It's an error of 1.5 cubits only if the 10 cubits across is precise. If the circumference is exactly 30 then the diameter would be 9.55 which rounds up to 10.
People don't like to compete. People like to win. People are forced to compete in order to win. Competition brings out the best in people. Given a choice between competition and a guaranteed win, people will almost always go for the guaranteed win.
Patents, non compete agreements, and organized crime are all designed to provide an automatic win without the need for competition.
The way I see it, Activision must have had some super cool idea for the next major online cash cow err game. But, Activision must have determined that they lacked the resources to complete this epic production on their own. So, they carefully weigh their options of ways to raise the extra 2bn they estimate is needed to complete the project. Stock offering, venture capitalists... apparently they decided that their best option was to merge with another larger gaming company.
There's no reason why this new 3bn project should interfere with the day to day operations of the other 15.8bn of whatever makes up the total merger. I can't wait to find out exactly what this new 3bn project is.
Beware the combo meal mentality. What's the difference between a 12 dollar book + 2 dollars for the digital add on and a 14 dollar book with digital version included? The first one gives you the option to purchase without the add on. Nothing is free. All those bonus features that most of us will never use get factored into the final cost the the item.
You're missing the point.
Any application the customer chooses will be allowed on these devices. It's not about making it easier for phone makers to design phones that will connect to Verizon. It's about being able to run any software I choose to run, including software that I wrote, on my electronic devices.
Also, from my youth, I can clearly remember older people saying that our parents 'coddle' their children too much, and that they were raising a generation of pussies. I guess that the more things change the more they stay the same, funny really, the circle of life.
If one generation is more coddled than the one before it which was also more coddled than the one before it there is a progression of increasing coddles. Things are not staying the same.
I could go on about how historically empires become "soft" before being overthrown, but... Well, no, I couldn't. Someone else could go on about that.
Oh, I get it, the coddling progression is part of the cycle of empires! Things really are staying the same, just on a much larger scale than what I originally though of when I read your post.
Flamebait because you used a FUD attack against a humorous comment.
I'm not one to actually know whether Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b actually means the server is running Unix or *nix, but to criticize the assertion that they use Linux without giving any information about what it actually means is pure FUD.
Questioning an assertion is one thing. Questioning an assertion that is most likely true (most apache servers run Linux) without providing contrary evidence, when the validity of the assertion is inconsequential (it's a joke) is flamebait.
As an exercise, think about the following scenario. You go to a website which purports to offer some kind of secure service based on asymmetric crypto, using for example PGP keys or X.509 certificates. The site asks you to supply a bunch of identity information. It then generates a key pair for you. The way asymmetric encryption works is the public key is used for encrypting messages and the private key is used to decrypt them. If you are sending identity information to some website then they do need to be the ones to generate the key pair and send you the public key so that they have the private key to decrypt your information. If they are sending sensitive account information back to you once your identity has been verified then a second key pair must be generated by your computer.
Except Microsoft didn't outbid Mandriva, this decision came after the deal was already closed. Nigeria is still going to pay for Mandriva, they just aren't going to use it. This definitely stinks.
Lets see... Windows 95 came around 1995, few years later there was Windows 98, couple years later we had windows ME, couple years after that we had Windows XP. Only Vista has been a long upgrade cycle, and aren't we all glad they took the extra time to make sure they got it right on Vista?
Way to miss the point entirely. The point was that because Apple doesn't license their DRM the only way for other online sellers to compete with apple is to sell music without DRM. Otherwise they would not be able to reach ipod owners which is such a huge part of the market. I fail to see how any of this is anti-Apple skewed.
Quote from the US declaration of independence
all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. my favorite historical document
Open source programs like Firefox that run on windows don't encourage software companies to release Linux versions of their products. As long as the software I want to run requires windows and I'm not smrt enough to use wine I'm stuck with windows.
The IEEE letter of assurance has nothing to do with promising not to sue for infringement. The letter merely states that the submitter holds a patent that is relevant to the proposed standard and indicates whether the submitter is willing or unwilling to license their patent in a non discriminatory manner.
The issue is further muddied by the summary claiming that CSIRO refused to submit the letter.
