I think an interesting question is how much of the increased volume available in a spherical ship would be useable. There is a propensity for use to build things that are roughly rectangular. Presumably, economies of scale could make it difficult to mass produce a fighter with large amounts of internal components curved to fit flush along the outer hull, particularly when reusing existing designs.
Then maybe they should ask for additionally funding to bring in 1 or 2 full time people to respond to FOI requests if they are getting so many. Data archival is important, as is freedom of information. If they can't do both, then maybe they need to get more funding so that they can.
Again, you make my point that you suggest that you have to be a "scientist" to contribute to the body of human knowledge. I didn't say any old guy should be able to challenge what scientists say. To put it in terms you will grasp, I said any old guy capable of rationally analyzing the presented evidence should be able to challenge what the scientists say. To dismiss everyone who isn't a climate scientist offhand does a gross disservice to science as a process.
I can totally understand why people don't believe 0.99... = 1. The numbers are superficially different and most people naïvely assume that visible similarity is the criterion for equality. That's okay, because in almost all practical settings a layperson will come across this definition works, even though it is not the truth. I didn't come across the proper definition of arbitrarily small epsilon until I reached higher math courses in college.
If you pride yourself on being intellectual you should be capable of drawing reasonable conclusions from information presented to you. For a scientist to say STFU you don't have a degree in my field is childish and enforces the notion that a PhD is somehow required to contribute meaningfully to the body of human knowledge. This is not true at all.
I'm sorry, you have no idea what you are talking about. Sudo is not an implicit privilege gain. You have to manually request elevation. The reason it looks implicit is because all of the applications that ever need elevated privileges come with launchers that do the work for you. Sudo can also be configured to function the same as su (OpenSUSE) ships it that way I believe. The same is true of the new policykit. Similarly, Vista is not an implicit elevation either. The continue prompt only occurs for administrator accounts because they are flagged with a token on login that mark them as administrators. They are required to manually take action. Furthermore, this function can be disable in group policy in order to force a password entry in the same way that non-admin users have to authenticate to perform system changes. The only reason it occurs automatically is through application manifests and heuristics. Both of these cases are explicit elevations at the behest of the application author that the user can approve or cancel.
Mac gets this right too. I particularly how when I drag something onto an app on the Dock, I get an exposé view with all of the documents for that application. I used to think the drag/drop was unwieldy when I primarily used Windows and Linux. Then when I switched to Mac, I've come to realize that metaphor isn't flawed, only the implementation.
Oh, how deliciously amusing this is. It looks like the Linux guys are now in the same boat as the GNU guys were in that they want a share of the recognition someone using parts of their system has achieved.
*Chuckle*
So Netflix, the Olympics and the US Presidential Inauguration aren't high profile enough for you? Just because you have a seething inner hatred towards MS doesn't mean no one uses their technology.
So, the Russian gov't sentenced one of their own citizens to a prison camp for pirating software that they themselves (through their approved agents) sold to him. I'm still not seeing how that is Microsoft's fault for providing a poor ROI.
Your ROI calculator is broken. There was no investment in the case of the teacher who pirated (cuz he pirated), thus, there can be no return on said investment.
KDE also now has the advantage of being able to more or less replicate the "Traditionalist" desktop paradigm. I'm not convinced that will be the case with Gnome 3 from the screenshots I've seen. Big oops.
I wish I could remember which of Terry Goodkind's Wizard's Rules it was:
People will believe a lie because they hope its true, or because they are afraid it might be.
Really? That's your excuse. My indication is that they have never even attempted to do any kind of widespread testing. Its not like there are that many mainstream hardware configurations out there. Ubuntu is a corporately sponsored distribution they SHOULD have the cash somewhere. Just because they choose to make money in ways other than licensing fees doesn't mean they should get a free pass for not putting out anything remotely close to a professional product. If I did my math right, based on that poll on ubuntuforums fewer than 40% of people were able to install/update successfully. That is pitiful.
Why do people insist on trotting out their own experiences of success on a limited subset of hardware as if they somehow negate the fact that people are suffering because of the Ubuntu developer's subservience to the tyranny of the "Six Month Release Cycle (OMG)." Even your example fails since you are having difficulties but are willing to brush them off.
Not necessarily true. You view markets as standalone. As an example, see how Microsoft basically muscled its way into the console market simple because it had resources derived from its "victory" in an unrelated sector. If the incumbent becomes stagnant, there is always the possibility that a major player from a related sector can come in and eat their lunch.
I think you are doing something wrong. I just downloaded beta 4 and was able to do what you described without moving my mouse once. shift+/tab moves left to right, top to bottom on the to: and address fields and the to/cc fields can be switched with up/down arrows.
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I think an interesting question is how much of the increased volume available in a spherical ship would be useable. There is a propensity for use to build things that are roughly rectangular. Presumably, economies of scale could make it difficult to mass produce a fighter with large amounts of internal components curved to fit flush along the outer hull, particularly when reusing existing designs.
Don't they have to prepare it for themselves in order to use it?
