Aww, yes... for that large "handheld gaming/gps self-positioning" demographic. Glad that group is good with serial ports, cause they're going to need to fall back on that to get active GPS data to the device.
Maybe a site's popularity isn't defined by the number of inbound links because no matter how many links to your site you have, people still only want to look at things they are interested in. So by defining web popularity not by links, but as "Some internet item people want to find" that means that the more links to an individual site simply lets interested people find that site easier. It would only change the popularity if it's forced on you (like ads) and you become interested by a curious side thought... The more links to a site you have, the more likely interested people will find it.
I foresee no retraining will be necessary. Grandpa's power wheel chair will have a USB plug into the computer. When he's done driving around town cruisin for hot grandmammas, he just plugs his cart in and plays with the chair's controller.
The chances of this happening are inversely proportional to the chances that it will be abused if it does happen. If a major company has a multimillion dollar product on the line, they will do ANYTHING to make sure it gets approved, even if it means sabotaging any method open to the public. It doesn't matter if it's a wiki, a forum or a voting system, they will abuse it because millions (or even billions) could be on the line.
It would not be hard to make a program for a device like this that talked to a GPS receiver. I bet there are several compatible programs already out there that could be ported over.
Wait, wait...
How will the manufacturer get ridiculous fees for one of a kind chargers if it just uses a USB connection?
If it's just a linux build, won't it make it easier for games & applications to be made? We would theoretically only have to buy games once, even if we reflash the rom.
Quarter VGA touch screen? Now won't that make things easier?
It is based on a dual-core Marvell (formerly Intel) XScale processor clocked at 312MHz. It has 64MB of RAM, and 128MB of flash, expandable through a mini-SD card slot.... The device also includes WiFi, and comes with SIP middleware supporting VoIP calls.
Now hold on a second. This means, if it works right you could use your cell phone to make voip calls via your home wifi connection (or your neighbor's).
I don't get it... This just makes sense. Why would the phone companies cooperate?
Oh wait, they don't have to. We have the money they want.
Come on people, nobody is that addicted? Who can imagine paying $10,000 for a WOW account?
Probably the same guys that get certain jobs just so they can continue to play at work, who make online relationships instead of real ones, and who buy $3000 laptops just so they can run the latest iteration of a game.
90% of their life is wrapped up in the game. During that other 10% of eating and sitting on the throne, they just think about how they could get more into it.
Well Zack, hop on over to sprintusers.com and look at the number of people that get several hundred dollars in overage fees for doing what you're doing. If they get wind of what you're doing, the fine print in your contract says you'll pay up. I know people that had a second line on sprint and used to just use it all day long downloading movies... one after another. Then WHAM, $400 in overage fees. Granted, if you use it seldomly for just email and stuff, they may not catch you. But it's still against their TOS.
The unFUNNY part of it is, most Verizon reps do not know the phones even have these features. When you finally do talk to someone who is in the know, they don't have the power to "allow" you to use that device for that purpose. "I'm sorry, we can't add that feature on that device." We battled for months with Verizon and lost. We didn't quite have hundreds of lines, so Verizon didn't budge. In the end Verizon lost out. I could have switched $200,000 a year to them, but they wouldn't budge at all. The closest we got was tethering a blackberry via bluetooth. But not everyone wanted to use a laptop. Some wanted to use a pocket pc or palm device which didn't have USB. So we just left Verizon for carriers that would not be so rigid.
There are several reasons.... Seriously, what are you going to do about? Not use wireless?
Well, there are choices. All carriers bite you in one way or another, but one alternative option is EDGE through T-Mobile for $30/mo added on to your existing line. I think the V360 works fine for this purpose and allows Bluetooth DUN with no problems. I've used the V330 in the past with GPRS, but it's just to slow.
I think UMTS via Cingular or Tmobile would be the only service speedy enough to compare to EVDO from Sprint or Verizon, but I'm not sure if that's even available... even if it is, I don't if any UMTS phones can/will allow Bluetooth DUN.
I understand why people want EVDO/EDGE connections. I even understand why USB is a convenient alternative to PCMCIA connections. What I don't understand is why Verizon, Sprint and Cingular try so hard to keep people from using EVDO/EDGE via Bluetooth DUN connections. If you have a Verizon E815 and a data plan, you can already use this as a modem from your bluetooth enabled PDA or computer. The other carriers have similar devices available. A note though: If you try this this method (using existing phone line) and you do not abuse it (no bittorent) you MIGHT not be caught.
My question is why do they try to force us to buy a second USB or PCMCIA adapter when many of our existing phones will let us connect to the net just fine? Are they greedy? For another another line, hardware purchase, 1 or 2 year contract and $60 - 80 a month fee, Verizon/Cingular/Sprint will sell you these other devices to allow EVDO / EDGE connetions. But why don't they let us use our existing connections that work perfectly well already? (Or at least they WOULD work if the carriers didn't cripple them)
How is IGN a spam site? Granted the article is quite short, and most of us aren't transformer-savvy enough to know or care who Peter Cullen is, and IGN supports itself with ads, but how does that make it a spam site? Wait, why am I responding to an AC?
