And I can assure you that we have not many points in common with the rest of the north america.
Wow.. I think you mean, we have everything in common with the rest of North America except our language. Thinking we are so unique is mostly arrogance, and nothing else.
Wow... You're saying you're too lazy to learn your native language correctly and that it is somehow the government's fault???
Learning to write correctly in French is not that difficult for anyone that works a bit on it. The language law have nothing to do with you having to go to English school to get a degree. A bit of work would have gotten you a degree in French. I guess it's easier to blame the government though.
And by the way, i'm a French Canadian that got a degree in a French University and that also went to English school to be bilingual. I guess it wasn't that difficult.
The article cites Quebec in 1989 as an example, yet today Quebec doesn't seem to be the desolate Fallout style wasteland where everyone is fending for themselves and millions die that the article infers might happen.
The fact that it's a "danger from outer space" is what strikes the people's imagination. However, sun flares are not the only event that can cause large problems to the power infrastructure. The 1998 ice storm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Ice_Storm caused way more damage to the province power infrastructure than the 1989 sun flare. My parents had no electricity for 43 days in the middle of winter that year. Worrying about really rare and unpredictable events make some people forget that much simpler and common events can cause a lot a of damage sometimes too.
Ericsson has achieved data transfer rates of more than 500Mbps in what it said is the world's first live demonstration of a new VDSL2-based technology.
That should improve their mobile phone business a lot!!!
What?? a cable trailing behing me you say?? I have no idea what you mean!
You're being a bit pedantic. His answer is perfectly correct to the closest multiple of 10%... You're the one that added the 2 significants digit constraint. 70% is a good approximation for a test destined to people that are not specialists in the domain. Don't be too fast to tell people they are wrong, especially when you quote a percentage (70.9) that is in itself an approximation of the real number...
Don't worry, i did read the summary and the article (rare thing on/., i know). Now, go read my comment again (to the end this time) and realize it's an analogy pointing that saying MS should not even try since there are other tools available is pretty strange on a site where most people think developping alternatives (including Linux) is necessary to get innovations and new ideas. Or maybe you're really biased against MS and don't want to see... Either way, ok bye bye to you too.
Windows has 90% of the market Linux has less than 1%
Which Operating System do you think is going to have better tools for desktop computing? __________________________
For all of you angry mods... i know it's a flawed analogy (and it's not even about cars...), but the parent was saying Microsoft should not even try since they're not at the top of the game. I think it's a pretty stupid way to think. Let them all try and develop new things. Someone will eventually come out with something that makes parralel computing easier and we'll all gain something from it even if it come from MS.
I know guys and girls that are called Frédérique. I know guys and girls that are called Claude. I know a girl that is called Pierre (even if the usual feminine form is Pier). You have to take into account that sometimes the parent just decide on a name and spelling without really looking around to know the "gender-correct" form of the name (either that or the priest that filled up the baptism papers didn't know how to write...).
I think it's a stupid idea and a useless patent. I thought the idea of instant messaging was to communicate... Why not use those nice communication skills to actually ask the other person for her gender if you are that interested.
I guess you don't know enough people... I know many people with parent who are divorced, and many went to court... None of them are from the United States... You do the math.
In Quebec vehicle tracking GPS systems have been mandatory for years. It's mostly because the government made a deal with the car insurance people so all cars had to have the device installed as an 'anti theft' measure. It's a good example of how little it takes to force those things on people.
I'm sorry but i'm gonna need a quote on this to believe it. I live in Quebec and have never heard of this policy even though i'm usually pretty well informed of the government's decisions. Moreover, if this supposed deal with the car insurers exists, why do the insurance company always ask me if there is an anti-theft system in my car when i call to get a quote? It seems strange that they would ask if the system was mandatory.
A Wall Street Journal blog points out that even if this program's goals are met, we will be worse off by 2030 in terms of jet kerosene released into the atmosphere, assuming that the rapid growth in the aviation sector continues apace.
I guess we better do nothing then and abandon this project...
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And I can assure you that we have not many points in common with the rest of the north america.
Wow.. I think you mean, we have everything in common with the rest of North America except our language. Thinking we are so unique is mostly arrogance, and nothing else.
