Hybrids are always large vehicles, which is fine if you need a large vehicle (or were going to buy one anyway)
If however you can use a small citycar then it will be much cheaper and have almost the same fuel efficiency as a hybrid
Hybrids should only be for people who would buy a large vehicle anyway (either because they need it, or because they drive into the countryside once a year like most SUV owners)
From my experience Slashsdotters appear to be above average... but that is not hard since the average person on the internet should still be in school according to their reading and writing ability
Most countries could not be bothered to object initially
Only a few appealed
Now the few remaining have given up
Why - because it was steamrollered through as everyone thought it would be, the next time Microsoft want a standard I suspect no-one will object because they will see no point
GNU Project does not equal GNU Operating system - unless you have a very odd idea of what an operating system is ? KDE would seem to be an example of this...
I can build an GNU OS without GNOME and without HURD but it is still GNU...
GNOME as you correctly say is still spelt GNOME and not Gnome - but is not an acronym....so it should be (as some people involved in the project say)
According to GNU the G of GNOME stands for... nothing - The name is now Gnome...and Gnome not part of the operating system it is a layer on top of X.Org on top of GNU (on top of the Kernel)
Thank you for proving GNU is not an operating system...
If GNU/HURD, GNU/Linux, and GNU/FreeBSD programs are not binary compatible then it seems that the kernel really is the core of the operating system... and it should at least be Linux/GNU
ARC licence the symbol of the Red Cross to companies within the USA for a fee (which they should not since they do not own the trademark) - J&J disputed this since they claimed they owned the trademark (which they don't)
But the ICRC own the trademark if anyone does (which is disputed since it was first used in 1863 and so should have expired)
ARC is not the red cross (ICRC) is not regulated by it and has had disputes with it, but is a separate but affiliated organisation....
However www.redcross.org is the American Red Cross - nothing to do with the International Red cross, and the subject of some discussion on Slashdot
They have a tendency of running themselves as a company and have been known to sue people for copyright infringement on the red cross logo (which they don't own, is and international symbol, and should be out of copyright anyway)
Number of Planetary systems we have completely explored - None! - We found a new (dwarf) planet Eris 2,500 kilometres in diameter and 27% more massive than Pluto in 2003
All the other planetary systems we have found have massive sampling bias (we can only detect large planets, and easily detect close orbiting large planets)
All of the systems like ours are undetectable or nearly undetectable at present
It's a black swan problem - Until the 17th century a black swan was a metaphor for something that did not exist... then Australia was discovered along with Cygnus atratus
In the US they all have immaculate laws... but nothing else!
In the UK we (mostly) have "proper" gardens or at least a drive taking up most of the garden and a proper garden in the remainder.......and yes you can be fined etc. if you do not maintain you garden over a long period (weeds, rats junk etc...)
1: I thought we already had these they are called neighborhood watch
2: Traffic wardens and Lollipop ladies/School Crossing Supervisor and Community Support Officers cannot arrest you (Except as an ordinary Citizen can) and there is now a Traffic Police Community Support Officer who is both....
Gun - Legal (and quite normal) if you have the papers Knife - Legal (in a private residence) Bow and arrows - Legal Flammable liquids - Legal Paint - Legal Slingshots - Legal Rocks - legal Buckets of Urine - Legal (odd, but Legal)
So they had this stuff in a private residence, all of it legal, and....
If you set parameters on what people do or know and reward them according to them, then they will meet or exceed those criteria (if set fairly) but not actually do any more work (and may actually do less)
All you will have is people chasing targets rather than doing work...
The Shuttle was reusable but this did not save money
The shuttle was a satellite launch vehicle - but was not efficient enough or large enough there were better launch vehicles when it first flew
The turn around time is far too long
Carrying astronauts to do repair work does not require the shuttle - it was envisaged that the shuttle would capture a satellite put it in the cargo hold and it would be repaired there - but this is not done because it only makes the work harder...and many satellites will not fit...