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Aww, yes... for that large "handheld gaming/gps self-positioning" demographic. Glad that group is good with serial ports, cause they're going to need to fall back on that to get active GPS data to the device.
I agree completely. Should've included it in my post.
Maybe a site's popularity isn't defined by the number of inbound links because no matter how many links to your site you have, people still only want to look at things they are interested in. So by defining web popularity not by links, but as "Some internet item people want to find" that means that the more links to an individual site simply lets interested people find that site easier. It would only change the popularity if it's forced on you (like ads) and you become interested by a curious side thought... The more links to a site you have, the more likely interested people will find it.
I foresee no retraining will be necessary. Grandpa's power wheel chair will have a USB plug into the computer. When he's done driving around town cruisin for hot grandmammas, he just plugs his cart in and plays with the chair's controller.
Fortunately, each of these students will now get to conceive their own linux distro as part of the curriculum.
The chances of this happening are inversely proportional to the chances that it will be abused if it does happen. If a major company has a multimillion dollar product on the line, they will do ANYTHING to make sure it gets approved, even if it means sabotaging any method open to the public. It doesn't matter if it's a wiki, a forum or a voting system, they will abuse it because millions (or even billions) could be on the line.
My laptop has liquid fuel cells... I guess now I can't take it on the plane...
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Maybe you should post it in forums for the tards instead of declaring war on Uppercase.
What the pluton is going on here? Since when are moons and asteroids without names included in the list of planets?
Oh well... at least Spectec (and others) make a MiniSD Wifi card.
It would not be hard to make a program for a device like this that talked to a GPS receiver. I bet there are several compatible programs already out there that could be ported over.
Well Zack, hop on over to sprintusers.com and look at the number of people that get several hundred dollars in overage fees for doing what you're doing. If they get wind of what you're doing, the fine print in your contract says you'll pay up. I know people that had a second line on sprint and used to just use it all day long downloading movies... one after another. Then WHAM, $400 in overage fees. Granted, if you use it seldomly for just email and stuff, they may not catch you. But it's still against their TOS.
The unFUNNY part of it is, most Verizon reps do not know the phones even have these features. When you finally do talk to someone who is in the know, they don't have the power to "allow" you to use that device for that purpose. "I'm sorry, we can't add that feature on that device." We battled for months with Verizon and lost. We didn't quite have hundreds of lines, so Verizon didn't budge. In the end Verizon lost out. I could have switched $200,000 a year to them, but they wouldn't budge at all. The closest we got was tethering a blackberry via bluetooth. But not everyone wanted to use a laptop. Some wanted to use a pocket pc or palm device which didn't have USB. So we just left Verizon for carriers that would not be so rigid.
$40 in addition to any vision / internet fees?
I think UMTS via Cingular or Tmobile would be the only service speedy enough to compare to EVDO from Sprint or Verizon, but I'm not sure if that's even available... even if it is, I don't if any UMTS phones can/will allow Bluetooth DUN.
I understand why people want EVDO/EDGE connections. I even understand why USB is a convenient alternative to PCMCIA connections. What I don't understand is why Verizon, Sprint and Cingular try so hard to keep people from using EVDO/EDGE via Bluetooth DUN connections. If you have a Verizon E815 and a data plan, you can already use this as a modem from your bluetooth enabled PDA or computer. The other carriers have similar devices available. A note though: If you try this this method (using existing phone line) and you do not abuse it (no bittorent) you MIGHT not be caught.
My question is why do they try to force us to buy a second USB or PCMCIA adapter when many of our existing phones will let us connect to the net just fine? Are they greedy? For another another line, hardware purchase, 1 or 2 year contract and $60 - 80 a month fee, Verizon/Cingular/Sprint will sell you these other devices to allow EVDO / EDGE connetions. But why don't they let us use our existing connections that work perfectly well already? (Or at least they WOULD work if the carriers didn't cripple them)
Is it just greed?
This will be perfectly functional in keeping beer cold in your car.
I've never even heard of this... what was it?
How is IGN a spam site? Granted the article is quite short, and most of us aren't transformer-savvy enough to know or care who Peter Cullen is, and IGN supports itself with ads, but how does that make it a spam site? Wait, why am I responding to an AC?
Hopefully this same tactic will also revive the highly acclaimed but cancelled "Saved by the Bell: The College Years"... and Baywatch Nights.
This should make all those movies on Oxygen channel easier to watch...
I think it's arguable whether youtube is actually succeeding. They suck bandwidth like crazy. But that's why they would be affected, isn't it?