That's the problem - interference. I'm afraid I will lose over-the-air reception. I can easily imagine the girl next door going for a jog with her whitespace-enabled Ipod streaming Miley Cyrus radio. As a result some of my Washington D.C. stations will disappear, since her Ipod incorrectly believes those are open channels. Lousy decision.
Since OTA viewers have already given-up channels 52 to 83, let the white space gadgets use that space. There's no need to interfere with channels 2 to 51.
>>>We could have networking which could reach miles not feet.
(1) You already have that - wireless internet over your cellphone or laptop.
(2) Unless you were talking about networking *directly* between Ipods or Ipod-like gadgets across miles of space??? In that case, you'd need a large 100 watt transmitter, and said transmitter would empty your Ipod's battery in about... 5 minutes. Clearly that's not workable.
The FCC censors over-the-air television or radio in order to protect children. It makes sense they would do the same for over-the-air internet.
If you don't want child-friendly service, then go purchase cable tv, satellite radio, or private internet. Those are not censored & offer lots of adult nudity or swearing or sex.
My first modem at 1.2 k is slow dialup.;-) My current dialup service uses image/test compression to load a webpage in just a few seconds - same speed as my home DSL connection at 700 kbit/s.
Using dialup is not the great tragedy most people think it is... I even use mine for downloading 70 or 150 megabyte episodes of Stargate Atlantis or Doctor Who. The FCC's proposed "free lifeline wireless" at 300 kbit/s could perform the same task in just half-an-hour.
I'm afraid I'm going to lose my over-the-air DTV reception. I can easily imagine the girl next door going for a jog & turning-on her whitespace-enabled Ipod to stream Miley Cyrus radio. Then all my Washington D.C. stations will disappear since her Ipod will think those are open channels. That's just great; just wonderful; how brilliant of the FCC Chair to damage free television.
Since OTA viewers have already given-up channels 52 to 83, let the white space gadgets use the space. There's no need to interfere with channels 2 to 51.
Stargate SG1's nudity was first shown on an *American* channel. The original poster mistakenly claimed it was Canadian, and that the U.S. FCC censored it, but that's not true. It first aired on the American Showtime channel.
Opera is #4 according to wikipedia with than 1% using it. It's worth noting that Opera is essentially tied with Netscape - a dead, extinct browser. I wonder what makes Opera so unpopular? (Just curious.)
And lose your backmarks, and have to learn a new menu system, and have to readjust the settings to your preferences (don't resize images, don't play music, don't load flash, et cetera).
It's easier just to stay with Firefox.
Aside:
I use Internet Exploder while traveling (because AOL dialup only works with IE), but that opens a whole new set of issues: spyware. IE can't even properly hold-onto my homepage; it's constantly being reset to some other site, typically porn. IE is so vulnerable to attack, it's pathetic. Fortunately the damage is constrained to just my laptop, not my main computer.
When I went to college, we had free computers too, but they were only available via the public labs. That helped save money by providing one computer per ~100 students, rather than 1 per 1.
Some of the not so bright students left their computers without logging-off.
And that's how I got free printouts, instead of paying 10 cents a sheet. (I feel so ashamed.)
It's amazing how few understand this simple concept. When I worked for JCPenney, we charged 3, 4, or 5 dollars for giftwrap. Customers sometimes complained but I explained to them, "The other stores may offer "free" giftwrap, but it's not really free. The cost is added to the pricetag." The customers insisted not.
But the cost of the giftwrap has to come from someplace; the store gets that money from the register when you buy something.
And of course the Iphones are not free; the cost has just been added to your tuition - about $100 more per year. It's the same with healthcare; it's not free. The cost is simply subtracted from your weekly paycheck & handed-over to the Parliament or Congress, so they can misappropriate for buying tanks.
I prefer whatever CW television uses. It has the ability to dynamically alter the bitrate from wideband to 128 kbit/s. When I watching the Olympics via Silverlight, it lacked that capability and often paused playback (extremely frustrating).
"Copyright Czar" and "Drug Czar" are appropriate terms. I can not think of a title more appropriate for describing our loss of freedom than the word "czar" who terrorized Russian serfs (slaves) for centuries, or the "ceasar" that killed the Roman Republic and turned it into a virtual dictatorship. These new "czar" positions within the U.S. government represent a gradual but definite loss of republicanism, liberty, and individual sovereignty.
