From a user perspective, the Android advantage goes a little further than that, the marketplace is a convenience, not the exclusive way to install apps on the phone.
From a developer perspective, having a friendly filter is probably better than having an annoying filter (but hey, you can market stuff outside of the filter on Android, if you think it is worth your time).
The idea that people who counted days in groups of 144,000 would all of the sudden freak out after 13 of those groups is just silly, they would have started the 14th.
The system only pumps the brakes when it detects slipping. Static friction (that's what limits braking force when the tires are rolling) is actually a larger force than sliding friction (which is what limits braking force when the tires are slipping).
So in practice, ABS can actually increase braking force.
I would imagine that they limits are somewhat of a practical matter. For tasks that are computationally simple, letting the programs run and run and run is a much bigger pain than simply allowing a given time on a fast computer and failing (and killing the process of) anything that takes longer.
I'd have to go check, but I believe there is an interlock between most automatic transmission and the steering wheel lock, so that the lock will not engage when the vehicle is not in park. Really, since I drive a car with an automatic, I should know that, shoot (of course, for a manual, the clutch obviates the entire discussion). If I'm in a runaway vehicle coming up to cross traffic, reducing speed is a lot more important than maintaining steering.
Anyway, even if I were uncertain, I'm pretty sure I would reason through it and realize that even if I did accidentally lock the steering wheel (by moving the key too far), I would be able to release it right away by turning the key back.
And I'm pretty sure most antilock brake systems actually increase the effectiveness of the brakes (the actuation results in more friction between the vehicle and the road surface).
I won't be surprised if a flaw is eventually uncovered. I also won't be surprised if more and more cases are revealed to be pedal error.
Of course it has something to do with the number of paid programmers working on the projects, but for the business mindset, being able to keep your changes is considered a good thing, so part of the point of the example was that the 'bad' that comes from the companies keeping things private can still be outweighed by the amount of good they do by sharing.
Yeah, people make 'limited' use of the linux kernel.
(and then there are the interesting counter examples; if you measure how fast they have progressed, Webkit has progressed a lot more since Apple and Google started sharing some of their work than Gecko has progressed in the same interval of time; so commercial companies sharing based on their own self interest are (at least arguably) throwing off more benefit than a semi-commercial open effort)
UC Berkeley and MIT both have plenty of funds for lawyers. The FSF and Apache foundations (among others) also have significant funds to expend on legal advice.
Or are you talking about the people employing the licenses, rather than the people creating them?
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Do you mean WinRar? 7-Zip pretty much matches it for features.
Except the malware writers are not mythical creatures, they have real world considerations.
So improving security practices and doing the work to eliminate existing bots can actually make a difference.
At that point, you aren't actually measuring time anymore.
Landfill: A future mine.
The things you describe as being 'unpopular' are better described as being 'opposed by the establishment'.
Or do you think there are people who are unhappy that they have the right to vote?
For each 1 of you, there are like 200,000 other people who like those features.
So Google should be more careful, China could still get pregnant?
None of the additional units save as much time as the second one.
So all you have to do to save 190 million years is buy two of them.
Excellent.
Their employer won't pay them in cash, so they don't really have much of a choice.
A lot of Americans don't trust banks, so they get paid by check, and then pay to cash it.
Electronic transfers aren't going to help them much.
(Just to be clear, I use direct deposit and think they are insane)
It sounds nearly entirely self serving.
But that's the point of trade and capitalism, they align self interest with the interests of others.
From a user perspective, the Android advantage goes a little further than that, the marketplace is a convenience, not the exclusive way to install apps on the phone.
From a developer perspective, having a friendly filter is probably better than having an annoying filter (but hey, you can market stuff outside of the filter on Android, if you think it is worth your time).
The brand certainly doesn't enjoy the mindshare it had 20 years ago, but Sony still makes plenty of good products, along with plenty of bad products.
The Sony Reader Pocket goes for about $170-$180.
Not exactly no name, but it does have a smaller screen and such.
No, I meant that the Maya calendar doesn't end in 2012. They would begin another long cycle. This article is well cited:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
The idea that people who counted days in groups of 144,000 would all of the sudden freak out after 13 of those groups is just silly, they would have started the 14th.
The system only pumps the brakes when it detects slipping. Static friction (that's what limits braking force when the tires are rolling) is actually a larger force than sliding friction (which is what limits braking force when the tires are slipping).
So in practice, ABS can actually increase braking force.
I would imagine that they limits are somewhat of a practical matter. For tasks that are computationally simple, letting the programs run and run and run is a much bigger pain than simply allowing a given time on a fast computer and failing (and killing the process of) anything that takes longer.
There's nothing subjective about pretending that the Maya calendar ends in 2012, it is pure stupidity.
You might as well imagine that our calendar predicts the end of the world in 9999.
I'd have to go check, but I believe there is an interlock between most automatic transmission and the steering wheel lock, so that the lock will not engage when the vehicle is not in park. Really, since I drive a car with an automatic, I should know that, shoot (of course, for a manual, the clutch obviates the entire discussion). If I'm in a runaway vehicle coming up to cross traffic, reducing speed is a lot more important than maintaining steering.
Anyway, even if I were uncertain, I'm pretty sure I would reason through it and realize that even if I did accidentally lock the steering wheel (by moving the key too far), I would be able to release it right away by turning the key back.
And I'm pretty sure most antilock brake systems actually increase the effectiveness of the brakes (the actuation results in more friction between the vehicle and the road surface).
I won't be surprised if a flaw is eventually uncovered. I also won't be surprised if more and more cases are revealed to be pedal error.
This is a classic variation of the old standard "I'm stupid, laugh" gag.
You might think you are making fun of the silly new age nonsense, but you aren't doing a very good job of it.
Of course it has something to do with the number of paid programmers working on the projects, but for the business mindset, being able to keep your changes is considered a good thing, so part of the point of the example was that the 'bad' that comes from the companies keeping things private can still be outweighed by the amount of good they do by sharing.
Yeah, people make 'limited' use of the linux kernel.
(and then there are the interesting counter examples; if you measure how fast they have progressed, Webkit has progressed a lot more since Apple and Google started sharing some of their work than Gecko has progressed in the same interval of time; so commercial companies sharing based on their own self interest are (at least arguably) throwing off more benefit than a semi-commercial open effort)
People can use GPL code without giving anything back. They just can't modify it and hide those modifications from their users.
UC Berkeley and MIT both have plenty of funds for lawyers. The FSF and Apache foundations (among others) also have significant funds to expend on legal advice.
Or are you talking about the people employing the licenses, rather than the people creating them?