Car that suddenly decides to brake (or not to) for no reason: A deadly accident waiting to happen.
Besides, it took the dealership several hours to get my car's systems to accept a (official) retrofitted parking sensor kit. Automotive engineers don't seem to value ease of use in their non-user-facing software features.
List of things that would have been far more useful than a chat service (out of at least 6 major players, plus a whole bunch of social networks [God, how I hate that term, I feel like throwing stuff at my TV when the term comes up on the news, especially because it's inevitably stupid non-news], so it's not like they're suddenly dominating a market):
Some 40 A380s at list prices (only chumps pay list prices for aircraft, so it'd be even more) Some 160 A320neo at list prices (Or 15 more if you go for A320s with current engines instead of the New Engine Option) Nokia's Devices and Services division, just bought by Microsoft, with enough money left to buy Sun Microsystems and still have one billion bucks left. More than 26.000 flagship smartphones (Take your pick)
Any of the above would be a better investment. And airlines are notorious for being money sinks.
The added cost of the silicon does not add 100 bucks, unless the yields are absolutely atrocious (they shouldn't be and there's no talk of them being so).
If there is a 100ish buck difference in manufacturing costs, Kinect is the main reason.
Yes, the angles are obviously the same, since the real number line is transformed into a circle.
However, you can't just write 2*pi = 0. Those are still real numbers and thus the equation is absurd.
What is true is that said transform obeys (let's call it f, I don't remember any specific nomenclature for this one) f(a) = f(a+2*k*pi). As such, it's not injective, meaning you can't conclude that a = b from f(a) = f(b).
Yes, after being transformed 2*pi and 0 represent the same thing, but they don't stop being real numbers. Even after being transformed, they can still be intepreted differently (one revolution or no movement).
Yes, we're splitting hairs, but I blame this on measuring angles via arc length without visibly marking them as being angles instead of distances.
That would mean that a vector of length 2pi has length 0.
Let a, b be real numbers and a != b
e^î*a = e^i*b does not imply a=b as it would in R, because the complex logarithm and exponential are not injective functions. Thus,
ln(e^i*a) != ln(e^i*b), is not valid in general, specifically if a = 2k*pi, with k being an integer. It would only be valid if the functions were injective.
However, a != b is still valid in general, as these are real numbers. 2*pi = 0 is absurd, unless you redefine these numbers as something other than real numbers.
I would, but my ISP might start bothering me and I don't feel like wearing out my SSD.
The latter problem is of course easy to solve, but my ISP is notorious for aggressive traffic shaping, despite the large promotional text that says "unlimited".
The EU stands for a number of non-optional principles. You can't cherry pick.
The incentive for upholding those principles is the common market.
If you want the advantages, you must live with the perceived disadvantages.
Honestly, I think it's pure xenophobia to advocate restrictions on movement within the EU. Unfortunately, xenophobia seems to be back in vogue these days.
The real problem is trying to blame others for your problems (I mean this in general, not you personally). While that attitude exists, nothing will be solved. Some solutions are likely to be unpopular, but if you're forcing people to work instead of being lazy, it's not like they contributed anything to society anyway.
The tyranny! They restricted the amount of salt our bread can have! We must rise against them if we are to have any hope of being free!
They imposed the use of SI units! Tyrants! We must rise up against their neo-imperialist units!
They forced everyone to use the same emergency number! The nerve! Now we can't have an emergency number different than those of other countries! This is an attack on our freedom!
*End euroskeptic impression*
You people fit perfectly in Life of Brian's "What have the Romans done for us?" sketch.
You're all just a bunch of xenophobes pretending not to be.
Weather forecasts are not exact enough for 1 degree Celsius to not be enough precision.
My oven has markings at 100, 140, 160, 200 and 250 (it may not be exactly these markings, but they illustrate well enough). I've never seen a non-industrial oven that allows you to set a temperature with a resolution of one degree Celsius or less and I doubt that most that do allow it actually keep to it.
SI is the reason you should change. Blame your ancestors for not moving to SI if you must blame someone. The Kelvin (and thus the degree Celsius) are part of SI. SI is the standard. Not using it means having an extra two sets of tables (at least) - physical constants and conversion factors. You can't cherry pick what units you like, you have to use the whole thing.
