Perl 6 never really got finished. There is the Rakado version which is close... http://rakudo.org/status Eh... I see perl most often in either legacy site or for system administrator tools (as a replacement for Bash scripts).
Except for a bit of expansion in DHTML and Flash, you could do everything then that you could do now. The only differences is bandwidth and processing power. The real dynamic changes have been the underlying programming languages and the use of backed databases. You could do it all in perl back then, just no one really thought to.
No this is akin to his VCs wanting him to draw out elaborate plans to torture puppies, as long as he doesn't sue anyone over the patent no puppies have been harmed.
Several animals, mostly humans have a natural repulsion to different looks. The scientific explanation is it is our avoidance to disease be it mutation or infection. I think younger generations have had enough cultural exposure to the different human races that we don't instinctively think of them as mutations, but someone who has had no exposure when young probably has a strong instinctive response. I wonder why dogs don't?..
Exactly as the other replier stated. Copyrights were originally fairly short terms, as time progressed copyright got extended and extended, not as a counter to pirates, but by lobbyist of Disney and others who were threatened by derivative works from their creation. I know pirates would still exist anyways but I don't think they would have such broad based support if the publishers hadn't been legal thieves all along.
Actually, software that has resale value has a greater initial value (you can sell it for more). Just like with your college books, if you know you are guaranteed a 50% buy back for the new version you won't be so quick to buy the used version for only a small discount. While not as obvious with software, its more obvious with consoles which retain a decent resale value.
Kindle 2 (And I assume this device) comes with a webbrowser that can browse sites other than Amazon. You can browse any site, of course its DHTML support is minimal, its akin to browsing with lynx plus images. Apparently its pretty painful, but its good enough to check your webmail or whatever.
But what your asking for is a completely corruption free government. Which is an impossibility. The failure ultimate failure of Communism was corruption, the failure of Capitalism is Corruption, the failure of Libertarianism is corruption. People take power, those in power become corrupt..
"Why do we have to pay almost $500 to get a Linux-based (!) platform without root access"
Because they give you free mobile broadband access, but the kindle isn't fast enough and won't download videos or other large files so its safe to provide you this. If they gave you root you could and would tether it and whomever they are contracting with to provide the unlimited broadband would shut it down.
I am saying is that the government has a legalized monopoly on the use of force in society. The government should not take your money against your will and give it to other people, regardless of the alleged "benefits to society", which is a euphemism for "benefiting some people at the expense of other people".
Problem is that without our government a power and corruption vacuum would form and you'd quickly feel what it means to be in an anarchy. One of the "benefits to society" you get out of the forceful taking of taxes is police and military protection. Sure, it would be nice if there was a voluntary collective you could join (like an HOA) that you pay into and get protection, but surprise those tend to get corrupt really fast as well. Think of it more as a semi-voluntary collective that you are born into without much choice. You can move but as long as you live in a house in this neighborhood (the US) you have to pay your contracted dues or you will lose the protection provided. On top of the protection racket is a social net as well, but really its a matter of which master you want, unless your very rich you're going to have one.
Or maybe they have deals with content providers for something, who knows why they are offering the service, but they won't regret it. I read a recent analysis of TWC's SEC report and it basically states that TWCs cost of providing broadband, including service, repair, cable modems, everything was $5 per broadband customer per month. Buying programming from the networks is in the $30 a month range. Which has the biggest profit margin. If you cut your TV part of your service and get the $99 a month system, even if 100Mbs is costing them $20 a month they are still making a bigger profit than having to deal with the likes of Viacom..
So your saying NASA research is akin to the Inquisition. No the real problem pre Renaissance was the strategic tying of Religion and Government. If it wasn't for NASA we would just be getting to the space as the Chinese are. On the other hand if it wasn't for the Church and England (dark ages), we'd probably be colonizing other planets by now.....
