We just need more state power to protect the American people from evil doers...
"Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts against the oppressions of the government. The latter are virtues, yet have furnished more victims to the executioner than the former, because real treasons are rare; oppressions frequent. The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries." --Thomas Jefferson
and of course, the classic solution (look at the poll numbers),
throw the bums out...
"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [i.e., securing inherent and inalienable rights, with powers derived from the consent of the governed], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson
"a new generation of intelligent radios, combined with equally clever computer networks, is making it possible for anybody to use the airwaves without interfering with anybody else"
You're kidding, right? Look at what a mess the 2.4ghz band is. Every cordless phone and nonstandard wireless protocol device (wireless TV repeater from radio shack, etc.) uses it along with 802.11. I run into interference conflicts frequently enough that I still keep my networks wired whenever possible unless it's a laptop. Letting people blast away at 200mw is bad enough, imagine the mess that'll ensue if you do that with higher power transmitters.
Unfortunately, I can't see companies taking on expensive solutions until the address space is effectively exhausted. IP addresses don't work like commodities at the moment, they are rationed by a regulatory agency at a fixed price. When they start getting rare, I for one, would start allocating as many IPs as possible to sublease to the highest bidders. As long as companies can allocate as many IPs as they want a the fixed price, they have no incentive to migrate (save the other, less immediately useful features of IPv6). Maybe we need to set it up so as IPs get more scarce, they get more expensive. We'd then have a smooth (relatively) transition to IPv6 just like the way increasing gas prices will eventually force alternative fuel usage.
I certainly hope you can beat the cable company's HD offerings because I have a motorola one and they suck. 1 in 5 shows recorded present hiccups, momentary picture blackouts, or picture/sound synchronization problems. I love the 2 tuners and the HD picture sound performance, but compared to the Tivo that I still use for low def, it sucks. The onscreen menu is sluggish and it even gets to points every couple of weeks where it claims to be recording a program that it is not, in reality, recording. The only way to fix the bug is to hard reboot the box and loose the programming information for 12 hours while it reloads it. Tivo was always like a toaster: you push the button and it works. The Comcast box is like an american car with 150K+ miles: It works sometimes.
Companies(and OSS groups) need to step up (including Tivo) to the challenge of making a good HD capable DVR. They've got at least one customer as soon as an alternative is available.
I've read many articles that you can actually get pretty good attenuation between channels when using channels 1,4,8, and 11. I routinely play traffic cop for the routers in my apartment complex. As we all know, most people leave the default ssid, channel, and no-security settings that routers come with. You can just move access points to a 4 channel schema as much as possible and it will help all parties involved.
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We just need more state power to protect the American people from evil doers...
"Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts against the oppressions of the government. The latter are virtues, yet have furnished more victims to the executioner than the former, because real treasons are rare; oppressions frequent. The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries." --Thomas Jefferson
and of course, the classic solution (look at the poll numbers), throw the bums out...
"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [i.e., securing inherent and inalienable rights, with powers derived from the consent of the governed], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson
I'd better not use AES to encrypt my hard drive or I'd guess they can hold me without charge until the sun burns out.
"a new generation of intelligent radios, combined with equally clever computer networks, is making it possible for anybody to use the airwaves without interfering with anybody else" You're kidding, right? Look at what a mess the 2.4ghz band is. Every cordless phone and nonstandard wireless protocol device (wireless TV repeater from radio shack, etc.) uses it along with 802.11. I run into interference conflicts frequently enough that I still keep my networks wired whenever possible unless it's a laptop. Letting people blast away at 200mw is bad enough, imagine the mess that'll ensue if you do that with higher power transmitters.
Unfortunately, I can't see companies taking on expensive solutions until the address space is effectively exhausted. IP addresses don't work like commodities at the moment, they are rationed by a regulatory agency at a fixed price. When they start getting rare, I for one, would start allocating as many IPs as possible to sublease to the highest bidders. As long as companies can allocate as many IPs as they want a the fixed price, they have no incentive to migrate (save the other, less immediately useful features of IPv6). Maybe we need to set it up so as IPs get more scarce, they get more expensive. We'd then have a smooth (relatively) transition to IPv6 just like the way increasing gas prices will eventually force alternative fuel usage.
I certainly hope you can beat the cable company's HD offerings because I have a motorola one and they suck. 1 in 5 shows recorded present hiccups, momentary picture blackouts, or picture/sound synchronization problems. I love the 2 tuners and the HD picture sound performance, but compared to the Tivo that I still use for low def, it sucks. The onscreen menu is sluggish and it even gets to points every couple of weeks where it claims to be recording a program that it is not, in reality, recording. The only way to fix the bug is to hard reboot the box and loose the programming information for 12 hours while it reloads it. Tivo was always like a toaster: you push the button and it works. The Comcast box is like an american car with 150K+ miles: It works sometimes. Companies(and OSS groups) need to step up (including Tivo) to the challenge of making a good HD capable DVR. They've got at least one customer as soon as an alternative is available.
I've read many articles that you can actually get pretty good attenuation between channels when using channels 1,4,8, and 11. I routinely play traffic cop for the routers in my apartment complex. As we all know, most people leave the default ssid, channel, and no-security settings that routers come with. You can just move access points to a 4 channel schema as much as possible and it will help all parties involved.