There was a brilliant article in Slashdot about the platform not being the problem, but the code/coder.
Its possible to make html 5 code which murders the system - just that right now the only people writing in html 5 known what they're doing - til now at least. Once the script-kiddies start eschewing flash for html 5 then people will want html 6 to come out and save us.
This is like blaming html for allowing people to use animated gifs as backgrounds.
Now I've never used flash on android, I've used flash on symbian and for videos its smooth. Flash on blackberry opening youtube was jittery and rather horrible though.
The thing is that if you have 2 (say) 1.6 GHz processors, they aren't as 'powerful' as one 3.2 GHz processor.
For one - there are overheads, certain stuff common between them, pipelines - stuff which I forgot (computer engineering related problems).
But the main thing is that not all programs are multi-threaded, and a program with a single thread can only run on one processor. So yeah, GHz are still useful. Maybe for large single-thread batch processing - which is the kind of thing a mainframe would do.
The whole idea behind net NEUTRALITY is that NOBODY plays around with the traffic. Not the government, not the Corporations, not anyone.
Your last paragraph for example - you assum,e the government is going to police the internet. Also I'm 101% sure that if the MPAA blacklisted torrents bla bla bla - they could easily get the ISPs to do it.
Regulate the internet - the regulation is the guarantee of neutrality .
Firstly, if I'm going to research something, dictionaries aren't where I'd start from.
Secondly, if there is an obscure secondary meaning that a lot of people don't know about, the only idiot in the equation is the person using the obscure secondary meaning.
This is language we're talking about - if people need a dictionary to understand the obscure secondary meaning - then its not a very good use of the word is it?
The statistics are skewed. The amount of people who take illegal drugs is not equal to the amount of people who take legal drugs - therefore there's no link.
Similarly, the amount of people who die every year driving cars is less than the amount of people who die every year from jumping off the leaning tower of pisa with bombs strapped to them while wearing large pink hats. Therefore jumping off towers with bombs wearing pink hats is safer. QED.
Why don't people just go to wikipedia, answers or hell, just google the word and click on the first hit. Also there are so so many dictionarys around - including open-source ones - so why should anyone pay ?
When you've got a market locked down, people think buying your products will make them cool, and you've closed everything off so the only way out is to avoid apple - then you can afford to (mis)treat people anyway you want.
I agree that writing is a technology, then again so are many different things which are ingrained with culture - such as clothing - certain clothes are 'tied' to cultures, while they are originally a technological advance (easier to make/better for that climate et cetera).
So I am really not sure, I'd go ahead with Language being part of a culture, and the written form would inherit from that. Otherwise we might as well all drop our languages and speak Lojban.
On the other hand, 3rd ed was about "How much jerky did you bring when you went on this hike?", "Well, that's not enough jerky".
I figured 'daily rations' were simple enough to calculate. -
I dunno, I found the 4E documentation to be in a worse state than the 3E - they tried to make it more appealing to more people, and they kinda ruined its appeal. There are some rules which are just plain wierd (Astral Diamonds???), and the LIST of 'artifacts' or whatever in the player documentation is just a nono. And they removed druids - I'll never forgive them for that.
So you're going to grab a bunch of people 'off the street' and try to get them to understand what patents are, what software is and how this software infringes this patent. This will defentally give an honest and fair trial.
That's because most 'web applications' (such as google docs) or stuff like Facebook is chock full of Javascript.
In ye olde days when java script was just used to pull up a popup or block your right clicks it wasn't so important, but nowadays most popular sites are full of it. Whenever you need 'dynamic' content on a web page - that's Javascript.
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There was a brilliant article in Slashdot about the platform not being the problem, but the code/coder.
Its possible to make html 5 code which murders the system - just that right now the only people writing in html 5 known what they're doing - til now at least. Once the script-kiddies start eschewing flash for html 5 then people will want html 6 to come out and save us.
This is like blaming html for allowing people to use animated gifs as backgrounds.
Now I've never used flash on android, I've used flash on symbian and for videos its smooth. Flash on blackberry opening youtube was jittery and rather horrible though.
The thing is that if you have 2 (say) 1.6 GHz processors, they aren't as 'powerful' as one 3.2 GHz processor.
For one - there are overheads, certain stuff common between them, pipelines - stuff which I forgot (computer engineering related problems).
But the main thing is that not all programs are multi-threaded, and a program with a single thread can only run on one processor. So yeah, GHz are still useful. Maybe for large single-thread batch processing - which is the kind of thing a mainframe would do.
You wanted to be the greatest source of ICT Professionals in the world.
You started low - call centres - but hoped high.
