I don't have to worry about the baby monitor part.. ours are in the 434MHz range, and I know that because I can hear the remote start signal every time I remote start or lock/unlock the doors lol
I have.. I can't watch Hulu or anything in the kitchen while I'm waiting for something to microwave. The signal just craps out (stays connected, but there's just too much noise over the signal). That's even with the router less than 25' away down stairs, though the microwave would be about 10' away.
Sorry, forgot that yes US Cellular and Metro are CDMA (but I have to say I never mentioned Cricket as that I did remember off of the top of my head.. I listed Immix instead as an example which is GSM)
But there are others (though some may now be acquired or closed up.. no clue) including GCI Wireless, Westlink, and others. The other issue is some of them just have towers they rent to the bigger carriers and get $$ that way, as in not all actually have their own subscribers so it's hard to say:)
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Try to find a local carrier in the area. You may be able to find US Cellular, Metro PCS, or something along those lines.
The reason I recommend looking into them is with a lot of those companies you'll get better coverage if they are a local provider as they'll have their own towers in the area (much the same way Immix Wireless does in central and eastern PA). Plus, with a lot of them (just like with AT&T and Verizon) you can get either a pre-paid plan or sign up for a plan without contract since you'll have your own phone. Just get a SIM card from them and go. The other issue you may have is doesn't the iPhones (or at least the newer ones) use the smaller SIM cards? It may mean you'd have to try to trim the card to fit like others have done in the past.
Still your best option is a pre-paid phone, but with a lot of those the "data internet" is really more of a Mobile Web (cut back version)... so keeping your own phone may not be a bad idea. I haven't tried, so I don't know if you stick a Pre-Paid SIM into a regular phone, if it works right. (I know at least on Verizon the "pre-paid" phones have custom firmware that includes the prepaid options).
You could also just do a TracPhone or something along those lines and just stick to calling and texting and forget about the data... save that for uploading pictures/facebook/etc when you're home, or send them over bluetooth to a laptop and upload on a WiFi signal at a coffee shop or some open network you find while you're out there.
A iPhone from over seas may as they use different frequencies for 3G... it's the reason some people who flash a European modem on a Galaxy S loose 3G on AT&T here in the states.
I'm 100% sure I read about this (well 99% sure it was this EXACT thing, with the 1% being someone else paying for kids to not go to school and start a business) RIGHT HERE on slashdot about a year or two ago. I want to call dupe, but the search function isn't really working too well for me right now...
If google were to implement this, how many apps *would* break because of an error on the permissions?
Maybe I'm off base on this, but if I am please correct me... It's like if Linux didn't have file system permissions the way it does now.. let's say you could write anywhere without any restrictions, and then suddenly there's an update that locked down the file system with permissions the way they are currently. Since the existing applications would try to write to where ever they would normally write, they'd hit errors.. and since the applications weren't written to handle those errors correctly, I'm guessing they would crash or hang.
It goes along with this comment in the summary: "Users are warned that enabling this feature on the nightly build may cause applications to crash or 'force close', but a new dialog allows them to easily return the permissions to stock if they wish"
Here's an example... the one Fedora box I have access to at a local college doesn't have any developer tools installed (no gcc, etc) and I only have regular user access. I can't rpm to install screen, etc. So I setup the same version of Fedora in a VM on my laptop and downloaded the screen source, and compiled it. I then took the binary and using a PHP script on the school box, uploaded screen to an area I had write access. I then moved it into my home folder. I went to run screen, but it crashed as it couldn't make it's socket file in the normal location as I didn't have permission. I had to go back to the VM, and set the flag for configure to tell it to use my ~ directory instead. Then it worked.
What are the chances if Google did implement this, many of the existing applications would force close/hang/crash like the quote says BECAUSE of the change in permissions the applications weren't designed to handle/work around? I'm not saying the applications SHOULD or NEED to have access to half the stuff most of them do request, but should you block one the application "needs", is it still going to run correctly? While I *love* the idea, it sounds like any initial releases of the Android OS that include such a feature will cause a lot of issues with existing applications, which would require a massive amount of updates from the developers. (and again, maybe I'm wrong on this.. and if so please set me straight:) )
I don't believe the OP you replied to even mentioned one word about Microsoft in any way.. so I'm pretty sure it was YOU that just made an ass out of yourself...
