From what I understand of those Li-Ion batteries, they have a lifetime that exceed any other batteries presently on the market.
Also, concerning pollution, gas vs batteries. Please take also into consideration the that your electric car does not need any of the following
--
Carburator,
Gas tank,
Exhaust,
Oil,
--
It's not only gas you save, oil changes, repairs (fewer moving parts and leaks).
--
Recycling in some part of the world is subsidized in order to reduce over used of landfill.
Furthermore, Communism as an economic model does not contradict democracy as a political model. There is a wide belief that Communism is by default a dictatorship. In fact it is Socialism (in it's extreme form) that can lead to dictatorship. There are many countries in this world that use a "softer form" of socialism called Social-Democracy (if I'm not mistaken, Sweden, Finland, to some extent Belgium, just to name a few.)
Americans (United-States) is still afraid of communism, and is boasting alot of crap about it for some reason.
Fully Agree with you there! Actually, I would say it is mostly Parental responsibility as children are brought to Fatty Restaurant where the food is bought by mom and dad. Video Games are bought and "supervised" by the parents. Balance Diet : Have you ever seen kids cook?
What is Fatty restaurant's responsibility involved here? or Video game industry? It's all about education...
I Dont' even know why i'm answering this...
Exterminating over a billion people is called a genocide and is the most heinous of all crime against humanity.
And horrifyingly reminds me of WWII's genocide and Germany's mind set at the time.
Actually, the British colony of Canada in 1775 was barely 12 years old and was handed out to the British by the French who lost in a battle of war in 1763.
The Loyalist who fled the USA to Canada were loyal to the crown and were, of course well treated by the leader of the British colony. Who needs a tight grip when you know your people are happy?
The idea was that by a few tens of thousands of casualties...
I don't call 40 000(nagasaki) + 70 000(hiroshima) + Radiation kills (around 250 000 (sources varies on that one))civilian death a few tens of thousand.
please don't glorify killings of civilians or try to justify them...
Indeed, their assumption of racial superiority was dealt a severe blow. That was a good act if I've ever heard of one
I don't want to reopen the nagasaki and Hiroshima debate, but saying this was a good act, is just disgusting!
I can think of many ways people would paraphrase you to justify doing the same to the US.
Some people are only really alive in virtual reality. This is just another way of crippling them.
Is it not crippling them to make them beleive they are really alive in the virtual reality?
When Windows Vista was released in early 2007, a significant amount of attention was given to the new user interface called Aero, that sets out to give Windows a slicker look and feel and promises more fluid operation.
But eye-candy aside, how does the new Aero interface stack up compared to Windows XP and Mac OS X in terms of low-level user interface efficiency? Given the previous lackluster track-record of Windows in terms of User Interface Friction, it seemed important to measure if the new release improved on some of the weak spots of previous releases, such as menu latency and mouse precision.
What is User Interface Friction (UIF)?
UIF is the resistance imposed upon a user-guided process through the operating system and the way the user interface reacts. In most cases, it has nothing to do with functionality: we use the term User Interface Friction to define the difference in fluidity and productivity that can be observed when running the same program or procedure on different computer systems, or when trying to achieve the goal on two similar digital devices.
For a detailed discussion of User Interface Friction and its impact on productivity and efficiency, please refer to the User Interface Friction Research Report published by Pfeiffer Consulting in 2006.
What were we looking for?
These User Interface Friction benchmarks are not intended as a complete, all-encompassing assessment of Windows Vista or of the new Aero user interface: the key goal of these efficiency measures was to establish how Windows Vista impacts some key areas of User Interface Friction observed in previous releases of the Windows operating system.
The benchmarks compared Windows Vista running the new Aero user interface to Windows XP SP2 on one hand, and to Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the other.
The benchmarks covered three distinct aspects of User Interface Friction: Menu latency, common desktop operations, and mouse precision and efficiency, a factor particularly important in tasks that require precise positioning of the mouse. (Please refer to the full benchmark report for more details on this subject).
