Adobe's creative suite has always had high piracy rates due to their high prices. Like Office, poor version compatibility and deliberately breaking file formats is standard operating procedure; otherwise no one would ever upgrade Illustrator or Photoshop, and the company would be out of business already.
This is really a problem in the walled garden model of iOS. Providing access to the web is a 'safe harbour' sort of endeavour (in the DMCA sense)—it's not Apple's fault if there's something bad on it. The App Store, however, is curated in a number of regards, and hence isn't neutral ground. This is the case both legally and in popular opinion. As a result, permitting an unpopular or extreme political view into their little garden could generate a boycott, a swath of ugly PR, or even a lawsuit. The company would rather not take those risks with this particular piece of content, and has probably decided that political stuff in general is too risky to pick through.
There's probably a more fleshed out definition to "imminent risk to security" they had in mind, although the proposed regulatory text doesn't mention it. As usual, we have to rely on the sanity of judges. (But that's nothing new, now is it?)
That could be twisted around. It's probable that said average American only lost interest in science because it was too hard to understand the communication barrier, and maybe that could be reversed. When the metric system was first introduced, scientific papers were much more accessible, creating a much higher incentive to ensure they remained accessible.
Even though this is no longer the case (because the things scientists study are too complex), using the metric system means that people are culturally aligned with science, rather than opposed to it; it's one less difference that creates an us-vs-them battle. If people feel comfortable with scientific units, then in a small way they'll feel comfortable with science. Just because the average American doesn't appreciate this doesn't mean it's against their best interest.
It removes difficulty in communicating with those who do use it: scientists and the rest of the world. By isolating yourselves from these things, you are impeding your ability to understand and share ideas with them. Isolationism is a bad objective of only circumstantial value.
a) You should wear a cooling suit. The human body is most comfortable around 37 degrees C, and 40 puts you in danger of overheating.
b) Almost every country on the planet converted from some other system to SI. Every other country decided it was worth the effort to convert, simply so that citizens could use more logical units, and so that science was accessible. The situation in the US isn't special; you're just lazier and more stubborn. Your excuses are bad and you should feel bad.
c) Here is a guide that will help you get more familiar with SI units.
Must be a new world only thing, then. If you ask the unwashed masses in Canada or the US for the difference, if they even know what "SI" means, they will probably tell you there isn't one.
"Metric" is used as a synonym for the whole SI unit system in English. Presumably using a French acronym was just too much for English-speaking culture to handle.
...actually, being a Canadian, I started giving my life story until she told me to shut up. I think the only thing people can really do to defend themselves against the TSA is to waste the agency's time.
I could understand them being used in combination; in fact I've seen that a lot. That way you can prevent the document's pre-accepted-changes state from getting lost.
It's extremely popular in business and academia when people are collaborating on documents, and it's used just how the article's author uses it. This is so critical in The Real World that it's the number one complaint people wield against Open/LibreOffice.
But the handful of people who don't fit in that category set the standards, and they need features like tracking changes, comments, and stylesheets. The Unix philosophy doesn't sell to non-technically-minded people, especially not when it conflicts with a superior workflow.
Wow, miss the point much? Fibromyalgia is a catch-all term for a large number of uncharacterised diseases and disorders. It's not wrong to claim it exists, only that it's sufficiently well-understood to say that a single form of treatment can cure it.
You're right; I was remembering something from a seminar I attended a few months ago and it may've been a bit mushy. I was really convinced that the Enterobacter problem had something to do with the abundance of short-chain fatty acids, but now that I dig into it it's pretty clear that the literature focuses on endotoxins.
While what you're saying is true, many of the claims on that page are difficult or impossible to substantiate. The mention of fibromyalgia in particular is a good indicator that you're reading trash, since it has no concrete medical definition. Steer clear.
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Adobe's creative suite has always had high piracy rates due to their high prices. Like Office, poor version compatibility and deliberately breaking file formats is standard operating procedure; otherwise no one would ever upgrade Illustrator or Photoshop, and the company would be out of business already.
You still have laws, you say? Oh yes, better call up those lobbyists.
