I suspect the space shuttle was the original extraction method for the maple syrup, hence the need to steal it.
Of course, since the maple syrup was recovered, there's not much point in stealing the shuttle, unless the maple syrup was just a distraction for the theft of somethign even more valuable!
Yes, you can try the UK, where they'll irradiate you with no option to opt out (Manchester for example).
Small detail: Backscatter x-ray scanners are banned in the EU. Those are mm-Wave scanners, which are as safe as your phone. Essentially, it's your privacy you should be worried about, not your health.
My new rule of thumb is to do the opposite of everything the World Health Organisation recommends. The swine/bird/*insert animal here* flu scares made me skeptical, agreeing that it's not clear that cell phones are safe (despite many studies that disprove cancer links and there being no known mechanism for low-energy EM radiation to harm living tissue) was the last straw.
The day they announce coffee might be bad for you, we'll know for sure it's safe.
Only Windows RT doesn't run legacy code. Windows 8 on x86 and x64 runs everything since DOS 1.0/Windows 95 (x64 dropped 16-bit executable compatibility).
Windows 8 might have problems, but backward compatibility sure isn't one of them. Even if Windows RT ran x86 code, I doubt any current or near-future ARM processor could handle it at a decent speed.
If they sold me a copy of an OS that is like MeeGo but fixes some issues, adds some features and is supported, I'd buy it for 25 bucks. I'm sure plenty of N9 users feel the same.
From what I've seen, Windows 8 tablets are focused on the 9-12 inch segment. I'd say the real threat posed by the iPad Mini is against the smaller stuff, like the small Kindle Fire (HD or not), Nexus 7 and similar hardware.
I'm sure Nokia would license Maps to anyone using Android. They're probably just not interested/bound by a gentlemen's agreement with Google/were intimidated by Google.
N9 owner here. The software itself isn't at the same level (at least with PR 1.2) as it currently is on WP7 (and Symbian probably), but the maps are the same and you still get:
- Offline maps (online maps are also possible) - Turn-by-turn navigation with text-to-speech (with multiple voices) - A real distinction between pedestrian and car routes - A satisfactory POI collection (probably not as good as google, though) - Accurate maps - Favorite locations can be synced with Nokia Maps for the browser
NOBODY needs unsecured Wi-Fi (unless it just gives you instructions on how to properly connect to the real network). Trivial passwords at least allow for encryption.
That's a good point. "Here's our software. It should be stable, but it's beta, so don't rely on it too much." beats "Hey, we're out of beta! What? Bugs? We'll take care of that in 1.1!"
It's interesting how so many projects that were in beta for so long (though widely used and considered essentially stable) are finally getting the 1.0 treatment.
I'd say around the Snow Leopard / Lion transition on OS X, every iPod, iPhone and iPad, if used in a way that's just slightly different from the Apple way (like avoiding iTunes, wanting to use microUSB instead of the dock connector and so on).
On my Windows 7 desktop, uptime is ~1 month, usually being shut down for updates only. For battery reasons, my laptop's uptime is much lower.
These days, Windows even downloads pretty much every driver required for your typical device automagically. Even printers, the most evil peripheral known to Man.
While I do agree with you, it should have never come to this.
It would've been as easy as having ~20 people do some spot checks of Apple's maps vs. Google's (which tend to be accurate). They'd compile a nice list of places to double check (say, with Nokia/Navteq maps). Have a similar group do the same for the turn-by-turn navigation.
After a week of doing this, they could've had a decent analysis of the quality of their maps.
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Do your country a favor and be sure to vote idiots such as him out of office.
It's not about christianity, it's about subsets of christianity that not only reject science, but try to force their idiotic beliefs onto others.
Obligatory xkcd:
http://xkcd.com/808/
From their textbooks, soviet science was far ahead of what these idiots consider "science".
I suspect the space shuttle was the original extraction method for the maple syrup, hence the need to steal it.
Of course, since the maple syrup was recovered, there's not much point in stealing the shuttle, unless the maple syrup was just a distraction for the theft of somethign even more valuable!
