What? That's because people specifically choose to do it. From what I can see - around, hm, 11-13 years ago, an unnoticed major shift happened in the car industry, with drastically slower rates of deprecation easily available. Most new cars from big makers finally with satisfactory levels of safety, reliability (as long as scheduled inspections & parts replacements are followed), comfort, fuel economy.
One just needed to care enough about it, so as to not pick up (no pun?) something not so great...
Ehh, confusion because one of the groups chose a name of basic radio method for its marketing, again. And with some fairytales...
GSM still uses TDMA and will continue to do so (perhaps because it's a notably older standard? Which kinda implies relying on simpler method, simpler & cheaper phones, base stations, etc. - it proved fine in the end, seeing as GSM is the uberdominant one worldwide. Also in places not exactly known for much...governance, for starters). The US also has very strong GSM/TDMA presence, close to half - that's losing? (BTW, EV-DO uses both CDMA and TDMA; when understood properly, as radio method). There are places with UMTS compatible networks which never had GSM; the former is not strictly "3G GSM"
Now it gets better... In fact, the US was quite late even with "their" 3G "CDMA" standard. South Korea was 1.5 year faster. Europe had first commercial 3G network launched even earlier than that, almost 2 years before US rollout. Exactly the opposite to what you claimed - so much for "scramble" - and I'm not sure what were you trying to say with Japan, their network is UMTS, not "CDMA"
Also, anybody is free to use "CDMA" network in large part of, say, Europe; those networks just get ignored, that's all. Interestingly, they have some notable uptake in South Korea and had some notable push in Iraq...weird, weird coincidence; oh well, competition in action, I guess.
(as a sidenote, I don't know how EV-DO could have been even considered 3G; that implies some focus on data apart from voice, certainly not dropping one type of connection to initiate the other)
At the end your are even confused what point you are trying to make - so which one is it, fragmentation of standards being good or glorious evolution within standard?
PS. Generally, expect to see GSM having long, long life after most "CDMA" or UMTS network will be shut down (when, in several years, anybody who cares about bandwith will have LTE) It's one of those "good enough" things, with nearly universal adoption.
This isn't about what is wanted or not wanted; more about what works better or worse. Look at stupid SUV uptake and collapse of automotive industry for more at home example.
That omits again how said labor generally has similar end value but is not priced similarly; which after all could also be the case for the place which would "feed" the factory one.
There might be somewhat more frippery in making and selling fruits, etc. (and not very optimal ones when it comes to farming methods and consequences) via the "global company."
How do you market that? How do you make "investors" care? (nvm how such widespread practices would probably greatly increase the opportunities for investment...though a bit too long term and not within so limited club, I guess)
Shouldn't be too hard finding quite a few examples. Nokia is not abad one - actually owning around a dozen of their manufacturing facilities, by far most of them not in China, half of them in the EU; there's even one quite close to Cupertino... And I'm not sure if you should even really ask about Japan.
There might be another side of that overseas labour. Yes, since they are willing to work much cheaper, they have that work. But going further, cheaper - possibly a work of a type which doesn't have to be optimal in benefitting their place much by itself; but can easily draw people away from those which could, almost via modern day frippery. Who knows if/in how many places the latter is the case...
A cynic (?...) could say that this is basically a standard state of affairs for members of our species (yes, still is) - orphan, widower, etc.; almost normal as far as humanity is concerned.
With virtually all stories forgotten, likewise virtually all of probably a bit over 100 billion humans who have died up to this point. Well, with undeniable utility of one evolutionary / social evolutionary adaptation, to value the closest group.
This might also touch on one somewhat accepted (how true? - hey, take what you want from it) observation about memories and time perception, BTW. When life gets monotonous (hence also not many memories to speak of; going too far with preservation efforts might push things somewhat towards that area...), it drags on while it unravels...but seems to be a blink of an eye when looking back.
Filling it with experiences tends to make it seem like it flashes by, OTOH. But it's suddenly so full, so long, when remembered.
You might forget to actually live with her while that's still possible. To make memories instead of trying to preserve...the preservation efforts.
Which is impossible to be anywhere "complete" anyway, so just take what's good, what you see is happening; let her guide it (in a preferred form). And the rest involved will specifically remember what's worthwile to them anyway - not everything there is to remember. What does it matter if you couldn't really remember it at will?
(or even "what does it matter" in grander sense - for example, what can we tell about our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother? You know, the one from the side of you father, then grandfather, then great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. The basics would do - century, continent, language... That won't change thanks to "digital age" in the way people imagine, IMHO; at most roughly as an input to statistical approaches / etc.)
Well, if somebody is really determined, cryonics might work...eventually.
Well, it was mostly just @GP & his sig; apparently still a bit into Amiga, and haven't heard about the browser which, ultimately, some time ago gave that platform (or rather a group of them) a modern browsing experience?
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The purpose of WiFi makes it hard to not notice that it's off...
Don't forget about modulated electromagnetic fields produced by headphones of any portable audio player! Basically inside of the skull!!
Close to hippocampus, too - a part of brain crucial in long-term memory!
...and afterwards used happily in other places. Not really a deprecation.
What? That's because people specifically choose to do it. From what I can see - around, hm, 11-13 years ago, an unnoticed major shift happened in the car industry, with drastically slower rates of deprecation easily available. Most new cars from big makers finally with satisfactory levels of safety, reliability (as long as scheduled inspections & parts replacements are followed), comfort, fuel economy.
