Suppose you had the 3 doors as before and you picked one of them. Instead of opening a door to show you a goat Monty says 'would you like to swap your door for the other two?' If the car is behind either of the other two you get it. Of course in this situation it is obvious that you choose to take the other two doors as your chances of getting the car go from 1/3 to 2/3. So what is different between this game and the one where Monty actually opens one of the alternative doors and shows you the goat? Nothing. You already knew that one of the other two doors had to contain a goat. Opening the door with the goat is effectively the same as offering you the other two doors and telling you which one it is not.
Dear England,
We, as an even smaller country, have never kicked the crap out of anyone. (Although for some reason we keep getting asked along as some sort of stupid sidekick) Anyway as a country of avid pub patrons we really want the 'REAL bear' recipe you mentioned. Usually we drink beer in our pubs but we do have a problem with an overpopulation of drop-bears and any demand for their tasty meat would be of great use in culling their numbers.
Yours Sincerely,
Australia
What makes OLED's 'green' is that they don't require back lighting like LCD displays. Which means you can generate images for a fraction of the electrical draw.
-Rick
Unless of course they do actually become so cheap to produce that they start adding them with other 'printable' electronics to cereal packets for advertising. I can't see the added landfill, emissions etc from that sort of BS being particularly green.
.. all Linux has to do to become the worldwide dominant operating system is to charge a million dollars a license and turn the other way when people 'pirate' it? I think theres a little more to it than that..//does Linux float on water?
Well less expensive than a gas heater, and less efficient than a reverse cycle air conditioner which is just a heat pump. But running 20 computers each consuming 100W is just as 'efficient' as a 2kW bar heater or any other heater that is completely enclosed in the room. The same is true for any appliance: a 2kW motor, refrigerator etc. They all produce 2kW of heat once they are done doing their useful work. (ok so pointing a LED light out a window or using battery chargers might be not quite the same). But yeah.. conservation of energy etc. Electrical heaters are just really electrically inefficient appliances. Either way heating a workplace 24 hrs a day is silly if it is just occupied for 10 of them.
Yeah Andrew Bolt is a Murdoch stooge. But Melbourne isn't completely bad as far as media goes; The Age is probably the most reputable newspaper in Aus imho. (oh and the Chaser is from Sydney btw)
Why is the parent post moderated as a Troll?
I despise my mobile and envy anyone who can get by without. Personally I think of them more as leashes than an actual useful device. Most likely because of the number of unwanted calls I get:
"Where are you?, Just checking up, don't be late"
"I know its dinner time but I cant VPN to work, can you help me?"
etc etc.
Before mobiles you could easily be un-contactable when you wanted to 'unplug' from work, family etc. Now you have to explain why your phone was off or why you left it at home.
Maybe its just me and my fantasies of being a hermit (with broadband)
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Or another way to think of it is this:
Suppose you had the 3 doors as before and you picked one of them. Instead of opening a door to show you a goat Monty says 'would you like to swap your door for the other two?' If the car is behind either of the other two you get it.
Of course in this situation it is obvious that you choose to take the other two doors as your chances of getting the car go from 1/3 to 2/3. So what is different between this game and the one where Monty actually opens one of the alternative doors and shows you the goat? Nothing. You already knew that one of the other two doors had to contain a goat. Opening the door with the goat is effectively the same as offering you the other two doors and telling you which one it is not.
Dear England, We, as an even smaller country, have never kicked the crap out of anyone. (Although for some reason we keep getting asked along as some sort of stupid sidekick) Anyway as a country of avid pub patrons we really want the 'REAL bear' recipe you mentioned. Usually we drink beer in our pubs but we do have a problem with an overpopulation of drop-bears and any demand for their tasty meat would be of great use in culling their numbers. Yours Sincerely, Australia
-Rick
Unless of course they do actually become so cheap to produce that they start adding them with other 'printable' electronics to cereal packets for advertising. I can't see the added landfill, emissions etc from that sort of BS being particularly green.
.. all Linux has to do to become the worldwide dominant operating system is to charge a million dollars a license and turn the other way when people 'pirate' it? I think theres a little more to it than that.. //does Linux float on water?
eat the baby! eat the baby! can I be president now?
Well less expensive than a gas heater, and less efficient than a reverse cycle air conditioner which is just a heat pump. But running 20 computers each consuming 100W is just as 'efficient' as a 2kW bar heater or any other heater that is completely enclosed in the room. The same is true for any appliance: a 2kW motor, refrigerator etc. They all produce 2kW of heat once they are done doing their useful work. (ok so pointing a LED light out a window or using battery chargers might be not quite the same). But yeah .. conservation of energy etc. Electrical heaters are just really electrically inefficient appliances. Either way heating a workplace 24 hrs a day is silly if it is just occupied for 10 of them.
Yeah Andrew Bolt is a Murdoch stooge. But Melbourne isn't completely bad as far as media goes; The Age is probably the most reputable newspaper in Aus imho. (oh and the Chaser is from Sydney btw)
..the moon must be populated by little green men waving 'Free Tibet' placards..
Why is the parent post moderated as a Troll? I despise my mobile and envy anyone who can get by without. Personally I think of them more as leashes than an actual useful device. Most likely because of the number of unwanted calls I get: "Where are you?, Just checking up, don't be late" "I know its dinner time but I cant VPN to work, can you help me?" etc etc. Before mobiles you could easily be un-contactable when you wanted to 'unplug' from work, family etc. Now you have to explain why your phone was off or why you left it at home. Maybe its just me and my fantasies of being a hermit (with broadband)