If you can make a cheaper (larger is fine too and wifi isn't nessissary) version, you can probably sell it in area's currently too far out for dsl/cable (don't say "but there won't be any signal out there)
Umm... evdo is 2.4mbps tops, 300-500k PROMISED.
Since I've been using it I've averaged 800k down, 160k up.
I've had no problem with ssh, (and vnc as well as terminal services )
that was a seriously decent one handed pointer device. Yeah, yeah, I know you have to use fingers to with those, but come on, your fingers are there because you're holding onto it in the first place, you might as well use em.
No, the secret service has never been all about protecting the president. They started out primerily as treasury cops, however if I remember correctly, all cases of computer related fraud where damages pass the $10,000 mark and cross state lines fall into their jurisdiciton. That why they're always involved with all the big time hacker cases.
for more info, check out United States Code (USC) 1030
there's a couple other things that might be nessissary (for sprint/verizon) depending on your situation...
easiest way would be to get serial cable and setup your phone as an external modem... you can easily set this us with a usb cable, just make sure you've got all the proper modules compiled in (most usb cables from sprint/verizon are all usb->serial converters).
after setting up you phone, be sure to include the following settings per connection:
qnc (14.4)
username: qnc
password: qnc
init string: at$qcmdr=2; at$qcqnc=1
number: #777
1x-rtt (peak 144k, realistic 40-60k)
username: MND@vzw3g.com (where MND is your mobile number, (not your MIN, in cases of LNP) don't know username for sprint)
password: vzw (ditto)
init string: at$qcmdr=3; at$qcqnc=0
in cases where you want to buy a card instead of using your cell phone, sierrawireless (http://www.sierrawireless.com) has walkthrough for setting up their cards for use under linux. these walkthroughs apply to all of there cdpd, is-95 and 1x-rtt cards.
unfortunatly the only 1x-evdo cards we have right now (airprime) are really buggy and have no real way (currently) of opperating under linux.
The general consensus seems to be that this is a ploy by the telecom industry to get more money.
This will definitly happen, but we will probably see a more idelistic rift develope between the major carriers as the scramble to capitalize.
method 1:
Yes, this change will get us more money. The easier and less inconvinient it is for customers to switch providers, the more customers will abandon their current provider and come our way. Based on that we are willing to eat the (trivial) cost of implementing such a thing (and we'll even lobby the FCC to push it through)...
(carriers that have expressed this sentiment: verizon wireless, others?)
method 2:
This will cost us in the long run, the easier/less inconvinient it is for customers to leave us, the more customers will leave us. Based on this we will fight this proposed standard via lawsuite and lobby. If this standard IS pushed through, we will ensure we are able to levy fees however we see fit, as to recoup our losses (mostly, the loss of business, not the cost of implementing the change)
(carriers expressing this sentiment: Sprint, Nextel, others?)
method 1, has seemed to take a self-riteous consumer advocate aproch. Claiming to absorb all costs because they are fight for the just and equitable. (insert wanking motions here)
method 2, has seemed to take a passive aproch, believing that this is inevitable in the long run, and their best option is to bargin as many rights as possible...
Rights method 2 wishes to retain:
don't pay your outstanding ballance/early disconnect fee? don't get your number transfered. it will stay in limbo until you pay up.
pay a monthly number portability fee. (this is nothing new)
pay a fee for transfering your number to your new carrier (this is nothing new)
be required to have your "i want to quit" call routed through a special disconnects/transfers office... subject to office ours (2am-5am EST anyone)? and of course, the ever presant ultra-long hold time...
all in all, it'll be interesting to see how long the riteous stick to their guns, and don't rebuke on all the great things they've promised, and also how much the opposition gets in exchange for the introduciton of number portability.
Slashdot Mirror
...from the adds next to this slashdot story.