Just went to download Kbuntu as I haven't used a KDE environment for a while, and figured I'd stick it on an older laptop. I hit up the download page, and after selecting the version and 32-bit, I click "Begin Download" in Chrome.. and nothing happens!
Couldn't they just search for the most common locations of the superuser app, or watch to see if a superuser app pid comes up? I mean it wouldn't be that hard to find out if the phone has been rooted
You're an idiot.. you can rent movies/use Netflix on a rooted or non-rooted Android. Just like you can use Netflix on a non-jail broken iPhone.
The issue is the studios and the license for the Movie Market. Just like Netflix doesn't *always* have the same movies.. they get added and removed as the license agreements with the studios change/expire, etc.
Did a search, found nothing at all that mentions that (and if an ABS sensor malfunctions, the ABS system shuts down, but you still have your normal breaking system like on any car without ABS
"or the engine cutting out (leading to a loss of power steering)"
Big deal. It's not hard to steer a car without power steering. In fact, the faster you're moving the easier. Power steering really only helps when you're not moving or moving very slowly.
"anti-lock brake systems failing when near powerful transmitters"
The only thing I could really find was from Clemson University:
"Early ABS systems on both aircraft and automobiles were susceptible to EMI. Accidents occurred when brakes functioned improperly because EMI disrupted the ABS control system"... "For automobile systems, the solution was to ensure, if EMI occurred, that the ABS system degrade gracefully to normal braking -- essentially an automatic version of the aircraft manual switch. Eventually, automobile ABS was qualified by EMI testing prior to procurement." http://www.cvel.clemson.edu/pdf/nasa-rp1374.pdf , NASA Reference Publication 1374
I think more of what you said is hysteria, or you've never had a motor die for whatever reason while you're driving (which I have)
That's like saying since I use Google Talk to send messages to my friends instead of texting, I should be charged more. Bullshit. I'm paying for the data plan, I should be able to send messages over it as I see fit. That's the whole point of HAVING a data plan. What if the next step is to charge you for every facebook update/message because it's causing people to text less? Obviously, (at least in the US) the insane fees the carriers charge for texting is no longer as viable as what they use to be able to pull off, and people have wised up.
It's kind of like in Canada... CD sales were dropping, so the recording industry claims it's because of the sale of CD-R's. To make up for the "loss" of a dying sales method, they convince the government to impose a tax on every blank CD sold, no matter what was actually being burned onto the disc (you pay if you copy a CD, you pay if you're using it for data back-up, etc).
It's them being greedy, point blank. Just as if my carrier were to decide to not only use my minutes when I call/receive a call using Google Voice, but to ALSO charge me per minute for the duration I'm using the Google Voice service. In a way, it's kind of like double charging (as in you paid for the data plan, why should sending a message over that cost *anything* extra vs loading a web page, watching a youtube video, etc, etc)
It's 85Megs (windows x64 installer).. unless they cut out a lot of standard apps as well, I think there's something else to it. Maybe I'm wrong and it is just a custom done ROM, as I'm use to the Galaxy S ROMs (which typically are 130-200MB)
"I don't own a smartphone. don't have any plans to, either. saves me $100/mo, give or take; and no privacy to be taken away. no searches by cops/tsa/anyoneElse. no history to grab from me. no location data, either."
Sure there is if you have a regular "dumb" phone.. call logs, text logs, GPS information (either on the phone or from the cell provider's records) even if the phone doesn't have an actual GPS receiver.. they can figure out based on triangulation from the towers in the area.
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Nope, I have an Android phone :)
I don't have to worry about the baby monitor part.. ours are in the 434MHz range, and I know that because I can hear the remote start signal every time I remote start or lock/unlock the doors lol
I have.. I can't watch Hulu or anything in the kitchen while I'm waiting for something to microwave. The signal just craps out (stays connected, but there's just too much noise over the signal). That's even with the router less than 25' away down stairs, though the microwave would be about 10' away.
So when it hits 3.1.1 is when it starts supporting Networking, right?
