German carmaker BMW has unveiled two new models to launch its electric motoring division BMWi.
To reduce weight, the cars have been constructed with light-weight aluminium under structures and bodies made from strong and light carbon fibre.
However, the relatively simple production process for its BMWi models, which does not involve a press shop or a welding shop and keeps paintwork to a minimum, means "it is much easier to ramp up production than with conventional production", Mr Robertson insists.
20 years of development and 10 years behind in almost every aspect. Hardware support basically non existing, no X11, but no SMTP support is what really surprised me. I though better multithread was one of advantages of the Mach architecture. Anyways, even on a single core machine Linux is faster, there wasn't a single test in which Hurd did noticeably better.
I wish them luck, but I don't think I would even be capable of installing it on any of my machines any time soon.
You're right, the current open drivers do not cut it, by far. But the ones mentioned in the article are not included yet in any major distro, do look for them in the next Ubuntu. As for your 4000 series card, it's probably time to upgrade to 6000... I just did for playing wine games and the difference between the two is pretty incredible.
For games, I will stick with the closed driver until the open one is just as good or better. AMD has promised to make the open driver have the same development cycle as the closed one for the 8000 series cards. Since they promised some years back to help the OSS guys build a driver, and have delivered on that promise, I'm optimistic this will happen.
At that point we should see the performance of the open driver be just as good as the closed one, with the advantage of more testing : better stability and security. It could even surpass the performance of the closed driver.
Good move on AMD's part, and I will be continuing to support their video hardware. Now if only they would release a CPU I actually want...
If History is any indication, then no, it's not attainable, at least not on the scale of a country. I think it's because ultimately, it goes against human nature. Self-serving actions are not only an integral part of our behavior, but if properly channeled, are healthy for the individual and society.
Of course, focusing solely on the self-serving aspects of our nature, such as in a purely capitalist system, also leads to extreme injustice and desperate living conditions for large parts of the population.
In the end, a successful government will balance these two ideals... and if you look at Industrialized Western countries, this is exactly what happened. Just that some countries lean more one way or the other.
For all the gun-toting, bible-thumping right-wingers running around in the US, there is still a large amount of laws and programs which are certainly socialist -- though of course will never be called as such by politicians. And for all the extreme left, communist and socialist political parties in Europe, it's undeniable that without capitalism, their economies would collapse.
"only a small portion of the population requires cell phone recharging"
Please remember we are talking about Europe here, were the overwhelming majority of the population has a cell phone, and where many people are out and walking about in densely populated cities. You could argue that it's not the government's job to provide charging, but to base that argument on need is fairly ridiculous. Lots of people would use this kind of service.
As far as what you call unrestricted socialism (hint: it has never been put into practice on a large scale) is concerned, I would think the people of Serbia would know a great deal more about it than most people, having lived under Soviet influence for many years. If they don't see this as some nefarious plot to return their country to communist rule, then it must really not be.
"Hugo Chavez and his ilk are pretty much working for themselves, and only themselves"
For the record, Chavez, Castro, Stalin et al use(d) the pretext of socialism to implement fascist dictatorships. It's not socialism.
The way circles are implemented is a killer feature for me. I interact with people in 3 languages, and some of them also speak several languages.
Putting them in different, non exclusive, circles allows me to filter what I post to people, for example so as not to spam English speakers with Spanish posts, but allowing those that speak English and Spanish to see posts in both languages.
At the same time I want to have people in different groups according to their relationship to me, so as not to talk about such and such cousin with my programmer buddies. Not because of privacy issues, just that they really wouldn't care about it.
Facebook does allow this type of interaction, but the interface is clumsy and hard to reach, with g+ it's all right there on any share/post.
When you come to a roundabout you need to be prepared to stop. You may need to stop because of a car having right of way OR a pedestrian crossing. Hopefully, the pedestrian will be crossing on the crosswalk, but it is your requirement to look for them elsewhere as well.
Probably referring to the Lincoln Town Car, which with a wheelbase of just under 3m is not really in the "largish" category IMO but rather in the "land barge" category.
