Planets do radiate direct light, as any body above 0 K would do, through black body radiation. It's just of rather low intensity and not in the visible spectrum...
How about British alternative history movies where the UK takes credit for the breaking of Enigma ciphertext even though the Poles actually did it? (on top of that - the traitor in the movie is a Pole, while in reality the only one at Bletchley Park was British) Oh, wait...
Hm, so in essence it is because people, deep down, don't really believe in afterlife?
(also, I think the motivation you present, while most likely correct, can be said in much simpler terms - people know that if they don't show respect to the dead, other living humans won't show respect to the "abuser" now...because we have almost universally convinced ourselves that this is wrong, we know that saying bad things about the dead will inevitably result in the same thing happening to us after we will die...hence triggering such fallout also while we're alive)
Uhm...UMTS, WCDMA is very firmly in GSM family, being in 3GPP which builds upon GSM. You simply display a confusion stemming from the thing that one standard was often called not by its name (IS-95), but by the tech it used (CDMA); which stuck to such a degree that next version was simply called CDMA2000 (which is in 3GPP2 family)
GSM is very fine, it wouldn't be behind of 80+ % of global subscribers otherwise. Often in places with much lower population density than the US, where funds for infrastructure are theoretically much more scarce; the tech isn't responsible why most networks in the US have failed in this regard.
A special threat as far as allowing one company to ignore the kinds of agreements Nokia has with everybody else in the industry. As far as products go Apple doesn't even want to compete with most of Nokia offers, never mind your inaccurate perception of them...
I do wonder how more efficient means of remote communication are changing that. It seems that without them it is indeed hard to overcome (evolutionary) instincts manifesting themselves in Dunbar's number.
But we are now able to know people much better without getting ourselves so easily into a situation that triggers competitive instincts. Free software / OSS movement would be one example, probably...
Repeating what Apple claims might not be very helpful as far us understanding the case goes...
Anyways, look at it from this point of view: so Apple wants to stop Nokia from competing in multitouch UIs by not allowing the usage of multitouch patents. Well...then in response Nokia wants to stop Apple from using radio technology patents without licensing them fairly (on the same terms as all other manufacturers, including cross-licensing in the price estimates)
Or it just shows that Nokia turned a blank eye on that other patents regarding radio technology which are used in other Apple products; but when situation changes, when somebody builds whole product line around R&D spanning three decades and costing billions, that changes the situation...
BTW, look up Maemo tablets; quite an "iPhone lookalikes", launched before any news regarding iPhone surfaced. Too bad they weren't given GSM module, probably due to internal infighting between divisions. But they are the direct inspiration for N900, not iPhone.
What are the best options in the US & Canada for somebody who visits and wants just a prepaid deal? (just voice & sms or also one with data). With an option of getting only starter SIM card (some phones cover also US frequencies)
Easier for them to just buy one of the successors of Russian RD-170 (the most powerful liquid-fueled rocket engine that ever existed); which, while most likely much simpler, have remarkable efficiency.
Plenty of places use those too, so there shouldn't be much a problem with finding one...
As a matter of fact, even US actively uses them: "Another variant, the RD-180 used on the Atlas V, replaced the three engines used on early Atlas rockets with a single engine and achieved significant payload and performance gains." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-170_(rocket_engine) )
The summary seems to imply otherwise. And not only almost finished or barely finished orbiters, also models for static tests, etc. Those also ended up as tourist attractions or in museums (or rusting in scrapyard)
BTW, Should we really count Enterprise as a prototype? It couldn't made it into space...Columbia seems more appropriate. Or, if insisting on rules lax enough to include Enterprise, Endeavor seems a better choice as the "first", actually. Since it's a rebuild structural "airframe" that was used for static tests (so likely before Enterprise), to replenish the fleet with fully capable orbiter after Challenger disaster.
