All maps are imperfect," says McClendon. But Google’s rendering of the world is "as close to reality as we’ll be able to get for a long time."
That hasn't stopped Google's open-source rival, OpenStreetMap, from taking a more democratic approach to mapping the planet. Whereas Google Maps is a proprietary stream of data resting on a range of private and public and crowdsourced inputs, OpenStreetMap is maintained by a community of volunteers using open data. Parsons is involved "on and off" with the platform, which he calls "a fabulous project," but one that reflects the enthusiasm of its makers so much that "it’s become almost a parody."
"Cartography is about what you take off, not about what you add," he says. "I think the community is still learning what cartography actually means. There are companies making a profit—Mapbox, CartoDB—starting to do some interesting things on top of that. It’s like we’re learning again. It’s like the early days of desktop publishing, where everyone would put 50 fonts on their document, because they could. You just want one font, really, that’s what you need."
Yup, and there's apparently a new malware called IRONGATE that also attacks siemens SCADA systems. Sounds like someone wants an army of spider-robots bad.
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He said "here" in Europe. Wherever "here" is it has only one timezone.
And HSBC
Well, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporarion does have a habit of moving it's HQ.
Nah, he was offering you some seasoned chopped liver to eat.
Boris Johnson -- to the surprise of many -- now heads up the foreign office.
Surprise is not exactly the word. The State Department spokesman had a hard time not laughing.
half our ships were sailing unarmend
You may or may not have been in the Navy, but you are a lying bullshitter.
adhering to the since discredited notion that robotic space probes were adequate for exploring the universe.
What idiotic space cadet wrote this?
What part of the universe has manned spaceflight explored since the 1980's?
And what have unmanned probes done?
If you don't understand the difference between "dislike" and "hate"...
Especially when, at least in Debian, you can just uninstall it.
He said "crap".
That's "sweary"?
Fuck.
There is no reason why hating a package in the linux ecosystem is bad.
Yes there is. "Hating" a package is a sign of, at least, lack of perspective.
You want to tell my Grandma to fuck off?
Well, you can't. 'Cos she's dead, you bastard.
(Why do you want a Sydney Film Festival crash to desktop system anyway? And why does it contain enough iron to rust?)
Every fucking PC on sale today runs 32 bit code just fine.
What an idiot.
The full quote is:
Still not sure what he means.
Claimng that something is not an "assault weapon" by saying it's good for "urban combat" is a bit odd.
Anyone can nominate a recipient for a Pwnie using the organizationâ(TM)s web site.
Renewable solar? Fuck that, I have a nuclear reactor.
Americans should "set the example"? WTF, just try catching up with the rest of the developed world.
What he forgets is that refugees can climb.
overpopulation isn't an issue
Overpopulation is the only reason we have anthropogenic global warming in the first place.
Nonsense. Global warming is mostly caused by a mere 800 million people on this planet. The other 6.3 billion have almost no effect.
Yes, and the arrow never reaches the target either.
Idiot.
If you are dedicated to globowarmthinkerist religion, why don't you stop driving your car?
I don't have a car
Why do you keep using electricity?
My electricity is nuclear.
As soon as you stop "emitting" CO2, I promise I will follow your example immediately.
Get yourself down to about 6 tonnes/capita and come back to talk.
And there it is, the clinching argument:
Global warming isn't happening because Al Gore is fat.
Idiot.
Wrong. Hilary would have won if there were no superdelegates.
Yup, and there's apparently a new malware called IRONGATE that also attacks siemens SCADA systems. Sounds like someone wants an army of spider-robots bad.
But when the toolmaker (or his fanboi) boasts about who's using his tools then who's the arsehole?
other than the fact that SJWs think they can change nature
Oh, dear. You're one of "those". End of conversation.
Because (roughly) half of all the people in the wold are women, and only an idiot wastes half of all his resources.