There are only two reasons I'm sometimes embarassed to be an American. One is that we generally only speak one language and often not very well. The other is the guy you responded to.
Check the 4G specs.. there's NOTHING on the market that's actually 4G. And Clear "4G" is 10mbps (real tests are 3-6mbps) while AT&T and tMobile 3G is 7.2mbps (I've tested AT&T many times and get 7). Verizon's LET is expected to get 8-15mbps and gets that in early testing.
Plus, AT&T's HSPA+ is widely distributed, while Verizon is in the process of rolling out LTE.
Strangely the term 3G is a bit ambiguous, much as 4G is. As a matter of fact, nothing currently produced is actually 4G, which demands 1000mbps at a minimum. It's new and shiny, so the carriers like to use it (some are saying 3G+).
My "4G" Clear dongle is capped at 10mbps... I wish they'd stop calling it that, even though 10mbps is plenty for my laptop.
Verizon and AT&T grandfathered those of us who already had unlimited data plans. All new contracts get the tiered option.
Sadly, every time I switch between my iPhone and either my Blackberry or Android, I have to convince AT&T I already had an unlimited plan so I can keep it. Their customer service is a bit lacking.
Two things. One, it's the network that doesn't allow simultaneous communication. So if you hadn't planned your entire trip and cached it, you're unable to do anything about it without getting off the phone first.
Second, iPhone's multi-tasking is really nothing more than push and background services. So if something has happened to that cache you had in the meantime, it's gone and unrecoverable without data services.
Which phone did you buy? My Galaxy S trumps my iPhone 3gs in every aspect (I never bothered to get an iPhone 4). I keep reading how sluggish Android is (note, not reality there... Android is an OS, iPhone is hardware) and have yet to see it on the Galaxy S, Incredible, and Blackflip.
Honestly, I think people are either making it up or buying really low end hardware and allowing every app they've installed to run in the background.
Check out wirefly.com, they have deals with all the carriers and might be able to squeeze something out for you possibly including buying a CDMA version outright (I haven't bothered to check).
On another note, I deal with mobile apps and watch a lot of the carrier bashing going on. It really boils down to what's better for you in your area and if you travel much.
AT&T's network wasn't ready for the flood of iPhones, while Verizon has been ramping up. However, AT&T gets 7.2mbps on 3g while Verizon gets about 1mbps. Verizon has much more 3g coverage than AT&T does.
Not always. The pentium pro line of processors had a heat problem that Intel "solved" by adding latency layers, and AMD began beating them in benchmarks. Right up until the Core2 processors, when Intel had solved the problem.
Deregulating the radio industry was a horrible mistake that sounded like a good idea at the time (and I was far from a Clinton fan). You're right... it's all Clear Channel and a handful of others. There are still a few nice indie stations (great one in New Braunfels that I can pick up sometimes) but it's not like it was.
When I was in Nashville in the late 90s, Clear Channel was driving the reduction in playlist size as well. Not only were artists and songwriters getting cut out, it was getting more difficult to get radio play (where songwriters and artists get a few pennies per play).
The numbers in that article don't jibe very well though. Only idiot bands and previous megahit makers spend that kind of money recording an album. And the numbers get that high because of catering and nightlife. In 1998, AFM scale for each musician for a single song was $50, while some of the top earners for session work were getting $300. Currently scale can be up to about 3 times that (it varies from region to region, and some are still as low as 1998 numbers), but it's laddered based on amout of performance. Engineers made about $70/hr, and the studio got that much as well.
The typical manager cut is 10% or less, unless again the band is made up of idiots that are way too excited about getting a major deal to actually read the contract. However, it leaves out the agent/promoter cut too, which is 10% or less. It's not exactly a wash though, because that's only for live shows.
However, with all of the money needed to record and distribute, the band typically doesn't make a dime off of CDs until about 1MM in sales.
On the road though, the band does pretty well. Again, using 1998 numbers, the Dixie Chicks were making a minimum of $400k per show. They traveled with their own trucks, lights, sound equipment, etc... so a large portion of that went to putting it all together. However, at the end of the night, they were likely splitting about $60k between the three of them. Bands of less notoriety typically have a backline setup as part of the rider. Also, equipment manufacturers are very easy to get B endorsements (items at cost) out of, and fairly easy to get A endorsements (free stuff) out of if the band has any radio play at all.
