Phoenix is a place with terribly hot summers and long droughts on a regular basis.
However the problem is that rainfall has been abysmally low in numerous areas where it normally isn't... Average rainfall is down significantly across the entire country. Where do you propose we get this water from?
It is true. While there are some excellent beers in this country, the fact is, the average quality is utterly abysmal due to the likes of Bud, Coors, Miller, etc.
Even though some of these are starting to put out higher-quality beers, the majority of their sales are low-cost low-quality crap.
As a result, the average quality of beers in this country matches the average price at best... more likely the average quality is below the average price.
Just because you CAN get high-quality beer at reasonable prices in this country doesn't mean that the majority of beer sold/consumed in this country is cheap crap.
Because they are fundamentally not as safe as modernized designs.
Reference: Fukushima. Newer plants with modernized safety features (such as AP1000 or ESBWR) would have survived the tsunami without damage, as the diesel generators are no longer safety-critical in such designs.
There are no third parties required for "fastboot oem unlock" - hell, Google even provides the fastboot binaries precompiled for multiple operating systems.
It's not even the manufacturer "ET Phone Home" unlock that HTC and Asus like to force users to use, which often fails when the servers go down (see Asus unlocking nightmares.)
"Simply plucking green things out of the ocean and eating them is probably not a recipe for success, anymore than eating random dirt plants is a good idea."
I'm happy with 1280x720 at 10", and in fact I'm GLAD the Note 10.1 didn't move to 1920x1200.
No mobile GPU currently on the market is capable of driving that resolution without severe consequences.
The iPad had to have a 70% increase in battery capacity (resulting in a significant increase in weight and recharge time) to power the GPU they used, which did not have any improvements in power efficiency.
The Transformer Infinity and Acer A700 just don't have the GPU *oomph* to drive such a high resolution display either. Instead of a massive battery penalty, they pay a massive performance penalty.
"So what? You're taking that to mean Apple is actually the unreasonable party, but it could equally well mean Apple's the ONLY manufacturer being charged discriminatory prices by Samsung. Couldn't it? How is that not an equally logical explanation?" No, because that would absolutely kill Samsung in court. They're not stupid enough to pull something like that - Apple has been offered the SAME licensing choices as other manufacturers, they're the only ones bitching.
"Also, I might add, how do you even know nobody else is bitching? Are you just assuming that's so because you hate Apple and you want to find reasons to believe they're going to fail here? (hint: that is how you come across)" Because Apple is the only one getting sued. Which means they're the only ones refusing to pay Samsung's licensing fees.
In the patent world, lawsuits are the exception and not the norm. Most companies try their hardest to avoid litigation (Apple is the exception). You can be sure in a situation like this that Samsung HAS entered licensing agreements with many others.
Exactly. Apple is the ONLY manufacturer claiming that Samsung is being unreasonable. In addition to this, they've gone for willful infringement when they chose not to license the patents using non-discriminatory terms that the rest of the industry seems to feel are perfectly fair and reasonable (since no one else is bitching).
Apple's definition of FRAND is (in typical Apple fasion) vastly distorted.
Apple's claim: Samsung wanted more for their patents than any other company has asked Apple in licensing fees. Note: This is NOT a violation of FRAND. Licensing fees for patents are proportional to the value of those patents. Apple said the fees were too much and chose not to pay.
Samsung's claim: Samsung asked Apple for the same amount of money they have asked from other licensees. This is the very definition of the "Non-Discriminatory" part of FRAND. If Samsung gave Apple any sort of discount that was not given to other licensees as Apple wanted, this would have been fundamentally discriminatory in favor of Apple. Note that Samsung doesn't seem to be suing any other companies - most likely because those companies are paying Samsung FRAND licensing fees that Apple refuses to pay. In general, most manufacturers are happily cross-licensing patents to each other - Apple is the exception. They refuse to license their patents, and also refuse to pay people for the patents they use.
On instrument descent, there is (understandable) concern regarding interference with ILS - ILS is an aging legacy system that is known to be very fragile and interference-prone.
