"The unfortunate thing is that this Nintendo game called Wii had what looks like a solid black, basically automatic-looking type mechanism that operates the game," [the Sheriff] said. (from the article)
What? That's the unfortunate thing? What about the stupidity of leaving a gun out? Or having a gun in the same house as a toddler? Am I the only one who thinks that once again someone tries to pin a death to a game rather than than weapons or people?
Does this mean, we might possibly see a version of Android that does not build on Google services?
I was wondering for quite a time now, why handset-makers do not partner up with competitors of Google and make their own version of Android; or even better: let the consumer choose the services they activate for apps like maps, calendar, or e-mail.
Or is there a technical obstacle I do not see here?
Can someone please translate? Does that mean that an open client could be forked that works with skype but is not skype? Like, say, gizmo or ekiga?
Thanks for enlightening a non-techie Linux enthusiast (yes, we exist:-) ).
At the risk of being yelled at for a Godwin, remember that Hitler was bought to power in an election as legitimate as some recent US ones.
Without yelling "Godwin": Yeah? So, American presidents need armed forces standing at parliament doors to intimidate MIPs to get to power, too? If you do historical comparisons, do them right. In the election only Hitler's party was elected, not himself; and they did not even get more than 50 per cent of the vote. Only later were MIPs intimidated by SA soldiers in front of the parliament to vote for (or rather not vote against) laws that made Hitler a de facto dictator (though he was chancellor before, however, checked by democratic institutions).
As a German I am appalled by how often you people get these things wrong. Didn't you have history lessons? Or don't you at least have the ability to google or the decency to shut up when you don't know better?
I might be totally off message here, but are alleged health effects the only reason for a circumcision?
Couldn't it have been, that the GP is simply a Jew? Or did this circumcision for religious reason suddenly become out of fashion?
Well, I guess the discussion also applies to all other mobiles with similar capabilites, e.g. the G1, most new blackberries, etc.
Howver, the iPhone was made a proxy for a new kind of mobile because it was one of the first and certainly the most popular of them. Unless we come up with a snazzy term for these kinds of mobiles, I guess we have to live with that...
Besides: In a billion years mankind probably has evolved to something different. I don't think a species has ever made it that long with only slight alteration, save for some microbes maybe.
So, technically, "mankind" cannot be wiped out in a billion years, because it does not exist anymore anyway.
Actually, you can also estimate based on sex, nationality and other averages. Imagine making a regression of many people, randomly sampled, with different heigths, sex, nationality and so on. The resulting coefficients would be called "estimates". Based on those, you might try to make a prediction based on the variables you know of a person apart from the name, like sex, nationality, and so on. Since this prediction is based on estimates, it could also be called an estimate.
What I am trying to say here is, that as long as you have a method which objectifies (yes, according to my professors that's a real word) your results, it is not guessing, but estimating. Pure guessing would be without method and therefore unscientific. However, that does not prevent an estimate from being wrong and a guess from being right.
Based on this, a guesstimate would be something, which follows a method up to a point, but is thrown together with something guessed, like assumed data (bad!) or a theory based on guesswork (acceptable qua falsifiable).
If ideals do not matter and expansion is the driving force, then tell me why do European politicians always cite human rights violations as a reason for not accepting Turkey as a member?
Even if that was not the true reason, the EU would not have to pretend it was, if expansion and not other concerns were of foremost importance.
My point is: It might be more complicated than you make it seem.
Police in Europe (at least in Germany and here in Austria) are allowed to raid your house when they believe there is imminent danger to the security of the state or other citizens ("Gefahr im Verzug"). They don't need a judge's permission/order for this. If they don't find anything, they can just file a simple 2 page report and be done with it.
This was used in the case of wikileaks.de - the police didn't read his rights to Mr. Reppe and when he insisted the police add a witness name to the report, they didn't do so.
Actually, they did have the permission of a judge, at least according to this: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Hausdurchsuchung-bei-Inhaber-der-Domain-wikileaks-de-Update--/meldung/135147
Although you are right that police can enter the domain without judges under certain circumstances, evidence might be forfeit if they did it for the wrong reasons. It is not as easy as you depict it, even if it would apply to our case here (which it does not).
I too think that the German police has too much power (especially warrants like these are a bit fishy at times, not to mention copyrights, demonstration rights, etc), but we are still a democratic state with a halfway decent judicial system.
Again someone who misses the point: What do non-technical writers do that never wrote a line of code and therefore would never think that way?
Say, an economist, like me.
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"The unfortunate thing is that this Nintendo game called Wii had what looks like a solid black, basically automatic-looking type mechanism that operates the game," [the Sheriff] said. (from the article)
What? That's the unfortunate thing? What about the stupidity of leaving a gun out? Or having a gun in the same house as a toddler? Am I the only one who thinks that once again someone tries to pin a death to a game rather than than weapons or people?
Does this mean, we might possibly see a version of Android that does not build on Google services? I was wondering for quite a time now, why handset-makers do not partner up with competitors of Google and make their own version of Android; or even better: let the consumer choose the services they activate for apps like maps, calendar, or e-mail. Or is there a technical obstacle I do not see here?
