Well, forcing me to watch 5 seconds of an ad for something I'm not interested in, doesn't really help anyone.
Use those 5 seconds to show me 10 ads that I can skip immediately and maybe one of those 10 will catch my eye, and maybe then someone might actually make some money off me.
Our chromosomes exist in pairs, and we have 23 pairs of them.
On one particular pair, women have two X chromosomes and men have an XY combination. Thus, the most obvious genetic difference between our sexes exists only on one chromosome, which is why in common parliance we refer to "the X chromosome" or "the Y chromosome". But again, in both cases these are part of a pair.
When reproducing, both parents give one (pretty much randomly selected) of each pair of their own chromosomes to the child.
Meaning that women always give an X sex chromosome to their child, and men give 50% X and 50% Y.
Thus, two women will indeed always give two X chromosomes, leading to a girl. Two men will have 25% female children, 50% male children and 25% children with YY chromosomes. A quick google shows that pretty much no-one knows what that would be like. It is not impossible that it would not be viable.
Unfortunately, the free market does not at this point in time have a mechanism that makes a person pay for the pollution they produce with their car. So subsidies for technologies that pollute less are basically just a fix because 'breathable air' is not part of the market.
Sorry, but this is in no way, shape or form a 'right'. Governments should not get involved in this. Vote with your wallet. If people want phones whose bootloader they can unlock, they should stop buying Huawei phones immediately.
I can imagine that there's still quite a few places in the US where the nearest doctor is a few dozen miles away, with the next nearest one double that.
Actually, since we're talking about data that can be changed and/or corrected over time, it is vital to store all this data as an initial set, accompanied by precisely timestamped changes. Because if something occurred when the data was incorrect, or with a previous version of the data, then that exact situation needs to remain preserved for posterity.
If I sign my name to a contract today and I legally change my name tomorrow, then that contract needs to remain valid. Having a tamper-proof ledger that correctly records what my name was at the time of the signing, and what my name is right now, means that no-one can claim the contract is no longer valid just because of the name change.
A simple click on the very firt link (to the Garadget site on Indiegogo) teaches me that this is NOT a garage door opener.
It is a sensor detecting whether your garage door is open. It also seems to be capable of opening/closing the garage door "by simulating taps on the wall button".
So no, the fact that this person's account was closed off does NOT mean he couldn't open his garage door anymore.
You're absolutely right. This is something that is 100% in the consumer's interest, which means it'll only happen if the manufacturer is legally obligated to use it.
One could image the editors being just a little bit 'happier' with the proof if just a bit more information was provided about the number 7825.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but 7825 has to be part of at least one Pythagorean Triple, no? If you take all the integers up to 7824 and you can divide them up, but then you fail when you add 7825, then 7825 has to be part of a triple, otherwise it wouldn't be a tipping point.
So there has to be at least one set of numbers a and b such that a + b = 7825. a and b must be smaller than 7825 which is why 7825 has to be the c in the Pythagorean theorem.
So if any such numbers a and b could be given as additional information, the reason for 7825 would be clearer.
Like if you're dividing red and blue marbles over 2 containers and you can't have two of the same color in a container. You can divide 4 of them, 1 of each color in each container, but when you try to place a fifth, all containers are full.
Here, same thing: when you reach 7825, all the containers are full and you can't squeeze in an extra triple anywhere.
Then again, he also mentions that "some sites have 8+ pumps with 2 devices in each".
Just being able to update both devices in a single pump should already cut his worktime in half, while having two stations down instead of one should not affect the business very much.
Now, okay, the wolf is an apex predator who has a much bigger effect on the ecosystem than a pigeon. But I believe this is one of the best examples you can give that putting species back where they've gone extinct can have some very beneficial effects.
We have managed to establish a basic form of communication with some chimpanzees, well within human liftetimes, because they are able to see us (visual sensors in the right frequancy band) and they are able to make delicate motions that we can see.
If we make contact with aliens of approximately that level of sophistication, we should be fine.
Add to that the possibility of them hearing us (again, sensors in the right range) and hopefully vice-versa, and we should not have too much problems that cannot be overcome.
I believe that what he meant is that drivers "require some means of illumination at night" in order to spot "some things (like animals and pedestrians)" so that they don't run them over.
Thanks for that link, I found it very interesting.
But also worrying.
I mean, looking at everything Cerberus can do without apparently being detectable on the phone... How can I know that my phone doesn't have something similar installed on it?
Every big player in the industry seems convinced #2 and #3 are incompatible...
Re:Support for NFC payments ? In the kernel ??
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Linux 3.13 Released
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From TFA:
"This release implements support for the Secure Element. A netlink API is available to enable, disable and discover NFC attached (embedded or UICC ones) secure elements. With some userspace help, this allows to support NFC payments, used to implement financial transactions. Only the pn544 driver currently supports this API."
In other words, the kernel now contains the necessary API so the PC can correctly talk to a NFC Secure Element which is needed to be able to make payments over NFC, in tandem with userspace tools.
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Well, forcing me to watch 5 seconds of an ad for something I'm not interested in, doesn't really help anyone.
Use those 5 seconds to show me 10 ads that I can skip immediately and maybe one of those 10 will catch my eye, and maybe then someone might actually make some money off me.
Almost right.
Our chromosomes exist in pairs, and we have 23 pairs of them.
On one particular pair, women have two X chromosomes and men have an XY combination. Thus, the most obvious genetic difference between our sexes exists only on one chromosome, which is why in common parliance we refer to "the X chromosome" or "the Y chromosome". But again, in both cases these are part of a pair.
