Sorry. The point is that both parties are using highly directional antennas. And, well, a single access point wouldn't be able to serve much bandwidth with that many users anyway.
Your two objections address each other... with directional antannes, the airwaves aren't such a shared medium any more. And many people already have directional antannes on their homes - they're called satellite dishes, so why not slap on another for Internet? The dishes required to go 125 miles are unreasonably large, but 15 miles would probably be enough.
Act like you know what you're doing, and you can walk out with most data.
Not so hard to do, when you're a hired security consultant. I'll bet it's much harder not to act like a thief when you are a thief, with real consequences for getting caught.
Assume pure chutzpah works 90% of the time - that would be a good record for a penetration tester, but a professional thief wouldn't last long with those odds.
It might be easy to waltz out with some computers, just bring a dolly and look like you know what you're doing. But to do the same thing without leaving fingerprints or getting your face on a security camera would be much harder. Seiden doesn't have to worry about getting caught later.
people don't seem to be as careful about issues such as forward compatability or even value for their money.
The whole beauty of the console is that if you buy a game for your console, it actually WORKS. If Microsoft does this, the word XBox2 won't mean anything - you have to specify XBox2-v1 vs XBox2-HD or something. I don't think people want such subtleties in a console, it leads to tantrums on Christmas morning when Johnnie's new game won't load.
Maybe it wasn't so smart of Microsoft to fund SCO by buying SCOsource licenses after all. If BG had simply left a grocery sack of cash on Daryl's porch with a short note reading "murder linux," Novell would have no claim on the MS money.
Writing efficient assembly code today is at least 3 or 4 orders of magnitude harder work than it was in the 60s or 70s
4 orders of magnitude - so if it took a whole week to master assembler back then, it takes 192 years now? I'm just glad today's experts had the foresight to begin studying assembly back in the year 1813.
But there are a few, a very, very few, that have what it takes to really upset the apple cart. These are the top notch folks - those who change not only industries, but ways of life. For millions of people.
An interesting claim, but I'd be interested to hear some rationale for what you say - some sort of statistic, or even some anecdotes. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't know. As it stands you didn't support your statement with any evidence.
Some people look at today's highly skewed income distribution as proof that the top 0.01% are supermen, others think it's inequity.
Personally I think there are quite a few people who are good, and who were in the right place at the right time, but who otherwise are not that extraordinary. Then there are a very few who have repeatedly made breakthroughs. I can't believe that's just luck. Then again, that is just what you'd expect if the system were driven by chance. Most people never (literally) get struck by lighting, but a few do. An "elite few," 3 or 4 times.
Cringely's pretty clever in how he wrote this up, too. If Murdoch buys Skype, Cringely will be hailed as a prophet. And if not, Cringely's "ploy" theory still seems plausible, due (if nothing else) to Machievelian appeal. Either way, Cringely comes off looking good.
VOIP is reliable enough for me. Are you really that frightened not being able to dial 911? I don't have a cellphone, so I lose 911 service every time I walk out my front door. So what?
It's like saying people shouldn't buy a home over a half mile from the fire department, just in case those extra few seconds end up making the difference between life and death. Humbug! A thousand other mishaps will kill you before a VOIP outage does.
How would Mr. Jones feel about being imprisoned for three months so that police could take their sweet time figuring out what, if anything, to charge him with?
I'm jealous that the UK has *any* time limit, be it two weeks or three months. I don't believe the US has ever clearly defined "speed trial," though I could be wrong.
Of course, if a mere allegation of being an "illegal combatant" can strip away all your rights, it's all a moot point.
I think it's somewhat ridiculous that people are angry at Rockstar. AFAIK, GTA:SA is rated M for violence and sexual content. Why must it be AO now?
When you decieve somebody, their reaction when the truth comes out is greater than if you had told them the same thing upfront.
What annoys people about this is that Rockstar decieved both the industry and the public about the content of the game. So long as this occurs, consumers can't know what they're buying. OK, so you don't mind. But the point is people should have the information up front to make their own choice.
I made the switch to Vonage and disconnected my land line several months ago. Overall, the service is fine by me (actually I've had more trouble getting support than with the phone service itself).
