I suppose if you can't get connected to a power grid, you probably are going to have a hard time getting wireless Internet serverce, making this a non-issue. But still, let's not be short-sighted!
It seems to me that wireless data communication is a much more beneficial use for the 2.4 Ghz band than efficient lighting.
Or, just weigh the $$$ involved. Which is a bigger industry, IT/Communications, or lighting manufacturers? Seems a no-brainer for the FCC. I fully expect them to re-regulate RF lighting.
OOG the Caveman demonstrated that, although they look similar, granite deposits are much harder than dried mammoth droppings. This landmark experiment ushered in a new age in stone technology.
That's like saying a quad Xeon box is still the best out there for running Word. I'm sure it is, but a used K6 machine would be a lot cheaper and do more than an acceptable job.
Shell out US$a few hundred, and you can have a super-speedy IDE RAID with mondo-capacity. And, if one of the disks breaks, ah, no big deal. Especially if it breaks 4 or 5 years from now: that disk that cost $250 in 1998 can be picked up for $50 today. Try finding an old SCSI drive that easily.
It all depends on your definition of "operating system." If the OS is just the kernel, then it would be wrong to call Linux/KDE or Linux/GNOME an operating system. But you could also refer to the complete hardware abstraction - the kernel, which provides CPU abstraction to the programmers, device drivers, which provide device abstraction to the programmers, and user interface, which provides system abstraction to the user - ALL together forming the OS. In this sense, Linux/KDE and Linux/GNOME both constitute OSes on which the web browser cannot be removed.
Personally, I think that's a bad definition of "operating system," but it is an accepted one.
How long will the DMCA be used to trample freedom of speech, expression, and fair use, until Congress gets it into their thick skulls that this is BAD LEGISLATION, and repeals it?
Maybe the overwhelmingly negative response to CBPTBA (or whatever) will act as a wakeup call.
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I suppose if you can't get connected to a power grid, you probably are going to have a hard time getting wireless Internet serverce, making this a non-issue. But still, let's not be short-sighted!
Or, just weigh the $$$ involved. Which is a bigger industry, IT/Communications, or lighting manufacturers? Seems a no-brainer for the FCC. I fully expect them to re-regulate RF lighting.
Also, more info on RF Lighting can be found here.
OOG the Caveman demonstrated that, although they look similar, granite deposits are much harder than dried mammoth droppings. This landmark experiment ushered in a new age in stone technology.
That's like saying a quad Xeon box is still the best out there for running Word. I'm sure it is, but a used K6 machine would be a lot cheaper and do more than an acceptable job.
Shell out US$a few hundred, and you can have a super-speedy IDE RAID with mondo-capacity. And, if one of the disks breaks, ah, no big deal. Especially if it breaks 4 or 5 years from now: that disk that cost $250 in 1998 can be picked up for $50 today. Try finding an old SCSI drive that easily.
Personally, I think that's a bad definition of "operating system," but it is an accepted one.
You haven't been on the Internet very long, have you?
When CD-R disks are so much more abundant/convenient?
I couldn't agree more.
How long will the DMCA be used to trample freedom of speech, expression, and fair use, until Congress gets it into their thick skulls that this is BAD LEGISLATION, and repeals it?
Maybe the overwhelmingly negative response to CBPTBA (or whatever) will act as a wakeup call.
Or, if they can't recover the data: "Your data was lost over 15 years ago, and it's far too late to start making a fuss about it now."