If you can make a cheaper (larger is fine too and wifi isn't nessissary) version, you can probably sell it in area's currently too far out for dsl/cable (don't say "but there won't be any signal out there)
Umm... evdo is 2.4mbps tops, 300-500k PROMISED. Since I've been using it I've averaged 800k down, 160k up. I've had no problem with ssh, (and vnc as well as terminal services )
that was a seriously decent one handed pointer device. Yeah, yeah, I know you have to use fingers to with those, but come on, your fingers are there because you're holding onto it in the first place, you might as well use em.
damn!
To those of you posting diatribe on the ethics of "Stealing" music/software/movies/etc. please dislodge stick from rectum. thanks.
errr... to clarify, biennial, therefore 5 conferences over a 10 year timeline.
It's biennial...
Probably because most people can only afford one con a year, and most of the 2600 folks like going to CCC (which happens every year hope does not).
perhaps AL00667 creates MADMEN
No,
the secret service has never been all about protecting the president. They started out primerily as treasury cops, however if I remember correctly, all cases of computer related fraud where damages pass the $10,000 mark and cross state lines fall into their jurisdiciton. That why they're always involved with all the big time hacker cases.
for more info, check out United States Code (USC) 1030
there's a couple other things that might be nessissary (for sprint/verizon) depending on your situation... easiest way would be to get serial cable and setup your phone as an external modem... you can easily set this us with a usb cable, just make sure you've got all the proper modules compiled in (most usb cables from sprint/verizon are all usb->serial converters). after setting up you phone, be sure to include the following settings per connection: qnc (14.4) username: qnc password: qnc init string: at$qcmdr=2; at$qcqnc=1 number: #777 1x-rtt (peak 144k, realistic 40-60k) username: MND@vzw3g.com (where MND is your mobile number, (not your MIN, in cases of LNP) don't know username for sprint) password: vzw (ditto) init string: at$qcmdr=3; at$qcqnc=0 in cases where you want to buy a card instead of using your cell phone, sierrawireless (http://www.sierrawireless.com) has walkthrough for setting up their cards for use under linux. these walkthroughs apply to all of there cdpd, is-95 and 1x-rtt cards. unfortunatly the only 1x-evdo cards we have right now (airprime) are really buggy and have no real way (currently) of opperating under linux.
The general consensus seems to be that this is a ploy by the telecom industry to get more money. This will definitly happen, but we will probably see a more idelistic rift develope between the major carriers as the scramble to capitalize. method 1: Yes, this change will get us more money. The easier and less inconvinient it is for customers to switch providers, the more customers will abandon their current provider and come our way. Based on that we are willing to eat the (trivial) cost of implementing such a thing (and we'll even lobby the FCC to push it through)... (carriers that have expressed this sentiment: verizon wireless, others?) method 2: This will cost us in the long run, the easier/less inconvinient it is for customers to leave us, the more customers will leave us. Based on this we will fight this proposed standard via lawsuite and lobby. If this standard IS pushed through, we will ensure we are able to levy fees however we see fit, as to recoup our losses (mostly, the loss of business, not the cost of implementing the change) (carriers expressing this sentiment: Sprint, Nextel, others?) method 1, has seemed to take a self-riteous consumer advocate aproch. Claiming to absorb all costs because they are fight for the just and equitable. (insert wanking motions here) method 2, has seemed to take a passive aproch, believing that this is inevitable in the long run, and their best option is to bargin as many rights as possible... Rights method 2 wishes to retain: don't pay your outstanding ballance/early disconnect fee? don't get your number transfered. it will stay in limbo until you pay up. pay a monthly number portability fee. (this is nothing new) pay a fee for transfering your number to your new carrier (this is nothing new) be required to have your "i want to quit" call routed through a special disconnects/transfers office... subject to office ours (2am-5am EST anyone)? and of course, the ever presant ultra-long hold time... all in all, it'll be interesting to see how long the riteous stick to their guns, and don't rebuke on all the great things they've promised, and also how much the opposition gets in exchange for the introduciton of number portability.