I don't really believe that's the case, but a scientist (cannot find links) once proposed a method for looking for ET life by looking at strange-behavior stars, that could be the result of a massive planetary system colonization, like for example enclosing a star with a "shell" to generate energy and so altering the spectrum we would say.
I'm afraid people will call it "Linux" anyway (and Stallman will need pills for his stomach), by now OS names are associated to OS "flavors" instead of specific releases.
The complainant is Alfio Bardolla (don't know who he is). The PDF court's document is on-line, and the name was canceled with a black box on it. You can simply select it with your mouse to read it in negative:-)
I perfectly identify in those rules! Especially rule 5. I directly UNINSTALL any browser toolbars (plus any other programs I feel should not be there) without even asking.
I would say: one more reason to prefer free software, if someone needs more reasons. Simply reading Slashdot summaries gives you a couple of reasons a day.
Did you ever think of that? There surely are thousands of pac-man implementations on the net, but nobody would have cared to play it until Google put it there.
It's like hearing an old song at the radio or watching an old movie on tv and being captured, when you have the CD or the tape dusting somewhere and you wouldn't even mind to play it.
Nice point. I read something about the foldit game, but I cannot understand the legal issues behind it.
But I really HOPE that, being a community-driven development, its results shall be used in a more "noble" way than the usual market logic.
But maybe I'm just too optimistic...
I correct myself: carbon nanotubes DO contain chemical components, but batteries are still more likely to explode due to their working principle, in which a chemical reaction is performed at every charge and discharge.
No, in a capacitor the voltage is inversely proportional to capacitance. So, arbitrarily high capacitance = arbitrarily high charge at modest voltage. Also for explosions, a battery is much more likely to explode, due to the chemical reactors it contains. With the new technologies for ultracapacitors, like carbon nanotubes, there should be no chemical components at all inside.
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I don't really believe that's the case, but a scientist (cannot find links) once proposed a method for looking for ET life by looking at strange-behavior stars, that could be the result of a massive planetary system colonization, like for example enclosing a star with a "shell" to generate energy and so altering the spectrum we would say.
Britain self-centrism is legendary... Like when there are storms and they say that the Continent is isolated.
I'm afraid people will call it "Linux" anyway (and Stallman will need pills for his stomach), by now OS names are associated to OS "flavors" instead of specific releases.
The PDF is linked in the first paragraph. Currently it works for me.
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Michele
The complainant is Alfio Bardolla (don't know who he is). The PDF court's document is on-line, and the name was canceled with a black box on it. You can simply select it with your mouse to read it in negative :-)
I perfectly identify in those rules! Especially rule 5. I directly UNINSTALL any browser toolbars (plus any other programs I feel should not be there) without even asking.
for example, you would use a free version of the client too, so you could be aware of this "feature" and possibly remove it from the code.
I would say: one more reason to prefer free software, if someone needs more reasons. Simply reading Slashdot summaries gives you a couple of reasons a day.
Hi, I'm italian too....
I remenber there was once a ban in europe to read the bible, other by sanctioned sources.
Wow, you're quite old!
I don't remenber how the DMCA back then worked.
It worked by burning people :-)
Or... what about running Wine in Windows? Has someone ever done it?
they have a word for it: 'tibiwangzi,' which means 'take pen, forget paper.'
I always wonder how they can express n words with n (or < n) syllables!
... and Excel, of course, and maybe other Office apps
just for curiosity, did you pay all the licenses you needed to use Word in all the computers you own?
Did you ever think of that? There surely are thousands of pac-man implementations on the net, but nobody would have cared to play it until Google put it there. It's like hearing an old song at the radio or watching an old movie on tv and being captured, when you have the CD or the tape dusting somewhere and you wouldn't even mind to play it.
Nice point. I read something about the foldit game, but I cannot understand the legal issues behind it. But I really HOPE that, being a community-driven development, its results shall be used in a more "noble" way than the usual market logic. But maybe I'm just too optimistic...
I think the prize can just be having discovered something that might save your life later.
don't forget the red sliding light
Michael Knight (or more probably Devon Miles) might sue Intel for the "turbo boost" concept.
Good software engineering practices (this is my personal experience). This is a problem when managing middle-to-large projects.
There is a remote possibility that it was not nature to create that structure...
I correct myself: carbon nanotubes DO contain chemical components, but batteries are still more likely to explode due to their working principle, in which a chemical reaction is performed at every charge and discharge.
No, in a capacitor the voltage is inversely proportional to capacitance. So, arbitrarily high capacitance = arbitrarily high charge at modest voltage. Also for explosions, a battery is much more likely to explode, due to the chemical reactors it contains. With the new technologies for ultracapacitors, like carbon nanotubes, there should be no chemical components at all inside.
I wonder I wonder.... Why would a Slashdot section called "Ask Slashdot" be there in your opinion?
"a rock from space" does not seem advanced astronomy terminology to me....