Trolley's still require rails which is expensive and not very adaptable to unexpected roadwork or traffic jams. An autonomous vehicle running the same "route" could be rerouted if needed for special events, scheduling, etc.
Those train things require rails which is expensive and limiting compared to the autonomous vehicles being developed use existing roadways. Adapting routes due to construction or unexpected traffic jams isn't really an option with trains.
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Please stop giving this guy an audience. The media should stalk covering him and the world will probably be a better place for it. I'm not sure which is worse, his performance on stage or off.
"When completed, 5G wireless systems are expected to deliver speeds UP TO 10 to 100 times faster than the average 4G LTE connections of today, according to AT&T.";-)
MS and Google are definitely locking in customers. They know that it will get increasingly difficult for their customers to migrate off of these systems. Just try to migrate those huge mailboxes to another service.
I work for an EDU and we use MS anti-spam services which works pretty good. What I have started to notice is that a bit of "opt-out" marketing spam (not the Vi@gra, CuRe B al Dness stuff) hitting my mailbox is from companies using O365. It isn't enough for me to be convinced that MS lets their paying customers spam me more easily but it's enough that I'm starting to pay attention.... and I will mention it to our rep.
This comes up from time to time. The smaller coins are produced at a loss but overall the US Mint makes a profit and IIRC the money is put into the US' General Fund. https://www.usmint.gov/downloa...
"As long as they provide SLA guarantees, who cares."
That SLA won't bring your data back if they lose it and it won't bring customers back decide to go elsewhere after that "cloud" doesn't live up to the SLA. An SLA is not a guarantee it is more like insurance.
Why should laws keep up with technology? Laws should be written in such a way that the technology involved doesn't matter. Typically laws should be about an outcome more than a method. There are already so many laws on the books that the first thing to look at is if an existing law applies. If not, is there a law that should be amended to cover the new technology?
Example: Highway speed limits are for all motor vehicles and not just a specific type of vehicle. It does not matter how many wheels (car, motorcycle, tractor trailer, etc) the car has, what type of the engine (gas, diesel, electric) is under the hood, what kind of transmission (auto, manual), or if if has some fancy new electronic accessory... the speed limit is the speed limit.
Exactly. PHBs think an SLA is a guarantee. Even a "guarantee" isn't a guarantee in some circumstances. I live in "hurricane alley" and can tell you that when a storm hits that things don't usually go as planned.
Backup generators stopped running when they ray out of fuel because the tanks couldn't be refueled for various reasons. Power outages, roads blocked, behind on schedule, etc, etc..... Nobody thought they would need an SLA on refills.
Eventually things pretty much go back to the way they were before. I remember seeing a discussion about the lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew (not just IT specific) and how after 7 years things that were important were forgotten or deemed less important. I'm sure the same happened with Hurricane Katrina, Sandy, and many others. It seems to be our human nature that these things eventually wear off and become less important. I think Neil Degrasse Tyson was on Joe Rogan's podcast a few years ago and touched on the subject as well.
When Apple comes out with their console it will be "revolutionary" with features "never seen before". You may not believe it now but just wait and see what they tell us when they release it.;-)
I would rather they buy out a company that has good tech support and services. We have been a CP customer for over a decade and their stuff is great until things go wrong. Dealing with their support/services can be a nightmare at times.
Subsidies that never end. One of the issues with these contracts is that the prices do not go down after the phone is paid off. The carriers love people that stay on plan after the initial contract expires. Some customers were catching on and looking to get a new phone as soon their contact expired and often switched carriers while shopping.
One of the next hurdles US customers need to face is the differing phones by carriers. They may not have a contract but having a phone that is pretty much tied to a carrier due to the tech is very limiting.
Please don't put Aereo in a category with Sling. Aereo rented hardware and provided a service that delivered broadcasted content (unaltered) only to the people that already had the permission to view the content. Unfortunately the SCOTUS did not see it that way.
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Trolley's still require rails which is expensive and not very adaptable to unexpected roadwork or traffic jams. An autonomous vehicle running the same "route" could be rerouted if needed for special events, scheduling, etc.
Those train things require rails which is expensive and limiting compared to the autonomous vehicles being developed use existing roadways. Adapting routes due to construction or unexpected traffic jams isn't really an option with trains.
