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j snooze29-Oct-19 11:16
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NewsDark mode is everywhere. Is it really better for you? Pin
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NewsNeil deGrasse Tyson on space colonization Pin
Super Lloyd29-Oct-19 1:01
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NewsFive months after returning rental car, man still has remote control | Ars Technica Pin
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NewsEagles fly to Iran, rack up huge roaming charges Pin
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Daniel Pfeffer28-Oct-19 21:42
professionalDaniel Pfeffer28-Oct-19 21:42 
It still appears to be a poorly-designed experiment. Assuming the data roaming charges are per MB or part of it, what is wrong with aggregating data and sending it off as a burst?

Even if they track the position of the eagle on a minute-by-minute basis, that would be no more than 1440 data points per day, which would easily fit into a data burst of less than 1MB. Surely a daily update would have been timely enough for their needs.

EDIT: from the description, they must have used SMS to send the messages. So they buffered the messages when out of contact, then sent them one by one using the most inefficient protocol available. D'Oh! | :doh:
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Dan Neely29-Oct-19 2:50
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NewsTop Linux developer on Intel chip security problems: 'They're not going away.' Pin
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NewsApple, your developer documentation is… missing Pin
Kent Sharkey28-Oct-19 11:16
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