Whilst 270-280 million Americans and 27-28 million Canadians is certainly an economic force to be reckoned with, I think the over 600 million current GSM users around the world would seem pretty compelling as well.
Whilst I would agree that there are differences in populations density, it also makes the tramission area of each antennae much much smaller - thus just as much equipment will go up to provide the same level of service. Given the problems some companies here in the US have with spectrum during "off peak" times, it would stand to reason that it is likely that the network buildout is also less dense.
early testing showed that the 384k rate is for a stationary mobile unit. a moving unit - say, one that is walking with a user at 3-5 km/h, would have a rate closer 64-128k.
You have used these things called "hands free" attachments on your phone before? They're pretty neat, they let you talk on the phone without holding the mobile unit against your ear.
2.5G is packet based as opposed to switch based which is what the current 2G is based on. 2.5G makes more efficient use of spectrum - thus I think that in more congested urban areas, the race to implement 2.5G would be more urgent in order to relieve spectrum issues.
From an operator perspective, this also makes sense if many of the incumbents did not receive 3G licenses.
i think there is some demand since sharp put one on the market a few years ago - but it was a pentium 75 class. sony's c1x is also 16:9 it is a pentium 2 - 266mhz.
the major drawback of these notebooks is that they adopted the wide form factor to make it more compact. they are 1024x480 screens. unfortunatly they are really just the sony n505 series screens cut in half.
in terms of usability, i found it hard to use it for long periods - but it could just be that i am used to the larger spreadsheets and writing documents. btw, i found surfing somewhat difficult since most pages are "optimized" for 800x600.
my initial reaction to the loc's stance was what a bunch of luddites! however, upon further reflection, it dawned on me, that access may only be one part of their mission.
"The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations."
the other part is the preservation aspect. we are the first generation who's history may not be preserved. there are web-sites which, due to various reasons - lack of resources, sabotage, natural disaster - are no longer with us. our history is chronicled in ones and zeros which may be erased at anytime.
the loc may be agonizing over this decision since their is a tendency to destroy the hard copy, once there is a soft copy somewhere.
i completely agree, for that kind of money, i would likely buy another battery so that i could double the "un-plugged" time. it would likely weigh less than the second battery too. (that being said, it would double the charge time - but how many of us would lug this thing around if charging were time critical to them as well - i can feel the flames coming now...)
sap r/3, oracle financials (not to be confused with oracle 8i the database) as well as baan and peoplesoft are all erp (enterprise resource planning) software solutions. they essentially capture information about the company - as long as a process is developed to capture that information - and present it in report format. the implementation includes process mapping and re-design. they all contain modules to enable an enterprise to manage almost all aspects of its operations - accounting, supply chain management, human resources, reporting.... until something else comes along, the erp solutions are considered the be all end all ultimate information packages.
this is not meant to be sarcastic, but the documentation which came with my "applixware office solutions" for linux seems to be win95 documentation. i wonder what applix uses? anyway, i think the filters which ship with star office 5.0 and applixware office (4.4.1 - i think) ship the filters (with minor formatting problems - english version)
this is so cool, now we can implement on a stable platform - worry more about the re-engineering and the implementation than the os constraints - maybe i won't have to use windoze at work anymore - i guess that would be wishful thinking. wish me luck.
no offence to gus and his site - haven't seen it though - even though he isn't selling anything there is some degree of initial association with "toys r us" when you see the name of his site.
so in this instance, i can agree with toys r us defending their trademark. however, given the nature of gus's site and his intentions i sort of think that some degree of compensation is in order - perhaps in return for relenquishing the site name they help him register another domain name? i however, don't think toys r us should have to buy the rights back for some exhorbitant sum either. it should stop at a new registration and any legal costs incurred in initially defending himself.
just a quick note to other slashdotters, i don't think we should pound toys r us with our "powers" to reach a resolution like those with ajax.org and veronica.org (i would like to think we would show some conscience when i came to using our collective powers).
ps i thought lawyers were supposed to be well read, versed and eloquent people. lisa pollard's letter sort of lacks most of that. she also has also committed a few grammar errors as well - heh heh - go ahead show me mine - lol (there must be quite a few)
linux is not a poor man's windows! firstly it is an actual operating system... oh, just look it up. go to:
www.redhat.com www.suse.com www.linuxhq.com
that should get you started.
soapbox time: linux allows us to get away from hegemony and agony that is microsoft (well at least until we have to go back to work - then, linux makes me wish we were using it in the office since windows crashes several times a day)
overheard in the office: a: hey did you know they have found a win-nt virus? linux advocates in the office : what does it do? keep windows from crashing?
judging from the poll and the link on slahsdot i think an inordinate number of slashdotters will have skewed the results. then again, it might help us get noticed - and maybe my company (almost 100% pro-m$ - they would if they could but a few key apps elude m$) - keeping my fingers crossed?
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Whilst 270-280 million Americans and 27-28 million Canadians is certainly an economic force to be reckoned with, I think the over 600 million current GSM users around the world would seem pretty compelling as well.
