this PhD type that gave a wonderfully technical explanation of the limits of
hard drive capacity. He included all sorts of mathematical proofs and
charts. And he concluded by saying that we would not see drives much larger
than 2 GB in size.
Then in the same issue of Byte toward the back there was an announcement by
the hard drive division of IBM that they had discovered a very interesting
magnetic anomaly that would allow them to increase bit density by at least a
factor of ten.
Obviously, it is easy to see now who was right.
Now I see the same type of argument going on here. Jim has all of his mathematical theory that say Patrick's claims are bunk.
So who is right? Jim with his theory or Patrick with his empirical evidence?
Patrick's (Alvarian) OFDN equipment has caused quite a stir on the
Wireless ISP list. The WISPers make their living using wireless gear and
they have been looking for and wanting a NLOS solution. Alvarian's OFDN has
been tested by WISPs and found to work as advertised in NLOS applications.
Even those who tend to prefer using non Alvarian equipment for LOS solutions
are recommending Alvarian for NLOS applications.
So I guess the question could be rephrased:
Who is right? Jim with his theory or the WISPers who make their living using
this kind of wireless equipment in real life situations?
At 12:40 AM 7/25/2003, Jim Thompson wrote:
Empirical data can only demonstrate results in the environment you studied.
Proofs require mathematics.
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