Smart cars make little sense in probably 95% of the US, where their small size is of no advantage.
But put one in a place like Key West or NYC and it will shine : parking is so much easier (or makes that impossible spot, possible – saving you the $20 parking fee), you aren't blocked by double-parked cars, you can fit in very narrow streets comfortably, etc... And in these places acceleration is not so important, while cargo capacity is more than enough to make your daily commute and pick up some groceries on the way back.
Well you could say the same thing about all combustion powered vehicles. In any case, Porsche has seen the writing on the wall, they've released a hybrid supercar, and at some point they will release an all electric, when the technology matures.
These weren't software patents, but related to telecommunications : 3g, 4g, networking, etc... These would have been used defensively by Google to protect Android.
MS has repeatedly shown that they can not be trusted, more to the point was the backroom deals they made with hardware manufacturers. And though Google doesn't have as nearly as bad a track record, the Law (US & EU) is beginning to take notice of them specifically for anti-competitive behavior. But don't take my word for it, ask them yourself;-)
I wholeheartedly agree with your points, but would have to hand in my geek card if I didn't correct you on at least one point : "mono" means "monkey" in Spanish (Icaza, its creator, is Mexican), it is not a species of monkey.
A simple and effective solution to the problem at hand, but doesn't really address the core issue : the high likelyhood of error when doing site-wide changes.
The overhead of dynamic pages is pretty low, and you can just as easily cache the output of your dynamic pages.
Besides, if you are having excessively high load on a site, chances are you can invest in better equipment.
An American friend visiting me recently had a hard time picking out what he felt were 9s & 10s in the street due to the lack of sufficient C cups and above... While people here, men and women, will say they don't understand the American fascination with large breasts (unless of course they like them too;-)
The difference is that this is actually not a bad rate for France. There has been high unemployment here for decades. As such, there are many social provisions for it (some would argue too many).
In the US, if you've been out of work for a year or more and don't have any savings or family to fall back on -- you're on the street.
I live in France, but lived most of my life in the US. There are many things that are better in France, but many things that are worse, and when you add them up it comes to about the same. It really depends on the type of life you want to lead, on your priorities. I'll try to show the differences I believe are more striking, bearing in mind I'm not too familiar with either US or French country side, but rather suburbs and cities.
Want to make it really big, no matter where you started ? Have a great new idea ? Need private investing for your startup ? Do you want to be given a chance to do something you're good at, but don't necessarily have the right diploma ? As an employer, do you want to easily hire and fire people as needs dictate ? The US is where it's at, for sure.
Want to give birth for free ? Don't feel like saddling your wife and children with bankruptcy because you had the misfortune of dying from cancer ? Do you want some strict guidelines on what your employer can fire you for, and be given real compensation if you are laid off ? France has the US beat on that.
Do you want to eat delicious, healthy food -- but only at certain times on certain days, or would you rather get more processed foods, but available essentially any time, any place ?
Would you rather try to protect yourself with a gun from gun-wielding criminals, or never worry about getting shot but worry about getting your handbag or wallet snatched from your hand in the street ?
Would you rather find it sad and troubling that Americans never seem to really protest the evil deeds of their government, letting them get away with gross violations of human and constitutional rights... or have week, even month long strikes, demonstrations and roads blocked because management decided to do some layoffs or taxi drivers are having to compete with hop-on hop-off tour buses ?
And finally... what do you consider the minimum and maximum cup sizes of an attractive woman ?
P.S. The job situation is better here (right now anyway, we'll see what happens -- historically the US has been better) BUT only if you have a good degree and/or tons of experience... There are very little of the "bullshit" type American jobs like greeter at Wallmart, cart pusher guy, or midnight shift gas station worker. One result of this is the young have a very high level of unemployment compared to the rest of the population.
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German carmaker BMW has unveiled two new models to launch its electric motoring division BMWi.
To reduce weight, the cars have been constructed with light-weight aluminium under structures and bodies made from strong and light carbon fibre.
However, the relatively simple production process for its BMWi models, which does not involve a press shop or a welding shop and keeps paintwork to a minimum, means "it is much easier to ramp up production than with conventional production", Mr Robertson insists.
