Started with 7.0 myself in 2000. There were a couple of times when they left my old equipment behind (during one such time I used OpenSUSE), but once I had equipment that was more up-to-date I went back to Mandriva.
(For those asking about the name, Mandrake merged with the Brazilian distro Connectiva and combined the names to get Mandriva.)
Mind you, the latest version again doesn't work on my equipment, but Mageia does, so you know where I am.
Not voltage, signal. Maybe there's a way for the signal to be light (creating an all-light computer) or maybe it's a voltage - or maybe it is something else. But it has to be something we can control.
Doesn't your phone have a web browser? I'm sure someone must have implemented a BASIC-like environment in javascript. Okay, I guess that wouldn't work in Opera Mini (poor javascript support), but should work in Opera Mobile or Safari or Android's default web browser. Okay, no access to phone resources from inside the browser, but if all you want is IF and PRINT - or graphics - then you could certainly do that in a browser. And at a lot faster speeds than your 6502 ever achieved.
KDE, as configured in Mageia 1.0 (and previous versions of Mandriva - not the current one) has always "just worked" on my hardware. Both on my netbook (512M RAM) and this nettop (1M RAM). I have no idea why people think it is more of a memory hog than Windows - it isn't.
They already know where you're going since you asked for directions to it! Therefore they can show ads for where you're going to be without infringing Amazon's patent.
Both brands are currently available at Wal-mart stores. Originally our store had iPads (1 and 2), the HP tablet, both sizes of Acer, and Vizio. With HP withdrawing, they've added Samsung instead. Which sells more? Not my department so I really couldn't say.
Wrong question. I've seen 32-bit PCs handle arbitrary precision (with some appropriate library of course), not only 32 bits. Okay, there is a limit of the size of available RAM...
In Opera Mobile, it is optional - if you don't want to use Turbo (their feature which optimizes websites to reduce the amount of data transfered) you don't have to. Personally, if I were on a phone service where I was charged by the MB or had a bandwidth cap, I'd use it. On an unlimited plan or via wi-fi, I wouldn't.
Most of the comments I just read through are downright silly... of course they aren't talking about a fixed-size page (the same size for all devices), they are talking about content that fits your window. On your smartphone, that's likely to be pretty small, etc.
CSS columns are pretty terrible if they go off the screen then wrap back to the top, if you have a widescreen then displaying columns makes more sense if they are also paginated. Or of course just have one column and interminable nav bars and ads and such in the other columns - yuck!
My browser doesn't take up my whole screen, I don't want it to. In fact, the width of my window is just over 800 pixels. Too bad I can't hide all that space Slashdot has on the left side of the screen...
I do hope everyone knows it is against the rules of war. It is required that a human "pull the trigger" (or whatever is equivalent in the case of remote-controlled vehicles). No, that rule doesn't apply to landmines and probably not fixed emplacements. So no, it isn't going to happen just yet - unless someone else does it first.
Well... depends on the game I guess. I recently bought a 7" Acer Iconia tablet, and despite what Acer's CEO recently said about tablets I think it is respectable. Okay, on some games (FPS, etc.) a controller would help. Make it bluetooth and then everyone can use them. But I installed nVidia's pinball app and it looks real good - and the interface for that is mostly appropriate. I'm sure we could come up with some other games it would be great for. I couldn't see a 10" as a portable gaming console - just too big.
Okay, obvious caveat - make sure you're using a wi-fi connection if you're going to try some graphics-intensive MMORG, otherwise the data charges on your phone plan will kill you.
The startup is listed as "angel-funded", yes? That implies the online version of the course will also be free. (And doesn't fit the description of "commercial" in my book.)
Other than the misleading title, I don't see any issue here.
My "nettop" is decent. 64-bit dual-core Atom processor, nVidia graphics, etc. And yes, it was about $200 at Best Buy at the time. Of course, that was when they were still allowed to ship XP, it doesn't have enough RAM for later versions of Windows. Runs KDE 4 on Mageia 1.0 just fine.
