. Sucks to be him, but he should keep up his blog as I don't think there are any trade secrets there. At first I thought he wrote a competing application.
Even if there were trade secrets there, if he come upon them with his own brain, they are not Shazam's trade secrets. If he stole them or someone leaked them to him, that's a different case.
Shazam never alleged that his blog revealed their actual code.
There needs to be an escalating penalty for filing a false takedown notice. First offence 100,000. Doubling each subsequent false notice to the same entity.
These used to be TV channels. This is why we all switched to digital TV, to free up this spectrum. That process had always anticipated the spectrum would be used for wireless, cellular or broadband uses.
The process was started a good ten years ago, and signed into law in prior administrations, (yet in this all things to Chairman Mao world, Obama gets credit).
These frequencies are generally in the 700mhz band, below the 800 band used by some cell phones. These freqs have better building penetration and range than do the higher bands in the 2100mhz block often uses by cell carriers. Fewer towers cover larger areas, with better penetration. Its all good.
Especially in rural areas, the greater range makes sense.
But yes, you will pay for this spectrum AGAIN, after TV stations vacated it (did they get any money back?) the carriers will purchase the licenses, and eventually (don't hold your breath) put broadband and or cellular devices in this space, and charge you for the privileged of using it.
For this theory to be believable, the phone would have to be failing one other key feature of cell tower hopping, namely keeping track of the relative signal strength of multiple towers at all times.
Attenuation would affect all towers in the same band roughly evenly. It might not affect different bands the same, and the phone might be dropping to EDGE of something like that.
But I still don't see how this gets out of the lab and thru field testing.
Yeah, Navy has a LOT of undersea oil exploration experience. Right!
The best experts are already on the job, except for the ones BP wants to hire, with spill cleanup expertise from the mideast, being kept at bay by the US Government.
Its not that the antenna is at the bottom, its because it is external, and metal, and skin is conductive.
This is a fundamental design flaw that I can't believe they let slip. Now they will probably have to offer discounts on "bumpers" to bring the phone back up to published specifications.
Using external antennas that can be shorted by normal hand moisture! I'm not aware of any other phone that does this. Why was it necessary with a glass backed case? The antenna could have been at the bottom like prior iphones.
There is SO Much about this iPhone release (hardware and software) that has been problematic that I am starting to believe Apple's claims that the leak of the "lost" phone was indeed damaging to Apple. I think it forced their hand, and cornered them into releasing a phone that was not yet ready with software that still had a lot of problems. The fanboys will be here momentarily to mod this down. Sigh.
In fact, she probably won't work a day for the rest of her life unless its in her own back yard garden. I've heard of people with smokin resumes but this is bound to set her career back a tad.
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Yes, the Stanza reader had this in place before 2009.
. Sucks to be him, but he should keep up his blog as I don't think there are any trade secrets there. At first I thought he wrote a competing application.
Even if there were trade secrets there, if he come upon them with his own brain, they are not Shazam's trade secrets. If he stole them or someone leaked them to him, that's a different case.
Shazam never alleged that his blog revealed their actual code.
There needs to be an escalating penalty for filing a false takedown notice. First offence 100,000. Doubling each subsequent false notice to the same entity.
Odd, I went to Amazon and listened to a sample of the 60 minute single song album, and it included this very portion.
http://www.amazon.com/Amarok-Mike-Oldfield/dp/B00004T9AT
I have no Idea if that is repeatable or if the samples are chosen at random.
That's not fair.
All 27 users of TeX will be quite excited about this.
Nonsense. MOST voicemail systems assume calls from the same number are from the owner of record. ATT IS NOT ALONE.
My first line somehow escape your attention?
Passwords People, they are not just for Game shows.
Spoofing caller id should be illegal, but there are just enough loopholes to let you get away with it.
I don't believe this is ONLY restricted to AT&T.
Shocked, Shocked I tell you!
Politicians cooking the numbers? Astor-turfing?
What is the world coming to?
Now my tinfoil hat no longer covers my head you say?
We should be safe now.
Why would anyone need more than 640k.
3GB?