The band has to pay for travel expenses, but rarely if at all pays for hotels and meals. Again, AFM scale was $50 per show in town, $200 per show out of town, with a $35/day per diem. That also hasn't changed much.
Artists these days make their money on the road, and produce CDs to drive the butts to the seats. And they can make a pretty nice living at it. The recording industry (outside of self and indie labels) is a sham.
And on Payola, Sony learned a long time ago the fines for getting caught were nothing compared to the amount of $$ they made by pushing their artists onto the radio. Give harsher penalties and they might reconsider.
I don't think I got my point across very well then. In my previous post, I pointed out there are some basic items that any rational person could likely see would be irresponsible to make public. In this case, that would have been Assange had he bothered to read them before posting.
I suppose Manning could have done the same. However, both simply did what they did without regard for items that could have been redacted while still making the stories known.
As far as whom I trust to withhold other information that doesn't fit into the category of basic items that are obvious for redaction, I still stand behind "nobody." That's because everyone's opinion would be different, some folks would be inclined to hide items that directly affected them or their friends, some because they tote a particular party line, etc...
Probably for the same reason we spent so much money building the Superconducting Super Collider outside of Dallas. Someone in congress wanted to spend money on their constituents. In the end it was never used.
I don't think spending the money on it is a bad thing, but I think spending it when we're close to bankrupt is a stupid thing.
Of note, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider still exists, and the SLHC is on the books.
In funding amounts you're talking about two very different scales though.
I'm not saying it's a good thing, but as the other commenter said, by 2014 this one would be obsolete, and HUGELY expensive. I think in the near term that money could be used better elsewhere.
To answer your question much to everyone's dissatisfaction, I trust nobody completely... not even myself.
It would be impossible to decide who would decide. Anything left out would be anything ranging from "too much was released anyway" to "conspiracies abound, there's too much still hidden."
However, I do think most rational people could check documents for things that should absolutely not be released, such as personal addresses, names of intelligence operatives living abroad (for their safety), etc...
I DON'T think reviewers should hold back documents simply because they could be potentially embarrassing to any government or government employee, or because they tell the true story of WMDs or bargaining for detainment of GTMO detainees.
Therein lies the rub. While groups tend to either espouse the ideas of the far left or far right or be accused of such, most people tend to argue the few degrees of separation in the middle. The rest is sensationalism.
Why not finish it out regardless of your opinion on Rand?
I listen to Democracy Now every morning even though I agree with about 10% of the opinion Amy Goodman injects into her reports. It gives me perspective and once in a while enough actual information to form a different opinion.
I wouldn't call it bravery in Assange's case. It appears he's ego driven, and expects the world to worship his name on high with the FSM for having done what he has.
I'm kind of middle ground on it all... I'm happy he's exposed some corruption, but unhappy he leaked it all without investigation.... pretty irresponsible.
I think you read way too much into the comment. I didn't say anything about the current state of affairs in schools on the whole. Rather, I was speaking about math and science specifically.
I have three educators in my family, and my opinion is based partly on theirs. They've seen exactly what I'm talking about firsthand.... one of them was actually the non mathematically inclined new teacher who was thrown into the classroom, and whom I base my opinion on.
That's a tough one to argue, and I'm sure is different from school to school where athletic programs are prominent.
I would venture a guess that Tennessee's programs bring in more revenue than they dole out in salaries. I do agree though that it sets a bad example that the often barely literate employees at a major university make more than the people that actually run it.
OT, but I lived in Nashville for a little while and visited Knoxville... gorgeous part of the country over there.
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There are only two reasons I'm sometimes embarassed to be an American. One is that we generally only speak one language and often not very well. The other is the guy you responded to.
Check the 4G specs.. there's NOTHING on the market that's actually 4G. And Clear "4G" is 10mbps (real tests are 3-6mbps) while AT&T and tMobile 3G is 7.2mbps (I've tested AT&T many times and get 7). Verizon's LET is expected to get 8-15mbps and gets that in early testing.
