Indeed, on nature.com I would have expected something clearer like exponential notation.
Eric's answer to the first comment is even weirder:"It would be in Celsius. We’re metric around here. Cheers, Eric"
I'm pretty sure they work in Kelvin, for a US audience it would of course have been expressed as Rankin.
But already for many years similar legislation has been in place in a couple of EU member states and I've yet to see a turning of the curve to more sustainable equipment.
I've seen only one reference in TFA about memory, nowhere was a complaint about Ubuntu being too heavy.
KDE has for years had a smaller memory footprint than Gnome, it seems Unity is in all it's infancy also lighter than Gnome.
Teaching computer use to kids should prepare them for a world several years in the future, when we look at things like Win8/ Metro we really don't know what the computer environment they end up working in is going to be like.
So teaching them how to use an open and easy to tweak system is likely the best investment, KDE fits that description better than Gnome or Unity.
The story centres around the problem of not having a budget, OK the 4hrs/week are not free but a relatively minor burden.
So switching to a proprietary system is simply out of the question.
Further we read there are some 70 computers set up, you can't tell me this man is the only teacher involved, by now others will have started to understand the system.
But then Evil(tm) might read this story and make an offer the school can't refuse...
Right now they are independent and the kids learn how to use a computer instead of doing tricks in a locked in environment.
Microsoft is still the best at getting their Windows pre installed on nearly every PC leaving a factory.
And as long as users expect their known programs to run on the next computer they buy consumers won't complain too much or jump ship to Linux or Apple.
Since 1985 the EU patent office keeps a registry where you can deposit plans that could be turned into patents even though the relevant law of 1978 does specifically not recognise computer programs a patentable.
The 2005 vote in the EU parliament dismissed the idea of software patents with 648 out of 729 votes.
Besides, the individual member states don't agree so the EU commission does not have much chance to ever enforce these patents.
Now there is the possibility to patent a specific model of hardware like a phone including the firmware within but it's not easy or anywhere close to the US system.
I'm serious with the question if it runs Linux.
What we've so far seen from Win8 (Metro) is on a regular PC possibly a pig but that does not yet make it good on a tablet.
Looking at the hardware I feel it would be really sweet with the tablet version of KDE.
I'm glad to see an insider take a stand for the Scandinavian system(s), I am in no way insinuating there's a general lack of legal solidity.
I am no legal expert, but closely involved in the application.
What I was referring to is the attitude of 'trust first' that is so typical for this part of the world, my long experience with mainly the Danish and to some extend the Swedish system is that solutions to a lot of issues are preferably found outside of the courts.
There's nothing wrong with it as long as both parties are reading from the same page, in the case of dealing with the US that might be tricky.
Although, recent revelations about the neutral Swedes having helped NATO spy on the Warsaw pact show there was/is more going on than meets the eye.
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Indeed, on nature.com I would have expected something clearer like exponential notation.
Eric's answer to the first comment is even weirder:"It would be in Celsius. We’re metric around here. Cheers, Eric"
I'm pretty sure they work in Kelvin, for a US audience it would of course have been expressed as Rankin.
"I know how to ask for a beer in Spanish, I'm now fully qualified, lets book our flight to Spain!"
No, not until you can ask for two beers.
Who is the wanker when in 2012 your webmail is IE centric?
Those that don't have a cell phone will find the button, those that prefer privacy don't use a google account.
Or at least a small part of it is till the next vote.
But already for many years similar legislation has been in place in a couple of EU member states and I've yet to see a turning of the curve to more sustainable equipment.
KDE has for years had a smaller memory footprint than Gnome, it seems Unity is in all it's infancy also lighter than Gnome.
Teaching computer use to kids should prepare them for a world several years in the future, when we look at things like Win8/ Metro we really don't know what the computer environment they end up working in is going to be like.
So teaching them how to use an open and easy to tweak system is likely the best investment, KDE fits that description better than Gnome or Unity.
emacs, hmm at least these kids are now fully aware of the limits of IT :)
The story centres around the problem of not having a budget, OK the 4hrs/week are not free but a relatively minor burden.
So switching to a proprietary system is simply out of the question. Further we read there are some 70 computers set up, you can't tell me this man is the only teacher involved, by now others will have started to understand the system.
But then Evil(tm) might read this story and make an offer the school can't refuse...
Right now they are independent and the kids learn how to use a computer instead of doing tricks in a locked in environment.
Because the usenet server is usually seen like a proxy they are generally left alone.
(Beware of the words most of, usual and general)
Once his training bears fruit he should be a resembling a cute she :)
Microsoft is still the best at getting their Windows pre installed on nearly every PC leaving a factory.
And as long as users expect their known programs to run on the next computer they buy consumers won't complain too much or jump ship to Linux or Apple.
The 2005 vote in the EU parliament dismissed the idea of software patents with 648 out of 729 votes.
Besides, the individual member states don't agree so the EU commission does not have much chance to ever enforce these patents.
Now there is the possibility to patent a specific model of hardware like a phone including the firmware within but it's not easy or anywhere close to the US system.
The sensor consists of two interlocking sheets of nanfibres.
Hmmm nanfibres, can I have some chicken biryani with it?
What we've so far seen from Win8 (Metro) is on a regular PC possibly a pig but that does not yet make it good on a tablet.
Looking at the hardware I feel it would be really sweet with the tablet version of KDE.
I thought Korea had the fastest internet, couldn't they have done this in just a few minutes?
Does not make the story any more correct.
May I ask, what went wrong in your life?
Yeah when I come out I'll never again use Google Earth to zoom in on that mansion the same day a bought a sledge hammer and a balaclava...
But we did predict this post would be by an AC.
This is not the first time I've seen this story and you posting about it, you still believe it gets yanked?
These guys need some reflection.
Maybe older but certainly wiser.
If that's what it takes to be(come) suspicious in the eyes of the 3- and 4-letter departments I'll be proudly remain suspicious!
I am no legal expert, but closely involved in the application.
What I was referring to is the attitude of 'trust first' that is so typical for this part of the world, my long experience with mainly the Danish and to some extend the Swedish system is that solutions to a lot of issues are preferably found outside of the courts.
There's nothing wrong with it as long as both parties are reading from the same page, in the case of dealing with the US that might be tricky.
Although, recent revelations about the neutral Swedes having helped NATO spy on the Warsaw pact show there was/is more going on than meets the eye.
The rest is pretty much covered by the various open office solutions.
Remember we once went from WP (or Star Office) to Word, it can be and will be done again.