Unfortunately, no. The pole cells (the gamete progenitors) stop dividing at the blastocyst stage, which is reached at about the time of conception in humans.
The parent is currently moderated "Insightful" -- but it isn't. It's wrong.
P = I^2 R. For a processor, the current applied to each transistor is proportional to the clock frequency and the resistance is constant, so the power consumption per transistor (ceteris paribus) rises as the square of the clock rate. For modern processors, the power consumption of the chip is basically due to the total switching power of the transistors, and thus the power consumption rises roughly as the square of clock speed.
Well, yes and no. It's true that it would have been better for the folks who created this rose to work from a naturally occurring knock out rose -- you know, like any white variety?
The problem is that breeding truely is nither important nor even desirable for a rose breeder. Roses are almost universally reproduced asexually by budding; most modern roses grow very poorly, if at all, on their own roots, and are patented only as single varieties. Commercially, then, a proparatable blue rose would be of negligible interest.
In this case, this is a double flower, and that they're more difficult to breed at the best of times. It's clear that this variety was created with the intention of being difficult to propagate.
NYTimes and others have been shifting to interstitials. I can't speak for others, but an interstitial, which I can get rid of, is a fine compromise for me. It's ads in other windows or ads which I have to physically chase that seem out of bounds.
Actually, it comes in two forms, the iCopulate and the iMasturbate. iCopulate is an add-on for the iPartner product.
(Somebody please tell me there's no truth to the notion that the internal project name for iMasturbate was "Hand Jobs a Winner". That's simply too bizarre to believe...isn't it?)
When I type united states, the box bounces around, ending up setting my country to Denmark (something weird happens when I hit the spacebar), and states gets typed into my last name.
Would it work better if I used that new browser FrieFaux instead of IE?
personally, if you're using a wizard to configure security you probably shouldn't be admining a server in the first place
Not necessarily. The point of a wizard is to standardize the interface so that it's easy to discover how to apply the settings. It doesn't make it any less important to understand what the settings do.
Is it inconvenient? Well, that depends. If you don't mind having your leg broken in two places with a chisel, then having someone take a 3/4 in bit to the butt ends of the long bones, then glue in a foreign object...and then sew up the incisions they made to cut your leg off to all that work...why, no, it isn't inconvenient.
Otherwise, I gather it's held to be moderately unpleasant.
You're as wrong about the order itself as you are about the body who issued it. The European Commission is the executive arm of the EU, but the EU did not issue the order, the EC did. The order in question was unambiguous: remove all of media player, codecs and all. The goal was to get rid of the "IE loophole" that still exists on "IE-free systems", in which the browser can be trivially reconstructed using the HTML control along with WinInet and UrlMon.
There's a world of difference between "most of KDE" and "all of KDE". The EC asked for "all of KDE", and is talking about fining Microsoft for only delivering "most of KDE", even though it is impossible to do so.
Uh, no. He's talking about the final published draft -- Nature does most certainly ban that. They don't mind if you post your text while they're reviewing it, but they will not allow you to post your text once they have published it.
Software publication can be, but need not be, speech. The key thing to understand about this is that speech happens between people, not between a person and a machine. I can speak through my code, but only if I intend to inform or persuade other people, not if I intend to direct a machine. Source distribution is only "speech" in the semi-religious sense that Americans use the word (as Constitutionally protected speech) if it's intended for other people to read. (Notice that this means a published works may not be speech and yet may still be copyrighted. That's absolutely true.)
It was certainly "speech" in the legal sense when Daniel Berstein released the source to his encryption routine, because the code itself was primarily intended to convey a message to other people.
It's probably speech when Linus Torvalds releases 2.6.43, because his intent is for people to compile that kernel source to make their own kernels. It's certainly publication, in the sense of copyright, but the code itself is only secondarily intended to inform other people.
It's almost certainly not "speech" when a Microsoft employee commits a source file to any of the Windows Depots. It might be publication, in the sense of copyright, but that distribution of source code is in no sense intended to inform people directly; it's purely intended to transfer information from one machine to another. (Don't jump to the conclusion that the Microsoft licenses aren't valid. The copyright on the compiled code is absolutely sound, but that distribution is only protected speech in the weakest sense of the word.)
The nice thing about software patents is they can only be enforced on a "product"[...]source code isn't a "product"
Do you know the old saying "Go to a lawyer for legal advice"? This is a really good time to keep that in mind. There's no equivalent to fair use in the patent world. If you build it, and it violates a patent, then you could be liable.
(This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, you should contact an attorney who is licensed in your jurisdiction.)
There are thousands upon thousands of software patents in Europe right now. Various countries' patent offices have been granting them for years, despite the fact that they cannot be enforced.
This is a half truth. The patents in question are perfectly valid, and can be enforced in the countries in question. They just can't be enforced in the countries next door. That's a problem because the EU has open borders, and so the risk that I violate a patent in Britain when I import something from Spain is particularly high.
In Europe, where software patents aren't yet valid, how does this apply?
Do you mean in all of Europe, or in those parts where the courts haven't decided yet?
