Thank you AC for explaining the joke, but actually this is not really funny.
This "french surrender" meme comes from french bashing campaign organized when France refused to help US invade Irak. It is now well known that Irak's WMD were a lie. So please stop repeating the same stupid jokes, thanks.
This is still weird format. Using Unix time is much more rational. It is based on the SI unit of time, the second. It avoids the ugly mix of archaic Babylonian base sixty number system and decimal one.
Chernobyl was kept secret during several days, opaque after. Fukushima data is available (but obfuscated by news media)
Many workers in Chernobyl were knowingly sent to sure death. Radiation taken by Fukushima workers is monitored and they are not allowed to take more than 250mSv.
Chernobyl radioactive fallout are very dangerous locally, and affected most part of Europe. Fukushima radioactive fallout, even locally, don't cause much health concern. (Of course food production in the area will have to be monitored.)
Fukushima is still a severe accident, but nowhere near the case of Chernobyl.
Anyone working in software R&D for a big company knows that such patent filling numbers are absurd. Sure great research is done at IBM, but 5000 patents... This becomes just another metric for management. Employees have objectives and rewards to fill maximum number of patent idea.
Off course quality of these patents is really low. I have seen patent on stuff everybody already do for years.
I've even seen someone patenting a design failure. We had to cope with his faulty software, because to save time for him he used a ugly trick that cause plenty of issues for other system parts. Then we heard he was given a reward for patenting his bug.
Being Catholic means to follow orders from Vatican. Reading the bible and trying to interpret yourself what Jesus told, this is a dangerous protestant behavior.
Who (except graphic card manufacturers) regrets the time where you had to buy a super-expensive video card to play recent games ? Of course everyone want to run their games on the cheap PC they have.
Personally, I prefer game graphics to have great artistic design, instead of higher resolution.
100% agree. At last, the concept of multiverse is gaining acceptance in the scientific community and in general public (well, the part interested in science).
It should have occurred a long time ago, with Everett theory. People were blinded with the idea of "interpretations" of quantum physic having equal value. Epistemologists were too happy to get rid of philosophical realism, driven by first quantum physic understandings. They didn't reconsider this position after Everett theory.
Of course, game operators will not like it, but what can they do? Their success depends on operating within a proprietary platform. They have put themselves in position of Facebook's vassals and they largely benefited from this position. Even with 30% cut for FB, they still can make large profits.
Remember how aggressively these games have grown a large user base. Game mechanics made mandatory for players to recruit amongst their friend. They spread like viruses or like chain mail in the social network. Facebook had to change policies several times to limit abuses.
However, Facebook also benefits a lot from the games. They force players to connect to facebook everyday or more. They also encourage players to create many fake accounts that make facebook looks bigger that it really is.
They should not be anything wrong to help someone defend himself to face a trial, whatever the crime he is accused of. According to justice, Manning is presumed innocent. Giving to his defend fund doesn't make anyone his accomplice.
Even someone who has obviously committed an horrible crime has right to be defended.
Even if you ISP doesn't provide it, you can bypass it.
My ISP, one of the most popular and inexpensive here in France, support IPv6 since several years. As their margin is very low, I suppose they have been able to do so for a minimal cost.
Even if you are not aware of any plan, any software and hardware manufacturer has think about it. This is a requirement for US Department of Defense, that's not a market you can ignore easily.
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It's because it is much simpler than you assume.
I have just toggled "IPv6" checkbox on my ISP account. Then I went to http://www.kame.net/ and the turtle was dancing. Done.
Thank you AC for explaining the joke, but actually this is not really funny.
This "french surrender" meme comes from french bashing campaign organized when France refused to help US invade Irak. It is now well known that Irak's WMD were a lie. So please stop repeating the same stupid jokes, thanks.
This is still weird format. Using Unix time is much more rational. It is based on the SI unit of time, the second. It avoids the ugly mix of archaic Babylonian base sixty number system and decimal one.
