Yeah, like AppleScript, the perfect read-only language. Anyone can read it because it just looks like English with a limited vocabulary. But trying to write it, and work out exactly what the tokeniser will accept, can be incredibly frustrating.
That isn't a fair comment. Many underutilised branch lines were closed under the "New Deal" but mainline services were made cheaper and more frequent. As a result, patronage actually increased by 20% after the changes. Victorian Labor has a history of doing nothing with rail anyway. They promised a train to Wantirna, scaled it back to a tram line, and then decided not to take in under Eastlink, so it terminates uselessly in Vermont South. They buried the report recommending electrification to Geelong. Unified ticketing in Melbourne was introduced by a Liberal government.
They aren't blaming the fictional Harry Potter for the demise of the owls - they're blaming fanbois. I'm sure everyone here on Slashdot can empathise with blaming ills on fanbois.
Wubizixing is the fastest way to type simplified Chinese. It's based on breaking the characters down into radicals. Oh, you thought pinyin romanisation was the only way to type? Silly American boy hasn't ever seen a real Chinese keyboard.
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Your hypothesis reminds me of the "Frankie" virus that targeted pirated versions of Aladin (a Mac emulator for Atari ST). It ended up attacking most Mac emulators on the ST, and not just the ones it was supposed to target (although some, like SPECTRE, were naturally immune).
Because at the core, they're cheapskates. MS Office costs money while OpenOffice doesn't, so it's convenient to find other supporting reasons to hate MS Office. OTOH, they see Skype and think "free calls!" so all is forgiven.
You need timezones simply so that businesses, schools, etc. located close together (in longitude) can agree on opening times. It would be far more complex if you didn't have time zones.
I have apartments in Sydney and Melbourne and fly back and forth at least once a month. I have a car in Melbourne, but not in Sydney. Not having a car is freedom. I can go where I want when I want. I don't have to remember where I parked and come back to the car later. I don't have to pay exorbitant parking fees. Hell, if I randomly decide I want to spend the night in Wollongong, I can jump on a train and be there, and I can relax and enjoy scenery on the way. I wish Melbourne had better public transport so I didn't need the car there. I wish there was a high-speed rail line (as in real high-speed 300km/h high-speed) between Sydney and Melbourne, as I'm sick to death of airport security and delayed or cancelled flights.
Yeah, the submitter's crapping on about it like he thinks he hacked the Gibson or something. Dude, you need to take two steps back and think about it. Did it take any skillz? Could my two-year-old have done the same? Put things in perspective, dude. I think you need to chill with Dan Queed.
The statement is silly because latency isn't directly related to bandwidth. Switches, bridges, repeaters, modems, routers and other such devices all add latency. If FiOS reduces the number of these in the chain, the latency will be reduced. I'm not saying it necessarily does - just that it could provide better latency without having more bandwidth because of other factors.
They aren't Chinese - they British. They were incorporated in London in 1990 and have been headquartered in London since 1993. Even the Wikipedia page will tell you that.
Someone got fired, or they just realised that you can't expect it to work properly if you don't hire experts. Reminds me of all the issues with noise in the G5 towers getting onto the supply rails and then into the audio I/O and Firewire power that lead to them hiring analog electronics experts to fix it. When I first read that the stainless steel surround was an antenna, I predicted these kinds of problems - you can't expect an antenna to maintain tuning while allowing a meatbag to touch it, especially when you need to be able to tune several microwave bands from hundreds of MHz to GHz. The laws of physics are against you, and any engineer should be able to point that out. Other handsets have issues where your hand can obstruct the signal, but the iPhone 4 is unique in allowing you to place things in galvanic contact with the antenna, which has a far bigger effect on its RF performance.
Data limits won't change. Fibre-to-the-home doesn't magically increase the bandwidth of transoceanic cables. Bandwidth in and out of NZ will still be just as expensive, so the transfer caps will stay in force.
I've lived in TPHCM district 7 and my wife is Viet. People will often refer to the greater city as Sai Gon, particularly older people. However, if you ask them straight up what the difference is, they will tell you, and when writing (or typing) most younger people will use the abbreviation "TPHCM" to refer to the greater city.
Sorry to nitpick, but to be precise, Sài Gòn only refers to the central districts (depending on who you ask, they may say just district 1, or districts 1 to 4). The correct name for the greater city is Thành ph H Chí Minh. Hà Ni is definitely larger than Sài Gòn.
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The RAND thing only applies to GSM forum members. Apple has refused to join the GSM forum. Nokia can add any conditions they like.
Yeah, like AppleScript, the perfect read-only language. Anyone can read it because it just looks like English with a limited vocabulary. But trying to write it, and work out exactly what the tokeniser will accept, can be incredibly frustrating.
Slashdot's moderation system does more to promote groupthink than anything else. Most mods here are +1 agree or -1 disagree.
