802.11 is a normative technical specification. Wi-Fi is a marketing term, like "Made for iPod," originally intended as an informative indication of compatibility.
"it was the Australian CSIRO who patented the modulation scheme (FFT with multiple carriers) that was the foundation technology for WiFi."
802.11 products existed for years before CSIRO patented OFDM, which influenced the WLAN world when 802.11a came along. But it was the completely different 802.11b, which CSIRO had absolutely nothing to do with, which actually made wireless popular. Also, OFDM existed for decades before CSIRO patent-trolled it.
CISRO has no valid claim to creating 802.11. Finally, "Wi-Fi" isn't a technology, it's an industry group's marketing term.
Yep. No way can it be taken seriously. Really, off by 800% over a 10 year period, but the author wants to claim a current accuracy of less than 0.2% (assuming he's only rounding to nearest 5 billion)? Nonsense.
Yes. It's a convenience, as in many other enterprises. Hospitals don't require more reliability and uptime for wireless than any other business. It's just marketing which makes it sound that way.
"Medical devices on a wireless network requires a higher level of reliability and uptime"
If a hospital is putting medical devices which require life critical reliability and uptime on 802.11 wireless, or any other unlicensed band where the legal requirement is that
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
, they're doing it wrong, and it's not a hospital I'd want to be a patient in.
Your congresscritter accepts email? None of mine do - it's all web forms which they incorrectly call "email." But, that doesn't stop them from requiring my email address, and then sending me spam.
So, you're one of those who hasn't been able to use, let alone understand, what an FPGA does. Seriously, "A RPi running Linux has much better I/O than an FPGA, is much faster" is straightforward ignorance.
Sure, but the people on the inland side of the road will be able to look forward to owning beachfront property! Myself, I'm investing in Hudson Bay waterfront property - with global warming, it will be the new French Riviera!
"In the end it all falls back to the fact that crimes shouldn't be committed."
Yep, and police use of stingrays is a crime. They are transmitting on radio frequencies for which they are not licensed. Any evidence which is illegally collected is of course properly thrown out by a court. The end does not justify the means.
Then, likewise, since the only powers the Feds have are those specifically given by the Constitution, they have no power to pass any legislation regarding them, either.
With the court's logic, since high speed printing presses/TV/radio/cable/Internet are all new fangled inventions, free speech shouldn't apply to those.
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"brand name"
Nope. It's a registered trademark. You're failing at your attempts to be pedantic.
802.11 is a normative technical specification. Wi-Fi is a marketing term, like "Made for iPod," originally intended as an informative indication of compatibility.
"it was the Australian CSIRO who patented the modulation scheme (FFT with multiple carriers) that was the foundation technology for WiFi."
802.11 products existed for years before CSIRO patented OFDM, which influenced the WLAN world when 802.11a came along. But it was the completely different 802.11b, which CSIRO had absolutely nothing to do with, which actually made wireless popular. Also, OFDM existed for decades before CSIRO patent-trolled it.
CISRO has no valid claim to creating 802.11. Finally, "Wi-Fi" isn't a technology, it's an industry group's marketing term.
So, extortion, but with Bitcoin. meh.
The solution is obvious. There's never a lack of hot wind coming out of Washington, DC.
The flora are coming! The flora are coming! Every fauna for themself!
(It's not like poison ivy and stinging nettle haven't been out to get us for years)
Yep. No way can it be taken seriously. Really, off by 800% over a 10 year period, but the author wants to claim a current accuracy of less than 0.2% (assuming he's only rounding to nearest 5 billion)? Nonsense.
LOL. You don't know what a Pyrrhic victory is, do you? You only won because you also lost by arguing against yourself. Enjoy your self-defeat.
Since you're arguing both sides, you're definitely winning. Enjoy it, it seems you've found the only way you can win.
If they're relying on 802.11 for applications which would put a patients life at risk, they're doing it wrong.
Please at least try to be consistent - either it's life critical or it isn't. You're trying to win an argument by arguing both side of the coin.
Yes. It's a convenience, as in many other enterprises. Hospitals don't require more reliability and uptime for wireless than any other business. It's just marketing which makes it sound that way.
If a hospital is putting medical devices which require life critical reliability and uptime on 802.11 wireless, or any other unlicensed band where the legal requirement is that
, they're doing it wrong, and it's not a hospital I'd want to be a patient in.
Your congresscritter accepts email? None of mine do - it's all web forms which they incorrectly call "email." But, that doesn't stop them from requiring my email address, and then sending me spam.
Well, we'll just have to wait and see about that. - "Sentencing for Bridges was scheduled for December."
Ohio should feel free to ask Obama to rename the highest mountain in Ohio to "Mt. McKinley."
You can fool all of the people, some of the time, or some of the people, all of the time.
So, you're one of those who hasn't been able to use, let alone understand, what an FPGA does. Seriously, "A RPi running Linux has much better I/O than an FPGA, is much faster" is straightforward ignorance.
...and all of that has made FPGAs more accessible to the average Joe how, exactly?
Sure, but the people on the inland side of the road will be able to look forward to owning beachfront property! Myself, I'm investing in Hudson Bay waterfront property - with global warming, it will be the new French Riviera!
Why is modifying a web site in this way not copyright infringement? Is not AT&T creating an unauthorized derivative work?
Actually, a large dosage of heavy metal solutions administered IV will help block the RF, and is guaranteed to solve the root cause.
"In the end it all falls back to the fact that crimes shouldn't be committed."
Yep, and police use of stingrays is a crime. They are transmitting on radio frequencies for which they are not licensed. Any evidence which is illegally collected is of course properly thrown out by a court. The end does not justify the means.
They have digital missions?
Then, likewise, since the only powers the Feds have are those specifically given by the Constitution, they have no power to pass any legislation regarding them, either.
With the court's logic, since high speed printing presses/TV/radio/cable/Internet are all new fangled inventions, free speech shouldn't apply to those.