Of course, the elephant in the room is, if we raise to the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050, we'll have to feed 20 billion by 2100. If we continue like that, Earth will resemble some hellish place, overpopulated, over-harvested, polluted and war-torn. (There won't be any elephants left, for that matter, in our outside of rooms.)
For a very short period it seemed to the more gullible among us, that you're starting to be a decent company. Thankfully, you've show in no uncertain way that you have not changed, and are still that douchebag bully in dire need to be body-slammed on concrete. I hope that one day it finally happens.
Yes, I am dead serious when I say the 3500 classic is old - I cannot buy any official accessories for it, I couldn't buy it (the phone itself) a few years at least, it's 4 years since it was released, I cannot buy even an un-official (non-Nokia) replacement case...
It's still going strong, though, and with a 2 GB MicroSD card, it really does all I need. I think my next phone (whenever this gives up its ghost) will be another 3500 classic.
Funnily enough, I think your definition of feature phone is a bit wrong, to say the least. I have a Nokia 3500 Classic, which is old and it is a feature phone - but I can (could) install any app for System 40 that I wanted to. I could even download them to my PC and then use a USB cable to transfer that app to my oldish featurephone.
But we don't have a plate full of armed uprisings. In Libya, there is one going on right now. With our air support, it may win. Without it, there will be slaughter.
If there shall be an armed uprising in Iran or DPRK, I sure as hell hope we'll do the same for them - then and there. For now, there's nothing to be done that can help (ground invasion wouldn't).
OH no, don't delude yourself. No matter what kind of uprising happens in Iran, both China and Russia will do their best to stop any actions against the regime. The same wasn't true for Lybia, i.e. neither China nor Russia (and this time, not even the Arab League) have much interest in Gaddafi. That's all the UN righteousness right there: who has the interests.
First of all, this is the first time I hear of business cards going away. In academia, everyone uses them. Everybody, literally. And there's a good reason: they have company logos that reminds you about the person's affiliation, and you can write on them what was the topic you discussed with the person whose business card you received. I find the latter absolutely invaluable.
The rest is all rinse-and-repeat stuff. Still, 2 good sci-fi movies in one year would be terrific achievement.
By the way, the article greatly underrates the number of "pandemic" subgenre movies. There have been dozens in the last few years alone. Maybe several tens in this century.
We have much finer lasers now than we had back then, and we can control the pulses much better.
This means much finer channel creation, which means more channels, and thus more area for photon capture.
It may not be new but it has reached a new step.
When Intel introduces something new in their fabrication process (low-K for high integration, high-K for DRAM, etc.) you don't headline it with "Intel invents the MOS transistor!"
If people are so brainwashed by their religion that they think that they're going to be greeted by 17 virgins and everything will be better once this life is over, all bets are off.
Huh? It used to be 72 virgins, you insensitive clod!
I am quite upset at all those sites using Facebook's login. Using Facebook for commenting is just another step in the wrong direction of giving Facebook powers over large swaths of the Internet.
And we're not talking of a benevolent, honest company here, either. This is a company that will try any and all unethical tricks in it's toolbox, and back just half a step back after a huge storm of dicontent. Then they'll try again. This is Fuckerberg's domain, you don't want them in control of anything outside of Facebook.
As a person casually interested in tablet computers, I never looked with too much interest at CPU speed. Screen size, application availability, OS and user interface usability and connection ports (USB is a must) are my most relevant factors in the choice. And price. I imagine, however, that even if I were an Apple enthusiast, CPU speed for a tablet would be less important than screen size and user interface. The iPad 2 is definitely an improved model, but no Apple enthusiast will be swept off his/her feet, though some will feel the urge to upgrade, no doubt. The rest of us won't really care about the iPad 2. In fact, at this point a much cheaper Android-based tablet computer may start to look more interesting than before ("Hey, even Apple didn't add much to their own iPad, why not get this $SEMI_ANONYMOUS_BRAND tablet instead?").