Key Results
There is no doubt that the Aero user interface provides a much slicker user interface than previous releases of Windows: Vista includes a much more sophisticated rendering engine that can scale both text and images in a much more aesthetic way than, for instance, Windows XP.
In addition, some functionality provided by Windows Vista can make a user more efficient, since the operating system provides better feedback when several documents are open, and can speed up the process of switching between open windows.
But while the graphics of the new user interface are more sophisticated, Windows Vista, and particularly the new Aero user interface design, fared less well in the User Interface Friction benchmarks than Windows XP. Mac OS X came out as the clear overall winner in these benchmarks.
Problem Area 1: Menu Latency
Menu Latency remains one of the key culprits of User Interface Friction on Windows: the slight lag that Windows imposes when displaying menus and submenus may seem minimal, but these delays add up, and they certainly can make working with Windows Vista less fluid than with Windows XP or Mac OS X. On average, Windows Vista was 20% slower than Windows XP in the menu latency benchmarks conducted for the project.
Problem Area 1: Desktop Operations
Benchmarks of common desktop operations (opening folders, deleting elements, etc) also show Windows Vista/Aero at a clear disadvantage over Windows XP. Some of these issues are linked to questionable user interface design decisions. As an example, Windows Vista does not simply display the new window when a folder is opened, but uses a fade-in effect. Amusing at first, the additional lag obviously adds to the perceived (and measurable) User Interface Friction, and can become annoying over time.
Introduction
When Windows Vista was released in early 2007, a significant amount of attention was given to the new user interface called Aero, that sets out to give Windows a slicker look and feel and promises more fluid operation.
But eye-candy aside, how does the new Aero interface stack up compared to Windows XP and Mac OS X in terms of low-level user interface efficiency? Given the previous lackluster track-record of Windows in terms of User Interface Friction, it seemed important to measure if the new release improved on some of the weak spots of previous releases, such as menu latency and mouse precision.
What is User Interface Friction (UIF)?
UIF is the resistance imposed upon a user-guided process through the operating system and the way the user interface reacts. In most cases, it has nothing to do with functionality: we use the term User Interface Friction to define the difference in fluidity and productivity that can be observed when running the same program or procedure on different computer systems, or when trying to achieve the goal on two similar digital devices.
For a detailed discussion of User Interface Friction and its impact on productivity and efficiency, please refer to the User Interface Friction Research Report published by Pfeiffer Consulting in 2006.
What were we looking for?
These User Interface Friction benchmarks are not intended as a complete, all-encompassing assessment of Windows Vista or of the new Aero user interface: the key goal of these efficiency measures was to establish how Windows Vista impacts some key areas of User Interface Friction observed in previous releases of the Windows operating system.
The benchmarks compared Windows Vista running the new Aero user interface to Windows XP SP2 on one hand, and to Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the other.
The benchmarks covered three distinct aspects of User Interface Friction: Menu latency, common desktop operations, and mouse precision and efficiency, a factor particularly important in tasks that require precise positioning of the mouse. (Please refer to the full benchmark report for more details on this subject).
Key Results
There is no doubt that the Aero user interface provides a much slicker user interface than previous releases of Windows: Vista includes a much more sophisticated rendering engine that can scale both text and images in a much more aesthetic way than, for instance, Windows XP.
In addition, some functionality provided by Windows Vista can make a user more efficient, since the operating system provides better feedback when several documents are open, and can speed up the process of switching between open windows.
But while the graphics of the new user interface are more sophisticated, Windows Vista, and particularly the new Aero user interface design, fared less well in the User Interface Friction benchmarks than Windows XP. Mac OS X came out as the clear overall winner in these benchmarks.
Problem Area 1: Menu Latency
Menu Latency remains one of the key culprits of User Interface Friction on Windows: the slight lag that Windows imposes when displaying menus and submenus may seem minimal, but these delays add up, and they certainly can make working with Windows Vista less fluid than with Windows XP or Mac OS X. On average, Windows Vista was 20% slower than Windows XP in the menu latency benchmarks conducted for the project.