One just needed to care enough about it, so as to not pick up (no pun?) something not so great...
Customer. Work well for the customer.
Yeah, and only four-five noteworthy overall. Half of them GSM. With close to half of all subscribers.
Ehh, confusion because one of the groups chose a name of basic radio method for its marketing, again. And with some fairytales...
GSM still uses TDMA and will continue to do so (perhaps because it's a notably older standard? Which kinda implies relying on simpler method, simpler & cheaper phones, base stations, etc. - it proved fine in the end, seeing as GSM is the uberdominant one worldwide. Also in places not exactly known for much...governance, for starters). The US also has very strong GSM/TDMA presence, close to half - that's losing? (BTW, EV-DO uses both CDMA and TDMA; when understood properly, as radio method). There are places with UMTS compatible networks which never had GSM; the former is not strictly "3G GSM"
Now it gets better...
In fact, the US was quite late even with "their" 3G "CDMA" standard. South Korea was 1.5 year faster. Europe had first commercial 3G network launched even earlier than that, almost 2 years before US rollout. Exactly the opposite to what you claimed - so much for "scramble" - and I'm not sure what were you trying to say with Japan, their network is UMTS, not "CDMA"
Also, anybody is free to use "CDMA" network in large part of, say, Europe; those networks just get ignored, that's all. Interestingly, they have some notable uptake in South Korea and had some notable push in Iraq...weird, weird coincidence; oh well, competition in action, I guess.
(as a sidenote, I don't know how EV-DO could have been even considered 3G; that implies some focus on data apart from voice, certainly not dropping one type of connection to initiate the other)
At the end your are even confused what point you are trying to make - so which one is it, fragmentation of standards being good or glorious evolution within standard?
PS. Generally, expect to see GSM having long, long life after most "CDMA" or UMTS network will be shut down (when, in several years, anybody who cares about bandwith will have LTE) It's one of those "good enough" things, with nearly universal adoption.
Turning it on for 112 is not so hard. And don't believe in too many conspiracy stories...
If only it held the monopoly on force...
And roads themselves are also an act of subsidizing car industry.
This isn't about what is wanted or not wanted; more about what works better or worse. Look at stupid SUV uptake and collapse of automotive industry for more at home example.
That omits again how said labor generally has similar end value but is not priced similarly; which after all could also be the case for the place which would "feed" the factory one.
There might be somewhat more frippery in making and selling fruits, etc. (and not very optimal ones when it comes to farming methods and consequences) via the "global company."
How do you market that? How do you make "investors" care? (nvm how such widespread practices would probably greatly increase the opportunities for investment...though a bit too long term and not within so limited club, I guess)
Keyword being "excessive"; you use it yourself in one place ffs...
So, how hard was it to miss "excessive"? (and it does work like that; I had plenty examples, in a place formerly behind the Iron Curtain...)
Shouldn't be too hard finding quite a few examples. Nokia is not abad one - actually owning around a dozen of their manufacturing facilities, by far most of them not in China, half of them in the EU; there's even one quite close to Cupertino...
And I'm not sure if you should even really ask about Japan.
There might be another side of that overseas labour. Yes, since they are willing to work much cheaper, they have that work. But going further, cheaper - possibly a work of a type which doesn't have to be optimal in benefitting their place much by itself; but can easily draw people away from those which could, almost via modern day frippery.
Who knows if/in how many places the latter is the case...
A cynic (?...) could say that this is basically a standard state of affairs for members of our species (yes, still is) - orphan, widower, etc.; almost normal as far as humanity is concerned.
With virtually all stories forgotten, likewise virtually all of probably a bit over 100 billion humans who have died up to this point. Well, with undeniable utility of one evolutionary / social evolutionary adaptation, to value the closest group.
This might also touch on one somewhat accepted (how true? - hey, take what you want from it) observation about memories and time perception, BTW. When life gets monotonous (hence also not many memories to speak of; going too far with preservation efforts might push things somewhat towards that area...), it drags on while it unravels...but seems to be a blink of an eye when looking back.
Filling it with experiences tends to make it seem like it flashes by, OTOH. But it's suddenly so full, so long, when remembered.
Take your pick.
Where there is excessive control, there's plenty of place for corruption/etc.
Depending on the power of that EMP, you can be sure only if its diesel...
Also, when something fizzles, lately it becomes suddenly "just a hobby from the start" (vide Apple TV)
You might forget to actually live with her while that's still possible. To make memories instead of trying to preserve...the preservation efforts.
Which is impossible to be anywhere "complete" anyway, so just take what's good, what you see is happening; let her guide it (in a preferred form). And the rest involved will specifically remember what's worthwile to them anyway - not everything there is to remember. What does it matter if you couldn't really remember it at will?
(or even "what does it matter" in grander sense - for example, what can we tell about our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother? You know, the one from the side of you father, then grandfather, then great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. The basics would do - century, continent, language...
That won't change thanks to "digital age" in the way people imagine, IMHO; at most roughly as an input to statistical approaches / etc.)
Well, if somebody is really determined, cryonics might work...eventually.
Well, it was mostly just @GP & his sig; apparently still a bit into Amiga, and haven't heard about the browser which, ultimately, some time ago gave that platform (or rather a group of them) a modern browsing experience?
It's easy to get out of a car which is parked.
All those data & authorisation are accessed via applications running on what is really a smart card.