Bluephone calls use the GSM network. When they transfer a call to use the Bluetooth link, they just transfer the first few yards of that call.
So your phone is communicating with a Bluetooth base station in your house. How is the base station communicating with the world? The Slashdot blurb says, "It doesn't roam calls onto the Internet, or even onto the landline, where they would be cheaper." What does that leave?
Is the Bluetooth base station communicating with a GSM tower over the air the same way phones do? If so, what are you gaining? Aren't you using the same amount of GSM bandwidth as before, plus some Bluetooth bandwidth?
Fine, so maybe you have a legitimate need for a larger vehicle. My point is that 90% of those people who drive them don't,
I hear those exact lines in every conversation about SUV's. It's always someone else. We need new regulations, but of course they won't apply to me or my friends.
Heh. Yeah, and they aren't sure what year it takes place in. It should be the cold war because Ryan is decades younger and not married, but the modern Chechnya conflict is going on. And they don't seem to understand the Chechnya conflict, because for the US to send "peacekeeping forces" to Chechnya, which we (right or wrong) recognize as part of Russia, would be a really big deal.
In the book, the terrorists were an alliance of communists, Islamic fundamentalists, and native American separatists, which was hard to swallow but was at least internally consistent.
I doubt an American will get a job in france if there is a canadian applying as well, with similar skills. My perception is that is common accross the EU.
I count three negatives in that sentence. So it's logically equivalent to "CBS has been without its problems". I think this is the opposite of what the writer intended to say.
I wouldn't say a BROKEN shift key so much as lazy typing. You want to type a row of exclamation points, but your timing is bad when you release the shift and "1" keys. I see people do it all the time in IM and chat rooms.
Although his quote was certainly clumsy, it is clear from the context that he was talking about creating a legislative environment in which the internet could grow.
Are we talking about the same Al Gore who was second in command to the President who signed the Communications Decency Act and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act?
Seriously, thing hard about where you buy things. Yes, I understand $2-3 more is a lot to some people, however, you are ultimately reducing your the choices and varieties of the music you hear and books you read.
So far as I can tell, buying online gets me lower prices AND more choices.
How is this not a commune? Its like communism's evil twin!
The difference between a commune and communism is that one is voluntary, and the other isn't. There are various hippy communes around America in which some people choose to participate and some don't. There weren't too many voluntary shopping malls in the Soviet Union.
Are you suggesting that anyone/everyone that might have an emergency occur in their life, avoid the cinema?
Have you ever been to a restaurant located on a basement level? Do you ever ride subway trains? Your cell phone has NEVER worked in those places. (Yeah, I know some city transit systems have put cell service in the tunnels, but mostly not.) If you need guaranteed cell reachability, you have to avoid those places.
The way the jamming will work is that some places will jam and some won't. Those who need silence will go to the places that do, and those who need cell service will go to the places that don't.
You won't be able to access porn, games, and mp3s (even legitimate ones).
Amen. I've been telling this to everyone in Philly who will listen. The whole network will be run through some kind of censorware, and a suspicious number of sites critical of the city government will be listed as "hate groups". Sure, you'll be able to get a site taken off the blacklist, but it'll involve spending whole days on the phone with City Hall.
The other alternative is that they could have some kind of registration system where you register with the city, prove you're 18, and get a username and password. This would render the system totally useless to visitors, like anyone in town for a convention. (Rendering moot any argument that the city network is useful for attracting business to the city.)
The worst thing is that none of these issues will probably be considered until after millions of taxpayer dollars have been thrown at the thing.
This is one of my major peeves with CS degree programs. They focus to much on "paper skills" and useless crap (math, english etc).
It's called a liberal arts education. Universities aren't giving out Certified Java Programmer certificates, they're giving out baccalaureate degrees. Most colleges want this degree to mean that the holder has a solid grounding in all of human knowledge. Certainly people can argue about what perspectives should be represented in this body of knowledge, but Python programming ranks somewhat low on the list. If the major is called Computer Science and not Computer Skills, nlogn and Hamilton cycles are going to take precedence over being able to hack some wicked C++.
It's possible to combine humor and honesty in a resignation.
Wait for the next time your job pisses you off. Try to put yourself in a situation where something unfair will be done to you. When it happens say, "That's it! I can't take it anymore! I'm leaving! You have pushed me too far!" They'll try to apologize and beg you not to overreact, but you'll be walking out the door.
If done just right, the person who wronged you will look bad for having directly caused employee attrition.
From now on, I will be charging a $500 fee for anyone who views my web site. You may CLAIM you never view my web site, but unless you can PROVE it with an itemised list of every web site you visit, pay up.
Agreed. But what he doesn't need is a legal "boot up the arse" that will haunt him for the rest of his life. The trick is giving him the former without the latter.
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I read the article, and I don't get it.
Bluephone calls use the GSM network. When they transfer a call to use the Bluetooth link, they just transfer the first few yards of that call.
So your phone is communicating with a Bluetooth base station in your house. How is the base station communicating with the world? The Slashdot blurb says, "It doesn't roam calls onto the Internet, or even onto the landline, where they would be cheaper." What does that leave?
Is the Bluetooth base station communicating with a GSM tower over the air the same way phones do? If so, what are you gaining? Aren't you using the same amount of GSM bandwidth as before, plus some Bluetooth bandwidth?