Allow me to illustrate with an analogy:
Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD - you can argue which one is better (More storage, mandatory protective coating vs No region locking, no Java and associated issues), but in 2014, it boils down to this: I'm sure somewhere a factory is churning out HD-DVDs (mostly dubious clones) for niche markets (for some reason, these things tend to be in Asia, but that's a topic for a different discussion) and I'm sure those who buy them love them (as much as you can love a piece of plastic and metal that holds data). However, they are buying into something that is incompatible with the standard used by most of the world.
It doesn't make sense (if you exclude advantages related to being able to pick up a developed format that has been abandoned for little to no cost). Just like it doesn't make sense to refuse Kelvin or the degree Celsius.
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Can you even physically park 100 Super Hornets on a Nimitz? These days they tend to carry closer to ~60 planes total if I'm not mistaken.
Which typically amounts to a cross between a popularity contest, a pissing match with competitors and typical PR nonsense.
Bricked phone: A pain in the ass.
Bricked car: A major pain in the ass.
Car that suddenly decides to brake (or not to) for no reason: A deadly accident waiting to happen.
Besides, it took the dealership several hours to get my car's systems to accept a (official) retrofitted parking sensor kit. Automotive engineers don't seem to value ease of use in their non-user-facing software features.
Thank you for stating the obvious - I haven't been living under a rock and am quite familiar with YouTube's growing fondness for ads.
Still, we're talking about massive investments in infrastructure and bandwidth, plus paying people to make videos.
A few years ago, they were chin-deep in red ink. It's not easy to get rid of all the red ink.
List of things that would have been far more useful than a chat service (out of at least 6 major players, plus a whole bunch of social networks [God, how I hate that term, I feel like throwing stuff at my TV when the term comes up on the news, especially because it's inevitably stupid non-news], so it's not like they're suddenly dominating a market):
Some 40 A380s at list prices (only chumps pay list prices for aircraft, so it'd be even more)
Some 160 A320neo at list prices (Or 15 more if you go for A320s with current engines instead of the New Engine Option)
Nokia's Devices and Services division, just bought by Microsoft, with enough money left to buy Sun Microsystems and still have one billion bucks left.
More than 26.000 flagship smartphones (Take your pick)
Any of the above would be a better investment.
And airlines are notorious for being money sinks.
Did YouTube ever positively contribute to Google's bottom line?
Even being a data mine (and a stupid way of forcing people to use Google+), I can't imagine it will come even close to paying off in the near future.
The added cost of the silicon does not add 100 bucks, unless the yields are absolutely atrocious (they shouldn't be and there's no talk of them being so).
If there is a 100ish buck difference in manufacturing costs, Kinect is the main reason.
Yes, the angles are obviously the same, since the real number line is transformed into a circle.
However, you can't just write 2*pi = 0. Those are still real numbers and thus the equation is absurd.
What is true is that said transform obeys (let's call it f, I don't remember any specific nomenclature for this one) f(a) = f(a+2*k*pi). As such, it's not injective, meaning you can't conclude that a = b from f(a) = f(b).
Yes, after being transformed 2*pi and 0 represent the same thing, but they don't stop being real numbers. Even after being transformed, they can still be intepreted differently (one revolution or no movement).
Yes, we're splitting hairs, but I blame this on measuring angles via arc length without visibly marking them as being angles instead of distances.
You can't make such a statement.
That would mean that a vector of length 2pi has length 0.
Let a, b be real numbers and a != b
e^î*a = e^i*b does not imply a=b as it would in R, because the complex logarithm and exponential are not injective functions. Thus,
ln(e^i*a) != ln(e^i*b), is not valid in general, specifically if a = 2k*pi, with k being an integer. It would only be valid if the functions were injective.
However, a != b is still valid in general, as these are real numbers. 2*pi = 0 is absurd, unless you redefine these numbers as something other than real numbers.
128 bits are enough for the whole solar system.
Let's wait for intelligent life to show up before we scare them away with our inability to quadruple the size of our addresses.
