Since AT&T was restricted from selling products not directly related to telephones or telecommunications, they released it to anyone who asked for a nominal license fee.
It's interesting how AT&T couldn't support it for this reason, because today, UNIX is at the heart of both iOS and Android, which run some of today's most popular telephones.
Interestingly, I work at a major operating research lab with two of the world's fastest supercomputers, and yes, I do transfer and work with several gigabytes of data per day. I don't use the Internet to transfer this to my home Comcast connection, however, which I can verify is only 150 GB/month not 5000.
I'm still not sure what the problem is here? I watch most of my TV online via Hulu, Netflix, and a variety of other means. And I have Comcast High-Speed Internet with a 150 GB/month bandwidth cap. I have yet to even come close to passing that threshold, and Comcast has never complained to me about bandwidth usage. And I thought I was a "heavy user". Which leads me to believe that the true "heaviest users" must really be sucking up some serious bandwidth -- these are probably all the guys starting and hosting torrents, though,. ..
I dumped my 27" CRT when I moved from Pittsburgh to Knoxville because I didn't want to move it. I did buy a 40" LCD TV down here, but apparently, like most other Slashdotters, it's connected to my computer most of the time via HDMI. I watch most of my shows online via Hulu, Netflix, or other sites. I do have Limited Basic Cable, which is nice for things like sports. But overall, I spend most of my time doing other, more productive things instead of watching the endless stream of pure and complete garbage that is put out these days. Growing up, my family had cable and kept the TV on pretty much most of the day. Even back then (mostly back in the 1980s and 90s), it was barely tolerable.
I was watching an old episode of Star Trek: TNG (on netflix... on a computer!) and they had revived some cryogenically frozen people from the year 2000 who were shocked that nobody watched TV anymore. One of the cast members explained to them gently that TV had been a entertainment fad, and died out as a passtime by 2040.
To be fair, if we had HoloDecks today, I wouldn't watch any TV, either,. . .;-)
It is interesting how many people seem to see big businesses and major corporations. They have huge advertising budgets, and thanks to that, you see their logo EVERYWHERE. And they do employ a lot of people, at home and abroad, and support the development of great products (be they actual tangible products like the iPhone or Kindle, or more of a service, like Facebook. That being said, the backbone of any modern economy still lies in small businesses. And the big ones do support the little guys. Look at Apple's App Store, for example. Of the thousands of apps on there, how many of those apps were created and marketed by a small company of less than 100-200 people (or even how many apps were put out by a one-man-shop)? Remember also, that many of these big corporate giants started as small businesses -- Apple and HP both started in a garage in silicon valley.
Don't forget, this little ship would be getting its internet access from the United States, too. It would be rather easy for authorities to shut that off. I suppose they could rig something up with wi-fi, but that could be jammed quite easily, too; or those offering the wi-fi could have their internet access shut off as well.
On the other end of I-40, in eastern Tennessee, you can visit another major Manhattan Project site. There is the American Museum of Science and Energy in town, and you can also tour the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home of the Graphite Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source, among other things. Also, within an hour's drive away is Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, with all sorts of fun attractions (though mostly non-science-based).
Not sure about that. I have Comcast with 15 MBPS down/3 MBPS up and a download cap at 150 GB/month. I also have my PC connected to my 40" television using HDMI, and most of the TV I watch is streamed from the Internet, with a couple of torrents. Have been doing this for most of the year, and I have yet to even come close to the download cap. Granted, I typically don't watch sports over the Internet because I use either local stations through the limited basic cable I have, or go to a sports bar. Still, I probably stream more shows than the "average user".
Yes, there is a lot more game software for OS X now, and Steam supports both Windows and OS X. Plus, if you purchase a Windows game and there's an OS X version available, many times they'll let you download both for one price. Still, if you're a die-hard gamer, Windows is still your best bet.
That's because programmers have no people skills. They are not good at dealing with people. So they have to hire people with people skills to talk to the customer so the software engineers don't have to. What in the hell is wrong with you people?
"I'm going to need you to come in tomorrow,. . . AHHHHH! YEAAAAHHHHH! . . . OOOOOOK! Yeah, we, uh, lost a few people so we need to play a little catch-up, ALRIIIIIGHT! Oh, oh, and I almost forgot! I need you to come in on Sunday, as well! YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH! So, if you could come in over the weekend, that'd be GREEEEAAAAAAT! OK! Thanks, Peter!"
"By the way, did you get that memo we sent out this morning?"
Not only are they still in business, but they still have 3.5 million dialup customers! Apparently, the 1% still uses AOL dialup. For once, I feel fortunate to count myself among the 99%.
Would Thomas Jefferson count? Not exactly an engineer, and more of an architect, he is credited with designing quite a few buildings in Colonial Virginia that still stand today, including the Virginia State Capitol, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. Though I think by trade, he was more of a lawyer and a statesman,. ..
As colleges and university Political Science departments decide that perhaps they can attract more students if they renamed their major to "Political Engineering". Sadly, these same people that consider PolySci to be "science" are the same idiots that would consider it to be "engineering" in an attempt to artificially boost their salary above minimum wage and hope for a job that doesn't involve asking people if they want to super-size their order of fries,. ..
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Will they ever name an element Colbertium, after Stephen T. Colbert, DFA?
