Can anyone tell me why Dvorak is saying that this move makes it easier to develop OSS for the Mac? Isn't is true that whatever the processor people would basically use the very same tools (gcc etc)? Developing for the Mac would have the additional cost of comforming to its OS APIs, standards etc. Just trying to learn something here.
There is controversy about the seriousness of the threat, with indications that usually the landslides there are gradual, thus not likely to generate tsunamis.
I didn't say the economy was my only concern. Your post refers to "a few million" people. You can surely have "general happiness, health, and a good environment" with a lot more people than that, *and* the general living cost would be lower too.
And yes, on top of that, money can buy some health, some good environment and even some general happiness, too.
One reason for a large population is scale economy. The cost of developing an intellectual solution is more or less fixed, so the more people you have, the cheaper it becomes.
What a clueless comment. Another scenario could be that the people was somewhat aware of the situation. In many countries with civil rights violations, for example Brazil, there is a lot of awareness about it.
Google is somehow old technology by now and there should be ways to improve upon it, especially with loads of cash. Maybe they are doing something interesting. I tried my name in it and in fact got better results than in Google.
Name one freedom you've lost. Be specific please. I know it'll be difficult, but please try.
The freedom not to be arrested without basic warranties such as a lawyer.
Lets see, we have UN resolutions that told Saddam to allow inpectors and disarm, and he didn't, so the US finally took the step of forcing him to.
One more single UN resolution and the security council would have no choice but to support the invasion. That wouldn't take that much longer and the invasion would have the blessing of international law. It is almost as if the administration wanted to go alone.
As for the whole world disagreeing with us, I guess Britain, Spain, Australia, etc don't count as part of the world.
You know what the grandparent post's point was. The point is that only a very small and relatively unimportant fraction of the international community supported this. It is all the more painful when you know it could have been completely different with one more resolution.
I'm sorry, but not everyone (51% of the voters) sees Bush as a "fuckup".
The point being discussed is precisely how could those 51% not consider him a fuckup, so this statement does not add to the discussion.
I am not going to address your positive points as they are irrelevant. Bush is a fuckup because of Iraq, mostly. The US is now viewed as an arrogant super power. It is also much less safe because Iraq is a justification to recruit more terrorists. In fact Iraq has now a lot more people plotting against the US than before the invasion. You just can't fight terrorism with brute force alone.
Because it integrates with google.com, any searches done with the bar will be directed to it and have the "Desktop" option. I would expect them to update the bar to give this option directly though, and to add a few more things.
Wait... if you have the option to install this, it means you run Windows and trust it with manipulating your data without having checked its source code. How is this different?
Actually it would be nice to have some kind of ranking mechanism on your files, based on how often they are used or how many important subjects a file relates to (this importance being determined by your overall files content). Maybe a "link" structure between files could be uncovered. Right now it seems that each file is analysed independently.
It's much better to have a single point from which to start searches. You may be interested in multi-application searches. It is a more convenient way to search browsing history.
Maybe that's what they meant: that being in contact with friends, information and entertainment makes people feel confident, secure and empowered.
Although their explanation sounds weird to me. You could say the same about heroin, that its users have withdrawal because they feel happy and empowered with the drug.
Checking two email accounts takes longer, and searching for an old message requires going to two sites. Forwarding is not an option if you want Google's interface since Yahoo!'s forwarding is paid for (I assume Google will let people forward and pop3 their email though).
Another annoying point is that I get a lot of spam in Chinese but am not able to set a filter for that. That would help a lot in getting rid of spam.
Try telling this to them, though. Trying to send them a suggestion about their spam system always takes you to a pre-formatted page to *report* spam, which you can do from the email interface anyway. They are unreachable.
The calendar is very useful, especially because it synchs with PDAs too (the only online calendar I know of that does that). I only wish the synch worked for the email too.
I assume you eat, go to the doctor when you get sick etc, that is, you try to prolong your life. I don't see why this research would be any different from that.
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Thank you, O prophet, for reminding me of my insignificance... I shall accept pundits' words from now on...
Can anyone tell me why Dvorak is saying that this move makes it easier to develop OSS for the Mac? Isn't is true that whatever the processor people would basically use the very same tools (gcc etc)? Developing for the Mac would have the additional cost of comforming to its OS APIs, standards etc. Just trying to learn something here.
If you want to avoid floods, I guess you will have to move to the middle of some desert.