That said - ILS landings are becoming rarer and rarer as improved precision instrument approach technologies are deployed (such as GPS with RAIM) - With ILS, you don't get a warning that the system is degraded due to interference, with GPS+RAIM you will. As a result, that leaves "crowd control" as the primary remaining item.
Rush Limbaugh actually claims that this is part of some grand Obama conspiracy - that somehow the NWS is actually aiming the hurricane at the convention.
I think the problems with thorium lie more in the reactor technologies than in the ability to obtain it...
Similarly, while this is cool, I would vastly prefer to see work on improved reactor technologies that greatly reduce our need for fresh uranium input into the process.
Look at the IFR as an example - Most of our existing reactor waste could be used as fuel for these reactors, or at least in "breeder blankets" used to generate more fuel.
That's the problem - If you can just remove a few torx screws and then remove the cap, you've at most increased the time it takes to defeat the lock.
One of the key things here is - People aren't going to notice a few missing screws immediately. An attacker could walk by, remove a screw, then get clear. Rinse and repeat until all screws are removed. In the time in between, most likely NO ONE would notice the lock was missing a screw or two - hell this happens in normal situations all the time.
You are lying, or live in one of the very few small markets where T-Mobile has lit up 1900 MHz service. In most of the country, they only have 1700 MHz 3G and the Atrix does NOT support that band.
Wrong. T-Mobile does not use ANY of the standard frequencies "the rest of the world uses" (those being 900, 1800, and 2100 MHz - right now I think 1800 is 2G-only in Europe but that's changing.)
AT&T does not use any of the above bands, but far more countries use 850 and 1900 than 1700. The only countries that use 1700 are USA, Canada, and Chile. 1900 is used throughout North and South America, 850 is used in many countries across the globe, including Australia.
As a result, many phones support 850 and 1900, but the only device other than T-Mobile's own devices which supports UMTS on the 1700 MHz band is the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus. AT&T is using 1700 for LTE now, so some LTE devices can be hacked to run UMTS instead in that band.
Many high-end international smartphones support AT&T's frequency bands.
However - almost no devices support T-Mobiles 1700 MHz AWS band used for 3G service. The only ones I am aware of: Devices sold by T-Mobile USA HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus AT&T LTE devices that have had hacked radios installed. (Effectively, flashing T-Mobile firmware on an AT&T device that had identical hardware - examples are the AT&T Skyrocket and AT&T Galaxy Note.)
However, plenty of international devices support AT&T's bands: Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)
Probably plenty of others - I just happen to be most familiar with Samsungs.
T-Mobile's coverage is extremely limited, AND their 3G network is incompatible with most phones sold by them. The only non-TMo phones that work are the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus and AT&T LTE devices running hacked radio firmware.
Straight Talk provides MVNO service on both T-Mo or AT&T networks (you choose when you purchase the SIM).
$15 for initial SIM purchase, $45/month thereafter. Plan includes unlimited voice and texts (with no apparent "stealth limits") - the one disadvantage is that they claim "unlimited" data but it's really 2GB.
Personally I only use 500MB or so a month, so I'm going to them when my AT&T contract is up.
ST's BYOD plans are a fairly recent development, not many people are aware of them.
1) Doesn't matter. All he's there for is to show prior art. The goal is not to punish Apple for theft, it is to show that their ideas are not original and thus their patents are invalid. 2) Thank you for reinforcing the invalidity of Apple's patents 3) Because people previously did not obtain patents for which his work was prior art and start suing other companies using them 4) Doesn't matter as long as prior art can be shown
So, in short, you're judging Android as insecure because you had a cheapo tablet that was 2 generations old... Android has had significant security improvements with every revision. And yeah, Coby is a resller of the Chinese stuff that's far more likely to be backdoored.
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What part of "across the entire country" didn't you understand?
Phoenix is a place with terribly hot summers and long droughts on a regular basis.
However the problem is that rainfall has been abysmally low in numerous areas where it normally isn't... Average rainfall is down significantly across the entire country. Where do you propose we get this water from?
It is true. While there are some excellent beers in this country, the fact is, the average quality is utterly abysmal due to the likes of Bud, Coors, Miller, etc.
