Sure, but whale meat on sale is still more expensive than, say, beef (or rather, a whale dish at a restaurant is going to be more expensive than a beef dish. I haven't a clue what the stuff would cost in a store). The thing is, when whale meat was really popular (=as in, eaten a lot) it was because it was cheaper than any other meat. People in their fifties probably ate whale to the point of nausea when they were in school. Some of them will keep buying it every now and then for as long as they live, because that's what they've always eaten. Though I doubt whale will ever make comeback as a part of the regular diet of the average Japanese: people currently in school (usually) never got into habit of eating whale and might have similar attitudes towards it as the average American.
IIRC, the Japanese fleet captures around 500 whales a year (or something around that order of magnitude). Even if "most people" don't want to eat it, there is still enough demand to sell the stuff at a small premium.
Japan is among the very few countries in the world that hunts whales. They get a lot of international criticism for it, but their excuse for continuing is "scientific experimentation" (and of course after the experiment is complete, they sell the meat to restaurants; waste not, want not and so forth). The point of TFA was that the "scientific experimentation" conducted is BS. Basically, it's written by people who have moral qualms about eating delicious whale meat and want Japan to stop.
The list was probably originally meant to block sites in countries where local authorities couldn't/wouldn't do anything, which is probably why there is no procedure for contacting anyone.
The K-lite mega pack is filled with aids. It's full of filters that don't work (Morgan Stream Switcher) and overlap each other (What, 5 MPEG2 decoders? xvid, divx and divx;), when only ffdshow is needed?)
The pack you linked didn't seem that bad. If only it didn't include that pirated CoreAVC.
I'd still recommend CCCP over K-lite any time.
I know you're mostly joking but Finns don't actually get Nokias faster than others, except in some cases when Nokia wants to test a model on a small market first, etc. Sometimes Finland is actually behind other markets (take N82 for a recent example). The same probably applies to Swedes and Sony Ericsson.
I could get a plan that costs 0 to open, 0.59 a month, and 0.059/min for any calls I make (No, I didn't typo the numbers), using any unlocked GSM phone I want to. Oh, and receiving calls and sms is free.
What you're talking about isn't a steal, it's theft.
I think the map data is "better" because Google's maps are huge (Or so it seems: just zooming around in my neighbourhood for a bit meant over 1000 KB of data transferred). Nokia maps are meant to be stored locally on the phone, and take way less space than Google maps would. But if you have unlimited data plan, Google does seem the better choice.
I haven't checked the directions on google maps yet, but considering they got their data from the same place as Nokia, I find your claim of their superiority a bit surprising.
I had the tv tuner for Game Gear and your experience sounds very familiar. It was a cute toy, but ended up being practically useless. I see no reason why the tuner for DS, or the tuners in certain recent cell phones, would be any different.
Surprisingly, the study found that iPhone texters don't improve with experience. The researchers also asked users in the other groups to send text messages using the iPhone. These novice iPhone users made mistakes at the same rate as people who have owned iPhones for at least one month, the study found.
That's not the only reason. According to TFA, this is being done by the divx team: what incentive do they have for providing support for features their codec does not use? Features that, as a matter of fact, puts show product in a bad light. I guess we'll see when the thing is released, but I'm not holding my breath. Well, I don't even own a PS3 so why should I...
No. The two encoders have some mutually incompatible features. Some xvid encodes will work with the divx decoder, while the ones that actually use xvid's good features (like multiple b-frames) simply won't. (unless divx has changed radically in the last year or so)
I already have a decent laptop that I wrote most of the thesis on (and had to use to edit the formatting on the parts I wrote on the phone). It's heavy as hell and has a battery life of roughly half an hour, so it's not much good for working while commuting, between/during classes, at the library, etc. Something like the Eee PC might work for that, but it's still not available where I live, and I don't see how it would be significantly better than my N95/BT keyboard combo (for my purposes).
Wrong! That's not an advantage, that's insane. At least, I can't remember the last time I was looking at my cellphone thinking, "Damn, I wish right now I could open up a Word document!", not even if one was attached to an e-mail.
I wrote parts of my BA thesis (including the whole conclusion) on a Nokia N95 (with a portable bluetooth keyboard). So, what TFA article said is wrong, not because it's insane to edit.docs on a cellphone, but because it implies you need a Microsoft OS for that. There are times when you need to write stuff on the go, and I don't have a suitable laptop for that.
There's a "slight" difference in the number of freeware apps I have on my computer and on my phone. But if your argument is that the signing should be done away with, I agree. I'm just saying it's not really a barrier to freeware app development.
Symbian has some kind of signing program for freeware, but as I have no experience with that, I'll let that slide.
But to to reiterate something that has been already said, you do not have to get your app signed even if you want to distribute it. All that means is that the people who use your program have to self-sign it for their own phones. That is somewhat annoying, but it gets a lot easier after the first time. This is something any end user can do and isn't, I think, an unreasonable for freeware apps.
Where I live, it's technically illegal (not comparable to driving a car drunk though) but no one's going to bother you unless you actually cause an accident. It's how most of my friends travel when they're going partying. But yes, if you feel you might get DUI where you live, cycling is not an option. I tried to write a list of alternatives to driving that's comprehensive, instead of one that's applicable to everyone and everywhere (which would be just taxis...?).
Also, a full DUI charge from riding a bicycle? Now that's retarded.
I knew about the lack of public transport in the US, but I didn't know about the lack of cabs. Or friends who could give you a ride. (the latter especially when you're going partying. It might be a bit late for that when you're coming back...)
