Are you sure about "In civilized societies, money is limited and funding is allocated according to the best possible benefit for the society."
Could you list those fields, which will be most benefit to the society in the next 50 years.
Serial numbers? Anagrams are difficult for us late English learners, but serial numbers go like 1,2,3... don't they?
This should be combined with arm wrestling, I think I can some of those 500 guys who came before me in/.
If I sat and thought about it, I could come up with lots more. It's functional, but painful to use. The nicest app on there is one I downloaded: Google maps.
I agree with you on some of those things, but at least you could download Google maps for it and other stuff.
Aren't the security check waiting rooms, which are crammed with hundreds of explosive travelers, blowing up daily? I don't know, because I'm afraid to google explosions and airport security.
To point out how weak the rules are, the airlines are handing out killing devices at the gate and even place them in the back pockets of the seats.
I'm sorry to do this fellas, but let me introduce Millwall brick. In the future only thing left to do on the plane is drink $5 drinks out of plastic cups. Oh wait that will also be banned according to this creditable site
I'm sorry but I didn't read past your first sentence. Your phone doesn't know that the SIM is AT&T the SIM card has that information on it. Current SIM/USIM/ISIM/RSIM cards don't do this check, the phone checks that the card is correct, but it can be done the other way around also. It is possible to make a card that won't register with the network unless the device can verify that contains certificate accepted by the card. Standards for this are still under development, but public so you can check them out
Ok, read the rest of it. The whole purpose of the locking of the device to a specific service is to control the customers behavior so that it maximizes the profit without competition from other service providers. I don't think it is a good business, but people who have power of these things do. Your example actually just underlines it you have a device that isn't locked to operators network so you are free to browse network with your device, maybe for fairy tales about free markets being actually free instead being locked to single operators "news" service or something provided your current operator has this kind of service, but hey your device isn't locked so if it doesn't you can change the service. This is not what operators want. Not at all. They would prefer that your $800 investment will keep you locked to their crappy plan.
So when you wait for your sexy android to come along you can bet that AT&T or any other operator wont be selling cheap subscriptions to these devices, unless device penetration of the market is high enough. And it can't get there in US because the market is so locked against consumers. Innovation can come in the form of android or linux phone, but it will have huge hurdle to actually make it to the market. Why do you think Jobs spent more time negotiating contracts that
ps. GSM networks are so '90s... don't get your panties in a bunch over them and read 3gpp standard and you can see that all this has been thought out for us in advance;)
disclaimer. this stuff keeps me and my family fed;)
Adroid won't open the market. Skype won't open the market. VOIP wont open the market.
If you think what is being sold is cell towers distributed evenly across huge geographic areas not the device, the device is just the shiny object that will catch your eye in the store. Although models sold in US stores aren't that shiny or cool because they have first been sold to the operators buyer and then to final customer.
In US operators can offer crappy service to customers. They sell a cheap product upfront and make you pay for it without reasonable exit. There is no incentive to improve the infra, because customers are locked in an all the players are doing the same.
Android is just another platform and operators can even choose not to offer service to it, because they will lose control. Do you think the development effort for such devices will surpass the effort for devices that operators buy cheap and sell with huge markup. Even if the devices are cheap they still produce enough revenue for huge development effort. This effort is directed of course to satisfy the operators business needs not consumers.
Why doesn't open platform open the SIM cards? Well UICC (SIM-cards) are tricky things, you can program them to recognize the device and not work on unrecognized ones. And how do you authenticate yourself to a network? With the shared secret on that card, which only the operator knows. So having an open platform phone doesn't help you if the operators aren't interested. It used to be possible to get reasonably priced short contracts in US for unlocked phones, but they are hard to find and kind of expensive now days for short visits.
What will open the market is regulation preventing deals like apple has with AT&T. Simply put the rule should be, that if you buy a device operator can't prevent you from switching to another because it is YOUR device.
As for the services of the network, well the operators have been terrible at providing any real service. Only when your operator offers open access to internet can you start having real services.
Well, that would be improvement.
Dear DHS,
I prefer to get my homo erotic experiences somewhere else than over crowded airport.
But public fondling on the other hand by hot female representative of anti terror forces
in tight brown uniform, now that would be something every male (and some female) air traveler
looks forward to.
Keep up the appearances and good show,
LucidBeasts
Redundant storage, over wide geographic, political and technological domain will ensure your future viewing pleasure of grainy plum flesh in motion. School book example of data that will last as long as humanity is around and beyond.
I've read books using old ipac pocket pc that came out in 2000, in above formats, also Nokia 9500 communicator for reading Harry Potter, while wife and kids circulated the hard copies. Both worked fine. Nokias screen was little too small. iPac was actually very good for this.
Like being a really bad driver in combination with really bad social skill would perhaps reduce your chances of dying in car accidents. No license and no friends giving rides while drunk.
Slashdot Mirror
but then again we didn't have a TV.
I the meanwhile just write your notes on a gecko.
Backlight consumes about 40%, so just turning that off will make a big difference
Are you sure about "In civilized societies, money is limited and funding is allocated according to the best possible benefit for the society." Could you list those fields, which will be most benefit to the society in the next 50 years.