From Wikipedia, under Cumbre Vieja:
There is controversy about the seriousness of the threat, with indications that usually the landslides there are gradual, thus not likely to generate tsunamis.
Well, if this is about areas without major natural disasters, what about Brazil?
No volcanos, tornados or hurricanes, no earthquakes and tsunamis, not even snow or (real) cold weather.
Although, granted, poverty, crime and the occasional flood.
I didn't say the economy was my only concern. Your post refers to "a few million" people. You can surely have "general happiness, health, and a good environment" with a lot more people than that, *and* the general living cost would be lower too.
And yes, on top of that, money can buy some health, some good environment and even some general happiness, too.
One reason for a large population is scale economy. The cost of developing an intellectual solution is more or less fixed, so the more people you have, the cheaper it becomes.
On the contrary, the semi-colon is precisely the reason why it doesn't refer to Tania.
What a clueless comment. Another scenario could be that the people was somewhat aware of the situation. In many countries with civil rights violations, for example Brazil, there is a lot of awareness about it.
You would think warning people against ways of losing their data is against the interests of a company that recovers data...
Google is somehow old technology by now and there should be ways to improve upon it, especially with loads of cash. Maybe they are doing something interesting. I tried my name in it and in fact got better results than in Google.
Name one freedom you've lost. Be specific please. I know it'll be difficult, but please try.
The freedom not to be arrested without basic warranties such as a lawyer.
Lets see, we have UN resolutions that told Saddam to allow inpectors and disarm, and he didn't, so the US finally took the step of forcing him to.
One more single UN resolution and the security council would have no choice but to support the invasion. That wouldn't take that much longer and the invasion would have the blessing of international law. It is almost as if the administration wanted to go alone.
As for the whole world disagreeing with us, I guess Britain, Spain, Australia, etc don't count as part of the world.
You know what the grandparent post's point was. The point is that only a very small and relatively unimportant fraction of the international community supported this. It is all the more painful when you know it could have been completely different with one more resolution.
I'm sorry, but not everyone (51% of the voters) sees Bush as a "fuckup".
The point being discussed is precisely how could those 51% not consider him a fuckup, so this statement does not add to the discussion.
I am not going to address your positive points as they are irrelevant. Bush is a fuckup because of Iraq, mostly. The US is now viewed as an arrogant super power. It is also much less safe because Iraq is a justification to recruit more terrorists. In fact Iraq has now a lot more people plotting against the US than before the invasion. You just can't fight terrorism with brute force alone.
Because it integrates with google.com, any searches done with the bar will be directed to it and have the "Desktop" option. I would expect them to update the bar to give this option directly though, and to add a few more things.
Wait... if you have the option to install this, it means you run Windows and trust it with manipulating your data without having checked its source code. How is this different?
It does searches on my java files. I just found a class definition.
Actually it would be nice to have some kind of ranking mechanism on your files, based on how often they are used or how many important subjects a file relates to (this importance being determined by your overall files content). Maybe a "link" structure between files could be uncovered. Right now it seems that each file is analysed independently.
Indeed Google Desktop DOES contain a trojan, at least according to ViruScan, which quarantined two files from it.
It's much better to have a single point from which to start searches. You may be interested in multi-application searches. It is a more convenient way to search browsing history.
Maybe that's what they meant: that being in contact with friends, information and entertainment makes people feel confident, secure and empowered.
Although their explanation sounds weird to me. You could say the same about heroin, that its users have withdrawal because they feel happy and empowered with the drug.
Checking two email accounts takes longer, and searching for an old message requires going to two sites. Forwarding is not an option if you want Google's interface since Yahoo!'s forwarding is paid for (I assume Google will let people forward and pop3 their email though).
Another annoying point is that I get a lot of spam in Chinese but am not able to set a filter for that. That would help a lot in getting rid of spam.
Try telling this to them, though. Trying to send them a suggestion about their spam system always takes you to a pre-formatted page to *report* spam, which you can do from the email interface anyway. They are unreachable.
The calendar is very useful, especially because it synchs with PDAs too (the only online calendar I know of that does that). I only wish the synch worked for the email too.
All the worse when the government is making those decisions for you.
I assume you eat, go to the doctor when you get sick etc, that is, you try to prolong your life. I don't see why this research would be any different from that.
"HAL plant" seems to suggest the existence of a company called HAL (maybe a University spin-off?).