The trouble is as a large portion of the world (but not all) learns English as a second language, and often to a high standard there is actually less incentive to learn another language. I was taught German and French at school (UK) and am nowhere near able to hold a decent converstaion in either.
I'm embarassed/depressed about the poor language skills of most of the anglophone world... and especially mine:-( ----
I think the (OO) word we are looking for is inheritance. If I write a program that is derived from GPL code, then it inherits the license. If it's a new work I can give it any license I choose. ----
Sorry, VIFFing = Vector in Forward Flight.
This is what makes a Harrier (AV8) a nice machine to dogfight in - basically you can divert the thrust straight down so that the plane jumps upwards (relative to itself). This will both scrub some forward velocity and translate the plane making a pursuer likely to lose a lock and to overfly. Importantly there is only a very small chance of this being noticed by an opponent as the exhaust nozzles are both comparitively small and screened.... ----
The trouble with variable geometry (swing wing) craft like the F14 is that the wing position is a major clue as to the energy state of the plane - if the wings are swept you know it can't make as sharp a turn as when the wings are forward. This is quite a help in dogfights. Other technologies such as viffing and active leading/trailing edges don't give visual clues to the hostile. Having said that something has gone wrong if you're dogfighting in a Tomcat anyway, that's what the Phoenix are for. ----
Radar detectors are not illegal in the U.K. following a ruling on March 30th 1998 in the High Court by Lord Justice Brown.
In the past a few prosecutions have been brought by claiming the use of radar detectors was contrary to section 5(b)(i) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 as amended by section 3 of the Post Office Act 1969. However the Acts refer to the interception of wireless communications for the purpose of obtaining information as to the content, sender or addressee of any message. The Court concluded that the radar transmission was not communicating a 'message' and therefore equipment designed to detect the presence of the transmission could not decode any such message.
It was further stated that section 1(1) of the Act, which requires a licence for the reception of radio signals, has been superseded by the Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Receivers)(Exemption) Regulations (SI 1989 No123) which exempts radar detectors and similar equipment from the need for such licenses.
I can't think of a single instance in which choosing a language for a particular project would hinge soley on whether or not editors supported jumping to the end of a block.
But it is a very obvious feature of the language and one of the first things people notice/talk about - hence this whole thread. That being so it is a disincentive to investigate further- why bother finding out more when there are other languages which don't have this (perceived) disadvantage.
Most things are possible in most languages, the issue is whether a language makes a particular task easy or hard. It is possible to write a wordprocesser in Fortran,for example, but you'd have to be a bit masochistic to want to try. If using python is harder than using another language because of the tools, that still makes it harder to use.... ----
Here in the UK Hitachi sell a VCR which can be set to automatically skip commercials on replay. It works by detecting the signals used by the networked channels when they go to regional advertising. It's a neat trick but not useful enough for me to buy it. It only works on two terrestrial channels - we have five and 2 have no ads and the 5th doesn't have regional ads. Of course it won't work on satellite or cable either.:-( ----
I have an Inspiron 8000 with 192Mb RAM, DVD and 32Gb HDD which I boot into Linux, ME and 2K. As I knew I wanted to migrate to linux I opted for a PCMCIA modem and not an internal one. As I already had a PCMCIA ethernet card I was set.
It came with ME with one big partition, so I repartitioned it and installed 2K which allowed dual boot to ME, and then installed RedHat 7, lilo lets you choose linux or windows and the latter lets you choose 2K or ME.
BTW I can't stand RH and have now installed SuSE 7.1 and am happy.
One *MAJOR* tip installing linux on Inspiron - bypass PCMCIA support during boot and install the latest package from sourceforge.
There are a couple of discussion groups on yahoo for this which are very helpful. ----
The time between detected events is random. Really random.
But with radioactive decay the decay rate decreases over time (the mean time between events increases over time). I had a look at the site but couldn't see if this was taken into account, unless an allowance is made for this the spread of numbers will change over time. Admittedly this is theoretical and it should be random enough in the short term, but I'm not sure it's random in the long term. ----
There is a substantial body of what even the most jaded pseudointellectual would admit is literary sci-fi in America.
Kurt Vonnegut. Harlan Ellison. Walter M. Miller, Jr. William Gibson. James Tiptree Jr. Octavia Butler. Phillip K. Dick.
I might quibble about Gibson myself (compared to the others on literary merit) but in my opinion you missed the best American writer of his era, although not always classed as Sci-Fi he always makes me want to read more and sorry to finish a story: Ray Bradbury. No forget that, IMNSHO the best US writer so far. I don't care if you agree or not, but I couldn't let his name be overlooked if you're talking literary merit.
