"Before we get into it about rebuilding the hated Ma Bell of yesteryear, keep this in perspective. SBC is right now one of the four remaining RBOCs, or Baby Bells, formed from the divestiture of AT&T (the original national phone monopoly) in 1984."
SBC contains more than one Baby Bell. It already has at least SW Bell, Pacific Telephone and Bell of Nevada in it's belly.
I wish this would work in Los Angeles. It could really be useful. It wouldn't work though... too many "hackers" with wire cutters. (alot like the "hackers" above, but with less technical school clases).
There are saws especially designed for hacking.
What strategy should you adopt? Well, if you wait to the end, the odds are only 1/100 that the last person is the optimal choice; ditto if you choose the first person. The modeler then asks: what strategy should you adopt for optimum results? A little bit of mathematics involving infinite series gives the answer. You can prove mathematically that the best strategy is to look at (approximately) the first 36.787944117144235 people (rounding it to, say, 37 people) and then you should choose the first person from that point on that is 'better' then the previous 37 people.
Divide above by 10 for nerds, or they will die of old age before finding a mate.
Anyone who has used GPS knows it won't work with a layer of sheet metal between it and the GPS satellites.
Just keep the cell phone near the center of the car up near the roof. It will be blocked from GPS signals but still get cellular signals because they come in horizontally through the windows.
I predict a market for headliner mounted cell phone holders will develop.
Simple if out in the open, very complex in an urban area with lots of buildings to bounce the sound around.
If they have really solved that problem, then they are really good. So good one has to wonder why they don't talk about it in generic non-secret technology revealing terms
The sample signals I saw on one of detection systems mfrs websites were either dry labbed or done out in the open. In the real world, acoustic signals with multiple paths from echos get messy. Very messy.
Take away clear channel, infinity, right wing hate radio, religious stations, hip-hop and ethnic stations and there isn't much left. Not even in a major radio market.
In an area with 50 stations receivable a person is lucky to find one well programmed on that meets their tastes.
I have Sirius sat radio at home and there are several music channels that I like on it, it has music for just about everyone. Without commercials.
Organized, and some not so organized criminal groups are already way ahead of the Jennifer Gumnt Model. They find a potential victim and collect money to prevent a crime. Much more efficient.
"Human models should be available in a few decades."
The beta model has been undergoing testing in the Whitehouse for close to 4 years. Except for problems with the English language it has been remarkably succesful, good enough that the humans that have been fooled by it have extended the test 4 years.
Neither stock price nor market cap matter. The number that matters is (the amount you sold it for)/(the amount you paid). If it's greater than 1 you did OK.
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Carly wasn't the root source of problem, the boneheads that hired her and let her run the company into the toilet were and are the problem.
Drat, It's getting really difficult to be the one to make the first smart assed remark around here.
"Microsoft suffers from an inferiority complex when it comes to performance and computing. "
Why do you call it a complex?
"Before we get into it about rebuilding the hated Ma Bell of yesteryear, keep this in perspective. SBC is right now one of the four remaining RBOCs, or Baby Bells, formed from the divestiture of AT&T (the original national phone monopoly) in 1984."
SBC contains more than one Baby Bell. It already has at least SW Bell, Pacific Telephone and Bell of Nevada in it's belly.
The 708 number prolly got slashdotted into submission, but the 703 one should hold up.
"708-482-0623"
An ex-friend of yours?
"This isn't news. The idea of a peelable paint has been in use by industry for a very long time. "
Yes, I had a car like that once, but they repainted it under warranty.
I wish this would work in Los Angeles. It could really be useful. It wouldn't work though... too many "hackers" with wire cutters. (alot like the "hackers" above, but with less technical school clases).
There are saws especially designed for hacking.
What strategy should you adopt? Well, if you wait to the end, the odds are only 1/100 that the last person is the optimal choice; ditto if you choose the first person. The modeler then asks: what strategy should you adopt for optimum results? A little bit of mathematics involving infinite series gives the answer. You can prove mathematically that the best strategy is to look at (approximately) the first 36.787944117144235 people (rounding it to, say, 37 people) and then you should choose the first person from that point on that is 'better' then the previous 37 people.
Divide above by 10 for nerds, or they will die of old age before finding a mate.
Anyone who has used GPS knows it won't work with a layer of sheet metal between it and the GPS satellites.
Just keep the cell phone near the center of the car up near the roof. It will be blocked from GPS signals but still get cellular signals because they come in horizontally through the windows.
I predict a market for headliner mounted cell phone holders will develop.
Simple if out in the open, very complex in an urban area with lots of buildings to bounce the sound around.
If they have really solved that problem, then they are really good. So good one has to wonder why they don't talk about it in generic non-secret technology revealing terms
The sample signals I saw on one of detection systems mfrs websites were either dry labbed or done out in the open. In the real world, acoustic signals with multiple paths from echos get messy. Very messy.
Take away clear channel, infinity, right wing hate radio, religious stations, hip-hop and ethnic stations and there isn't much left. Not even in a major radio market.
In an area with 50 stations receivable a person is lucky to find one well programmed on that meets their tastes.
I have Sirius sat radio at home and there are several music channels that I like on it, it has music for just about everyone. Without commercials.
Is "700 club" a clue as to where they hold their meetings?
Somehow the "166 2/3 club" lacks the pizzaz of the "300 Club"
I, for one, welcome our old Korean Overlords.
Organized, and some not so organized criminal groups are already way ahead of the Jennifer Gumnt Model. They find a potential victim and collect money to prevent a crime. Much more efficient.
" And how would your phone look like with that nikon lens attached to it? Bulky yes?"
Is that a camera phone in your pocket, or are you glad to see me?
" You can work 80 hours in a week,"
Why, yes, I can.
My computer, unfortunately cannot. It starts making a lot of dumb mistakes during an extended days work.
So do my pencils and pens. It a damn equipment problem, I can do it, really.
A wise old contract employee who worked for me 20 some years ago said:
"Bill, we're all temporary employees here, it's just that only some of us know it."
"Human models should be available in a few decades."
The beta model has been undergoing testing in the Whitehouse for close to 4 years. Except for problems with the English language it has been remarkably succesful, good enough that the humans that have been fooled by it have extended the test 4 years.
Did anyone else read
"His company, Intellectual Ventures,"
as
"His Company, Intellectual Vultures." the first time through.
Neither stock price nor market cap matter. The number that matters is (the amount you sold it for)/(the amount you paid). If it's greater than 1 you did OK.
Makes no difference how big the company is.
For $19 you could buy an entire 1986 Chevette.
The Chevette itself is worthless, but at least you would get the shroud and fan along with the heater core.
That explains why sweatshops are so efficient.
No need to repeat others mistakes, learn from theirs then go on to make you own unique mistakes.
A smart man learns from his mistakes
A wise man learns from others mistakes.