Oyster cards don't need to be linked to an individual at all - it's the choice of the owner whether or not they want to register their details. The main reason for doing so is that in the case of loss/theft, you can be reimbursed with the money you had loaded on the card.
I think there is defiantly a stark difference, the male equivalent would kind of be weasily stick thin characters with no muscles but great hair and an absolutely massive penis (something I've yet to have noticed in many games).
Since when is a thin man with no muscles particularily attractive?
I've been wondering throughout this debate, and have never once heard it mentioned yet - since 2000 when the RIP Act was passed, it has been a criminal offense to not disclose your decryption keys. Failure to do so can land you in jail for, I believe, 2 years.
Why can't these people they need 90 days for simply be charged with breaking this particular crime, and in the mean time carry on cracking their systems in order to uncover more serious crimes?
Sure, browsers work on every platform, and AJAX apps don't need a download, that's great. But the same thing could be done with java if everyone had a JVM, or anything else.
They're the main benefits - and they're not as trivial as you make out. In addition, interfaces don't need to refresh the entire page when updating things, which makes for a much better user experience. As you point out, no download is required, your users don't need rights to install applications to do the things they want to.
Everyone doesn't have JVMs, and there many more people used to colding CSS, HTML, JS for webistes than Java, which is hardly used on webistes these days. Suddenly all these designers are realising they can do so much more, without needing to learn much at all to get it working.
The oft-cited Google Maps really is a fantastic demo of how this really does change the usability of websites. If I ever use other sites like Multimap I give up in seconds - the flexibility being able to drag maps around dynamically just makes online maps so much more useful than before.
It seems to be getting fashionable now to knock AJAX, but really there's a lot of potential there. I expect that as it gets more widely adopted and more and more people find out the weaknesses of using JS so much, we'll see a gradual move to more powerful langauges used via our browser. That move will take time though, people aren't quite ready to think of web as a complete replacement for full-blown apps just yet (just look at how popular online Java based systems are).
Imagine, if that had to capitalize on their invention in 1 year, and after that, it became legal to produce generically, and no amount of reformulation could make it become patented again.
Then watch R&D plummet. Drug companies are out to make money. If there's no way they'd get their research money back within a year (and developing a drug takes a very long time, which means it's incuring costs all that time), then they wouldn't bother.
Patents are not the reason your prescriptions cost so much in the US.
Managed memory reduces code size by letting the compiler/interpreter take care of stuff for you. I don't see how OO reduces code size (except in narrow limited situations). Most examples that claim to illustrate such are rigged in my observation. You are welcome to try also.
Code size isn't always the goal. OOP is designed to be easier to manage and develop in teams with, easier to maintain and more flexible to code with. The extent that it achieves these goals is another discussion entirely, but just looking at code size is a rather limited view on OOP as a whole.
All of these things will come eventually. Development has to be ongoing in all areas, otherwise you wont have a nice screen to view that 2MP photo you've just taken.
You might like the SE S700 that's coming out in a month or so (in the UK at least). It has a 1.3MP camera, 32mb memory with a memorystick duo slot (supporting up to 1GB of additional memory), plays mp3s and radio. Hopefully it's not going to be too expensive on contract when mine comes up for renewal!
It's actually not a watch - it's a wrist-mounted TV unit. Which makes it a bit of a misnomer; as the article states, nobody would wear it on his wrist like he would a watch.
What about it makes it not a watch? If you look at the picture in the article, it has the time at the top of the screen. I'm guessing the time is shown even if the TV part is switched off..
To offer some personal experience, I've reported credit card fraud to the police and been told by the investigating officer: "I have a pile of drugs cases that will take a year to investigate. This report will go to the bottom of that pile.",
One online store I've done work for got stung several times by fraudulent credit card transactions. As several have already pointed out, it's the merchant that gets screwed.
Anyway, we reported it to the police here in the UK. They weren't interested and said "it might have been an accident, they could've typed in the wrong numbers by mistake".
For instance, Splinter Cell. Playable on console, unplayable on PC. You had to click a mouse button to go forward.