I have noticed an outage or 2, even when my Internet service was up. So don't take the plunge if you can't tolerate a missing dialtone. Personally, I don't think it's a big deal, anymore than when I'm out of the house away from the phone (no I do not have a cellphone).
The scanner doesn't work because of a broken USB stack.The scanner doesn't work because SANE doesn;'e support it yet,
Oh, SANE "supports" it, it just doesn't work right. Being on the supported list and functioning correctly aren't quite the same thing.
As for the USB stack, I've certainly had my share of struggles with it. There are USB problems with suspend/resume on a laptop. And the whole mess with device node creation and permission setting is just scary, and seems often to change with new kernel versions.
But my real point was not to assume something will work with Linux just because it's a USB device and Linux supports USB (anymore than you would with PCI). Unless it's a "mass storage" device, it probably needs its own driver, and in my experience drivers (for other than keyboard and mouse) are quirky and buggy more often than not. Most of the time I can get something to "sort of" work - including my webcam, mp3 player, lego IR tower, scanner, USB sound blaster, and (until recent kernels) even a USB memory key.
Now you know why they mentioned all that dark fiber in the summary, eh?
Bulking up the backbone is easy. It's the last mile that's hard. It's unwise to worry about the backbone, or allow it to restrict the last mile network.
because it offers the promise of 100 mbps over existing TV cables. That is the key right there, because it means the masses (most of us) might actually benefit.
Of course if you live in a single-broadband-provider city like I do, it's hard to imagine why they'd bother.
...if it works. You can't assume hardware support for something like this. USB ethernet sounds like the kind of thing likely to cause problems under linux even on X86, for that matter. Frankly I'm relieved when *anything* USB works. For instance, just loading ehci_hcd disables the USB ports on my IBM T40 docking station. USB scanners generally don't work - even the Epson Perfection 1200 I bought specifically because it was supported doesn't work right. The Lego USB Tower can be made to work IF you're willing to run the "right" version of the kernel, and patch it. My Rio mp3 player works pretty well - after my own edits to riotuil.
how many slashdotters out there use VoIP as their primary telecommunications resource?
I do. It's fairly reliable, but I wouldn't recommend it if you can't stomach the thought of losing dialtone occasionally.
Personally I don't see reliability as that big a deal, so long as outages are relatively short. I don't worry about being away from the phone when I go to the store (no cellphone), so why should I worry about the occasional outage when I'm home?
Anyone can spend money, and I'm quite aware of the many things that they're supposedly working on, but why aren't we seeing any real benefit in the Microsoft products that we're actually using on a day-to-day basis?
Interesting question, since Microsoft Research really *has* acquired a lot of the best people in a lot of areas.
I don't know the answer, so I'll hazard a guess: maybe it's because their environment isn't open enough? I do see quite a few papers from Microsoft Research, but perhaps real collaboration beyond the level of reading each others' papers is required, and maybe they don't do enough of that.
Look at Xerox Parc. Had others not built on their innovations, very little might have come from them (clearly Xerox never managed to take their inventions nearly as far as others did.) Yet at the same time, Microsoft must take Xerox as a poster child of why being too open is dangerous - because what academics call collaboration, business calls plundering.
I do think you make one good point - we ship our dirty industries to China, in part to make an end-run around expensive annoyances like environmental law, then complain that China isn't environmentally friendly. Hmm.
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Assume pure chutzpah works 90% of the time - that would be a good record for a penetration tester, but a professional thief wouldn't last long with those odds.
It might be easy to waltz out with some computers, just bring a dolly and look like you know what you're doing. But to do the same thing without leaving fingerprints or getting your face on a security camera would be much harder. Seiden doesn't have to worry about getting caught later.
Maybe it wasn't so smart of Microsoft to fund SCO by buying SCOsource licenses after all. If BG had simply left a grocery sack of cash on Daryl's porch with a short note reading "murder linux," Novell would have no claim on the MS money.
Some people look at today's highly skewed income distribution as proof that the top 0.01% are supermen, others think it's inequity.