To me, a fake name is when you use someone else's name, and that is a problem. But using an alias (as in "sgunhouse" for me) is not a problem. Not that I use FB or the other "big" sites, but I use this name everywhere else.
I've visited a couple of my friends' facebook or myspace pages and had no idea why anyone would want to be there. And I'm not into texting, why would I want Twitter?
I'm sure the search engines or whatever have lots of information on me, but my real name and home address are not something I spread around.
Android, NetOS and the upcoming ChromeOS are based on Linux, as are many routers and embedded devices. Sorry, but Linux is the most popular version of UNIX as of today.
Suppose I have a camera which someone borrows, takes some pictures, and returns (without telling me). When I go to save or print my own pictures, I discover theirs as well. Not knowing their identity but seeing some embarrassing (non-pornographic) content, I decide to post them - someone ought to recognize them, and I think shaming them might be good.
You realize that this law would effect any of those right-to-life groups posting images of fetuses, as well as those animal rights groups and so on. I mean, their whole intent is to offend the common person to supporting their view.
Note that the law does say "everyone", not "anyone". It's not enough to offend Aunt Millie, you also have to offend the toughest biker, butcher (as in, meat processing), etc. Okay, maybe those baby seal pictures wouldn't offend the butcher, and the fetuses wouldn't offend abortion practitioners, so perhaps it's harder than I thought. Then again, they can't literally interview everyone, so maybe "the common person" will suffice.
Mind you, I would include anyone who posts that picture of Congressman Weiner - that ought to offend everyone.
Of course the question isn't about reached, it is about exceeded. Or is it?
If we have exceeded maximum sustainable population as they say, then unless we intelligently eliminate half the current population some 50-100 years from now depletion will do it for us. Most intelligent way to do that is to start with areas with the highest population density... but you really think anyone will go for killing over half the people in China and India?
Conversely, the people on the production side (farmers, etc.) will say they are now producing several times what they did 50 years ago due to advances in genetics and production techniques. In fact, I've already heard commercials to that effect. I'm sure Mr. Ehrlich (quoted in an earlier comment) will say that is why his estimates have increased over the years, but the producers expect that they'll be able to meet rising demand for several years to come.
Well, it's all moot at this point. If we have exceeded sustainable population size already, then we will crash - perhaps sooner rather than later. Of course, when we're back to only a few million survivors I doubt they'll have a chance to worry about it either.
According to them, I'm the only person in the world using Opera 11.50 on 64-bit Linux. Yeah, right. Sample size isn't really large enough yet, I guess... I'm sure using a beta version of Opera on 64-bit Linux is rare, but it is definitely not unique.
How do you explain what you can't even properly define yet?
While I appreciate Penrose's books on the subject - and I must admit that my name appears in one of them as well - he wasn't talking about consciousness as you or I might define the term.
For most people, consciousness is something similar to self-awareness. That is not the subject of "The Emperor's New Mind". Rather than worry about something that can't (yet anyway) be properly defined, he focused on something that is defined very well - mathematical logic. I accept that he has shown a computer (as typically implemented) will never be able to perform the full range of mathematical logic Whether that has any real relation to the topic of consciousness is still up for grabs.
I mean, it wouldn't be hard to say that 90% of the people in the world can't perform mathematical logic either, yet we agree they are conscious.
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Reuters coverage: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/08/us-science-hawking-idUSTRE8070HQ20120108
Started with 7.0 myself in 2000. There were a couple of times when they left my old equipment behind (during one such time I used OpenSUSE), but once I had equipment that was more up-to-date I went back to Mandriva.
(For those asking about the name, Mandrake merged with the Brazilian distro Connectiva and combined the names to get Mandriva.)
Mind you, the latest version again doesn't work on my equipment, but Mageia does, so you know where I am.
Not voltage, signal. Maybe there's a way for the signal to be light (creating an all-light computer) or maybe it's a voltage - or maybe it is something else. But it has to be something we can control.