When reproducing, both parents give one (pretty much randomly selected) of each pair of their own chromosomes to the child.
Meaning that women always give an X sex chromosome to their child, and men give 50% X and 50% Y.
Thus, two women will indeed always give two X chromosomes, leading to a girl. Two men will have 25% female children, 50% male children and 25% children with YY chromosomes. A quick google shows that pretty much no-one knows what that would be like. It is not impossible that it would not be viable.
Unfortunately, the free market does not at this point in time have a mechanism that makes a person pay for the pollution they produce with their car. So subsidies for technologies that pollute less are basically just a fix because 'breathable air' is not part of the market.
Sorry, but this is in no way, shape or form a 'right'. Governments should not get involved in this. Vote with your wallet. If people want phones whose bootloader they can unlock, they should stop buying Huawei phones immediately.
First of all, of course a project like this slows down near the end. The last few villages are more than likely the most difficult to reach.
Second of all, at least the PM didn't announce that those last remaining villages weren't worth the effort.
Please explain how Europeans are leeching and freeloading, when all these medications are being paid for?
I can imagine that there's still quite a few places in the US where the nearest doctor is a few dozen miles away, with the next nearest one double that.
Not everyone always has a choice of doctors.
Actually, since we're talking about data that can be changed and/or corrected over time, it is vital to store all this data as an initial set, accompanied by precisely timestamped changes. Because if something occurred when the data was incorrect, or with a previous version of the data, then that exact situation needs to remain preserved for posterity.
If I sign my name to a contract today and I legally change my name tomorrow, then that contract needs to remain valid. Having a tamper-proof ledger that correctly records what my name was at the time of the signing, and what my name is right now, means that no-one can claim the contract is no longer valid just because of the name change.
There's AT to PS/2 connectors, PS/2 to USB and USB to whatever your iThingy has. I don't see the problem.
A simple click on the very firt link (to the Garadget site on Indiegogo) teaches me that this is NOT a garage door opener.
It is a sensor detecting whether your garage door is open. It also seems to be capable of opening/closing the garage door "by simulating taps on the wall button".
So no, the fact that this person's account was closed off does NOT mean he couldn't open his garage door anymore.
I would expand this to:
"I'll have time to improve on this later."
Documentation is certainly the most common improvement that gets postponed, but kludged together code will also tend to survive longer than expected.
I believe he refers to the fact that it will not run Windows 7: http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-con...
You're absolutely right. This is something that is 100% in the consumer's interest, which means it'll only happen if the manufacturer is legally obligated to use it.
So there is a non-zero chance that they are building a gizmo that can detect gullible investors?
A picture *is* worth a thousand words (so moving pictures are at least a thousand).
But that doesn't mean that every set of a thousand words can be represented by one single picture.
One could image the editors being just a little bit 'happier' with the proof if just a bit more information was provided about the number 7825.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but 7825 has to be part of at least one Pythagorean Triple, no? If you take all the integers up to 7824 and you can divide them up, but then you fail when you add 7825, then 7825 has to be part of a triple, otherwise it wouldn't be a tipping point.
So there has to be at least one set of numbers a and b such that a + b = 7825. a and b must be smaller than 7825 which is why 7825 has to be the c in the Pythagorean theorem.
So if any such numbers a and b could be given as additional information, the reason for 7825 would be clearer.
Like if you're dividing red and blue marbles over 2 containers and you can't have two of the same color in a container. You can divide 4 of them, 1 of each color in each container, but when you try to place a fifth, all containers are full.
Here, same thing: when you reach 7825, all the containers are full and you can't squeeze in an extra triple anywhere.
You wanna be really scared?
Use the 'Groups' button to show the Iridium 33 Collision Debris.
That's from ONE collision between two satellites.
You are quite right.
Then again, he also mentions that "some sites have 8+ pumps with 2 devices in each".
Just being able to update both devices in a single pump should already cut his worktime in half, while having two stations down instead of one should not affect the business very much.
Or how about aiming for a distribution of east/south/west facing fixed installations that matches the distribution of electricity demand over the day?
Have you ever read what happened in Yellowstone when the wolves were reintroduced?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
Now, okay, the wolf is an apex predator who has a much bigger effect on the ecosystem than a pigeon. But I believe this is one of the best examples you can give that putting species back where they've gone extinct can have some very beneficial effects.
We have managed to establish a basic form of communication with some chimpanzees, well within human liftetimes, because they are able to see us (visual sensors in the right frequancy band) and they are able to make delicate motions that we can see.
If we make contact with aliens of approximately that level of sophistication, we should be fine.
Add to that the possibility of them hearing us (again, sensors in the right range) and hopefully vice-versa, and we should not have too much problems that cannot be overcome.
I believe that what he meant is that drivers "require some means of illumination at night" in order to spot "some things (like animals and pedestrians)" so that they don't run them over.
Thanks for that link, I found it very interesting.
But also worrying.
I mean, looking at everything Cerberus can do without apparently being detectable on the phone... How can I know that my phone doesn't have something similar installed on it?
Every big player in the industry seems convinced #2 and #3 are incompatible...
From TFA:
"This release implements support for the Secure Element. A netlink API is available to enable, disable and discover NFC attached (embedded or UICC ones) secure elements. With some userspace help, this allows to support NFC payments, used to implement financial transactions. Only the pn544 driver currently supports this API."
In other words, the kernel now contains the necessary API so the PC can correctly talk to a NFC Secure Element which is needed to be able to make payments over NFC, in tandem with userspace tools.
So yeah, the label is a bit misleading...