My parents' computer is stilling running SP1 since there's just no way to download over 70 MB of data over a 26.8 kbps line (download speeds usually plateau at ~3.4 kbps).
A while back I went through the list of updates that Windows wanted to install - I calculated that it would take 73 days online, nonstop, 24/7, to download it all. Since we don't have a second phone line, this simply isn't an option - so our computer has gone mostly unpatched for almost four years (though I was able to force it to get small, important updates, when they appeared). Even our antivirus only gets updated once every two months or so, since leaving the thing connected to the internet overnight to download updates fails half the time due to a dropped connection, necessitating a restart of the download.
I'd love to have internet access at reasonable speeds - it's no fun having a connection where loading Slashdot on the low-bandwidth settings times out half the time, and Gmail and Facebook will never work - but it's simply not an option: DSL and cable lines end miles away, and satellite costs an arm and a leg (currently at $400 installation + $80/month). Fortunately (for me), I'm doing research at a college now, but going home will suck a lot.
I should also mention that even for the shitty connection we've got, the only provider is selling unlimited service for "only" $24.99/month. (sigh)
Just thought I'd give a look at what it's like for people that actually really want better options, but can't give them. It would be easy to justify paying even $50/month for DSL, but we just can't get that.
... Microsoft _could_ become the world's largest open-source company... ... Apple _could_ become the world's largest producer of low-cost laptops... ... China _could_ become the world's largest anarchy (by population)... ... Jupiter _could_ turn out to be the solar system's second Sun... ... Hell _could_ freeze over...
Well, that's just it, isn't it? If the ISPs can cut out _some_ of the people that use a lot of bandwidth, they've come out ahead already, even if they're missing some (or even most) of those users.
It means that I won't be able to play either of these games, since I'm on dial-up, and there's no way I can justify tying up a phone line to play Spore to the rest of my family and anybody that's trying to contact us.
No. Just no.
Belief in God is neither necessary or sufficient to justify a belief in complete determinism. Not sufficient, since as others have pointed out, many believe in both God and free will; not necessary, since many atheists don't believe in free will (myself, for example). In no way does the topic of free will "hinge on the supernatural or extreme pedantry".
News flash: an all-knowing God is not the only reason that people don't believe in free will.
If the Chinese government actually does put its weight behind this plan, I don't see that there's much the U.S. can do : China has the advantage of much cheaper labor, equipment, and so on and so forth, in addition to an extremely powerful, centralized government that is not at all afraid to use that power.
"Now, unless I'm mistaken, this reduces to: 4*5*7*11*17*29*31*37*41*43*47*53"
Of course it does. COMBIN(x,y) = x! / (y! (x-y)! ) COMBIN(55,27) = 55! / (27! * 28!) = (55 * 54 *... * 29) / (27 * 26 *... * 2 * 1) For every x in the denominator, 2x is in the numerator, so this is an integer. Furthermore, it's evident that no prime greater than or equal to 29 can be cancelled out of the numerator, so the end-factorization will include all primes between 53 and 29 (inclusive; 27 is _not_ a prime).
No silicon needed. Well, except to type/enter this on/.
So there's not actually any information here. Everything is still up in the air - OS, partners, specs, producers, launch date - except that Google *will* be making a phone.
Wake me up when something actually is known.
Other thoughts... How long will it be in beta? September Fools' ?
Slashdot Mirror
You mean, gouge out your other eye, right?
Forgot about that checkbox, eh?
Why is this a laptop?
>>What does the "title" say at the top of your browser?
"Slashdot | Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x"
So I'm using the new Slashdot OS?
My parents' computer is stilling running SP1 since there's just no way to download over 70 MB of data over a 26.8 kbps line (download speeds usually plateau at ~3.4 kbps).
