The beauty of switching from GSM to Wifi/VOIP is that you don't use as many cell phone minutes. It has NOTHING to do with your iPhone's data plan. There seems to be a huge amount of confusion here.
You're at home with your iPhone. You make a call on VOIP because you're in range of your HOME WIRELESS NETWORK.
You decide to leave and go somewhere but wish to continue talking on your iPhone. You get out of range of your home wireless network.
THE PHONE SWITCHES FROM VOIP TO GSM WITHOUT DROPPING THE CALL.
Sprint and T-Mobile have been doing this for awhile now (at least a year) but the problem was that none of their cool phones had WiFi.
OSTM/Jason 2 will have substantially increased accuracy and provide data to within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of coastlines, nearly 50 percent closer to shore than in the past
Ok I'm really not trolling here and I'm sure I'm exposing my vast ignorance on this topic, but does this seem incredibly underwhelming to anyone else?
I had Hardy Heron installed and it worked really well also, but I was annoyed with the same things you are. I wonder if it's some bug, but after my laptop overheating when I would close it, I switched and just really like OpenSUSE. Ubuntu is a really tight distro though.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm a Linux noob. I've played around with countless distros to find a great solution for my older (1.6GHz, 512M RAM, 40Gig HD) laptop, but I have almost zero command line experience and I wanted something that was easy to configure and just worked. I downloaded the beta version of OpenSUSE 11 and it just straight worked. Autoconfigure was great, wireless was perfect right out of the gate, etc.
For a Linux lover but amateur, I loved it for it's simplicity and ease of installation.
Isn't it customary for an amici curiae brief to argue just one side?
Yeah when you file an amici brief it is only for one side. There wouldn't be any point whatsoever to argue both sides of an issue, unless you really didn't care how it turned out. And if that's the case, why would you take the time/expense to file to begin with?
Yes the summary, SURPRISINGLY, isn't very well written.
this could extend XP's life a little longer until a non-shitty version of Windows comes out? (insert joke here) I realize we could be waiting awhile. I use Linux for most things but I just can't get away from my PC gaming!
Erroneously or not, companies will continue to expand their IP portfolios and yes, try to patent everything they can. Since the licensing boom of the 1970s, all of a sudden all these companies (IBM, HP, etc) suddenly were able to take their patent portfolios and make some huge cash from licensing.
Fast forward. Now a huge asset to a company besides the products they sell is their IP portfolio. Whether or not their patents are making licensing revenue, a large portfolio makes a company more attratcive, especially for financing. If you're looking at a company that has 30 patents, even if only 2 are making money, versus a company that only has 2 patents (both making money), generally there will be more value and confidence in the 30 patent company. Sort of sill I know, but that's human nature.
Until people realize that patents do not automatically equal money, companies will continue to patent everything they can.
I agree that there is no silver bullet but the quality of examiner IMHO is the biggest hurdle. You can become an examiner directly out of college. You then become overworked, pressured, and required to turn out a caselaod of applications. The USPTO has horrible turnover with the average being approximately 3 years (I have a few friends who became examiners and they said that was the average). 3 years doesn't allow anyone to become a real subject matter expert.
You've got kids dealing with really high-level stuff in a lot of cases. Optics, physics, biotech. No wonder it's easier for companies to push shitty applications through.
Really, the goatse is a parable for current state of the USPTO. Goatse/USPTO says "hey we're not making any effort to keep uwanted things out right now, so hey, whatever you got, bring it on in."
I have some karma to burn even though I think this is both insightful AND hilarious.
I realize you don't just become a judge, but you take very deliberate steps in your career in hopes that an appoinment will happen. You don't just become a judge without trying.
My point is that impartiality is essential in that role. A judge shouldn't bring his personal prejudices to the bench. That's what attorneys are for. Lots of judges get overturned on appeal because of their bias in lower court rulings. And this is also sometimes why we have scandals at all court levels.
Clearly you're not involved in the court process or you'd see what a problem this is. Also I think we're getting way off topic here so for karma's sake, we'd better realign. I can feel an immigration stance argument coming on.;)
Honestly it is more likely than you think. In northern Colorado, there was a guy who spent 10 years in the pokey after being convicted of murder. Long story short, he was recently acquitted after it was discovered that police and DAs actively burned/destroyed exculpatory evidence. The great twist is that the DAs who prosecuted the case are now judges in the same county. The cops are cheifs of police in neighboring counties. All this was brought to light and NOTHING happened to them. There was public outcry for disbarment and removal. Nothing happened. Everything was swept under the rug.
There is an immigration judge out here who has all but said that he became a judge so he could help keep immigrants out of this country. Judges shouldn't have an agenda.
Slightly off topic I realize, but my main point is that little things like this happen all the time, all around the country and world. They will continue to happen as well and honestly, there doesn't seem to be a hell of a lot that can be done about it.
The US Federal judges seem to be the best and most impartial. They are paid well and have liftime appointments, thus they don't have to make decisions in order to appease a public and keep their office. They can decide what is right.
The drawback is that it takes (usually) huge amounts of resources to select these people. Local governments don't have that kind of time/money.
I'd be curious to know what the judicial appointment/election status is in this case.
Yeah I know it's a tired stereotype and it was certainly the easy joke on this topic. I'm glad to hear that there are plenty of girls who play D&D though. Perhaps it's just my circle and the people I've met. I've hardly met any girls who actually play pen and paper D&D (know plenty of female computer/consule RPGers). Maybe a new group is in order!
