Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands presented the idea of parents keeping in touch with grown children through special bowls
Ahem, with all due respect, this one is a bit long in the tooth by now. In ages long ago, these thingys were used in Middle Earth. Known as "Palantir", ya know...
Geesh, not only do these folks not read books, they don't even go to the movies anymore either!
Just to avoid the perception that I'm happily living off of other people's work... I "give back to the community" by providing patches or adding new functionality every now and then, to projects that I use. To each his own!
...given that RedHat made most money from their support contract. I've been using Linux for 10 years, have tried a lot of distros, but never shelled out money for a boxed set, and especially these days, with broadband internet access and CD burners everywhere, I'd assume most people just download the ISO images anyway. I don't think RedHat ever made money with the boxed sets, and most people won't be affected by this move either. Nothing to see here, move on.
For the simple answer, all lower bases have trivial proofs of either an infinite number of non-terminating sequences, or no known non-terminating sequences. This makes base-10 the lowest "interesting" base to work in. Of course, the question strikes me as odd... Why not ask why we use base 10 for counting? Why not base 2, or 7, or 60? Just as meaningful of a question.
I'd be very interested to see any of the proofs that you're talking about. As a math geek myself, I firmly believe that proofs/theory are they way to go here. Number crunching can never show that there are any Lycrel Numbers at all!
In Germany, movies with age restrictions may be shown on TV only on certain times. This means that, while nudity is genenrally acceptable, soft porn is not broadcast on the afternoon. Gory violence isn't either (unless it's a comic strip, but that's a different issue altogether).
So what happened here was that some clueless bureaucrates/politicians made the suggestion that this scheme should be applied to internet content as well.
If you read the acticle, you'll find that this suggestion is called everything from silly to unpractical to ridiculous from pretty much everyone else: (more clued) members of the government, the opposition, the businesses, etc.
The short of it is: some people had a stupid idea, it's not gonna happen, have your good laught at it and move on with life.
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Bikes cost very little. They don't weigh very much. They're simple and most problems can be fixed without going to a shop. And if countries provide the intrastructure (as most do, the US being an excpetion), the bike fills the gap between walking and driving a car just fine. Of course it lacks the geek-factor though...
The thing that KDE has going for it is that C++ is actually moving towards standardization. When KDE was started 5 years ago, only a small subset of C++ was portable in the real world. Things have improved a lot. In another 5 years, it might even be reasonable to assume that all relevant C++ compilers implement ISO-C++, which is arguably a much more powerful language then ISO-C.
The other tailwind that KDE gets is educational: Most schools teach object oriented languages these days, even though it is often Java. But most people who got used to OO and/or C++ will have a very hard time moving "back" to C, whereas moving from C to C++ is much more painless, since C is (almost) a subset of C++.
Qt Free Edition cannot be used to develop commercial/proprietary apps.
Did I claim it could be used that way? I simply pointed out that Qt/X11 is free software, released under the GPL. I'm sorry if that's too complicated for you to understand. Most people actually have the brain to grasp that concept.
Apart from this, the licensing fees for the professional edition of Qt are very reasonable in a corporate environment. Also keep in mind that the professional editon comes with technical support -- and very good one, from what I've heard.
To demonstrate the superiority of Communism, the soviets sent a bunch of spacecraft to the moon and painted it all in red, for everyont on earth to see and admire.
Then the Americans plotted to bring Capitalism to its final victory: they flew up there with a bunch of white and painted the Coca Cola sign onto it.
I believe that this is not necessarily correct. You can represent the contents of a CD containing music or software thru a number. Yes, it would be very long, if written out as decimal digits. But then again, you could not simply give that number to a friend in any machine readable format; which would allow a reconstruction. I think there once was a story on slashdot that told how a math wizard had encoded the DeCCS source code in a prime number.
Of course, there's a big difference between numbers or sequences thereof that are used as "themselves", like 386, 1701, 0-8-15 etc, and numbers that simply encode data. Phone numbers are somewhere inbetween; they're more like a tool. But with the right lawyer and a wrong judge... who knows which claims could be held up in court...
Oh, wait... perhaps it isn't? Unless you're living under a rock, you'll know that there is overall agreement that the terrorists were professionals who had planned their attack very carefully and thoroughly.