Read closer. We are talking terrabytes here.
Your entire poem stash and your stolen music collection all in one place.
Except the move to digital TV started in the Clinton Admin.
Yes, its THAT old.
These used to be TV channels. This is why we all switched to digital TV, to free up this spectrum. That process had always anticipated the spectrum would be used for wireless, cellular or broadband uses.
The process was started a good ten years ago, and signed into law in prior administrations, (yet in this all things to Chairman Mao world, Obama gets credit).
These frequencies are generally in the 700mhz band, below the 800 band used by some cell phones. These freqs have better building penetration and range than do the higher bands in the 2100mhz block often uses by cell carriers. Fewer towers cover larger areas, with better penetration. Its all good.
Especially in rural areas, the greater range makes sense.
But yes, you will pay for this spectrum AGAIN, after TV stations vacated it (did they get any money back?) the carriers will purchase the licenses, and eventually (don't hold your breath) put broadband and or cellular devices in this space, and charge you for the privileged of using it.
TINSTAAFL
The real question is why to the Russians want it?
Its not like it makes a lot of money.
Is it because it allows user encryption on top of the normal ICQ channel with plugins like SimpLite?
Actually developing their own probably calls more attention to themselves than just using something where they can hide in the herd.
But ICQ seems an odd choice. Usership is dwindling, twitter and facebook and any number of other im services are eating its lunch.
One wonders who these "criminals" are that use ICQ.
The whole thing sounds fishy to me.
But all it does is slightly depress signal on the Desire, and all prior iPhones. It doesn't knock them totally off the air.
Its covered in the linked articles.
Short answer: avoidance of radiation to the brain.
As a Google advertiser, I've yet to find a way to prevent bidding against any other specific site.
I don't believe Google allows that level of detail. I'm also not aware that you even know the other bidders.
For this theory to be believable, the phone would have to be failing one other key feature of cell tower hopping, namely keeping track of the relative signal strength of multiple towers at all times.
Attenuation would affect all towers in the same band roughly evenly. It might not affect different bands the same, and the phone might be dropping to EDGE of something like that.
But I still don't see how this gets out of the lab and thru field testing.
Yeah, Navy has a LOT of undersea oil exploration experience. Right!
The best experts are already on the job, except for the ones BP wants to hire, with spill cleanup expertise from the mideast, being kept at bay by the US Government.
This reminds me of all the accidents caused by SUVs. With nary a mention of the driver.
How about Bad Robot Driver!!
How many hours was that guy on shift without a rest? How long ago did he have soup? Coffee?
You don't have to be in direct contact. Its a radio antenna. Ever heard of specific absorption?
Exactly.
Its not that the antenna is at the bottom, its because it is external, and metal, and skin is conductive.
This is a fundamental design flaw that I can't believe they let slip. Now they will probably have to offer discounts on "bumpers" to bring the phone back up to published specifications.
Using external antennas that can be shorted by normal hand moisture! I'm not aware of any other phone that does this. Why was it necessary with a glass backed case? The antenna could have been at the bottom like prior iphones.
There is SO Much about this iPhone release (hardware and software) that has been problematic that I am starting to believe Apple's claims that the leak of the "lost" phone was indeed damaging to Apple. I think it forced their hand, and cornered them into releasing a phone that was not yet ready with software that still had a lot of problems.
The fanboys will be here momentarily to mod this down. Sigh.
Why do they call a vertical hole a cave?
Don't caves typically have roof/ceilings?
Its just a hole, lava vent.
Six day weekend? pishaw!!!
She now has a 9 month weekend.
In fact, she probably won't work a day for the rest of her life unless its in her own back yard garden.
I've heard of people with smokin resumes but this is bound to set her career back a tad.
Is google down in your area:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~epsas/dynamics/vortex/structure.pdf
http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0404004
http://www.peter-thomson.co.uk/tornado/A_self_organised_structure_for_the_tornado.html
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/21580.pdf
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/594363/19397/Tornadic-thunderstorm-The-rotating-updraft-that-produces-the-tornado-extends
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/edwards/hcr3may.htm