Nrsolis

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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Allow me to add my $0.02 to this discussion. I've implemented CALEA type features for a major ISP. I did it because it was the law that we implement it. I'm generally in favor of following the law. Mind you, CALEA doesn't do anything that
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I think the main thrust of the article is that many systems are vulnerable to control channel interruptions. In those scenarios, a jammer can be far less powerful and much harder to detect. In many cases, the underlying encryption system f
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Uranium Plant Using Laser Technology Wins U.S. Approval(nytimes.com)
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Right. That was my point. I'm not happy with the path that Apple is taking here. The non-configurability/repairability of the newer laptops along with the ever-increasing closing of the platform gives me pause. I was looking at the Lenov
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
If someone out there made a decent laptop with upgradable components and a retina-quality display, I'd probably switch in a moment.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Yeah. I think that's what I meant to say. I'm still a bit hazy on all the components of the Android platform but AFAIK, the Linux kernel is only the most basic part of the whole thing with the VM and associated parts a larger percentage o
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Wow. This captures my feelings almost to a "T". I have an iPhone4 (replacing a 3GS), an iPad3 (replacing an original iPad), and a Macbook Air (replacing a MacBookPro15) and I'm starting to get very nervous about AAPL. I'm concerned that th
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
The reason people are choosing Uber is because the taxis suck. It's really that simple. Uber costs more and people will pay it. They pay it because you know what you are getting and you know that if you dont get it then the company will m
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Man...you should go see what happens at Union Station on a weeknight right after 12AM. It's essentially a free-fire zone on travelers. Taxis violate EVERY SINGLE RULE on fares that are supposed to protect the public. If the DC Taxi Commiss
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Ny my reckoning, the only way that Realtors (agents) help you is by bringing you deal opportunities you wouldn't have had otherwise. If those are good deals (e.g. they improve the price relative to others), then they are worth a commission
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Go do some research on Realtors and their incentives to negotiate for a higher price vs. their reward for holding out. Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt of Freakanomics fame didn't see having an agent negotiate a price for you as lead
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Manager is a different thing from "agent." Agents get you jobs. Managers handle things like payment, accounting, scheduling, travel, etc., etc. Trust me: nobody working as a developer can afford to give up the kinds of percentages of thei
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
But their fee comes from the employer, not the developer. That sets up a regime where they do not represent the developer, but their client, the employer. Contrast that to a Hollywood or major-league sports agent: they represent a client f
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Oh ya, the user terminals out there are going to have to be replaced wholesale. My only point was that Sprint is going to be able to convert to LTE a lot quicker than people expect. Building up a user base is another issue entirely.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
That's not necessarily true. There is little difference between WiMAX and LTE on all of the hard parts: antenna configuration, transceivers, and amplifiers. Even the modulation scheme is the same: OFDM. Sprint started installing firmware
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Uh, I think you're missing the part where Apple didn't copy or steal the Windows OS design and fell far behind in operating systems. Or when they forgot about developers and let MSFT gain 90% of the market. Or: Lisa. The Apple ///. Etc et
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I think you might be getting carried away here. Apple really hasn't "invented" anything. What they HAVE done is apply a keen sense of design and an obsessive focus on execution to a segment of a very diverse industry. I think it goes wit
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
From the horse's mouth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Hey, I'm not complaining. I think it needed to be done. But my point still stands: if the sea-steaders thought they could escape into some "international law" zone, then they were sadly mistaken. It's more like a "we dont really care...un
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Word. Any nations ability to operate independently is a function of their conflict with other nations in the same sphere of influence. International law is largely a joke of a construct since the only way to hold a nation accountable if the
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
There is a market for closed solutions and that market isn't us; it's technophobes of all stripes who just want their devices to work and want someone else to worry about the how. To extend an analogy: I know how to make coffee and like to
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
I know csoghoian personally. I found the rebuttal article from Wired to be absolutely abhorrent. I do not speak for him, but I think you can safely assume that the vitriol reserved for Chris is somehow co-incident with his preference towar
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Congrats man. Be sure to send the announcement URL to your old friends at Arbor.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Heh. Well you've obviously got it all figured out. Just keep this in mind: running a telecom network that requires lots of field personnel isn't something that GOOG has a proven capability in. For their money, their BEST bet would have be
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Well, at microwave frequencies (think anything at 10Ghz and up, really) you're already talking about directional antennas. The RF engineers will call anything above 1Ghz microwave, but that's really splitting hairs. Fiber is a waveguide an
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
IBM has one of the most extensive patent portfolios known to man. Whatever basic research they do, it's definitely in pursuit of digits for the bottom line.
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Where did you get the idea I was suggesting that we go backwards? All I'm saying is that things haven't gotten worse . In fact, they've gotten MUCH BETTER. Just because the OP hasn't EVER been satisfied with a telco isn't any reason to di
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
FTTH install cost is entirely dependent on the territory. Overhead vs underground, apartment buildings vs. single family homes, number of directional bores (to get under streets), miles of sidewalk torn up to lay cable, etc. etc. It's expen
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Those franchise agreements aren't a something-for-nothing type of arrangement. In exchange for a franchise, a telco has to guarantee coverage to a certain area and give up other things called "proffers." That usually includes things like p
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by Nrsolis 14y ago
Really? You might change your mind when you consider that Bell Labs (part of the "Soviet Bureau" you despise) created: - The transistor - The laser - The C language - The Unix operating system Other notable discoveries (but not of concern t

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