And, as we know, they passed the security checks, no matter how sophisticated (or not) they were. Now, one rather obvious conclusion to draw from this is that terrorists are well capable of striking with surprise. So, simpletons like you may lean back and follow their simple i will not get on an airplane with a towel head on it
precautions. But it only makes you look like a moron, it doesn't make your life any safer.
I believe that any explanation of the "why" behind the terrorist attacks that does not include the conflicts in the middle east just doesn't cut it.
IMHO, this was not an attack on freedom or democracy, and also not simply an attack on the American way of life. It was retaliation by fanatic Arab terrorists who feel that the US involvement in the middle east, and in Palestine in particular, discriminates the arabs.
The situation in the middle east in unfortunately a dilemma that doesn't seem to have a good and just solution, and things are far from black-and-white. But whatever one thinks about it, it seems evident that the reasons for the terrorist attacks are to be found there too.
Not sure why that is. I started with Linux 0.99.14 back then, and X worked fine. But hey, I heard they're at Linux 2.4.9 these days, and that one kicks ass for me;-)
1.)Your idea of peace loving is different than mine. The US isn't much better but it can be.
Have you actually looked at those web pages that you're linking? The list of violations in Gemrany is a lot shorter than in the US, and it cites some events from 1999, which is unusual for a 2000 report. Go ahead and read the reports on other countries too. You will realize that Germany does very well compared to most others. Implying that the US is better, as you did, is simply unfounded based on the references you provide.
I grew up in Lower Saxony, Germany, and do believe that our school system has some distinct advantages over the one in the US. So I'll just spill some random thoughts here...
All schools receive the same amount of funding (based on size), so it doesn't matter which suburb the school is in. This goes a long way towards providing equal oportunities for all students.
High school is split into 3 branches, based on performance. Therefore, pupils at a given high school usually don't differ nearly as much in their skills as in US schools, and the courses fit them better.
High school teachers are required to take scientific classes at college. Those who will teach on the most challenging high school branch usually share a lot of classes with M.S. students.
Physical education is, in terms of recognition and social status, far less important than in the US. No "he's stupid, but great at football";-)
There is no home schooling.
Almost all universities are public. In general, you have to pass on the most challenging branch of high school to be admitted to them. For some majors, you need to pass additional tests (Yes, there are a few exceptions to this rule). Overall, this ensures that universities don't get flooded with poor performers.
There is no tuition for universities. If you parents can't afford to pay your rent and/or other collateral expenses, the federal goverment chips in.
There are no elite univerties either though.
Yes, we have our own set of problems, but overall things seem to work a lot better than in the US.
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Ahem, with all due respect, this one is a bit long in the tooth by now. In ages long ago, these thingys were used in Middle Earth. Known as "Palantir", ya know...
Geesh, not only do these folks not read books, they don't even go to the movies anymore either!
Yeah, don't listen. But damn, those girls are hot, at least let me watch their videos ;)
microbes ate you!
...when game developers were divided on the question whether C was fast enough, or if assembly was the only way to go.
And these days people write games in visual basic? What has this world come to?!
Just to avoid the perception that I'm happily living off of other people's work... I "give back to the community" by providing patches or adding new functionality every now and then, to projects that I use. To each his own!
...given that RedHat made most money from their support contract. I've been using Linux for 10 years, have tried a lot of distros, but never shelled out money for a boxed set, and especially these days, with broadband internet access and CD burners everywhere, I'd assume most people just download the ISO images anyway. I don't think RedHat ever made money with the boxed sets, and most people won't be affected by this move either.
Nothing to see here, move on.
what the guys out there want to know is... where do I get Hentai for free!?
27159925611: 3 7 13 13 17 19 19 29 43
$ echo '13*17*19*29*57*91*43' | bc
27159925611
Thus, on the command line, the factorization is easier!
I'd be very interested to see any of the proofs that you're talking about. As a math geek myself, I firmly believe that proofs/theory are they way to go here. Number crunching can never show that there are any Lycrel Numbers at all!
