Well first take the fact of climate change: That the average global temperature is changing outside of known cycles. Provided the data on which this is being based (is correct?), this is true. It is a fact, a simple observation about the world.
As someone that has no real opinion on climate change either way, I'd like to know how accurate and precise the data is that you are claiming as 'fact'. Has the data provided by instruments been verified? Are there changes in the local environment that may effect the data (new carpark, sckyscraper casting shadows) such that a new baseline is requiried? Has the accuracy of instruments changed such that old data is now suspect?
I guess what I'm alluding to here is that 'facts' need to be examined to determine accuracy and precision, and also if data has been excluded as it does not support what may be the objective of the study.
Q: has double blind analysis on climate data been used? As I said earlier, not being really interested means I've never looked into it.
I *did* read 'State of Fear' recently, that has opened my eyes a little in this regard.
hmm you should be replacing at least 1 server and 10+ workstations a year. One w/s per month with the the exception of the end of financial year and your major holiday should do it;)
My actions in Skyrim are alerady checked by the various in-game law enforcement units, so I'm confident that this won't affect me...unless I'll get reamed over genocide in Civilization?!?
I've found my own team members downloading software from these types of sites under the assumption it was 'free' as there is no purchase required up front.
It's not easy finding switched on people, especially where you can't easily remove someone that can perform fine in most areas but just doesn't really understand the implications of certain software licence T&Cs.
While totally OT, the suits I've been buying have for years included a pocket under your left inside pocket that is typically narrower than the one above. These fit my cellphone perfectly (though I don't have a massive 4.3" screen or anything).
I've requested a review of Adobe Reader/Acrobat by a number of groups in our organisation, as there are continuing issues with security, incompatibility with PDFs created with other products, plus the licence management if you don't have an Adobe enterprise agreement is a massive PITA.
I'm hoping they choose an alternative product, cause I have a large number of Acrobat purchases to make if not:|
I've had a phone stolen, when I rang my carrier (3) I gave them the police report number and told them the IMEI needed to be blocked. No asking or questioning if they could do it, just tell them it needs to be done.
Hit up the TIO if you have these kind of issues in future.
From personal (accidental) testing I can affirm that the Nokia N8 has a excellent chance of being undamaged even when repeatedly falling from the top of a fridge onto kitchen tiles; or dropped onto concrete, then kicked; or squished in a back pocket between my @ss and hard bleachers.
All events that have signficantly damaged or destroyed other phones...:|
From recent experience it also seems that where there is a gathered population of 7+ iPhones, there will be one with a broken screen. I mean broken, not was broken at one time - that statistic would appear to be greater.
...a...phone, with true (2005 era) desktop power...with high quality GPS and camera and...several days of battery life...
...is not available with current technology.
Either a much larger battery is needed, which impacts the portable form factor, or much lower capability is included, which counters your requirements. Battery tech is getting better, but not explosively like portable device capability has increased.
How do we tag a summary as misleading? Seems that entire premise behind why the site was blocked (providing police officer information including address and political affiliation) was dumped to promulgate 'videos of police brutality'.
It was inevitable this would generate a flame session, so now I'm wondering what the purpose of that was - especially in consideration that a lot of users can disable advertising?
Think about those single coloured holograms that are a single piece of plastic, held up to light to see it. You have a limited ability to look around the image by changing the angle at which you look at the plastic.
This is like that same piece of plastic, that updates in 'real-time', and has colour. It's mounted on top of a solid-looking box that I imagine houses the guts of the computing device.
It's still a flat display, but looking at it gives you a 3d perspective and moving around it lets you view from different angles.
Backlash made them rethink it? Or just pretending to go back on it, to reveal it all at the last moment again?
From the update:
The following statement has been received from the Attorney-General’s Department:
The Safe Harbour consultation paper is currently on the AGD website. Comments are due by 22 November 2011.
The Department is currently working on a number of copyright policy issues relevant to the digital environment. A draft document which incorporated other issues not included in the Safe Harbour review was mistakenly posted on the Departmental website. It was removed as soon as the error came to light. A clarification will be posted on the website.
We believe that the ongoing departmental convened discussions between ISPs and content owners is currently the most appropriate forum to address these issues.
The relevant page - with email address for submitting your feedback is here.
IMO they were caught out with too much detail and are now backpedalling
At this time I think besides feedback to the AG, you could discuss this with your federal MP or even your senator.
There is already a phone that has HDMI out and the capability to connect USB/bluetooth mice and keyboards to it, including network resources over wifi.
It's weird seeing and using your phone via a 40" display.
Back OT; I'm hoping to see Thunderbolt deployed as quickly as possible, with daisy chaining on monitors and external hard drives. Get it into comsumer electronics such as TV's, amplifiers, st top boxes, PVRs etc ASAP.
my Symbian S^3 phone is even more aggressive about freeing up memory when you run short (typically an incoming call whilst under load) - simply reboot the phone and loose everything...
Document the risk that your vendor is going to increase pricing and let your CEO/CFO work it out. Ensure you have multiple supported platforms where possible to play vendors off against each other. Yes you need talented staff and this may only work in larger companies; for mine we have Oracle, MS, and IBM database deployments - we spend enough that it can save $$$ by keeping vendors a bit more honest.
alternative (that I advocate where I can influence or choose) is opensource. Unfortunately It's going to take several years while we setup our backend systems to support specialist applications on o/s desktops.
*if* you can demonstrate it, this would be covered under our 'not fit for purpose' warranty that is by default applicable to any product sold, and would not need to go to such a high court level. Crazy.
Would be interesting to see some of the proof though, cutlery sticking to walls?
