Much more data is sent with an SMS that just the text of the message. How do you think you get the caller id of who sent the message? To see how much data is actually sent check out the format of a "call detail record". Most data is not compressed, but rather sent as a comma separated list. You would be amazed at how much data is actually tranfered for any type of wireless communication. First the message from the sending device is sent to the nearest cell tower, which contacts a database to see which carrier you subscribe to. (Your phone does this periodically also, so your carrier knows which cell tower service area you are in so they know where to send your calls). The number you are calling is looked up in a database so they know which cell tower to broadcast your message from. Plus your IMEI,ESN, calling number, called number,originating and terminating cell tower information, originating and terminating switch and trunk data are transmitted with each message. Copies of each record are reformatted and sent to the carrier for retention, copies are sent to the billing company and the company that maintains the carrier's customer service web site, etc. My point is that much more data gets transferred for each sms than the 160 characters of the text. Considering all the data transfers required for the whole process, the text of the message is actually a very low percentage total data processed.
You sir, are a dumbass for not understanding Netflix's straight-forward business model. It is a rental. It is advertised as a rental. If you damage or don't return a disk and don't have a decent excuse (like mailbox theft) you will be charged to replace the disk.
Doesn't the ridiculous labelling of open source software as "terrorism" call into question all the other things that get labelled terrorism?
Iron Man if a work of fiction. The "open source terrorist" is a fictional comic book character. So, no the labelling of open source software as "terrorism" IN A COMIC BOOK does not call into question the labeling of terrorists in real life.
Your criteria could also rule out Steely Dan and any other band that uses session musicians. It would also rule out almost every blues band as it's traditional for blues bands to do covers and songs from traditional origins.
Every few months, I'll download a large sampling of songs from usenet and load them onto my MP3 player just so I can check out some new bands. To be honest, you have to dig through a ton of shit to find one gem.
Who gives a shit who writes the song? Does persona, manufactured or genuine, matter? The only thing that matters is if you like the music they deliver.
Consider that if you believe the universe is infinite, containing an infinite number of stars and planets, then any situation that possibly can occur, will occur, an infinite number of times. Sort of like the Futurama episode where the Professor creates boxes containing parallel universes that have slight variations.
The TRUE FACTS section of National Lampoon has been doing stories like these for years, but they don't always focus on death.
My favorite if from the 1986 special True Facts edition:
At an outdoor concert in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil, singer Waldwick Soriano insulted the audience, causing a brawl from which he had to be rescued. Soriano became incensed while singing a song called "I Am Not a Dog" when a dog walked across the stage wearing a sign that said: "I Am Not Waldwick Soriano."
and this one:
News writer Cynthia Jarokowsky, thirty-four, was killed in a freak accident on December 10 near Berne, Switzerland, where she was researching a story on Swiss art galleries. According to the driver of her car, Bernard Culdebois, Dr. Jarokowsky asked that the car be stopped on a particularly scenic, though dangerous, mountain curve, and that her electric wheelchair be placed on the road so that she could admire the landscape. As she moved closer to the mountain edge, her hand apparently slipped on the control, an her chair bolted forward through an open area in the guardrail, hurling her down a 15,000-foot precipice. Culdebois, whose English is very poor, believes that as the journalist fell, she cried out either "Help me, you idiot!" or "God save Washington art!"
The first time I went skydiving, I screamed "God save Washington art!" as I let go.
The funniest Darwin award winners are usually urban legends. The original one was the "guy who strapped a JTOW rocket to his car" And there was the suicide guy who jumped from a building, but was accidently shot by his step father on the way down, who was trying to shoot his wife but missed.
Does the Australian Broadcasting Commission and Channel Ten have news shows that compete against each other? If so, could you please report the number of viewers of each?
Unfortunately, the article used the term "mummified". Mummification != fossilization. But I understand that reporting of even the most elementary scientific subjects is dumbed down for mass publication (and probably for the reporters and editors themselves).
