The discussion is not about which is easier to calculate fuel required or distance remaining - mpg may well be easier in that instance - but which is easier to understand in efficiency terms, and to be able to compare. gpm indicates increasing efficiency linearly. To cite the example given, a 0.5gal-per-mile increase is the same if we're dropping from 10 to 9.5 or from 3 to 2.5, but a 10mpg to 20mpg increase is far more than 33 to 50.
People who understand maths wouldn't have a difficulty in seeing that - 20 is double 10, but 50 is not double 33 - but for simple discussions the 10mpg difference in the first example is greater in terms of fuel saved than the 17mpg difference in the second instance.
So long as there's SOME sort of scale showing its fuel efficiency, you can tell which cars will go further for less.
I think the point here is that the MPG scale is not linear, while a GPM scale would be. This would make comparisons far easier to understand in terms of typical costs.
You don't exactly see your local plumber driving his supplies in an Escalade, though. GP's point is about SUVs etc owned by people who don't use that extra "utility", not actual utility vehicles used for actual utility.
I don't live in NYC, though for me the smoking & trans-fat bans are a positive. but I guess each to his own political viewpoint.
Just on the other thought, campaign finance scandals tend to result from the grey areas of the current system - an unambiguous system where outside contributions were banned would mean any such scandal would be a straight up corruption charge.
Pausing my cynicism for a second, you might get candidates who, having been successful in private enterprise, have turned their mind to the public service. That might be a good thing. See for example Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Unpausing the cynicism, it may just result in payments being covert and jobs-for-the-boys being the order of the day, at least until the Other Rich White Guy gets in to power.
That and the compulsory voting + preference distribution system of elections means that governments effectively change on the back of "marginal" seats, almost all in the suburban belts of the major cities where the votes of "concerned parents" is buyable with a few tax kickbacks (Family Payment Part A and B anyone? No not you, you degenerate working single young male) and a show of concern for the degeneration of society.
I'd suggest Google would be going with Google Apps rather than Pages/Numbers/OOo/Calc. Dogfooding maybe but they're entirely functional and avoids any cross-platform conversion issues.
I think you missed my point almost entirely, or were replying to AC - I was pointing out the fact that the "if administered right" condition applies to any OS out there. You're pretty much saying the same thing, in addition to pointing out Windows default vulnerabilities.
How does any of that other than "is the prime target for attackers" not apply to Linux or Mac OSX? Any sufficiently well administered system is "pretty secure".
"CDMA" in the context of 2G is the transmission method - code division multiple access. The "CDMA" used by Verizon/Sprint is more properly "cdmaOne" (2G) or "CDMA2000" (3G).
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"wacky symbols"? You never heard of those four basic geometric shapes?
What has the world come to?
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'nuff said.
The internet ran on dialup a decade ago, too.
When a business model changes, it changes pretty permanently.
The discussion is not about which is easier to calculate fuel required or distance remaining - mpg may well be easier in that instance - but which is easier to understand in efficiency terms, and to be able to compare. gpm indicates increasing efficiency linearly. To cite the example given, a 0.5gal-per-mile increase is the same if we're dropping from 10 to 9.5 or from 3 to 2.5, but a 10mpg to 20mpg increase is far more than 33 to 50.
People who understand maths wouldn't have a difficulty in seeing that - 20 is double 10, but 50 is not double 33 - but for simple discussions the 10mpg difference in the first example is greater in terms of fuel saved than the 17mpg difference in the second instance.
Actually the British still hang on to miles for distance measurements.
(and feet and inches and pounds, but that's a separate kettle of fish)
So long as there's SOME sort of scale showing its fuel efficiency, you can tell which cars will go further for less.
I think the point here is that the MPG scale is not linear, while a GPM scale would be. This would make comparisons far easier to understand in terms of typical costs.
You don't exactly see your local plumber driving his supplies in an Escalade, though. GP's point is about SUVs etc owned by people who don't use that extra "utility", not actual utility vehicles used for actual utility.
The average consumer is an idiot and will buy the thing with the biggest numbers. This applies to everything. Obviously bigger is better.
Then how is it consumers in the rest of the world using litres-per-100km understand smaller is better? Or is this just an American thing?
So Carmack is the new Chuck Norris?
In the case of Firewire 400, they're also dropping them before others have even picked them up. Apple is that far ahead of the curve.
*ducks*
Are you then going to say the iPod piggybacked on the iMac? How far back up the chain do you want to assign prime cause?
I don't live in NYC, though for me the smoking & trans-fat bans are a positive. but I guess each to his own political viewpoint.
Just on the other thought, campaign finance scandals tend to result from the grey areas of the current system - an unambiguous system where outside contributions were banned would mean any such scandal would be a straight up corruption charge.
Pausing my cynicism for a second, you might get candidates who, having been successful in private enterprise, have turned their mind to the public service. That might be a good thing. See for example Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Unpausing the cynicism, it may just result in payments being covert and jobs-for-the-boys being the order of the day, at least until the Other Rich White Guy gets in to power.
That and the compulsory voting + preference distribution system of elections means that governments effectively change on the back of "marginal" seats, almost all in the suburban belts of the major cities where the votes of "concerned parents" is buyable with a few tax kickbacks (Family Payment Part A and B anyone? No not you, you degenerate working single young male) and a show of concern for the degeneration of society.
Because there was a murder here recently linked to Facebook. Not that this button would have done anything to prevent it, but the cops have got to be seen to be doing something to address it.
Yes, and userland too: http://spiritjb.com/
I'd suggest Google would be going with Google Apps rather than Pages/Numbers/OOo/Calc. Dogfooding maybe but they're entirely functional and avoids any cross-platform conversion issues.
Do I have to put a humour tag on everything now? yeesh.
Did anyone ever work out what a Hrung was?
I think you missed my point almost entirely, or were replying to AC - I was pointing out the fact that the "if administered right" condition applies to any OS out there. You're pretty much saying the same thing, in addition to pointing out Windows default vulnerabilities.
Macs have been offered at Google all along - all that appears to have changed here is the elimination of Windows as an option.
That's because the hackers want a Mac, not some lame old Windows box.
How does any of that other than "is the prime target for attackers" not apply to Linux or Mac OSX? Any sufficiently well administered system is "pretty secure".
What kind of productivity apps does the average office droid need, in your opinion?
Which of these is absolutely unavailable through an alternative open-source or web-based solution?
"CDMA" in the context of 2G is the transmission method - code division multiple access. The "CDMA" used by Verizon/Sprint is more properly "cdmaOne" (2G) or "CDMA2000" (3G).