PS. Free Shuttle parts for the cost of transport?! Please, will somebody in the know confirm you don't have to be some large educational institution or venerable museum?;)
As you've taken note, people cross the road not only at crosswalks; and most of those don't have traffic lights anyway...
Anyways, I don't see how that relates to using ABS when I'm driving forward...or turning right...and some other driver, going from the opposite direction and turning left, fails to notice me.
Hm, Aldi? Gotta check them more often...;) (a hop across the border; or perhaps there is some website tracking such deals in DE?)
Those lower-end Nokias are phenomenal also in the EU even you have more advanced phone already - phenomenal battery life and reception, very sturdy, great as a backup or when hiking.
Mot importantly, the goals of the two companies are quite at odds.
Apple is interested in selling a "premium" experience for those who are willing and able to pay for it (very small part of the humanity)
Nokia, while also offering advanced devices, has wide spectrum of phones; making the means of communication available to much larger number of people (they wouldn't sold 1 billion phones in the last two years vs. 30 million of Apple). Heck, Nokia even stated they would like to make, in a few years, a phone that costs 5 Euro...and it doesn't seem that tongue-in-cheek, considering they are now at 20 Euro (while a year ago - at 25; and a year before that at 30 or so)
I don't see how those two approaches could suddenly coexist in a single corporate entity.
Well, it gets more interesting when whole issue is seen with those rules in mind.
What is non-reasonable demand for Apple? Dismissing Nokia patents while using them very actively, not willing to cross license patents (as everybody in the industry does), demanding discriminatory (because much lower than everybody else is paying) terms for licensing of said patents.
For Nokia that would be actively infringing on Apple patents and not willing to license GSM/etc. patents unless Apple cross-licenses. And...that's not what they want. Seems like Nokia almost started in the middle ground...
Did you really miss the huge differences between three categories of people, cellphone users during the experiment among them, that were mentioned in TFS?
Brakes of my car would disagree with you (especially since those are memorable events, one of the very few when ABS engages)
Perhaps starting to slam into those people (when it's another car; would be rather safe, it's usually a car with only a driver inside, cellphone by the ear, that is coming from the opposite direction and turning left just in front of me) would get a message through. And get me a new car...
That's only because you try to portrait your real-world data usage abroad as typical, being just as well as mine. Which is total BS (but does illuminate a bit about understanding of typical US cellphone user)
It never crossed your mind, for example, that a cellphone is a handy way of access for your laptop (oh, right, you aren't allowed to tether:) ).
But to be fair, with what I heard about US carriers over the years, Stockholm Syndrome is understandable...
Voicemail still has much larger potential of being abused, of disrespecting time of the recipient. Especially since people too often don't give up with trying to contact you directly, and try another time...and another.
SMS tends to be more to the point; and people can read several times faster than somebody can speak.
Are you serious?! Those communities I mentioned were essentially large families; literally - vast majority of members were related to smaller or larger degree. It was a natural state for our species for quite some time.
That it worked is only natural (evolutionary pressure); what I am skeptical of is of course whether or not similar things can work on larger scale (depends on the society of course, some countries pull off "rotten socialism" quite well or have thriving local communities, which has aspects of the general idea)
What amazes me is that it works in "large families" eluded you, that you missed direct connection with "typical" idea of family...
Communism has only served those who've used it to gain power and money - and this doesn't help any arguments. It's nonsensical. It's like saying "Capitalism has only served those who've used it to abolish the deprecated idea of money and give equal amount of power to all people"
Look, I live in former Soviet block. I hate those times; even though I hardly remember them, they managed to impact me in significant way. But we never had communism here.
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More nitpicking, adding to what Nadaka said ;)
Planets do radiate direct light, as any body above 0 K would do, through black body radiation. It's just of rather low intensity and not in the visible spectrum...
How about British alternative history movies where the UK takes credit for the breaking of Enigma ciphertext even though the Poles actually did it? (on top of that - the traitor in the movie is a Pole, while in reality the only one at Bletchley Park was British) Oh, wait...