WHere did you get that from? I only played through Splinter Cell last month, and you certainly didn't have to hold down a mouse button to move. Can't say I had any problems playing with keyboard + mouse, it all felt pretty natural to me.
the seven words that were found to be a possible fit range from seven to ten characters
7-10 characters perhaps, but it doesn't mean ANY combination fo 7-10 characters. I'll bet there's far fewer 7-10 character strings that match exactly the pixel width than there are say 8 letter words (if a fixed width font was used, where you'd know the exact number of letters, but nothing else about the string).
If mommies and daddies weren't so anxious to spend a gazillion dollars on jr., there wouldn't be so many cars on the road. Personally I think any parent that buys their child a car made within the past 5 years is crazy. Kid don't need it! IF they REALLY need any car at all, I think it should be an older vehicle, and they should be required to do all maintenance.
Why do the parents NEED a newer car than the kids?
Newer cars are much safer. Young drivers are more likely to have an accident. It's not completely crazy to give the younger drivers safer cars!
(I accept however that I bet most of them aren't chosen for their NCAP saftey ratings..)
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Oyster cards don't need to be linked to an individual at all - it's the choice of the owner whether or not they want to register their details. The main reason for doing so is that in the case of loss/theft, you can be reimbursed with the money you had loaded on the card.
How has every reply and mod missed the joke?
I think there is defiantly a stark difference, the male equivalent would kind of be weasily stick thin characters with no muscles but great hair and an absolutely massive penis (something I've yet to have noticed in many games).
Since when is a thin man with no muscles particularily attractive?
Or you could just look at the post's URL, might be a bit quicker.
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The first bit there is the date. 2005 December 6.
You already had to download the browser, or install it from a CD. That's the point
You may have, but I think there's a fair few Windows users out there who'd disagree. IE is part of the OS after all.
I've been wondering throughout this debate, and have never once heard it mentioned yet - since 2000 when the RIP Act was passed, it has been a criminal offense to not disclose your decryption keys. Failure to do so can land you in jail for, I believe, 2 years.
Why can't these people they need 90 days for simply be charged with breaking this particular crime, and in the mean time carry on cracking their systems in order to uncover more serious crimes?
Everyone doesn't have JVMs, and there many more people used to colding CSS, HTML, JS for webistes than Java, which is hardly used on webistes these days. Suddenly all these designers are realising they can do so much more, without needing to learn much at all to get it working.
The oft-cited Google Maps really is a fantastic demo of how this really does change the usability of websites. If I ever use other sites like Multimap I give up in seconds - the flexibility being able to drag maps around dynamically just makes online maps so much more useful than before.
It seems to be getting fashionable now to knock AJAX, but really there's a lot of potential there. I expect that as it gets more widely adopted and more and more people find out the weaknesses of using JS so much, we'll see a gradual move to more powerful langauges used via our browser. That move will take time though, people aren't quite ready to think of web as a complete replacement for full-blown apps just yet (just look at how popular online Java based systems are).
Don't forget a printer for the recipes ... stick it in a pullout drawer to keep it clean
Why not just stick a regular TV in there and just use a printer on her regular PC then?
Until I have a fridge that tells me what I've got and what I can make with it, it sounds a bit pointless.
This was discussed last November, which was a repeat of the same tech from February.
A quick search for "polyphonic" in the music category would've easily picked this up, they're the only 3 matches!
Here you go...
High resolution PDF
You can zoom in to read the names nicely.
Imagine, if that had to capitalize on their invention in 1 year, and after that, it became legal to produce generically, and no amount of reformulation could make it become patented again.
Then watch R&D plummet. Drug companies are out to make money. If there's no way they'd get their research money back within a year (and developing a drug takes a very long time, which means it's incuring costs all that time), then they wouldn't bother.
Patents are not the reason your prescriptions cost so much in the US.
Managed memory reduces code size by letting the compiler/interpreter take care of stuff for you. I don't see how OO reduces code size (except in narrow limited situations). Most examples that claim to illustrate such are rigged in my observation. You are welcome to try also.