Even though some of these are starting to put out higher-quality beers, the majority of their sales are low-cost low-quality crap.
As a result, the average quality of beers in this country matches the average price at best... more likely the average quality is below the average price.
Just because you CAN get high-quality beer at reasonable prices in this country doesn't mean that the majority of beer sold/consumed in this country is cheap crap.
Because they are fundamentally not as safe as modernized designs.
Reference: Fukushima. Newer plants with modernized safety features (such as AP1000 or ESBWR) would have survived the tsunami without damage, as the diesel generators are no longer safety-critical in such designs.
I don't know what the hell you are talking about.
There are no third parties required for "fastboot oem unlock" - hell, Google even provides the fastboot binaries precompiled for multiple operating systems.
It's not even the manufacturer "ET Phone Home" unlock that HTC and Asus like to force users to use, which often fails when the servers go down (see Asus unlocking nightmares.)
No, it just got a lot LESS attractive. Rooted with locked bootloader = meh.
I got the Kindle Fire because it had an unlocked bootloader. Locked bootloader = no-go for me. Nexus 7 all the way!
I believe proper aquaculture is designed to be as closed-loop as possible.
"Simply plucking green things out of the ocean and eating them is probably not a recipe for success, anymore than eating random dirt plants is a good idea."
What, you mean poison ivy isn't tasty?
I'm happy with 1280x720 at 10", and in fact I'm GLAD the Note 10.1 didn't move to 1920x1200.
No mobile GPU currently on the market is capable of driving that resolution without severe consequences.
The iPad had to have a 70% increase in battery capacity (resulting in a significant increase in weight and recharge time) to power the GPU they used, which did not have any improvements in power efficiency.
The Transformer Infinity and Acer A700 just don't have the GPU *oomph* to drive such a high resolution display either. Instead of a massive battery penalty, they pay a massive performance penalty.
"So what? You're taking that to mean Apple is actually the unreasonable party, but it could equally well mean Apple's the ONLY manufacturer being charged discriminatory prices by Samsung. Couldn't it? How is that not an equally logical explanation?"
No, because that would absolutely kill Samsung in court. They're not stupid enough to pull something like that - Apple has been offered the SAME licensing choices as other manufacturers, they're the only ones bitching.
"Also, I might add, how do you even know nobody else is bitching? Are you just assuming that's so because you hate Apple and you want to find reasons to believe they're going to fail here? (hint: that is how you come across)"
Because Apple is the only one getting sued. Which means they're the only ones refusing to pay Samsung's licensing fees.
In the patent world, lawsuits are the exception and not the norm. Most companies try their hardest to avoid litigation (Apple is the exception). You can be sure in a situation like this that Samsung HAS entered licensing agreements with many others.
Exactly. Apple is the ONLY manufacturer claiming that Samsung is being unreasonable. In addition to this, they've gone for willful infringement when they chose not to license the patents using non-discriminatory terms that the rest of the industry seems to feel are perfectly fair and reasonable (since no one else is bitching).
Apple's definition of FRAND is (in typical Apple fasion) vastly distorted.
Apple's claim: Samsung wanted more for their patents than any other company has asked Apple in licensing fees. Note: This is NOT a violation of FRAND. Licensing fees for patents are proportional to the value of those patents. Apple said the fees were too much and chose not to pay.
Samsung's claim: Samsung asked Apple for the same amount of money they have asked from other licensees. This is the very definition of the "Non-Discriminatory" part of FRAND. If Samsung gave Apple any sort of discount that was not given to other licensees as Apple wanted, this would have been fundamentally discriminatory in favor of Apple. Note that Samsung doesn't seem to be suing any other companies - most likely because those companies are paying Samsung FRAND licensing fees that Apple refuses to pay. In general, most manufacturers are happily cross-licensing patents to each other - Apple is the exception. They refuse to license their patents, and also refuse to pay people for the patents they use.
I think Milwaukee was the first city in the US to do this - that's what Milorganite fertilizer is.
They've been doing it for decades.
On instrument descent, there is (understandable) concern regarding interference with ILS - ILS is an aging legacy system that is known to be very fragile and interference-prone.