Problem Area 1: Desktop Operations
Benchmarks of common desktop operations (opening folders, deleting elements, etc) also show Windows Vista/Aero at a clear disadvantage over Windows XP. Some of these issues are linked to questionable user interface design decisions. As an example, Windows Vista does not simply display the new window when a folder is opened, but uses a fade-in effect. Amusing at first, the additional lag obviously adds to the perceived (and measurable) User Interface Friction, and can become annoying over time.
Windows Vista with Aero was the slowest in these tests, scoring an average of 2.73 seconds per operation, compared to 2.34 seconds for Windows XP, and 1.50 seconds for
So basicaly (in very very simple terms) Gitmo is free from ethics or morals that the US troops were send to defend.
Hypocritical
Unless... there is no compromise in defending democracy and freedom. Are the US already using the end justify the means logic? For the worlds sake I surely hope not!
After reading the Captain Copyright comic strip I can't help but think about,this version of the story
Student A Buys original books (fully priced from the campus store). 125$
Student B buys it at the cheap photocopy store (a.k.a. Piracy store). 15$
Student A studies all night on an empty stomach (can't afford to buy a good meal)
Student B Sutdies all night after eating a good meal. Goes to the library to photocopy the missing pages.
Student A gets a "B-" still feels weak from poor nutrition
Student B gets an "A" ready for next semester, passes on the photocopied book with the missing (photocopied) pages to a fellow student
When it comes to Alien technology or understanding of the Universe. All we can do is assume. We judge and make predictions, our theories are based on our perception of things.
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I'd like to point out that Vatican is also the smallest independant state. It's a city and a state within a different city and state.
My co-worker is trying to resurect her PC. After installing IE8, WinXP froze. It's the first time I hear that person curse on MS. Thank you IE...
It's Shia LeBoeuf not Shia LeBeouf you insensitive clod!
First thing to cross my mind -> List of features by M$, aren't they calling them list of bugs? or is it the other way around...
From what I understand of those Li-Ion batteries, they have a lifetime that exceed any other batteries presently on the market. Also, concerning pollution, gas vs batteries. Please take also into consideration the that your electric car does not need any of the following -- Carburator, Gas tank, Exhaust, Oil, -- It's not only gas you save, oil changes, repairs (fewer moving parts and leaks). -- Recycling in some part of the world is subsidized in order to reduce over used of landfill.
Furthermore, Communism as an economic model does not contradict democracy as a political model. There is a wide belief that Communism is by default a dictatorship. In fact it is Socialism (in it's extreme form) that can lead to dictatorship. There are many countries in this world that use a "softer form" of socialism called Social-Democracy (if I'm not mistaken, Sweden, Finland, to some extent Belgium, just to name a few.)
Americans (United-States) is still afraid of communism, and is boasting alot of crap about it for some reason.
Fully Agree with you there! Actually, I would say it is mostly Parental responsibility as children are brought to Fatty Restaurant where the food is bought by mom and dad. Video Games are bought and "supervised" by the parents. Balance Diet : Have you ever seen kids cook?
What is Fatty restaurant's responsibility involved here? or Video game industry? It's all about education...
I Dont' even know why i'm answering this...
Exterminating over a billion people is called a genocide and is the most heinous of all crime against humanity.
And horrifyingly reminds me of WWII's genocide and Germany's mind set at the time.
Actually, the British colony of Canada in 1775 was barely 12 years old and was handed out to the British by the French who lost in a battle of war in 1763. The Loyalist who fled the USA to Canada were loyal to the crown and were, of course well treated by the leader of the British colony. Who needs a tight grip when you know your people are happy?
Just want to burst your bubble "I also have her full support in doing some long distance trail when I'm retired"
When....---> if
I don't want to wait to live... How can you be sure you'll make it to retirement healthy enough to go trail?
I don't call 40 000(nagasaki) + 70 000(hiroshima) + Radiation kills (around 250 000 (sources varies on that one))civilian death a few tens of thousand.
please don't glorify killings of civilians or try to justify them...
if 1cm2 produces 4 watt with only nano-amp output... what are the voltage on those things?? Must be Huge!! Unless, of course, it is 4 watt/year.
