Tools are one of the factors. Many of the tools you buy in the USA are imperial and people talk in terms of imperial units. Even if you know what metric is about it doesn't get much practical use.
I think things should be changed a step at a time. How about getting weather forecasts in both C and F?
I wonder whether Apple us suing Samsung because they want royalty free access to a patent that Samsung owns?
Big companies like this often like to sue to get a better deal on something a competitor holds. They probably really dont care otherwise that Samsung is vaguely copying the trade dress - anyhow I am surprised that trade dress is even a patentable concept.
The problem is the water doesn't necessarily come down in the same place. This means what ever you are taking out the ground is not necessarily being replaced at the same rate. This is even more true when the number if people exploiting it increases. There are plenty of cases where the level of the water table has dropped from over exploitation.
You might well be right, but wouldn't that be reason for more environmentally friendly designs be made public. It would cool to see companies out-competing each other over improved environmental designs if data centers.
BTW Can you point to some existong data centers that are likely to out compete already? I would be curious to see their designs.
The sad thing is that more and more games will end up only being available online. One thing great thing about physical media is that you can at least sell it again, which makes the $60 price tag feel less bad - at least that is true for console games.
I would love to see a law being introduced that would force companies to allow the transfer of a game license. The only question is how the software could ensure you are using a copy that you still hold a license for, without requiring an online connection every time it starts?
Sure, we bought it and are thus entitled to being able to play it. BUT the way we react to it (being whiny crybabies vs. adults with lives [I know, I know... Slashdot...]) says a lot about our characters and often, it isn't good (not excluding myself from that, obviously).
Certainly, but sometimes one person's cry is a way of warning others what they are letting themselves into. Maybe the way it was presented was not the best, but at least people now know that certain aspects of the game require an online connection to work - which kinda sucks if you were planning to play the game on your laptop while away from an Internet connection on a rainy day.
That is really crazy. I suppose that's the influence of a Windows centric world where you only get access to one language per install. Then again, it is probably more of a question of localization being an after-thought independent to the OS at play, as they would probably have screwed this up on the Mac too - multilingual installations of software is the norm.
Yup. The proper gesture would be waiting until the game was on sale. At least that way the publisher sees an increase in sales at the lower price. Then again why price the game low from the outset if people are willing to pay the higher price? It may sound like a shitty attitude, but it is economics 101.
If you pirate games don't act surprised if the developer of you favourite game closes shop or doesn't get the contract for a new version. This is even more true for a game developped by an indie developer.
That is even more pitiful. Some people pirate because they believe that a copy costs nothing to make. While technically true, they ignore how much time and money was invested to make the game possible.
Every dollar received by a games company is another reason to continue making good games. Sure there are some games that are just ridiculously overpriced ($60), but for me that just makes me wait to buy it at a deal or see if the reviews believe it is a 'must buy'. I will admit I have played pirated games, but anything that I played more than a few hours with I went and bought - I wish to get rewarded for a job well done, so I believe should the developers of games I enjoy too.
I am not condoning piracy, but depending where you are in the world $10 is either peanuts or a large part of your income. If you live in any 'first world' country then it is more likely to fall into the first category.
I am not sure walking around a black landscape would be as pleasing as walking around one with greens and colours. I also wonder whether after all these billion years of evolution whether nature arrived at this level of optimization because of very significant trade-offs. We could make photosynthesis more optimal, but what is the plant losing for this gain?
Yeah:'( I am starting to wonder whether I'll find one I want to be with before I'm 60. I am starting to wonder whether I am simply v-sexual - only able to have any relationships with virtual entities. I don't want to be an expert in the theory of human relationships. This is one place where an applied subject is of more interest.
Using a GPL code base there isn't much Google can legally do to prevent how the code is used. On the other hand there is nothing stopping Google putting limitations how the Android trademark is used and what gets to use their market place.
Google could reserve the Android trademark for non-fragmented distributions. This would make handset manufactures make the choice between keeping the brand recognition of the Android OS or going it on their own and losing that right and any support that may go with it. The attitude could hurt Google, but it would probably hurt handset manufacturers more as people decide they want the security of a platform with less surprises.
Technically no one can really stop Android from being forked, but at the same time there is nothing stopping Google preventing you from being able to use their trademark.
It may not have a number pad, but the truth is when I ever need a number pad on a portable I decide its time to plug in the USB keyboard - I find it a little annoying switch between keyboard mode (num-lock on/num-lock off).