Actually there is a law in the province that force all commercial signs visible from outside to be at least 51% in French... It's a stupid law, voted by the Partie Quebecois a while ago. It's not really respected, especially in Montréal (chinatown in particular). With the Liberal party as the government, there is not really a language police and most people don't give a damn anyway at commercial signs. Sadly, i'm pretty sure that when the separatist come back to power (which is sure to happen in a 2 party system like we have), we'll hear about it a lot more.
Wow... You're saying you're too lazy to learn your native language correctly and that it is somehow the government's fault???
Learning to write correctly in French is not that difficult for anyone that works a bit on it. The language law have nothing to do with you having to go to English school to get a degree. A bit of work would have gotten you a degree in French. I guess it's easier to blame the government though.
And by the way, i'm a French Canadian that got a degree in a French University and that also went to English school to be bilingual. I guess it wasn't that difficult.
Only on Slashdot could this post be modded "informative"
Does that mean that Slashdot is the only source of information you use?? You must find it strange that so many thing happen over and over...
It's time to build a really damn huge tinfoil hat...
That should improve their mobile phone business a lot!!!
What?? a cable trailing behing me you say?? I have no idea what you mean!
You're being a bit pedantic. His answer is perfectly correct to the closest multiple of 10%... You're the one that added the 2 significants digit constraint. 70% is a good approximation for a test destined to people that are not specialists in the domain.
Don't be too fast to tell people they are wrong, especially when you quote a percentage (70.9) that is in itself an approximation of the real number...
What, you're so bad that she asked you to pay for it?? With me, she does it for free!
To apple's defense, this publicity is pretty real...
http://cache.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/iProduct.gif
They should have gone directly from story 12 to story 14. Being story 13 doomed Transmeta in the long run...
That's what THEY want you to think...
Don't worry, i did read the summary and the article (rare thing on /., i know). Now, go read my comment again (to the end this time) and realize it's an analogy pointing that saying MS should not even try since there are other tools available is pretty strange on a site where most people think developping alternatives (including Linux) is necessary to get innovations and new ideas. Or maybe you're really biased against MS and don't want to see... Either way, ok bye bye to you too.
Problem is they've missed the boat. Windows already has all the tools needed for desktop computing
Look at this chart..
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8
Windows has 90% of the market
Linux has less than 1%
Which Operating System do you think is going to have better tools for desktop computing?
__________________________
For all of you angry mods... i know it's a flawed analogy (and it's not even about cars...), but the parent was saying Microsoft should not even try since they're not at the top of the game. I think it's a pretty stupid way to think. Let them all try and develop new things. Someone will eventually come out with something that makes parralel computing easier and we'll all gain something from it even if it come from MS.
Wow! Someone found a way to build the biggest ever porn database in a really short time...
How do you know?
I know guys and girls that are called Frédérique. I know guys and girls that are called Claude. I know a girl that is called Pierre (even if the usual feminine form is Pier). You have to take into account that sometimes the parent just decide on a name and spelling without really looking around to know the "gender-correct" form of the name (either that or the priest that filled up the baptism papers didn't know how to write...).
I think it's a stupid idea and a useless patent. I thought the idea of instant messaging was to communicate... Why not use those nice communication skills to actually ask the other person for her gender if you are that interested.
You could hire Hardcore L@sbians with knives to do security.
What?? No Wikipedia link with pictures? That sucks...
I guess you don't know enough people... I know many people with parent who are divorced, and many went to court... None of them are from the United States... You do the math.
In Quebec vehicle tracking GPS systems have been mandatory for years. It's mostly because the government made a deal with the car insurance people so all cars had to have the device installed as an 'anti theft' measure. It's a good example of how little it takes to force those things on people.
I'm sorry but i'm gonna need a quote on this to believe it. I live in Quebec and have never heard of this policy even though i'm usually pretty well informed of the government's decisions.
Moreover, if this supposed deal with the car insurers exists, why do the insurance company always ask me if there is an anti-theft system in my car when i call to get a quote? It seems strange that they would ask if the system was mandatory.
What more could you ask for???
A 6 foot blonde virgin could probably twist YOUR pair... but i'm not sure you would like it.
Is there some thing as a preemptive Godwin's low??
I guess we better do nothing then and abandon this project...