The ISS is serviced mostly by conventional vehicles, and the shuttle is not required
It is expensive outdated and very inefficient
The big question is what have NASA been doing for the last 20 years on designing a replacement and why will it take another 7....
So IE8 is less broken, less CPU/Memory hungry, and more "standards compliant" than IE7.... but if it is still slow, power hungry, and breaks pages then it's not for me thank you...
I thought that the consensus was that neanderthals were not as adaptable as Home Sapiens, and so when competing for resources in a changing environment H.Sapens tended to do better and so over time Neaderthals were replaced by H.Sapiens...
Depends on your definition of intelligence... Neaderthal tools were reasonably simple (but pretty good) but stayed the same for a long time, H.Sapiens tools started simple and changed and got better over time...
Two CD's - Not encrypted and send through the mail
A USB stick - Not encrypted and lost
This is not an a problem with staff it is a problem with a total lack of security
What is the data doing on transportable media in the first place - they do have networks
What is it doing unencrypted
What is it doing away from the original database
In both cases it was either an outside consultant who lost it or it was being sent to an outside consultant - who are obviously not trusted enough to have access to the original database, but can carry around the original unencrypted data (and lose it...)
But if he does not want a movie made then why did he sell the rights!
He could have control, he could stop any movie being made, but if you allow someone to make a movie you do give up the right to complain that someone has made a movie..... now the nature of the movie is a different matter....
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Hybrids are always large vehicles, which is fine if you need a large vehicle (or were going to buy one anyway)
If however you can use a small citycar then it will be much cheaper and have almost the same fuel efficiency as a hybrid
Hybrids should only be for people who would buy a large vehicle anyway (either because they need it, or because they drive into the countryside once a year like most SUV owners)
From my experience Slashsdotters appear to be above average ... but that is not hard since the average person on the internet should still be in school according to their reading and writing ability
This really sums up the ISO standards process...
Most countries could not be bothered to object initially
Only a few appealed
Now the few remaining have given up
Why - because it was steamrollered through as everyone thought it would be, the next time Microsoft want a standard I suspect no-one will object because they will see no point
So ARC do not have rights to it and niether do J&J ... do you want to tell them...
GNU Project does not equal GNU Operating system - unless you have a very odd idea of what an operating system is ? KDE would seem to be an example of this ...
I can build an GNU OS without GNOME and without HURD but it is still GNU ...
GNOME as you correctly say is still spelt GNOME and not Gnome - but is not an acronym ....so it should be (as some people involved in the project say)
Charles Simonyi gave twice as much as his billness ...he was head of MS Office and has actually been into space ...
According to GNU the G of GNOME stands for ... nothing - The name is now Gnome ...and Gnome not part of the operating system it is a layer on top of X.Org on top of GNU (on top of the Kernel)
Thank you for proving GNU is not an operating system ...
If GNU/HURD, GNU/Linux, and GNU/FreeBSD programs are not binary compatible then it seems that the kernel really is the core of the operating system ... and it should at least be Linux/GNU
ARC licence the symbol of the Red Cross to companies within the USA for a fee (which they should not since they do not own the trademark) - J&J disputed this since they claimed they owned the trademark (which they don't)
But the ICRC own the trademark if anyone does (which is disputed since it was first used in 1863 and so should have expired)
ARC is not the red cross (ICRC) is not regulated by it and has had disputes with it, but is a separate but affiliated organisation ....
...and GNU is useless without a kernel, the GNU/HURD has taken 25 years (and counting) to build ...
Most people use X.Org and Gnome/KDE and their code is much larger ... but they do not get a mention
Linux/GNU/X.Org/Gnome would be a fairer (but sillier) name ....