A while back I went through the list of updates that Windows wanted to install - I calculated that it would take 73 days online, nonstop, 24/7, to download it all. Since we don't have a second phone line, this simply isn't an option - so our computer has gone mostly unpatched for almost four years (though I was able to force it to get small, important updates, when they appeared). Even our antivirus only gets updated once every two months or so, since leaving the thing connected to the internet overnight to download updates fails half the time due to a dropped connection, necessitating a restart of the download.
I'd love to have internet access at reasonable speeds - it's no fun having a connection where loading Slashdot on the low-bandwidth settings times out half the time, and Gmail and Facebook will never work - but it's simply not an option: DSL and cable lines end miles away, and satellite costs an arm and a leg (currently at $400 installation + $80/month). Fortunately (for me), I'm doing research at a college now, but going home will suck a lot.
I should also mention that even for the shitty connection we've got, the only provider is selling unlimited service for "only" $24.99/month. (sigh)
Just thought I'd give a look at what it's like for people that actually really want better options, but can't give them. It would be easy to justify paying even $50/month for DSL, but we just can't get that.
... Microsoft _could_ become the world's largest open-source company...
... Apple _could_ become the world's largest producer of low-cost laptops...
... China _could_ become the world's largest anarchy (by population) ...
... Jupiter _could_ turn out to be the solar system's second Sun...
... Hell _could_ freeze over...
Instead of .xxx, they should have gone for .cum
"[...] use JavaScript as kind of an underlying assembly language [...]"
is here.
Can you explain this statement, please? _Why_ are you glad? It seems to me that this bill is largely bad news for "freedom". . .
What? The page wasn't taken down. . . it's just that the linky is wrong. Try here
Ummm... this is a _House_ bill. McCain and Obama are both in the _Senate_. They've already voted (McCain for, Obama against)
Well, that's just it, isn't it? If the ISPs can cut out _some_ of the people that use a lot of bandwidth, they've come out ahead already, even if they're missing some (or even most) of those users.
A combination of heat trapped by clothing and heat generated by movement (including that of blood, etc.)
http://www.gametreeonline.com/home.php
They have three games. Wow. Color me impressed.
> humor, death
I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
It means that I won't be able to play either of these games, since I'm on dial-up, and there's no way I can justify tying up a phone line to play Spore to the rest of my family and anybody that's trying to contact us.
but when will we see products that use this?
No. Just no. Belief in God is neither necessary or sufficient to justify a belief in complete determinism. Not sufficient, since as others have pointed out, many believe in both God and free will; not necessary, since many atheists don't believe in free will (myself, for example). In no way does the topic of free will "hinge on the supernatural or extreme pedantry". News flash: an all-knowing God is not the only reason that people don't believe in free will.
Are you sure diamonds are the reason she's trying to send you on a _dangerous_ mission ? ;-)
If the Chinese government actually does put its weight behind this plan, I don't see that there's much the U.S. can do : China has the advantage of much cheaper labor, equipment, and so on and so forth, in addition to an extremely powerful, centralized government that is not at all afraid to use that power.
Finally, small projects that might actually be finished!
"Now, unless I'm mistaken, this reduces to: 4*5*7*11*17*29*31*37*41*43*47*53"
... * 29) / (27 * 26 * ... * 2 * 1)
/.
Of course it does.
COMBIN(x,y) = x! / (y! (x-y)! )
COMBIN(55,27) = 55! / (27! * 28!) = (55 * 54 *
For every x in the denominator, 2x is in the numerator, so this is an integer. Furthermore, it's evident that no prime greater than or equal to 29 can be cancelled out of the numerator, so the end-factorization will include all primes between 53 and 29 (inclusive; 27 is _not_ a prime).
No silicon needed. Well, except to type/enter this on
So there's not actually any information here. Everything is still up in the air - OS, partners, specs, producers, launch date - except that Google *will* be making a phone.
Wake me up when something actually is known.
Other thoughts...
How long will it be in beta?
September Fools' ?
Billy Joel's 52nd Street was actually the first album released on a CD in Japan.