That can only happen if they replace all the MySQL code with something completely different. MariaDB doesn't own the commercial rights to that because they sold it to a company now owned by Oracle, only the same GPL rights that everyone else has.
Hash values work for passwords where you enter exactly the same password every time. However, you don't enter exactly the same fingerprint every time you scan it, so the device has to decide whether it is close enough to the one you entered previously. For that, I think you would need the un-hashed fingerprint.
There is a worldwide standard for cell networks, and if you get a phone that complies with it, there is a good chance it will work on the AT&T network, though probably not on any of the other networks.
If the patent was for using some piece of hardware in a new and inventive way that the original manufacturer hadn't thought of, then maybe it would be valid. But using Cisco networking gear to set up a network in exactly the way described in the manual or training materials doesn't come into that category.
Does it matter that they are mobile phone tariffs? The points it illustrates are that there is no such thing as local and national rates, special rate numbers cost more than geographic numbers, and 0845 and 0870 cost the same.
0845 is not local rate. 0870 is not national rate. There is no such thing as local rate or national rate in the UK. If you call a geographical number (beginning 01, 02 or 03), it costs the same no matter whereabouts you, and the person you are calling are located in the UK. If you call any other sort of UK number, it costs the same no matter whereabouts you and the person you are calling are located within the UK. You pay more to call another country, but within the UK, distance does not matter. Having said that, most people use alternative carriers or something like Skype for international calls, and effectively pay the cost of a local call in the country they are calling when making international calls.
0845 and 0870 are special rate numbers that cost more to call than geographical numbers.
Here is an example of what you are charged on one tariff: http://www.o2.co.uk/o2basic Calls to geographical numbers cost 15p per minute. Calls to special rate numbers including 0845 and 0870 cost 25p per minute.
For most people, calls to geographical numbers are effectively free, because they have a tariff that includes bundled minutes. They can't use those bundled minutes on special rate numbers, so they have to pay something like 25p per minute from a mobile or 5p - 10p per minute from a landline.
Is that not what I said? Yes, the telco gets the money. Whether they use that money to forward the call to call centres around the country, or to provide a dial up internet service is up to them, but they do get money out of it, and that money is enough to pay for the costs of operating an internet service.
I get around 500 emails per day to my mail server of which maybe one or two are legitimate. A 15 second delay means a maximum theoretical capacity of 5760 emails per day before emails arrive at the server faster than the spam filter can process them. Even lower overall numbers will cause substantial bottlenecks at busy times of the day.
flashhd works out at about 1.2GB per hour, so you can get 8h 20m in 10GB. But then you need to take away the data used in loading up the pages to decide what to watch etc.
flashvhigh works out at about 600MB per hour, so you get twice the length of video vs high definition.
To get one of the other formats, you need to be using something other than a desktop computer.
0845 numbers are special rate numbers and do generate some revenue in termination fees for the receiving telco. It probably isn't enough money for them to pass it on to a call centre or similar that uses the numbers, but when the telco uses the numbers themselves to provide an internet service, the numbers do stack up.
Plusnet is owned by BT, but is run as an independent company with its own customer services department in Sheffield, England, which is much better than BT's customer service department in India.
Doesn't include line rental which is another £15.45 per month and only gives you 10GB of data. Line rental is extra for the dial-up package as well. In terms of units better understood by the general public, that is about 8 hours of BBC iPlayer per month.
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That can only happen if they replace all the MySQL code with something completely different. MariaDB doesn't own the commercial rights to that because they sold it to a company now owned by Oracle, only the same GPL rights that everyone else has.
Hash values work for passwords where you enter exactly the same password every time. However, you don't enter exactly the same fingerprint every time you scan it, so the device has to decide whether it is close enough to the one you entered previously. For that, I think you would need the un-hashed fingerprint.
Yes, since people started using mice in their computers. Before that it was a KVS (Keyboard Video Switch).
Their 3G is at 1.7GHz. The rest of the world uses 2.1GHz. Some, such as O2 UK use 900MHz, but that is in addition to 2.1GHz.
