Also, you woudln't be limited by the range of frequencies the tuner deal could handle. It's just as easy (provided you have the cpu) to decode 97.1 FM as some 900 MHz cordless phone.
And, it's all done in software, and it's all digital, and that's always good!
Anyone remember using hot glue guns to melt the 1.44mb hole in your 720kb 3.5" disks? Those disks used the same media, but in a different physical case. So, if you made the 720kb disks look like 1.44s, they'd work.
Or, better yet, cutting an additional notch in your 5.25" floppys, so they could be read, upside down, in single sided drives? Ah, my old Apple 2 days.
I totally agree. Colonization makes 0 sense to relieve population problems on earth. Here's the clearest explanation I've ever heard:
Assume the population of the earth doubles every 50 years. Further assume that the population doubling would not be sustainable. (Not necessary for the argument to work, but makes it easier.)
If we had the means to colonize mars today, we could put off that growth 50 years. But, in 50 years, we'll need to colonize another planet. What's worse, is that mars now has a population problem. So, in 50 years, we'll have two planets that need to ship off some people.
If you continue this, every 50 years, the number of colonies we need to make double. So, we're looking at venus and a moon of Jupiter in 100 years. Within a few hundred years, we've colonized all the moons in the solar system.
Myself? I tend to subscribe to the feeling that the world population is stabilizing.
This is an infant industry (high speed residential access), so they're still tweaking the pricing in order to make money. Remember, you have to make money eventually or you'll go out of business. No one will pay for 0Mbps.
If you don't like their prices, change providers. If no provider has prices you like, then what you're asking for probably isn't financially viable. (Yes, we all want BMWs for $17,000, but that isn't going to happen.)
Plus, if they wanted to be a total bastards, they could continue to jack up the rates until those 1% left. If those top 1% left, they could have 30% more capacity at a cost of only 1% of their revenue. Then, they could add 30% more customers with a usage profile like the other 99%. That seems like good business to me. It's also called increasing shareholder value.
The groups also criticized broadcasting giants, such as industry leader Clear Channel, which owns 1,225 stations nationwide, for flexing their "sheer market power" in ways that can "make or break a hit song."
If a song is a hit, wouldn't it already have had airplay? Or, are they saying that the songs they want to be hits aren't getting the airplay he promoters want. Seems to me audience demand should drive which songs are on the radio.
Don't like being on the receiving end of a monopoloy, do you RIAA?
They sure as hell won't be selling Lexmark printers after the merger. Lexmark is owned by IBM. IBM is HP-Compaq's #1 competitior now. Why on earth would they retail a compeitior's product? Or why would IBM even sell it to them in the first place?
Another report, yes, but no hard data. Sure, they asked people if they bought more music or less music. But, they didn't verify their statements, or track a person's buying habits, or rectify their statements with actual sales numbers. Sounds like a bunch of opinion to me.
I consider myself a pretty good Java guy. I also keep up on the theory of programming languages. Gostling mentions "autoboxing," something I've never heard of. Anyone know what that is?
(Yes, I can use Google, but that didn't seem to be much use. Oh, but did find this googlewhack while trying to get info.
I've never seen an altimeter for $5. I've never seen a barometer for $5 either. And, even if you did get one for that cheap, I doubt it could provide trends.
Finally, the cost difference goes towards something called style. But, since this watch probably won't compliment your pit-stained t-shirt, it's not something that you'd understand.
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For example, with software radio, cell phone manufacturers can make the guts of one phone and sell it in every market in the world. Equipment providers can make one cell phone tower, and use it everywhere. Wanna upgrade to a new standard? No problem. Distribute new software to the handsets and base stations and you're done. Imagine being able to roll out a new protocol to take advantage of just-made-available spectrum instantly.
Your one cell phone could act as a wireless ethernet adaptor, a bluetooth adaptor, an FM radio, an AM radio, a VHF radio, whatever! The promise of this technology is incredible.
It's not a totally closed system. The sun warms water and land, which creates temeratur differences, which causes air to flow from the cool areas to the warm. There's your wind.