That said - ILS landings are becoming rarer and rarer as improved precision instrument approach technologies are deployed (such as GPS with RAIM) - With ILS, you don't get a warning that the system is degraded due to interference, with GPS+RAIM you will. As a result, that leaves "crowd control" as the primary remaining item.
Rush Limbaugh actually claims that this is part of some grand Obama conspiracy - that somehow the NWS is actually aiming the hurricane at the convention.
I think the problems with thorium lie more in the reactor technologies than in the ability to obtain it...
Similarly, while this is cool, I would vastly prefer to see work on improved reactor technologies that greatly reduce our need for fresh uranium input into the process.
Look at the IFR as an example - Most of our existing reactor waste could be used as fuel for these reactors, or at least in "breeder blankets" used to generate more fuel.
That's the problem - If you can just remove a few torx screws and then remove the cap, you've at most increased the time it takes to defeat the lock.
One of the key things here is - People aren't going to notice a few missing screws immediately. An attacker could walk by, remove a screw, then get clear. Rinse and repeat until all screws are removed. In the time in between, most likely NO ONE would notice the lock was missing a screw or two - hell this happens in normal situations all the time.
You are lying, or live in one of the very few small markets where T-Mobile has lit up 1900 MHz service. In most of the country, they only have 1700 MHz 3G and the Atrix does NOT support that band.
So, how does that contradict what I said? The Nexus One with 1700 MHz support was a device specifically created for and sold by T-Mobile.
There are multiple Nexus One variants. Only the T-Mobile variant will provide 1700 MHz 3G.
Wrong. T-Mobile does not use ANY of the standard frequencies "the rest of the world uses" (those being 900, 1800, and 2100 MHz - right now I think 1800 is 2G-only in Europe but that's changing.)
AT&T does not use any of the above bands, but far more countries use 850 and 1900 than 1700. The only countries that use 1700 are USA, Canada, and Chile. 1900 is used throughout North and South America, 850 is used in many countries across the globe, including Australia.
As a result, many phones support 850 and 1900, but the only device other than T-Mobile's own devices which supports UMTS on the 1700 MHz band is the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus. AT&T is using 1700 for LTE now, so some LTE devices can be hacked to run UMTS instead in that band.
Their network is incompatible with most phones NOT sold by them...
Many high-end international smartphones support AT&T's frequency bands.
However - almost no devices support T-Mobiles 1700 MHz AWS band used for 3G service. The only ones I am aware of:
Devices sold by T-Mobile USA
HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus
AT&T LTE devices that have had hacked radios installed. (Effectively, flashing T-Mobile firmware on an AT&T device that had identical hardware - examples are the AT&T Skyrocket and AT&T Galaxy Note.)
However, plenty of international devices support AT&T's bands:
Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)
Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000)
Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)
Probably plenty of others - I just happen to be most familiar with Samsungs.
T-Mobile's coverage is extremely limited, AND their 3G network is incompatible with most phones sold by them. The only non-TMo phones that work are the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus and AT&T LTE devices running hacked radio firmware.
Straight Talk provides MVNO service on both T-Mo or AT&T networks (you choose when you purchase the SIM).
$15 for initial SIM purchase, $45/month thereafter. Plan includes unlimited voice and texts (with no apparent "stealth limits") - the one disadvantage is that they claim "unlimited" data but it's really 2GB.
Personally I only use 500MB or so a month, so I'm going to them when my AT&T contract is up.
ST's BYOD plans are a fairly recent development, not many people are aware of them.
1) Doesn't matter. All he's there for is to show prior art. The goal is not to punish Apple for theft, it is to show that their ideas are not original and thus their patents are invalid.
2) Thank you for reinforcing the invalidity of Apple's patents
3) Because people previously did not obtain patents for which his work was prior art and start suing other companies using them
4) Doesn't matter as long as prior art can be shown
So, in short, you're judging Android as insecure because you had a cheapo tablet that was 2 generations old... Android has had significant security improvements with every revision. And yeah, Coby is a resller of the Chinese stuff that's far more likely to be backdoored.