We have a Five Guys in my city in Saskatchewan now, and it's pretty good, but I still get a double-double animal style from In-N-Out every time I get to San Diego.
My statistics professor called these "lurking variables". Something might exist to cause both elements in a correlative relationship, but if it's not being considered in the analysis, the analysis of the correlation will be misleading. Yours is a great example.
You got a car a long time ago, and didn't really use it much. You still have it. It still works perfectly. And you now need to use it a lot, so you plan to do so. However, you find out that while it cost you only a few tens of thousands of dollars to buy it, it's now a valuable valuable car on the open market and you could get a billion dollars for it.
Meanwhile, you can acquire the "new" car for a fraction of that cost. There's a learning curve, but you can afford to buy a lot of professional help and even build a fancy new garage for your new car with the billion dollars of cash you got selling your old car.
Alas, you may only have a couple of years that this old car is worth so much. If you wait long, your value will plummet as everyone expects to be able to use the new roads.
Of course it's easier to use the/8 of IPv4 IPs they have... but their huge market value today may not last. A billion pounds (not dollars, so it's more money than I was saying in my analogy) would pay for a lot of problems to be solved.
I assume you're joking, but in case you're not, typewriter ribbons are still easy to get (and are reinkable) and quite inexpensive. They also have a pretty lengthy lifespan.
That's analogous to wishing we still used 4- or 5-digit phone numbers because 10-, 11- and 12-digit numbers are too hard.:)
Interestingly, phone number length is becoming a non-issue because it seems most users program numbers into their mobile phones and use the programmed list instead of memorizing the numbers.
Give us a few years and I'm quite confident no one will worry about how long an IPv6 IP is. That's what DNS is for - to make it so that you can find it with an easy-to-remember name.
Use radvd instead of DHCP6. That way IP addresses are predictable and unique, as long as you use/64 subnets which is standard practice with IPv6.
You can take a machine's MAC address and predict its IPv6 suffix perfectly. Add it to your/64's prefix and you know your IP. radvd and your clients will figure the same IP out on their own.
The solution, then, is probably to fly using airlines that have power outlets for your gear. Demand it, and we'll get it. As I said, some airlines already provide it.
In any event, the likely more rapid charging that we'd get at an airport using a proper power cord is useful enough. We just need AC outlets. Luckily, more and more airports are providing them.
I fly only 25,000 miles a year, but I've never had to charge a phone at an airport. A little forward planning (i.e. charging your phone the night before you fly) solves the problem nicely.
If I scramble for an electrical outlet, it's for my netbook, not my tablet or phone. And even there, a lot of airlines have aircraft with charging points (Air Canada even has AC and USB charging outlets in economy class on its mainline aircraft).
I just toss my phone into the cradle I bought for it. It's far easier to line up than a naked connector, and as a bonus, I have a hardware audio connection with my phone as a result.
This isn't the most massive surprise. I run 32-bit Linux on 64-bit processors in some cases. If the machine has 4 GB or less RAM (and in some cases, 64-bit machines have a maximum RAM capacity of 4 GB anyway), then there is no point in running a 64-bit distribution. Executable files are slightly larger and there is no speed gain.
Of course, if you have a 64-bit CPU and your machine has or can accept more than 4 GB RAM (and in the latter case, you plan to expand it to 8 GB or more at some point), it makes sense to start with 64-bit installs at the beginning. Yes, you could use a 32-bit install with a PAE kernel but it seems more sensible to me in that case to just use 64-bit Linux to begin with.
Also, the points made above that Debian is not bleeding edge and that people often run Linux on older hardware are absolutely valid.
I'm not the most current person, but my most modern two machines are an i7 and a Core 2 Quad. The latter is maxed out at 4 GB and so runs a 32-bit distro. The i7 has 8 GB so it runs a 64-bit. The server is an old PIII that is doing just fine on 32-bit, and the netbook is an N270 Atom so again, 32-bit.
Debt is lower, unemployment is lower. Some of the country (particularly Alberta and Saskatchewan) are still booming. Saskatchewan saw a 15% increase in real estate prices year-over-year 2011 to 2012, despite significant increases since 2008.
There are rumblings of real estate price adjustments in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec but they will not be close to the degree of adjustments that California, Arizona and Florida experienced.
Currently Canadian average wealth per capita and GDP per capita exceed the US's. That is likely to revert to its normal (slightly below the US's figures) but not today. Hardly evidence of a weaker economy in Canada.
