The biggest difference is coverage. Sprint claims EVDO coverage in 220 markets with Verizon claiming 181 metro areas (148 million people). Cingular claims only 63 metro areas for HSDPA coverage.
This is off-topic, but:
I listen to music on my phone every day. It's a 6700 that has MS Media Play 10 built-in, but I never use that MS junk. I use TCPMP - it works great.
Article 9
(1) Authors of literary and artistic works protected by this Convention shall have the exclusive right of authorizing the reproduction of these works, in any manner or form.
(2) It shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to permit the reproduction of such works in certain special cases, provided that such reproduction does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.
(3) Any sound or visual recording shall be considered as a reproduction for the purposes of this Convention.
Looks easy to me. You have NO right to reproduce someone elses work.
Disposable car huh? Cars today are MUCH better made than even cars of ten years ago. Today, bottom-feeding company like Hyundai can safely provide a 100,000 mile/10 year warranty!
These one-use DVDs aren't made on the cheap, they're just made to work once.
I fully understand that GLONASS is not compatible with the American GPS. I was just pointing out that GLONASS is A (as opposed to THE) global positioning system. Since GLONASS is not complete right now, the testing on the bomb was done with the American (Civilian) GPS, but the final product will be GLONASS guided.
Since NewsForge and Slashdot are owned by the same entity (OSTG), some people might think there is reporting bias. Disclosure helps keep reporters honest.
GLONASS is a GPS (global positioning system), so Aviation Week is right. One of the first examples of Russian GPS-guided bombs is the KAB-500S-E with a 1500 lb device also available.
For broadcast, many stations are already using HD. You can look up your locals at antennaweb although I notice some of my locals that I know broadcast HD are listed as analog only.
1 Price: Americans don't include sales tax because is varies from state to state. Several states are 0%. In Tennessee (the state with the highest sales tax), the maximum is 9.75% (including local sales tax).
2 Image quality: We are talking about HDTV, not NTSC or PAL. As an aside, many larger sets sold in the US are capable of both PAL and NTSC decoding, so I don't think there is any cost difference.
3 Warranty: I wish the US had that as law. Companies like Circuit City charge $80 for a three year "protection plan."
A 32" CRT HDTV can be had in the US for $650. A decent 32" NTSC TV can be had for $300-$400. The multi-national electronics firms seem to have determined that Europeans are willing pay more for electronics than Americans.
OK - They are 60 x 250 micrometers or.000060 x.000250 meters, so you get 66,666,666.66 of them per m^2. If you include the entire playing field (w/ end zones) an NFL football field is 360 ft. x 160 ft. or 57,600 ft^2 or ~5,351.215 m^2. So there are (if I haven't messed anything up!) ~356,747,673,600 (I carried the calculations at full precision and rounded the result, so your results might not be exactly the same as mine). I leave it as an exercise for the reader to calculate the number required for other sizes of fields.
You're right - There are plenty of examples where the same or similarly named companies are no problem if there is no likelyhood of confusion about the origin of the goods or services. Apple is just a bad example (and not just because of iTunes).
There is a long history of disputes between Apple Computer and Applecorps, dating back to the founding of Apple Computer. Check out Forbes and other news or just search on Apple vs. Apple.
I expect them to have no problem getting a patent, assuming they are patenting the board design. Although there are other similar things, like the Battdisk, the design of this one is not the same.
We see examples of poor patents on Slastdot - "A method or system to..." - so often, we sometimes forget patents can be valid.
The product iguana remembers is exactly the same idea as Gigabyte's i-RAM, but in this case we have battery-backed DDR RAM on a PCI card. It is not designed for smaller portable devices or for mobility. It is designed for speed, just like back in the DOS days.
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Cingular, Sprint and Verizon all estimate 400-700 kbps download speeds: http://www.cingular.com/broadbandconnect_consumer http://www.sprint.com/business/products/products/w irelessHighSpeedData_tabB.html
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobileoptions/b roadband/serviceoverview.jsp
The biggest difference is coverage. Sprint claims EVDO coverage in 220 markets with Verizon claiming 181 metro areas (148 million people). Cingular claims only 63 metro areas for HSDPA coverage.