One of those things that FFII hasn't told you is that software patents are already valid in most of the largest countries in Europe, since Germany, Britain and France already have equivalents of State Street. The problem with software patents (from a corporate point of view) isn't whether they do or do not exist, but that they're inconsistent in a putatively free market. Pricing decisions can't be made fairly in a free market unless the regulations are evenly applied. Most of the corporations behind the proposed Europatent code don't particularly like software patents; instead, they want a method for estimating risk so that they can price that risk into their products.
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True enough -- but that's a second order effect, and the case is made without it.
Unfortunately, no. The pole cells (the gamete progenitors) stop dividing at the blastocyst stage, which is reached at about the time of conception in humans.
The parent is currently moderated "Insightful" -- but it isn't. It's wrong.
P = I^2 R. For a processor, the current applied to each transistor is proportional to the clock frequency and the resistance is constant, so the power consumption per transistor (ceteris paribus) rises as the square of the clock rate. For modern processors, the power consumption of the chip is basically due to the total switching power of the transistors, and thus the power consumption rises roughly as the square of clock speed.
Well, yes and no. It's true that it would have been better for the folks who created this rose to work from a naturally occurring knock out rose -- you know, like any white variety?
The problem is that breeding truely is nither important nor even desirable for a rose breeder. Roses are almost universally reproduced asexually by budding; most modern roses grow very poorly, if at all, on their own roots, and are patented only as single varieties. Commercially, then, a proparatable blue rose would be of negligible interest.
In this case, this is a double flower, and that they're more difficult to breed at the best of times. It's clear that this variety was created with the intention of being difficult to propagate.
I just want a few sld's: su.cx, se.cx, and r0.cx. Everything else would be gravy...
NYTimes and others have been shifting to interstitials. I can't speak for others, but an interstitial, which I can get rid of, is a fine compromise for me. It's ads in other windows or ads which I have to physically chase that seem out of bounds.
Actually, it comes in two forms, the iCopulate and the iMasturbate. iCopulate is an add-on for the iPartner product.
(Somebody please tell me there's no truth to the notion that the internal project name for iMasturbate was "Hand Jobs a Winner". That's simply too bizarre to believe...isn't it?)
When I type united states, the box bounces around, ending up setting my country to Denmark (something weird happens when I hit the spacebar), and states gets typed into my last name.
Would it work better if I used that new browser FrieFaux instead of IE?
If you turn off the firewall, yes, you're vulnerable. But the firewall is not turned off by default during that interval.
Is it inconvenient? Well, that depends. If you don't mind having your leg broken in two places with a chisel, then having someone take a 3/4 in bit to the butt ends of the long bones, then glue in a foreign object...and then sew up the incisions they made to cut your leg off to all that work...why, no, it isn't inconvenient.
Otherwise, I gather it's held to be moderately unpleasant.
Yeah, but think about the patina it'll add to his work?
You built a lover based on a 6811 board? Wow.
You're as wrong about the order itself as you are about the body who issued it. The European Commission is the executive arm of the EU, but the EU did not issue the order, the EC did. The order in question was unambiguous: remove all of media player, codecs and all. The goal was to get rid of the "IE loophole" that still exists on "IE-free systems", in which the browser can be trivially reconstructed using the HTML control along with WinInet and UrlMon.
Actually, no. In fact, it's only a minor part in "normal" adults -- and 20-30% of all adults are actually "stereo blind".
There's a world of difference between "most of KDE" and "all of KDE". The EC asked for "all of KDE", and is talking about fining Microsoft for only delivering "most of KDE", even though it is impossible to do so.
Uh, no. He's talking about the final published draft -- Nature does most certainly ban that. They don't mind if you post your text while they're reviewing it, but they will not allow you to post your text once they have published it.
If you do, then I get to wear my Siko Tiko's Very Thin Aluminium Hat of Greater Mind Protection.
(Notice that this means a published works may not be speech and yet may still be copyrighted. That's absolutely true.)
It was certainly "speech" in the legal sense when Daniel Berstein released the source to his encryption routine, because the code itself was primarily intended to convey a message to other people.
It's probably speech when Linus Torvalds releases 2.6.43, because his intent is for people to compile that kernel source to make their own kernels. It's certainly publication, in the sense of copyright, but the code itself is only secondarily intended to inform other people.
It's almost certainly not "speech" when a Microsoft employee commits a source file to any of the Windows Depots. It might be publication, in the sense of copyright, but that distribution of source code is in no sense intended to inform people directly; it's purely intended to transfer information from one machine to another. (Don't jump to the conclusion that the Microsoft licenses aren't valid. The copyright on the compiled code is absolutely sound, but that distribution is only protected speech in the weakest sense of the word.)
(This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, you should contact an attorney who is licensed in your jurisdiction.)
I'm sure your companions for high tea will thank you if you don't show up: "nauseous" means "nauseating", not "nauseated".
Would you like to point at a particular file about which you're going to say that?
Yeah, I mean, really, a factor of a thousand here, a factor of a thousand there...what's three orders of magnitude among friends.