If a software company's copyright expires after 2 years, that company will have no incentive to release updates and fixes for the software once it has entered the public domain. This isn't much of an issue for games and stuff (which sell most of their copies right away), but would be a virtual death sentence to companies that write groupware, server code, operating systems or anything else that people "use" continuously. Note: My views above do not apply to patents, only copyright!
Ok, so who would a company that designs and builds things (software companies, architectural firms, mechanical design companies, etc) "lease" the copyright from...?
Tick bites (being a parasite) fall into the "known contaminate" category (most animal bites qualify). The parent of the poster I replied to said "cut", which is typically much cleaner than something inflicted by an animal.
The problem is IE. That is old IE which can not do HTML 5, CSS 3 animations, JIT JS, or any of the other things.
Google Chrome experiments? All these are advanced. Also google IETest Drive ? Even IE 11 is ok finally again. Corps and grannies using XP and IE 8 is why you need plugins as ther ei sno way to make something pixel perfect in Chome as well as IE 6.
Technology is progressing. Just on phones now and if enough people upgrade more often it will put pressure on Grandma and the corps to modernize so we all can have a better experience.
Then don't. You don't need your website to look exactly the same for every damn person and you shouldn't even be trying to. Different users have different preferences and needs. Some like bright colors, others need high contrast or large fonts, I presonally prefer a colored text on dark background. The more you web developers keep trying to make it look like a freaking picture, the more you piss off users that just want to read the text on your page.
For instance, many people find small black text on a white background fucking painful to read, but all of us slashdotters have to put up with it because their god damn javascript screws with everything.
so, instead of a blacklist, use a whitelist for friends, family and business associates. (If the business part gets big enough for this to be unvieldy, get a separate phone for it.)
At which point he may as well just change his number...
I've seen those speed check signs be significantly wrong. Car odometers always show a faster speed than you are actually going (unless you put big tires on) so that the manufacturer can't be sued because you were "accidentally" speeding. I've driven past those unmanned signs with the needed pegged on 60km/h (which means I was actually doing LESS than that) and the sign reported 64. I've also verified this with a GPS unit.
The hand-held units are usually very well calibrated as their results are used in court, but the road-side "your speed is..." signs almost never are.
Assuming you are talking about time dilation, they are not going NEARLY fast enough (even on the ISS) for even a very expensive watch to be noticeably out of sync. The time difference is so minute you'd need 2 atomic clocks to even be able to measure it (1 on earth, the other in space).
NO! Anyone who has taken a first aid course will tell you not to sterilize an open wound. What-ever you put on to kill the bacteria will also kill the freshly-exposed cells causing the wound to take longer to heal. Water and mild soap is all that is needed (barring extreme situations such as being cut with a known contaminate, etc).
I'm fully aware of the "doughnut effect" of wireless. By "special equipment", they probably mean a point-to-point system that connects to the tower grid, not the towers themselves.
Oh, definitely many of the system have either inadequate or defective protection circuits. I once had an ATX power connector (mine) short against the flat of a case's removable side panel and fry the HDD.
There are amendments to the spec that allow for greater power: in 2009, the spec created a Charging Downstream Port, which allows for up to 1.5 A from the host after enumeration; and the Dedicated Charging Port (DCP), which shorts the two data lines together and allows for 1.5 A charge power without enumeration.
So the specification which was designed to protect devices that may pull too much current (possibly due to a short) is bypassed by shorting out the other 2 pins? Brilliant...
Maybe your laptop is limiting the total current to the entire USB bus instead of each individual port. Try figuring out which ports are using the same bus and plug it into 2 ports on different buses, that may fix the problem for you. Remember, the standard specifies how much power A port may consume, not the total of all the ports.
Your power supply probably had a short-detection circuit which cut the power. One of my old laptops had a bad power cable (frayed, eventually fixed) that would hard-kill the laptop when the wire was in a particular position.
Except it isn't his cable TV provider that is gathering the data, it's the TV manufacturer (Samsung), so no such laws would apply to them. This would be like HP recording (remotely) what games/music you play on your laptop.
I don't think they knew it would fumble. I'm sure they honestly hoped that having Nokia (a well respected hardware manufacturer at the time) produce the latest Windows phone would make them catch on. Having the stock tank and be an easy buy-out was just Plan B.
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If a software company's copyright expires after 2 years, that company will have no incentive to release updates and fixes for the software once it has entered the public domain. This isn't much of an issue for games and stuff (which sell most of their copies right away), but would be a virtual death sentence to companies that write groupware, server code, operating systems or anything else that people "use" continuously. Note: My views above do not apply to patents, only copyright!