Looks interesting, but it makes me skeptical when no real data is given. I'd be more interested in see him hook it to a multimeter and test it out at different wind speeds. Or put it outside and measure the output for a week.
Environmentalism has become like a religion and carbon credits are the modern form of "indulgences". So keep a look out for the "Martin Luther" of environmentalism to come along soon.
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That test subject had a lot of courage. No way is my brain getting zapped.
Much more data is sent with an SMS that just the text of the message. How do you think you get the caller id of who sent the message? To see how much data is actually sent check out the format of a "call detail record". Most data is not compressed, but rather sent as a comma separated list. You would be amazed at how much data is actually tranfered for any type of wireless communication. First the message from the sending device is sent to the nearest cell tower, which contacts a database to see which carrier you subscribe to. (Your phone does this periodically also, so your carrier knows which cell tower service area you are in so they know where to send your calls). The number you are calling is looked up in a database so they know which cell tower to broadcast your message from. Plus your IMEI,ESN, calling number, called number,originating and terminating cell tower information, originating and terminating switch and trunk data are transmitted with each message. Copies of each record are reformatted and sent to the carrier for retention, copies are sent to the billing company and the company that maintains the carrier's customer service web site, etc.
My point is that much more data gets transferred for each sms than the 160 characters of the text. Considering all the data transfers required for the whole process, the text of the message is actually a very low percentage total data processed.
You sir, are a dumbass for not understanding Netflix's straight-forward business model. It is a rental. It is advertised as a rental. If you damage or don't return a disk and don't have a decent excuse (like mailbox theft) you will be charged to replace the disk.
I think he meant "Why should the consumer bother with buying DRM'd stuff in the first place?".
So you favor arranged marriages?
Polygraph tests only detect an emotional response. Whether it's considered a lie is an interpretation of the person giving the test.
What's with the little dig against Republicans in the last sentence. The bill (S-681) is co-sponsored by a Republican.
Exactly. This French phonautogram is analagous to visualizations in WinAmp where Edison's recordings would be analagous to the MP3 file.
Your criteria could also rule out Steely Dan and any other band that uses session musicians. It would also rule out almost every blues band as it's traditional for blues bands to do covers and songs from traditional origins.
Lighten up, Francis.
Every few months, I'll download a large sampling of songs from usenet and load them onto my MP3 player just so I can check out some new bands. To be honest, you have to dig through a ton of shit to find one gem.
Who gives a shit who writes the song? Does persona, manufactured or genuine, matter? The only thing that matters is if you like the music they deliver.
Consider that if you believe the universe is infinite, containing an infinite number of stars and planets, then any situation that possibly can occur, will occur, an infinite number of times. Sort of like the Futurama episode where the Professor creates boxes containing parallel universes that have slight variations.
The funniest Darwin award winners are usually urban legends. The original one was the "guy who strapped a JTOW rocket to his car" And there was the suicide guy who jumped from a building, but was accidently shot by his step father on the way down, who was trying to shoot his wife but missed.
Yeah, right. Vinyl is making a comeback. Like when a football team kicks a field goal at the end of 42 - 3 loss is a comeback.
Does the Australian Broadcasting Commission and Channel Ten have news shows that compete against each other? If so, could you please report the number of viewers of each?
Unfortunately, the article used the term "mummified". Mummification != fossilization. But I understand that reporting of even the most elementary scientific subjects is dumbed down for mass publication (and probably for the reporters and editors themselves).
"of things like pot that aren't that addictive or dangerous"
What are these things you speak of?
Looks interesting, but it makes me skeptical when no real data is given. I'd be more interested in see him hook it to a multimeter and test it out at different wind speeds. Or put it outside and measure the output for a week.
Environmentalism has become like a religion and carbon credits are the modern form of "indulgences". So keep a look out for the "Martin Luther" of environmentalism to come along soon.