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where's an edit button when you need one ?
20 years of development and 10 years behind in almost every aspect. Hardware support basically non existing, no X11, but no SMTP support is what really surprised me. I though better multithread was one of advantages of the Mach architecture. Anyways, even on a single core machine Linux is faster, there wasn't a single test in which Hurd did noticeably better.
I wish them luck, but I don't think I would even be capable of installing it on any of my machines any time soon.
You're right, the current open drivers do not cut it, by far. But the ones mentioned in the article are not included yet in any major distro, do look for them in the next Ubuntu. As for your 4000 series card, it's probably time to upgrade to 6000 ... I just did for playing wine games and the difference between the two is pretty incredible.
For games, I will stick with the closed driver until the open one is just as good or better. AMD has promised to make the open driver have the same development cycle as the closed one for the 8000 series cards. Since they promised some years back to help the OSS guys build a driver, and have delivered on that promise, I'm optimistic this will happen.
At that point we should see the performance of the open driver be just as good as the closed one, with the advantage of more testing : better stability and security. It could even surpass the performance of the closed driver.
Good move on AMD's part, and I will be continuing to support their video hardware. Now if only they would release a CPU I actually want ...
If History is any indication, then no, it's not attainable, at least not on the scale of a country. I think it's because ultimately, it goes against human nature. Self-serving actions are not only an integral part of our behavior, but if properly channeled, are healthy for the individual and society.
Of course, focusing solely on the self-serving aspects of our nature, such as in a purely capitalist system, also leads to extreme injustice and desperate living conditions for large parts of the population.
In the end, a successful government will balance these two ideals ... and if you look at Industrialized Western countries, this is exactly what happened. Just that some countries lean more one way or the other.
For all the gun-toting, bible-thumping right-wingers running around in the US, there is still a large amount of laws and programs which are certainly socialist -- though of course will never be called as such by politicians. And for all the extreme left, communist and socialist political parties in Europe, it's undeniable that without capitalism, their economies would collapse.
"only a small portion of the population requires cell phone recharging"
Please remember we are talking about Europe here, were the overwhelming majority of the population has a cell phone, and where many people are out and walking about in densely populated cities. You could argue that it's not the government's job to provide charging, but to base that argument on need is fairly ridiculous. Lots of people would use this kind of service.
As far as what you call unrestricted socialism (hint: it has never been put into practice on a large scale) is concerned, I would think the people of Serbia would know a great deal more about it than most people, having lived under Soviet influence for many years. If they don't see this as some nefarious plot to return their country to communist rule, then it must really not be.
"Hugo Chavez and his ilk are pretty much working for themselves, and only themselves"
For the record, Chavez, Castro, Stalin et al use(d) the pretext of socialism to implement fascist dictatorships. It's not socialism.
The way circles are implemented is a killer feature for me. I interact with people in 3 languages, and some of them also speak several languages.
Putting them in different, non exclusive, circles allows me to filter what I post to people, for example so as not to spam English speakers with Spanish posts, but allowing those that speak English and Spanish to see posts in both languages.
At the same time I want to have people in different groups according to their relationship to me, so as not to talk about such and such cousin with my programmer buddies. Not because of privacy issues, just that they really wouldn't care about it.
Facebook does allow this type of interaction, but the interface is clumsy and hard to reach, with g+ it's all right there on any share/post.
When you come to a roundabout you need to be prepared to stop. You may need to stop because of a car having right of way OR a pedestrian crossing. Hopefully, the pedestrian will be crossing on the crosswalk, but it is your requirement to look for them elsewhere as well.
Probably referring to the Lincoln Town Car, which with a wheelbase of just under 3m is not really in the "largish" category IMO but rather in the "land barge" category.
Smart cars make little sense in probably 95% of the US, where their small size is of no advantage.
But put one in a place like Key West or NYC and it will shine : parking is so much easier (or makes that impossible spot, possible – saving you the $20 parking fee), you aren't blocked by double-parked cars, you can fit in very narrow streets comfortably, etc ... And in these places acceleration is not so important, while cargo capacity is more than enough to make your daily commute and pick up some groceries on the way back.