My downloading of Star Wars Clone Wars harmed no one. (It was trash; I saved money by Not buying it.)
My smoking of weed while watching said movie also harms no one. It only harms me, and it's my body, therefore my choice how I treat it. Besides: If we can abort babies on the grounds that a woman controls her body, then surely that same woman has a right to inhale some smoke.
This is why the American Founders said, "Our worst disease is democracy." The average person on the street can't even locate the U.S. on a world map... how are they supposed to know all the intricate details about which Congressperson supports (or does not support) fair usage of artistic works?
I suspect most American voters simply pick the name that they recognize, thereby ensuring we get the same incumbent decade-after-decade, and have no clue how or what that person stands for. "Oh he has such a nice smile. He actually spoke to me! He gets my vote."
Take Obama for example. Most people are voting for him simply because "he's not Bush". Or "he sounds good". Back in 2000, that's how Bush got into office. People voted for him because he was "not Clinton" and "he sounded like he really cared about us". The American people vote these men into office, and they have no clue what they actually represent, and then they act disappointed with the results.
That's no way to choose the leader of the executive branch.
Originally the president was chosen by the State Legislatures via the electoral college. Perhaps we should return to that, because they chose better leaders (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe) than the current method of "he who smiles most, wins the vote".
I wouldn't wait that long. At Penn State we have on-campus interviews for college grads. Check to see if your school has something similar, sign-up for the program, and start interviewing. If you "only" have the skills of a college programming major, then it's logical to start your search on campus with the visiting companies.
There is one way that Ipods are better than the Cassette Walkmans I used as a teenager. - Due to the often-extreme amount of AAC or MP3 compression, they sound like utter crap when turned to loud volumes (lots of metallic-sounding noises). Ipods actually sound best when they are low in volume, so as to hide the compression artifacts.
>>>I exercise a lot and I need loud music to distract me from pain as well as road noises.
(20 years later)
"Sorry wha? I cannae hear ya! Yeah my ears are shot, but I got a body of a 30-year-old!!!" "Yeah you look hot." "Do I need a cot? No, no, I'm not tired. Thanks anyway."
My mother lost her hearing and she doesn't even listen to music.
Of course she is 75.
Still I think this whole thing is overrated. Whether you use earbuds, headphones, or speakers, you have to have enough sense not to blast the volume into your head. But if you limit the sound to talking-level, then you'll be okay.
Well the VW cars failed, not because of PM, but because of NOx. After California switched to sulfur-free diesel, Volkswagen installed a higher-grade catalyst, and started selling the diesel cars again. The PM is still as high as ever, but not not high enough to both California's Air Resource Board.
BTW gasoline cars also have particulate matter, but it goes unregulated.
And that's bad, because gasoline PM is much smaller and can work its way into your bloodstream (via absorption through the lungs).
Well I know a lot of former Netscape users jumped directly to Firefox. It already had a built-in audience of loyal fans who wanted to avoid Microsoft at any cost.
I'm not using Google's Chrome because I hate change. I don't see a reason to learn a new program when the one I have works. I'd still be using Netscape if the browser was still alive.
I wouldn't want to live there, but I love watching that government bully Microsoft into submission. I think the E.U. will become the new superpower to whom corporations will beg for mercy.:-)
The UK citizens have ranked A-Team Season 1* with 5-star ratings across the board. And as the previous poster stated, it's very high in sales. Amazon is making-out just fine.
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* We call them "seasons". A "series" is the entire thing from episode 1 to the finale. There was only *1* A-Team series, not 5.
Ya know, it's only been three years since ABC first started putting television shows online. And it was only a "limited test" because they were afraid it would hurt their Nielsen Ratings for over-the-air television. They thought the internet might cause financial losses.
We've come a long way since those dark days when networks were afraid of the internet.
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That's the problem - interference. I'm afraid I will lose over-the-air reception. I can easily imagine the girl next door going for a jog with her whitespace-enabled Ipod streaming Miley Cyrus radio. As a result some of my Washington D.C. stations will disappear, since her Ipod incorrectly believes those are open channels. Lousy decision.
Since OTA viewers have already given-up channels 52 to 83, let the white space gadgets use that space. There's no need to interfere with channels 2 to 51.