Hm, so in essence it is because people, deep down, don't really believe in afterlife?
(also, I think the motivation you present, while most likely correct, can be said in much simpler terms - people know that if they don't show respect to the dead, other living humans won't show respect to the "abuser" now...because we have almost universally convinced ourselves that this is wrong, we know that saying bad things about the dead will inevitably result in the same thing happening to us after we will die...hence triggering such fallout also while we're alive)
Uhm...UMTS, WCDMA is very firmly in GSM family, being in 3GPP which builds upon GSM. You simply display a confusion stemming from the thing that one standard was often called not by its name (IS-95), but by the tech it used (CDMA); which stuck to such a degree that next version was simply called CDMA2000 (which is in 3GPP2 family)
GSM is very fine, it wouldn't be behind of 80+ % of global subscribers otherwise. Often in places with much lower population density than the US, where funds for infrastructure are theoretically much more scarce; the tech isn't responsible why most networks in the US have failed in this regard.
BTW, slightly weird how T-mobile/Deutsche Telekom promotes Android all the while Germans are a bit cautious of Google lately, sometimes...
A special threat as far as allowing one company to ignore the kinds of agreements Nokia has with everybody else in the industry. As far as products go Apple doesn't even want to compete with most of Nokia offers, never mind your inaccurate perception of them...
Nokia develops (actually does that in greater part vs. getting OEM solutions) and manufactures its products. Most outside of China.
I do wonder how more efficient means of remote communication are changing that. It seems that without them it is indeed hard to overcome (evolutionary) instincts manifesting themselves in Dunbar's number.
But we are now able to know people much better without getting ourselves so easily into a situation that triggers competitive instincts. Free software / OSS movement would be one example, probably...
Repeating what Apple claims might not be very helpful as far us understanding the case goes...
Anyways, look at it from this point of view: so Apple wants to stop Nokia from competing in multitouch UIs by not allowing the usage of multitouch patents. Well...then in response Nokia wants to stop Apple from using radio technology patents without licensing them fairly (on the same terms as all other manufacturers, including cross-licensing in the price estimates)
Or it just shows that Nokia turned a blank eye on that other patents regarding radio technology which are used in other Apple products; but when situation changes, when somebody builds whole product line around R&D spanning three decades and costing billions, that changes the situation...
BTW, look up Maemo tablets; quite an "iPhone lookalikes", launched before any news regarding iPhone surfaced. Too bad they weren't given GSM module, probably due to internal infighting between divisions. But they are the direct inspiration for N900, not iPhone.
What are the best options in the US & Canada for somebody who visits and wants just a prepaid deal? (just voice & sms or also one with data). With an option of getting only starter SIM card (some phones cover also US frequencies)
Easier for them to just buy one of the successors of Russian RD-170 (the most powerful liquid-fueled rocket engine that ever existed); which, while most likely much simpler, have remarkable efficiency.
Plenty of places use those too, so there shouldn't be much a problem with finding one...
As a matter of fact, even US actively uses them: "Another variant, the RD-180 used on the Atlas V, replaced the three engines used on early Atlas rockets with a single engine and achieved significant payload and performance gains." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-170_(rocket_engine) )
The summary seems to imply otherwise. And not only almost finished or barely finished orbiters, also models for static tests, etc. Those also ended up as tourist attractions or in museums (or rusting in scrapyard)
In fact, the Buran, the one that made orbital flight, was probably destroyed by a hangar collapse in 2002... (along with the remaining Energia mock-up on which it was laid to rest...)
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/bbur90.jpg
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/bbur89.jpg
BTW, Should we really count Enterprise as a prototype? It couldn't made it into space...Columbia seems more appropriate. Or, if insisting on rules lax enough to include Enterprise, Endeavor seems a better choice as the "first", actually. Since it's a rebuild structural "airframe" that was used for static tests (so likely before Enterprise), to replenish the fleet with fully capable orbiter after Challenger disaster.
