Parent misses the point the article made regarding property rights. If every segment of the spectrum is owned by someone (be they corporation, military, or individual), then conflicts work themselves out naturally, just like conflicts over land. Since everyone wants real estate in downtown LA, the land goes to the highest bidder. Likewise, the most valuable spectrum space will go to the highest bidder - the one who can make the best use of it. This is basic economics. And just like land, enforcement is automatic and cheap for the taxpayers: if someone is broadcasting on your spectrum, you take them to court.
Avoiding confusion during privatization is as simple as giving permanent rights to frequency to whoever currently holds the temporary license to that band. In the long run, this actually increases stability because it means the FCC cannot revoke a provider's license at will.
This is just basic economics and should not be that hard to understand.
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P=NP ?
Solving the above (especially the first two) will have immediate positive impact on society
Not if P!=NP...then we're screwed forever
Parent misses the point the article made regarding property rights. If every segment of the spectrum is owned by someone (be they corporation, military, or individual), then conflicts work themselves out naturally, just like conflicts over land. Since everyone wants real estate in downtown LA, the land goes to the highest bidder. Likewise, the most valuable spectrum space will go to the highest bidder - the one who can make the best use of it. This is basic economics. And just like land, enforcement is automatic and cheap for the taxpayers: if someone is broadcasting on your spectrum, you take them to court. Avoiding confusion during privatization is as simple as giving permanent rights to frequency to whoever currently holds the temporary license to that band. In the long run, this actually increases stability because it means the FCC cannot revoke a provider's license at will. This is just basic economics and should not be that hard to understand.
Ouch...in that case the solution is shutdown -r, open CD drive, insert Mandrake disk 1...
/obvious
Start->Run..., shutdown -a will cancel the reboot.
Works for Blaster, Sasser etc also.