How about this... I work on Cell phones. CDMA phones CAN go between about -70 dBm and 30 dBm (the spec limits it to 30 dBm), but most are limited to around 24-25 dBm. GSM (since it's bursted) can go upwards of 35 dBm. The conversion is mW = log(-1) (dbm/10), so the CDMA limit is 1W, but it generally never reaches that high, closer to.25-.3W. GSM can go up to 2+ watts, but it's only on 1/7 of the time.
Just FYI, Nextel ALSO uses CDMA, the iDEN technologies are on top of CDMA. The one major difference I see is that Sprint uses the PCS band (1900 MHz), a technically weaker band while Nextel uses the Cell Band (800 MHz). I would suspect that if Sprit buys Nextel, you will no longer hear "the only all PCS, all Digital..." and the coverage in rural areas on Sprint will improve.
In terms of asia, CDMA should still be the dominant technology into 4G. With improvements like EV-DO, CDMA can attain 3G data rates, so is technically can be a 3G network already.
Actually, I just got back from China, and I can attest that their air quality is unbelievably bad. The air pollution is almost as thick as fog, and you can seriously taste it. I understand that in china it's largely due to coal being their main source of energy, and I was told that there are plans to go mostly nuclear in the next decade... but now that I've seen it, I think they will have to do a lot more than just that.
Well, how I did it, I used excel... split the number into each of it's digits and ran it down as far as I could... adding all of the digits and keeping a running sum (Don't do a complete sum on every line, your computer will yack, just run that to the bottom, once there, start again in a new column(s) until you get the answer. I came out with 199971 by doing it using this method... very brute force, but graphing it is also interesting... seeing the nature of this function God I'm a dork
the consensus is:
The asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs is the one that hit in the Yucatan Penninsula
The asteroid that killed off 99.9% of life before the dinosaurs existed was the one that hit near austrailia
Shhhh.... don't tell everyone that they are probably included in the so-called "rich" if they are making $60k/yr... if you do, Kerry's "roll back" doesn't sound so good
I know of two people with the last name of Rowe. Both are pronounced with an OW (as in "OW, that hurt"). I was just thinking it would be hilarious if Microsoft took this kid to court, and as the police dude is reading "the case of Microsoft vs. Mike Rowe", Mike's lawyer could stand up, say "correction your honor, it's pronounced rOWe"... judge: "dismissed"
I just got out of college, and was rather addicted myself (I would usually opt for the 2 liter bottles of pepsi or dew instead of 20 oz, but would drink them in a day anyway). I decided for my health that it would be best to cut caffeine from my diet. I started out by only cutting soda, as that was the majority of my intake, I would replace it by drinking huge amounts of water (be ready to go use the restroom every 30 minutes at first). I'm pretty sure that the water helped me get around the worst of the headaches. I am now to the point where I'll have a pop at lunch, and if I'm ever wanting something to drink, I'll usually go for tea or juice, just make sure you have alternatives to pop, and it's a good start.
I just recently read the three books, after having watched the first two movies. To be honest, there were a few points while reading that I realized I missed in the movie (smaller things like matching names to characters), but overall, I wasn't lost while watching the first two movies at all. I really think Jackson did a good job of compromising between keeping the movie authentic, and setting the books story for the movie format. I also think he did a good job of including smaller details that people who have read the books will appreciate, while explaining enough of the general story for those who haven't read them yet. Just my two cents, I really do see your point, but it just hasn't been the case in my expierence
7.1 surround? MP3 Playback? Is it just me, or are these things unnecessary on a PORTABLE device that will only accept proprietary discs (no burning MP3's and playing them).
If I recall, the first time autorun is used, windows points out that the shift key can override it. Therefore, ms should also be sued for disclosing that the shift key can prevent cd's from automatically running and automatically fucking up your computer
I've worked with some cellular equipment, and found out something lately. One of the major brands of cell equipment (Rhode & Schwarz) uses an older K6 to run their equipment (which is esentially the 'brain' of a cell site) and it runs it's operating system off of a standard laptop hard drive. However, this equipment has specialized boards that I assume take most of the work out of call processing. I am curious how they will accomplish that with a PC. I assume that this isn't a typical PC, it at least has to have some specialized PCI cards in it.
Actually, there are two designs, one that is a "desktop" that is essentially like a new I-Mac with the computer as a part of the screen base, with the keyboard/mouse plugging into that. The other design is the "laptop" that can be folded out further to look more like a desktop. it seems to me that the desktop isn't really designed to be portable, but just to take up less space, while the laptop is designed to be portable, but have more of the form of a desktop setup.
Actually, I remember making silly putty freshman year in speech class... we made it out of elmers glue and liquid starch (as opposed to spray starch)... I hate to say, as I know it will be modded down, but is this really news worthy???
But, as it's been said many times, the files were being shared, so it is more like you breaking into wal-mart, stealing a TV, and then driving around public streets with the TV strapped to the roof of your car, and with a big sign (kazaa/P2P) saying that you stole the TV.
Yes, they do have the right to do this, it may not be "right", but legally(IANAL) they can do pretty much what they want with this. Your example of Mozilla is incorrect as well. Web sites aren't required to allow access to Mozilla, they even have the right to specifically block Mozilla, but, most don't because they know it's not the "right" thing to do.
well, basically there isn't a huge difference. The main advantage to a 'walkie-talkie' type feature is you can communicate with groups of people all at the same time. The other advantage is, some plans include unlimited PTT service, allowing you to talk to others with the same PTT service as much as you want.
These robots look rather cool, but it seems to me that it would be easy to interrupt the radio transmitter controlling these robots. Isn't there a better way to control them (either automate them, or something?)