Just like a gas powered vehicle.
Or if the IT guy/department protested but was told to "do it anyway". Get that stuff in writing folks!
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s/stalk/stop ... doh!
Please stop giving this guy an audience. The media should stalk covering him and the world will probably be a better place for it. I'm not sure which is worse, his performance on stage or off.
"When completed, 5G wireless systems are expected to deliver speeds UP TO 10 to 100 times faster than the average 4G LTE connections of today, according to AT&T." ;-)
I will consider unblocking all ads on their site if the accept all liability for the ads, content, and actions of their site.
I love listening to the itslenny calls.... https://www.reddit.com/r/itsle...
MS and Google are definitely locking in customers. They know that it will get increasingly difficult for their customers to migrate off of these systems. Just try to migrate those huge mailboxes to another service.
I work for an EDU and we use MS anti-spam services which works pretty good. What I have started to notice is that a bit of "opt-out" marketing spam (not the Vi@gra, CuRe B al Dness stuff) hitting my mailbox is from companies using O365. It isn't enough for me to be convinced that MS lets their paying customers spam me more easily but it's enough that I'm starting to pay attention .... and I will mention it to our rep.
15 years .... time flies and I still check /. at least once per day. I wonder what the stats are for active accounts by age.
This comes up from time to time. The smaller coins are produced at a loss but overall the US Mint makes a profit and IIRC the money is put into the US' General Fund. https://www.usmint.gov/downloa...
Exactly. What could go wrong? It is just a desert anyway. ;-)
"As long as they provide SLA guarantees, who cares."
That SLA won't bring your data back if they lose it and it won't bring customers back decide to go elsewhere after that "cloud" doesn't live up to the SLA. An SLA is not a guarantee it is more like insurance.
Why should laws keep up with technology? Laws should be written in such a way that the technology involved doesn't matter. Typically laws should be about an outcome more than a method. There are already so many laws on the books that the first thing to look at is if an existing law applies. If not, is there a law that should be amended to cover the new technology?
Example: Highway speed limits are for all motor vehicles and not just a specific type of vehicle. It does not matter how many wheels (car, motorcycle, tractor trailer, etc) the car has, what type of the engine (gas, diesel, electric) is under the hood, what kind of transmission (auto, manual), or if if has some fancy new electronic accessory ... the speed limit is the speed limit.
Exactly. PHBs think an SLA is a guarantee. Even a "guarantee" isn't a guarantee in some circumstances. I live in "hurricane alley" and can tell you that when a storm hits that things don't usually go as planned.
Backup generators stopped running when they ray out of fuel because the tanks couldn't be refueled for various reasons. Power outages, roads blocked, behind on schedule, etc, etc. .... Nobody thought they would need an SLA on refills.
Eventually things pretty much go back to the way they were before. I remember seeing a discussion about the lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew (not just IT specific) and how after 7 years things that were important were forgotten or deemed less important. I'm sure the same happened with Hurricane Katrina, Sandy, and many others. It seems to be our human nature that these things eventually wear off and become less important. I think Neil Degrasse Tyson was on Joe Rogan's podcast a few years ago and touched on the subject as well.
When Apple comes out with their console it will be "revolutionary" with features "never seen before". You may not believe it now but just wait and see what they tell us when they release it. ;-)
I would rather they buy out a company that has good tech support and services. We have been a CP customer for over a decade and their stuff is great until things go wrong. Dealing with their support/services can be a nightmare at times.
And I took your comment as sarcasm because Comcast is probably just reacting to cities like Chattanooga implementing their own gigabit ISP.
http://chattanoogagig.com/
Subsidies that never end. One of the issues with these contracts is that the prices do not go down after the phone is paid off. The carriers love people that stay on plan after the initial contract expires. Some customers were catching on and looking to get a new phone as soon their contact expired and often switched carriers while shopping.
One of the next hurdles US customers need to face is the differing phones by carriers. They may not have a contract but having a phone that is pretty much tied to a carrier due to the tech is very limiting.
Please don't put Aereo in a category with Sling. Aereo rented hardware and provided a service that delivered broadcasted content (unaltered) only to the people that already had the permission to view the content. Unfortunately the SCOTUS did not see it that way.
Sling is inserting ads in some fashion.
It's nice to see the team still working on Haiku.