PS. Free Shuttle parts for the cost of transport?! Please, will somebody in the know confirm you don't have to be some large educational institution or venerable museum? ;)
As you've taken note, people cross the road not only at crosswalks; and most of those don't have traffic lights anyway...
Anyways, I don't see how that relates to using ABS when I'm driving forward...or turning right...and some other driver, going from the opposite direction and turning left, fails to notice me.
Hm, Aldi? Gotta check them more often... ;) (a hop across the border; or perhaps there is some website tracking such deals in DE?)
Those lower-end Nokias are phenomenal also in the EU even you have more advanced phone already - phenomenal battery life and reception, very sturdy, great as a backup or when hiking.
Mot importantly, the goals of the two companies are quite at odds.
Apple is interested in selling a "premium" experience for those who are willing and able to pay for it (very small part of the humanity)
Nokia, while also offering advanced devices, has wide spectrum of phones; making the means of communication available to much larger number of people (they wouldn't sold 1 billion phones in the last two years vs. 30 million of Apple). Heck, Nokia even stated they would like to make, in a few years, a phone that costs 5 Euro...and it doesn't seem that tongue-in-cheek, considering they are now at 20 Euro (while a year ago - at 25; and a year before that at 30 or so)
I don't see how those two approaches could suddenly coexist in a single corporate entity.
Well, it gets more interesting when whole issue is seen with those rules in mind.
What is non-reasonable demand for Apple? Dismissing Nokia patents while using them very actively, not willing to cross license patents (as everybody in the industry does), demanding discriminatory (because much lower than everybody else is paying) terms for licensing of said patents.
For Nokia that would be actively infringing on Apple patents and not willing to license GSM/etc. patents unless Apple cross-licenses. And...that's not what they want. Seems like Nokia almost started in the middle ground...
Who in his right mind would not interpret unicycling clown as extremely threatening?...
Did you really miss the huge differences between three categories of people, cellphone users during the experiment among them, that were mentioned in TFS?
Brakes of my car would disagree with you (especially since those are memorable events, one of the very few when ABS engages)
Perhaps starting to slam into those people (when it's another car; would be rather safe, it's usually a car with only a driver inside, cellphone by the ear, that is coming from the opposite direction and turning left just in front of me) would get a message through. And get me a new car...
That's only because you try to portrait your real-world data usage abroad as typical, being just as well as mine. Which is total BS (but does illuminate a bit about understanding of typical US cellphone user)
It never crossed your mind, for example, that a cellphone is a handy way of access for your laptop (oh, right, you aren't allowed to tether :) ).
But to be fair, with what I heard about US carriers over the years, Stockholm Syndrome is understandable...
Voicemail still has much larger potential of being abused, of disrespecting time of the recipient. Especially since people too often don't give up with trying to contact you directly, and try another time...and another.
SMS tends to be more to the point; and people can read several times faster than somebody can speak.
Are you serious?! Those communities I mentioned were essentially large families; literally - vast majority of members were related to smaller or larger degree. It was a natural state for our species for quite some time.
That it worked is only natural (evolutionary pressure); what I am skeptical of is of course whether or not similar things can work on larger scale (depends on the society of course, some countries pull off "rotten socialism" quite well or have thriving local communities, which has aspects of the general idea)
What amazes me is that it works in "large families" eluded you, that you missed direct connection with "typical" idea of family...
Communism has only served those who've used it to gain power and money - and this doesn't help any arguments. It's nonsensical. It's like saying "Capitalism has only served those who've used it to abolish the deprecated idea of money and give equal amount of power to all people"
Look, I live in former Soviet block. I hate those times; even though I hardly remember them, they managed to impact me in significant way. But we never had communism here.
"filthy commie"
Where it has been tried except in tribal communities and modern days communes?
Surely you weren't tricked by the claims of oligarchies that called themselves communist? (not that it can work on the scale of a country...)