Detector vans exist but aren't really used, they're just a boogie man to scare the punters. Most enforcement is done via databases. TV retailers have to pass on your address details for example.
To go back to the great great [...] grandparent's comment about requiring a licencse when not viewing tv, that's incorrect.
If you call the license people and tell them that you won't be using it to watch TV then they'll ask you to detune all the channels, and in theory shouldn't hassle you again (they left me alone at least). They said an inspector may come round, but that as long as the channels are detuned from TV then all will be well.
Well the example you give is perfectly possible with simple code, in fact I believe the ALICE chatbot can do just that. However it's a pretty trivial example.
For more interesting computer learning see neural networks simulations.
Oh yes, the very idea of supporting a little used browser like IE! I mean what was he thinking? Is he trying to tell us he has clients that need business or something? *guffaw*
"However, you CAN download your intelligence into a computer. It's called "typing." Previous generations downloaded their intelligence into books, without the benefit of computers."
Wrong. They downloaded the output of their intelligence, and knowledge, into books, which is a very different thing.
Programming is closer to what you seem to be describing.
However systems can be built that learn certain things for themselves, which does lead to them having their own intelligence of a sort.
Incidentally, your brain is just a bunch of switches too.
"Did you ever notice how science changes its anwsers so damn often. But the Bible stays the same."
Congratulations! You're one step closer to rational thought!
Unlike religion, science doesn't claim it's explanations to be correct. It claims them to be the best explanation we can find given the current evidence.
Science is a method for trying to explain why something is the way it is best on testing a hypothesis.in a repeatable way.
Unlike religion it does not say "this is the way it is", it says "this is the best explanation we have for why this happens".
The difference is that there's actually evidence involved in science. Religion just has books of mostly unverifiable claims by people long dead with no supporting evidence except... more mostly unverifiable claims by other people long dead!
On the other hand there are many good moral teachings in religion that virtually anyone can agree on. It's just a shame they're mixed in with so much crap.
That's complete crap. People pay tips in europe, the difference is that if the waiter doesn't get good tips he still gets to eat, if he does then he gets a bonus.
If someone gives bad service they get complaints and they get fired.
1. Looting doesn't stop evacuation. Evacuation should take precedence.
2. I've heard of only two incidents of relief workers being shot at. One was a helicopter, and one was at a hospital. There has been more going on in the city, but that still doesn't explain why water and food couldn't be got to the superdrome or whatever it's called.
What about extreme v-sync and h-sync settings? Couldn't they have an effect *similar* to the one described on monitor hardware without today's safeguards?
They're not patenting the method of highlighting, they're patenting the idea of providing a function to highlight all numerical data in a document.
It seems like a pretty weak idea for a patent to me, and I am against software patents personally, but this is far from the worst example of one that I've seen.
I'm not missing the point. The game has nothing going for it, compared to other racers, except stylised graphics, and you said yourself graphics don't make the game.
You are missing the point, it's not even a racer yet, it's a demo of a bezier graphics engine at the moment.
It barely even has rudimentary collision detection yet...
But be thankful you're not on Fedora (yeah yeah I know, shut it;), the package list updates on Yum seem particularly heavy. Apt got on my nerves a bit, but Yum is slow on *cable*.
The minor upgrades thing is particularly significant I think. Some sort of scale of upgrade importance would be nice.
"I just want critical security updates today please".
It seems to me that OSS in Linux distributions need some form of update that doesn't require downloading the entire application again.
Apt and Yum seem to be the main software update mechanisms in use at the moment on Linux, but both seem to require you to download the entire application or library that you're updating.
Surely some sort of patch system can be devised?
I understand that providing patches for multiple versions could be troublesome, but couldn't they be cumulative?
The current bandwidth requirements to keep a Linux system up to date seem to be completely out of reach for dial-up users.
Actually I think *you* are missing his point. Which was the same one you made...
He's saying that if Norway is allowing non proprietary formats, then MS's XML Office formats would fall into that category, allowing them to be used. This is a problem.
The GP points out that while these formats are 'open' they are still patent encumbered..
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Detector vans exist but aren't really used, they're just a boogie man to scare the punters. Most enforcement is done via databases. TV retailers have to pass on your address details for example.
To go back to the great great [...] grandparent's comment about requiring a licencse when not viewing tv, that's incorrect.
If you call the license people and tell them that you won't be using it to watch TV then they'll ask you to detune all the channels, and in theory shouldn't hassle you again (they left me alone at least). They said an inspector may come round, but that as long as the channels are detuned from TV then all will be well.
You must be new here...
Same. I have a P800 (virtually the same as the P900) and it's really no good for ssh, special characters are a particular pain.
I also have a 9500 which is superb for ssh, and has a 640*240 version of Opera too which is nice.
