Have you ever tried making a budget with income below the poverty line? It's fairly enlightening. Any cut hurts, even just 5%. The GP didn't mean "feel" in a pseudo-psychological viewpoint, but in a "how much money do I have left" viewpoint. The guy making 100k/year, if getting higher taxes, will hold off on the 2012 TV and keep the 2010 one, or he'll take a smaller car next time, or he'll do 3-week vacations every two years instead of every year. The guy making 20k/year can't cut shit. He's already tight between the rent, food, transportation, hygiene, school/business and perhaps the occasional entertainment.
If you can't realize that living off 90k instead of 100k is much easier than living off 18k instead of 20k, you haven't put much thought into it.
Donations should be entirely outlawed. Have it so at the end of the campaign, each vote towards a party gives money to that party, at a fixed proportion, for all parties and states.
If you can't pay back your debts after the elections, tough luck. Should've managed better during the election instead of all the wasteful spending that's been happening for years.
The problem is that they could have 99% of the profit in the market, it doesn't matter if they keep on losing market share. Eventually, their profits will drop.
The fixation on market share stems from the fact that if you don't have a market share, you're dead. Profits are nice and well for the few that benefit from them, but for the users what matters is "is this company still going to be around in 5 years?" It's a question many BlackBerry or Nokia users should ask themselves, for instance.
I've no problem with Metro in and of itself. I don't personally find it horrifying like some people, but neither do I prefer it to the old Start menu. I think the idea could've worked, but the execution (specifically, designing it purely for tablets with no regard for laptops/desktops) is really lacklustre.
However, I do have a problem with it being shoved down our throats with absolutely no choice in the matter. Past versions of Windows have always allowed you to switch between the newfangled way and the old way, just in case that's what you preferred. That this isn't the case with Windows 8 is what may very well kill it.
New PCs will be less and less compatible with XP. Drivers aren't being made as often as they used to be, and it's only a matter of time before they stop being made for it entirely.
Just like businesses moved away from something to get to XP, they'll move away from XP at some point. They sure as hell take their time, but they will.
Thing is, the Israelis actually fear, with good reason, terrorist attacks, and thus have built up a competent and well-executed system to deal with them. In some ways they go farther than the TSA, and in others less so, because the TSA is incompetent.
It really has nothing to do with whether you're going too far or not enough, it's just that one is an actual security system while the other is a farce.
Google fast Fourier transforms, or FFT for short. Very particular implementation of the discrete Fourier transform, which itself derives from the continuous Fourier transform, which is an integral.
Also, big-O notation, at its core, can be defined by a limit. That's calculus right there. Sure, most programmers don't actually calculate the upper bound on their code, but if you don't understand what big-O even means, you can't understand why O(n lg n) is better than O(n^2), which means you don't see why heapsort beats bubble sort... You could also just try to memorize that O(something) is better when "something" is lower, but that's a band-aid, and on top of that without calculus you don't have the same kind of intuition with how functions behave. 2^n is ridiculously worse than n^2, yet if you don't know that and don't understand why, just plugging the first few numbers won't actually tell you that.
There are many many more examples, but honestly the most powerful reason for all of this (and perhaps more) is that it improves your problem solving skills. You could ask "why not just make problem solving courses then?", but you can't "solve problems" in a vacuum. You need actual problems to solve, and maths just happens to have a huge body of problems, from easy to nigh impossible, right there for you to solve, and as a bonus there is a possibility you get to use those later on! Many of my physics teachers, when asked why we have to study obscure and extremely specific things in undergrad courses, simply say that it familiarizes you with physics all while making you good at solving problems, more so problems similar to those.
TFA says that the process isn't exactly as you describe:
According to the DMCA, if a user disputes a claim from a copyright holder, YouTube should make a video available again, at least until the copyright holder files a second claim to take the disputed video offline again. Instead, YouTube requires the alleged violator to submit a signed counter-claim, under penalty of perjury. (There’s no such penalty for those claiming violations to begin with.) YouTube forwards the claim to the supposed copyright owner and waits ten days for a response. “If we do not receive such notification, we may reinstate the material,” says YouTube, emphasis mine.
Most science-fiction authors like to think of a society with a focus on science (they are sci-fi authors after all!), where people have the same thirst for knowledge and creation that they have.
