I think the tech time for this has come. But I think a revenue share model is better business approach. If I was business development manager at Aereo, I would find ways to work with terrestrial broadcasters to develop expanded distribution of their broadcasts, but monetize using percentage of advertisement revenue.
This means the original broadcast still control the selling of advertisements, but Aereo would report back to the original broadcasters viewing data and the original broadcasters would be able to sell larger audience to advertisers, and give Aereo a cut of the revenue for eyeballs that viewed original broadcaster feed via extended Aereo coverage.
There's lots of programming I'd like to watch outside of my terrestrial region that would be easy for Aereo to augment coverage, but not blockbuster enough for cable network to pick up in their one size fit all bundles.
Not an Apple fan boy, but jeez was this easy. My 5c speakerphone microphone stopped working. 2 minutes at fancy Apple store on University Avenue in Palo Alto - here sir is a brand new replacement, please make sure you have a backup. Are you ready now (i.e. am I using iCloud ) or would you like to come back (non-cloud backup/ my preference)? Yes the iPhone is ridiculously over priced, and data plans are too expensive... but the customer experience was very slick and I have to say I value that.
I almost feel like Apple should do a Mozilla OS phone, leverage all that FOSS/UNIX goodness but give user that platinum mechanical/industrial design, customer support, fancy ego stroking stores, high quality OS upgrade for years (on 4 generations of phones),...
But its the UI design where FOSS gets stuck - Apple will never embrace anyone else's UI. If there were a way to have a mobile OS that could have proprietary UI maybe, but now we're getting into almost enterprise software nuanced value propositions that Microsoft / RedHat / IBM / Oracle / Google are still struggling with - and why Linux on the Desktop will always be a fad... the best UI/Desktop for Linux will always be a web browser on another computer, go $%^# yourself X11/and other variants, um SteamOS, good luck!
The silicon valley commute on 101 is no fun anymore, robot car take it from here please.
I dream of getting in the backseat of my car, punching in work parking lot, then reading/napping/web surfing as my robot car takes special robot only right of way routes, traffic lights, and such until I'm at work. The same heading home afterward.
If it is CDPD then this is nothing new, just more integrated. I was using CDPD modem on the train, in airports all around the nation, and even on top of Mt. Tamalpais in bay area to make SF dinner reservations. Unlimited use rate was $40/month through verizon which eventuall I dropped because I couldn't justify the cost for casual use.
Great Show! PBS Channel 54 in the bay area has been broadcasting the UK version for about a year. It is amazing how creative the designs are and how unexpected events determine who wins. With any luck I will have an entry this year:-)
Bit of clarification - in actuality the show is about radio controlled fighting machines. The competition is as much about human remote control skill as it is about good 'vehicle' design. Calling it Robot Wars is a bit of a stretch... perhaps a better name would be "remote control wrestling machines"
If just one person got a Sprint and MCI dialup account and posted their name and password (accidentally of course) to the net, everyone could boycott these companies while using their service for free! Ergo don't pay money to monster ISP's if you can help it. Support your local ISP! Force ISP's to delivery innovative quality service.
P.S. Sprint has lots of right of way assets for stringing fiber and cable. This merger could place the deeds to this countries wiring in serious monopolistic jeopordy.
P.S.S. me thinks the cable companies are even more dastardly than the telcos
All the 3D authoring apps support VRML import and export. VRML is very successfult for that. All the 3D authoring vendors are scared as hell that their own proprietary formats will be usurped by a open source format. That is why VRML is still alive and that is why it is being silently but actively fought against by the 800 pound 3D authoring companies. Open formats ultimately will prevail. Stay tuned:-)
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I think the tech time for this has come. But I think a revenue share model is better business approach. If I was business development manager at Aereo, I would find ways to work with terrestrial broadcasters to develop expanded distribution of their broadcasts, but monetize using percentage of advertisement revenue.
This means the original broadcast still control the selling of advertisements, but Aereo would report back to the original broadcasters viewing data and the original broadcasters would be able to sell larger audience to advertisers, and give Aereo a cut of the revenue for eyeballs that viewed original broadcaster feed via extended Aereo coverage.
There's lots of programming I'd like to watch outside of my terrestrial region that would be easy for Aereo to augment coverage, but not blockbuster enough for cable network to pick up in their one size fit all bundles.
Not an Apple fan boy, but jeez was this easy. My 5c speakerphone microphone stopped working. 2 minutes at fancy Apple store on University Avenue in Palo Alto - here sir is a brand new replacement, please make sure you have a backup. Are you ready now (i.e. am I using iCloud ) or would you like to come back (non-cloud backup/ my preference)? Yes the iPhone is ridiculously over priced, and data plans are too expensive ... but the customer experience was very slick and I have to say I value that.
I almost feel like Apple should do a Mozilla OS phone, leverage all that FOSS/UNIX goodness but give user that platinum mechanical/industrial design, customer support, fancy ego stroking stores, high quality OS upgrade for years (on 4 generations of phones), ...
But its the UI design where FOSS gets stuck - Apple will never embrace anyone else's UI. If there were a way to have a mobile OS that could have proprietary UI maybe, but now we're getting into almost enterprise software nuanced value propositions that Microsoft / RedHat / IBM / Oracle / Google are still struggling with - and why Linux on the Desktop will always be a fad ... the best UI/Desktop for Linux will always be a web browser on another computer, go $%^# yourself X11/and other variants, um SteamOS, good luck!
Sounds kind of intimidating.
The silicon valley commute on 101 is no fun anymore, robot car take it from here please.
I dream of getting in the backseat of my car, punching in work parking lot, then reading/napping/web surfing as my robot car takes special robot only right of way routes, traffic lights, and such until I'm at work. The same heading home afterward.
Read it, then add your own sauce.
http://www.maryroach.net/packing-for-mars.html
If it is CDPD then this is nothing new, just more integrated. I was using CDPD modem on the train, in airports all around the nation, and even on top of Mt. Tamalpais in bay area to make SF dinner reservations. Unlimited use rate was $40/month through verizon which eventuall I dropped because I couldn't justify the cost for casual use.
Bit of clarification - in actuality the show is about radio controlled fighting machines. The competition is as much about human remote control skill as it is about good 'vehicle' design. Calling it Robot Wars is a bit of a stretch ... perhaps a better name would be "remote control wrestling machines"
*nix have been out so long that it is hard to believe that this hasn't been dealt with already
If just one person got a Sprint and MCI dialup account and posted their name and password (accidentally of course) to the net, everyone could boycott these companies while using their service for free! Ergo don't pay money to monster ISP's if you can help it. Support your local ISP! Force ISP's to delivery innovative quality service.
P.S. Sprint has lots of right of way assets for stringing fiber and cable. This merger could place the deeds to this countries wiring in serious monopolistic jeopordy.
P.S.S. me thinks the cable companies are even more dastardly than the telcos
All the 3D authoring apps support VRML import and export. VRML is very successfult for that. All the 3D authoring vendors are scared as hell that their own proprietary formats will be usurped by a open source format. That is why VRML is still alive and that is why it is being silently but actively fought against by the 800 pound 3D authoring companies. Open formats ultimately will prevail. Stay tuned :-)