I'm not arguing that for profit corporations haven't gotten us far, but the really huge investments sometimes take a collective much larger. Don't think the US government isn't a corporation just like any other. The real question is one of motive. Are you motivated by corporate/shareholder long term profit (You'll probably make big investments, but your potential to invest is relative to your size), are you motivated by short term wealth (you'll get involved in the latest bubble and pop), are you motivated by moral convictions (you will try to do good, maybe you will, maybe you won't), are you motivated by moral dogma (root of tryany). This country, including the US government used to be motivated by the long term profit goal. Hence NASA, Internet, Highway system, it wasn't just good for people, it was good for the long term "profit" of the US government. We've lost our way, and no one group, not even corporations have really stood up to take the place...
:) No I just meant the industrial revolution would have been delayed in the US were it not for the railroads. Then as now the US population is much more spread out than the UK
Really, the Internet, many of medical technologies, satellite communication, etc etc etc. Would not exist had it not been for initial government research. Yet trillions of dollars are made each year do to these technologies. Name me one US tech boom that did not have its start due to government provided research or infrastructure (and yes the industrial revolution was dependent upon the railroads, which were dependent upon government land and protection.) Even I disagree if the government should have provided these levels of protection, maybe things would be better if they had developed naturally, maybe not... But government has had a HUGE impact.
Ignoring the arrogance of your statement this car will be an environmental plus. The people who would buy this car would have probably bought a motorcycle instead. Lets compare. Tata, third world motorcycle 60mpg, 50mpg 4 seats, 2 seats
Guess which one is more environmentally friendly, especially if you car pool. Now I can only hope the parts are cheap and its easy to repair, otherwise people will be throwing away their tata instead of getting it fixed which would make it the loser in this competition.
While I dislike Chris Dodd in general, blaming him for this is a complete misinterpretation of his Amendment. Dodd added an amendment to the bailout limiting bonuses, an exception was added for anything contracted before the bill became law. If it wasn't for Dodd's amendment the bonuses would have been legal anyways, the exception was kinda stupid but if you think about it not having the exception would be a bit illigal as it would be an attempt to change contract law, exactly what we are doing right now.
Yea I'm in a similar boat. Was until recently a CS major at Florida State, their requirements are ridiculous. Tons of math classes (well I got a math minor under my belt at least) and required up to the 3rd level of a foreign language. 1 1/2 years into it (post Associates which I had gotten years before) doing it part time due to having to support a family as well I realized I had 4 1/4 years left to go (and I had just had to drop Spanish due to totally failing it by midterm). I just switched to an Information Science major, I only have 5 classes left to finish that major and should be done in a 1 1/2 or less. I was making mostly As in my CS classes I was doing well, but it was just a huge degree with insane requirements and little job prospects in this State. I figure just a BS in something is worth it at this point, I'm getting old..
I'd have to look it up (but I'm lazy) but I believe that sound card has a lot of midi functions onboard. So theoretically if he wanted to use his computer to run some techno it could!:)
And yet you are spreading lies as well. Quoted in Full from your link....
The current law limits to 65,000 the number of aliens who may be issued a visa or otherwise provided H-1B status. (The numerical limitation was temporarily raised to 195,000 in FY2001, FY2002 and FY2003.) In addition, excluded from the ceiling are all H-1B non-immigrants who work at (but not necessarily for) universities and non-profit research facilities. [4] This means that contractors working at, but not directly employed by the institution may be exempt from the cap. Free Trade Agreements allow a carve out from the numerical limit of 1,400 for Chilean nationals and 5,400 for Singapore nationals. Laws also exempt up to 20,000 foreign nationals holding a masterâ(TM)s or higher degree from U.S. universities from the cap on H-1B visas.
The Department of Homeland Security approved about 132,000 H-1B visas in 2004 and 117,000 in 2005.[5]
Visa renewals do not count towards the annual limits. Transfers among employers only count when changing jobs from an employer exempt from the limits (academia or research) to one that is not exempt.
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Perl 6 never really got finished. There is the Rakado version which is close...
http://rakudo.org/status
Eh...
I see perl most often in either legacy site or for system administrator tools (as a replacement for Bash scripts).