Rarely is it factored in that people would rather sit in their couch watching the dumbest shows on Earth or click the cow for days on and find it interesting.
Plus, I don't think anybody wants to be the one predicting that the human race will be ravaged by something as simple as laziness and stupidity, instead of thermonuclear war or worldwide hunger.
I want to buy music in Canada. My only reliable source seems to be iTunes. I do not want to use iTunes. PureTracks doesn't always have what I want, and I have yet to find another store with the same breadth of content as iTunes.
On the flip side, a little hop onto BitTorrent gives me high quality MP3s or FLACs of all the music I want, quickly.
Why should I go through the hassle of dealing with shitty websites or horrible applications again?
Windows XP is only running on 13% of the machines using Steam which have participated in the Hardware Survey. This is honestly like saying that it's still relevant to develop for IE6 or Red Hat 7.2.
The good thing is that as soon as consoles move on to the next generation, we'll see a huge shift to DirectX 11.1.
Considering CS:GO is still using Source, I think they're mostly aiming to have a decent in-house engine that they're continuously upgrading with a focus on being as light as possible so that it runs on as many configurations as possible.
Remember that the name "Source" is a bit misleading, as what we're seeing is a continuum of engine versions on a host of different games. While Half-Life 2 ran on Source, HL2 Episode 2 also ran on Source despite being noticeably prettier, and L4D and TF2 also run on Source, but once again different versions of it.
Unlike Epic, id or Crytek, they don't feel the need to version their engine, but improvements are being made to it with each new game and update they put out.
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Have you ever tried making a budget with income below the poverty line? It's fairly enlightening. Any cut hurts, even just 5%. The GP didn't mean "feel" in a pseudo-psychological viewpoint, but in a "how much money do I have left" viewpoint. The guy making 100k/year, if getting higher taxes, will hold off on the 2012 TV and keep the 2010 one, or he'll take a smaller car next time, or he'll do 3-week vacations every two years instead of every year. The guy making 20k/year can't cut shit. He's already tight between the rent, food, transportation, hygiene, school/business and perhaps the occasional entertainment.
If you can't realize that living off 90k instead of 100k is much easier than living off 18k instead of 20k, you haven't put much thought into it.
Gravity is currently described by the general theory of relativity.
And if it stops working, it's because you're flushing it wrong.
My Commodore 64 won't run Firefox! This is an outrage!
Donations should be entirely outlawed. Have it so at the end of the campaign, each vote towards a party gives money to that party, at a fixed proportion, for all parties and states.
If you can't pay back your debts after the elections, tough luck. Should've managed better during the election instead of all the wasteful spending that's been happening for years.
Saw this the other day and found it rather amusing.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s-q59Ddhask/T-7gqITVmTI/AAAAAAAACRQ/v1EjsKgB-bY/s973/the_apple_cycle.jpg
The problem is that they could have 99% of the profit in the market, it doesn't matter if they keep on losing market share. Eventually, their profits will drop.
The fixation on market share stems from the fact that if you don't have a market share, you're dead. Profits are nice and well for the few that benefit from them, but for the users what matters is "is this company still going to be around in 5 years?" It's a question many BlackBerry or Nokia users should ask themselves, for instance.
I've no problem with Metro in and of itself. I don't personally find it horrifying like some people, but neither do I prefer it to the old Start menu. I think the idea could've worked, but the execution (specifically, designing it purely for tablets with no regard for laptops/desktops) is really lacklustre.
However, I do have a problem with it being shoved down our throats with absolutely no choice in the matter. Past versions of Windows have always allowed you to switch between the newfangled way and the old way, just in case that's what you preferred. That this isn't the case with Windows 8 is what may very well kill it.
New PCs will be less and less compatible with XP. Drivers aren't being made as often as they used to be, and it's only a matter of time before they stop being made for it entirely.
Just like businesses moved away from something to get to XP, they'll move away from XP at some point. They sure as hell take their time, but they will.
Thing is, the Israelis actually fear, with good reason, terrorist attacks, and thus have built up a competent and well-executed system to deal with them. In some ways they go farther than the TSA, and in others less so, because the TSA is incompetent.
It really has nothing to do with whether you're going too far or not enough, it's just that one is an actual security system while the other is a farce.
Google fast Fourier transforms, or FFT for short. Very particular implementation of the discrete Fourier transform, which itself derives from the continuous Fourier transform, which is an integral.
