In newest Android you can't programmatically set airplane mode so if you want to for example conserve power at night by automatically turning off mobile you can't and it keeps on draining power. For GPS it is most likely due to that most mobiles use A-GPS (Assisted GPS) which also uses cell towers communication in addition to GPS. But even so totally turning of GPS in airplane mode is stupid.
Finally!!! Now just revert all the other stupid crippling decisions. Like banning airplane mode switch and other stuff that used to work before. The current version of Android is just totally useless crap, you have to downgrade to version 2.3 or something to get a usable Android version.
No this was an in-house bug tracking software. All our software products used the bug tracker including of course the bug tracker itself. There was a strict company policy that all bug reports should be created in the bug tracker and you should never contact the developer directly about bugs. No exceptions:)
Reminds of the day I called the software developer to report about a bug in the bug reporting software that made it unable to save a bug report. His response was (seriously): "Just create a bug report about the problem".
So know we know not to fly Finnair ever again or any Finnish airline for that matter. Not because an airplane was targetted by Russia which could happen to any airline but because they have kept this information hidden for 27 years even to this day. This means that the Finnish Transport Safety Agency is corrupt and cannot be trusted which doesn't bode well for their aviation safety.
That's how games get released with no realistic male character options, or male NPC's with redonkulous muscles, because the guys making the game just never put in a second to think "how will men, who are a huge factor in life, think about this".
"The Constitution of Ireland provides that "[t]he name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". Under Irish statute law, Republic of Ireland (or Poblacht na hÉireann) is "the description of the State"[16] but not its official name."
So the "Federal Republic of Somalia" is a republic? Or "Federal Republic of Nigeria"?
Here is a hint to you. Any country that includes republic in it is title is not a republic. Any country that does not include republic in it's title is a republic.
"Downloadable", that doesn't make it true though just because it is in the name. Just like DRM doesn't actually give you any "Digital Rights" or "Microsoft PlaysForSure" doesn't actually plays for sure or "Disney FastPlay" isn't actually fast play.
From the article: "The study reveals nothing about the nature of the link between socialism and dishonesty. It might be a function of the relative poverty of East Germans, for example. All the same, when it comes to ethics, a capitalist upbringing appears to trump a socialist one."
A little biased much? Remember "correlation does not imply causation"
This isn't a new concept. It is well known larger surface area absorbs more heat. This exact design is widely used for backpack stoves so that you can heat up water quickly and waste little fuel, like for example Jetboil: http://www.jetboil.com/Product...
Well since I am talking about it, I believe I have a consciousness, I think therefore I am.
Do you not even find that experience remarkable?
Not really no, I think it is just a side effect of our intelligence.
You said: "To me consciousness is just memory and the ability to make decisions based on old memories" but assuming a universe with just our current known laws of physics, couldn't you/something have memory and the ability to make decisions WITHOUT having this consciousness that you know you experience? There is no need for it to "magically" be there right? Something could do 1+1=10 without requiring consciousness. Matter and molecules arranged in a certain way could do all the same things our bodies do without it too right?
I think your problem with all this is that you think your consciousness is something special and is somehow like a "soul" or something magical, but it isn't because we are just biological creatures.
There's no difference for you? Are you're saying that you personally can't tell the difference between you having consciousness or not? You're not a conscious creature and merely behave like one?
I know that I have a consciousness, but I really can't tell if other people have consciousness or just behave like they do. But even so this distinction is just silly and has no value.
Well I'm doubtful about that, but hey perhaps everything in this universe has consciousness.
You have to realize we are just biological machines. We are made of matter and molecules arranged in a certain way. If you could clone yourself by just replicating how your molecules are arranged then your clone would have a consciousness too.
What do you mean by complex enough? And which laws of physics in this universe apply for that?
There is no specific line that says this creature is conscious and this creature is not. Consciousness is just a world we like to use to describe a state. Just like when a creature on an evolution path from a specific kind to another kind does not have one specific time when the actual change takes place. Let's say we have a simple bacterial life form. Does that have a consciousness? No I think we can agree on that. Let's say we can evolve that creature to be bigger and bigger and more complex until at some point that creature has a brain and a memory and communications skills and has a consciousness. At what point did that creature evolve "consciousness"? There is no specific point when that happened.
Remember I'm not talking about _behaving_ as if you have consciousness. As I already said previously it's "the actual subjective experience itself".
But if there is no difference between behaving as if you have consciousness and actually having consciousness, then how could you tell the difference? You couldn't, so that means that there is actually no difference, if something behaves as having consciousness then that something actually has consciousness.
Someone could make a puppet behave as if it experienced consciousness, does that act of doing so magically generate a new consciousness in the puppet?
Really? A trivially simple program could do that- have memory and make decisions based on old memories. Are you so sure such a program would experience consciousness?
If it is complex enough yes. For example if you could make a program with as many neural connections as our brain then yes I think you could define it as having a consciousness. In fact I think if we could duplicate our brain in software then that software would have a consciousness.
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Iceland also has many words in their language describing different types of snow.
See for example: http://blogs.transparent.com/i...
In newest Android you can't programmatically set airplane mode so if you want to for example conserve power at night by automatically turning off mobile you can't and it keeps on draining power. For GPS it is most likely due to that most mobiles use A-GPS (Assisted GPS) which also uses cell towers communication in addition to GPS. But even so totally turning of GPS in airplane mode is stupid.
Finally!!! Now just revert all the other stupid crippling decisions. Like banning airplane mode switch and other stuff that used to work before. The current version of Android is just totally useless crap, you have to downgrade to version 2.3 or something to get a usable Android version.