>>>We could have networking which could reach miles not feet.
(1) You already have that - wireless internet over your cellphone or laptop.
(2) Unless you were talking about networking *directly* between Ipods or Ipod-like gadgets across miles of space??? In that case, you'd need a large 100 watt transmitter, and said transmitter would empty your Ipod's battery in about... 5 minutes. Clearly that's not workable.
The FCC censors over-the-air television or radio in order to protect children. It makes sense they would do the same for over-the-air internet.
If you don't want child-friendly service, then go purchase cable tv, satellite radio, or private internet. Those are not censored & offer lots of adult nudity or swearing or sex.
My first modem at 1.2 k is slow dialup. ;-) My current dialup service uses image/test compression to load a webpage in just a few seconds - same speed as my home DSL connection at 700 kbit/s.
Using dialup is not the great tragedy most people think it is... I even use mine for downloading 70 or 150 megabyte episodes of Stargate Atlantis or Doctor Who. The FCC's proposed "free lifeline wireless" at 300 kbit/s could perform the same task in just half-an-hour.
I agree. The FCC is "off" on this decision.
I'm afraid I'm going to lose my over-the-air DTV reception. I can easily imagine the girl next door going for a jog & turning-on her whitespace-enabled Ipod to stream Miley Cyrus radio. Then all my Washington D.C. stations will disappear since her Ipod will think those are open channels. That's just great; just wonderful; how brilliant of the FCC Chair to damage free television.
Since OTA viewers have already given-up channels 52 to 83, let the white space gadgets use the space. There's no need to interfere with channels 2 to 51.
To repeat:
Stargate SG1's nudity was first shown on an *American* channel. The original poster mistakenly claimed it was Canadian, and that the U.S. FCC censored it, but that's not true. It first aired on the American Showtime channel.
Not the latest episodes when Davinci was mayor. Those are only available from youtube, or from local reruns.
Opera is #4 according to wikipedia with than 1% using it. It's worth noting that Opera is essentially tied with Netscape - a dead, extinct browser. I wonder what makes Opera so unpopular? (Just curious.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
And lose your backmarks, and have to learn a new menu system, and have to readjust the settings to your preferences (don't resize images, don't play music, don't load flash, et cetera).
It's easier just to stay with Firefox.
Aside:
I use Internet Exploder while traveling (because AOL dialup only works with IE), but that opens a whole new set of issues: spyware. IE can't even properly hold-onto my homepage; it's constantly being reset to some other site, typically porn. IE is so vulnerable to attack, it's pathetic. Fortunately the damage is constrained to just my laptop, not my main computer.
When I went to college, we had free computers too, but they were only available via the public labs. That helped save money by providing one computer per ~100 students, rather than 1 per 1.
Some of the not so bright students left their computers without logging-off.
And that's how I got free printouts, instead of paying 10 cents a sheet. (I feel so ashamed.)
It's amazing how few understand this simple concept. When I worked for JCPenney, we charged 3, 4, or 5 dollars for giftwrap. Customers sometimes complained but I explained to them, "The other stores may offer "free" giftwrap, but it's not really free. The cost is added to the pricetag." The customers insisted not.
But the cost of the giftwrap has to come from someplace; the store gets that money from the register when you buy something.
And of course the Iphones are not free; the cost has just been added to your tuition - about $100 more per year. It's the same with healthcare; it's not free. The cost is simply subtracted from your weekly paycheck & handed-over to the Parliament or Congress, so they can misappropriate for buying tanks.
I prefer whatever CW television uses. It has the ability to dynamically alter the bitrate from wideband to 128 kbit/s. When I watching the Olympics via Silverlight, it lacked that capability and often paused playback (extremely frustrating).
P.S.
"Copyright Czar" and "Drug Czar" are appropriate terms. I can not think of a title more appropriate for describing our loss of freedom than the word "czar" who terrorized Russian serfs (slaves) for centuries, or the "ceasar" that killed the Roman Republic and turned it into a virtual dictatorship. These new "czar" positions within the U.S. government represent a gradual but definite loss of republicanism, liberty, and individual sovereignty.
My downloading of Star Wars Clone Wars harmed no one. (It was trash; I saved money by Not buying it.)
