Indeed, however its nowhere near the arctic circle, so the long nights dont apply. Estonia and Latvia get longer nights in winter, but they arent counted as nordic.
So yes, saying Denmark is a "non-nordic" country is incorrect, however I was using nordic as a replacement for "countries with excessively long nights/days"
Obviously every point on earth (well, assuming that Earth was a perfect sphere, and you didnt have mountains blobking the view to the sun) gets 12 hours a day over the course of a year. However most people sleep at night. At the equator you get 12 hours per day, and 4 hours per night of being awake, and sleep for 8 hours of being awake. You are awake in the sun 3 times longer then in the night.
Over the course of a year, you are awake in light for 12*365 hours a year
Now at the poles, In summer you get 24 hours of light and are awake for 16 hours of light. In winter you get 0 hours of light and are awake for 16 hours of dark.
Over the course of a year, you are awake in light for 16*0.5*365 hours a year
So you see more sun each year at the equator then at the poles.
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Bang on. I graduate from Exeter in 19 days time (get my results tomorrow:erk:).
At primary school we had a few BBC's and a few Mac's, but this was in the very early 90's. We had a 286 at home when I left. Secondary school, I went to a great school, and naturally got involved with the computer systems there. It was win 3.11/netware. They eventually upgraded to win95. We didnt learn anything apart from how to so stuff in MS Works and Publisher.
Went to uni, computer science obviously. Aside from one module in the first semester of the first year, we didnt learn anything about computer systems. That module was an introduction to computers, for everyone that had never used one before. Very basic linux commands, and how to send an email and use google (!).
After that, we didnt learn a thing. We have 4 labs, one graphics lab with NT4 and Houdini, one Windows lab (was NT, now XP), one crap lab (broken computers, a few linux ones that are set up so badly it's unbelievable), and one unix lab (was solaris, this year it's suse). No one uses the Suse lab. Most people on the course havent used a *nix system since the first year, and that was following instructions. A few people do though, and admin the union's machine, or other machines in the media.
However all the work we did was cross-platform. Java, HTML, SQL. All the servers are Linux or Irix. It is better then other uni's in many ways. We dont learn a thing about computer admin though. Most people on the course havent even heard of DNS, let alone know how it works. 5 of us did an engineering module - "computer networks", but thats it.
A friend is at Salford. They do learn lots about the admin side. They seem to do a lot more work then us too. Trouble is, they have coursework which is "write a _____ in ASP". It's almost all MS orientated.
Point is, "Computer science" doesnt mean the same from uni to uni. I learnt more about computers from using them at home, from the local LUG, from linuxnewbie (in the good old days). I learnt more about support helping my dad when the computers crashed, 2000 miles away. I learnt more about PHP from doing my own websites. I didnt learn squat from the course. Our course is great at getting computer scientists, PhD's that will invent the next generation of AI, wont teach you about computers though. You could do the course on a spectrum 48k!
Something to do with the long depressing nights at those altitudes? Some people spend time in sauna's, some write Linux, some play FPS's.
Many of the others near the top, San Marino (3), Liechenstein (7), Singapore (10), Gibralter (11), Macau (12) are tiny countries so the stats may seem a little off - they lack the rural rednecks (and their equivelents) that bring the U.S, UK, and Germany's per capita stats down.
The non-nordic sutibally large countries are Denmark, Netherlands, Austrailia, and the U.S.
We're not flying a plane here, the world wont end if the mp3 skips a beat. In reality a computer can throw out 6 streams without dropping anything, sure it's not guarenteed, but does that matter?
You have a right to stand on a soap box in the middle of the park and spew some nonsense. The government doesnt have to provide the soapbox. Because you cant afford something doesnt mean you dont have the right, you shouldnt expect the government (and hence tax payers) to pay for things for you.
Ahh, but where does it stop. Filter for porn one day, the KKK the next, before you know it Al Jazera is filtered. Once the precident is there, it's easier to expand the law to cover any "morally wrong" content.
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Indeed, however its nowhere near the arctic circle, so the long nights dont apply. Estonia and Latvia get longer nights in winter, but they arent counted as nordic.
So yes, saying Denmark is a "non-nordic" country is incorrect, however I was using nordic as a replacement for "countries with excessively long nights/days"
the debian install process (which still seems stuck in the 90's.
Really? I wouldnt know, last time I installed an OS was in the 90's, debian in 1999 actually. What's a modern install like?
Obviously every point on earth (well, assuming that Earth was a perfect sphere, and you didnt have mountains blobking the view to the sun) gets 12 hours a day over the course of a year. However most people sleep at night. At the equator you get 12 hours per day, and 4 hours per night of being awake, and sleep for 8 hours of being awake. You are awake in the sun 3 times longer then in the night.
Over the course of a year, you are awake in light for 12*365 hours a year
Now at the poles, In summer you get 24 hours of light and are awake for 16 hours of light. In winter you get 0 hours of light and are awake for 16 hours of dark.