This is really a problem in the walled garden model of iOS. Providing access to the web is a 'safe harbour' sort of endeavour (in the DMCA sense)—it's not Apple's fault if there's something bad on it. The App Store, however, is curated in a number of regards, and hence isn't neutral ground. This is the case both legally and in popular opinion. As a result, permitting an unpopular or extreme political view into their little garden could generate a boycott, a swath of ugly PR, or even a lawsuit. The company would rather not take those risks with this particular piece of content, and has probably decided that political stuff in general is too risky to pick through.
There's probably a more fleshed out definition to "imminent risk to security" they had in mind, although the proposed regulatory text doesn't mention it. As usual, we have to rely on the sanity of judges. (But that's nothing new, now is it?)
That could be twisted around. It's probable that said average American only lost interest in science because it was too hard to understand the communication barrier, and maybe that could be reversed. When the metric system was first introduced, scientific papers were much more accessible, creating a much higher incentive to ensure they remained accessible.
Even though this is no longer the case (because the things scientists study are too complex), using the metric system means that people are culturally aligned with science, rather than opposed to it; it's one less difference that creates an us-vs-them battle. If people feel comfortable with scientific units, then in a small way they'll feel comfortable with science. Just because the average American doesn't appreciate this doesn't mean it's against their best interest.
It removes difficulty in communicating with those who do use it: scientists and the rest of the world. By isolating yourselves from these things, you are impeding your ability to understand and share ideas with them. Isolationism is a bad objective of only circumstantial value.
a) You should wear a cooling suit. The human body is most comfortable around 37 degrees C, and 40 puts you in danger of overheating.
b) Almost every country on the planet converted from some other system to SI. Every other country decided it was worth the effort to convert, simply so that citizens could use more logical units, and so that science was accessible. The situation in the US isn't special; you're just lazier and more stubborn. Your excuses are bad and you should feel bad.
c) Here is a guide that will help you get more familiar with SI units.
Must be a new world only thing, then. If you ask the unwashed masses in Canada or the US for the difference, if they even know what "SI" means, they will probably tell you there isn't one.
"Metric" is used as a synonym for the whole SI unit system in English. Presumably using a French acronym was just too much for English-speaking culture to handle.
Not sure you thought that one through.
That's the spirit!
Drive all their employees to quit, maybe?
...actually, being a Canadian, I started giving my life story until she told me to shut up. I think the only thing people can really do to defend themselves against the TSA is to waste the agency's time.
Oh, you're going to the movie theatre? Didn't you say you were a student? How is a student able to afford gasoline and movie tickets?
(I have actually been asked by a TSA agent how I was able to afford airline tickets.)
Did they? Well that makes my comment even more "woosh" in the moderation department. Callooh callay.
Silly! Of course not. That doesn't mean I won't do it anyway.
Now we can just keep around stacks of cheques for one to four cents, and deliver to shopkeepers as needed.
...but honestly, I doubt the penny will vanish for another couple of years. Coin jars, coin jars everywhere.
I could understand them being used in combination; in fact I've seen that a lot. That way you can prevent the document's pre-accepted-changes state from getting lost.
As obarthelemy said: it's vastly inferior, and that's what the complaints are about.
Yeah, I know. I was just trying to state things in terms for TWX. Unfortunately the mods were not pleased. :\
It's extremely popular in business and academia when people are collaborating on documents, and it's used just how the article's author uses it. This is so critical in The Real World that it's the number one complaint people wield against Open/LibreOffice.
But the handful of people who don't fit in that category set the standards, and they need features like tracking changes, comments, and stylesheets. The Unix philosophy doesn't sell to non-technically-minded people, especially not when it conflicts with a superior workflow.
Wow, miss the point much? Fibromyalgia is a catch-all term for a large number of uncharacterised diseases and disorders. It's not wrong to claim it exists, only that it's sufficiently well-understood to say that a single form of treatment can cure it.
You're right; I was remembering something from a seminar I attended a few months ago and it may've been a bit mushy. I was really convinced that the Enterobacter problem had something to do with the abundance of short-chain fatty acids, but now that I dig into it it's pretty clear that the literature focuses on endotoxins.
While what you're saying is true, many of the claims on that page are difficult or impossible to substantiate. The mention of fibromyalgia in particular is a good indicator that you're reading trash, since it has no concrete medical definition. Steer clear.