The Taiwanese government has direct continuity with the Republic of China, which governed mainland China until it was driven out by the People's Republic of China. You may also be interested in its numerous other names.
It might not be a bad idea—when I first heard the word I assumed it meant that all fluorescence came from Fluorine.
The history of chemical naming is wildly complex and intricate; some terms in chemistry go back hundreds of years prior to modern chemistry and come from very silly alchemical names (aqua regia, for example, "royal water", is still sometimes used to refer to a mixture of acids that can eat through gold.) I've got a really thick book about it that I've never read.
FWIW, the talk was about a novel IR sensor. So there's at least that. TFA is a (typo-ridden—wtf is "florescence"?) Nature Blogs article, presumably from someone who was in the stands yesterday and thought it deserved a little bit of attention for being neat. I think most of the PR inflation, at least in this case, happened right here on Slashdot.
Hopefully we'll find out soon. The talk was given yesterday afternoon, and there doesn't appear to be any other information available on it yet. I'm guessing, though, since this is a very chemistry-oriented team, and the actual piece de resistance* is the IR sensor, they may be collaborating on, or even completely outsourcing, the clinical maturation of the project.
Nah—I got it! But there were so many comments asking the question, I figured I should answer it on the first one that hinted at the ambiguity. Better luck next time, my windy friend.
Well, that one's kind of the opposite—the term arose from immigrants saying "I'm going to America to start a new life!", and they just so happened to be going to the part that offered the most freedom and opportunity at the time. The Korea and China synecdoches are based in national pride—and lo and behold, my post received a mysterious 'overrated' moderation.
Once in a while, a judge comes along who either hasn't been informed of how such things work, or hasn't been cut into the deal and happens to not like the lawyers who stand to profit from the arrangement. I imagine the usual tactic goes something like "but think of the children!" followed by the suit mysteriously being dropped... possibly to be refiled elsewhere.
I believe you mean peninsula, not continent; the continent is Asia and the plate is Amuria. The more you know...
As it so happens, though, Koreans invariably refer to their native country as the true and default Korea. That's probably how this story got messed up in the first place.
As a general rule, if someone in the free world just says "Korea," they usually mean South Korea. It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games, like how "China" now always means mainland China, and never Taiwan (although that one's somewhat more understandable, since they have the chunk of territory called China, whereas the Republic of Korea only has half of the Korean peninsula.)
And I think that's why the judge is raising such a fuss. It's like Facebook is withholding a feature update, pending a $20 million dollar payout to various friends (and enemies?) in the legal industry. Kinda hard to ignore!
Better controls over how names and likenesses are used in advertising.
The judge feels that Facebook's 100 million affected users may not be getting adequate compensation from this arrangement—and is pondering whether it's even possible to provide so many people with compensation.
It turns out Windows Defender just prevents certain domains from being added. Disable Windows Defender or use a host name less common than "ad.doubleclick.net" or "facebook.com", and the hosts file works just fine. I'm guessing the idea is to safeguard against phishing and ad-replacement attacks.
It's true that he doesn't appear to be a Slashdot user (mysterious noises here), but I'm pretty sure it's standard that the link goes to an e-mail address.
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This meme usage seems anachronistic somehow. Can... can they do that?
Just one of the many exciting reasons that TeX is the perl of the publishing world.
The Taiwanese government has direct continuity with the Republic of China, which governed mainland China until it was driven out by the People's Republic of China. You may also be interested in its numerous other names.
It might not be a bad idea—when I first heard the word I assumed it meant that all fluorescence came from Fluorine.
The history of chemical naming is wildly complex and intricate; some terms in chemistry go back hundreds of years prior to modern chemistry and come from very silly alchemical names (aqua regia, for example, "royal water", is still sometimes used to refer to a mixture of acids that can eat through gold.) I've got a really thick book about it that I've never read.
Yeah, I've read the Greeks are still pretty upset about that. Hence the abbreviation "FRYOM" being pretty ubiquitous there.
...and it turns out that was submitted via POST for some unfathomable reason. Here's the correct link.
FWIW, the talk was about a novel IR sensor. So there's at least that. TFA is a (typo-ridden—wtf is "florescence"?) Nature Blogs article, presumably from someone who was in the stands yesterday and thought it deserved a little bit of attention for being neat. I think most of the PR inflation, at least in this case, happened right here on Slashdot.
Not, it definitely has to be rats. Chinchillas have been shown to work in a pinch, but no rodent smaller than an albino Norwegian will do.
Hopefully we'll find out soon. The talk was given yesterday afternoon, and there doesn't appear to be any other information available on it yet. I'm guessing, though, since this is a very chemistry-oriented team, and the actual piece de resistance* is the IR sensor, they may be collaborating on, or even completely outsourcing, the clinical maturation of the project.
*Not going to try the accents here.
...dios mio, it's in the Nature blog article too.
Hey look, you caught the typo in the summary! "Fluorescent" means it gives off light. "Florescent" means it gives off... flowers.
Wikipedia says it's the "United Mexican States"—and I'll see what I can do about that story.
Yes—it holds until Natalie Portman, laser sharks, or the Soviet Union receive mention.
Nah—I got it! But there were so many comments asking the question, I figured I should answer it on the first one that hinted at the ambiguity. Better luck next time, my windy friend.
Yes. It absolutely would. Unfortunately we can only dream of such a strange world.
Well, that one's kind of the opposite—the term arose from immigrants saying "I'm going to America to start a new life!", and they just so happened to be going to the part that offered the most freedom and opportunity at the time. The Korea and China synecdoches are based in national pride—and lo and behold, my post received a mysterious 'overrated' moderation.
Once in a while, a judge comes along who either hasn't been informed of how such things work, or hasn't been cut into the deal and happens to not like the lawyers who stand to profit from the arrangement. I imagine the usual tactic goes something like "but think of the children!" followed by the suit mysteriously being dropped... possibly to be refiled elsewhere.
I believe you mean peninsula, not continent; the continent is Asia and the plate is Amuria. The more you know...
As it so happens, though, Koreans invariably refer to their native country as the true and default Korea. That's probably how this story got messed up in the first place.
Seriously, because of this. Flippantly, because the DPRK would never have dealings with capitalist pig Microsoft. (In truth they've been migrating toward Linux.)
As a general rule, if someone in the free world just says "Korea," they usually mean South Korea. It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games, like how "China" now always means mainland China, and never Taiwan (although that one's somewhat more understandable, since they have the chunk of territory called China, whereas the Republic of Korea only has half of the Korean peninsula.)
And I think that's why the judge is raising such a fuss. It's like Facebook is withholding a feature update, pending a $20 million dollar payout to various friends (and enemies?) in the legal industry. Kinda hard to ignore!
The judge feels that Facebook's 100 million affected users may not be getting adequate compensation from this arrangement—and is pondering whether it's even possible to provide so many people with compensation.
It turns out Windows Defender just prevents certain domains from being added. Disable Windows Defender or use a host name less common than "ad.doubleclick.net" or "facebook.com", and the hosts file works just fine. I'm guessing the idea is to safeguard against phishing and ad-replacement attacks.
It's true that he doesn't appear to be a Slashdot user (mysterious noises here), but I'm pretty sure it's standard that the link goes to an e-mail address.
Wall. Clearly. No love for the camel in today's software industry landscape. Java this, Java that. He's sick of it. He's sick of all of them!