To add to this comment, Sprint/Nextel, Alltel, and Verizon have also rolled out 3G in the form of EVDO services. T-Mobile is lagging behind.
This is off-topic, but: I listen to music on my phone every day. It's a 6700 that has MS Media Play 10 built-in, but I never use that MS junk. I use TCPMP - it works great.
Verizon reserved a pile of bandwidth on the fiber system (FIOS) to deliver video. "RF TV" is just a poor phrase choice.
These one-use DVDs aren't made on the cheap, they're just made to work once.
Downhill, the VW TDI (plus some throttle-by-wire gassers) burns zero fuel as well. Ain't modern technology great?
I fully understand that GLONASS is not compatible with the American GPS. I was just pointing out that GLONASS is A (as opposed to THE) global positioning system. Since GLONASS is not complete right now, the testing on the bomb was done with the American (Civilian) GPS, but the final product will be GLONASS guided.
Since NewsForge and Slashdot are owned by the same entity (OSTG), some people might think there is reporting bias. Disclosure helps keep reporters honest.
GLONASS is a GPS (global positioning system), so Aviation Week is right. One of the first examples of Russian GPS-guided bombs is the KAB-500S-E with a 1500 lb device also available.
For broadcast, many stations are already using HD. You can look up your locals at antennaweb although I notice some of my locals that I know broadcast HD are listed as analog only.
1 Price: Americans don't include sales tax because is varies from state to state. Several states are 0%. In Tennessee (the state with the highest sales tax), the maximum is 9.75% (including local sales tax). 2 Image quality: We are talking about HDTV, not NTSC or PAL. As an aside, many larger sets sold in the US are capable of both PAL and NTSC decoding, so I don't think there is any cost difference. 3 Warranty: I wish the US had that as law. Companies like Circuit City charge $80 for a three year "protection plan." A 32" CRT HDTV can be had in the US for $650. A decent 32" NTSC TV can be had for $300-$400. The multi-national electronics firms seem to have determined that Europeans are willing pay more for electronics than Americans.
I use EMU48 by Sébastien Carlier when I don't have access to a real calculator. The ROMs are not FOSS, but hp has released them for use in emulators.
OK - They are 60 x 250 micrometers or .000060 x .000250 meters, so you get 66,666,666.66 of them per m^2. If you include the entire playing field (w/ end zones) an NFL football field is 360 ft. x 160 ft. or 57,600 ft^2 or ~5,351.215 m^2. So there are (if I haven't messed anything up!) ~356,747,673,600 (I carried the calculations at full precision and rounded the result, so your results might not be exactly the same as mine). I leave it as an exercise for the reader to calculate the number required for other sizes of fields.
You're right - There are plenty of examples where the same or similarly named companies are no problem if there is no likelyhood of confusion about the origin of the goods or services. Apple is just a bad example (and not just because of iTunes).
There is a long history of disputes between Apple Computer and Applecorps, dating back to the founding of Apple Computer. Check out Forbes and other news or just search on Apple vs. Apple.
Sure looks like advertising to me as well.
Now that is funny!
Actually, from 1990 to today, price changes have (more or less) matched inflation.
Mythbusters quote for this troll - "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
This device is, sadly, not holographic. It projects a 2-D image onto a mist curtain.
Some have estimated the crowd at 12,000.
You seem to have joined slashdot just to post in this thread. Why? You must be a real start.com fan.
We see examples of poor patents on Slastdot - "A method or system to..." - so often, we sometimes forget patents can be valid.
The product iguana remembers is exactly the same idea as Gigabyte's i-RAM, but in this case we have battery-backed DDR RAM on a PCI card. It is not designed for smaller portable devices or for mobility. It is designed for speed, just like back in the DOS days.