How is that? Is Windows mobile more closed than Android? I thought Windows mobile has an native API that allows pretty much everything, whereas Android exposes only a sandboxed Java environment.
There will always be un-configured browsers, users who don't know, and people who don't care. Will that be enough to keep advertising profitable? I don't know.
Add to that, people who just accept it is a choice of the author of the web site to display those ads.
Even on Slashdot there are many people who do not like ad-block and I do not see how it ever can become mainstream. Even if it would be presented as a choice on installation of every webbrowser, I think most people would choose for keeping the websites as they are. AdBlock is never gonna reach more then a percent of the users.
More generally, if someone were to present an idea to change the economy that would render advertisement useless, people would oppose it because they have already accepted advertisement to be a necessary evil of the market economy.
So the Europeans and the US governments say they are firmly convinced of dangerous anthropogenic global warming but they won't spend 15 Bn over 10 years to speed this up?
Please note, that it is not 15 Bn to get fusion energy. It is 15 Bn for fusion energy research. The equations depends on the amount that such research would help. If there is only a tiny chance that the development of fusion energy would be a tiny step closer with this research, 15 Bn is suddenly quite a lot
Or are they really saying they're going to install roughly 200000 m^2 worth of solar collectors in space? That's a square of roughly 450x450m. And "some startup" is planning a feat like that?
Nope. The amount of sunlight per m2 in space is several factors higher than on earth.
So "Darwinian evolution" raises a question: What's the other evolution?
Evolution merely means directed change. A piece of software evolves. The car has evolved over the last century. "Darwinian evolution" specifies that we're talking about evolution of life.
The fact that the different browsers render basic sites differently should be warning enough. Add to that different versions etc; You will never have a standardised audience to utilise these. It will always be lowest common denominator.
Are you suggesting that different Operating Systems are very much standarized?
You have less compatibility issues in developing for different OS-es then you have when developing for different browsers?
No government has ANY right to censor the internet...
The UK government isn't censoring the internet. Some ISP's are. ISP's are free to choose whether they want to use a blacklist. You are free to choose an ISP that doesn't use the blacklist. Hence, I think a totalitarian dictatorship might be a bit of an overstatement.
I would recheck that. If you really use 11kW, I would throw a way some of those electrical heaters, turn of all your jacuzi's when you leave the house, and look at the efficiency of your greenhouses.
Otherwise Al Gore and I will hold you personally responsable for the global warming...
Why would it threaten drilling rights? Unless the fish are living in the rock what's the problem?
Sound, for one. Scientists have shown that underwater sounds cause major trouble for whales, and might as well cause big trouble for many other species
Wouldn't constructing floodbanks (dikes) be a must cheaper option? Here in Amsterdam we live 1.5 meter below sea level but I have no reason to worry...
Technically, a weight in geosynchronous orbit would remain at the same altitude indefinitely with no other forces in effect. A space elevator will require a weight placed in an orbit which will supply tension â" otherwise it'd be pulled out of orbit. It would probably be close to geosynchronous, but not quite.
Couldn' this be achieved by moving a counter-weight downwards from space while the elevator moves up?
The total force on the weight in orbit would remain constant wouldn't it?
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with Clippy please!
Windows mobile also very closed
How is that? Is Windows mobile more closed than Android? I thought Windows mobile has an native API that allows pretty much everything, whereas Android exposes only a sandboxed Java environment.
... and not sexy
Agreed...
There will always be un-configured browsers, users who don't know, and people who don't care. Will that be enough to keep advertising profitable? I don't know.
Add to that, people who just accept it is a choice of the author of the web site to display those ads.
Even on Slashdot there are many people who do not like ad-block and I do not see how it ever can become mainstream. Even if it would be presented as a choice on installation of every webbrowser, I think most people would choose for keeping the websites as they are. AdBlock is never gonna reach more then a percent of the users.
More generally, if someone were to present an idea to change the economy that would render advertisement useless, people would oppose it because they have already accepted advertisement to be a necessary evil of the market economy.
So the Europeans and the US governments say they are firmly convinced of dangerous anthropogenic global warming but they won't spend 15 Bn over 10 years to speed this up?
