I would say the main advantage of bitcoin is that you *don't need* "big-name transaction clearinghouses". If you use those, you might just as well just pay with your creditcard.
Have you ever looked at the android source code? I have done some hacking on cyanogenmod and it's amazing what kind of crap can be found in a code base that is being used by several hundred million(!) people..
Why get a ladder when you can just walk in next door without one?
The argument is moot.
It's like it is with bike locks. Getting a better one does not guarantee that your bike won't get stolen, but it does help! And a 100% security is always unattainable.
You call bullshit for the wrong reason. The problem of the GP's statement lies not in whether there are or are not more trees/forests than a 100 years ago, but in the fact that he considers a 100 years to be a long time. The whole climate change discussion suffers from this. Surely we will be OK in the next 50 or a 100 years as well. But if you actually care about the future of our species and that of the planet in general, a 100 years is nothing. The fact that we *can* see the climate change in just a persons' lifetime should be scary enough for anyone!
I am still not sure I understand using 4x4 matrices to do transforms in three space. I can write the code though (slowly).
Because a 3 dimensional object can be translated by a linear operation in 4 dimensional space. Similar to how you are able to move (the projection) of a 2D shape by moving it along an arbitrary third axis pointing out of the shape's plane. This doesn't sound fundamentally very difficult for me. Now group theory on the other hand... I guess it depends on how your brain works. I have a lot less trouble with geometry than with more abstract maths.
It *is* taxed per volume. 0.03%, which it nothing for a normal transaction. But for someone who buys and sells the same stock a hundred times per day, just to profit from tiny fluctuations in the stock value, it's 3%. This will kill the ridiculous business of racing for fastest connection and smartest trading algo, which is *good* because it is a ridiculous and useless business.
Web browsers are like washing powder. Forever three times concentrated and more powerful, bla bla bla. Yet my laundry doesn't get any cleaner.. and my web browsing doesn't get any faster!
I always find the statement that most of the time is spent in just a small part of the code tricky. I am not sure it is even true for many programs. I wrote some software for http://aichallenge.org/ and found that very many somewhat intensive operations accumulate, which made the python version of my software prohibitively slow compared to a C++ version I wrote, with no easy single performance bottleneck to blame.
I don't think cost was the issue here. It is just very inconvenient for a passenger liner. Moving around the ship will become very difficult if you have to get through a watertight door every few meters.
Also there may have been structural issues. Even if the bulkheads would have been completely watertight, the flooding of all forward compartments would have caused the ship to pitch forward, which might have caused here to break in two like she did anyway. I am no expert on early twentieth century passenger liner design, but I am sure they had their reason to design her the way they did.
Why would you assume there is an X amount of political power? That makes no sense at all.
I would think the idea behind a 'United' Nations is to lessen the need for power and thus reduce X. Whether this is working out at present is a different matter.
Sure, but I thought choice was a good thing! I am sure many people just want to be sheep and follow the crowd. That's OK. However, it surprises how many people on/. praise Apple for keeping things smooth and simple.
I've just loaded Cyanogenmod on my HTC legend. It's completely different from the stock ROM and I am sure this is called 'fragmentation', but I think this is fantastic and particularly that I can choose which one I want. Who cares what the masses want?
The only misplaced apostrophe I can see in the GP's post is on "want's" and that IS NOT a pluralization.
If you're going to be a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM, at least do it proper SS style and not like some stupid foot soldier.
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I would say the main advantage of bitcoin is that you *don't need* "big-name transaction clearinghouses". If you use those, you might just as well just pay with your creditcard.
Have you ever looked at the android source code? I have done some hacking on cyanogenmod and it's amazing what kind of crap can be found in a code base that is being used by several hundred million(!) people..
Why get a ladder when you can just walk in next door without one?
The argument is moot.
It's like it is with bike locks. Getting a better one does not guarantee that your bike won't get stolen, but it does help! And a 100% security is always unattainable.
