Do you also count the time it takes the trees to grow for the lumber? Mountains to erode into clay for the bricks? Stars to fuse hydrogen into iron for the girders?
"what were they thinking when they dared to include an 'embrace and extend,' proprietary network platform in their OS so that people might actually be locked into their ecosystem (despite the pre-existence of browsers based on open standards). "
Under such a law, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay would not have been able to use the pseudonym "Publius" when writing the Federalist Papers.
This is exactly the type of speech which the Constitution assures us is protected from government interference.
If you look at modern electrical or electronic gear, they all have circuitry to convert alternating current to direct current before powering anything.
...and they all have circuitry to convert DC to AC.
It's not like there's only one conversion, and it's all DC after that. The external power supply on a laptop takes wall AC, changes it to DC, changes it to high frequency AC, then back to DC. That DC goes into your laptop. 19V is typical. But, the chips don't run on 19V. It used to be that a linear voltage regulator would be used to bring the voltage down to what was needed for a particular function. But, they're inefficient, they give off lots of heat. So, efficient switching regulators are used. They're based on AC, they convert DC to AC, then back to DC at a different voltage.
Finally, power your CPU with DC. What's required before it can do a thing? Fire up some clock generators and get a good AC signal going.
" Verizon uses 3G (CDMA EVDO Rev A for VZ, HSPA/HSPA+ for AT&T) for circuit-switched voice,"
No. You shouldn't throw in acronyms you don't understand, trying to impress. EVDO is used for data, it does not carry the voice traffic in a CDMA2000 network. It could carry VoIP, but that's not how it's done.
You're also wrong about the frequencies. Verizon and ATT both use the 850 MHz band, both have evolved from the original AMPS A-Side/B-Side carriers. While differences in frequencies may prevent using a phone on a particular alternate carrier, that is not the general problem. In general, you can't use a Verizon 4G phone on ATT, because they will only do voice over CDMA. There may be specific phones which are an exception - some people have found that there's hidden support for GSM in HTC Rezounds, but most VZW 4G phones simply won't talk to a GSM network.
Does what you signed guarantee you a certain bandwidth, or is is an "up to x" sort of thing? I strongly suspect the latter. It's unlikely they're going to put another DSLAM (or increased backhaul) in because you complain, it's cheaper for them to lose you as a customer.
"You can change (4G) phones on Verizon just by swapping SIMs." No, you can't.
You absolutely can. I've done it. Between a Thunderbolt and a Rezound, only moving the UICC ("SIM card") to change between them. I've even used a 4G phone SIM in a 4G modem to get data access.
The same "SIM" which authorizes you for 4G data also authorizes you for voice. You can change (4G) phones on Verizon just by swapping SIMs. You can't take your phone to another carrier because the current ones don't do voice over LTE, and other carriers don't support CDMA (Sprint doesn't allow phones they didn't sell on their network, last I knew).
I prefer the form of the work which has a binding contract paying me $1M for viewing the source. I demand you provide source code.
Are you really that obtuse? The GPL is clearly making a distinction between high level "source code" and other forms of the code, so someone can't offer up, say, an intermediate assembly language output.
As I correctly pointed out, if the "conveyed" binary was compiled from a source with no comments in it, then source with no comments is all one has to provide.
"However, lightsquared wanted to give wireless internet to everyone in the continental U.S."
Stop it. They wanted to sell wireless Internet access to everyone in the US. Internet access based on spectrum which they paid satellite rates for, but wanted to use terrestrially.
Making things up doesn't constitute a valid argument.
You don't have to disclose anything under the GPL unless you "convey" the work to others. There is nothing to force someone to hand over internally used code.
"To 'convey' a work means any kind of propagation that enables other parties to make or receive copies... You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey, without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force." -GPLv3
There is nothing in the GPL which defines source code as you have claimed ("what is used internally").
"The 'source code' for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. 'Object code' means any non-source form of a work... The 'Corresponding Source' for a work in object code form means all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to control those activities." - GPLv3
There is nothing in the GPL which would prevent someone from stripping all comments, then compiling and conveying the resulting object and source code.
"You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the terms of section 4, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
a) The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it, and giving a relevant date.
b) The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to 'keep intact all notices'..." GPLv3
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Doh. Darn tags. Dumb, non-previewing user. Whatsit
More like Whatsit."
ITYM "she." HTH!
"remove Lencoclean dispenser (or brush, YMMV)"
I use a Nitty Gritty, you insensitive clod.
So, if I want custom imported Italian marble for my facade, I add the quarry and shipping time as part of the construction time?