Sorry, forgot that yes US Cellular and Metro are CDMA (but I have to say I never mentioned Cricket as that I did remember off of the top of my head.. I listed Immix instead as an example which is GSM)
But there are others (though some may now be acquired or closed up.. no clue) including GCI Wireless, Westlink, and others. The other issue is some of them just have towers they rent to the bigger carriers and get $$ that way, as in not all actually have their own subscribers so it's hard to say :)
(Edit to add to earlier comment)
I guess a WIN for Chrome!
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Try to find a local carrier in the area. You may be able to find US Cellular, Metro PCS, or something along those lines.
The reason I recommend looking into them is with a lot of those companies you'll get better coverage if they are a local provider as they'll have their own towers in the area (much the same way Immix Wireless does in central and eastern PA). Plus, with a lot of them (just like with AT&T and Verizon) you can get either a pre-paid plan or sign up for a plan without contract since you'll have your own phone. Just get a SIM card from them and go. The other issue you may have is doesn't the iPhones (or at least the newer ones) use the smaller SIM cards? It may mean you'd have to try to trim the card to fit like others have done in the past.
Still your best option is a pre-paid phone, but with a lot of those the "data internet" is really more of a Mobile Web (cut back version)... so keeping your own phone may not be a bad idea. I haven't tried, so I don't know if you stick a Pre-Paid SIM into a regular phone, if it works right. (I know at least on Verizon the "pre-paid" phones have custom firmware that includes the prepaid options).
You could also just do a TracPhone or something along those lines and just stick to calling and texting and forget about the data... save that for uploading pictures/facebook/etc when you're home, or send them over bluetooth to a laptop and upload on a WiFi signal at a coffee shop or some open network you find while you're out there.
A iPhone from over seas may as they use different frequencies for 3G... it's the reason some people who flash a European modem on a Galaxy S loose 3G on AT&T here in the states.
Wow.. if you mean the Triumph then I guess the SR-71 was a lot slower than we had all guessed!
I'm 100% sure I read about this (well 99% sure it was this EXACT thing, with the 1% being someone else paying for kids to not go to school and start a business) RIGHT HERE on slashdot about a year or two ago. I want to call dupe, but the search function isn't really working too well for me right now...
If google were to implement this, how many apps *would* break because of an error on the permissions?
Maybe I'm off base on this, but if I am please correct me... It's like if Linux didn't have file system permissions the way it does now.. let's say you could write anywhere without any restrictions, and then suddenly there's an update that locked down the file system with permissions the way they are currently. Since the existing applications would try to write to where ever they would normally write, they'd hit errors.. and since the applications weren't written to handle those errors correctly, I'm guessing they would crash or hang.
It goes along with this comment in the summary:
"Users are warned that enabling this feature on the nightly build may cause applications to crash or 'force close', but a new dialog allows them to easily return the permissions to stock if they wish"
Here's an example... the one Fedora box I have access to at a local college doesn't have any developer tools installed (no gcc, etc) and I only have regular user access. I can't rpm to install screen, etc. So I setup the same version of Fedora in a VM on my laptop and downloaded the screen source, and compiled it. I then took the binary and using a PHP script on the school box, uploaded screen to an area I had write access. I then moved it into my home folder. I went to run screen, but it crashed as it couldn't make it's socket file in the normal location as I didn't have permission. I had to go back to the VM, and set the flag for configure to tell it to use my ~ directory instead. Then it worked.
What are the chances if Google did implement this, many of the existing applications would force close/hang/crash like the quote says BECAUSE of the change in permissions the applications weren't designed to handle/work around? I'm not saying the applications SHOULD or NEED to have access to half the stuff most of them do request, but should you block one the application "needs", is it still going to run correctly? While I *love* the idea, it sounds like any initial releases of the Android OS that include such a feature will cause a lot of issues with existing applications, which would require a massive amount of updates from the developers. (and again, maybe I'm wrong on this.. and if so please set me straight :) )
I don't believe the OP you replied to even mentioned one word about Microsoft in any way.. so I'm pretty sure it was YOU that just made an ass out of yourself...