However www.redcross.org is the American Red Cross - nothing to do with the International Red cross, and the subject of some discussion on Slashdot
They have a tendency of running themselves as a company and have been known to sue people for copyright infringement on the red cross logo (which they don't own, is and international symbol, and should be out of copyright anyway)
Number of Planetary systems we have completely explored - None! - We found a new (dwarf) planet Eris 2,500 kilometres in diameter and 27% more massive than Pluto in 2003
All the other planetary systems we have found have massive sampling bias (we can only detect large planets, and easily detect close orbiting large planets)
All of the systems like ours are undetectable or nearly undetectable at present
It's a black swan problem - Until the 17th century a black swan was a metaphor for something that did not exist ... then Australia was discovered along with Cygnus atratus
In the US they all have immaculate laws ... but nothing else!
In the UK we (mostly) have "proper" gardens or at least a drive taking up most of the garden and a proper garden in the remainder .... ...and yes you can be fined etc. if you do not maintain you garden over a long period (weeds, rats junk etc ...)
1: I thought we already had these they are called neighborhood watch
2: Traffic wardens and Lollipop ladies/School Crossing Supervisor and Community Support Officers cannot arrest you (Except as an ordinary Citizen can) and there is now a Traffic Police Community Support Officer who is both ....
In the Words of Lewis Carroll
"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop"
Gun - Legal (and quite normal) if you have the papers
Knife - Legal (in a private residence)
Bow and arrows - Legal
Flammable liquids - Legal
Paint - Legal
Slingshots - Legal
Rocks - legal
Buckets of Urine - Legal (odd, but Legal)
So they had this stuff in a private residence, all of it legal, and ....
If you set parameters on what people do or know and reward them according to them, then they will meet or exceed those criteria (if set fairly) but not actually do any more work (and may actually do less)
All you will have is people chasing targets rather than doing work ...
The Shuttle was reusable but this did not save money
The shuttle was a satellite launch vehicle - but was not efficient enough or large enough there were better launch vehicles when it first flew
The turn around time is far too long
Carrying astronauts to do repair work does not require the shuttle - it was envisaged that the shuttle would capture a satellite put it in the cargo hold and it would be repaired there - but this is not done because it only makes the work harder ...and many satellites will not fit ...
The ISS is serviced mostly by conventional vehicles, and the shuttle is not required
It is expensive outdated and very inefficient
The big question is what have NASA been doing for the last 20 years on designing a replacement and why will it take another 7 ....
So IE8 is less broken, less CPU/Memory hungry, and more "standards compliant" than IE7 .... but if it is still slow, power hungry, and breaks pages then it's not for me thank you ...
The problem is that the USA claims to be a country but is actually a collection of states and so the laws (including tax laws) are a mess ....
Europe seems to be making a better job of it even though the member states are still separate countries!
I thought that the consensus was that neanderthals were not as adaptable as Home Sapiens, and so when competing for resources in a changing environment H.Sapens tended to do better and so over time Neaderthals were replaced by H.Sapiens ...
Depends on your definition of intelligence ... Neaderthal tools were reasonably simple (but pretty good) but stayed the same for a long time, H.Sapiens tools started simple and changed and got better over time ...
The non-free parts are things like Accelerated 3D Graphics, Video codecs, MP3 players, DVD decoders, WiFi drivers ....
So good luck with using any of these with gNewSense
This is why Mint is so popular (it includes all this by default) purity is all very well ....
The two largest loss of data have been
Two CD's - Not encrypted and send through the mail
A USB stick - Not encrypted and lost
This is not an a problem with staff it is a problem with a total lack of security
What is the data doing on transportable media in the first place - they do have networks
What is it doing unencrypted
What is it doing away from the original database
In both cases it was either an outside consultant who lost it or it was being sent to an outside consultant - who are obviously not trusted enough to have access to the original database, but can carry around the original unencrypted data (and lose it ...)
Sorry my bad ...
But if he does not want a movie made then why did he sell the rights!
He could have control, he could stop any movie being made, but if you allow someone to make a movie you do give up the right to complain that someone has made a movie ..... now the nature of the movie is a different matter ....
The vote has to be
Simple
Easy for the voter to verify
Hard to tamper with
Simple to verify the number of votes
Anonymous - so cannot be coerced