Plus, AT&T's HSPA+ is widely distributed, while Verizon is in the process of rolling out LTE.
So I think "done" is way off base.
5 people on 1mbps is going to be funtastic!
Strangely the term 3G is a bit ambiguous, much as 4G is. As a matter of fact, nothing currently produced is actually 4G, which demands 1000mbps at a minimum. It's new and shiny, so the carriers like to use it (some are saying 3G+).
My "4G" Clear dongle is capped at 10mbps... I wish they'd stop calling it that, even though 10mbps is plenty for my laptop.
Verizon and AT&T grandfathered those of us who already had unlimited data plans. All new contracts get the tiered option.
Sadly, every time I switch between my iPhone and either my Blackberry or Android, I have to convince AT&T I already had an unlimited plan so I can keep it. Their customer service is a bit lacking.
I like Sprint's plans. If they weren't CDMA, and had better coverage where I live (where I work coverage is excellent) I'd consider them.
Two things. One, it's the network that doesn't allow simultaneous communication. So if you hadn't planned your entire trip and cached it, you're unable to do anything about it without getting off the phone first.
Second, iPhone's multi-tasking is really nothing more than push and background services. So if something has happened to that cache you had in the meantime, it's gone and unrecoverable without data services.
Yup, and convenience. But who wants that?
It most certainly does... I do it from time to time.
Which phone did you buy? My Galaxy S trumps my iPhone 3gs in every aspect (I never bothered to get an iPhone 4). I keep reading how sluggish Android is (note, not reality there... Android is an OS, iPhone is hardware) and have yet to see it on the Galaxy S, Incredible, and Blackflip.
Honestly, I think people are either making it up or buying really low end hardware and allowing every app they've installed to run in the background.
Check out wirefly.com, they have deals with all the carriers and might be able to squeeze something out for you possibly including buying a CDMA version outright (I haven't bothered to check).
On another note, I deal with mobile apps and watch a lot of the carrier bashing going on. It really boils down to what's better for you in your area and if you travel much.
AT&T's network wasn't ready for the flood of iPhones, while Verizon has been ramping up. However, AT&T gets 7.2mbps on 3g while Verizon gets about 1mbps. Verizon has much more 3g coverage than AT&T does.
goggles is pretty slick... but my $.02, I use Evernote for that and it does the same.
A not so strange coincidence, I'm working on jquery mobile at the moment... love those guys.
Not always. The pentium pro line of processors had a heat problem that Intel "solved" by adding latency layers, and AMD began beating them in benchmarks. Right up until the Core2 processors, when Intel had solved the problem.
Deregulating the radio industry was a horrible mistake that sounded like a good idea at the time (and I was far from a Clinton fan). You're right... it's all Clear Channel and a handful of others. There are still a few nice indie stations (great one in New Braunfels that I can pick up sometimes) but it's not like it was.
When I was in Nashville in the late 90s, Clear Channel was driving the reduction in playlist size as well. Not only were artists and songwriters getting cut out, it was getting more difficult to get radio play (where songwriters and artists get a few pennies per play).
The numbers in that article don't jibe very well though. Only idiot bands and previous megahit makers spend that kind of money recording an album. And the numbers get that high because of catering and nightlife. In 1998, AFM scale for each musician for a single song was $50, while some of the top earners for session work were getting $300. Currently scale can be up to about 3 times that (it varies from region to region, and some are still as low as 1998 numbers), but it's laddered based on amout of performance. Engineers made about $70/hr, and the studio got that much as well.
The typical manager cut is 10% or less, unless again the band is made up of idiots that are way too excited about getting a major deal to actually read the contract. However, it leaves out the agent/promoter cut too, which is 10% or less. It's not exactly a wash though, because that's only for live shows.
However, with all of the money needed to record and distribute, the band typically doesn't make a dime off of CDs until about 1MM in sales.