Do you also count the time it takes the trees to grow for the lumber? Mountains to erode into clay for the bricks? Stars to fuse hydrogen into iron for the girders?
If FunnyJunk got the tm from the Oatmeal, then it would be the Oaeal.
There are a couple of people who are going to be relieved!
"Those people have obviously never heard Occam's Razor."
Heard it? I didn't even know it was an electric razor!
"Remind me again what the actual flaws are in ActiveX"
You mean like how it isn't open, so it can't be truly cross platform? How well do those ActiveX controls work on your smartphone?
"what were they thinking when they dared to include an 'embrace and extend,' proprietary network platform in their OS so that people might actually be locked into their ecosystem (despite the pre-existence of browsers based on open standards). "
Fixed that.
...opposed to an advocate for tyranny of the majority.
You don't know the difference between backup and restore, do you?
Under such a law, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay would not have been able to use the pseudonym "Publius" when writing the Federalist Papers.
This is exactly the type of speech which the Constitution assures us is protected from government interference.
...and they all have circuitry to convert DC to AC.
It's not like there's only one conversion, and it's all DC after that. The external power supply on a laptop takes wall AC, changes it to DC, changes it to high frequency AC, then back to DC. That DC goes into your laptop. 19V is typical. But, the chips don't run on 19V. It used to be that a linear voltage regulator would be used to bring the voltage down to what was needed for a particular function. But, they're inefficient, they give off lots of heat. So, efficient switching regulators are used. They're based on AC, they convert DC to AC, then back to DC at a different voltage.
Finally, power your CPU with DC. What's required before it can do a thing? Fire up some clock generators and get a good AC signal going.
"At the time the Apple II was released, there were only two other non-kit microcomputer systems available"
That is, if you don't count the other ones which were available. Like the MITS Altair, IMSAI 8080, SOL-20, CompuColor, Cromemco Z2, Poly 88, etc.
" Verizon uses 3G (CDMA EVDO Rev A for VZ, HSPA/HSPA+ for AT&T) for circuit-switched voice,"
No. You shouldn't throw in acronyms you don't understand, trying to impress. EVDO is used for data, it does not carry the voice traffic in a CDMA2000 network. It could carry VoIP, but that's not how it's done.
You're also wrong about the frequencies. Verizon and ATT both use the 850 MHz band, both have evolved from the original AMPS A-Side/B-Side carriers. While differences in frequencies may prevent using a phone on a particular alternate carrier, that is not the general problem. In general, you can't use a Verizon 4G phone on ATT, because they will only do voice over CDMA. There may be specific phones which are an exception - some people have found that there's hidden support for GSM in HTC Rezounds, but most VZW 4G phones simply won't talk to a GSM network.
Does what you signed guarantee you a certain bandwidth, or is is an "up to x" sort of thing? I strongly suspect the latter. It's unlikely they're going to put another DSLAM (or increased backhaul) in because you complain, it's cheaper for them to lose you as a customer.
You absolutely can. I've done it. Between a Thunderbolt and a Rezound, only moving the UICC ("SIM card") to change between them. I've even used a 4G phone SIM in a 4G modem to get data access.
The same "SIM" which authorizes you for 4G data also authorizes you for voice. You can change (4G) phones on Verizon just by swapping SIMs. You can't take your phone to another carrier because the current ones don't do voice over LTE, and other carriers don't support CDMA (Sprint doesn't allow phones they didn't sell on their network, last I knew).
You clearly don't know what "modify" means, do you?
Is it also your position that since you can't remove comments, you can't remove lines of code from the original as part of your modification?
I prefer the form of the work which has a binding contract paying me $1M for viewing the source. I demand you provide source code.
Are you really that obtuse? The GPL is clearly making a distinction between high level "source code" and other forms of the code, so someone can't offer up, say, an intermediate assembly language output.
As I correctly pointed out, if the "conveyed" binary was compiled from a source with no comments in it, then source with no comments is all one has to provide.
"However, lightsquared wanted to give wireless internet to everyone in the continental U.S."
Stop it. They wanted to sell wireless Internet access to everyone in the US. Internet access based on spectrum which they paid satellite rates for, but wanted to use terrestrially.
Making things up doesn't constitute a valid argument.
You don't have to disclose anything under the GPL unless you "convey" the work to others. There is nothing to force someone to hand over internally used code.
There is nothing in the GPL which defines source code as you have claimed ("what is used internally").
There is nothing in the GPL which would prevent someone from stripping all comments, then compiling and conveying the resulting object and source code.
PING doesn't mean IP. The most common form of PING doesn't use IP. It uses ICMP.