Cheap phones make the money, smart phones make the news.
no you are!!!, but the moderator wasn't
Please arrest poster of parent that who is FMZ. Posting jokes, which don't make me laught constitutes CGA IMHO.
Serial numbers? Anagrams are difficult for us late English learners, but serial numbers go like 1,2,3 ... don't they?
This should be combined with arm wrestling, I think I can some of those 500 guys who came before me in /.
Monotreme means it has one hole at the back end. Platypus is a Monotreme that lays eggs so its also oviparous.
If I sat and thought about it, I could come up with lots more. It's functional, but painful to use. The nicest app on there is one I downloaded: Google maps. I agree with you on some of those things, but at least you could download Google maps for it and other stuff.
I agreed with you even before realizing I had read "wifi" as "wife".
Aren't the security check waiting rooms, which are crammed with hundreds of explosive travelers, blowing up daily? I don't know, because I'm afraid to google explosions and airport security.
I'm sorry to do this fellas, but let me introduce Millwall brick. In the future only thing left to do on the plane is drink $5 drinks out of plastic cups. Oh wait that will also be banned according to this creditable site
Ok, read the rest of it. The whole purpose of the locking of the device to a specific service is to control the customers behavior so that it maximizes the profit without competition from other service providers. I don't think it is a good business, but people who have power of these things do. Your example actually just underlines it you have a device that isn't locked to operators network so you are free to browse network with your device, maybe for fairy tales about free markets being actually free instead being locked to single operators "news" service or something provided your current operator has this kind of service, but hey your device isn't locked so if it doesn't you can change the service. This is not what operators want. Not at all. They would prefer that your $800 investment will keep you locked to their crappy plan.
So when you wait for your sexy android to come along you can bet that AT&T or any other operator wont be selling cheap subscriptions to these devices, unless device penetration of the market is high enough. And it can't get there in US because the market is so locked against consumers. Innovation can come in the form of android or linux phone, but it will have huge hurdle to actually make it to the market. Why do you think Jobs spent more time negotiating contracts that
ps. GSM networks are so '90s... don't get your panties in a bunch over them and read 3gpp standard and you can see that all this has been thought out for us in advance ;)
disclaimer. this stuff keeps me and my family fed ;)
Adroid won't open the market. Skype won't open the market. VOIP wont open the market. If you think what is being sold is cell towers distributed evenly across huge geographic areas not the device, the device is just the shiny object that will catch your eye in the store. Although models sold in US stores aren't that shiny or cool because they have first been sold to the operators buyer and then to final customer. In US operators can offer crappy service to customers. They sell a cheap product upfront and make you pay for it without reasonable exit. There is no incentive to improve the infra, because customers are locked in an all the players are doing the same. Android is just another platform and operators can even choose not to offer service to it, because they will lose control. Do you think the development effort for such devices will surpass the effort for devices that operators buy cheap and sell with huge markup. Even if the devices are cheap they still produce enough revenue for huge development effort. This effort is directed of course to satisfy the operators business needs not consumers. Why doesn't open platform open the SIM cards? Well UICC (SIM-cards) are tricky things, you can program them to recognize the device and not work on unrecognized ones. And how do you authenticate yourself to a network? With the shared secret on that card, which only the operator knows. So having an open platform phone doesn't help you if the operators aren't interested. It used to be possible to get reasonably priced short contracts in US for unlocked phones, but they are hard to find and kind of expensive now days for short visits. What will open the market is regulation preventing deals like apple has with AT&T. Simply put the rule should be, that if you buy a device operator can't prevent you from switching to another because it is YOUR device. As for the services of the network, well the operators have been terrible at providing any real service. Only when your operator offers open access to internet can you start having real services.
Well, that would be improvement. Dear DHS, I prefer to get my homo erotic experiences somewhere else than over crowded airport. But public fondling on the other hand by hot female representative of anti terror forces in tight brown uniform, now that would be something every male (and some female) air traveler looks forward to. Keep up the appearances and good show, LucidBeasts
Would the screener be more gentle if he first felt my gun before going for my nuts.
Redundant storage, over wide geographic, political and technological domain will ensure your future viewing pleasure of grainy plum flesh in motion. School book example of data that will last as long as humanity is around and beyond.
I've read books using old ipac pocket pc that came out in 2000, in above formats, also Nokia 9500 communicator for reading Harry Potter, while wife and kids circulated the hard copies. Both worked fine. Nokias screen was little too small. iPac was actually very good for this.
Like being a really bad driver in combination with really bad social skill would perhaps reduce your chances of dying in car accidents. No license and no friends giving rides while drunk.
Intresting point. I think this is an important subject worthy of it's own thread.
I doubt that your two year old can get the car started since she can't get out of her cot... I recommend getting a lower bed before she does though.
Have you ever visited one? Answer is no, they cannot be considered peaceable assembly? You were propably sarcastic, in which case I'm a moron.
Ban pet hamsters. Those annoying little critters.
They've made managers out of those who knew how to code?