Gilles Duceppe Has done some great things for Quebec, and surprisingly the rest of Canada. By virtue of taking a stand on provincial rights in Canadian government, he have improved federal dealing for all the provinces. He's a smart well spoken man, your not the only non Quebecois would vote for him. As of late he's even relented on separatism, because his people arn't really interested at the moment. Isn't that what a good politician is supposed to do? Follow the will of the people that elected them.
Any educated person in Quebec will probably be sick and tired of the whole separation movement, partly because of the cost of a referendum and partly because there is no evidence that it will actually improve things. At the provincial level the Partie Quebecois on the other seems to want to bring separation back to the table, but the truth is no one really wants to deal with it. It is another party caught in the 60s time loop. At the same time people are sick and tired of the liberals, so they are really wanting a party that will offer alternative governance without the the threat of separation.
The sort of people wanting a separate Quebec seem to be people who are passionate about the idea, without really understanding what it will mean if they succeed - for people in the USA think of this in the same way as people in the deep south who want to separate from the USA. Of course, when Quebec feels it is getting treated as the province that other Canadians don't want, then it is hard not to feel that maybe its better to go their own way. History runs deep and with political parties unable to focus on building a better future, then people end up turning to a past that has left them with bitter feelings.
The only reason why the bloc holds the power that it does is because Quebec is hyper nationalistic and xenophobic.
If that is an example of the attitude the rest of Canada takes towards Quebec, then maybe it is self-confirming? Just think of you were the kid in the class trying to be taken seriously and not succeeding, wouldn't you become defensive it your attitude? I am not excusing Quebec's behaviour, rather the work to fixing relationships goes both ways.
BTW Don't get me started on how unions, corrupt politicians and orders of this and that seem to be such a huge brake on everything.
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Tools are one of the factors. Many of the tools you buy in the USA are imperial and people talk in terms of imperial units. Even if you know what metric is about it doesn't get much practical use.
I think things should be changed a step at a time. How about getting weather forecasts in both C and F?
This is probably due to imperial units being based on fractional representation, while SI units use decimal notation.
I wonder whether Apple us suing Samsung because they want royalty free access to a patent that Samsung owns?
Big companies like this often like to sue to get a better deal on something a competitor holds. They probably really dont care otherwise that Samsung is vaguely copying the trade dress - anyhow I am surprised that trade dress is even a patentable concept.
The problem is the water doesn't necessarily come down in the same place. This means what ever you are taking out the ground is not necessarily being replaced at the same rate. This is even more true when the number if people exploiting it increases. There are plenty of cases where the level of the water table has dropped from over exploitation.
You might well be right, but wouldn't that be reason for more environmentally friendly designs be made public. It would cool to see companies out-competing each other over improved environmental designs if data centers.
BTW Can you point to some existong data centers that are likely to out compete already? I would be curious to see their designs.
The sad thing is that more and more games will end up only being available online. One thing great thing about physical media is that you can at least sell it again, which makes the $60 price tag feel less bad - at least that is true for console games.
I would love to see a law being introduced that would force companies to allow the transfer of a game license. The only question is how the software could ensure you are using a copy that you still hold a license for, without requiring an online connection every time it starts?
Sure, we bought it and are thus entitled to being able to play it. BUT the way we react to it (being whiny crybabies vs. adults with lives [I know, I know... Slashdot...]) says a lot about our characters and often, it isn't good (not excluding myself from that, obviously).
Certainly, but sometimes one person's cry is a way of warning others what they are letting themselves into. Maybe the way it was presented was not the best, but at least people now know that certain aspects of the game require an online connection to work - which kinda sucks if you were planning to play the game on your laptop while away from an Internet connection on a rainy day.
That is really crazy. I suppose that's the influence of a Windows centric world where you only get access to one language per install. Then again, it is probably more of a question of localization being an after-thought independent to the OS at play, as they would probably have screwed this up on the Mac too - multilingual installations of software is the norm.
Sounds better than "shoplift and face jail time and a criminal record". Everything is relative.
Yup. The proper gesture would be waiting until the game was on sale. At least that way the publisher sees an increase in sales at the lower price. Then again why price the game low from the outset if people are willing to pay the higher price? It may sound like a shitty attitude, but it is economics 101.
If you pirate games don't act surprised if the developer of you favourite game closes shop or doesn't get the contract for a new version. This is even more true for a game developped by an indie developer.
That is even more pitiful. Some people pirate because they believe that a copy costs nothing to make. While technically true, they ignore how much time and money was invested to make the game possible.