You call bullshit for the wrong reason. The problem of the GP's statement lies not in whether there are or are not more trees/forests than a 100 years ago, but in the fact that he considers a 100 years to be a long time. The whole climate change discussion suffers from this. Surely we will be OK in the next 50 or a 100 years as well. But if you actually care about the future of our species and that of the planet in general, a 100 years is nothing. The fact that we *can* see the climate change in just a persons' lifetime should be scary enough for anyone!
If you put it like that, it looks like there is no way to change the system other than violent revolution. Interesting.
I am still not sure I understand using 4x4 matrices to do transforms in three space. I can write the code though (slowly).
Because a 3 dimensional object can be translated by a linear operation in 4 dimensional space. Similar to how you are able to move (the projection) of a 2D shape by moving it along an arbitrary third axis pointing out of the shape's plane. This doesn't sound fundamentally very difficult for me. Now group theory on the other hand... I guess it depends on how your brain works. I have a lot less trouble with geometry than with more abstract maths.
I figure that if I feel a need to consult my old BioChem text to figure out just what that ingredient is, I shouldn't be eating it.
Though I think this is a wise attitude, you must be starving!? Or do you grow your own groceries or something?
Both were outdated and should have been scrapped but due to irrational fear, were allowed to keep running past thier expiration date
Both were outdated and should have been scrapped but due to GREED, were allowed to keep running past their expiration date
There, fixed that for you.
then why not tax per volume traded?
It *is* taxed per volume. 0.03%, which it nothing for a normal transaction. But for someone who buys and sells the same stock a hundred times per day, just to profit from tiny fluctuations in the stock value, it's 3%. This will kill the ridiculous business of racing for fastest connection and smartest trading algo, which is *good* because it is a ridiculous and useless business.
Web browsers are like washing powder. Forever three times concentrated and more powerful, bla bla bla. Yet my laundry doesn't get any cleaner.. and my web browsing doesn't get any faster!
For a while now, but it's not actually stationary
Right now, all we have the shuttle
No, you don't
whoosh
Look at SWATH type boats. They are basically two torpedoes with a catamaran on top.
What is this "writing" thing that everybody is talking about?
I always find the statement that most of the time is spent in just a small part of the code tricky. I am not sure it is even true for many programs. I wrote some software for http://aichallenge.org/ and found that very many somewhat intensive operations accumulate, which made the python version of my software prohibitively slow compared to a C++ version I wrote, with no easy single performance bottleneck to blame.
Except Win 2000 wasn't a Tock, Maybe you meant Me?
The government may have listened to the Godfather.. Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.
I don't think cost was the issue here. It is just very inconvenient for a passenger liner. Moving around the ship will become very difficult if you have to get through a watertight door every few meters.
Also there may have been structural issues. Even if the bulkheads would have been completely watertight, the flooding of all forward compartments would have caused the ship to pitch forward, which might have caused here to break in two like she did anyway. I am no expert on early twentieth century passenger liner design, but I am sure they had their reason to design her the way they did.
Why would you assume there is an X amount of political power? That makes no sense at all. I would think the idea behind a 'United' Nations is to lessen the need for power and thus reduce X. Whether this is working out at present is a different matter.
WHOOSH
Sure, but I thought choice was a good thing! I am sure many people just want to be sheep and follow the crowd. That's OK. However, it surprises how many people on /. praise Apple for keeping things smooth and simple.
I've just loaded Cyanogenmod on my HTC legend. It's completely different from the stock ROM and I am sure this is called 'fragmentation', but I think this is fantastic and particularly that I can choose which one I want. Who cares what the masses want?
The only misplaced apostrophe I can see in the GP's post is on "want's" and that IS NOT a pluralization. If you're going to be a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM, at least do it proper SS style and not like some stupid foot soldier.
Can you post the public IP (v4) address of those machines? I have some cutting I wanna do.
Just to illustrate this