Month: February 2004

No more scarcity

Personal communications services have sparked a sea change in data services delivered to phones, using 90 MHz. The Wifi revolution in wireless local-area networking was started with only 84 MHz. Now imagine more new spectrum made available simultaneously in the next few years than is now used by the satellite TV, PCS, and Wifi industries combined

and

A newly permitted method of using spectrum, ultra wide band, takes spread spectrum to its logical conclusion, operating at such low power that, subject to appropriate safeguards, it can underlie existing licensed services. That is, preexisting users of the same spectrum bands won’t even know the ultra wide band transmissions are there. It will be as if we figured out a way for freight trains to travel on highways, with cars being none the wiser. Standards work is already under way to make ultra wide band the core technology for home entertainment networks, transferring video, audio, and photos among home PCs, stereos, high-definition televisions, and DVD players.

conclusion:

Incumbent mobile operators and broadcasters will almost certainly face greater competitive pressures from both licensed and unlicensed alternatives. The spectrum portfolios of incumbent operators, especially the large cellular phone companies, may be the first to be devalued.

momento

Momento is an XML document object model. It is designed to permit large XSLT transforms and XUpdate queries, larger than in memory document object models will allow. In addition, it stores transaction based modifications to XML documents that are recoverable in the event of a system failure.

people are doing more and more work on xml storage. momento looks like it could become quite useful inside cocoon if the author decides to donate it.

eclipse with custom workspace

There are 2 ways to control the location of your workspace; using the current working directory or using the -data command line argument. To use the -data command line argument, simply add -data (your workspace location) (e.g., -data c:\myworkspace) to the “Target:” line in the shortcut or include it explicitly on your command prompt command line.

arco

6 etoy.AGENTS arrived at ARCO today, penetrating Hispanic culture. After intense confrontations with security personnel, etoy.CORPORATION attained dealership status at the ARCO art fair, and thus access to one of Europe’s most important contemporary art markets. Accompanied by a crew of Spanish national TV (RTVE 2), and corporate as well as press photographers, etoy.SALES-AGENTS entered business contacts with dominant gallerists. etoy.CORPORATION offers certified art dealers a special, limited discount on etoy.SHARES in order to promote the private share placement. Only with significant benefits and high sales volumes, etoy.COPRORATION considers an alliance with intermediary services.