I don't buy this "can't be done do to the nature of wireless communications" explanation. It's not because I completely understand the technical details (far from it), but because I have been to very densely populated places with high penetrations of "smart" devices", that have cheap mobile data, which their usage reflects, and got consistently great performance. I have video Skyped half way around the world on a GSM network (not even "4G"), with people doing other data heavy tasks all around me without performance issues.
Now, it may come down to politics and very real problems when managing our spectrum, getting permission to build and "wire" for mobile communcations, etc, but it being technically impossible for mobile networks to handle "high" data demands? I think not.
what kind of horseshit do they teach at harvard business school anyways? fuck.
Obviously the kind of horseshit that enables a company like Verizon to maintain a 40 - 50 percent profit margin on their customers.
American corporations are not incompetent. Many are making record profits in one of the worst economic downturns in recent history. They know what they are doing, especially when it comes corrupting our government for their benefit and locking in customers. Deserving of eternal damnation, yes. Incompetent, no.
That depends. Verizon was recently fined for not adhering to open access provisions of their spectrum purchase. If he has a 4G LTE device ("C-Spectrum"), Verizon might be forced to allow free tethering regardless of his plan. The article to which you link reports Verizon "interpretation", which seems like they are still trying to dig their heels in, or continue to half-ass in their obligations with regard to the spectrum purchase. Whether that would survive if the FCC reviews Verizon's compliance again is a different story.
More likely, they will just find ways to force they unlimited customers into new contracts.
You don't need a 1 Gbps connection to stream 720 or 1080p video. That is even assuming REAL 1080p video, not the compressed to hell crap Netflix, cable providers, Amazon, iTunes, etc. advertise as such when it does not deserve that distinction. When properly mastered, Blu-ray gives transparent 1080p video and lossless HD audio at or below 0.05 Gbps. (Usually achieved at around 0.03 Gbps.)
Bandwidth caps would be reached quickly, and tiers with that kind of bandwidth are still pricey outside of Google Fiber, but the requirement of fiber and 1 Gbps, not really. (Not even for 4K)
All those statements could also explain the emergence of men who can get their sexual gratification from other men instead.
Almost makes one envy their ability to do so.
"you have to accept the reality that large programs take some time to start."
The is a difference between taking a long time to start, and taking a long time to completely load. I notice that most programs that take a long time to start are loading tons of plugins, or external dynamic libraries. In Adobe's case, each seems to load rather instantly, but the sheer amount of them adds up to a long start time.
They should be able to get a usable interface a lot more quickly than they do. They can load functionality burried under menus in the background, even bringing functionality to the front of the load queue if the user requests it to keep a partially loaded application responsive.
I think it would help if you told us what kind of projects you would like to contribute or to learn more about. Are you into OS kernels, IDEs, Ray Tracing, sound editing, etc. Then people might be able to suggest a manageable open source project to your liking (one which you will be more likely to brave through the learning curve), and resources for that specific project.
While I understand the caveat that texts go directly to the cell phone (ie, purely "push"), what is wrong with using e-mail for IP based messaging? Or Skype?
Since IP is so generic, and you can just download an app for a new protocol (I use the term loosely), isn't it more of an issue of getting your group of friends to agree than it is for there to be a single industry wide standard?
It's never quite as simple unless you're a hermit or a selfish/self-centered person.
Personally, I think the expectation by someone that others always be accessible by whatever form they want (texting, cell, e-mail) is more selfish than not having a text plan simply to accommodate said expectation.
BLISS is ignorance.
