http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1204 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:24:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1204
Blutooth uses spread spectrum, ATC uses VHF, Amplitude Modulation narrow spectrum.

The radio antennas for VHF comms to aircraft are usually mount of the fuselage forward of the wings and aft of the cockpit, or sometimes on the tail section, they are Omni-directional, and it's the aircrafts weather radar that is mounted in the nose cone and using parabolic dishes and directional antennae.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c266 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c266 That's the main reason they get a free pass

The upcoming backlash doesn't look like a free pass to me.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c65 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c65 The second problem is the failure to recognize that people value some products and services provided by our fellow meat-sacks.

This is only true in the case that meat-sacks make 'better' products, like the example of the antiquated rug. But that's an exception to the rule.

Robots enable technologies we couldn't have dreamt about in history. If there's still a market for handmade circuit-boards, I'll bet it's not sufficient to employ even 1% of the workforce that robots have put out of work. These new circuits are much better than the old ones... and smaller and more durable and more energy efficient.

There's no market for handmade processors. There's no market for Low Frequency Trading... only people who don't have the ability to make High Frequency Trading happen.

Yes, people will retrain. But suggesting that we'll all make artisan versions of what we make today is just silly.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c249 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c249 Nintendo is well within their rights to monetize these videos and images

Are they? I think this is questionable. Zach (presumably) has paid for the games he is recording. Why should Nintedo get to double-dip?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c243 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:19:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c243 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c225 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:17:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c225 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1203 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1203 With my current phone, I've tried to "turn it off" but even when it says it's turning off it's not really turning off (because when I switch the battery, it takes about 3 minutes to boot up -- but if I "turn it off" and then turn it back on, it's ready to go within a second).

It's called RAM (Random Access Memory) your phone is completely OFF, except for a single voltage to the phones RAM holding the operating data.

THE REST IS OFF, IF you remove the battery, that holding voltage to the RAM is removed, the contents of the RAM are lost, and it takes 3 minutes to boot up again.

You phone is not "in idle" it is OFF..

Masnick, don't you know a freaking thing about electronics ?? ANYTHING ??]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130404/01213022571/thomas-cooley-law-schools-reputation-is-dumps-so-its-thinking-about-changing-its-name.shtml#c382 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:13:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130404/01213022571/thomas-cooley-law-schools-reputation-is-dumps-so-its-thinking-about-changing-its-name.shtml#c382 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c62 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c62
Know a person by what he's done, not by what he says or writes when he knows everyone is watching.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c52 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:38:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/05513523093/suburban-express-goes-double-nothing-their-aggressive-behavior.shtml#c52 "it is an interesting read."

No it isn't; it's a smoke screen that will only fool the simple minded. It doesn't do anything to answer any of the questions raised by Toeppen's seemingly constant, horrible, actions that he inflicted upon his community.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/07262023094/restaurant-facebook-goes-nuclear-facebook-over-reviews-gordon-ramsay-owner-cry-hack.shtml#c1044 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/07262023094/restaurant-facebook-goes-nuclear-facebook-over-reviews-gordon-ramsay-owner-cry-hack.shtml#c1044 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c55 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c55 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1302 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1302
What's a soapbox?!?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c212 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/16203623112/nintendo-exchanges-goodwill-control-issues-mass-monetization-claims-lets-play-videos.shtml#c212 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c50 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c50
We face a political problem, not a scientific one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c699 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:35:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c699 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c47 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c47 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00145123090/big-pharma-firms-seeking-pharmacy-domain-to-crowd-out-legitimate-foreign-pharmacies.shtml#c238 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/00145123090/big-pharma-firms-seeking-pharmacy-domain-to-crowd-out-legitimate-foreign-pharmacies.shtml#c238 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c42 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:27:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/06185923116/rice-university-professor-skynets-gonna-take-ur-jerbs.shtml#c42 There will be protests against gay-marrying robots.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1192 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:25:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130510/13023123037/lots-people-dont-turn-off-their-devices-when-they-fly.shtml#c1192
BluTooth devices and cellular data devices cause this interference because both share the same broadband spectrum that the Aircraft uses to communicate with the tower.]]>