I wonder how many of those sets are handheld or portable type models where cable/satellite feeds (and probably converter boxes) are not an option? I'm thinking of all those little 3-4" sets out there that will be consigned to the junk heap.
Despite the above, the quality of the code is generally excellent. Modules are small, and procedures generally fit on a single screen. The commenting is very detailed about intentions, but doesn't fall into "add one to i" redundancy.
Yeah, when on a programming project of more than 5 people, have you ever liked ALL of the code?
I'd think there'd be more important factors to a family with kids in choosing a house than whether or not there are registered sex offenders living in the neighborhood.
Let's see... a one-bedroom condo off of a four-lane highway right under the railroad tracks with raccoons for neighbors, or a nice 3 bedroom house in a suburban neighborhood with 25 other kids living just on your street, but, oh, there's a red dot only 1.23 miles away (1.98 km), oops, too bad, gotta take the condo.
A lot of things can be told just from driving down the streets of the neighborhood after school hours are over. How many kids are out playing football/basketball/soccer/sport of your choice? If there are enough kids, then there are enough parents to do a neighborhood watch or something similar so that every parent doesn't have to watch every kid 100% of the time.
Thats like saying we should question the value of a TV set because some guy decided to steal it instead of paying the cost of the TV.
The grandparent wasn't talking about an isolated incident. If consumers in general are not willing to pay enough for said TV's to cover the costs of production, the value of the TV's comes into question. In the case of many ads, this 'payment' is in the form of annoyance (closing pop-up/pop-under, clicking through 'intro' ads, etc.)
True. As for myself, I would think the more appropriate thing from a true archival point of view would be to archive.pdf'd or.ps'd versions, almost similar to libraries turning newspapers into microfiche.
It's a large assumption to think that *not* dropping the bombs would've resulted in less non-military casualties. Civilian deaths, much as they are to be avoided, are an inevitable part of war, especially when fighting an enemy that makes a point of placing military facilities near civilian ones. Note from the article, that the author stated no-one could have placed the nuke by hand in such a way to further minimize civilian casualties without missing the primary targets of the military factories.
Yes, but the precedent is there with music. People like listening to music at home as well, and services allowing people to download music to listen at home (both legal and illegal) have done well. It IS interesting to note that this has not happened (at least yet) with movies (on the same scale as music). You, sir, are the one making the assumption that any downloading of movies would inherently be illegal.
Despite this demand for home viewing, only 5% admitted to downloading a movie from the internet.
Despite? How in the world is this despite, as if downloading movies is part and parcel of watching movies at home?
No, the intent is the reverse. Basically they are saying despite the fact that everyone wants to watch at home, virtually no one can be bothered to deal with downloading them from the net. Too much hassle, especially compared with the convenience of Netflix/Blockbuster online. Throughput is not that bad anyways. I can reasonably get about 5 movies a week.
That of course, with the assumption it takes the user (6 months - 1 hour) to figure out how to turn the PC on and connect to the internet.
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It is interesting to note that he maintains the copyright to the GPL license, though. Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the GPL were GPL'd, so to speak?
Ok, you're talking about 2 very different things here. The Express Pass is a good point, but at least for now, the size of the readers (usually a good square foot or more) lets you at least know you're being probed by them. Have you ever tried those with 2 tags in close proximity? That creates some weird behaviour with a lot of systems.
Shoplifiting scanners that detect tags leaving the store technically aren't RFID tags (thus of course, the reason they've been around so long). In this case, the signal being detected is just a simple echo of the input signal (simple RC circuit). They can detect presence/absence of a tag, but there is no tag information content. This is much easier to sense over a greater distance.
Technically, I'd be more worried about the RF power required to get a passive circuit on an RFID tag located on my body to be read from such a distance than the possible information content it was revealing. There's a reason they have you put those things in the windshield (or visor, nominally).
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I wonder how many of those sets are handheld or portable type models where cable/satellite feeds (and probably converter boxes) are not an option? I'm thinking of all those little 3-4" sets out there that will be consigned to the junk heap.
How are prices going to go up near a lake of liquid methane? Talk about a stinky place to live...
I can't count at all, you insensitive clod!
Problem is, Google is gonna see the referrer and send the bot. Then it's a URL you can probably find in google...
that's why there's a robots.txt
From the article you linked
Despite the above, the quality of the code is generally excellent. Modules are small, and procedures generally fit on a single screen. The commenting is very detailed about intentions, but doesn't fall into "add one to i" redundancy.
Yeah, when on a programming project of more than 5 people, have you ever liked ALL of the code?
From TFA:
the titles would tower 828 feet if you stacked them atop each other
So, yes, they are adding the heights of the books, not the widths. Not a very useful measurement, but probably accurate, none the less.