Personally I think there are quite a few people who are good, and who were in the right place at the right time, but who otherwise are not that extraordinary. Then there are a very few who have repeatedly made breakthroughs. I can't believe that's just luck. Then again, that is just what you'd expect if the system were driven by chance. Most people never (literally) get struck by lighting, but a few do. An "elite few," 3 or 4 times.
Cringely's pretty clever in how he wrote this up, too. If Murdoch buys Skype, Cringely will be hailed as a prophet. And if not, Cringely's "ploy" theory still seems plausible, due (if nothing else) to Machievelian appeal. Either way, Cringely comes off looking good.
VOIP is reliable enough for me. Are you really that frightened not being able to dial 911? I don't have a cellphone, so I lose 911 service every time I walk out my front door. So what? It's like saying people shouldn't buy a home over a half mile from the fire department, just in case those extra few seconds end up making the difference between life and death. Humbug! A thousand other mishaps will kill you before a VOIP outage does.
You really can't compare this Cube to the Shuffle anyways, because the Cube has a display and FM radio.
Of course, if a mere allegation of being an "illegal combatant" can strip away all your rights, it's all a moot point.
What annoys people about this is that Rockstar decieved both the industry and the public about the content of the game. So long as this occurs, consumers can't know what they're buying. OK, so you don't mind. But the point is people should have the information up front to make their own choice.
I have noticed an outage or 2, even when my Internet service was up. So don't take the plunge if you can't tolerate a missing dialtone. Personally, I don't think it's a big deal, anymore than when I'm out of the house away from the phone (no I do not have a cellphone).
As for the USB stack, I've certainly had my share of struggles with it. There are USB problems with suspend/resume on a laptop. And the whole mess with device node creation and permission setting is just scary, and seems often to change with new kernel versions.
But my real point was not to assume something will work with Linux just because it's a USB device and Linux supports USB (anymore than you would with PCI). Unless it's a "mass storage" device, it probably needs its own driver, and in my experience drivers (for other than keyboard and mouse) are quirky and buggy more often than not. Most of the time I can get something to "sort of" work - including my webcam, mp3 player, lego IR tower, scanner, USB sound blaster, and (until recent kernels) even a USB memory key.
Bulking up the backbone is easy. It's the last mile that's hard. It's unwise to worry about the backbone, or allow it to restrict the last mile network.
Of course if you live in a single-broadband-provider city like I do, it's hard to imagine why they'd bother.
...if it works. You can't assume hardware support for something like this. USB ethernet sounds like the kind of thing likely to cause problems under linux even on X86, for that matter. Frankly I'm relieved when *anything* USB works. For instance, just loading ehci_hcd disables the USB ports on my IBM T40 docking station. USB scanners generally don't work - even the Epson Perfection 1200 I bought specifically because it was supported doesn't work right. The Lego USB Tower can be made to work IF you're willing to run the "right" version of the kernel, and patch it. My Rio mp3 player works pretty well - after my own edits to riotuil.
When was the last time anybody dragged and dropped anything, period? Copy and Paste is better. You don't have to "carry" the thing around.
Personally I don't see reliability as that big a deal, so long as outages are relatively short. I don't worry about being away from the phone when I go to the store (no cellphone), so why should I worry about the occasional outage when I'm home?
Obviously not much of a concern in defensive operations, say an invasion of America by an enemy army. But frankly we don't do much of that, do we?
I don't know the answer, so I'll hazard a guess: maybe it's because their environment isn't open enough? I do see quite a few papers from Microsoft Research, but perhaps real collaboration beyond the level of reading each others' papers is required, and maybe they don't do enough of that.
Look at Xerox Parc. Had others not built on their innovations, very little might have come from them (clearly Xerox never managed to take their inventions nearly as far as others did.) Yet at the same time, Microsoft must take Xerox as a poster child of why being too open is dangerous - because what academics call collaboration, business calls plundering.
I do think you make one good point - we ship our dirty industries to China, in part to make an end-run around expensive annoyances like environmental law, then complain that China isn't environmentally friendly. Hmm.
Sheesh.
Where do you study history? There are no pure communist countries, and no pure capitalist countries. Nobody would want to live in either one.
Anyways, I agree with your plan: let the city build the infrastructure, and let companies compete for ISP services on that fiber.