How about global roaming? The "world" is not Canada and the US.
Whilst I would agree that there are differences in populations density, it also makes the tramission area of each antennae much much smaller - thus just as much equipment will go up to provide the same level of service. Given the problems some companies here in the US have with spectrum during "off peak" times, it would stand to reason that it is likely that the network buildout is also less dense.
early testing showed that the 384k rate is for a stationary mobile unit. a moving unit - say, one that is walking with a user at 3-5 km/h, would have a rate closer 64-128k.
I thought it was just not going to be freed up from military allocation.
You have used these things called "hands free" attachments on your phone before? They're pretty neat, they let you talk on the phone without holding the mobile unit against your ear.
Just in case that wasn't clear - www.jabra.com
2.5G is packet based as opposed to switch based which is what the current 2G is based on. 2.5G makes more efficient use of spectrum - thus I think that in more congested urban areas, the race to implement 2.5G would be more urgent in order to relieve spectrum issues. From an operator perspective, this also makes sense if many of the incumbents did not receive 3G licenses.
i think there is some demand since sharp put one on the market a few years ago - but it was a pentium 75 class. sony's c1x is also 16:9 it is a pentium 2 - 266mhz.
the major drawback of these notebooks is that they adopted the wide form factor to make it more compact. they are 1024x480 screens. unfortunatly they are really just the sony n505 series screens cut in half.
in terms of usability, i found it hard to use it for long periods - but it could just be that i am used to the larger spreadsheets and writing documents. btw, i found surfing somewhat difficult since most pages are "optimized" for 800x600.
that all being said, i heard linus uses a c1x.
just my $0.02
my initial reaction to the loc's stance was what a bunch of luddites! however, upon further reflection, it dawned on me, that access may only be one part of their mission.
"The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations."
the other part is the preservation aspect. we are the first generation who's history may not be preserved. there are web-sites which, due to various reasons - lack of resources, sabotage, natural disaster - are no longer with us. our history is chronicled in ones and zeros which may be erased at anytime.
the loc may be agonizing over this decision since their is a tendency to destroy the hard copy, once there is a soft copy somewhere.
just a thought.
i completely agree, for that kind of money, i would likely buy another battery so that i could double the "un-plugged" time. it would likely weigh less than the second battery too. (that being said, it would double the charge time - but how many of us would lug this thing around if charging were time critical to them as well - i can feel the flames coming now...)
it's doing some pretty wierd thingson my side. anyway, keep up the great work!
sap r/3, oracle financials (not to be confused with oracle 8i the database) as well as baan and peoplesoft are all erp (enterprise resource planning) software solutions. they essentially capture information about the company - as long as a process is developed to capture that information - and present it in report format. the implementation includes process mapping and re-design. they all contain modules to enable an enterprise to manage almost all aspects of its operations - accounting, supply chain management, human resources, reporting....
until something else comes along, the erp solutions are considered the be all end all ultimate information packages.
this is not meant to be sarcastic, but the documentation which came with my "applixware office solutions" for linux seems to be win95 documentation. i wonder what applix uses?
anyway, i think the filters which ship with star office 5.0 and applixware office (4.4.1 - i think) ship the filters (with minor formatting problems - english version)
this is so cool, now we can implement on a stable platform - worry more about the re-engineering and the implementation than the os constraints - maybe i won't have to use windoze at work anymore - i guess that would be wishful thinking. wish me luck.
no offence to gus and his site - haven't seen it though - even though he isn't selling anything there is some degree of initial association with "toys r us" when you see the name of his site.
so in this instance, i can agree with toys r us defending their trademark. however, given the nature of gus's site and his intentions i sort of think that some degree of compensation is in order - perhaps in return for relenquishing the site name they help him register another domain name? i however, don't think toys r us should have to buy the rights back for some exhorbitant sum either. it should stop at a new registration and any legal costs incurred in initially defending himself.
just a quick note to other slashdotters, i don't think we should pound toys r us with our "powers" to reach a resolution like those with ajax.org and veronica.org (i would like to think we would show some conscience when i came to using our collective powers).
ps i thought lawyers were supposed to be well read, versed and eloquent people. lisa pollard's letter sort of lacks most of that. she also has also committed a few grammar errors as well - heh heh - go ahead show me mine - lol (there must be quite a few)
jesse, get yourself an account and stop logging in as an ac.
linux is not a poor man's windows! firstly it is an actual operating system... oh, just look it up.
go to:
www.redhat.com
www.suse.com
www.linuxhq.com
that should get you started.
soapbox time: linux allows us to get away from hegemony and agony that is microsoft (well at least until we have to go back to work - then, linux makes me wish we were using it in the office since windows crashes several times a day)
overheard in the office:
a: hey did you know they have found a win-nt virus?
linux advocates in the office : what does it do? keep windows from crashing?
judging from the poll and the link on slahsdot i think an inordinate number of slashdotters will have skewed the results. then again, it might help us get noticed - and maybe my company (almost 100% pro-m$ - they would if they could but a few key apps elude m$) - keeping my fingers crossed?