Every dollar received by a games company is another reason to continue making good games. Sure there are some games that are just ridiculously overpriced ($60), but for me that just makes me wait to buy it at a deal or see if the reviews believe it is a 'must buy'. I will admit I have played pirated games, but anything that I played more than a few hours with I went and bought - I wish to get rewarded for a job well done, so I believe should the developers of games I enjoy too.
I am not condoning piracy, but depending where you are in the world $10 is either peanuts or a large part of your income. If you live in any 'first world' country then it is more likely to fall into the first category.
My 10 rupees.
If you watch an action flick and think, I can do that, I have news for you, you're wrong..
Ever read the darwin awards?
Wouldn't that simple confirmation that even if try something crazy you are necessarily going to make it alive?
I am not sure walking around a black landscape would be as pleasing as walking around one with greens and colours. I also wonder whether after all these billion years of evolution whether nature arrived at this level of optimization because of very significant trade-offs. We could make photosynthesis more optimal, but what is the plant losing for this gain?
1. Girlfriend
That leaves out most slashdotters, right?
Yeah :'( I am starting to wonder whether I'll find one I want to be with before I'm 60. I am starting to wonder whether I am simply v-sexual - only able to have any relationships with virtual entities. I don't want to be an expert in the theory of human relationships. This is one place where an applied subject is of more interest.
You mean he is going to have to go on vacation as well?
Let's see whether Apple or Sony works out to be the biggest pains when it comes to having their keys exposed.
Using a GPL code base there isn't much Google can legally do to prevent how the code is used. On the other hand there is nothing stopping Google putting limitations how the Android trademark is used and what gets to use their market place.
They don't want the same they did to Java to happen to them
That would be an irony. A better example of fragmentation is Smalltalk where no VM was really compatible with each other.
Google could reserve the Android trademark for non-fragmented distributions. This would make handset manufactures make the choice between keeping the brand recognition of the Android OS or going it on their own and losing that right and any support that may go with it. The attitude could hurt Google, but it would probably hurt handset manufacturers more as people decide they want the security of a platform with less surprises.
Technically no one can really stop Android from being forked, but at the same time there is nothing stopping Google preventing you from being able to use their trademark.
Next time, offer to do it in exchange for breakfast. :)
You wuss... REAL coders scream at the computer until the compiler finally decides to do something useful.
Seriously... why use a keyboard at all? ;)
It may not have a number pad, but the truth is when I ever need a number pad on a portable I decide its time to plug in the USB keyboard - I find it a little annoying switch between keyboard mode (num-lock on/num-lock off).
Look on the bright side, at least you got Bloc Alberta in the form of Harper's conservative government ;)
Gilles Duceppe Has done some great things for Quebec, and surprisingly the rest of Canada. By virtue of taking a stand on provincial rights in Canadian government, he have improved federal dealing for all the provinces. He's a smart well spoken man, your not the only non Quebecois would vote for him. As of late he's even relented on separatism, because his people arn't really interested at the moment. Isn't that what a good politician is supposed to do? Follow the will of the people that elected them.
Any educated person in Quebec will probably be sick and tired of the whole separation movement, partly because of the cost of a referendum and partly because there is no evidence that it will actually improve things. At the provincial level the Partie Quebecois on the other seems to want to bring separation back to the table, but the truth is no one really wants to deal with it. It is another party caught in the 60s time loop. At the same time people are sick and tired of the liberals, so they are really wanting a party that will offer alternative governance without the the threat of separation.
The sort of people wanting a separate Quebec seem to be people who are passionate about the idea, without really understanding what it will mean if they succeed - for people in the USA think of this in the same way as people in the deep south who want to separate from the USA. Of course, when Quebec feels it is getting treated as the province that other Canadians don't want, then it is hard not to feel that maybe its better to go their own way. History runs deep and with political parties unable to focus on building a better future, then people end up turning to a past that has left them with bitter feelings.
The only reason why the bloc holds the power that it does is because Quebec is hyper nationalistic and xenophobic.
If that is an example of the attitude the rest of Canada takes towards Quebec, then maybe it is self-confirming? Just think of you were the kid in the class trying to be taken seriously and not succeeding, wouldn't you become defensive it your attitude? I am not excusing Quebec's behaviour, rather the work to fixing relationships goes both ways.
BTW Don't get me started on how unions, corrupt politicians and orders of this and that seem to be such a huge brake on everything.