>The confusion of the terms started when naive programmers at the UI level called that swap >file "virtual memory". No, the confusion started before that when someone thought it was a good idea to use the term virtual to apply to something real. In colloquial English virtual is synonymous with pseudo. Obviously a swap-file is "pseudo memory" and not real RAM. A more accurate term for "virtual memory" would be "remapped" or even (though less informative) "aliased."
On a related note, it wouldn't surprise me if swap-files played into the luser tendency to call disks "memory."
Do you really think every kid brought in what was asked? There are the poor, the lazy, the absentminded... Perhaps she kept asking because nobody did supply them, or to account for low response rates? Or were they some sort of art supply? Why specify a particular make and model, when disposable snot rags are all alike?
It's not stupidity (unless you count ignorance of the fact that essentially all semi-conductor technologies rely on impurities), just lazy writing/bad wording.
One glaring hole in your "theory:" the cost of oil derivatives is pretty much the same and in Europe and the United States, but the *price* is different due to *taxes*. European taxes on gasoline are generally much higher than those in the U.S. so Europeans pay more for fuel. This has next to nothing to do with trade (im)balances.
Right, because we couldn't develop more efficient techniques, or recycle older equipment, or get off this rock and mine some of the Solar System's rubble...
Are we going to do the latter just for LEDs? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the cost of energy, and the ancillary benefits.
It's as truthful as your unsubstantiated claim. Particularly since: a) you seem to be assuming I was including Eastern Europe b) you failed to recognize that the larger point was to flip your sensationalist claim around.
Quality not quantity my friend; though of course we are losing some of our lead in the former, *not* falling behind (yet).
Particulates tend to result from incomplete combustion, a rather clear indication of sub-optimal power generation. Sure slapping a big HEPA filter on the exhaust to cut PM2.5 is going to hurt performance, but tuning the system to actually burn the fuel oughtn't.
You've given no evidence of how fuel economy and emissions are diametrically opposed. Indeed, one would expect them to be positively correlated. Safety and fuel economy are only opposed because of cost constraints and the the standard engineering techniques employed. Finally, I may just have crawled out from under a rock, but I'm not aware of any annual EPA belt tightening. As far as I know, the strictest standards, which are not set yearly, are done by *CARB*, which the EPA then allows other states to opt into.
1. You should either use a capital L, or place a space after the number to minimize confusion. 2a.No, they are not that uncommon. 2b.Diesel is not only used in trucks, take older VW Rabbits for example. 3. No, actually, many of us do. 4. Some people are, because they don't understand physics, or the race to the bottom.
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>The confusion of the terms started when naive programmers at the UI level called that swap
>file "virtual memory".
No, the confusion started before that when someone thought it was a good idea to use the
term virtual to apply to something real. In colloquial English virtual is synonymous
with pseudo. Obviously a swap-file is "pseudo memory" and not real RAM. A more accurate
term for "virtual memory" would be "remapped" or even (though less informative) "aliased."
On a related note, it wouldn't surprise me if swap-files played into the luser tendency to
call disks "memory."
the investors expectations are flawed?
You do not have a right to profit, and you certainly don't have a right to irrationally high profit.
Do you really think every kid brought in what was asked? There are the poor, the lazy, the absentminded...
Perhaps she kept asking because nobody did supply them, or to account for low response rates? Or were they
some sort of art supply? Why specify a particular make and model, when disposable snot rags are all alike?
So you contest then, that atomic bombs would not work if it were E=mc**3?
Don't forget the number of architectures it supports
'petrol' ne 'oil'; 'oil' eq 'petroleum' && 'petrol' eq 'gasoline';
gasoline, kerosene, benzene, paraffin, etc. are oil/petroleum derivatives (distillates).
It's not stupidity (unless you count ignorance of the fact that essentially all
semi-conductor technologies rely on impurities), just lazy writing/bad wording.
One glaring hole in your "theory:" the cost of oil derivatives is pretty much the same and in
Europe and the United States, but the *price* is different due to *taxes*. European taxes on
gasoline are generally much higher than those in the U.S. so Europeans pay more for fuel.
This has next to nothing to do with trade (im)balances.
A) Never use a package manager for perl modules
B) Try CPANPLUS
Right, because we couldn't develop more efficient techniques, or recycle older equipment,
or get off this rock and mine some of the Solar System's rubble...
Are we going to do the latter just for LEDs? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the cost of energy,
and the ancillary benefits.
It's as truthful as your unsubstantiated claim. Particularly since:
a) you seem to be assuming I was including Eastern Europe
b) you failed to recognize that the larger point was to flip your sensationalist claim around.
Quality not quantity my friend; though of course we are losing some of our lead in the former,
*not* falling behind (yet).
FACT: By 2015 China will have more than twice as many people as the US & Europe combined.
This is the U.S: It's F not E, and A=4.
No sane teacher who was given adequate discretion would fail your Johnny.
They sure has hell wouldn't get an A, but probably a C+.
>Douglas Adams didn't write the novel for Starship Titanic
*whoosh*
See also: Starship Titanic.
It depends on the emissions in question.
NOX controls reduce power because a catalytic converter impedes exhaust flow,
but in the case of diesel they're better than the alternative
Particulates tend to result from incomplete combustion, a rather clear indication
of sub-optimal power generation. Sure slapping a big HEPA filter on the exhaust to
cut PM2.5 is going to hurt performance, but tuning the system to actually burn the
fuel oughtn't.
You've given no evidence of how fuel economy and emissions are diametrically opposed.
Indeed, one would expect them to be positively correlated. Safety and fuel economy are
only opposed because of cost constraints and the the standard engineering techniques
employed. Finally, I may just have crawled out from under a rock, but I'm not aware of
any annual EPA belt tightening. As far as I know, the strictest standards, which are
not set yearly, are done by *CARB*, which the EPA then allows other states to opt into.
1. You should either use a capital L, or place a space after the number to minimize confusion.
2a.No, they are not that uncommon.
2b.Diesel is not only used in trucks, take older VW Rabbits for example.
3. No, actually, many of us do.
4. Some people are, because they don't understand physics, or the race to the bottom.
Silicon would be geekier, or tungsten carbide (for which there are many jewelers available).
Oh, well if you want to bitch about something as trivial as that,
see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637
There's already an extension to dump cookies,
and you can even set it to dump session cookies;
I forget the name, it's installed at home.