Just went to download Kbuntu as I haven't used a KDE environment for a while, and figured I'd stick it on an older laptop. I hit up the download page, and after selecting the version and 32-bit, I click "Begin Download" in Chrome.. and nothing happens!
Couldn't they just search for the most common locations of the superuser app, or watch to see if a superuser app pid comes up? I mean it wouldn't be that hard to find out if the phone has been rooted
Netflix.. seeing how it runs on a lot of Bluray players, TV's, phones, etc that use Linux at the core....
You're an idiot.. you can rent movies/use Netflix on a rooted or non-rooted Android. Just like you can use Netflix on a non-jail broken iPhone.
The issue is the studios and the license for the Movie Market. Just like Netflix doesn't *always* have the same movies.. they get added and removed as the license agreements with the studios change/expire, etc.
Just read this article here for a freakin idea of how the studios control the show:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/23/netflix-loses-dexter-californication_n_839577.html
"sensor malfunctions leading to brakes seizing"
Did a search, found nothing at all that mentions that (and if an ABS sensor malfunctions, the ABS system shuts down, but you still have your normal breaking system like on any car without ABS
"or the engine cutting out (leading to a loss of power steering)"
Big deal. It's not hard to steer a car without power steering. In fact, the faster you're moving the easier. Power steering really only helps when you're not moving or moving very slowly.
"anti-lock brake systems failing when near powerful transmitters"
The only thing I could really find was from Clemson University:
"Early ABS systems on both aircraft and automobiles were susceptible to EMI. Accidents occurred when brakes functioned improperly because EMI disrupted the ABS control system" ... "For automobile systems, the solution was to ensure, if EMI occurred, that the ABS system degrade gracefully to normal braking -- essentially an automatic version of the aircraft manual switch. Eventually, automobile ABS was qualified by EMI testing prior to procurement."
http://www.cvel.clemson.edu/pdf/nasa-rp1374.pdf , NASA Reference Publication 1374
I think more of what you said is hysteria, or you've never had a motor die for whatever reason while you're driving (which I have)
One where the IDE/coding work is being done... :)
And the second one to google to your coding issue and/or finding sample code you can build on
Well that at least applies to a chunk of "web developers" out there....
That's like saying since I use Google Talk to send messages to my friends instead of texting, I should be charged more. Bullshit. I'm paying for the data plan, I should be able to send messages over it as I see fit. That's the whole point of HAVING a data plan. What if the next step is to charge you for every facebook update/message because it's causing people to text less? Obviously, (at least in the US) the insane fees the carriers charge for texting is no longer as viable as what they use to be able to pull off, and people have wised up.
It's kind of like in Canada... CD sales were dropping, so the recording industry claims it's because of the sale of CD-R's. To make up for the "loss" of a dying sales method, they convince the government to impose a tax on every blank CD sold, no matter what was actually being burned onto the disc (you pay if you copy a CD, you pay if you're using it for data back-up, etc).
It's them being greedy, point blank. Just as if my carrier were to decide to not only use my minutes when I call/receive a call using Google Voice, but to ALSO charge me per minute for the duration I'm using the Google Voice service. In a way, it's kind of like double charging (as in you paid for the data plan, why should sending a message over that cost *anything* extra vs loading a web page, watching a youtube video, etc, etc)
It's 85Megs (windows x64 installer).. unless they cut out a lot of standard apps as well, I think there's something else to it. Maybe I'm wrong and it is just a custom done ROM, as I'm use to the Galaxy S ROMs (which typically are 130-200MB)
Actually.. Angry Birds on the Wii doesn't sound like too bad of an idea. :)
And I'm pretty sure they'll say "Geez.. this guy doesn't look anything like the guy on the surveillance tape..."
"I don't own a smartphone. don't have any plans to, either. saves me $100/mo, give or take; and no privacy to be taken away. no searches by cops/tsa/anyoneElse. no history to grab from me. no location data, either."
Sure there is if you have a regular "dumb" phone.. call logs, text logs, GPS information (either on the phone or from the cell provider's records) even if the phone doesn't have an actual GPS receiver.. they can figure out based on triangulation from the towers in the area.
Or vice versa (Xterra as Escape)