Doesn't your phone have a web browser? I'm sure someone must have implemented a BASIC-like environment in javascript. Okay, I guess that wouldn't work in Opera Mini (poor javascript support), but should work in Opera Mobile or Safari or Android's default web browser. Okay, no access to phone resources from inside the browser, but if all you want is IF and PRINT - or graphics - then you could certainly do that in a browser. And at a lot faster speeds than your 6502 ever achieved.
KDE, as configured in Mageia 1.0 (and previous versions of Mandriva - not the current one) has always "just worked" on my hardware. Both on my netbook (512M RAM) and this nettop (1M RAM). I have no idea why people think it is more of a memory hog than Windows - it isn't.
They already know where you're going since you asked for directions to it! Therefore they can show ads for where you're going to be without infringing Amazon's patent.
Both brands are currently available at Wal-mart stores. Originally our store had iPads (1 and 2), the HP tablet, both sizes of Acer, and Vizio. With HP withdrawing, they've added Samsung instead. Which sells more? Not my department so I really couldn't say.
Wrong question. I've seen 32-bit PCs handle arbitrary precision (with some appropriate library of course), not only 32 bits. Okay, there is a limit of the size of available RAM ...
In Opera Mobile, it is optional - if you don't want to use Turbo (their feature which optimizes websites to reduce the amount of data transfered) you don't have to. Personally, if I were on a phone service where I was charged by the MB or had a bandwidth cap, I'd use it. On an unlimited plan or via wi-fi, I wouldn't.
Most of the comments I just read through are downright silly ... of course they aren't talking about a fixed-size page (the same size for all devices), they are talking about content that fits your window. On your smartphone, that's likely to be pretty small, etc.
CSS columns are pretty terrible if they go off the screen then wrap back to the top, if you have a widescreen then displaying columns makes more sense if they are also paginated. Or of course just have one column and interminable nav bars and ads and such in the other columns - yuck!
My browser doesn't take up my whole screen, I don't want it to. In fact, the width of my window is just over 800 pixels. Too bad I can't hide all that space Slashdot has on the left side of the screen ...
I do hope everyone knows it is against the rules of war. It is required that a human "pull the trigger" (or whatever is equivalent in the case of remote-controlled vehicles). No, that rule doesn't apply to landmines and probably not fixed emplacements. So no, it isn't going to happen just yet - unless someone else does it first.
Well ... depends on the game I guess. I recently bought a 7" Acer Iconia tablet, and despite what Acer's CEO recently said about tablets I think it is respectable. Okay, on some games (FPS, etc.) a controller would help. Make it bluetooth and then everyone can use them. But I installed nVidia's pinball app and it looks real good - and the interface for that is mostly appropriate. I'm sure we could come up with some other games it would be great for. I couldn't see a 10" as a portable gaming console - just too big.
Okay, obvious caveat - make sure you're using a wi-fi connection if you're going to try some graphics-intensive MMORG, otherwise the data charges on your phone plan will kill you.
Opera does not need to be updated. They have always warned you if a certificate is revoked, and if they can't verify that it is not revoked they regard it as unsecured. See http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2011/08/30/when-certificate-authorities-are-hacked-2
It's listed as a free course, yes?
The startup is listed as "angel-funded", yes? That implies the online version of the course will also be free. (And doesn't fit the description of "commercial" in my book.)
Other than the misleading title, I don't see any issue here.
My "nettop" is decent. 64-bit dual-core Atom processor, nVidia graphics, etc. And yes, it was about $200 at Best Buy at the time. Of course, that was when they were still allowed to ship XP, it doesn't have enough RAM for later versions of Windows. Runs KDE 4 on Mageia 1.0 just fine.
let me say: You need to work on your subject/verb agreement. "researchers wants"?
While I qualify, I don't think I'll participate. Thanks but no thanks.
To me, a fake name is when you use someone else's name, and that is a problem. But using an alias (as in "sgunhouse" for me) is not a problem. Not that I use FB or the other "big" sites, but I use this name everywhere else.