My city (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) has an apartment vacancy rate of 0.8% (i.e. 99.2% occupancy rate). A 95% occupancy rate (i.e. 5% vacancy rate) is considered to be very, very favourable to tenants. 2-3% vacancy is neutral from what I understand.
You missed Saskatchewan, which has an economy nearly as strong as Alberta's and stronger than all the remaining provinces, and has a diverse economy compared to Alberta. We need oil, gas, potash, uranium, wheat, barley, canola, and pulse crops to die simultaneously to be in complete trouble.
Or putting up more towers, and shrinking the "cells" that the sites cover. More towers = more frequent reuse of frequencies = denser service and more bandwidth. But it costs a lot more money and takes a lot more work than just turning off the 2G service.
3G GSM (i.e. UMTS, HSPA, etc.) fully support simultaneous voice and data. I can say this equivocally because my provider (SaskTel) has no 2G GSM coverage, and it works for me.
GPRS and EDGE, the 2G GSM technologies for data, definitely are paused when you make a voice call. However, with UMTS/HSPA/etc. (i.e. 3G GSM), whether your network has 2G service or not, you can use voice and data simultaneously. Data will slow down to UMTS speeds, but it will continue to flow.
And the other advantage is that you can change phones at will with GSM/UMTS, and you can't easily with CDMA/IS-95/EvDO/etc. If I'm going somewhere where I don't want to risk damaging my fancy Android or iOS phone, I can throw my SIM into an older, cheaper phone and still have telephone service. With the competing standard I have to call my provider and they might charge me for the privilege.
It also makes it nearly impossible for cellular carriers to prohibit you from bringing your own device. Imagine if Internet service providers insisted that you buy your computer from them, and only their computer would work. I want the freedom to choose my own device if I want. GSM/UMTS permits that. I just have to ensure that the frequencies and technologies I need are supported in the phone I choose.
How did you connect it? You need the 5-pin video cable to give you a composite video output. The RCA jack is actually for output for an external RF modulator.
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Harvey's was great, until they ruined their fries by battering them. Haven't been back since.
We have a Five Guys in my city in Saskatchewan now, and it's pretty good, but I still get a double-double animal style from In-N-Out every time I get to San Diego.
Cellular spectrum is a far more precious resource than wired bandwidth, so I'd expect some cost differences.
My statistics professor called these "lurking variables". Something might exist to cause both elements in a correlative relationship, but if it's not being considered in the analysis, the analysis of the correlation will be misleading. Yours is a great example.
The counter-analogy:
You got a car a long time ago, and didn't really use it much. You still have it. It still works perfectly. And you now need to use it a lot, so you plan to do so. However, you find out that while it cost you only a few tens of thousands of dollars to buy it, it's now a valuable valuable car on the open market and you could get a billion dollars for it.
Meanwhile, you can acquire the "new" car for a fraction of that cost. There's a learning curve, but you can afford to buy a lot of professional help and even build a fancy new garage for your new car with the billion dollars of cash you got selling your old car.
Alas, you may only have a couple of years that this old car is worth so much. If you wait long, your value will plummet as everyone expects to be able to use the new roads.
Of course it's easier to use the /8 of IPv4 IPs they have... but their huge market value today may not last. A billion pounds (not dollars, so it's more money than I was saying in my analogy) would pay for a lot of problems to be solved.
Because you can sell them for $1.6 billion US (1 billion pounds)?
I assume you're joking, but in case you're not, typewriter ribbons are still easy to get (and are reinkable) and quite inexpensive. They also have a pretty lengthy lifespan.
That's analogous to wishing we still used 4- or 5-digit phone numbers because 10-, 11- and 12-digit numbers are too hard. :)
Interestingly, phone number length is becoming a non-issue because it seems most users program numbers into their mobile phones and use the programmed list instead of memorizing the numbers.
Give us a few years and I'm quite confident no one will worry about how long an IPv6 IP is. That's what DNS is for - to make it so that you can find it with an easy-to-remember name.
Use radvd instead of DHCP6. That way IP addresses are predictable and unique, as long as you use /64 subnets which is standard practice with IPv6.
You can take a machine's MAC address and predict its IPv6 suffix perfectly. Add it to your /64's prefix and you know your IP. radvd and your clients will figure the same IP out on their own.
The solution, then, is probably to fly using airlines that have power outlets for your gear. Demand it, and we'll get it. As I said, some airlines already provide it.
In any event, the likely more rapid charging that we'd get at an airport using a proper power cord is useful enough. We just need AC outlets. Luckily, more and more airports are providing them.