It's interesting how AT&T couldn't support it for this reason, because today, UNIX is at the heart of both iOS and Android, which run some of today's most popular telephones.
Interestingly, I work at a major operating research lab with two of the world's fastest supercomputers, and yes, I do transfer and work with several gigabytes of data per day. I don't use the Internet to transfer this to my home Comcast connection, however, which I can verify is only 150 GB/month not 5000.
I'm still not sure what the problem is here? I watch most of my TV online via Hulu, Netflix, and a variety of other means. And I have Comcast High-Speed Internet with a 150 GB/month bandwidth cap. I have yet to even come close to passing that threshold, and Comcast has never complained to me about bandwidth usage. And I thought I was a "heavy user". Which leads me to believe that the true "heaviest users" must really be sucking up some serious bandwidth -- these are probably all the guys starting and hosting torrents, though,. . .
I dumped my 27" CRT when I moved from Pittsburgh to Knoxville because I didn't want to move it. I did buy a 40" LCD TV down here, but apparently, like most other Slashdotters, it's connected to my computer most of the time via HDMI. I watch most of my shows online via Hulu, Netflix, or other sites. I do have Limited Basic Cable, which is nice for things like sports. But overall, I spend most of my time doing other, more productive things instead of watching the endless stream of pure and complete garbage that is put out these days. Growing up, my family had cable and kept the TV on pretty much most of the day. Even back then (mostly back in the 1980s and 90s), it was barely tolerable.
To be fair, if we had HoloDecks today, I wouldn't watch any TV, either,. . . ;-)
There is most certainly a use for high-end GPU nVidia cards. Like in supercomputing applications,. . .
Impressive! Imagine what a Beowulf Cluster of these things could . . . wait a minute! This chip IS it's own Beowulf Cluster! =)
Big business can support small business, too. How many small, local restaurants get supplies from Walmart, Sam's Club, or Costco?
Actually, we did back in October. That was also called the line for the iPhone 4S,. . . ;-)
It is interesting how many people seem to see big businesses and major corporations. They have huge advertising budgets, and thanks to that, you see their logo EVERYWHERE. And they do employ a lot of people, at home and abroad, and support the development of great products (be they actual tangible products like the iPhone or Kindle, or more of a service, like Facebook. That being said, the backbone of any modern economy still lies in small businesses. And the big ones do support the little guys. Look at Apple's App Store, for example. Of the thousands of apps on there, how many of those apps were created and marketed by a small company of less than 100-200 people (or even how many apps were put out by a one-man-shop)? Remember also, that many of these big corporate giants started as small businesses -- Apple and HP both started in a garage in silicon valley.
Don't forget, this little ship would be getting its internet access from the United States, too. It would be rather easy for authorities to shut that off. I suppose they could rig something up with wi-fi, but that could be jammed quite easily, too; or those offering the wi-fi could have their internet access shut off as well.
On the other end of I-40, in eastern Tennessee, you can visit another major Manhattan Project site. There is the American Museum of Science and Energy in town, and you can also tour the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home of the Graphite Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source, among other things. Also, within an hour's drive away is Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, with all sorts of fun attractions (though mostly non-science-based).
Strange. If IBM is dying, then why is Warren Buffett investing $10.7 billion in them? Perhaps he knows something that we don't know?
Not sure about that. I have Comcast with 15 MBPS down/3 MBPS up and a download cap at 150 GB/month. I also have my PC connected to my 40" television using HDMI, and most of the TV I watch is streamed from the Internet, with a couple of torrents. Have been doing this for most of the year, and I have yet to even come close to the download cap. Granted, I typically don't watch sports over the Internet because I use either local stations through the limited basic cable I have, or go to a sports bar. Still, I probably stream more shows than the "average user".
Yes, there is a lot more game software for OS X now, and Steam supports both Windows and OS X. Plus, if you purchase a Windows game and there's an OS X version available, many times they'll let you download both for one price. Still, if you're a die-hard gamer, Windows is still your best bet.
You know. I don't like paying bills, so I don't think I'm going to do that, either.
That's because programmers have no people skills. They are not good at dealing with people. So they have to hire people with people skills to talk to the customer so the software engineers don't have to. What in the hell is wrong with you people?
I don't think I'd like another job. So I'm just not going to go anymore.
"By the way, did you get that memo we sent out this morning?"
Windows 2K ~= KDE > XP > XFCE > Window Maker > Gnome > Vista/7 > Any version of OSX > TWM
Or your meds. Seriously, you put OS X behind Windows Vista?!?! Really?
Not only are they still in business, but they still have 3.5 million dialup customers! Apparently, the 1% still uses AOL dialup. For once, I feel fortunate to count myself among the 99%.
But, I am a people person! I am good at dealing with people! What in the hell is wrong with you people?!?!
Would Thomas Jefferson count? Not exactly an engineer, and more of an architect, he is credited with designing quite a few buildings in Colonial Virginia that still stand today, including the Virginia State Capitol, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. Though I think by trade, he was more of a lawyer and a statesman,. . .
As colleges and university Political Science departments decide that perhaps they can attract more students if they renamed their major to "Political Engineering". Sadly, these same people that consider PolySci to be "science" are the same idiots that would consider it to be "engineering" in an attempt to artificially boost their salary above minimum wage and hope for a job that doesn't involve asking people if they want to super-size their order of fries,. . .