Except for a bit of expansion in DHTML and Flash, you could do everything then that you could do now. The only differences is bandwidth and processing power. The real dynamic changes have been the underlying programming languages and the use of backed databases. You could do it all in perl back then, just no one really thought to.
No this is akin to his VCs wanting him to draw out elaborate plans to torture puppies, as long as he doesn't sue anyone over the patent no puppies have been harmed.
Several animals, mostly humans have a natural repulsion to different looks. The scientific explanation is it is our avoidance to disease be it mutation or infection. I think younger generations have had enough cultural exposure to the different human races that we don't instinctively think of them as mutations, but someone who has had no exposure when young probably has a strong instinctive response. I wonder why dogs don't?..
Someone could easily rig a bomb to it???
Speed 4!
Sounds like you need http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/18/169202
There are virtual versions of this, though I haven't found a good one for the PC.
Exactly as the other replier stated. Copyrights were originally fairly short terms, as time progressed copyright got extended and extended, not as a counter to pirates, but by lobbyist of Disney and others who were threatened by derivative works from their creation. I know pirates would still exist anyways but I don't think they would have such broad based support if the publishers hadn't been legal thieves all along.
Actually, software that has resale value has a greater initial value (you can sell it for more). Just like with your college books, if you know you are guaranteed a 50% buy back for the new version you won't be so quick to buy the used version for only a small discount. While not as obvious with software, its more obvious with consoles which retain a decent resale value.
Any reason you have a lot of em? And can I have some? :)
Slight retraction, while according to what everyone is saying broadband internet is free on the device, according to Amazon's terms of service they can charge you for it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=kin2w_ddp?nodeId=200144530&#wireless
So they may someday start charging for non amazon access.
Kindle 2 (And I assume this device) comes with a webbrowser that can browse sites other than Amazon. You can browse any site, of course its DHTML support is minimal, its akin to browsing with lynx plus images.
Apparently its pretty painful, but its good enough to check your webmail or whatever.
But what your asking for is a completely corruption free government. Which is an impossibility.
The failure ultimate failure of Communism was corruption, the failure of Capitalism is Corruption, the failure of Libertarianism is corruption.
People take power, those in power become corrupt..
As I've stated the build cost might be $190 but that doesn't account for the mobile broadband they provide you for free.
"Why do we have to pay almost $500 to get a Linux-based (!) platform without root access"
Because they give you free mobile broadband access, but the kindle isn't fast enough and won't download videos or other large files so its safe to provide you this. If they gave you root you could and would tether it and whomever they are contracting with to provide the unlimited broadband would shut it down.
I am saying is that the government has a legalized monopoly on the use of force in society. The government should not take your money against your will and give it to other people, regardless of the alleged "benefits to society", which is a euphemism for "benefiting some people at the expense of other people".
Problem is that without our government a power and corruption vacuum would form and you'd quickly feel what it means to be in an anarchy. One of the "benefits to society" you get out of the forceful taking of taxes is police and military protection. Sure, it would be nice if there was a voluntary collective you could join (like an HOA) that you pay into and get protection, but surprise those tend to get corrupt really fast as well. Think of it more as a semi-voluntary collective that you are born into without much choice. You can move but as long as you live in a house in this neighborhood (the US) you have to pay your contracted dues or you will lose the protection provided. On top of the protection racket is a social net as well, but really its a matter of which master you want, unless your very rich you're going to have one.
Or maybe they have deals with content providers for something, who knows why they are offering the service, but they won't regret it. I read a recent analysis of TWC's SEC report and it basically states that TWCs cost of providing broadband, including service, repair, cable modems, everything was $5 per broadband customer per month. Buying programming from the networks is in the $30 a month range. Which has the biggest profit margin. If you cut your TV part of your service and get the $99 a month system, even if 100Mbs is costing them $20 a month they are still making a bigger profit than having to deal with the likes of Viacom..
So your saying NASA research is akin to the Inquisition. No the real problem pre Renaissance was the strategic tying of Religion and Government. If it wasn't for NASA we would just be getting to the space as the Chinese are.
On the other hand if it wasn't for the Church and England (dark ages), we'd probably be colonizing other planets by now.....