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How about this... I work on Cell phones. CDMA phones CAN go between about -70 dBm and 30 dBm (the spec limits it to 30 dBm), but most are limited to around 24-25 dBm. GSM (since it's bursted) can go upwards of 35 dBm. The conversion is mW = log(-1) (dbm/10), so the CDMA limit is 1W, but it generally never reaches that high, closer to .25-.3W. GSM can go up to 2+ watts, but it's only on 1/7 of the time.
In terms of asia, CDMA should still be the dominant technology into 4G. With improvements like EV-DO, CDMA can attain 3G data rates, so is technically can be a 3G network already.
Actually, I just got back from China, and I can attest that their air quality is unbelievably bad. The air pollution is almost as thick as fog, and you can seriously taste it. I understand that in china it's largely due to coal being their main source of energy, and I was told that there are plans to go mostly nuclear in the next decade... but now that I've seen it, I think they will have to do a lot more than just that.
Well, how I did it, I used excel... split the number into each of it's digits and ran it down as far as I could... adding all of the digits and keeping a running sum (Don't do a complete sum on every line, your computer will yack, just run that to the bottom, once there, start again in a new column(s) until you get the answer. I came out with 199971 by doing it using this method... very brute force, but graphing it is also interesting... seeing the nature of this function
God I'm a dork
the consensus is: The asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs is the one that hit in the Yucatan Penninsula The asteroid that killed off 99.9% of life before the dinosaurs existed was the one that hit near austrailia
Homer:MMM... CHIPS
Shhhh.... don't tell everyone that they are probably included in the so-called "rich" if they are making $60k/yr... if you do, Kerry's "roll back" doesn't sound so good
I know of two people with the last name of Rowe. Both are pronounced with an OW (as in "OW, that hurt"). I was just thinking it would be hilarious if Microsoft took this kid to court, and as the police dude is reading "the case of Microsoft vs. Mike Rowe", Mike's lawyer could stand up, say "correction your honor, it's pronounced rOWe"... judge: "dismissed"
I just got out of college, and was rather addicted myself (I would usually opt for the 2 liter bottles of pepsi or dew instead of 20 oz, but would drink them in a day anyway). I decided for my health that it would be best to cut caffeine from my diet. I started out by only cutting soda, as that was the majority of my intake, I would replace it by drinking huge amounts of water (be ready to go use the restroom every 30 minutes at first). I'm pretty sure that the water helped me get around the worst of the headaches. I am now to the point where I'll have a pop at lunch, and if I'm ever wanting something to drink, I'll usually go for tea or juice, just make sure you have alternatives to pop, and it's a good start.
I just recently read the three books, after having watched the first two movies. To be honest, there were a few points while reading that I realized I missed in the movie (smaller things like matching names to characters), but overall, I wasn't lost while watching the first two movies at all. I really think Jackson did a good job of compromising between keeping the movie authentic, and setting the books story for the movie format. I also think he did a good job of including smaller details that people who have read the books will appreciate, while explaining enough of the general story for those who haven't read them yet. Just my two cents, I really do see your point, but it just hasn't been the case in my expierence
7.1 surround? MP3 Playback? Is it just me, or are these things unnecessary on a PORTABLE device that will only accept proprietary discs (no burning MP3's and playing them).
If I recall, the first time autorun is used, windows points out that the shift key can override it. Therefore, ms should also be sued for disclosing that the shift key can prevent cd's from automatically running and automatically fucking up your computer
I've worked with some cellular equipment, and found out something lately. One of the major brands of cell equipment (Rhode & Schwarz) uses an older K6 to run their equipment (which is esentially the 'brain' of a cell site) and it runs it's operating system off of a standard laptop hard drive. However, this equipment has specialized boards that I assume take most of the work out of call processing. I am curious how they will accomplish that with a PC. I assume that this isn't a typical PC, it at least has to have some specialized PCI cards in it.
Actually, there are two designs, one that is a "desktop" that is essentially like a new I-Mac with the computer as a part of the screen base, with the keyboard/mouse plugging into that. The other design is the "laptop" that can be folded out further to look more like a desktop. it seems to me that the desktop isn't really designed to be portable, but just to take up less space, while the laptop is designed to be portable, but have more of the form of a desktop setup.
does this mean that we could fine the Microsoft Corporation ... ONE... HUNDRED... BILLION DOLLARS???
muuwaahahahahahahaha!!!
Actually, I remember making silly putty freshman year in speech class... we made it out of elmers glue and liquid starch (as opposed to spray starch)... I hate to say, as I know it will be modded down, but is this really news worthy???
from the link in the article:
Deadline Caveat: we will not be able to accomodate all requests, we reserve the right to choose candidates on a FCFS basis.
But, as it's been said many times, the files were being shared, so it is more like you breaking into wal-mart, stealing a TV, and then driving around public streets with the TV strapped to the roof of your car, and with a big sign (kazaa/P2P) saying that you stole the TV.
... unless SCO has their way
Yes, they do have the right to do this, it may not be "right", but legally(IANAL) they can do pretty much what they want with this. Your example of Mozilla is incorrect as well. Web sites aren't required to allow access to Mozilla, they even have the right to specifically block Mozilla, but, most don't because they know it's not the "right" thing to do.
well, basically there isn't a huge difference. The main advantage to a 'walkie-talkie' type feature is you can communicate with groups of people all at the same time. The other advantage is, some plans include unlimited PTT service, allowing you to talk to others with the same PTT service as much as you want.
How do you think this will affect the current relationship between ATI and gamecube?
yea... let's just hope they don't activate their new program to eliminate msblast.exe
These robots look rather cool, but it seems to me that it would be easy to interrupt the radio transmitter controlling these robots. Isn't there a better way to control them (either automate them, or something?)
I think a better name would be Save Creative Openness (SCO)... obviously that abbreviation won't be in use for much longer