My smoking of weed while watching said movie also harms no one. It only harms me, and it's my body, therefore my choice how I treat it. Besides: If we can abort babies on the grounds that a woman controls her body, then surely that same woman has a right to inhale some smoke.
This is why the American Founders said, "Our worst disease is democracy." The average person on the street can't even locate the U.S. on a world map... how are they supposed to know all the intricate details about which Congressperson supports (or does not support) fair usage of artistic works?
I suspect most American voters simply pick the name that they recognize, thereby ensuring we get the same incumbent decade-after-decade, and have no clue how or what that person stands for. "Oh he has such a nice smile. He actually spoke to me! He gets my vote."
Take Obama for example. Most people are voting for him simply because "he's not Bush". Or "he sounds good". Back in 2000, that's how Bush got into office. People voted for him because he was "not Clinton" and "he sounded like he really cared about us". The American people vote these men into office, and they have no clue what they actually represent, and then they act disappointed with the results.
That's no way to choose the leader of the executive branch.
Originally the president was chosen by the State Legislatures via the electoral college. Perhaps we should return to that, because they chose better leaders (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe) than the current method of "he who smiles most, wins the vote".
3 years?
I wouldn't wait that long. At Penn State we have on-campus interviews for college grads. Check to see if your school has something similar, sign-up for the program, and start interviewing. If you "only" have the skills of a college programming major, then it's logical to start your search on campus with the visiting companies.
I wonder if stuffing earplugs in your ears 24/7 could help reverse some of the damage? Like smokers' lungs can be repaired by stopping smoking.
Hmmm.
Or maybe nanites - sadly we don't use enough tiny robots in our medicine. They could do wonders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Fry
There is one way that Ipods are better than the Cassette Walkmans I used as a teenager. - Due to the often-extreme amount of AAC or MP3 compression, they sound like utter crap when turned to loud volumes (lots of metallic-sounding noises). Ipods actually sound best when they are low in volume, so as to hide the compression artifacts.
>>>I exercise a lot and I need loud music to distract me from pain as well as road noises.
(20 years later)
"Sorry wha? I cannae hear ya! Yeah my ears are shot, but I got a body of a 30-year-old!!!"
"Yeah you look hot."
"Do I need a cot? No, no, I'm not tired. Thanks anyway."
My mother lost her hearing and she doesn't even listen to music.
Of course she is 75.
Still I think this whole thing is overrated. Whether you use earbuds, headphones, or speakers, you have to have enough sense not to blast the volume into your head. But if you limit the sound to talking-level, then you'll be okay.
>>>the fact that Jabberwacky held an 11 hour conversation is pretty astonishing.
I could do that. Especially with the "reward" that's waiting at the end of that conversation. ;-)
Well the VW cars failed, not because of PM, but because of NOx. After California switched to sulfur-free diesel, Volkswagen installed a higher-grade catalyst, and started selling the diesel cars again. The PM is still as high as ever, but not not high enough to both California's Air Resource Board.
BTW gasoline cars also have particulate matter, but it goes unregulated.
And that's bad, because gasoline PM is much smaller and can work its way into your bloodstream (via absorption through the lungs).
Well I know a lot of former Netscape users jumped directly to Firefox. It already had a built-in audience of loyal fans who wanted to avoid Microsoft at any cost.
I'm not using Google's Chrome because I hate change.
I don't see a reason to learn a new program when the one I have works.
I'd still be using Netscape if the browser was still alive.
I love the E.U.
I wouldn't want to live there, but I love watching that government bully Microsoft into submission. I think the E.U. will become the new superpower to whom corporations will beg for mercy. :-)
>>>Is the person who wants it for free any less greedy than the one who wants to sell it to them?
Nope. :-) But it's justifiable if you say, "Well it was paid by the corporations via ads."
The UK citizens have ranked A-Team Season 1* with 5-star ratings across the board. And as the previous poster stated, it's very high in sales. Amazon is making-out just fine.
*
* We call them "seasons". A "series" is the entire thing from episode 1 to the finale. There was only *1* A-Team series, not 5.
Ya know, it's only been three years since ABC first started putting television shows online. And it was only a "limited test" because they were afraid it would hurt their Nielsen Ratings for over-the-air television. They thought the internet might cause financial losses.
We've come a long way since those dark days when networks were afraid of the internet.