Also, big-O notation, at its core, can be defined by a limit. That's calculus right there. Sure, most programmers don't actually calculate the upper bound on their code, but if you don't understand what big-O even means, you can't understand why O(n lg n) is better than O(n^2), which means you don't see why heapsort beats bubble sort... You could also just try to memorize that O(something) is better when "something" is lower, but that's a band-aid, and on top of that without calculus you don't have the same kind of intuition with how functions behave. 2^n is ridiculously worse than n^2, yet if you don't know that and don't understand why, just plugging the first few numbers won't actually tell you that.
There are many many more examples, but honestly the most powerful reason for all of this (and perhaps more) is that it improves your problem solving skills. You could ask "why not just make problem solving courses then?", but you can't "solve problems" in a vacuum. You need actual problems to solve, and maths just happens to have a huge body of problems, from easy to nigh impossible, right there for you to solve, and as a bonus there is a possibility you get to use those later on! Many of my physics teachers, when asked why we have to study obscure and extremely specific things in undergrad courses, simply say that it familiarizes you with physics all while making you good at solving problems, more so problems similar to those.
For storage, possibly, for authentication, I'd say it's quite the opposite ;)
Mankind is insignificant on a geological time scale.
Why should we care how the climate looks like in a million years if we're extinct in a millennium?
Visit their site with NoScript and AdBlock then.
TFA says that the process isn't exactly as you describe:
According to the DMCA, if a user disputes a claim from a copyright holder, YouTube should make a video available again, at least until the copyright holder files a second claim to take the disputed video offline again. Instead, YouTube requires the alleged violator to submit a signed counter-claim, under penalty of perjury. (There’s no such penalty for those claiming violations to begin with.) YouTube forwards the claim to the supposed copyright owner and waits ten days for a response. “If we do not receive such notification, we may reinstate the material,” says YouTube, emphasis mine.
Most science-fiction authors like to think of a society with a focus on science (they are sci-fi authors after all!), where people have the same thirst for knowledge and creation that they have.
Rarely is it factored in that people would rather sit in their couch watching the dumbest shows on Earth or click the cow for days on and find it interesting.
Plus, I don't think anybody wants to be the one predicting that the human race will be ravaged by something as simple as laziness and stupidity, instead of thermonuclear war or worldwide hunger.
I want to buy music in Canada. My only reliable source seems to be iTunes. I do not want to use iTunes. PureTracks doesn't always have what I want, and I have yet to find another store with the same breadth of content as iTunes.
On the flip side, a little hop onto BitTorrent gives me high quality MP3s or FLACs of all the music I want, quickly.
Why should I go through the hassle of dealing with shitty websites or horrible applications again?
You got this the wrong way around. The thirst of control from the corporations and governments is the cause, corruption is the collateral damage.
Piracy is just the cover up.
Funny thing is, most people who ditch Firefox move on to Chrome, which has a rapid release cycle with automatic and hidden updates.
Nah, the wiiSuck will be made by Nintendo.
Dislike them all you wish, but Sony's VAIO Z has a 1080p screen on a 13.1" body. There's also Samsung's Series 9 ultrabook, 900p in a 13.3" frame.
And then if you want bigger, there's plenty of choice from companies like Sager that offer 1080p on a 15.6" frame.
Windows XP is only running on 13% of the machines using Steam which have participated in the Hardware Survey. This is honestly like saying that it's still relevant to develop for IE6 or Red Hat 7.2.
The good thing is that as soon as consoles move on to the next generation, we'll see a huge shift to DirectX 11.1.
So just like Windows and Linux (too many to link), basically?
Considering CS:GO is still using Source, I think they're mostly aiming to have a decent in-house engine that they're continuously upgrading with a focus on being as light as possible so that it runs on as many configurations as possible.
Remember that the name "Source" is a bit misleading, as what we're seeing is a continuum of engine versions on a host of different games. While Half-Life 2 ran on Source, HL2 Episode 2 also ran on Source despite being noticeably prettier, and L4D and TF2 also run on Source, but once again different versions of it.
Unlike Epic, id or Crytek, they don't feel the need to version their engine, but improvements are being made to it with each new game and update they put out.
Two words: Internet Explorer.
Just as awful as GFWL and we're still trying to get rid of it a decade later.