I'm sure IBM also had plenty of Phd types who documented why their drive would work as they claimed it would, before IBM invested a cent in the prototype.
BTW, it is always best to cite the source of your facts so folks can verify them. In this case the issue of Byte magazine might be useful. I suspect we will find you were comparing apples to oranges, at least with regards to the specific hard drive technologies. Me, I'm waiting for the promised white paper to learn why OFDM modulation offers an intrinsic advantage over other modulation methods for non-line of site paths. -- Jeff King, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/29/2003 On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:44:37 -0700, Mike Sensney wrote: >I remember reading an article in Byte magazine many years ago. There >was 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. > >-- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