Fine, so maybe you have a legitimate need for a larger vehicle. My point is that 90% of those people who drive them don't,
I hear those exact lines in every conversation about SUV's. It's always someone else. We need new regulations, but of course they won't apply to me or my friends.
Gay rights were achieved in Ireland thanks to the tireless litigation of Michael FitzPatrick and Patrick FitzMichael.
Heh. Yeah, and they aren't sure what year it takes place in. It should be the cold war because Ryan is decades younger and not married, but the modern Chechnya conflict is going on. And they don't seem to understand the Chechnya conflict, because for the US to send "peacekeeping forces" to Chechnya, which we (right or wrong) recognize as part of Russia, would be a really big deal.
In the book, the terrorists were an alliance of communists, Islamic fundamentalists, and native American separatists, which was hard to swallow but was at least internally consistent.
If all our computer hardware had to be made in the US, you and I wouldn't be having this discussion right now.
Ordering women to get abortions if they have any politically incorrect health habits.
Can you provide a link to someone who advocates this?
Neoconservative? I suggest you click the first link in the post.
I doubt an American will get a job in france if there is a canadian applying as well, with similar skills. My perception is that is common accross the EU.
Because Americans are, you know, prejudiced.
"not that CBS hasn't been without its problems"
I count three negatives in that sentence. So it's logically equivalent to "CBS has been without its problems". I think this is the opposite of what the writer intended to say.
Is it truly impossible that someone might disagree with you for a reason another than corporate brainwashing?
I wouldn't say a BROKEN shift key so much as lazy typing. You want to type a row of exclamation points, but your timing is bad when you release the shift and "1" keys. I see people do it all the time in IM and chat rooms.
Although his quote was certainly clumsy, it is clear from the context that he was talking about creating a legislative environment in which the internet could grow.
Are we talking about the same Al Gore who was second in command to the President who signed the Communications Decency Act and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act?
Seriously, thing hard about where you buy things. Yes, I understand $2-3 more is a lot to some people, however, you are ultimately reducing your the choices and varieties of the music you hear and books you read.
So far as I can tell, buying online gets me lower prices AND more choices.
How is this not a commune? Its like communism's evil twin!
The difference between a commune and communism is that one is voluntary, and the other isn't. There are various hippy communes around America in which some people choose to participate and some don't. There weren't too many voluntary shopping malls in the Soviet Union.
Do you mean 2.6.8? If not, I am in awe of your old-school-ness.
Are you suggesting that anyone/everyone that might have an emergency occur in their life, avoid the cinema?
Have you ever been to a restaurant located on a basement level? Do you ever ride subway trains? Your cell phone has NEVER worked in those places. (Yeah, I know some city transit systems have put cell service in the tunnels, but mostly not.) If you need guaranteed cell reachability, you have to avoid those places.
The way the jamming will work is that some places will jam and some won't. Those who need silence will go to the places that do, and those who need cell service will go to the places that don't.
If Florida had a population that size, it would only have 3 electors.
Almost 90 percent of incumbent Representatives running for re-election still won in 1994. There were a lot of people vacating seats that year.
You won't be able to access porn, games, and mp3s (even legitimate ones).
Amen. I've been telling this to everyone in Philly who will listen. The whole network will be run through some kind of censorware, and a suspicious number of sites critical of the city government will be listed as "hate groups". Sure, you'll be able to get a site taken off the blacklist, but it'll involve spending whole days on the phone with City Hall.
The other alternative is that they could have some kind of registration system where you register with the city, prove you're 18, and get a username and password. This would render the system totally useless to visitors, like anyone in town for a convention. (Rendering moot any argument that the city network is useful for attracting business to the city.)
The worst thing is that none of these issues will probably be considered until after millions of taxpayer dollars have been thrown at the thing.
This is one of my major peeves with CS degree programs. They focus to much on "paper skills" and useless crap (math, english etc).
It's called a liberal arts education. Universities aren't giving out Certified Java Programmer certificates, they're giving out baccalaureate degrees. Most colleges want this degree to mean that the holder has a solid grounding in all of human knowledge. Certainly people can argue about what perspectives should be represented in this body of knowledge, but Python programming ranks somewhat low on the list. If the major is called Computer Science and not Computer Skills, nlogn and Hamilton cycles are going to take precedence over being able to hack some wicked C++.
It's possible to combine humor and honesty in a resignation.
Wait for the next time your job pisses you off. Try to put yourself in a situation where something unfair will be done to you. When it happens say, "That's it! I can't take it anymore! I'm leaving! You have pushed me too far!" They'll try to apologize and beg you not to overreact, but you'll be walking out the door.
If done just right, the person who wronged you will look bad for having directly caused employee attrition.
From now on, I will be charging a $500 fee for anyone who views my web site. You may CLAIM you never view my web site, but unless you can PROVE it with an itemised list of every web site you visit, pay up.
Sorry, he needs a boot up the arse.
Agreed. But what he doesn't need is a legal "boot up the arse" that will haunt him for the rest of his life. The trick is giving him the former without the latter.
Terk mer jerb!
What kind of cycle are you using?
The kind that can cross oceans, apparently.