Can someone please translate? Does that mean that an open client could be forked that works with skype but is not skype? Like, say, gizmo or ekiga? Thanks for enlightening a non-techie Linux enthusiast (yes, we exist :-) ).
At the risk of being yelled at for a Godwin, remember that Hitler was bought to power in an election as legitimate as some recent US ones.
Without yelling "Godwin": Yeah? So, American presidents need armed forces standing at parliament doors to intimidate MIPs to get to power, too? If you do historical comparisons, do them right. In the election only Hitler's party was elected, not himself; and they did not even get more than 50 per cent of the vote. Only later were MIPs intimidated by SA soldiers in front of the parliament to vote for (or rather not vote against) laws that made Hitler a de facto dictator (though he was chancellor before, however, checked by democratic institutions).
As a German I am appalled by how often you people get these things wrong. Didn't you have history lessons? Or don't you at least have the ability to google or the decency to shut up when you don't know better?
Forget it. You won't get funny-score for quoting everybody's darling xkcd.
Further down in the article they write about some code contributed by Volkswagen and some GPS-company.
In other words: RTFA
Interesting indeed: Why does Canonical not show up on the lists of contributing firms?
I might be totally off message here, but are alleged health effects the only reason for a circumcision?
Couldn't it have been, that the GP is simply a Jew? Or did this circumcision for religious reason suddenly become out of fashion?
Especially if you have to walk around the city to be able to play. A bit of exercise would not hurt industrial nations' citizens!
Well, I guess the discussion also applies to all other mobiles with similar capabilites, e.g. the G1, most new blackberries, etc.
Howver, the iPhone was made a proxy for a new kind of mobile because it was one of the first and certainly the most popular of them. Unless we come up with a snazzy term for these kinds of mobiles, I guess we have to live with that...
I doubt that! There will always be an opportunist in office. Always!
You have never read Nature before, have you?!? It's attention-whoring with peer-review. (Not to say articles are not worth the attention they get.)
Besides: In a billion years mankind probably has evolved to something different. I don't think a species has ever made it that long with only slight alteration, save for some microbes maybe. So, technically, "mankind" cannot be wiped out in a billion years, because it does not exist anymore anyway.
I forgot: The Linux desktops were not in place in 2004 and the report seems to refer to that year.
Well, at least the city of Munich: http://news.cnet.com/Munich-fires-up-Linux-at-last/2100-7344_3-6119153.html
I am sure, though, that there are others.
Not quite wiped out, but it may make you happy for a while: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051300590.html?wprss=rss_business
Actually, you can also estimate based on sex, nationality and other averages. Imagine making a regression of many people, randomly sampled, with different heigths, sex, nationality and so on. The resulting coefficients would be called "estimates". Based on those, you might try to make a prediction based on the variables you know of a person apart from the name, like sex, nationality, and so on. Since this prediction is based on estimates, it could also be called an estimate.
What I am trying to say here is, that as long as you have a method which objectifies (yes, according to my professors that's a real word) your results, it is not guessing, but estimating. Pure guessing would be without method and therefore unscientific. However, that does not prevent an estimate from being wrong and a guess from being right.
Based on this, a guesstimate would be something, which follows a method up to a point, but is thrown together with something guessed, like assumed data (bad!) or a theory based on guesswork (acceptable qua falsifiable).
The list is not accesible, as it says somewhere up here. That however, creates problems, too. So either way: Stupid.
Well, that's what previews are for.
Faith forces me to choose between accepting gay marriage and being an asshole.
There, fixed it for you.
If ideals do not matter and expansion is the driving force, then tell me why do European politicians always cite human rights violations as a reason for not accepting Turkey as a member?
Even if that was not the true reason, the EU would not have to pretend it was, if expansion and not other concerns were of foremost importance.
My point is: It might be more complicated than you make it seem.
DO NOT CLICK the link in the parent. Especially if you are at work. :-(
That's what Stealther and guest accounts are for. ;-)
Police in Europe (at least in Germany and here in Austria) are allowed to raid your house when they believe there is imminent danger to the security of the state or other citizens ("Gefahr im Verzug"). They don't need a judge's permission/order for this. If they don't find anything, they can just file a simple 2 page report and be done with it.
This was used in the case of wikileaks.de - the police didn't read his rights to Mr. Reppe and when he insisted the police add a witness name to the report, they didn't do so.
Actually, they did have the permission of a judge, at least according to this: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Hausdurchsuchung-bei-Inhaber-der-Domain-wikileaks-de-Update--/meldung/135147
Although you are right that police can enter the domain without judges under certain circumstances, evidence might be forfeit if they did it for the wrong reasons. It is not as easy as you depict it, even if it would apply to our case here (which it does not).
I too think that the German police has too much power (especially warrants like these are a bit fishy at times, not to mention copyrights, demonstration rights, etc), but we are still a democratic state with a halfway decent judicial system.
Again someone who misses the point: What do non-technical writers do that never wrote a line of code and therefore would never think that way?
Say, an economist, like me.