For most other internet use I'd recommend the Px0x, but for anything typing heavy the 9500 is a no-brainer.
I see the number of comments per item hasn't improved since launch then... shame.
Well the example you give is perfectly possible with simple code, in fact I believe the ALICE chatbot can do just that. However it's a pretty trivial example.
For more interesting computer learning see neural networks simulations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network
Oh yes, the very idea of supporting a little used browser like IE! I mean what was he thinking? Is he trying to tell us he has clients that need business or something? *guffaw*
Latest IE still doesn't support XHTML properly.
Ian Hickson agrees with him:
http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml
"However, you CAN download your intelligence into a computer. It's called "typing." Previous generations downloaded their intelligence into books, without the benefit of computers."
Wrong. They downloaded the output of their intelligence, and knowledge, into books, which is a very different thing.
Programming is closer to what you seem to be describing.
However systems can be built that learn certain things for themselves, which does lead to them having their own intelligence of a sort.
Incidentally, your brain is just a bunch of switches too.
"Did you ever notice how science changes its anwsers so damn often. But the Bible stays the same."
Congratulations! You're one step closer to rational thought!
Unlike religion, science doesn't claim it's explanations to be correct. It claims them to be the best explanation we can find given the current evidence.
Science is a method for trying to explain why something is the way it is best on testing a hypothesis.in a repeatable way.
Unlike religion it does not say "this is the way it is", it says "this is the best explanation we have for why this happens".
The difference is that there's actually evidence involved in science. Religion just has books of mostly unverifiable claims by people long dead with no supporting evidence except... more mostly unverifiable claims by other people long dead!
On the other hand there are many good moral teachings in religion that virtually anyone can agree on. It's just a shame they're mixed in with so much crap.
That's complete crap. People pay tips in europe, the difference is that if the waiter doesn't get good tips he still gets to eat, if he does then he gets a bonus.
If someone gives bad service they get complaints and they get fired.
1. Looting doesn't stop evacuation. Evacuation should take precedence.
2. I've heard of only two incidents of relief workers being shot at. One was a helicopter, and one was at a hospital. There has been more going on in the city, but that still doesn't explain why water and food couldn't be got to the superdrome or whatever it's called.
The songs from iTMS are DRM protected actually, yes even after they're on you iPod.
It's relatively lax compared to the others around at the moment, but it's still DRM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay
It depends on the size of the project I find.
;)
All my PHP is completely OO.
For larger projects it can make manageability a lot simpler, as you probably know from your work
What about extreme v-sync and h-sync settings? Couldn't they have an effect *similar* to the one described on monitor hardware without today's safeguards?
Read the patent.
They're not patenting the method of highlighting, they're patenting the idea of providing a function to highlight all numerical data in a document.
It seems like a pretty weak idea for a patent to me, and I am against software patents personally, but this is far from the worst example of one that I've seen.
Except that pretty much all the other parts are off the shelf PC components too...
I'm not missing the point. The game has nothing going for it, compared to other racers, except stylised graphics, and you said yourself graphics don't make the game.
You are missing the point, it's not even a racer yet, it's a demo of a bezier graphics engine at the moment.
It barely even has rudimentary collision detection yet...
A couple of good points there.
;), the package list updates on Yum seem particularly heavy. Apt got on my nerves a bit, but Yum is slow on *cable*.
But be thankful you're not on Fedora (yeah yeah I know, shut it
The minor upgrades thing is particularly significant I think. Some sort of scale of upgrade importance would be nice.
"I just want critical security updates today please".
Yes that would be great.
epeg is meant to be very fast.
It seems to me that OSS in Linux distributions need some form of update that doesn't require downloading the entire application again.
Apt and Yum seem to be the main software update mechanisms in use at the moment on Linux, but both seem to require you to download the entire application or library that you're updating.
Surely some sort of patch system can be devised?
I understand that providing patches for multiple versions could be troublesome, but couldn't they be cumulative?
The current bandwidth requirements to keep a Linux system up to date seem to be completely out of reach for dial-up users.
That doesn't make it any less true though, no matter how unsavoury that may be.
Haha, I am quite literally picturing it now!
;p
Just for context, both of those are quite 'cute' (our cute not yours, as in cute and fluffy), so I wouldn't go telling off any doormen with them
it's porky.
It's Cockney ryhming slang for lies.
Porky Pies.
Heheh :)
Let's hope they are!
Actually I think *you* are missing his point. Which was the same one you made...
He's saying that if Norway is allowing non proprietary formats, then MS's XML Office formats would fall into that category, allowing them to be used. This is a problem.
The GP points out that while these formats are 'open' they are still patent encumbered..
Damn the liberal media!