I'm not arguing that for profit corporations haven't gotten us far, but the really huge investments sometimes take a collective much larger. Don't think the US government isn't a corporation just like any other. The real question is one of motive. Are you motivated by corporate/shareholder long term profit (You'll probably make big investments, but your potential to invest is relative to your size), are you motivated by short term wealth (you'll get involved in the latest bubble and pop), are you motivated by moral convictions (you will try to do good, maybe you will, maybe you won't), are you motivated by moral dogma (root of tryany). This country, including the US government used to be motivated by the long term profit goal. Hence NASA, Internet, Highway system, it wasn't just good for people, it was good for the long term "profit" of the US government. We've lost our way, and no one group, not even corporations have really stood up to take the place...
:) No I just meant the industrial revolution would have been delayed in the US were it not for the railroads. Then as now the US population is much more spread out than the UK
Really, the Internet, many of medical technologies, satellite communication, etc etc etc. Would not exist had it not been for initial government research. Yet trillions of dollars are made each year do to these technologies. Name me one US tech boom that did not have its start due to government provided research or infrastructure (and yes the industrial revolution was dependent upon the railroads, which were dependent upon government land and protection.)
Even I disagree if the government should have provided these levels of protection, maybe things would be better if they had developed naturally, maybe not... But government has had a HUGE impact.
Don't forget, it also comes with a lifetime of mobile internet.
Ignoring the arrogance of your statement this car will be an environmental plus.
The people who would buy this car would have probably bought a motorcycle instead.
Lets compare.
Tata, third world motorcycle
60mpg, 50mpg
4 seats, 2 seats
Guess which one is more environmentally friendly, especially if you car pool. Now I can only hope the parts are cheap and its easy to repair, otherwise people will be throwing away their tata instead of getting it fixed which would make it the loser in this competition.
While I dislike Chris Dodd in general, blaming him for this is a complete misinterpretation of his Amendment.
Dodd added an amendment to the bailout limiting bonuses, an exception was added for anything contracted before the bill became law.
If it wasn't for Dodd's amendment the bonuses would have been legal anyways, the exception was kinda stupid but if you think about it not having the exception would be a bit illigal as it would be an attempt to change contract law, exactly what we are doing right now.
Yea I'm in a similar boat. Was until recently a CS major at Florida State, their requirements are ridiculous. Tons of math classes (well I got a math minor under my belt at least) and required up to the 3rd level of a foreign language. 1 1/2 years into it (post Associates which I had gotten years before) doing it part time due to having to support a family as well I realized I had 4 1/4 years left to go (and I had just had to drop Spanish due to totally failing it by midterm). I just switched to an Information Science major, I only have 5 classes left to finish that major and should be done in a 1 1/2 or less. I was making mostly As in my CS classes I was doing well, but it was just a huge degree with insane requirements and little job prospects in this State. I figure just a BS in something is worth it at this point, I'm getting old..
I'd have to look it up (but I'm lazy) but I believe that sound card has a lot of midi functions onboard. So theoretically if he wanted to use his computer to run some techno it could! :)
And yet you are spreading lies as well. Quoted in Full from your link....
The current law limits to 65,000 the number of aliens who may be issued a visa or otherwise provided H-1B status. (The numerical limitation was temporarily raised to 195,000 in FY2001, FY2002 and FY2003.) In addition, excluded from the ceiling are all H-1B non-immigrants who work at (but not necessarily for) universities and non-profit research facilities. [4] This means that contractors working at, but not directly employed by the institution may be exempt from the cap. Free Trade Agreements allow a carve out from the numerical limit of 1,400 for Chilean nationals and 5,400 for Singapore nationals. Laws also exempt up to 20,000 foreign nationals holding a masterâ(TM)s or higher degree from U.S. universities from the cap on H-1B visas.
The Department of Homeland Security approved about 132,000 H-1B visas in 2004 and 117,000 in 2005.[5]
Visa renewals do not count towards the annual limits. Transfers among employers only count when changing jobs from an employer exempt from the limits (academia or research) to one that is not exempt.