A request for such a letter was sent to CSIRO, but according to an internal IEEE memo seen by El Reg, no response has been received. no response is/= refused.
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It's an error of 1.5 cubits only if the 10 cubits across is precise. If the circumference is exactly 30 then the diameter would be 9.55 which rounds up to 10.
irate radio is working to be part of the solution to that particular problem.
Pardon my ignorance, could you please explain for me the relationship between freenet and nearlyfreespeech.net. Thanks.
A publicly accessible database of RIAA lawyers.
Patents, non compete agreements, and organized crime are all designed to provide an automatic win without the need for competition.
Or maybe they're not specifically Military Police now, maybe we're going to start tasking regular soldiers with guard duty, a la 11B.
Or maybe... 1bn + 2bn = 18.8bn.
The way I see it, Activision must have had some super cool idea for the next major online cash cow err game. But, Activision must have determined that they lacked the resources to complete this epic production on their own. So, they carefully weigh their options of ways to raise the extra 2bn they estimate is needed to complete the project. Stock offering, venture capitalists... apparently they decided that their best option was to merge with another larger gaming company.
There's no reason why this new 3bn project should interfere with the day to day operations of the other 15.8bn of whatever makes up the total merger. I can't wait to find out exactly what this new 3bn project is.
Actually isn't it GX + GOOD and EX + EVIL?
Beware the combo meal mentality. What's the difference between a 12 dollar book + 2 dollars for the digital add on and a 14 dollar book with digital version included? The first one gives you the option to purchase without the add on. Nothing is free. All those bonus features that most of us will never use get factored into the final cost the the item.
If one generation is more coddled than the one before it which was also more coddled than the one before it there is a progression of increasing coddles. Things are not staying the same.
I could go on about how historically empires become "soft" before being overthrown, but... Well, no, I couldn't. Someone else could go on about that.
Oh, I get it, the coddling progression is part of the cycle of empires! Things really are staying the same, just on a much larger scale than what I originally though of when I read your post.
Flamebait because you used a FUD attack against a humorous comment.
I'm not one to actually know whether Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b actually means the server is running Unix or *nix, but to criticize the assertion that they use Linux without giving any information about what it actually means is pure FUD.
Questioning an assertion is one thing. Questioning an assertion that is most likely true (most apache servers run Linux) without providing contrary evidence, when the validity of the assertion is inconsequential (it's a joke) is flamebait.
There, I took the bait. Are you happy now?
Which people don't want them to be? Are these the same people who don't want them to dominate the OS market?
Except Microsoft didn't outbid Mandriva, this decision came after the deal was already closed. Nigeria is still going to pay for Mandriva, they just aren't going to use it. This definitely stinks.
There is no such thing as bad publicity.
Lets see... Windows 95 came around 1995, few years later there was Windows 98, couple years later we had windows ME, couple years after that we had Windows XP. Only Vista has been a long upgrade cycle, and aren't we all glad they took the extra time to make sure they got it right on Vista?
Way to miss the point entirely. The point was that because Apple doesn't license their DRM the only way for other online sellers to compete with apple is to sell music without DRM. Otherwise they would not be able to reach ipod owners which is such a huge part of the market. I fail to see how any of this is anti-Apple skewed.
What would you call it then? Accurate translation maybe?
There are great ways of "promoting" that don't require a lot of speculative investment... Amazon already uses them.
'people who bought this CD also purchased these...'
'89 out of 100 people gave this song a positive rating, average rating 4.5'
Open source programs like Firefox that run on windows don't encourage software companies to release Linux versions of their products. As long as the software I want to run requires windows and I'm not smrt enough to use wine I'm stuck with windows.
The IEEE letter of assurance has nothing to do with promising not to sue for infringement. The letter merely states that the submitter holds a patent that is relevant to the proposed standard and indicates whether the submitter is willing or unwilling to license their patent in a non discriminatory manner.
The issue is further muddied by the summary claiming that CSIRO refused to submit the letter.
A request for such a letter was sent to CSIRO, but according to an internal IEEE memo seen by El Reg, no response has been received. no response isHe was acquitted. There won't be any appeals. That would be double jeopardy.