That isn't a fair comment. Many underutilised branch lines were closed under the "New Deal" but mainline services were made cheaper and more frequent. As a result, patronage actually increased by 20% after the changes. Victorian Labor has a history of doing nothing with rail anyway. They promised a train to Wantirna, scaled it back to a tram line, and then decided not to take in under Eastlink, so it terminates uselessly in Vermont South. They buried the report recommending electrification to Geelong. Unified ticketing in Melbourne was introduced by a Liberal government.
They aren't blaming the fictional Harry Potter for the demise of the owls - they're blaming fanbois. I'm sure everyone here on Slashdot can empathise with blaming ills on fanbois.
Wubizixing is the fastest way to type simplified Chinese. It's based on breaking the characters down into radicals. Oh, you thought pinyin romanisation was the only way to type? Silly American boy hasn't ever seen a real Chinese keyboard.
Your hypothesis reminds me of the "Frankie" virus that targeted pirated versions of Aladin (a Mac emulator for Atari ST). It ended up attacking most Mac emulators on the ST, and not just the ones it was supposed to target (although some, like SPECTRE, were naturally immune).
Because at the core, they're cheapskates. MS Office costs money while OpenOffice doesn't, so it's convenient to find other supporting reasons to hate MS Office. OTOH, they see Skype and think "free calls!" so all is forgiven.
By lying to them and buying them expensive presents?
You need timezones simply so that businesses, schools, etc. located close together (in longitude) can agree on opening times. It would be far more complex if you didn't have time zones.
The players don't have to be smart - they just have to memorise set plays. That doesn't require a great deal of intelligence.
Obviously the average Aussie is too drunk and/or lazy to actually to anything about it.
I have apartments in Sydney and Melbourne and fly back and forth at least once a month. I have a car in Melbourne, but not in Sydney. Not having a car is freedom. I can go where I want when I want. I don't have to remember where I parked and come back to the car later. I don't have to pay exorbitant parking fees. Hell, if I randomly decide I want to spend the night in Wollongong, I can jump on a train and be there, and I can relax and enjoy scenery on the way. I wish Melbourne had better public transport so I didn't need the car there. I wish there was a high-speed rail line (as in real high-speed 300km/h high-speed) between Sydney and Melbourne, as I'm sick to death of airport security and delayed or cancelled flights.
What about the metal sheath? They don't string naked fibres across the seabed.
Yeah, the submitter's crapping on about it like he thinks he hacked the Gibson or something. Dude, you need to take two steps back and think about it. Did it take any skillz? Could my two-year-old have done the same? Put things in perspective, dude. I think you need to chill with Dan Queed.
The statement is silly because latency isn't directly related to bandwidth. Switches, bridges, repeaters, modems, routers and other such devices all add latency. If FiOS reduces the number of these in the chain, the latency will be reduced. I'm not saying it necessarily does - just that it could provide better latency without having more bandwidth because of other factors.
You're wrong. The iPhone isn't using additional CPU instructions or an output DSP - the PowerVR graphics module has silicon for decoding MPEG video.
They aren't Chinese - they British. They were incorporated in London in 1990 and have been headquartered in London since 1993. Even the Wikipedia page will tell you that.
Requiring everything to be ASCII breaks with the whole international nature of the web by forcing everyone to use English alphabet characters.
I'm still driving my "ship" into the proverbial iceberg that is Roz Ho.
Someone got fired, or they just realised that you can't expect it to work properly if you don't hire experts. Reminds me of all the issues with noise in the G5 towers getting onto the supply rails and then into the audio I/O and Firewire power that lead to them hiring analog electronics experts to fix it. When I first read that the stainless steel surround was an antenna, I predicted these kinds of problems - you can't expect an antenna to maintain tuning while allowing a meatbag to touch it, especially when you need to be able to tune several microwave bands from hundreds of MHz to GHz. The laws of physics are against you, and any engineer should be able to point that out. Other handsets have issues where your hand can obstruct the signal, but the iPhone 4 is unique in allowing you to place things in galvanic contact with the antenna, which has a far bigger effect on its RF performance.
Data limits won't change. Fibre-to-the-home doesn't magically increase the bandwidth of transoceanic cables. Bandwidth in and out of NZ will still be just as expensive, so the transfer caps will stay in force.
I've lived in TPHCM district 7 and my wife is Viet. People will often refer to the greater city as Sai Gon, particularly older people. However, if you ask them straight up what the difference is, they will tell you, and when writing (or typing) most younger people will use the abbreviation "TPHCM" to refer to the greater city.
Damn Slashcode ate up three vowels with tone marks. Oh well - you'll have to fill in the gaps.
Sorry to nitpick, but to be precise, Sài Gòn only refers to the central districts (depending on who you ask, they may say just district 1, or districts 1 to 4). The correct name for the greater city is Thành ph H Chí Minh. Hà Ni is definitely larger than Sài Gòn.