The Immortal Blog Nonlinearity rules our world, and human minds are often too simplistic and shortsighted to comprehend it fully. People in general will agree that happiness is a (if not the) goal in their lives. However it is ironical that in spite of aspiring for happiness, they still wouldn’t be honest with themselves to pursue that goal single-mindedly. Why honesty and authenticity is important in life? Well, that’s a different post altogether, but briefly speaking, in the face of our inherently meaningless lives, why will anyone prefer a dishonest life over an honest one is beyond me. At least, one should be honest with oneself, if not with the entire world. An example of such dishonesty is the utter ignorance of what freedom is and why happiness cannot be ensured without freedom. What really is freedom anyway? No one but you has any right on your life. What limits freedom? Inherently, everyone is free. Moral commitments about the future. This means that one should be careful about the future.
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matte Techcrunch The Existential Terror of San Francisco After I sold my company I decided to visit New York City one time before I moved out to San Francisco. The trip was a lot of fun, but at one point I found myself completely out of cash, my ATM/debit card snapped in half, my credit card deactivated for suspected fraud, and my phone out of batteries. Then I got off at the wrong subway stop and found myself deep in the wrong part of Harlem. As scary as that was, it wasn’t anywhere near as frightening as the existential terror I feel every day walking the streets of San Francisco. When I walked through the streets of Manhattan, I saw residents going for a stroll or walking their dog or playing with their kids and I thought “Ah, I could live here”. The whole city feels like some sort of movie set; oversized and fake. I’ve been to San Francisco before, of course, but always on very carefully planned excursions. The city maltreats you even when you’re not doing anything wrong. Of course, San Francisco isn’t all pain. Can I get a what what!
Crowdsourcing Geeking with Greg Caterina.net MyBlogLog yumio.net crazybob.org Wi-Fi Networking News Archive October 22, 2010 WiMax and LTE Not Technically 4G by ITU Standards By Glenn Fleishman The ITU sets the minimum for 4G designation: The International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has reaffirmed previous less settled criteria for what's a fourth-generation (4G) network. This isn't new, although this particular decision is new. The ITU-R doesn't do enforcement, and 4G isn't a trademark. My question for 4G deployment, of course, is that with it on track for 2014–2015 rollout, how realistic is it to come up with the channel widths necessary? The definition of 4G may now be set, but the ability to roll out 4G at anything like the minimum speeds promised seems highly problematic even in five years. Posted by Glenn Fleishman at 8:26 PM | Permanent Link | Categories: Spectrum, Standards | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks May 11, 2009 UK Regulator Examines 2.4 GHz Band's Usage, Weaknesses November 4, 2008 FCC Slams Out a Pile of News: White Spaces, Sprint/Clearwire, Verizon/Alltel