I don't want to reopen the nagasaki and Hiroshima debate, but saying this was a good act, is just disgusting!
I can think of many ways people would paraphrase you to justify doing the same to the US.
Is it not crippling them to make them beleive they are really alive in the virtual reality?
I'm sure playing 5 hours a day of WOW will make any kids future brighter!
"Can't do math but surely can tell you how to defeat onyxia with only 2 Shammies!"
It's a question of perspective.
Overall canada represent 23.4% of the US' export 23.4% https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos /us.html
When Windows Vista was released in early 2007, a significant amount of attention was given to the new user interface called Aero, that sets out to give Windows a slicker look and feel and promises more fluid operation.
But eye-candy aside, how does the new Aero interface stack up compared to Windows XP and Mac OS X in terms of low-level user interface efficiency? Given the previous lackluster track-record of Windows in terms of User Interface Friction, it seemed important to measure if the new release improved on some of the weak spots of previous releases, such as menu latency and mouse precision.
What is User Interface Friction (UIF)?
UIF is the resistance imposed upon a user-guided process through the operating system and the way the user interface reacts. In most cases, it has nothing to do with functionality: we use the term User Interface Friction to define the difference in fluidity and productivity that can be observed when running the same program or procedure on different computer systems, or when trying to achieve the goal on two similar digital devices.
For a detailed discussion of User Interface Friction and its impact on productivity and efficiency, please refer to the User Interface Friction Research Report published by Pfeiffer Consulting in 2006.
What were we looking for?
These User Interface Friction benchmarks are not intended as a complete, all-encompassing assessment of Windows Vista or of the new Aero user interface: the key goal of these efficiency measures was to establish how Windows Vista impacts some key areas of User Interface Friction observed in previous releases of the Windows operating system.
The benchmarks compared Windows Vista running the new Aero user interface to Windows XP SP2 on one hand, and to Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the other.
The benchmarks covered three distinct aspects of User Interface Friction: Menu latency, common desktop operations, and mouse precision and efficiency, a factor particularly important in tasks that require precise positioning of the mouse. (Please refer to the full benchmark report for more details on this subject).
Key Results
There is no doubt that the Aero user interface provides a much slicker user interface than previous releases of Windows: Vista includes a much more sophisticated rendering engine that can scale both text and images in a much more aesthetic way than, for instance, Windows XP.
In addition, some functionality provided by Windows Vista can make a user more efficient, since the operating system provides better feedback when several documents are open, and can speed up the process of switching between open windows.
But while the graphics of the new user interface are more sophisticated, Windows Vista, and particularly the new Aero user interface design, fared less well in the User Interface Friction benchmarks than Windows XP. Mac OS X came out as the clear overall winner in these benchmarks.
Problem Area 1: Menu Latency
Menu Latency remains one of the key culprits of User Interface Friction on Windows: the slight lag that Windows imposes when displaying menus and submenus may seem minimal, but these delays add up, and they certainly can make working with Windows Vista less fluid than with Windows XP or Mac OS X. On average, Windows Vista was 20% slower than Windows XP in the menu latency benchmarks conducted for the project.
Problem Area 1: Desktop Operations
Benchmarks of common desktop operations (opening folders, deleting elements, etc) also show Windows Vista/Aero at a clear disadvantage over Windows XP. Some of these issues are linked to questionable user interface design decisions. As an example, Windows Vista does not simply display the new window when a folder is opened, but uses a fade-in effect. Amusing at first, the additional lag obviously adds to the perceived (and measurable) User Interface Friction, and can become annoying over time.