... that in supporting freedom of information, all topics are allowed. The rest is up to you. It's good to know that through readily available information on suicide, even "how to", that there is a decrease in suicide rates.
Haha yes that was fixed indeed! As far as copyright is concerned for software, there has to be some sort of a functional equivalency protection that Copyright doesn't protect. If you have some sort of technique for compliation or something and the code is copyrighted. If someone comes along and figures out how to do the same thing without exactly taking your code, they're free to do it. I think that's where the problem lies.
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You're at home with your iPhone. You make a call on VOIP because you're in range of your HOME WIRELESS NETWORK.
You decide to leave and go somewhere but wish to continue talking on your iPhone. You get out of range of your home wireless network.
THE PHONE SWITCHES FROM VOIP TO GSM WITHOUT DROPPING THE CALL.
Sprint and T-Mobile have been doing this for awhile now (at least a year) but the problem was that none of their cool phones had WiFi.
Ok I'm really not trolling here and I'm sure I'm exposing my vast ignorance on this topic, but does this seem incredibly underwhelming to anyone else?
I had Hardy Heron installed and it worked really well also, but I was annoyed with the same things you are. I wonder if it's some bug, but after my laptop overheating when I would close it, I switched and just really like OpenSUSE. Ubuntu is a really tight distro though.
For a Linux lover but amateur, I loved it for it's simplicity and ease of installation.
Yeah when you file an amici brief it is only for one side. There wouldn't be any point whatsoever to argue both sides of an issue, unless you really didn't care how it turned out. And if that's the case, why would you take the time/expense to file to begin with?
Yes the summary, SURPRISINGLY, isn't very well written.
this could extend XP's life a little longer until a non-shitty version of Windows comes out? (insert joke here) I realize we could be waiting awhile. I use Linux for most things but I just can't get away from my PC gaming!
That's where that "NASA approved" memory foam came from!
I, good sir, refuse to sell my liberty for a shit-free sidewalk.
I don't know of the current state of the plan, but there was news awhile ago that they are opening a second office Denver. LINK
Fast forward. Now a huge asset to a company besides the products they sell is their IP portfolio. Whether or not their patents are making licensing revenue, a large portfolio makes a company more attratcive, especially for financing. If you're looking at a company that has 30 patents, even if only 2 are making money, versus a company that only has 2 patents (both making money), generally there will be more value and confidence in the 30 patent company. Sort of sill I know, but that's human nature.
Until people realize that patents do not automatically equal money, companies will continue to patent everything they can.
Well, after seeing it once (ok fine, 7x), I'm pretty careful what I click!
You've got kids dealing with really high-level stuff in a lot of cases. Optics, physics, biotech. No wonder it's easier for companies to push shitty applications through.
Already done. Usually about half price for the little guys.
I have some karma to burn even though I think this is both insightful AND hilarious.
My point is that impartiality is essential in that role. A judge shouldn't bring his personal prejudices to the bench. That's what attorneys are for. Lots of judges get overturned on appeal because of their bias in lower court rulings. And this is also sometimes why we have scandals at all court levels.
Clearly you're not involved in the court process or you'd see what a problem this is. Also I think we're getting way off topic here so for karma's sake, we'd better realign. I can feel an immigration stance argument coming on. ;)
There is an immigration judge out here who has all but said that he became a judge so he could help keep immigrants out of this country. Judges shouldn't have an agenda.
Slightly off topic I realize, but my main point is that little things like this happen all the time, all around the country and world. They will continue to happen as well and honestly, there doesn't seem to be a hell of a lot that can be done about it.
The US Federal judges seem to be the best and most impartial. They are paid well and have liftime appointments, thus they don't have to make decisions in order to appease a public and keep their office. They can decide what is right.
The drawback is that it takes (usually) huge amounts of resources to select these people. Local governments don't have that kind of time/money.
I'd be curious to know what the judicial appointment/election status is in this case.
Yeah I know it's a tired stereotype and it was certainly the easy joke on this topic. I'm glad to hear that there are plenty of girls who play D&D though. Perhaps it's just my circle and the people I've met. I've hardly met any girls who actually play pen and paper D&D (know plenty of female computer/consule RPGers). Maybe a new group is in order!
Awesome video. I love how at the end of the vid it says "this is not a real number; do not call."
I love me some D&D and I can't imagine much better than girls playing.
Perhaps my wish should be filed along with "Year of Linux on the desktop" and Duke Nukem Forever...
This also highlights the importance of community.
Yeah that's exactly what I meant. Shit. Wasn't paying attention.
Isn't MS Office on Linux blasphemy? How about MS finally supporting OOXML instead? We don't need their steenking Office.
... to see a stealth MS-funded Linux distro. One that crashes and shits out, just to show people how much better Windows is a-la them sponsoring all those Linux "news" sites and putting up anti-Linux/pro-Windows banners.
Verizon has enough problems switching between towers without dropping calls while I'm moving in my car. On a plane? Shit...
Haha yes that was fixed indeed! As far as copyright is concerned for software, there has to be some sort of a functional equivalency protection that Copyright doesn't protect. If you have some sort of technique for compliation or something and the code is copyrighted. If someone comes along and figures out how to do the same thing without exactly taking your code, they're free to do it. I think that's where the problem lies.