Posts by Pat Att 186 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Jul 2012
Apart from a few people (who will be present in bigger numbers on this site I suspect), it's not currently necessary. If your current link can provide a couple of streaming services and a bit of browsing without falling over then that suits most families.
I think 5G is a bit pointless for most people for similar reasons.
I realise that this isn't about Android, but I'm on the brink of removing Firefox from my phone because it insists on giving a stubborn push notification that keeps coming back after I swipe it away, if there is a video on a page I've looked at. Does anyone know how to stop it happening?
From the use cases I've seen, I can't help thinking that 5G is solving a problem that doesn't really manifest itself for most people. I'm not sure why I would like to download a film in 5 second when it still takes may 1.5 hours to watch. A 5 minute download would suit me fine.
I'm sure there are lots of good applications for it, but I've yet to hear them - please tell me I'm wrong below...
There's a whole load of problems you identify that took a good while to correct. I would, in my naivety expect better from them. And when they broke my original Nexus 7 with their software update and never corrected it, I think I'll probably pass on buying any more Google kit for a while.
I bought a DAB radio expecting the crystal clear commentary, which I duly got - but the 2+ second delay while the signal gets digitised/compressed, fed through some network or other and then decompressed on my radio made the listening very frustrating
You need my new, pat pending, digital delay glasses. put them on and the world gets delayed by 2 seconds.
I'm working on some that delay by 40 years, for Brexiteers.
For home use, and lots of business uses I'm sure it's fine. When I started my own business 4 years ago I tried to use it. I had to give that up because my business involves sending lots of documents to people where they need to be in a particular format. Things like page numbering and line numbering were a real pain to do, and I got calls saying things were going wrong at their end.
Sadly it was just easier to bite the bullet and buy Word.
If you've ever tried to get a US patent you will know they don't just grant any old thing They go through an examination process, and often reject applications based upon their flawed understanding of the prior art. Of course they occasionally let through things that shouldn't be granted, but this is not commonplace - it's just more noticeable when it happens.
There are several problems with this article. I'll point out one. There are no criminal sanctions for patent infringement. Bayliss wanted that, but didn't get it. It would be a disaster if it did come in too. He managed to get criminal sanctions for infringement of registered designs though, which is also a complete shambles.
What garbage. If you get rid of patents then there is no incentive for companies to innovate, as anything they come up with will immediately be copied. No more drugs. No electrical device improvements. We'd just keep using the same old stuff we have now, as innovation is expensive.
If Lego wants to sell more then they should do something about their obscene prices. Go to a branch of Wilco (in the UK) and you can get compatible bricks, and fancy designs at about a quarter of the cost of the Lego stuff. The instructions are good too. If more people bought this, then Lego might think twice about fleecing their fans.
I didn't use them much (and it seems nor did many others), but they have helped me out of tight spots before, selling components (yes, they still sell them, in the Worcester branch at least), and the odd other item.
It looks like it'll be mail order only now, which gets expensive when you just want one transistor.
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