It's like gas dude. If you're going to sell unlimited fuel for a car, it's not going to be the same price as unlimited fuel for an 18-wheeler. As long as mobile broadband is a constrained, shared resource (there are only so many towers and only so much spectrum), it isn't going to change.
The data usage profile of just a handset vs tethering with something like an iPad or a laptop are drastically different. You can either price the two data usages differently or price it based on worse-case scenarios and make it much more expensive for everyone.
I just hired three high school graduates to come work for my business (development, tech services, hosting, etc). If they turn out to be good, their employment agreement gives them a bonus and automatic pay lifts to have them earning $60-80K a year by the time their peers in college graduate.
There are still folks out there who will give you a chance in IT without a formal education background; it just might be harder to find and require more networking.
Drone: "GPS jamming detected; requesting assistance, switching to star tracker navigation" seems like a simple message to send over a high-frequency satellite communications link
So clearly, firmware has the capability to do physical damage to the battery. And if the battery is sufficiently charged, could you not trigger a thermal runaway condition via the firmware? (not quite thermite, but that laptop is going to burn HOT for a bit)
And doesn't Apple now support internet recovery with the EFI/BIOS/firmware?
Solution: BIOS with sufficient stack to connect via TCP to get laptop status remotely (am I stolen brah?), prevent itself from being wiped without a password, and the capability to say "I've been stolen; fuck this noise" and cause a thermal runaway.
This is, of course, never going to be permitted via a vendor for obvious liability reasons, but is *not* outside of the realm of possibility of being coded by someone.
Half credit. You can learn microbiology and astronomy at no cost to yourself. Also, you can learn IT without having to go to a vo-tech school (I myself dropped out of high school to do IT, and haven't made below $100K/yr for 10 of my 12 working years.
If anything, vocational schools are more valuable, as you're going to be paid more to do a job that can't be outsourced (HVAC, electrician, plumbing, mechanic) vs a job you'd get with a four year degree that can be outsourced to $new_lowest_wage_english_speaking_third_world_country.
I don't notice a big enough difference between Blu Ray and Netflix HD streaming to buy any Blu Ray discs/rent them from Redbox, etc. I'd rather be playing Portal 2/MW3/Battlefield 3/Gears Of War on the ol' 70" before watching some HD film on it.
My Netflix 720p instant watch movies streamed over to my WD Live Hub look pretty glorious on my 70" LED Samsung TV. I wouldn't call that "crap" quality.
The battery pack in most well-designed electric vehicles (The Tesla Roadster, the Nissan LEAF, etc) is well-armored against punctures in a collision. The Chevy Volt has some.......failings in that department.
That's why the issue is handled within the vehicle. Hard enough impact? Physically isolate the battery pack from the rest of the electrical system. Jaws of life to your heart's content.
Somehow it doesn't make much sense to compare the actual problems (floor carpets catching in the accelerator pedal) to what everyone said it was (drive-by-wire issues). It was shown that in almost all 3K cases, it was driver error and not a vehicle defect that caused the "unintended acceleration" everyone was screaming their lungs out about. PEBKAC
Emergency responders have been trained with regards to where the high voltage cables run from the battery pack to the motor (or motors, as is the case with the Toyota hybrid systems). The cables are bright orange, and are automatically disconnected from the high voltage battery pack by physical contactors upon a sufficient impact.
Human beings are not built to work full tilt for 8 hours a day; if you want that sort of "productivity", buy a machine to do the work. Requiring breaks, time to think, etc are not examples of "being lazy". Employers want to squeeze more and more out of the same or less people, while at the same time real wages have remained stagnent for the last 30-40 years except for those in the top 1-5% of the population.
I had shitty minimum wage jobs where I had to clock in before if your getting paid many times more why cant you? Its not fair to the entry level grunts at your company or client
I think you've identified your problem. Don't bitch about having a minimum wage grunt work job when its something that will probably be replaced fairly quickly with either code or robotics in short order (by those of us who get to chat during the day, hang around the water cooler for 15 min, etc.).
I don't get paid for each productive minute of my day; I get paid for the knowledge and experience I've gained over the last 14 years. This is the difference between entry level/manual labor and educated work.
Note: I mean no disrespect to manual labor; I've worked at UPS on the night shifts over a decade ago loading trucks at night, as well as a forklift driver. But you can't complain that work like that is anything related to complex system analysis or workflow design and management.
I'd still get paid chief; if I'm smart enough to be writing code, I'm smart enough to hook into the webcam driver and provide my own feed (boring coder loop for the win!).
The magnetic field produced would be extremely small, and with most (if not all) storage moving toward flash, you need not worry about your floppy disk or spinning media and said magnetic field.
Solar cells would be somewhat ugly, and dependent on light in the room. You'd prefer to use a coil in the desk, that would provide wireless power to the keyboard, the mouse, and the monitor (or monitors). If power consumption is low enough, efficiency is not an issue.
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It's like gas dude. If you're going to sell unlimited fuel for a car, it's not going to be the same price as unlimited fuel for an 18-wheeler. As long as mobile broadband is a constrained, shared resource (there are only so many towers and only so much spectrum), it isn't going to change.
The data usage profile of just a handset vs tethering with something like an iPad or a laptop are drastically different. You can either price the two data usages differently or price it based on worse-case scenarios and make it much more expensive for everyone.
I just hired three high school graduates to come work for my business (development, tech services, hosting, etc). If they turn out to be good, their employment agreement gives them a bonus and automatic pay lifts to have them earning $60-80K a year by the time their peers in college graduate.
