How about those fancy audio CDs that have multiple partitions on them? Play them on an old CD player and they play fine, put them in your Apple and two nice icons pop-up.
New technology doesn't necessarily mean backwards incompatible. It just means new ways to think of something.
I don't know how rough your math is, but in my book, (16 * 10^9) / 10^9 = 16. Same thing for (16 * 10^9) / (500 * 10^6) = 32.
Let's take the average between those two. $24 would be a very rough estimate of what each user brings Google, each year. Quite far from the ludicrous $1600 or $3200 you've assumed.
Were you, by any chance, educated in the Verizon School of Mathematics? Where 0,001c == $0,001 and 1 billion != 1 billion?
PS: Slashdot doesn't like the cent sign, either in unicode or html format. In this case, my intention was to have c being displayed as ¢, but alas, Slashcode claims victory.
Thing is, I remember hearing that spammers had factories in China making fake Viagra pills, to send them to the vic. Surely, if one were to buy from such a source, and then receive pills, try them, and have them not work, they wouldn't buy again, right?
That's b/s. The European Communities did never have a single official language; it used all of the Member States' languages in parallel from the beginning. (Well, some institutions do have a working language, eg the European Court of Justice uses French internally, probably because its located in Luxembourg.)
BTW, when the UK and Ireland joined, there was no European Union.
Actually, it's not BS. The two main languages in Europe were German and French, on an official level. And oh, look, from Wikipedia:
French was the language of diplomacy in Europe from the 17th century until its recent replacement by English, and as a result is still a working language of international institutions and is seen on documents ranging from passports to airmail letters. For many years, until the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark joined in 1973, French and German were the only official working languages of the European Economic Community. French was also the lingua franca of European literature in the 18th century.
Emphasis mine. Yes, apologies, I misused "European Union" instead of "EEC".
Please don't confuse modern French and lingua franca, which originally referred to the Frankish language, a West Germanic language only remotely related to Romance languages such as French.
I don't. I often use a second language (as in, a language which is neither of our respective mother tongues) with a lot of my colleagues or friends in other to communicate with them (and yes, frequently this is English). Is that not the modern definition of lingua franca? In my book, considering I'm not a native English speaker, speaking English with a native English speaker is not using English as lingua franca. However, speaking German with my Swedish buddy is, as neither of us knew the language until we were in the second half of our teens.
That's only because English is already useful enough, so there is no need to learn a different language.
The reason for English being such prevalent is, of course, the British Empire spreading it.
Again, maybe I didn't carry my initial point across sufficiently: There's speaking a language out of "ease", and then there's learning a language out of "respect".
It's not because English is a vernacular language for most people that it is the de facto lingua franca for the rest of the world. Let's not forget that for a very long time, French was the language of diplomacy for a few centuries, and the official language in the European Union, until the UK and Ireland joined in and bullied their way through.
Please don't confuse lingua franca and a vernacular language. The latter is used to accomodate one of the parties as it's their mother tongue. The former is used as a form of respect, a way of saying "neither of our mother tongues is appropriate for this discussion, so using a neutral language will ease our conversation".
In other words: The rest of the world speaks English because: a/ it's an easy language, b/ most of English speakers are too lazy, or can't be bothered to learn another language.
Really, native English speakers shouldn't be chauvenistic about the fact the rest of the world is speaking their language, they should be ashamed by their inability to accomodate other cultures, and humbled by the fact other people go through the length of learning theirs.
A key of weed goes for around £1000 to £2500 if it's skunk.
30 lbs = 14kg, thus anywhere between £14000 and £35000. Now, I know the value of both GBP and USD are highly volatile, but still, that's roughly $60k tops. And that's street value.
The Gray-Bell controversy, in essence, is about Bell possibly stealing Gray's invention and method. However, the issue in TFA is about someone being denied a prize based on the fact they submitted 20 minutes *after* someone else, and were only marginally better.
The Gray-Bell discussion doesn't come close to this, because at the time, the Patent Laws stated that it's not the Patent Registration that gives someone the rights, but rather the time of invention, and the ability to provide a working prototype.
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Godwin's law!
How about those fancy audio CDs that have multiple partitions on them? Play them on an old CD player and they play fine, put them in your Apple and two nice icons pop-up.
New technology doesn't necessarily mean backwards incompatible. It just means new ways to think of something.
Duel license? When there is a conflict in git/svn/cvs during a merge, shoot the other developer.
I like it.
Richard, you could at least log-in before posting!
It'll still sound the same though.
I don't know how rough your math is, but in my book, (16 * 10^9) / 10^9 = 16. Same thing for (16 * 10^9) / (500 * 10^6) = 32.
Let's take the average between those two. $24 would be a very rough estimate of what each user brings Google, each year. Quite far from the ludicrous $1600 or $3200 you've assumed.
