Maybe. The Android OS was being developed. But not to the point it looked like the iphone (or the current android phone if you prefer) at the time.
The "packaging" iphone-like came after.
What features were stolen? Icons in a grid? Nokia phones had those for years.
Apple got the idea of a phone having this shape, this behavior and these features. Apple bore the risks linked to all those novelties. Just compare the first iphone with the other phones at the time. Listen to what Ballmer and others said about the first iphone.
Apple released a completely new phone, and it could also have failed badly. In this case we would probably still be using the "old" type. But when the other brands could appreciate how the iphone was appealing, they started to make something similar.
Provided that Windows can/may download updates during the active session (when the user is actually using his computer),
how come actual updates take so long, while the OS is in mono-task mode, pending for a complete halt, with no user operation in the way?
It makes unreadable text readable. That falls into the category of making missing data suddenly appear.
I don't know the details of that feature, but wouldn't be surprised that the "repair" mode comes into two flavors: automatic and manual
- the automatic mode would try to guess from embedded data like Exif and the picture itself what it is supposed to show.
- the manual mode would ask the user if the part to be repaired is text, landscape, face...
In the case of a text, the algorithm could either compare each letter with the ones it knows (from fonts), or words from a dictionary - the user would select a language first.
I don't believe in miracles.
Another word about the movie industry and control:
Unlike DVDs, blu-rays must integrate (code) controls for whatever customer action is allowed or no.
Some examples:
- Power on and play from last known position (the last time the player was switched off)
- Top/popup menus
- Remote buttons special actions...
Players provide default actions for DVDs, but the movie industry/blu-ray makers have to write and include Blu-rays actions.
With blu-rays, the Industry gets to a higher level of control. The down side is that a number of important features are simply missing (like play from last position) or buggy. Annoying.
the French did invent the automobile! Just like they invented the microchip, the airplane, rock and roll, the cotton gin, and Chinese food
The main point of TFA is not who invented the concept.
Electric cars rental could be a revolution in Paris:
- less polluted city
- convenient for parisians, businessmen and tourists
- smaller cars
- people don't own the car, and thus may be more likely to share it (and the price) with someone going to the same place (less cars in Paris)
- future will tell, but such shared cars will likely to be easier to control in order to reduce traffic jams
Depends. Did they change the annoying menus behavior? Meaning, even after the gtk-menu-popup-delay=0 custom, sub-menus that were never opened take 1~3 seconds to appear when the mouse goes over the main expendable menu.
Both planes are of recent design and architecture.
The difference (compared to older planes) lies more into the passenger's comfort (see above), fuel consumption, noise etc... than into the size of the planes.
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I say we teach that bitch a lesson she'll understand!
Global warming, pollution, nuclear waste etc... She's getting a message she is not going to forget for a while...
Jaguar said drivers who returned their cars would need a software upgrade to their vehicle. No hardware needed to be replaced, it said.
What is worse: having to recall 18,000 cars or having the ability to get an automatic update (wi-fi...) + the risk of the car being remotely hacked?
Maybe. The Android OS was being developed. But not to the point it looked like the iphone (or the current android phone if you prefer) at the time.
The "packaging" iphone-like came after.
What features were stolen? Icons in a grid? Nokia phones had those for years.
Apple got the idea of a phone having this shape, this behavior and these features. Apple bore the risks linked to all those novelties. Just compare the first iphone with the other phones at the time. Listen to what Ballmer and others said about the first iphone.
Apple released a completely new phone, and it could also have failed badly. In this case we would probably still be using the "old" type. But when the other brands could appreciate how the iphone was appealing, they started to make something similar.
Provided that Windows can/may download updates during the active session (when the user is actually using his computer),
how come actual updates take so long, while the OS is in mono-task mode, pending for a complete halt, with no user operation in the way?
CERN / OPERA project / neutrino / FTL ...
RTFA, it's actually a 5.
The primary reason for this is to confirm the never-ending nature of pi,
Or find a cycle in the digits, a pattern that repeats itself (like 27/11 = 2.454545...).
You'll never need more than 10 significant figures
Do you work at the CERN?
how do they verify that it isn't random numbers
They actually verify the formula, method and hardware used, and if it is actually feasible within a reasonable time.
would just using =Right(Pi, 1) be quicker?
There is an overflow risk. Try Right(Pi,1,10000000000000) instead.
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It makes unreadable text readable. That falls into the category of making missing data suddenly appear.
I don't know the details of that feature, but wouldn't be surprised that the "repair" mode comes into two flavors: automatic and manual
- the automatic mode would try to guess from embedded data like Exif and the picture itself what it is supposed to show.
- the manual mode would ask the user if the part to be repaired is text, landscape, face...
In the case of a text, the algorithm could either compare each letter with the ones it knows (from fonts), or words from a dictionary - the user would select a language first.
I don't believe in miracles.
Tried Thunderbird?
Inconvenient, slow and buggy. Misses some mails because it doesn't handle headers correctly.
Yes this is about the newest version.
Another word about the movie industry and control:
Unlike DVDs, blu-rays must integrate (code) controls for whatever customer action is allowed or no.
Some examples:
- Power on and play from last known position (the last time the player was switched off)
- Top/popup menus - Remote buttons special actions...
Players provide default actions for DVDs, but the movie industry/blu-ray makers have to write and include Blu-rays actions.
With blu-rays, the Industry gets to a higher level of control. The down side is that a number of important features are simply missing (like play from last position) or buggy. Annoying.
someone sees a comment he really doesn't like, so he goes on personal war against the poster and downmods all his comments from his comment profile
I was assuming Slashdot performs some statistics in order to detect such behavior... (like does stackoverflow for instance)
...I'll need 26,000 floppies to get a copy of Rage for my current existing Windows version :-(
the French did invent the automobile! Just like they invented the microchip, the airplane, rock and roll, the cotton gin, and Chinese food
The main point of TFA is not who invented the concept.
Electric cars rental could be a revolution in Paris:
- less polluted city
- convenient for parisians, businessmen and tourists
- smaller cars
- people don't own the car, and thus may be more likely to share it (and the price) with someone going to the same place (less cars in Paris)
- future will tell, but such shared cars will likely to be easier to control in order to reduce traffic jams
All in all, it is a pretty good initiative.
Does anyone still use gnome?
Depends. Did they change the annoying menus behavior? Meaning, even after the gtk-menu-popup-delay=0 custom, sub-menus that were never opened take 1~3 seconds to appear when the mouse goes over the main expendable menu.
Oh you were lucky enough to actually find out from TFA when the storm will impact Earth..
Both planes are of recent design and architecture.
The difference (compared to older planes) lies more into the passenger's comfort (see above), fuel consumption, noise etc... than into the size of the planes.
Exactly that.
The A380 has greater cabin air pressure and larger windows (...).
Well, you can already try the Airbus A380 - that has been available for a while now.
Women make children and give them birth.
Men cannot, but they find various ways to indirectly compensate for that gap.
Unfortunately, enhancing the mice memory won't help them to forget about their ill-treatments.