FYI, the other end fits in an ethernet port as well :(
Ok, so who would a company that designs and builds things (software companies, architectural firms, mechanical design companies, etc) "lease" the copyright from...?
Tick bites (being a parasite) fall into the "known contaminate" category (most animal bites qualify). The parent of the poster I replied to said "cut", which is typically much cleaner than something inflicted by an animal.
Thank you for doing the math. The 2 atomic clocks would definitely work then.
I disagree.
The problem is IE. That is old IE which can not do HTML 5, CSS 3 animations, JIT JS, or any of the other things.
Google Chrome experiments? All these are advanced. Also google IETest Drive ? Even IE 11 is ok finally again. Corps and grannies using XP and IE 8 is why you need plugins as ther ei sno way to make something pixel perfect in Chome as well as IE 6.
Technology is progressing. Just on phones now and if enough people upgrade more often it will put pressure on Grandma and the corps to modernize so we all can have a better experience.
Then don't. You don't need your website to look exactly the same for every damn person and you shouldn't even be trying to. Different users have different preferences and needs. Some like bright colors, others need high contrast or large fonts, I presonally prefer a colored text on dark background. The more you web developers keep trying to make it look like a freaking picture, the more you piss off users that just want to read the text on your page.
For instance, many people find small black text on a white background fucking painful to read, but all of us slashdotters have to put up with it because their god damn javascript screws with everything.
so, instead of a blacklist, use a whitelist for friends, family and business associates. (If the business part gets big enough for this to be unvieldy, get a separate phone for it.)
At which point he may as well just change his number...
Not to mention if you live anywhere where the rain doesn't fall DIRECTLY downwards, your back seats are going to get soaked!
Not to mention you lose power from your tires slipping a bit on the ice (or slush if you live around here).
I've seen those speed check signs be significantly wrong. Car odometers always show a faster speed than you are actually going (unless you put big tires on) so that the manufacturer can't be sued because you were "accidentally" speeding. I've driven past those unmanned signs with the needed pegged on 60km/h (which means I was actually doing LESS than that) and the sign reported 64. I've also verified this with a GPS unit.
The hand-held units are usually very well calibrated as their results are used in court, but the road-side "your speed is..." signs almost never are.
Don't forget organic material.
Assuming you are talking about time dilation, they are not going NEARLY fast enough (even on the ISS) for even a very expensive watch to be noticeably out of sync. The time difference is so minute you'd need 2 atomic clocks to even be able to measure it (1 on earth, the other in space).
NO! Anyone who has taken a first aid course will tell you not to sterilize an open wound. What-ever you put on to kill the bacteria will also kill the freshly-exposed cells causing the wound to take longer to heal. Water and mild soap is all that is needed (barring extreme situations such as being cut with a known contaminate, etc).
I'm fully aware of the "doughnut effect" of wireless. By "special equipment", they probably mean a point-to-point system that connects to the tower grid, not the towers themselves.
Even the summary mentions the planes needing special equipment to talk to the towers on the ground.
Oh, definitely many of the system have either inadequate or defective protection circuits. I once had an ATX power connector (mine) short against the flat of a case's removable side panel and fry the HDD.
Where? Since when? My card is fairly new and still has the information embossed (I'm in Canada).
There are amendments to the spec that allow for greater power: in 2009, the spec created a Charging Downstream Port, which allows for up to 1.5 A from the host after enumeration; and the Dedicated Charging Port (DCP), which shorts the two data lines together and allows for 1.5 A charge power without enumeration.
So the specification which was designed to protect devices that may pull too much current (possibly due to a short) is bypassed by shorting out the other 2 pins? Brilliant...
Maybe your laptop is limiting the total current to the entire USB bus instead of each individual port. Try figuring out which ports are using the same bus and plug it into 2 ports on different buses, that may fix the problem for you. Remember, the standard specifies how much power A port may consume, not the total of all the ports.
Your power supply probably had a short-detection circuit which cut the power. One of my old laptops had a bad power cable (frayed, eventually fixed) that would hard-kill the laptop when the wire was in a particular position.
Sorry, LG, not Samsung (but my points still stands).
Except it isn't his cable TV provider that is gathering the data, it's the TV manufacturer (Samsung), so no such laws would apply to them. This would be like HP recording (remotely) what games/music you play on your laptop.
I don't think they knew it would fumble. I'm sure they honestly hoped that having Nokia (a well respected hardware manufacturer at the time) produce the latest Windows phone would make them catch on. Having the stock tank and be an easy buy-out was just Plan B.
putting a word in double quotes now performs the same function as a preceeding +.
No, but the merchants would be in danger and could potentially refuse to let you use it.