Comments on: Eric Schmidt Thinks It’s ‘Extremely Curious’ That Apple Hasn’t Sued Google Directly

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Sorry, this was a poor attempt at a joke, but it looks like no one caught it (with good reason, it seems). None the less, kudos on including an explanation of the technology, many will appreciate it.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:51:00 +0000

It almost sounds like Google found away around using spectrum frequencies for people to use their phones differently..

Imagine if all of the US was covered by Google fiber, and their were wifi hotspots everywhere you went, from home to the corner store and along all major highways, with almost a gb up and down, you wouldn’t need radio spectrum anymore.

By: Todd Wolf

Todd Wolf — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:04:00 +0000

Some people just like to know things for the sake of being well-educated and informed, myself among them. Personally, I rarely speak unless I’m sure of the validity of my statement; it’s more a general love and thirst for knowledge on behalf of being helpful and a wealth of information, versus a superiority complex type of deal.

By: alex drum

alex drum — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:44:00 +0000

all im saying is people love to sue for everything now days… including the guy who’s phone battery “blew up” and messed up his ear… he was lying just like 99% (I dont know exactly what the percent is but im sure its high) of people that try to sue huge corporations now days, everyone wants a cut of the pie, and suing has become the scam artists greatest friend in recent years. but I am truly amazed that you put this much time into researching this topic just to reply to me, or do you just know all of this information just for fun?

By: alex drum

alex drum — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:36:00 +0000

YOU ACTUALLY DID IT YOU JUST MADE MY DAY SIR!!! but thank you for summing it up, made life allot easier for some of us simpler folk on here. thanks again

By: Ibrick

Ibrick — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Just to add another little tid-bit to that well famous story, the woman did not want to sue McDonalds originally. All she wanted was an apology, and when they refused to even do that, she decided to sue.
In related news.. I hate when people use this story to prove some point obviously not knowing any of the details.

By: MeMan

MeMan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:40:00 +0000

McDonalds sold a woman a cup of super-heated coffee (in the tank it’s held above boiling under pressure) and then gave it to her in a defective cup. She sustained burns that required hundreds of thousands of dollars of surgery and in the end the Judge reduced the damages. The Jury initially assigned very high damages = to 1 days sales of McDonalds Coffee. The foreman explained that they were shown evidence of how often this happened and how badly people had been injured, that McDonalds knew it was a danger to serve coffee so hot no one could drink it, but that they had conducted a study that showed most people don’t drink their coffee till they get to work / wherever, and so as a corporate policy the coffee is served at temperatures far in excess of what you expect from “hot coffee” so that the coffee would still be hot 30 minutes after it was poured. The woman, who was in her sixties, required skin graphs over most of her legs. Her skin was literally flash-cooked and fell off. Or, hey, tort reform I guess.

By: MeMan

MeMan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:34:00 +0000

/ this.

By: antwonw

antwonw — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Sorry, read my post below.

By: antwonw

antwonw — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I was in a rush. Read my post below.

By: antwonw

antwonw — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:09:00 +0000

My apologies to tall. I was in rush and on my phone. Here’s a brief description.

Distributed-Input-Distributed-Output (DIDO) technology, is an experimental wireless communications system that is said to soon render cellular connections obsolete. It is invented by Steve Perlman, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Perlman. If you Google his name and DIDO you will find articles about it. You can even see his research paper on it. While it’s a really touch technical read, there are parts where he simplifies it better in layman’s terms.

In a nutshell. DIDO will make it so you can broadcast a signal that will wrap around the curve of the earth and doesn’t need a lot of power to do so (think of you home wireless router being able to broadcast a couple of hundred miles). It works at a distance of over 250 miles and there is no need to evenly distribute speed among users who connect. Everyone gets the same, MAX, speed.

The technology has been labeled as impossible because it “breaks” Shannon’s Law.

That is DIDO and something that Google is more than likely looking into. It should also be noted that Steve Perlman helped to back Andy Rubin when he ran out of money when starting Android.

By: antwonw

antwonw — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:09:00 +0000

My apologies, read my post below.

By: Justin W

Justin W — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Lol such a smartass thing to do but I do it to everyone so I can’t really say anything Haha.

By: Justin W

Justin W — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Apple is afraid of our new Overlords.

By: pezjono

pezjono — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000

me too, good sir, me too.