I've visited a couple of my friends' facebook or myspace pages and had no idea why anyone would want to be there. And I'm not into texting, why would I want Twitter?
I'm sure the search engines or whatever have lots of information on me, but my real name and home address are not something I spread around.
Android, NetOS and the upcoming ChromeOS are based on Linux, as are many routers and embedded devices. Sorry, but Linux is the most popular version of UNIX as of today.
Suppose I have a camera which someone borrows, takes some pictures, and returns (without telling me). When I go to save or print my own pictures, I discover theirs as well. Not knowing their identity but seeing some embarrassing (non-pornographic) content, I decide to post them - someone ought to recognize them, and I think shaming them might be good.
Do I own the pictures, or do they?
You realize that this law would effect any of those right-to-life groups posting images of fetuses, as well as those animal rights groups and so on. I mean, their whole intent is to offend the common person to supporting their view.
Note that the law does say "everyone", not "anyone". It's not enough to offend Aunt Millie, you also have to offend the toughest biker, butcher (as in, meat processing), etc. Okay, maybe those baby seal pictures wouldn't offend the butcher, and the fetuses wouldn't offend abortion practitioners, so perhaps it's harder than I thought. Then again, they can't literally interview everyone, so maybe "the common person" will suffice.
Mind you, I would include anyone who posts that picture of Congressman Weiner - that ought to offend everyone.
Of course the question isn't about reached, it is about exceeded. Or is it?
If we have exceeded maximum sustainable population as they say, then unless we intelligently eliminate half the current population some 50-100 years from now depletion will do it for us. Most intelligent way to do that is to start with areas with the highest population density ... but you really think anyone will go for killing over half the people in China and India?
Conversely, the people on the production side (farmers, etc.) will say they are now producing several times what they did 50 years ago due to advances in genetics and production techniques. In fact, I've already heard commercials to that effect. I'm sure Mr. Ehrlich (quoted in an earlier comment) will say that is why his estimates have increased over the years, but the producers expect that they'll be able to meet rising demand for several years to come.
Well, it's all moot at this point. If we have exceeded sustainable population size already, then we will crash - perhaps sooner rather than later. Of course, when we're back to only a few million survivors I doubt they'll have a chance to worry about it either.
According to them, I'm the only person in the world using Opera 11.50 on 64-bit Linux. Yeah, right. Sample size isn't really large enough yet, I guess ... I'm sure using a beta version of Opera on 64-bit Linux is rare, but it is definitely not unique.
Seems pretty trivial to me. They did say round down, so ...
0 --> 0 ... ...
1 --> 1
2 --> 1
3 --> 1
4 --> 2
8 --> 2
9 --> 3
15 --> 3
For most inputs, the answer matches the highest 1 bit in the number (exceptions: 0, 1 and 9). Wouldn't be hard to make a circuit do that.
10 hours? As in, 20 operations? Seems excessive...
How do you explain what you can't even properly define yet?
While I appreciate Penrose's books on the subject - and I must admit that my name appears in one of them as well - he wasn't talking about consciousness as you or I might define the term.
For most people, consciousness is something similar to self-awareness. That is not the subject of "The Emperor's New Mind". Rather than worry about something that can't (yet anyway) be properly defined, he focused on something that is defined very well - mathematical logic. I accept that he has shown a computer (as typically implemented) will never be able to perform the full range of mathematical logic Whether that has any real relation to the topic of consciousness is still up for grabs.
I mean, it wouldn't be hard to say that 90% of the people in the world can't perform mathematical logic either, yet we agree they are conscious.
Opera has already added support for WebP. Not just support, they are using it in their Turbo feature to recompress JPEG images because it produces smaller files and they think it looks better. See for example this release from April: http://my.opera.com/portalnews/blog/2011/04/12/opera-11-10-barracuda-released-to-the-wild
(In another post they said they thought it made people look younger.)