Windows Vista with Aero was t
Introduction When Windows Vista was released in early 2007, a significant amount of attention was given to the new user interface called Aero, that sets out to give Windows a slicker look and feel and promises more fluid operation. But eye-candy aside, how does the new Aero interface stack up compared to Windows XP and Mac OS X in terms of low-level user interface efficiency? Given the previous lackluster track-record of Windows in terms of User Interface Friction, it seemed important to measure if the new release improved on some of the weak spots of previous releases, such as menu latency and mouse precision. What is User Interface Friction (UIF)? UIF is the resistance imposed upon a user-guided process through the operating system and the way the user interface reacts. In most cases, it has nothing to do with functionality: we use the term User Interface Friction to define the difference in fluidity and productivity that can be observed when running the same program or procedure on different computer systems, or when trying to achieve the goal on two similar digital devices. For a detailed discussion of User Interface Friction and its impact on productivity and efficiency, please refer to the User Interface Friction Research Report published by Pfeiffer Consulting in 2006. What were we looking for? These User Interface Friction benchmarks are not intended as a complete, all-encompassing assessment of Windows Vista or of the new Aero user interface: the key goal of these efficiency measures was to establish how Windows Vista impacts some key areas of User Interface Friction observed in previous releases of the Windows operating system. The benchmarks compared Windows Vista running the new Aero user interface to Windows XP SP2 on one hand, and to Mac OS X 10.4.8 on the other. The benchmarks covered three distinct aspects of User Interface Friction: Menu latency, common desktop operations, and mouse precision and efficiency, a factor particularly important in tasks that require precise positioning of the mouse. (Please refer to the full benchmark report for more details on this subject). Key Results There is no doubt that the Aero user interface provides a much slicker user interface than previous releases of Windows: Vista includes a much more sophisticated rendering engine that can scale both text and images in a much more aesthetic way than, for instance, Windows XP. In addition, some functionality provided by Windows Vista can make a user more efficient, since the operating system provides better feedback when several documents are open, and can speed up the process of switching between open windows. But while the graphics of the new user interface are more sophisticated, Windows Vista, and particularly the new Aero user interface design, fared less well in the User Interface Friction benchmarks than Windows XP. Mac OS X came out as the clear overall winner in these benchmarks. Problem Area 1: Menu Latency Menu Latency remains one of the key culprits of User Interface Friction on Windows: the slight lag that Windows imposes when displaying menus and submenus may seem minimal, but these delays add up, and they certainly can make working with Windows Vista less fluid than with Windows XP or Mac OS X. On average, Windows Vista was 20% slower than Windows XP in the menu latency benchmarks conducted for the project. Problem Area 1: Desktop Operations Benchmarks of common desktop operations (opening folders, deleting elements, etc) also show Windows Vista/Aero at a clear disadvantage over Windows XP. Some of these issues are linked to questionable user interface design decisions. As an example, Windows Vista does not simply display the new window when a folder is opened, but uses a fade-in effect. Amusing at first, the additional lag obviously adds to the perceived (and measurable) User Interface Friction, and can become annoying over time. Windows Vista with Aero was the slowest in these tests, scoring an average of 2.73 seconds per operation, compared to 2.34 seconds for Windows XP, and 1.50 seconds for
The champagne? We need to celebrate!
I'm an ENFP, so your telling me my genitals are wrong, that in fact my personality defines my gender, That in fact im a party Girl!
N.B. Not to be confused with http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsa/im
What the... How was this post mod Informative?
Does people here really thinks the locks were changed??
Hypocritical
Unless... there is no compromise in defending democracy and freedom. Are the US already using the end justify the means logic? For the worlds sake I surely hope not!
Student A Buys original books (fully priced from the campus store). 125$
Student B buys it at the cheap photocopy store (a.k.a. Piracy store). 15$
Student A studies all night on an empty stomach (can't afford to buy a good meal)
Student B Sutdies all night after eating a good meal. Goes to the library to photocopy the missing pages.
Student A gets a "B-" still feels weak from poor nutrition
Student B gets an "A" ready for next semester, passes on the photocopied book with the missing (photocopied) pages to a fellow student
I'm confused
If there is no complaint from the copyright owner, why was he arrested?
[..]as far as we can tell[..]
Magic words...
When it comes to Alien technology or understanding of the Universe. All we can do is assume. We judge and make predictions, our theories are based on our perception of things.