Then maybe they should ask for additionally funding to bring in 1 or 2 full time people to respond to FOI requests if they are getting so many. Data archival is important, as is freedom of information. If they can't do both, then maybe they need to get more funding so that they can.
Georgia is home to the second largest seaport on the east/gulf coast. That sounds like a foolish thing to give up.
Again, you make my point that you suggest that you have to be a "scientist" to contribute to the body of human knowledge. I didn't say any old guy should be able to challenge what scientists say. To put it in terms you will grasp, I said any old guy capable of rationally analyzing the presented evidence should be able to challenge what the scientists say. To dismiss everyone who isn't a climate scientist offhand does a gross disservice to science as a process.
I can totally understand why people don't believe 0.99... = 1. The numbers are superficially different and most people naïvely assume that visible similarity is the criterion for equality. That's okay, because in almost all practical settings a layperson will come across this definition works, even though it is not the truth. I didn't come across the proper definition of arbitrarily small epsilon until I reached higher math courses in college.
If you pride yourself on being intellectual you should be capable of drawing reasonable conclusions from information presented to you. For a scientist to say STFU you don't have a degree in my field is childish and enforces the notion that a PhD is somehow required to contribute meaningfully to the body of human knowledge. This is not true at all.
I'm sorry, you have no idea what you are talking about. Sudo is not an implicit privilege gain. You have to manually request elevation. The reason it looks implicit is because all of the applications that ever need elevated privileges come with launchers that do the work for you. Sudo can also be configured to function the same as su (OpenSUSE) ships it that way I believe. The same is true of the new policykit. Similarly, Vista is not an implicit elevation either. The continue prompt only occurs for administrator accounts because they are flagged with a token on login that mark them as administrators. They are required to manually take action. Furthermore, this function can be disable in group policy in order to force a password entry in the same way that non-admin users have to authenticate to perform system changes. The only reason it occurs automatically is through application manifests and heuristics. Both of these cases are explicit elevations at the behest of the application author that the user can approve or cancel.
Yeah, that is lame. The first time I fired it up gmail disconnected me saying I had used my bandwidth quota for the day or some foolishness like that.
Mac gets this right too. I particularly how when I drag something onto an app on the Dock, I get an exposé view with all of the documents for that application. I used to think the drag/drop was unwieldy when I primarily used Windows and Linux. Then when I switched to Mac, I've come to realize that metaphor isn't flawed, only the implementation.
Oh, how deliciously amusing this is. It looks like the Linux guys are now in the same boat as the GNU guys were in that they want a share of the recognition someone using parts of their system has achieved.
*Chuckle*
There are plans to use Silverlight for the 2010 winter olympics as well. It seems to be a trend.
So Netflix, the Olympics and the US Presidential Inauguration aren't high profile enough for you? Just because you have a seething inner hatred towards MS doesn't mean no one uses their technology.
"Fatality"
"Your soul is mine."
So, the Russian gov't sentenced one of their own citizens to a prison camp for pirating software that they themselves (through their approved agents) sold to him. I'm still not seeing how that is Microsoft's fault for providing a poor ROI.
Your ROI calculator is broken. There was no investment in the case of the teacher who pirated (cuz he pirated), thus, there can be no return on said investment.
KDE also now has the advantage of being able to more or less replicate the "Traditionalist" desktop paradigm. I'm not convinced that will be the case with Gnome 3 from the screenshots I've seen. Big oops.
I wish I could remember which of Terry Goodkind's Wizard's Rules it was:
People will believe a lie because they hope its true, or because they are afraid it might be.
To answer your question. Dynamic content on almost any page worth viewing and/or your cache settings.
Queue the "What ads? I 1337ly installed FF extensions." in 5 4 3 2 1 ...
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35% success rate in running 9.10? That is not a good job.
Really? That's your excuse. My indication is that they have never even attempted to do any kind of widespread testing. Its not like there are that many mainstream hardware configurations out there. Ubuntu is a corporately sponsored distribution they SHOULD have the cash somewhere. Just because they choose to make money in ways other than licensing fees doesn't mean they should get a free pass for not putting out anything remotely close to a professional product. If I did my math right, based on that poll on ubuntuforums fewer than 40% of people were able to install/update successfully. That is pitiful.
Why do people insist on trotting out their own experiences of success on a limited subset of hardware as if they somehow negate the fact that people are suffering because of the Ubuntu developer's subservience to the tyranny of the "Six Month Release Cycle (OMG)." Even your example fails since you are having difficulties but are willing to brush them off.
Not necessarily true. You view markets as standalone. As an example, see how Microsoft basically muscled its way into the console market simple because it had resources derived from its "victory" in an unrelated sector. If the incumbent becomes stagnant, there is always the possibility that a major player from a related sector can come in and eat their lunch.
I think you are doing something wrong. I just downloaded beta 4 and was able to do what you described without moving my mouse once. shift+/tab moves left to right, top to bottom on the to: and address fields and the to/cc fields can be switched with up/down arrows.