The bigger legal threat to open source is not the actual legal threats, it's the fear of misunderstood potential legal threats.
Sure
Would you mind to read the question again ?
Come on. When you read an article about something you know well, you can judge quality of journalism. Usually it's quite poor.
We would expect from journalists that they give the facts and help us to understand what they mean, but of course, this is asking too much.
Chernobyl was ranked 7, Fukushima is ranked 5.
Chernobyl was kept secret during several days, opaque after.
Fukushima data is available (but obfuscated by news media)
Many workers in Chernobyl were knowingly sent to sure death.
Radiation taken by Fukushima workers is monitored and they are not allowed to take more than 250mSv.
Chernobyl radioactive fallout are very dangerous locally, and affected most part of Europe.
Fukushima radioactive fallout, even locally, don't cause much health concern. (Of course food production in the area will have to be monitored.)
Fukushima is still a severe accident, but nowhere near the case of Chernobyl.
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Anyone working in software R&D for a big company knows that such patent filling numbers are absurd. Sure great research is done at IBM, but 5000 patents... This becomes just another metric for management. Employees have objectives and rewards to fill maximum number of patent idea.
Off course quality of these patents is really low. I have seen patent on stuff everybody already do for years.
I've even seen someone patenting a design failure. We had to cope with his faulty software, because to save time for him he used a ugly trick that cause plenty of issues for other system parts. Then we heard he was given a reward for patenting his bug.
One social benefit of HFT is putting day traders back to real work.
Being Catholic means to follow orders from Vatican. Reading the bible and trying to interpret yourself what Jesus told, this is a dangerous protestant behavior.
Who (except graphic card manufacturers) regrets the time where you had to buy a super-expensive video card to play recent games ? Of course everyone want to run their games on the cheap PC they have.
Personally, I prefer game graphics to have great artistic design, instead of higher resolution.
This remind me of "Halting State" by Charles Stross. Story starts with a bank robbery in a virtual game, with real business impact. Excellent novel.
100% agree. At last, the concept of multiverse is gaining acceptance in the scientific community and in general public (well, the part interested in science).
It should have occurred a long time ago, with Everett theory. People were blinded with the idea of "interpretations" of quantum physic having equal value. Epistemologists were too happy to get rid of philosophical realism, driven by first quantum physic understandings. They didn't reconsider this position after Everett theory.
According to article: "Facebook says that Credits will be the exclusive way for users to get their ‘real money’ into a game".
Of course, game operators will not like it, but what can they do? Their success depends on operating within a proprietary platform. They have put themselves in position of Facebook's vassals and they largely benefited from this position. Even with 30% cut for FB, they still can make large profits.
Remember how aggressively these games have grown a large user base. Game mechanics made mandatory for players to recruit amongst their friend. They spread like viruses or like chain mail in the social network. Facebook had to change policies several times to limit abuses.
However, Facebook also benefits a lot from the games. They force players to connect to facebook everyday or more. They also encourage players to create many fake accounts that make facebook looks bigger that it really is.
I'm a social retard you insensitive clod !
They should not be anything wrong to help someone defend himself to face a trial, whatever the crime he is accused of. According to justice, Manning is presumed innocent. Giving to his defend fund doesn't make anyone his accomplice.
Even someone who has obviously committed an horrible crime has right to be defended.
Wait for a week, mobs will still be there waiting for you.
Sure. One should read this as fiction.
I don't practice monogamy, I never need condoms, but I still have zero risk of STD.
Even if you ISP doesn't provide it, you can bypass it.
My ISP, one of the most popular and inexpensive here in France, support IPv6 since several years. As their margin is very low, I suppose they have been able to do so for a minimal cost.
Even if you are not aware of any plan, any software and hardware manufacturer has think about it. This is a requirement for US Department of Defense, that's not a market you can ignore easily.
Who is "We" ?
IPv6 is ready, for years.