Yes, it probably would be - at least if you can utilize the solar energy as fast at the black metal absorbs it... otherwise the energy would gather in the metal and it would probably start melting, glowing or something else that is probably undesirable.
Ahhh.. so *thats* the secret behind the Chinese office suite: it's really WordPerfect, but cleverly wrapped so noone notices:-)...no i actually meant the "WPS Office 2003" suite made by the chinese Kingsoft, which is probably not (not that i know of anyways) supported by OOO.
By the way: why would a contractor for the Chinese government chose a name like "Kingsoft" ? - i thought royalty was decadent and absolutely banned in Maoist China?
It could be interesting to know if OpenOffice.org is planning to support the WPS file formats, thus being 'the one office-suite' (and in the darkness bind them:-)
Yeah... it just like Elvis - he died on the can too - why doesn't anyone do something about this toilet-menace ?!
First usenet-posting mentioning /.
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The first usenet posting (or at least the first i could find) that mentions slashdot seems to be this one dated Nov. 11 - 1997. That seems to be fairly soon after the release IMO.
Some of my collegues (that claim to know about such things:-) explained to me after reading the press release that it is not compression in the normal information-theory sense, but rather a way to squeeze more bandwith out of the copper.
The technical details of how data-manipulation can increase SNR is beyond me, but at least it doesn't seem as clearly impossible as "100:1 lossless compression".
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Bright kid! - but why did they choose a photo of him that makes him look like Alfred E. Neuman? ( http://weirdotoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/alfred_e_neuman.jpg )
"Fidel Distro" would get my vote for sure!
You can't have your prior art and eat it too!
Yes, it probably would be - at least if you can utilize the solar energy as fast at the black metal absorbs it ... otherwise the energy would gather in the metal and it would probably start melting, glowing or something else that is probably undesirable.
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Incompetence Floats
They name an entire realm what unmistakeable sounds like "Ass Galore", but they ban the name CmdrTaco - that makes sense... NOT!
Ahhh .. so *thats* the secret behind the Chinese office suite: it's really WordPerfect, but cleverly wrapped so noone notices :-) ...no i actually meant the "WPS Office 2003" suite made by the chinese Kingsoft, which is probably not (not that i know of anyways) supported by OOO.
By the way: why would a contractor for the Chinese government chose a name like "Kingsoft" ? - i thought royalty was decadent and absolutely banned in Maoist China?
It could be interesting to know if OpenOffice.org is planning to support the WPS file formats, thus being 'the one office-suite' (and in the darkness bind them :-)
Yeah... it just like Elvis - he died on the can too - why doesn't anyone do something about this toilet-menace ?!
The first usenet posting (or at least the first i could find) that mentions slashdot seems to be this one dated Nov. 11 - 1997. That seems to be fairly soon after the release IMO.
Some of my collegues (that claim to know about such things :-) explained to me after reading the press release that it is not compression in the normal information-theory sense, but rather a way to squeeze more bandwith out of the copper.
The technical details of how data-manipulation can increase SNR is beyond me, but at least it doesn't seem as clearly impossible as "100:1 lossless compression".
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Goenk