Emacs and its Lisp extensions are great, unbelievable it was made more than 30 years ago with no successful "competitor" (not only editors, but almost everything else: something with that level of customization thanks to a clever "scripting" (lisp) integration). To realize how Emacs is good, just look at Gimp: they tried to implement a similar Lisp based architecture (script-fu) and is, unlike Emacs, all but practical and convenient (eg macros like "C-x (" in Emacs?). I use Vim to do quick changes, but long edits or complex changes are always made through Emacs.
Could more of "Solomon judgment": say to one twin "we know that's you" and put him in jail. If the other cares enough and is actually guilty he's likely to confess.
RTFA. They found DNA evidence that proves one or both twins are guilty. The problem is to refine the test enough to differentiate between the two DNAs.
Actually, meteors hitting the earth's atmosphere is a very common event. It happens almost every night. The only difference is that this time the meteor was large enough to be visible and have this result. The big 45m piece of asteroid passing by isn't that uncommon either, it's just passing by relatively close compared to other asteroids.
In short: we're not talking about two uncommon events (certainly not "very rare"). You're falling for the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy here.
Where does the logic stand here? Obviously,
- Big 45m asteroids wandering in the solar system: common event
- Meteors hitting the earth's atmosphere: common event
But
- 45m asteroid passing by, closer than the moon and even closer than the geostationary satellites: very uncommon
- A meteor falling on Earth big enough to make 500+ injuries: very uncommon
And... in the same day we have these two very uncommon events! very uncommon x very uncommon = very very uncommon!
2.8 is a major improvement over <2.8. One great thing is export. From 2.8 you work/save on Gimp xcf files, always. Then you export to the desired format, jpg, png, gif... Much better and less ambiguous like that.
only Japan has a management culture weird enough to keep pumping money into half-baked products like MiniDisc without anyone batting an eyelid
That's not true. The MiniDisc was a great product, I owned and used one for a long time. In Japan it got a pretty decent success, a MD player was usually embedded in hifi systems, and it was also used to exchange data. One problem if any was the DRM (for MDs having music like CDs).
The main problem that was not mentioned here yet, was the Western protectionism. Western countries wanted to slow down the electronics invasion coming from Japan. MD was not "revolutionary" enough to create a need in Western countries that would have counter balanced the anti-Japan products protectionism.
The first iPod was released in 2001. I don't think it was the reason. I owned a MD player in the mid-90s and - as said gmhowell above - the system lacks flexibility when it comes to copying. Besides that, the MD player was great!
It's the classic win-win situation. Thanks to radios etc... some otherwise average singers get enough publicity to get a fair number of people to purchase their music, and radios have also to pay royalties for the same music. Thanks to Google news some otherwise ignored news sites (i.e. besides Le Monde, Figaro and Libé) get enough publicity to get a fair number of people to read/know the news and, now, Google has also to pay fees to broadcast the news.
Another solution is to add the abbreviated department john.doe.ft@company.com or and reduce even more the collision risk, add the birthdate (only month day), john.doe.0229@company.com. And nobody will forget your birthday anymore!
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Emacs and its Lisp extensions are great, unbelievable it was made more than 30 years ago with no successful "competitor" (not only editors, but almost everything else: something with that level of customization thanks to a clever "scripting" (lisp) integration). To realize how Emacs is good, just look at Gimp: they tried to implement a similar Lisp based architecture (script-fu) and is, unlike Emacs, all but practical and convenient (eg macros like "C-x (" in Emacs?). I use Vim to do quick changes, but long edits or complex changes are always made through Emacs.
Coming up next: Full implementation of Emacs in Vim
Actually it's already done, Emacs is available from Vim in Emacs
Could more of "Solomon judgment": say to one twin "we know that's you" and put him in jail. If the other cares enough and is actually guilty he's likely to confess.
RTFA. They found DNA evidence that proves one or both twins are guilty. The problem is to refine the test enough to differentiate between the two DNAs.
Actually, meteors hitting the earth's atmosphere is a very common event. It happens almost every night. The only difference is that this time the meteor was large enough to be visible and have this result. The big 45m piece of asteroid passing by isn't that uncommon either, it's just passing by relatively close compared to other asteroids. In short: we're not talking about two uncommon events (certainly not "very rare"). You're falling for the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy here.
Where does the logic stand here?
Obviously,
- Big 45m asteroids wandering in the solar system: common event
- Meteors hitting the earth's atmosphere: common event
But
- 45m asteroid passing by, closer than the moon and even closer than the geostationary satellites: very uncommon
- A meteor falling on Earth big enough to make 500+ injuries: very uncommon
And... in the same day we have these two very uncommon events!
very uncommon x very uncommon = very very uncommon!
According to some sources, the directions of the Russian meteor and DA14 are different, making the two events unlikely to be related.
They cut the download service when they realized they were actually giving away too much of the latest code
For the sake of consistency, they use the same servers they originally had to deliver photoshop 1.0.1
Well done, you deserve your 1?[0-9] points.
It's a great idea, but the puzzle given is too complicated
The puzzle was obviously designed by a program - so the solution should also come from a software.
On the opposite, with all the buzz that surrounded the bugs Apple is likely to have fixed it for good. Disclaimer: not a fanboy
Having to write MULTIPLY a BY b GIVING c instead of c = a*b surely prevents the implementation of complex algorithms.
I'd swear I read the same article at the end of the 90's, before y2k .
Translates to "71% of humans wish humans could be on Mars by 2033"
Ensure cc is installed, then you can enjoy realtime multiprocessing programming.
Did you google "jack bauer" recently?
I wish that this was the Bill Gates that was still leading Microsoft.
He may be back. Medvedev did it..
2.8 is a major improvement over <2.8. One great thing is export. From 2.8 you work/save on Gimp xcf files, always. Then you export to the desired format, jpg, png, gif... Much better and less ambiguous like that.
So the question: Why does Ubuntu stick to Gnome?
They may be able to fill your income tax return on your behalf.
only Japan has a management culture weird enough to keep pumping money into half-baked products like MiniDisc without anyone batting an eyelid
That's not true. The MiniDisc was a great product, I owned and used one for a long time. In Japan it got a pretty decent success, a MD player was usually embedded in hifi systems, and it was also used to exchange data. One problem if any was the DRM (for MDs having music like CDs).
The main problem that was not mentioned here yet, was the Western protectionism. Western countries wanted to slow down the electronics invasion coming from Japan. MD was not "revolutionary" enough to create a need in Western countries that would have counter balanced the anti-Japan products protectionism.
The first iPod was released in 2001. I don't think it was the reason. I owned a MD player in the mid-90s and - as said gmhowell above - the system lacks flexibility when it comes to copying. Besides that, the MD player was great!
if Apple or Dell or HP had offered a 75% discount they would have found a lot more than 1,000 buyers in three months
To reach the same price the % should be higher, though...
It's the classic win-win situation. Thanks to radios etc... some otherwise average singers get enough publicity to get a fair number of people to purchase their music, and radios have also to pay royalties for the same music. Thanks to Google news some otherwise ignored news sites (i.e. besides Le Monde, Figaro and Libé) get enough publicity to get a fair number of people to read/know the news and, now, Google has also to pay fees to broadcast the news.
Another solution is to add the abbreviated department john.doe.ft@company.com or and reduce even more the collision risk, add the birthdate (only month day), john.doe.0229@company.com. And nobody will forget your birthday anymore!