Please note, that it is not 15 Bn to get fusion energy. It is 15 Bn for fusion energy research. The equations depends on the amount that such research would help. If there is only a tiny chance that the development of fusion energy would be a tiny step closer with this research, 15 Bn is suddenly quite a lot
Or are they really saying they're going to install roughly 200000 m^2 worth of solar collectors in space? That's a square of roughly 450x450m. And "some startup" is planning a feat like that?
Nope. The amount of sunlight per m2 in space is several factors higher than on earth.
Fortunately, he is not the only "person" to misunderstand quotes
So "Darwinian evolution" raises a question: What's the other evolution?
Evolution merely means directed change. A piece of software evolves. The car has evolved over the last century. "Darwinian evolution" specifies that we're talking about evolution of life.
This is why most biologist refer to Darwins theory plus all the addition thoughts of the last 150 year as neodarwinism
Darwins basic idea still stands so it doesn't seem illogical to use his name for the theory
Ignoring 30 years of accumulated UNIX wisdom... for 30 years.
So you're saying that this UNIX wisdom is 60 years old?
The fact that the different browsers render basic sites differently should be warning enough. Add to that different versions etc; You will never have a standardised audience to utilise these. It will always be lowest common denominator.
Are you suggesting that different Operating Systems are very much standarized?
You have less compatibility issues in developing for different OS-es then you have when developing for different browsers?
I for one, really would like support for edit-and-continue.
If a plugin on GCC would lay the framework for this, and it would be supported by the major editors, my productivity would double.
Back in the old days, when I was still programming on Windows using Visual Studio, I rarely left debugging mode.
CmdrTaco gave you the answer.
If you want to work pro-bono, why don't you just start working on an open source project, that's not big enough to pay you yet?
Simple question. Simple answer.
No government has ANY right to censor the internet ...
The UK government isn't censoring the internet. Some ISP's are. ISP's are free to choose whether they want to use a blacklist. You are free to choose an ISP that doesn't use the blacklist. Hence, I think a totalitarian dictatorship might be a bit of an overstatement.
My house = 100 amps (max) * 110V = 11 kW.
I would recheck that. If you really use 11kW, I would throw a way some of those electrical heaters, turn of all your jacuzi's when you leave the house, and look at the efficiency of your greenhouses.
Otherwise Al Gore and I will hold you personally responsable for the global warming...
Why would it threaten drilling rights? Unless the fish are living in the rock what's the problem?
Sound, for one. Scientists have shown that underwater sounds cause major trouble for whales, and might as well cause big trouble for many other species
There's nothing in the bible that says how long one of God's days are (in human years)
If a day in the bible is not a day, then the bible could just as well be an introduction to object oriented programming in Lisp.
Doesn't make much sense to me. Why would God tell us something lasted a day if it lasted several years. I guess Gods Ways are inconceivable..
Wouldn't constructing floodbanks (dikes) be a must cheaper option? Here in Amsterdam we live 1.5 meter below sea level but I have no reason to worry...
or to find out how grams of matter you need to convert to energy to get a one-megaton yeild:
(that's about 1.64 ounces (also determined by units))
+1 Informative
XML is like violence, if it doesn't work, use more.
It's a sig of a regular here. Can't remember who though...
As seen here:
For normal instances, Windows is 25% more expensive then Linux/UNIX, and for high CPU instances 50% it is 50% more expensive.
Desktop-computer sellers should learn something from that...
It's very cool; they even show you a picture of the candidate you voted for.
Wow! Incredible! I never thought something like that would be possible with a computer!
I wrote a book, and now it's a wiki
Off-topic advice: Don't post a link to your wiki on /.
Disk quota exceeded at /home/doxfer/public_html/twiki/lib/TWiki/Client.pm line 451.
Technically, a weight in geosynchronous orbit would remain at the same altitude indefinitely with no other forces in effect. A space elevator will require a weight placed in an orbit which will supply tension â" otherwise it'd be pulled out of orbit. It would probably be close to geosynchronous, but not quite.
Couldn' this be achieved by moving a counter-weight downwards from space while the elevator moves up?
The total force on the weight in orbit would remain constant wouldn't it?
Actually, they already have been working on a mobile version for years. Not much progress though...
... I don't want an 'up-to-date' copy. ...
That is not a replication solution. That is backup solution.
The point of replication is that a second machine is an up-to-date exact replica of the first.