Over the course of a year, you are awake in light for 16*0.5*365 hours a year
So you see more sun each year at the equator then at the poles.
State controlled industry enforced by force?
Bang on. I graduate from Exeter in 19 days time (get my results tomorrow :erk:).
At primary school we had a few BBC's and a few Mac's, but this was in the very early 90's. We had a 286 at home when I left. Secondary school, I went to a great school, and naturally got involved with the computer systems there. It was win 3.11/netware. They eventually upgraded to win95. We didnt learn anything apart from how to so stuff in MS Works and Publisher.
Went to uni, computer science obviously. Aside from one module in the first semester of the first year, we didnt learn anything about computer systems. That module was an introduction to computers, for everyone that had never used one before. Very basic linux commands, and how to send an email and use google (!).
After that, we didnt learn a thing. We have 4 labs, one graphics lab with NT4 and Houdini, one Windows lab (was NT, now XP), one crap lab (broken computers, a few linux ones that are set up so badly it's unbelievable), and one unix lab (was solaris, this year it's suse). No one uses the Suse lab. Most people on the course havent used a *nix system since the first year, and that was following instructions. A few people do though, and admin the union's machine, or other machines in the media.
However all the work we did was cross-platform. Java, HTML, SQL. All the servers are Linux or Irix. It is better then other uni's in many ways. We dont learn a thing about computer admin though. Most people on the course havent even heard of DNS, let alone know how it works. 5 of us did an engineering module - "computer networks", but thats it.
A friend is at Salford. They do learn lots about the admin side. They seem to do a lot more work then us too. Trouble is, they have coursework which is "write a _____ in ASP". It's almost all MS orientated.
Point is, "Computer science" doesnt mean the same from uni to uni. I learnt more about computers from using them at home, from the local LUG, from linuxnewbie (in the good old days). I learnt more about support helping my dad when the computers crashed, 2000 miles away. I learnt more about PHP from doing my own websites. I didnt learn squat from the course. Our course is great at getting computer scientists, PhD's that will invent the next generation of AI, wont teach you about computers though. You could do the course on a spectrum 48k!
So they can land rocks in cities instead of nukes. At a higher cost.
Or is there something else?
In the top countries are
1) Iceland
2) Sweeden
5) Norway
6) Finland
Something to do with the long depressing nights at those altitudes? Some people spend time in sauna's, some write Linux, some play FPS's.
Many of the others near the top, San Marino (3), Liechenstein (7), Singapore (10), Gibralter (11), Macau (12) are tiny countries so the stats may seem a little off - they lack the rural rednecks (and their equivelents) that bring the U.S, UK, and Germany's per capita stats down.
The non-nordic sutibally large countries are Denmark, Netherlands, Austrailia, and the U.S.
Top of the charts by a country mile are the 280,000 or so Icelanders who clock in with over 7 hours of online fps game play per capita per year."
When it's 7 hours a day, I'll be interested!
We're not flying a plane here, the world wont end if the mp3 skips a beat. In reality a computer can throw out 6 streams without dropping anything, sure it's not guarenteed, but does that matter?
I've been burnt through a tshirt before
Since none of them knows how to fly, they're going to hit the ground, ocean, or city below them.
But I've clocked up tons of hours in a MS Flightsim 95!
You have a right to stand on a soap box in the middle of the park and spew some nonsense. The government doesnt have to provide the soapbox. Because you cant afford something doesnt mean you dont have the right, you shouldnt expect the government (and hence tax payers) to pay for things for you.
Dont be so condescending, they arent that expensive. They could have bought 2!!
Then dont share them!
what if you shared the files, but no one ever downloaded anything from you.
You mean people that share nsync stuff? They deserve to be sued anyway
Am I the only one who sniggered?
Yes, I saw that Stallman was involved, knew what it was going to GNU/say, and went straight to the comments instead
I think he was using Fink.
Ya FINK???
*groan*
Ahh, but where does it stop. Filter for porn one day, the KKK the next, before you know it Al Jazera is filtered. Once the precident is there, it's easier to expand the law to cover any "morally wrong" content.
Expect stories about pro-microsoft and anti-open source site in iran within the next month!
Yup, they claimed for
*pinky*
one hundered billion dollars!
The top 3 richest people in the world, combined, would struggle to pay it.
So here's wishing for the [Stupid, -1] moderation.
I'd prefer [Dumbass, -1]...
I used to think FlexATX was a flexable motherboard...
Sweet F A
No, the company (clearflicks?) watches the film, and says
"0:00 - 0:34 is fine, 0:34-0:36 is bad 0:36 - 1:49 is fine"
They put this in a nice xml file
The DVD player (or program on a computer) then plays the DVD, and when it notices that "disc=1" and "time=0:34" it skips to time="0:36"
Thats airplane 2 you dope, and dont call me Shirley!