Oh, and as I've posted previously I rate Misson Of Gravity very highly, I'd give it a 10 and I'm glad that it's not out of print as I thought. ----
I find it irritating when claims are made of 'thousands' of lost sales. How many people would really have bought the pirated item if the couldn't get it for minimal cost (effectively free). I believe a lot of pirates are basically 'collecting' software and a lot of it is never used after an initial period.
It's similar to when the Government talks about 'lost revenue' due to smuggling - no account is taken of the possibility that some of the smuggled goods would not have been bought legally because of the prohibitive legal cost.
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On a purely practical note, why not use 1024 bit (or more) and import it into the US? After there are some programmers in other parts of the world......... ----
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The trouble is as a large portion of the world (but not all) learns English as a second language, and often to a high standard there is actually less incentive to learn another language. :-(
I was taught German and French at school (UK) and am nowhere near able to hold a decent converstaion in either.
I'm embarassed/depressed about the poor language skills of most of the anglophone world... and especially mine
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I think the (OO) word we are looking for is inheritance.
If I write a program that is derived from GPL code, then it inherits the license. If it's a new work I can give it any license I choose.
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Someone please mod the parent up.....
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Gandhi wasn't simple at all
People tend to forget that he was a lawyer....
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Sorry, VIFFing = Vector in Forward Flight.
This is what makes a Harrier (AV8) a nice machine to dogfight in - basically you can divert the thrust straight down so that the plane jumps upwards (relative to itself). This will both scrub some forward velocity and translate the plane making a pursuer likely to lose a lock and to overfly.
Importantly there is only a very small chance of this being noticed by an opponent as the exhaust nozzles are both comparitively small and screened....
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The trouble with variable geometry (swing wing) craft like the F14 is that the wing position is a major clue as to the energy state of the plane - if the wings are swept you know it can't make as sharp a turn as when the wings are forward. This is quite a help in dogfights. Other technologies such as viffing and active leading/trailing edges don't give visual clues to the hostile.
Having said that something has gone wrong if you're dogfighting in a Tomcat anyway, that's what the Phoenix are for.
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Why are moderators only allowed to moderate comments on articles, and not the articles themselves?
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Most things are possible in most languages, the issue is whether a language makes a particular task easy or hard. It is possible to write a wordprocesser in Fortran,for example, but you'd have to be a bit masochistic to want to try. If using python is harder than using another language because of the tools, that still makes it harder to use....
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Here in the UK Hitachi sell a VCR which can be set to automatically skip commercials on replay. It works by detecting the signals used by the networked channels when they go to regional advertising. It's a neat trick but not useful enough for me to buy it. :-(
It only works on two terrestrial channels - we have five and 2 have no ads and the 5th doesn't have regional ads. Of course it won't work on satellite or cable either.
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"The best way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire and start an airline"
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It came with ME with one big partition, so I repartitioned it and installed 2K which allowed dual boot to ME, and then installed RedHat 7, lilo lets you choose linux or windows and the latter lets you choose 2K or ME.
BTW I can't stand RH and have now installed SuSE 7.1 and am happy.
One *MAJOR* tip installing linux on Inspiron - bypass PCMCIA support during boot and install the latest package from sourceforge.
There are a couple of discussion groups on yahoo for this which are very helpful.
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Ah yes, thank you for your kind correction.
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Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interface(?) Code
I'm not sure about the I but the rst is correct.
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I presume you are not nor have ever been a student if you think green is an unusual colour for cheese......
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I had a look at the site but couldn't see if this was taken into account, unless an allowance is made for this the spread of numbers will change over time. Admittedly this is theoretical and it should be random enough in the short term, but I'm not sure it's random in the long term.
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Thoughtcrime being doubleplusungood.
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Exactly.
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Did you have both eyes done at once, or did you take the cautious approach and have one done first and see how it turned out? (No pun intended)
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I don't care if you agree or not, but I couldn't let his name be overlooked if you're talking literary merit.
Oh, and as I've posted previously I rate Misson Of Gravity very highly, I'd give it a 10 and I'm glad that it's not out of print as I thought.
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I believe a lot of pirates are basically 'collecting' software and a lot of it is never used after an initial period.
It's similar to when the Government talks about 'lost revenue' due to smuggling - no account is taken of the possibility that some of the smuggled goods would not have been bought legally because of the prohibitive legal cost. (I know that two cases mentioned above are different, but I wanted to make both)
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On a purely practical note, why not use 1024 bit (or more) and import it into the US?
After there are some programmers in other parts of the world.........
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