Code size isn't always the goal. OOP is designed to be easier to manage and develop in teams with, easier to maintain and more flexible to code with. The extent that it achieves these goals is another discussion entirely, but just looking at code size is a rather limited view on OOP as a whole.
All of these things will come eventually. Development has to be ongoing in all areas, otherwise you wont have a nice screen to view that 2MP photo you've just taken.
You might like the SE S700 that's coming out in a month or so (in the UK at least). It has a 1.3MP camera, 32mb memory with a memorystick duo slot (supporting up to 1GB of additional memory), plays mp3s and radio. Hopefully it's not going to be too expensive on contract when mine comes up for renewal!
Mac Gamers?
They don't exist.
It's actually not a watch - it's a wrist-mounted TV unit. Which makes it a bit of a misnomer; as the article states, nobody would wear it on his wrist like he would a watch.
What about it makes it not a watch? If you look at the picture in the article, it has the time at the top of the screen. I'm guessing the time is shown even if the TV part is switched off..
Anyway, I think I'll still buy it: I haven't seen any other dual-DVI card out there.
There's a few about..
Asus V9520VS GeForce FX 5200 VideoSuite 128MB (GX-015-AS) - Dual DVI
Leadtek WinFast A400TDH GeForce FX 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 MyVIVO (GX-031-LT) - Dual DVI
XFX GeForce FX 6800 128MB DDR Dual DVI/TV-Out (GX-018-XF)
XFX GeForce FX 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI/TV-Out (GX-017-XF)
XFX GeForce FX 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI/TV-Out (GX-016-XF)
Well, the guy was still able to carry on "experimenting and creating", so his rights to do so weren't violated. This rights haven't changed.
Privacy rights however are obviously something completely different, and 'in this age of paranoia', your right to privacy is one of the first victims.
I'm afraid movies without any concept of time wouldn't be much fun..
To offer some personal experience, I've reported credit card fraud to the police and been told by the investigating officer: "I have a pile of drugs cases that will take a year to investigate. This report will go to the bottom of that pile.",
One online store I've done work for got stung several times by fraudulent credit card transactions. As several have already pointed out, it's the merchant that gets screwed.
Anyway, we reported it to the police here in the UK. They weren't interested and said "it might have been an accident, they could've typed in the wrong numbers by mistake".
Talk about taking the piss..
If you were calling them outside business hours its no surprise they were unresponsive
I'm certain the all my bank/credit cards have a 24/7 stolen card phone line you can call up to have your card cancelled.
If they dont have 24 hour staff that can handle larger scale fraud, they should damn well get some.
For instance, Splinter Cell. Playable on console, unplayable on PC. You had to click a mouse button to go forward.
WHere did you get that from? I only played through Splinter Cell last month, and you certainly didn't have to hold down a mouse button to move. Can't say I had any problems playing with keyboard + mouse, it all felt pretty natural to me.
the seven words that were found to be a possible fit range from seven to ten characters
7-10 characters perhaps, but it doesn't mean ANY combination fo 7-10 characters. I'll bet there's far fewer 7-10 character strings that match exactly the pixel width than there are say 8 letter words (if a fixed width font was used, where you'd know the exact number of letters, but nothing else about the string).
I woulda thought it was the screen, personally.
Oh, no it won't be that. I turn that off to save power.
Now, having a low power DVD player would be much better, watching movies really sucks the life out of a battery.
Is it necessarily the DVD drive sucking the power though?
Surely CPU usage goes up somewhat to decode & handle the video, which (I would have thought) would be the more significant drain.
If mommies and daddies weren't so anxious to spend a gazillion dollars on jr., there wouldn't be so many cars on the road. Personally I think any parent that buys their child a car made within the past 5 years is crazy. Kid don't need it! IF they REALLY need any car at all, I think it should be an older vehicle, and they should be required to do all maintenance.
Why do the parents NEED a newer car than the kids?
Newer cars are much safer. Young drivers are more likely to have an accident. It's not completely crazy to give the younger drivers safer cars!
(I accept however that I bet most of them aren't chosen for their NCAP saftey ratings..)