I'd think there'd be more important factors to a family with kids in choosing a house than whether or not there are registered sex offenders living in the neighborhood.
Let's see... a one-bedroom condo off of a four-lane highway right under the railroad tracks with raccoons for neighbors, or a nice 3 bedroom house in a suburban neighborhood with 25 other kids living just on your street, but, oh, there's a red dot only 1.23 miles away (1.98 km), oops, too bad, gotta take the condo.
A lot of things can be told just from driving down the streets of the neighborhood after school hours are over. How many kids are out playing football/basketball/soccer/sport of your choice? If there are enough kids, then there are enough parents to do a neighborhood watch or something similar so that every parent doesn't have to watch every kid 100% of the time.
Thats like saying we should question the value of a TV set because some guy decided to steal it instead of paying the cost of the TV.
The grandparent wasn't talking about an isolated incident. If consumers in general are not willing to pay enough for said TV's to cover the costs of production, the value of the TV's comes into question. In the case of many ads, this 'payment' is in the form of annoyance (closing pop-up/pop-under, clicking through 'intro' ads, etc.)
It would be impossible to patent...too much prior art.
True. As for myself, I would think the more appropriate thing from a true archival point of view would be to archive .pdf'd or .ps'd versions, almost similar to libraries turning newspapers into microfiche.
If you publish a book and hand out copies for free, then the cost to the library is zero.
For about the price of a cup of *java* a day...
*ducks*
I don't understand why these idiots must insist on forcing American values on China.
Yeah, just like we stinky Allies forced our values on Germany during WWII. Support World Domination!
End point to this, that is mostly lost on this post-modern world. Not everything is shades of gray. Black and White do exist, as do Good and Evil.
I buy from amazon.com a lot, no way am I typing the damn card number in every time I go.
Discover has a nice little desktop app that will autofill your forms with a one-use number.
No, I'm pretty sure that sevenfold just means multiplied by seven.
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Same reason a trifold wallet has three sections, not four.
random maze of links for people to click through at 3am when they should be coding for a project due at midnight the next day.
In that case, they have 45 hours to complete the project, in which case.... click away!!!
It's a large assumption to think that *not* dropping the bombs would've resulted in less non-military casualties. Civilian deaths, much as they are to be avoided, are an inevitable part of war, especially when fighting an enemy that makes a point of placing military facilities near civilian ones. Note from the article, that the author stated no-one could have placed the nuke by hand in such a way to further minimize civilian casualties without missing the primary targets of the military factories.
Yes, but the precedent is there with music. People like listening to music at home as well, and services allowing people to download music to listen at home (both legal and illegal) have done well. It IS interesting to note that this has not happened (at least yet) with movies (on the same scale as music). You, sir, are the one making the assumption that any downloading of movies would inherently be illegal.
Despite this demand for home viewing, only 5% admitted to downloading a movie from the internet.
Despite? How in the world is this despite, as if downloading movies is part and parcel of watching movies at home?
No, the intent is the reverse. Basically they are saying despite the fact that everyone wants to watch at home, virtually no one can be bothered to deal with downloading them from the net. Too much hassle, especially compared with the convenience of Netflix/Blockbuster online. Throughput is not that bad anyways. I can reasonably get about 5 movies a week.
Well, yeah, but 6 months after you buy it, you can't repurpose your TIVO to balance your checkbook inbetween recording your movies.
To achieve the end you're suggesting, you'd have to lock the pc down and not allow software installation.
IMO, software installation (and de-installation) is the primary cause of serious computer breakage. (Yes, spyware, etc fall into this category).
That makes it sound so dirty
*shudder*
Six months later?
That of course, with the assumption it takes the user (6 months - 1 hour) to figure out how to turn the PC on and connect to the internet.
It is interesting to note that he maintains the copyright to the GPL license, though. Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the GPL were GPL'd, so to speak?
There's a fundamental difference between the software industry and the music industry.
All I'm going to say is that if Brittany Spears latest album automated mowing the yard for me, I just might spend some money on it.
People spend money on software because the software accomplishes something. (Gaming industry aside, naturally.)
Ok, you're talking about 2 very different things here. The Express Pass is a good point, but at least for now, the size of the readers (usually a good square foot or more) lets you at least know you're being probed by them. Have you ever tried those with 2 tags in close proximity? That creates some weird behaviour with a lot of systems.
Shoplifiting scanners that detect tags leaving the store technically aren't RFID tags (thus of course, the reason they've been around so long). In this case, the signal being detected is just a simple echo of the input signal (simple RC circuit). They can detect presence/absence of a tag, but there is no tag information content. This is much easier to sense over a greater distance.
Technically, I'd be more worried about the RF power required to get a passive circuit on an RFID tag located on my body to be read from such a distance than the possible information content it was revealing. There's a reason they have you put those things in the windshield (or visor, nominally).