I would, but my ISP might start bothering me and I don't feel like wearing out my SSD.
The latter problem is of course easy to solve, but my ISP is notorious for aggressive traffic shaping, despite the large promotional text that says "unlimited".
I have a hard time deciding which of our absurd statements is mroe absurd...
Maybe this is why some people run away from math...
What makes you think it runs in real time? It's obvious that *we* live in "real time", but so do Sims if you bump the speed to 3x.
Your math is off.
It's 10^61 units, which means it's a bit less than 2^203 units.
So you're looking at 256 bit registers.
It's not about the universe's creation, it's about the belief that evolution does not exist.
Evolution very obviously exists. In no way does this diminish God, should He exist.
Unfortunately, some idiots insist on believing an old text instead of hard evidence.
Just work in C, then you can call it a singularity and do stuff with it.
Now, to confuse everyone who decided to sleep through math:
e^(i*2*pi) = 1 = e^(i*0) = e^0
-> i*2*pi = i * 0 2*pi = 0 pi = 0!
(Just in case it's not obvious: e^x is not injective in C, only in R)
Excuse me?
Yes. It will take some getting used to, but it'd be absurd not to use this universal standard.
It boils down to this:
The EU stands for a number of non-optional principles. You can't cherry pick.
The incentive for upholding those principles is the common market.
If you want the advantages, you must live with the perceived disadvantages.
Honestly, I think it's pure xenophobia to advocate restrictions on movement within the EU. Unfortunately, xenophobia seems to be back in vogue these days.
The real problem is trying to blame others for your problems (I mean this in general, not you personally). While that attitude exists, nothing will be solved. Some solutions are likely to be unpopular, but if you're forcing people to work instead of being lazy, it's not like they contributed anything to society anyway.
While I object to the use of the term "Pigs", I agree with you.
Despite all the anti-EU rhetoric floating around, this country would be closer to Venzuela in appearance if it weren't for the EU.
I'm Portuguese too. If the EU had any more power, people like you wouldn't even think of such ridiculous rhetoric.
Don't blame others for our problems, we caused them. And we sure as hell won't get rid of them if people like you insist on blaming others.
How about you vote in European elections instead of staying at home?
Unelected...
Hitler was elected and that worked out very well... /s
The tyranny! They restricted the amount of salt our bread can have! We must rise against them if we are to have any hope of being free!
They imposed the use of SI units! Tyrants! We must rise up against their neo-imperialist units!
They forced everyone to use the same emergency number! The nerve! Now we can't have an emergency number different than those of other countries! This is an attack on our freedom!
*End euroskeptic impression*
You people fit perfectly in Life of Brian's "What have the Romans done for us?" sketch.
You're all just a bunch of xenophobes pretending not to be.
Weather forecasts are not exact enough for 1 degree Celsius to not be enough precision.
My oven has markings at 100, 140, 160, 200 and 250 (it may not be exactly these markings, but they illustrate well enough). I've never seen a non-industrial oven that allows you to set a temperature with a resolution of one degree Celsius or less and I doubt that most that do allow it actually keep to it.
SI is the reason you should change. Blame your ancestors for not moving to SI if you must blame someone. The Kelvin (and thus the degree Celsius) are part of SI. SI is the standard. Not using it means having an extra two sets of tables (at least) - physical constants and conversion factors. You can't cherry pick what units you like, you have to use the whole thing.
Allow me to illustrate with an analogy:
Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD - you can argue which one is better (More storage, mandatory protective coating vs No region locking, no Java and associated issues), but in 2014, it boils down to this: I'm sure somewhere a factory is churning out HD-DVDs (mostly dubious clones) for niche markets (for some reason, these things tend to be in Asia, but that's a topic for a different discussion) and I'm sure those who buy them love them (as much as you can love a piece of plastic and metal that holds data). However, they are buying into something that is incompatible with the standard used by most of the world.
It doesn't make sense (if you exclude advantages related to being able to pick up a developed format that has been abandoned for little to no cost). Just like it doesn't make sense to refuse Kelvin or the degree Celsius.