Ok, but what is a "reasonable speed limit"? And why is it based only on the design of the road?
Certainly the design is important - good sight lines, no pedestrians, no way for slow moving vehicles to suddenly slow, no chance of traffic light change. But I think there are other factors that affect the speed limit. Three quick examples:
Vehicle: A reasonable speed limit in a 2010 Mustang is a lot higher than one for a 1998 Ford Explorer with Firestone tires or for an 18-wheeler.
Weather: A reasonable speed when it is dry and light without direct sunlight is higher than what it would be in the rain at night.
Traffic: How much space is there between you and the car in front of you, and the car behind you?
Obviously intelligent, reasonable people are capable of making these decisions for themselves. Unfortunately, such people are also rare, so the nanny state sets a speed limit based on some pessimistic-average-case scenario.
Just don't forget the overhead to split every file into 25 MB chunks before storing... (according to the wikipedia article linked, 25 MB cap on file size).
25 MB ought to be enough for anyone, especially people working with 1080p video.
What you are describing is basically the situation faced by every conference with more than a few hundred people. Everything is fine when you are in break-out rooms or smaller sessions, but put everyone together in a ballroom, add a boring keynote speaker (probability: high), and wireless becomes unusable. Especially geek conferences when every person in the room has a laptop and a iPhone. Or two.
The usual solution is large numbers of WAPs and let the proles self-regulate which WAP they connect to: if they can't get one one, they'll try, try again until the connect.
Also of note is a discrepancy in the reported sample size, with USA Today stating the results are based upon input from 595 companies while the Business Journal reports that over 950 companies participated.
"If the chipmakers violated their licenses, they have broken the law..."
I think this is the operative point. The offending companies (allegedly) broke they contract they had. The fact that the technology is related to movie "piracy" is anecodotal at best.
These manufacturer's are not being held accountable for the actions of their users - they are being held accountable for selling technology to groups they were specifically told not to sell it to. Whether or not you, I, or they agree with the terms in the contracts is irrelevant - they are still the terms of the contract.
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Ok, but what is a "reasonable speed limit"? And why is it based only on the design of the road? Certainly the design is important - good sight lines, no pedestrians, no way for slow moving vehicles to suddenly slow, no chance of traffic light change. But I think there are other factors that affect the speed limit. Three quick examples: Vehicle: A reasonable speed limit in a 2010 Mustang is a lot higher than one for a 1998 Ford Explorer with Firestone tires or for an 18-wheeler. Weather: A reasonable speed when it is dry and light without direct sunlight is higher than what it would be in the rain at night. Traffic: How much space is there between you and the car in front of you, and the car behind you? Obviously intelligent, reasonable people are capable of making these decisions for themselves. Unfortunately, such people are also rare, so the nanny state sets a speed limit based on some pessimistic-average-case scenario.
Just don't forget the overhead to split every file into 25 MB chunks before storing... (according to the wikipedia article linked, 25 MB cap on file size). 25 MB ought to be enough for anyone, especially people working with 1080p video.
What you are describing is basically the situation faced by every conference with more than a few hundred people. Everything is fine when you are in break-out rooms or smaller sessions, but put everyone together in a ballroom, add a boring keynote speaker (probability: high), and wireless becomes unusable. Especially geek conferences when every person in the room has a laptop and a iPhone. Or two. The usual solution is large numbers of WAPs and let the proles self-regulate which WAP they connect to: if they can't get one one, they'll try, try again until the connect.
The fear of punishment? Tanks?
Also of note is a discrepancy in the reported sample size, with USA Today stating the results are based upon input from 595 companies while the Business Journal reports that over 950 companies participated.
The 950 number is the correct one, according to the AON Press Release and the (AON-owned) Radford Surveys benchmark study overview.
Not sure where USA Today found their numbers...
"If the chipmakers violated their licenses, they have broken the law..."
I think this is the operative point. The offending companies (allegedly) broke they contract they had. The fact that the technology is related to movie "piracy" is anecodotal at best.
These manufacturer's are not being held accountable for the actions of their users - they are being held accountable for selling technology to groups they were specifically told not to sell it to. Whether or not you, I, or they agree with the terms in the contracts is irrelevant - they are still the terms of the contract.
Actually, when it comes to Olympic basketball, I believe it would be accurate to say that the US is ownd3d by Puerto Rico.
92-73?