Yes, I always have to sit in a front facing seat in a train otherwise I get motion sickness.
No this was an in-house bug tracking software. All our software products used the bug tracker including of course the bug tracker itself. There was a strict company policy that all bug reports should be created in the bug tracker and you should never contact the developer directly about bugs. No exceptions :)
Reminds of the day I called the software developer to report about a bug in the bug reporting software that made it unable to save a bug report. His response was (seriously): "Just create a bug report about the problem".
Unfortunately they reported the zero day bug about Bugzilla into Bugzilla :)
So know we know not to fly Finnair ever again or any Finnish airline for that matter. Not because an airplane was targetted by Russia which could happen to any airline but because they have kept this information hidden for 27 years even to this day. This means that the Finnish Transport Safety Agency is corrupt and cannot be trusted which doesn't bode well for their aviation safety.
It isn't limited to video games. Many films and novels have stereotypes and unrealistic men.
But who cares? This is just fiction. If you don't like it, then don't play it, watch it or read it.
That's how games get released with no realistic male character options, or male NPC's with redonkulous muscles, because the guys making the game just never put in a second to think "how will men, who are a huge factor in life, think about this".
See what I did there?
From Wikipedia:
"The Constitution of Ireland provides that "[t]he name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". Under Irish statute law, Republic of Ireland (or Poblacht na hÉireann) is "the description of the State"[16] but not its official name."
So the "Federal Republic of Somalia" is a republic? Or "Federal Republic of Nigeria"?
Here is a hint to you. Any country that includes republic in it is title is not a republic. Any country that does not include republic in it's title is a republic.
Yes the Flying Saucer Java library. It is one of the best XHTML to PDF converstion tool.
The Interweb disagrees with you: http://disclockedcontent.wikia...
You can also add Gears of War 3 to that list.
"Downloadable", that doesn't make it true though just because it is in the name. Just like DRM doesn't actually give you any "Digital Rights" or "Microsoft PlaysForSure" doesn't actually plays for sure or "Disney FastPlay" isn't actually fast play.
No actually most DLC files are already on the disk. The only thing you download is a small file containing the key to enable the DLC.
From the article: "The study reveals nothing about the nature of the link between socialism and dishonesty. It might be a function of the relative poverty of East Germans, for example. All the same, when it comes to ethics, a capitalist upbringing appears to trump a socialist one."
A little biased much? Remember "correlation does not imply causation"
This isn't a new concept. It is well known larger surface area absorbs more heat. This exact design is widely used for backpack stoves so that you can heat up water quickly and waste little fuel, like for example Jetboil: http://www.jetboil.com/Product...
The binary on Windows is compiled from a Microsoft complier which most likely has NSA code which creates a backdoor in the TrueCrypt binary.
1. Knifes are used primarily for cutting food.
2. Cars primary usage is transportation.
3. Guns are primarily used to kill people.
Which one does not belong?
I told you so 5 years ago, but of course no one listened to me.
So you actually know you have a consciousness.
Well since I am talking about it, I believe I have a consciousness, I think therefore I am.
Do you not even find that experience remarkable?
Not really no, I think it is just a side effect of our intelligence.
You said: "To me consciousness is just memory and the ability to make decisions based on old memories" but assuming a universe with just our current known laws of physics, couldn't you/something have memory and the ability to make decisions WITHOUT having this consciousness that you know you experience? There is no need for it to "magically" be there right? Something could do 1+1=10 without requiring consciousness. Matter and molecules arranged in a certain way could do all the same things our bodies do without it too right?
I think your problem with all this is that you think your consciousness is something special and is somehow like a "soul" or something magical, but it isn't because we are just biological creatures.
There's no difference for you? Are you're saying that you personally can't tell the difference between you having consciousness or not? You're not a conscious creature and merely behave like one?
I know that I have a consciousness, but I really can't tell if other people have consciousness or just behave like they do. But even so this distinction is just silly and has no value.
Well I'm doubtful about that, but hey perhaps everything in this universe has consciousness.
You have to realize we are just biological machines. We are made of matter and molecules arranged in a certain way. If you could clone yourself by just replicating how your molecules are arranged then your clone would have a consciousness too.
What do you mean by complex enough? And which laws of physics in this universe apply for that?
There is no specific line that says this creature is conscious and this creature is not. Consciousness is just a world we like to use to describe a state. Just like when a creature on an evolution path from a specific kind to another kind does not have one specific time when the actual change takes place. Let's say we have a simple bacterial life form. Does that have a consciousness? No I think we can agree on that. Let's say we can evolve that creature to be bigger and bigger and more complex until at some point that creature has a brain and a memory and communications skills and has a consciousness. At what point did that creature evolve "consciousness"? There is no specific point when that happened.
Remember I'm not talking about _behaving_ as if you have consciousness. As I already said previously it's "the actual subjective experience itself".
But if there is no difference between behaving as if you have consciousness and actually having consciousness, then how could you tell the difference? You couldn't, so that means that there is actually no difference, if something behaves as having consciousness then that something actually has consciousness.
Someone could make a puppet behave as if it experienced consciousness, does that act of doing so magically generate a new consciousness in the puppet?
Yes.
Really? A trivially simple program could do that- have memory and make decisions based on old memories. Are you so sure such a program would experience consciousness?
If it is complex enough yes. For example if you could make a program with as many neural connections as our brain then yes I think you could define it as having a consciousness. In fact I think if we could duplicate our brain in software then that software would have a consciousness.