So, look up the specs, then. Current write cycles are over 1,000,000 per cell.
That's only almost true (it's about 100.000 reqrite cycles per cell) for SLC cells. SSDs unfortunately use MLC cells with a rewrite cycle number of 5000.
But hey, never miss an opportunity to call someone a troll, right?
I hate to break it to you, but in my experience as a software engineer, most American companies are shitty in many ways.
To be exact, most publicly traded companies anywhere are shitty. There is no arguing that corporate psychopaths have swamped the ranks of executives of publicly traded companies, and care nothing for the long term viability and health of the company or the well-being of the employees.
In private companies, things are different, because the owner cares of what the heck is going on in his/her company, and would tighten the screws on any management that is not in the actual best interest of the firm. Owners want their companies to last long and not just till the end of the fiscal year.
Those are SuperMicro servers. I resell supermicro and as much as I love their low cost and good speed, the hardware failure rate is astronomical. They should fit in well with Iran's centrifuges.:-P
If I could, I'd mod you "Funnily informative".
Also, I hope your employer doesn't recognize your nickname. Hardware with astronomical failure rate doesn't sell well, unless it's called "Xbox 360".
Obviously. If you cause a worse viewing experience for the paying customers, that paying customer might just as well turn to pirated copies, which may have the same or better quality, and are free.
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Yeah, "oh Belgium!" does sound like a pretty nasty expletive.
Of course, the elephant in the room is, if we raise to the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050, we'll have to feed 20 billion by 2100. If we continue like that, Earth will resemble some hellish place, overpopulated, over-harvested, polluted and war-torn. (There won't be any elephants left, for that matter, in our outside of rooms.)
As a general rule, one only encounters neutrons, gamma rays, and x-rays from artificial sources, such as nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.
Cosmic rays are nothing but high energy gamma radiation.
For a very short period it seemed to the more gullible among us, that you're starting to be a decent company. Thankfully, you've show in no uncertain way that you have not changed, and are still that douchebag bully in dire need to be body-slammed on concrete. I hope that one day it finally happens.
Yes, I am dead serious when I say the 3500 classic is old - I cannot buy any official accessories for it, I couldn't buy it (the phone itself) a few years at least, it's 4 years since it was released, I cannot buy even an un-official (non-Nokia) replacement case...
It's still going strong, though, and with a 2 GB MicroSD card, it really does all I need. I think my next phone (whenever this gives up its ghost) will be another 3500 classic.
Funnily enough, I think your definition of feature phone is a bit wrong, to say the least. I have a Nokia 3500 Classic, which is old and it is a feature phone - but I can (could) install any app for System 40 that I wanted to. I could even download them to my PC and then use a USB cable to transfer that app to my oldish featurephone.
But we don't have a plate full of armed uprisings. In Libya, there is one going on right now. With our air support, it may win. Without it, there will be slaughter.
If there shall be an armed uprising in Iran or DPRK, I sure as hell hope we'll do the same for them - then and there. For now, there's nothing to be done that can help (ground invasion wouldn't).
OH no, don't delude yourself. No matter what kind of uprising happens in Iran, both China and Russia will do their best to stop any actions against the regime. The same wasn't true for Lybia, i.e. neither China nor Russia (and this time, not even the Arab League) have much interest in Gaddafi. That's all the UN righteousness right there: who has the interests.
First of all, this is the first time I hear of business cards going away. In academia, everyone uses them. Everybody, literally. And there's a good reason: they have company logos that reminds you about the person's affiliation, and you can write on them what was the topic you discussed with the person whose business card you received. I find the latter absolutely invaluable.
those two sound interesting, and hard sci-fi-ish.
The rest is all rinse-and-repeat stuff. Still, 2 good sci-fi movies in one year would be terrific achievement.
By the way, the article greatly underrates the number of "pandemic" subgenre movies. There have been dozens in the last few years alone. Maybe several tens in this century.
"Squirt".
Just what kind of demographic did they think they were targeting with such choice of vocabulary?