Were you, by any chance, educated in the Verizon School of Mathematics? Where 0,001c == $0,001 and 1 billion != 1 billion?
PS: Slashdot doesn't like the cent sign, either in unicode or html format. In this case, my intention was to have c being displayed as ¢, but alas, Slashcode claims victory.
If a nurse or doctor can't read the difference between 1.5 and 15, they aren't fit to be either doctor nor nurse.
Thing is, I remember hearing that spammers had factories in China making fake Viagra pills, to send them to the vic. Surely, if one were to buy from such a source, and then receive pills, try them, and have them not work, they wouldn't buy again, right?
Why bother sending anything at all?
Researcher busts into Twitter via SSL reneg hole
Yes, it's a serious vuln
So now we assess the gravity of the situation based on Twitter? Awsm.
a large and dangerous dog as a child. I would never call for a ban on either of those
You're absolutely right, dogs are way too cute for us to ban them. Children, on the other hand...
I was part of a project where BT field ops would get rugged laptops.
Trust me, when I'm cruising around town and I see one of bastards, I always go for the kill.
Some parts of the past must be preserved, and some of the future prevented at all costs.
That's b/s. The European Communities did never have a single official language; it used all of the Member States' languages in parallel from the beginning. (Well, some institutions do have a working language, eg the European Court of Justice uses French internally, probably because its located in Luxembourg.)
BTW, when the UK and Ireland joined, there was no European Union.
Actually, it's not BS. The two main languages in Europe were German and French, on an official level. And oh, look, from Wikipedia:
French was the language of diplomacy in Europe from the 17th century until its recent replacement by English, and as a result is still a working language of international institutions and is seen on documents ranging from passports to airmail letters. For many years, until the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark joined in 1973, French and German were the only official working languages of the European Economic Community. French was also the lingua franca of European literature in the 18th century.
Emphasis mine. Yes, apologies, I misused "European Union" instead of "EEC".
Please don't confuse modern French and lingua franca, which originally referred to the Frankish language, a West Germanic language only remotely related to Romance languages such as French.
I don't. I often use a second language (as in, a language which is neither of our respective mother tongues) with a lot of my colleagues or friends in other to communicate with them (and yes, frequently this is English). Is that not the modern definition of lingua franca? In my book, considering I'm not a native English speaker, speaking English with a native English speaker is not using English as lingua franca. However, speaking German with my Swedish buddy is, as neither of us knew the language until we were in the second half of our teens.
That's only because English is already useful enough, so there is no need to learn a different language.
The reason for English being such prevalent is, of course, the British Empire spreading it.
Again, maybe I didn't carry my initial point across sufficiently: There's speaking a language out of "ease", and then there's learning a language out of "respect".
Oh really? Well, if it only costs $2,000 to move to Windows 7, for my 38k users, that's a bargain, really.
It's not because English is a vernacular language for most people that it is the de facto lingua franca for the rest of the world. Let's not forget that for a very long time, French was the language of diplomacy for a few centuries, and the official language in the European Union, until the UK and Ireland joined in and bullied their way through.
Please don't confuse lingua franca and a vernacular language. The latter is used to accomodate one of the parties as it's their mother tongue. The former is used as a form of respect, a way of saying "neither of our mother tongues is appropriate for this discussion, so using a neutral language will ease our conversation".
In other words: The rest of the world speaks English because: a/ it's an easy language, b/ most of English speakers are too lazy, or can't be bothered to learn another language.
Really, native English speakers shouldn't be chauvenistic about the fact the rest of the world is speaking their language, they should be ashamed by their inability to accomodate other cultures, and humbled by the fact other people go through the length of learning theirs.
Roughly speaking:
A key of weed goes for around £1000 to £2500 if it's skunk.
30 lbs = 14kg, thus anywhere between £14000 and £35000. Now, I know the value of both GBP and USD are highly volatile, but still, that's roughly $60k tops. And that's street value.
Don't stand too close behind the door.
James is that you?
They grind away something else.
Nice way to be off-topic.
The Gray-Bell controversy, in essence, is about Bell possibly stealing Gray's invention and method. However, the issue in TFA is about someone being denied a prize based on the fact they submitted 20 minutes *after* someone else, and were only marginally better.
The Gray-Bell discussion doesn't come close to this, because at the time, the Patent Laws stated that it's not the Patent Registration that gives someone the rights, but rather the time of invention, and the ability to provide a working prototype.
Exhibit A.
Your honour, I rest my case.
... that is the CoRoT needed to keep the donkey going...
I can't help but read "Don't text me bro" in the title of that webpage.
Is that like a bad joke?
Its waht teh "Rpeview" buttn is fpr.