Now you just shot yourself in the foot with a rocket launcher.
The whole idea behind net NEUTRALITY is that NOBODY plays around with the traffic. Not the government, not the Corporations, not anyone.
Your last paragraph for example - you assum,e the government is going to police the internet. Also I'm 101% sure that if the MPAA blacklisted torrents bla bla bla - they could easily get the ISPs to do it.
Regulate the internet - the regulation is the guarantee of neutrality .
Firstly, if I'm going to research something, dictionaries aren't where I'd start from.
Secondly, if there is an obscure secondary meaning that a lot of people don't know about, the only idiot in the equation is the person using the obscure secondary meaning.
This is language we're talking about - if people need a dictionary to understand the obscure secondary meaning - then its not a very good use of the word is it?
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The statistics are skewed. The amount of people who take illegal drugs is not equal to the amount of people who take legal drugs - therefore there's no link.
Similarly, the amount of people who die every year driving cars is less than the amount of people who die every year from jumping off the leaning tower of pisa with bombs strapped to them while wearing large pink hats. Therefore jumping off towers with bombs wearing pink hats is safer. QED.
Prison is both a deterrant and a way of stopping people from activly doing bad things.
But if I'm dealing drugs (for example), tracking me won't make much of a difference, I'll still be able to do my thing.
Similarly, nothing's there to stop me stealing from shops or whatever.
Also where's the punishment in this?
In 3... 2... 1.
Why don't people just go to wikipedia, answers or hell, just google the word and click on the first hit. Also there are so so many dictionarys around - including open-source ones - so why should anyone pay ?
I'm sure its not as simple as that. Then agian I didn't understand half the technical stuff of this article.
I didn't mean that, I meant -
1. You need to use their hardware (smaller SIM Card, propriatry charger/connector)
2. You need to use their store to get applications
2a. You need to obey their rules to get your application there
2aI. [I'm not going into these, seriously]
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That sort of thing is what I meant. Once you 'buy' apple what you can do with it is pretty much dictated.
When you've got a market locked down, people think buying your products will make them cool, and you've closed everything off so the only way out is to avoid apple - then you can afford to (mis)treat people anyway you want.
Not sure I agree with this.
I agree that writing is a technology, then again so are many different things which are ingrained with culture - such as clothing - certain clothes are 'tied' to cultures, while they are originally a technological advance (easier to make/better for that climate et cetera).
So I am really not sure, I'd go ahead with Language being part of a culture, and the written form would inherit from that. Otherwise we might as well all drop our languages and speak Lojban.
Sure, lets enforce our culture on other people!
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Dilbert Explains it best
If you use a position which appeared in a porn flick you have to pay royalties unless you prove that you had 'prior art'
On the other hand, 3rd ed was about "How much jerky did you bring when you went on this hike?", "Well, that's not enough jerky".
I figured 'daily rations' were simple enough to calculate.
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I dunno, I found the 4E documentation to be in a worse state than the 3E - they tried to make it more appealing to more people, and they kinda ruined its appeal. There are some rules which are just plain wierd (Astral Diamonds???), and the LIST of 'artifacts' or whatever in the player documentation is just a nono. And they removed druids - I'll never forgive them for that.
I read most of the 4E documentation - I feel that DnD went down a few notches, jumped down the ladder...
Standard races include 3 'elves' and a creature which is recommended if "You want to look like a dragon".
They pandered too much to the 'I like WoW' crowd.
Wasn't it ruled that jailbreaking is legal?
So disabling a jailbroken phone would be 'destruction of property' or something like that.
You press the - button to the left edge of the title.
But its probably too late for that. Its red.
Well apple have 'remote detonation' abilities - so maybe Google have the same. Probably would offer a 'refund' then after X weeks disable it remotely.
But since this is taking place in America, what will happen is:
Party X will win. Party Y will file an appeal
Party Y will win. Party X will file an appeal.
And eventually one of them will either give up - or google replaces all its software to conform to standards.
"Also demands a jury trial"
So you're going to grab a bunch of people 'off the street' and try to get them to understand what patents are, what software is and how this software infringes this patent. This will defentally give an honest and fair trial.
That's because most 'web applications' (such as google docs) or stuff like Facebook is chock full of Javascript.
In ye olde days when java script was just used to pull up a popup or block your right clicks it wasn't so important, but nowadays most popular sites are full of it. Whenever you need 'dynamic' content on a web page - that's Javascript.
Even /. by the way.
In 15 minutes they diagnosed me with ADHD and got me a prescription for the drugs (which I don't take) - while I was 20 years old.
If all the diagnosises are made that quickly then I'd be pretty worried about it.