There is a worldwide standard for cell networks, and if you get a phone that complies with it, there is a good chance it will work on the AT&T network, though probably not on any of the other networks.
No, they are trying to charge Google for the privilege of serving YouTube vidoes to Verizon customers.
If the patent was for using some piece of hardware in a new and inventive way that the original manufacturer hadn't thought of, then maybe it would be valid. But using Cisco networking gear to set up a network in exactly the way described in the manual or training materials doesn't come into that category.
"But, honestly, if some bad guy has your iPhone and your fingerprint, you've probably got bigger problems to worry about."
Surely if they have your iPhone, they already have lots of copies of you fingerprints smeared all over it?
They do have the power to reduce the NSA budget to $0, which is about the most effective oversight possible.
It is much easier to arrange a Free piano recording than it is to arrange a Free recording of a symphony orchestra.
They had major problems with their filters when the Sexual Offences Act was being debated in parliament.
Maybe internet porn was being discussed in parliament that month?
My local 3G mast is connected to the same street cabinet as my ADSL connection. The speed on both is about the same.
Powerpoint is actually the one bit of MS Office where Microsoft doesn't completely dominate the market, because a lot of people use Keynote.
Does it matter that they are mobile phone tariffs? The points it illustrates are that there is no such thing as local and national rates, special rate numbers cost more than geographic numbers, and 0845 and 0870 cost the same.
0845 is not local rate. 0870 is not national rate. There is no such thing as local rate or national rate in the UK.
If you call a geographical number (beginning 01, 02 or 03), it costs the same no matter whereabouts you, and the person you are calling are located in the UK. If you call any other sort of UK number, it costs the same no matter whereabouts you and the person you are calling are located within the UK. You pay more to call another country, but within the UK, distance does not matter. Having said that, most people use alternative carriers or something like Skype for international calls, and effectively pay the cost of a local call in the country they are calling when making international calls.
0845 and 0870 are special rate numbers that cost more to call than geographical numbers.
Here is an example of what you are charged on one tariff: http://www.o2.co.uk/o2basic
Calls to geographical numbers cost 15p per minute. Calls to special rate numbers including 0845 and 0870 cost 25p per minute.
For most people, calls to geographical numbers are effectively free, because they have a tariff that includes bundled minutes. They can't use those bundled minutes on special rate numbers, so they have to pay something like 25p per minute from a mobile or 5p - 10p per minute from a landline.
Is that not what I said? Yes, the telco gets the money. Whether they use that money to forward the call to call centres around the country, or to provide a dial up internet service is up to them, but they do get money out of it, and that money is enough to pay for the costs of operating an internet service.
I get around 500 emails per day to my mail server of which maybe one or two are legitimate. A 15 second delay means a maximum theoretical capacity of 5760 emails per day before emails arrive at the server faster than the spam filter can process them. Even lower overall numbers will cause substantial bottlenecks at busy times of the day.
I got a lot of them. Mostly emails from things like newspapers that I specifically asked them to send me.
RBLs block around 95% of my incoming mail with very minimal false positives. Sorry if you don't like them, but people use RBLs because they work.
flashhd works out at about 1.2GB per hour, so you can get 8h 20m in 10GB. But then you need to take away the data used in loading up the pages to decide what to watch etc.
flashvhigh works out at about 600MB per hour, so you get twice the length of video vs high definition.
To get one of the other formats, you need to be using something other than a desktop computer.
0845 numbers are special rate numbers and do generate some revenue in termination fees for the receiving telco. It probably isn't enough money for them to pass it on to a call centre or similar that uses the numbers, but when the telco uses the numbers themselves to provide an internet service, the numbers do stack up.
Plusnet is owned by BT, but is run as an independent company with its own customer services department in Sheffield, England, which is much better than BT's customer service department in India.
No. There is no such thing as long distance charges, in the UK. It costs the same to call anyone anywhere in the country no matter where you are.
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/products/broadband/packages
Doesn't include line rental which is another £15.45 per month and only gives you 10GB of data. Line rental is extra for the dial-up package as well. In terms of units better understood by the general public, that is about 8 hours of BBC iPlayer per month.