I fly only 25,000 miles a year, but I've never had to charge a phone at an airport. A little forward planning (i.e. charging your phone the night before you fly) solves the problem nicely.
If I scramble for an electrical outlet, it's for my netbook, not my tablet or phone. And even there, a lot of airlines have aircraft with charging points (Air Canada even has AC and USB charging outlets in economy class on its mainline aircraft).
I just toss my phone into the cradle I bought for it. It's far easier to line up than a naked connector, and as a bonus, I have a hardware audio connection with my phone as a result.
Interestingly, temporary fads and radical, non-thought-out movements have been passed as constitutional amendments. Prohibition comes to mind.
This isn't the most massive surprise. I run 32-bit Linux on 64-bit processors in some cases. If the machine has 4 GB or less RAM (and in some cases, 64-bit machines have a maximum RAM capacity of 4 GB anyway), then there is no point in running a 64-bit distribution. Executable files are slightly larger and there is no speed gain.
Of course, if you have a 64-bit CPU and your machine has or can accept more than 4 GB RAM (and in the latter case, you plan to expand it to 8 GB or more at some point), it makes sense to start with 64-bit installs at the beginning. Yes, you could use a 32-bit install with a PAE kernel but it seems more sensible to me in that case to just use 64-bit Linux to begin with.
Also, the points made above that Debian is not bleeding edge and that people often run Linux on older hardware are absolutely valid.
I'm not the most current person, but my most modern two machines are an i7 and a Core 2 Quad. The latter is maxed out at 4 GB and so runs a 32-bit distro. The i7 has 8 GB so it runs a 64-bit. The server is an old PIII that is doing just fine on 32-bit, and the netbook is an N270 Atom so again, 32-bit.
Shipping doesn't count - so my street price was $35 Canadian, which is about $34.65 US.
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What's worse about the Canadian economy?
Debt is lower, unemployment is lower. Some of the country (particularly Alberta and Saskatchewan) are still booming. Saskatchewan saw a 15% increase in real estate prices year-over-year 2011 to 2012, despite significant increases since 2008.
There are rumblings of real estate price adjustments in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec but they will not be close to the degree of adjustments that California, Arizona and Florida experienced.
Currently Canadian average wealth per capita and GDP per capita exceed the US's. That is likely to revert to its normal (slightly below the US's figures) but not today. Hardly evidence of a weaker economy in Canada.
My city (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) has an apartment vacancy rate of 0.8% (i.e. 99.2% occupancy rate). A 95% occupancy rate (i.e. 5% vacancy rate) is considered to be very, very favourable to tenants. 2-3% vacancy is neutral from what I understand.
You missed Saskatchewan, which has an economy nearly as strong as Alberta's and stronger than all the remaining provinces, and has a diverse economy compared to Alberta. We need oil, gas, potash, uranium, wheat, barley, canola, and pulse crops to die simultaneously to be in complete trouble.
True, but while you can dry and probably read a slightly moistened book, slightly moistened Kindles rarely power up again.
Or putting up more towers, and shrinking the "cells" that the sites cover. More towers = more frequent reuse of frequencies = denser service and more bandwidth. But it costs a lot more money and takes a lot more work than just turning off the 2G service.
3G GSM (i.e. UMTS, HSPA, etc.) fully support simultaneous voice and data. I can say this equivocally because my provider (SaskTel) has no 2G GSM coverage, and it works for me.
GPRS and EDGE, the 2G GSM technologies for data, definitely are paused when you make a voice call. However, with UMTS/HSPA/etc. (i.e. 3G GSM), whether your network has 2G service or not, you can use voice and data simultaneously. Data will slow down to UMTS speeds, but it will continue to flow.
Sounds to me like it's a CDMA-TDMA hybrid, since it uses elements of both.
And the other advantage is that you can change phones at will with GSM/UMTS, and you can't easily with CDMA/IS-95/EvDO/etc. If I'm going somewhere where I don't want to risk damaging my fancy Android or iOS phone, I can throw my SIM into an older, cheaper phone and still have telephone service. With the competing standard I have to call my provider and they might charge me for the privilege.
It also makes it nearly impossible for cellular carriers to prohibit you from bringing your own device. Imagine if Internet service providers insisted that you buy your computer from them, and only their computer would work. I want the freedom to choose my own device if I want. GSM/UMTS permits that. I just have to ensure that the frequencies and technologies I need are supported in the phone I choose.
How did you connect it? You need the 5-pin video cable to give you a composite video output. The RCA jack is actually for output for an external RF modulator.