It's Daimler, not Dahmler
In Germany, movies with age restrictions may be shown on TV only on certain times. This means that, while nudity is genenrally acceptable, soft porn is not broadcast on the afternoon. Gory violence isn't either (unless it's a comic strip, but that's a different issue altogether).
So what happened here was that some clueless bureaucrates/politicians made the suggestion that this scheme should be applied to internet content as well.
If you read the acticle, you'll find that this suggestion is called everything from silly to unpractical to ridiculous from pretty much everyone else: (more clued) members of the government, the opposition, the businesses, etc.
The short of it is: some people had a stupid idea, it's not gonna happen, have your good laught at it and move on with life.
Bikes cost very little. They don't weigh very much. They're simple and most problems can be fixed without going to a shop. And if countries provide the intrastructure (as most do, the US being an excpetion), the bike fills the gap between walking and driving a car just fine. Of course it lacks the geek-factor though...
Of course it's supported in XFree86!
And I don't see why a LGPL'ed library (kdelibs) could not be based on a QPL'ed (Qt) one.
The other tailwind that KDE gets is educational: Most schools teach object oriented languages these days, even though it is often Java. But most people who got used to OO and/or C++ will have a very hard time moving "back" to C, whereas moving from C to C++ is much more painless, since C is (almost) a subset of C++.
Did I claim it could be used that way? I simply pointed out that Qt/X11 is free software, released under the GPL. I'm sorry if that's too complicated for you to understand. Most people actually have the brain to grasp that concept.
Apart from this, the licensing fees for the professional edition of Qt are very reasonable in a corporate environment. Also keep in mind that the professional editon comes with technical support -- and very good one, from what I've heard.
Are you completely ignorant?? Qt/X11 is released under the GPL! Think before you post, moron!!
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Then the Americans plotted to bring Capitalism to its final victory: they flew up there with a bunch of white and painted the Coca Cola sign onto it.
I believe that this is not necessarily correct. You can represent the contents of a CD containing music or software thru a number. Yes, it would be very long, if written out as decimal digits. But then again, you could not simply give that number to a friend in any machine readable format; which would allow a reconstruction. I think there once was a story on slashdot that told how a math wizard had encoded the DeCCS source code in a prime number.
Of course, there's a big difference between numbers or sequences thereof that are used as "themselves", like 386, 1701, 0-8-15 etc, and numbers that simply encode data. Phone numbers are somewhere inbetween; they're more like a tool. But with the right lawyer and a wrong judge... who knows which claims could be held up in court...
I used it myself, like many others did. It was not good, it was not great, it was plain awesome!!
Oh, wait... perhaps it isn't? Unless you're living under a rock, you'll know that there is overall agreement that the terrorists were professionals who had planned their attack very carefully and thoroughly.
And, as we know, they passed the security checks, no matter how sophisticated (or not) they were. Now, one rather obvious conclusion to draw from this is that terrorists are well capable of striking with surprise. So, simpletons like you may lean back and follow their simple i will not get on an airplane with a towel head on it precautions. But it only makes you look like a moron, it doesn't make your life any safer.
I believe that any explanation of the "why" behind the terrorist attacks that does not include the conflicts in the middle east just doesn't cut it.
IMHO, this was not an attack on freedom or democracy, and also not simply an attack on the American way of life. It was retaliation by fanatic Arab terrorists who feel that the US involvement in the middle east, and in Palestine in particular, discriminates the arabs.
The situation in the middle east in unfortunately a dilemma that doesn't seem to have a good and just solution, and things are far from black-and-white. But whatever one thinks about it, it seems evident that the reasons for the terrorist attacks are to be found there too.
Not sure why that is. I started with Linux 0.99.14 back then, and X worked fine. But hey, I heard they're at Linux 2.4.9 these days, and that one kicks ass for me ;-)
Have you actually looked at those web pages that you're linking? The list of violations in Gemrany is a lot shorter than in the US, and it cites some events from 1999, which is unusual for a 2000 report. Go ahead and read the reports on other countries too. You will realize that Germany does very well compared to most others. Implying that the US is better, as you did, is simply unfounded based on the references you provide.
-Tobi (a German, living in the US)
Yes, we have our own set of problems, but overall things seem to work a lot better than in the US.