Yes, you can try the UK, where they'll irradiate you with no option to opt out (Manchester for example).
Small detail: Backscatter x-ray scanners are banned in the EU. Those are mm-Wave scanners, which are as safe as your phone. Essentially, it's your privacy you should be worried about, not your health.
Windows configuration is typically left to the end-user. IE setting and such are among them, I think.
I have yet to see a single deal, no matter how small.
What I usually get is Amazon trying to sell me what I last checked out.
You have a point with the legal value of DNT. In fact, it sounds like something the EU would try, which would be very welcome
My new rule of thumb is to do the opposite of everything the World Health Organisation recommends. The swine/bird/*insert animal here* flu scares made me skeptical, agreeing that it's not clear that cell phones are safe (despite many studies that disprove cancer links and there being no known mechanism for low-energy EM radiation to harm living tissue) was the last straw.
The day they announce coffee might be bad for you, we'll know for sure it's safe.
You sound like you believe that tablets must run Windows RT. The really interesting (in other words, useful) tablets are x86, not ARM.
Only Windows RT doesn't run legacy code. Windows 8 on x86 and x64 runs everything since DOS 1.0/Windows 95 (x64 dropped 16-bit executable compatibility).
Windows 8 might have problems, but backward compatibility sure isn't one of them. Even if Windows RT ran x86 code, I doubt any current or near-future ARM processor could handle it at a decent speed.
If they sold me a copy of an OS that is like MeeGo but fixes some issues, adds some features and is supported, I'd buy it for 25 bucks. I'm sure plenty of N9 users feel the same.
"U" key not fully pressed and finger slipped from "S" to "D" key, according to my analysis of the QWERTY keyboard layout.
You're absolutely right. It's a way to divert public funds into black holes through poor deals. Stuff like scanners comes to mind.
From what I've seen, Windows 8 tablets are focused on the 9-12 inch segment. I'd say the real threat posed by the iPad Mini is against the smaller stuff, like the small Kindle Fire (HD or not), Nexus 7 and similar hardware.
I'm sure Nokia would license Maps to anyone using Android. They're probably just not interested/bound by a gentlemen's agreement with Google/were intimidated by Google.
N9 owner here. The software itself isn't at the same level (at least with PR 1.2) as it currently is on WP7 (and Symbian probably), but the maps are the same and you still get:
- Offline maps (online maps are also possible)
- Turn-by-turn navigation with text-to-speech (with multiple voices)
- A real distinction between pedestrian and car routes
- A satisfactory POI collection (probably not as good as google, though)
- Accurate maps
- Favorite locations can be synced with Nokia Maps for the browser
Extra reactors are much safer than carrying around tons of high-explosives, and you get some extra room to carry the inert ordnance.
NOBODY needs unsecured Wi-Fi (unless it just gives you instructions on how to properly connect to the real network). Trivial passwords at least allow for encryption.
That's a good point. "Here's our software. It should be stable, but it's beta, so don't rely on it too much." beats "Hey, we're out of beta! What? Bugs? We'll take care of that in 1.1!"
It's interesting how so many projects that were in beta for so long (though widely used and considered essentially stable) are finally getting the 1.0 treatment.
Please define "For a while now".
I'd say around the Snow Leopard / Lion transition on OS X, every iPod, iPhone and iPad, if used in a way that's just slightly different from the Apple way (like avoiding iTunes, wanting to use microUSB instead of the dock connector and so on).
On my Windows 7 desktop, uptime is ~1 month, usually being shut down for updates only. For battery reasons, my laptop's uptime is much lower.
These days, Windows even downloads pretty much every driver required for your typical device automagically. Even printers, the most evil peripheral known to Man.
While I do agree with you, it should have never come to this.
It would've been as easy as having ~20 people do some spot checks of Apple's maps vs. Google's (which tend to be accurate). They'd compile a nice list of places to double check (say, with Nokia/Navteq maps). Have a similar group do the same for the turn-by-turn navigation.
After a week of doing this, they could've had a decent analysis of the quality of their maps.
"We have given you a suggestion on how to improve your towns, so take it."