But, to be fair, this seems to have been a simple mistake by a single employee, and was quickly corrected. Linking through to the NYT article:
"the changes - which were in effect only on the British version of iTunes, and were reversed Sunday evening...the price increase was the result of an error by a Sony employee in Britain, and that the company gave no orders for prices to be raised on Ms. Houston's music."
How do you think this spectrum came open in the first place? They forced consumers that were still using old TVs to receive analog TV signals to buy new equipment.
Wow. You couldn't be more confused. Analog TV operated in 54-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz (VHF), and 470-890 MHz (UHF) bands. GPS is up above 1 GHz, 1.57542 GHz (L1 signal) and 1.2276 GHz (L2 signal) being the primary signals. The frequencies that Lightsquared wants to use have nothing to do with the any spectrum which was previously used for TV.
Not quite. The spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies was authorized for for use with other satellite services, which obviously have a very low signal level. GPS receivers were designed with that in mind. That's not unreasonable, in the real world there's no such thing as a perfect filter with vertical skirts.
Lightsquared "bought" this spectrum, much cheaper than similar spectrum allocated for terrestrial use. They then fast tracked a petition through the FCC to get authorized to use that spectrum terrestrially. The problem is, that produces much stronger signals than GPS receivers were designed to deal with.
If Lightsquared were to use the spectrum as originally intended, there would be no issue. Instead, they want to have their cake, and eat it too, by paying for relatively low cost satellite spectrum, but using it for terrestrial transmitters.
The summary statement that it would allow "fully remote operation," while true, is misleading. The article makes no mention of any intended use other than telemetry. Also, it's "ham," not "HAM." The word is neither an acronym nor a proper noun.
The summary was written by Timothy, which means it's only peripherally related to reality.
The license is so he can do more sophisticated telemetry. FTA:
I've bought the package that includes a real time video transmitter and receiver, camera, and telemetry system that will send back GPS data on the drone's location, heading, airspeed, etc. This requires, among other things, a ham radio license.
It's all bullshit. Read Wickard v. Filburn, and see how the feds rationalize calling growing food crops for your own use as "interstate commerce."
This is the greatest failing of the Constitution. Instead of the Supremes being a Federal branch, the court should have consisted of some subset of State justices. Allowing the Federal Government to decide what the Federal Government is allowed to do invites such rationalizations. Federal law is an embarrassing sham. The Supremes can say that red is green, and there's no one who can say otherwise. And, they're in for life.
The laser isn't guiding the bullet. The bullet has a guidance system which steers it to a spot of light.
Perhaps it's semantic. Is "guiding" telling you the destination, or how to get there? The laser provides the former, the bullet itself the latter. If guiding is the former, then can I point the laser in one direction, and fire the bullet in another (or significantly change the spot pointed to by the laser), and still expect it to work?
"I'm not claiming this is a target-guided bullet, I'm saying it's laser-guided bullet."
So, you're claiming that the laser spot isn't the target for the bullet? Now you're being silly, or trolling.
"Guiding" is a verb, which implies action. You could set up a fixed laser pointing to a spot, and it's the bullet which is taking action to hit that spot. Your claim is like saying that when going to the grocery store, the store is driving the car.
Obviously, it's the control logic and fins which are guiding the bullet.. Presumably, the sensor isn't selective to phase coherence, and one could just as readily have an emitter of some other sort attached to the target, no laser involved. I would expect the target spot to be modulated in some manner, to help avoid false positives.
"aside from talking back to you, which is more of a gimmick"
How do you figure? That seems like it would be particularly useful if one were using their phone via a Bluetooth audio connection (e.g. handsfree in a car). I have no idea how well Siri works in that sort of situation, but audio feedback would be on the requirements list.
I'd agree with that. If copyright holders don't respect the rights of users (via DRM, validation keys, EULAs, etc. and copyright extensions for existing works), why should users respect the rights of copyright holders?
"So does this phase-out mean I won't be able to use the 4 VGA CRTs and 1 DVI LCD I have accumulated over the years?"
No, they'll continue to work with the laptops you've accumulated over the years. For desktops, just buy a video card (used, if necessary) which supports VGA or DVI.
Commenting on your name: Which 6502 computer are you using, which has VGA or DVI?
From the article: "The evidence states that the defendants agreed not to poach employees from each other or give them offers if they voluntarily applied, and to notify the current employers of any employees trying to switch been."
Where did you come up with your claim to the contrary?
I, for one, am happy to see that some secret US government agency can not only do their job, but make a profit doing so. What a great idea for working both sides!
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But, to be fair, this seems to have been a simple mistake by a single employee, and was quickly corrected. Linking through to the NYT article:
"the changes - which were in effect only on the British version of iTunes, and were reversed Sunday evening...the price increase was the result of an error by a Sony employee in Britain, and that the company gave no orders for prices to be raised on Ms. Houston's music."