So why do you have to drive to a bar in the first place, especially if you know you're going to be drunk when you leave? Get someone to give you a ride, or take a cab, or the bus, even. Hell, cycle if it isn't too far. Claiming that driving drunk is the only realistic option is just ridiculous.
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Is this where someone should point out that many of the countries at the very top of the list have lower population densities than the US?
Sure, but whale meat on sale is still more expensive than, say, beef (or rather, a whale dish at a restaurant is going to be more expensive than a beef dish. I haven't a clue what the stuff would cost in a store). The thing is, when whale meat was really popular (=as in, eaten a lot) it was because it was cheaper than any other meat. People in their fifties probably ate whale to the point of nausea when they were in school. Some of them will keep buying it every now and then for as long as they live, because that's what they've always eaten. Though I doubt whale will ever make comeback as a part of the regular diet of the average Japanese: people currently in school (usually) never got into habit of eating whale and might have similar attitudes towards it as the average American.
IIRC, the Japanese fleet captures around 500 whales a year (or something around that order of magnitude). Even if "most people" don't want to eat it, there is still enough demand to sell the stuff at a small premium.
Japan is among the very few countries in the world that hunts whales. They get a lot of international criticism for it, but their excuse for continuing is "scientific experimentation" (and of course after the experiment is complete, they sell the meat to restaurants; waste not, want not and so forth). The point of TFA was that the "scientific experimentation" conducted is BS. Basically, it's written by people who have moral qualms about eating delicious whale meat and want Japan to stop.
The list was probably originally meant to block sites in countries where local authorities couldn't/wouldn't do anything, which is probably why there is no procedure for contacting anyone.
The K-lite mega pack is filled with aids. It's full of filters that don't work (Morgan Stream Switcher) and overlap each other (What, 5 MPEG2 decoders? xvid, divx and divx ;), when only ffdshow is needed?)
The pack you linked didn't seem that bad. If only it didn't include that pirated CoreAVC.
I'd still recommend CCCP over K-lite any time.
I know you're mostly joking but Finns don't actually get Nokias faster than others, except in some cases when Nokia wants to test a model on a small market first, etc. Sometimes Finland is actually behind other markets (take N82 for a recent example). The same probably applies to Swedes and Sony Ericsson.
The prices are in euros. The tubes ate the euro sign.
I could get a plan that costs 0 to open, 0.59 a month, and 0.059/min for any calls I make (No, I didn't typo the numbers), using any unlocked GSM phone I want to. Oh, and receiving calls and sms is free. What you're talking about isn't a steal, it's theft.
I think the map data is "better" because Google's maps are huge (Or so it seems: just zooming around in my neighbourhood for a bit meant over 1000 KB of data transferred). Nokia maps are meant to be stored locally on the phone, and take way less space than Google maps would. But if you have unlimited data plan, Google does seem the better choice. I haven't checked the directions on google maps yet, but considering they got their data from the same place as Nokia, I find your claim of their superiority a bit surprising.
I had the tv tuner for Game Gear and your experience sounds very familiar. It was a cute toy, but ended up being practically useless. I see no reason why the tuner for DS, or the tuners in certain recent cell phones, would be any different.
Use mplayer or portable vlc player. No need to install anything.
Laptop. S-video. Not that hard, really, and no need for a second PC. Though I guess not everyone has a laptop...
That's not the only reason. According to TFA, this is being done by the divx team: what incentive do they have for providing support for features their codec does not use? Features that, as a matter of fact, puts show product in a bad light. I guess we'll see when the thing is released, but I'm not holding my breath. Well, I don't even own a PS3 so why should I...
No. The two encoders have some mutually incompatible features. Some xvid encodes will work with the divx decoder, while the ones that actually use xvid's good features (like multiple b-frames) simply won't. (unless divx has changed radically in the last year or so)
I already have a decent laptop that I wrote most of the thesis on (and had to use to edit the formatting on the parts I wrote on the phone). It's heavy as hell and has a battery life of roughly half an hour, so it's not much good for working while commuting, between/during classes, at the library, etc. Something like the Eee PC might work for that, but it's still not available where I live, and I don't see how it would be significantly better than my N95/BT keyboard combo (for my purposes).
IIRC, Vista has a feature like that.
There's a "slight" difference in the number of freeware apps I have on my computer and on my phone. But if your argument is that the signing should be done away with, I agree. I'm just saying it's not really a barrier to freeware app development.
Symbian has some kind of signing program for freeware, but as I have no experience with that, I'll let that slide. But to to reiterate something that has been already said, you do not have to get your app signed even if you want to distribute it. All that means is that the people who use your program have to self-sign it for their own phones. That is somewhat annoying, but it gets a lot easier after the first time. This is something any end user can do and isn't, I think, an unreasonable for freeware apps.
Where in TFA does it say that the one on the right is always the right one?
Where I live, it's technically illegal (not comparable to driving a car drunk though) but no one's going to bother you unless you actually cause an accident. It's how most of my friends travel when they're going partying. But yes, if you feel you might get DUI where you live, cycling is not an option. I tried to write a list of alternatives to driving that's comprehensive, instead of one that's applicable to everyone and everywhere (which would be just taxis...?). Also, a full DUI charge from riding a bicycle? Now that's retarded.
I knew about the lack of public transport in the US, but I didn't know about the lack of cabs. Or friends who could give you a ride. (the latter especially when you're going partying. It might be a bit late for that when you're coming back...)
So why do you have to drive to a bar in the first place, especially if you know you're going to be drunk when you leave? Get someone to give you a ride, or take a cab, or the bus, even. Hell, cycle if it isn't too far. Claiming that driving drunk is the only realistic option is just ridiculous.