On the road though, the band does pretty well. Again, using 1998 numbers, the Dixie Chicks were making a minimum of $400k per show. They traveled with their own trucks, lights, sound equipment, etc... so a large portion of that went to putting it all together. However, at the end of the night, they were likely splitting about $60k between the three of them. Bands of less notoriety typically have a backline setup as part of the rider. Also, equipment manufacturers are very easy to get B endorsements (items at cost) out of, and fairly easy to get A endorsements (free stuff) out of if the band has any radio play at all.
The band has to pay for travel expenses, but rarely if at all pays for hotels and meals. Again, AFM scale was $50 per show in town, $200 per show out of town, with a $35/day per diem. That also hasn't changed much.
Artists these days make their money on the road, and produce CDs to drive the butts to the seats. And they can make a pretty nice living at it. The recording industry (outside of self and indie labels) is a sham.
And on Payola, Sony learned a long time ago the fines for getting caught were nothing compared to the amount of $$ they made by pushing their artists onto the radio. Give harsher penalties and they might reconsider.
I don't think I got my point across very well then. In my previous post, I pointed out there are some basic items that any rational person could likely see would be irresponsible to make public. In this case, that would have been Assange had he bothered to read them before posting.
I suppose Manning could have done the same. However, both simply did what they did without regard for items that could have been redacted while still making the stories known.
As far as whom I trust to withhold other information that doesn't fit into the category of basic items that are obvious for redaction, I still stand behind "nobody." That's because everyone's opinion would be different, some folks would be inclined to hide items that directly affected them or their friends, some because they tote a particular party line, etc...
Probably for the same reason we spent so much money building the Superconducting Super Collider outside of Dallas. Someone in congress wanted to spend money on their constituents. In the end it was never used.
I don't think spending the money on it is a bad thing, but I think spending it when we're close to bankrupt is a stupid thing.
Of note, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider still exists, and the SLHC is on the books.
In funding amounts you're talking about two very different scales though.
I'm not saying it's a good thing, but as the other commenter said, by 2014 this one would be obsolete, and HUGELY expensive. I think in the near term that money could be used better elsewhere.
Or, it could be that it's been rendered obsolete by the LHC which is larger and more powerful.
To answer your question much to everyone's dissatisfaction, I trust nobody completely... not even myself.
It would be impossible to decide who would decide. Anything left out would be anything ranging from "too much was released anyway" to "conspiracies abound, there's too much still hidden."
However, I do think most rational people could check documents for things that should absolutely not be released, such as personal addresses, names of intelligence operatives living abroad (for their safety), etc...
I DON'T think reviewers should hold back documents simply because they could be potentially embarrassing to any government or government employee, or because they tell the true story of WMDs or bargaining for detainment of GTMO detainees.
Therein lies the rub. While groups tend to either espouse the ideas of the far left or far right or be accused of such, most people tend to argue the few degrees of separation in the middle. The rest is sensationalism.
Why not finish it out regardless of your opinion on Rand?
I listen to Democracy Now every morning even though I agree with about 10% of the opinion Amy Goodman injects into her reports. It gives me perspective and once in a while enough actual information to form a different opinion.
I wouldn't call it bravery in Assange's case. It appears he's ego driven, and expects the world to worship his name on high with the FSM for having done what he has.
I'm kind of middle ground on it all... I'm happy he's exposed some corruption, but unhappy he leaked it all without investigation.... pretty irresponsible.
Glad you used the word "usually" or I would have demanded you tell me how to turn off the headlights on my 2001 Volvo S-40.
I think you read way too much into the comment. I didn't say anything about the current state of affairs in schools on the whole. Rather, I was speaking about math and science specifically.
I have three educators in my family, and my opinion is based partly on theirs. They've seen exactly what I'm talking about firsthand.... one of them was actually the non mathematically inclined new teacher who was thrown into the classroom, and whom I base my opinion on.
That's a tough one to argue, and I'm sure is different from school to school where athletic programs are prominent.
I would venture a guess that Tennessee's programs bring in more revenue than they dole out in salaries. I do agree though that it sets a bad example that the often barely literate employees at a major university make more than the people that actually run it.
OT, but I lived in Nashville for a little while and visited Knoxville... gorgeous part of the country over there.