Wow. You couldn't be more confused. Analog TV operated in 54-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz (VHF), and 470-890 MHz (UHF) bands. GPS is up above 1 GHz, 1.57542 GHz (L1 signal) and 1.2276 GHz (L2 signal) being the primary signals. The frequencies that Lightsquared wants to use have nothing to do with the any spectrum which was previously used for TV.
Not quite. The spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies was authorized for for use with other satellite services, which obviously have a very low signal level. GPS receivers were designed with that in mind. That's not unreasonable, in the real world there's no such thing as a perfect filter with vertical skirts.
Lightsquared "bought" this spectrum, much cheaper than similar spectrum allocated for terrestrial use. They then fast tracked a petition through the FCC to get authorized to use that spectrum terrestrially. The problem is, that produces much stronger signals than GPS receivers were designed to deal with.
If Lightsquared were to use the spectrum as originally intended, there would be no issue. Instead, they want to have their cake, and eat it too, by paying for relatively low cost satellite spectrum, but using it for terrestrial transmitters.
Your parents are dumb, and work for you.
The government is dumb, and works against you.
The summary statement that it would allow "fully remote operation," while true, is misleading. The article makes no mention of any intended use other than telemetry. Also, it's "ham," not "HAM." The word is neither an acronym nor a proper noun.
The license is so he can do more sophisticated telemetry. FTA:
It's all bullshit. Read Wickard v. Filburn, and see how the feds rationalize calling growing food crops for your own use as "interstate commerce."
This is the greatest failing of the Constitution. Instead of the Supremes being a Federal branch, the court should have consisted of some subset of State justices. Allowing the Federal Government to decide what the Federal Government is allowed to do invites such rationalizations. Federal law is an embarrassing sham. The Supremes can say that red is green, and there's no one who can say otherwise. And, they're in for life.
"Wish it was more common in writing to define an acronym before using it, especially one that doesn't appear in the article."
Radio Direction Finding. And it's very common, in fact required, in good writing. Whoever wrote the summary simply can't write well.
The laser isn't guiding the bullet. The bullet has a guidance system which steers it to a spot of light.
Perhaps it's semantic. Is "guiding" telling you the destination, or how to get there? The laser provides the former, the bullet itself the latter. If guiding is the former, then can I point the laser in one direction, and fire the bullet in another (or significantly change the spot pointed to by the laser), and still expect it to work?
"I'm not claiming this is a target-guided bullet, I'm saying it's laser-guided bullet."
So, you're claiming that the laser spot isn't the target for the bullet? Now you're being silly, or trolling.
"Guiding" is a verb, which implies action. You could set up a fixed laser pointing to a spot, and it's the bullet which is taking action to hit that spot. Your claim is like saying that when going to the grocery store, the store is driving the car.
Obviously, it's the control logic and fins which are guiding the bullet.. Presumably, the sensor isn't selective to phase coherence, and one could just as readily have an emitter of some other sort attached to the target, no laser involved. I would expect the target spot to be modulated in some manner, to help avoid false positives.
"aside from talking back to you, which is more of a gimmick"
How do you figure? That seems like it would be particularly useful if one were using their phone via a Bluetooth audio connection (e.g. handsfree in a car). I have no idea how well Siri works in that sort of situation, but audio feedback would be on the requirements list.
You've never seen/used a Xerox Star/Alto, have you, Troll? I have. They were much more like Windows 1.0 than Lisa/Mac.
"Actually Apple did steal a lot of their ideas for the Mac from the Xerox Parc"
If, by "steal," you mean "bought and paid for with pre-IPO stock shares," you're right.
Nah. Space Invaders.
COBOL and Fortran have been around even longer, and are still used, so they'd obviously be a better choice than that newcomer C.
Facebook telling someone how not to be evil? /. needs a comedy section. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Senator Paul, how was your visit to the security theater?
So, short term changes are weather, not climate, except when they "prove" something you agree with.
I'd agree with that. If copyright holders don't respect the rights of users (via DRM, validation keys, EULAs, etc. and copyright extensions for existing works), why should users respect the rights of copyright holders?
just put the copyright terms back to the length thought fair by our founding fathers: 28 years after publication.
Doing so would eliminate a lot of piracy, overnight, and at no cost to the taxpayer.
"So does this phase-out mean I won't be able to use the 4 VGA CRTs and 1 DVI LCD I have accumulated over the years?"
No, they'll continue to work with the laptops you've accumulated over the years. For desktops, just buy a video card (used, if necessary) which supports VGA or DVI.
Commenting on your name: Which 6502 computer are you using, which has VGA or DVI?
From the article: "The evidence states that the defendants agreed not to poach employees from each other or give them offers if they voluntarily applied, and to notify the current employers of any employees trying to switch been."
Where did you come up with your claim to the contrary?
I, for one, am happy to see that some secret US government agency can not only do their job, but make a profit doing so. What a great idea for working both sides!
Whoosh.