We have much finer lasers now than we had back then, and we can control the pulses much better.
This means much finer channel creation, which means more channels, and thus more area for photon capture.
It may not be new but it has reached a new step.
When Intel introduces something new in their fabrication process (low-K for high integration, high-K for DRAM, etc.) you don't headline it with "Intel invents the MOS transistor!"
Laser scribing/ablation has been used since the 80's, for reducing the cost (and hence price) of solar cells. E.g. buried contact solar cells..
Using laser ablation to reduce the manufacturing cost of solar cells is so old news, that I almost don't even remember it, it has been so long ago.
If people are so brainwashed by their religion that they think that they're going to be greeted by 17 virgins and everything will be better once this life is over, all bets are off.
Huh? It used to be 72 virgins, you insensitive clod!
(mod informative, not funny)
Get a fake facebook account. Trollfag.
It is good etiquette to put your name in a new line, when you sign your posts.
I am quite upset at all those sites using Facebook's login. Using Facebook for commenting is just another step in the wrong direction of giving Facebook powers over large swaths of the Internet.
And we're not talking of a benevolent, honest company here, either. This is a company that will try any and all unethical tricks in it's toolbox, and back just half a step back after a huge storm of dicontent. Then they'll try again. This is Fuckerberg's domain, you don't want them in control of anything outside of Facebook.
So according to you, 224MB is 0.93% of 240GB?
It's funny because you fail as badly as the TFA itself.
As a person casually interested in tablet computers, I never looked with too much interest at CPU speed. Screen size, application availability, OS and user interface usability and connection ports (USB is a must) are my most relevant factors in the choice. And price. I imagine, however, that even if I were an Apple enthusiast, CPU speed for a tablet would be less important than screen size and user interface. The iPad 2 is definitely an improved model, but no Apple enthusiast will be swept off his/her feet, though some will feel the urge to upgrade, no doubt. The rest of us won't really care about the iPad 2. In fact, at this point a much cheaper Android-based tablet computer may start to look more interesting than before ("Hey, even Apple didn't add much to their own iPad, why not get this $SEMI_ANONYMOUS_BRAND tablet instead?").
Will Rebellino turn into another Miguel? The one we have is enough of a PITA already.
So, look up the specs, then. Current write cycles are over 1,000,000 per cell.
That's only almost true (it's about 100.000 reqrite cycles per cell) for SLC cells. SSDs unfortunately use MLC cells with a rewrite cycle number of 5000.
But hey, never miss an opportunity to call someone a troll, right?
From experience: that only holds true as long as the owner isn't trying to sell the company before the end of the fiscal year. :p
Good point. Let's just say that I consider that a "special case".
I hate to break it to you, but in my experience as a software engineer, most American companies are shitty in many ways.
To be exact, most publicly traded companies anywhere are shitty. There is no arguing that corporate psychopaths have swamped the ranks of executives of publicly traded companies, and care nothing for the long term viability and health of the company or the well-being of the employees.
In private companies, things are different, because the owner cares of what the heck is going on in his/her company, and would tighten the screws on any management that is not in the actual best interest of the firm. Owners want their companies to last long and not just till the end of the fiscal year.
Those are SuperMicro servers. I resell supermicro and as much as I love their low cost and good speed, the hardware failure rate is astronomical. They should fit in well with Iran's centrifuges. :-P
If I could, I'd mod you "Funnily informative".
Also, I hope your employer doesn't recognize your nickname. Hardware with astronomical failure rate doesn't sell well, unless it's called "Xbox 360".
Fufme; way ahead of its time.
But does QT's LGPL license prevent it, or anything that uses it, from being in the WP7 store?
I am against using WP7 at all. Qt would help in the transition from Symbian to MeeGo. Fuck WP7, Stephen Elop and the Microsoft horse they galloped in.
Obviously. If you cause a worse viewing experience for the paying customers, that paying customer might just as well turn to pirated copies, which may have the same or better quality, and are free.