Well you could say the same thing about all combustion powered vehicles. In any case, Porsche has seen the writing on the wall, they've released a hybrid supercar, and at some point they will release an all electric, when the technology matures.
These weren't software patents, but related to telecommunications : 3g, 4g, networking, etc ... These would have been used defensively by Google to protect Android.
Really ? I would think it would be easier to track someone through Facebook ...
MS has repeatedly shown that they can not be trusted, more to the point was the backroom deals they made with hardware manufacturers. And though Google doesn't have as nearly as bad a track record, the Law (US & EU) is beginning to take notice of them specifically for anti-competitive behavior. But don't take my word for it, ask them yourself ;-)
I wholeheartedly agree with your points, but would have to hand in my geek card if I didn't correct you on at least one point : "mono" means "monkey" in Spanish (Icaza, its creator, is Mexican), it is not a species of monkey.
A simple and effective solution to the problem at hand, but doesn't really address the core issue : the high likelyhood of error when doing site-wide changes.
The overhead of dynamic pages is pretty low, and you can just as easily cache the output of your dynamic pages.
Besides, if you are having excessively high load on a site, chances are you can invest in better equipment.
Why would you have that on each page ?!? Why not use a footer ?
In my experience, anytime you have copy/paste, you are asking for trouble. Much better to use a modular architecture.
only those who think there is something wrong with having a porn site membership it would be ashamed of having one, right? dont be brave, be fearless.
What about your password ?
As far as I can see, they omit from the page that they are the reason the feature was removed.
Did you look at the right hand side "industry links" menu, the link named "i4i v. Microsoft Patent Case Information" ?
This one has a much better view. It's the mir station though.
man, at least be a little original !
An American friend visiting me recently had a hard time picking out what he felt were 9s & 10s in the street due to the lack of sufficient C cups and above ... While people here, men and women, will say they don't understand the American fascination with large breasts (unless of course they like them too ;-)
The difference is that this is actually not a bad rate for France. There has been high unemployment here for decades. As such, there are many social provisions for it (some would argue too many).
In the US, if you've been out of work for a year or more and don't have any savings or family to fall back on -- you're on the street.
BTW, the May 2011 US unemployment rate is 9.1 %
I live in France, but lived most of my life in the US. There are many things that are better in France, but many things that are worse, and when you add them up it comes to about the same. It really depends on the type of life you want to lead, on your priorities. I'll try to show the differences I believe are more striking, bearing in mind I'm not too familiar with either US or French country side, but rather suburbs and cities.
Want to make it really big, no matter where you started ? Have a great new idea ? Need private investing for your startup ? Do you want to be given a chance to do something you're good at, but don't necessarily have the right diploma ? As an employer, do you want to easily hire and fire people as needs dictate ? The US is where it's at, for sure.
Want to give birth for free ? Don't feel like saddling your wife and children with bankruptcy because you had the misfortune of dying from cancer ? Do you want some strict guidelines on what your employer can fire you for, and be given real compensation if you are laid off ? France has the US beat on that.
Do you want to eat delicious, healthy food -- but only at certain times on certain days, or would you rather get more processed foods, but available essentially any time, any place ?
Would you rather try to protect yourself with a gun from gun-wielding criminals, or never worry about getting shot but worry about getting your handbag or wallet snatched from your hand in the street ?
Would you rather find it sad and troubling that Americans never seem to really protest the evil deeds of their government, letting them get away with gross violations of human and constitutional rights ... or have week, even month long strikes, demonstrations and roads blocked because management decided to do some layoffs or taxi drivers are having to compete with hop-on hop-off tour buses ?
And finally ... what do you consider the minimum and maximum cup sizes of an attractive woman ?
P.S. The job situation is better here (right now anyway, we'll see what happens -- historically the US has been better) BUT only if you have a good degree and/or tons of experience ... There are very little of the "bullshit" type American jobs like greeter at Wallmart, cart pusher guy, or midnight shift gas station worker. One result of this is the young have a very high level of unemployment compared to the rest of the population.