Here's an example. Your paycheck is deposited, putting your account at $1500. The next day, someone goes and fradulently buys some stuff, say $1500 worth. Your account balance is now $0. If you report the incident, your balance will still be $0. Not until everything is tracked down will you get your $1500 back. In the meantime, I hope you have some savings, since your rent and phone bill will still come due.
Solution? Always use a credit card. In that case, it's the bank's money that's gone missing. And, suddenly, they're much more interested in recovering it.
Also indicative of crap: the author's warning about the damaging properties of the color pink!
This amazes me. The reduction in power consumption alone is impressive.
Now, Nokias run the same game at adequate speed. Shouldn't I conclude the graphics and cpu capabilites equal those of my old desktop?
What they're really saying is that with $10 billion, they can get a 10% + return doing this. They're essentially looking for a return on their investment.
If they spent that much on R&D, the money would be gone. That's why you'll see them buy other compaines that do this kind of stuff.
Currently, you can carry on quite a bit of alcohol before anyone would get suspicious. How well does 190 proof Everclear burn? Add to that a vaporiser, and you'd have a nice, make-shift, fule-air bomb.
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some voting machines running on MS hardware and MS OS recording votes when Gates runs for President. Wonder who would win?
- From the post: "... and 50 percent less power usage."
- From the web site: "... new type of transistor which reduces power consumption by 20 - 25%."
Somewhere along the way, that thing got twice as efficient! Amazing design.- Go over to your clock radio on your bed stand and crack it open.
- Look at all the radio-related things in there. You've got some capacators, resistors, a neato tuning thing.
- GNU Radio replaces all that with software.
What's good/neat? Well, right now, the "decoding" of radio waves to sound is done totally analog. This new system would give the same results, but you could apply filters to never have any static. Also, you woudln't be limited by the range of frequencies the tuner deal could handle. It's just as easy (provided you have the cpu) to decode 97.1 FM as some 900 MHz cordless phone.And, it's all done in software, and it's all digital, and that's always good!
I guess I forgot how big that sun is. Goddamn!
Or, better yet, cutting an additional notch in your 5.25" floppys, so they could be read, upside down, in single sided drives? Ah, my old Apple 2 days.
RAID. That's what it's for.
Assume the population of the earth doubles every 50 years. Further assume that the population doubling would not be sustainable. (Not necessary for the argument to work, but makes it easier.) If we had the means to colonize mars today, we could put off that growth 50 years. But, in 50 years, we'll need to colonize another planet. What's worse, is that mars now has a population problem. So, in 50 years, we'll have two planets that need to ship off some people.
If you continue this, every 50 years, the number of colonies we need to make double. So, we're looking at venus and a moon of Jupiter in 100 years. Within a few hundred years, we've colonized all the moons in the solar system.
Myself? I tend to subscribe to the feeling that the world population is stabilizing.
Go try to buy one of these. Dealers are getting MSRP + 10k.
If you don't like their prices, change providers. If no provider has prices you like, then what you're asking for probably isn't financially viable. (Yes, we all want BMWs for $17,000, but that isn't going to happen.)
Plus, if they wanted to be a total bastards, they could continue to jack up the rates until those 1% left. If those top 1% left, they could have 30% more capacity at a cost of only 1% of their revenue. Then, they could add 30% more customers with a usage profile like the other 99%. That seems like good business to me. It's also called increasing shareholder value.
Don't like being on the receiving end of a monopoloy, do you RIAA?
They sure as hell won't be selling Lexmark printers after the merger. Lexmark is owned by IBM. IBM is HP-Compaq's #1 competitior now. Why on earth would they retail a compeitior's product? Or why would IBM even sell it to them in the first place?
I guess the Truth is Still Out There.
(Yes, I can use Google, but that didn't seem to be much use. Oh, but did find this googlewhack while trying to get info.
Yeah. Let's just hope Microsoft doesn't destory Alderan before a "structural remedy" is delivered down their thermal exhaust port.
Naw. What's in a sig, anway?
Finally, the cost difference goes towards something called style. But, since this watch probably won't compliment your pit-stained t-shirt, it's not something that you'd understand.
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