There are still folks out there who will give you a chance in IT without a formal education background; it just might be harder to find and require more networking.
Drone: "GPS jamming detected; requesting assistance, switching to star tracker navigation" seems like a simple message to send over a high-frequency satellite communications link
Or even switch to star tracking for navigation (the SR-71 used a star tracking system for navigation long before the rise of GPS).
Wasn't there a firmware problem with batteries in Apple gear that could cause physical problems? Oh wait, yes:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3293448/apple-battery-firmware-open-to-attack-researcher-finds/
So clearly, firmware has the capability to do physical damage to the battery. And if the battery is sufficiently charged, could you not trigger a thermal runaway condition via the firmware? (not quite thermite, but that laptop is going to burn HOT for a bit)
And doesn't Apple now support internet recovery with the EFI/BIOS/firmware?
Solution: BIOS with sufficient stack to connect via TCP to get laptop status remotely (am I stolen brah?), prevent itself from being wiped without a password, and the capability to say "I've been stolen; fuck this noise" and cause a thermal runaway.
This is, of course, never going to be permitted via a vendor for obvious liability reasons, but is *not* outside of the realm of possibility of being coded by someone.
Half credit. You can learn microbiology and astronomy at no cost to yourself. Also, you can learn IT without having to go to a vo-tech school (I myself dropped out of high school to do IT, and haven't made below $100K/yr for 10 of my 12 working years.
If anything, vocational schools are more valuable, as you're going to be paid more to do a job that can't be outsourced (HVAC, electrician, plumbing, mechanic) vs a job you'd get with a four year degree that can be outsourced to $new_lowest_wage_english_speaking_third_world_country.
I don't notice a big enough difference between Blu Ray and Netflix HD streaming to buy any Blu Ray discs/rent them from Redbox, etc. I'd rather be playing Portal 2/MW3/Battlefield 3/Gears Of War on the ol' 70" before watching some HD film on it.
My Netflix 720p instant watch movies streamed over to my WD Live Hub look pretty glorious on my 70" LED Samsung TV. I wouldn't call that "crap" quality.
*sigh* Yeah, like the country, its a work in progress.
You sir (or madam) are the problem with our country. We *do not* trade our rights for the illusion of safety.
The battery pack in most well-designed electric vehicles (The Tesla Roadster, the Nissan LEAF, etc) is well-armored against punctures in a collision. The Chevy Volt has some.......failings in that department.
That's why the issue is handled within the vehicle. Hard enough impact? Physically isolate the battery pack from the rest of the electrical system. Jaws of life to your heart's content.
Somehow it doesn't make much sense to compare the actual problems (floor carpets catching in the accelerator pedal) to what everyone said it was (drive-by-wire issues). It was shown that in almost all 3K cases, it was driver error and not a vehicle defect that caused the "unintended acceleration" everyone was screaming their lungs out about. PEBKAC
Emergency responders have been trained with regards to where the high voltage cables run from the battery pack to the motor (or motors, as is the case with the Toyota hybrid systems). The cables are bright orange, and are automatically disconnected from the high voltage battery pack by physical contactors upon a sufficient impact.
http://barryfeinstein.com/InTheNews/2011/11/12/avoiding-electrocution-dedham-firefighters-learn-hybrid-ropes/
As long as the magnetic field is under 1000 gauss, it should not cause any problems with your credit cards.
Human beings are not built to work full tilt for 8 hours a day; if you want that sort of "productivity", buy a machine to do the work. Requiring breaks, time to think, etc are not examples of "being lazy". Employers want to squeeze more and more out of the same or less people, while at the same time real wages have remained stagnent for the last 30-40 years except for those in the top 1-5% of the population.
I'm going long pitchfork futures.
I had shitty minimum wage jobs where I had to clock in before if your getting paid many times more why cant you? Its not fair to the entry level grunts at your company or client
I think you've identified your problem. Don't bitch about having a minimum wage grunt work job when its something that will probably be replaced fairly quickly with either code or robotics in short order (by those of us who get to chat during the day, hang around the water cooler for 15 min, etc.).
I don't get paid for each productive minute of my day; I get paid for the knowledge and experience I've gained over the last 14 years. This is the difference between entry level/manual labor and educated work.
Note: I mean no disrespect to manual labor; I've worked at UPS on the night shifts over a decade ago loading trucks at night, as well as a forklift driver. But you can't complain that work like that is anything related to complex system analysis or workflow design and management.
I'd still get paid chief; if I'm smart enough to be writing code, I'm smart enough to hook into the webcam driver and provide my own feed (boring coder loop for the win!).
The magnetic field produced would be extremely small, and with most (if not all) storage moving toward flash, you need not worry about your floppy disk or spinning media and said magnetic field.
Or wirelessly, via coils in the desk:
http://www.powermat.com/
Solar cells would be somewhat ugly, and dependent on light in the room. You'd prefer to use a coil in the desk, that would provide wireless power to the keyboard, the mouse, and the monitor (or monitors). If power consumption is low enough, efficiency is not an issue.
How hard is it to move from IT to computational chemist? I'm assuming its a ton of math and advanced biology and chemistry.
My torrents download to a colo'd box in Sweden, which I then pull down locally. Best of luck getting my US IP address from my Swedish colo provider.
But those five star restaurants can charge whatever the fark they want. YOU want to work THERE.