I had the exact same conceptual epiphany on a different subject (some structural analysis thing about bending moments and external forces), however it was years after I failed the subject twice and went on a different track so I wasn't kicked out of university.
Each person learns things differently - I would guess that the increase was due not just to the novelty of the interface, but also that those unable to understand the concepts of what was taught using traditional methods were able to understand using this method.
It's amazing how many people think "it worked on my one/few devices at home, why wouldn't it work in your tens to hundred's of thousands of devices at work?".
At work we're only now in the midst of transitioning from IE6 to IE8. Custome ERP sites, Employee Self Service, SAP integration, mainframe systems etc all require massive amounts of testing to ensure they work correctly. (the next hurdle is Win7)
My goal is to update software twice a year as a 'full service" for our users. In some cases it's every second year or more. A 5-6 week release cycle means I will not be approving the product for mass deployment - simple as that.
sotty labnet, this is already an iPhone app (though I don't think it's been released outside the enterprrise) that one of my local electrical companies was writing/using. Point your phone at the ground and see the services in their currently known locations.
They were using laser scanning for above ground items at 5cm resolution for the mapping, not sure how they intended to check the underground services though...
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Well first take the fact of climate change: That the average global temperature is changing outside of known cycles. Provided the data on which this is being based (is correct?), this is true. It is a fact, a simple observation about the world.
As someone that has no real opinion on climate change either way, I'd like to know how accurate and precise the data is that you are claiming as 'fact'. Has the data provided by instruments been verified? Are there changes in the local environment that may effect the data (new carpark, sckyscraper casting shadows) such that a new baseline is requiried? Has the accuracy of instruments changed such that old data is now suspect?
I guess what I'm alluding to here is that 'facts' need to be examined to determine accuracy and precision, and also if data has been excluded as it does not support what may be the objective of the study.
Q: has double blind analysis on climate data been used? As I said earlier, not being really interested means I've never looked into it.
I *did* read 'State of Fear' recently, that has opened my eyes a little in this regard.
hmm you should be replacing at least 1 server and 10+ workstations a year. One w/s per month with the the exception of the end of financial year and your major holiday should do it ;)
My actions in Skyrim are alerady checked by the various in-game law enforcement units, so I'm confident that this won't affect me...unless I'll get reamed over genocide in Civilization?!?
It's not easy finding switched on people, especially where you can't easily remove someone that can perform fine in most areas but just doesn't really understand the implications of certain software licence T&Cs.
While totally OT, the suits I've been buying have for years included a pocket under your left inside pocket that is typically narrower than the one above. These fit my cellphone perfectly (though I don't have a massive 4.3" screen or anything).
I'm hoping they choose an alternative product, cause I have a large number of Acrobat purchases to make if not :|
Mod up - I can still see the original from just yesterday.
Hit up the TIO if you have these kind of issues in future.
All events that have signficantly damaged or destroyed other phones... :|
From recent experience it also seems that where there is a gathered population of 7+ iPhones, there will be one with a broken screen. I mean broken, not was broken at one time - that statistic would appear to be greater.
...a...phone, with true (2005 era) desktop power...with high quality GPS and camera and...several days of battery life...
...is not available with current technology.
Either a much larger battery is needed, which impacts the portable form factor, or much lower capability is included, which counters your requirements. Battery tech is getting better, but not explosively like portable device capability has increased.
The IBM zEnterprise System, introduced in July, 2010, supports up to 80 central processors of up to 5.2GHz
You are highly misinformed about the state of CPU's.
It was inevitable this would generate a flame session, so now I'm wondering what the purpose of that was - especially in consideration that a lot of users can disable advertising?
Think about those single coloured holograms that are a single piece of plastic, held up to light to see it. You have a limited ability to look around the image by changing the angle at which you look at the plastic.
This is like that same piece of plastic, that updates in 'real-time', and has colour. It's mounted on top of a solid-looking box that I imagine houses the guts of the computing device.
It's still a flat display, but looking at it gives you a 3d perspective and moving around it lets you view from different angles.
Awesome yet still a bit dissapointing.
Problem I see is that the power requirements may be so slight that it wouldn't make a noticeable difference in what you need to eat.
Backlash made them rethink it? Or just pretending to go back on it, to reveal it all at the last moment again?
From the update:
The following statement has been received from the Attorney-General’s Department: The Safe Harbour consultation paper is currently on the AGD website. Comments are due by 22 November 2011. The Department is currently working on a number of copyright policy issues relevant to the digital environment. A draft document which incorporated other issues not included in the Safe Harbour review was mistakenly posted on the Departmental website. It was removed as soon as the error came to light. A clarification will be posted on the website. We believe that the ongoing departmental convened discussions between ISPs and content owners is currently the most appropriate forum to address these issues. The relevant page - with email address for submitting your feedback is here.
IMO they were caught out with too much detail and are now backpedalling
At this time I think besides feedback to the AG, you could discuss this with your federal MP or even your senator.
Don't forget to give your opinion about the NBN!
We seem to have Canon, Brother, HP, Brother, Rocoh and Lexmark spread fairly evenly across our local sites.
HP servers and PCs - no purchases for the last decade or so.
It's weird seeing and using your phone via a 40" display.
Back OT; I'm hoping to see Thunderbolt deployed as quickly as possible, with daisy chaining on monitors and external hard drives. Get it into comsumer electronics such as TV's, amplifiers, st top boxes, PVRs etc ASAP.
my Symbian S^3 phone is even more aggressive about freeing up memory when you run short (typically an incoming call whilst under load) - simply reboot the phone and loose everything...
alternative (that I advocate where I can influence or choose) is opensource. Unfortunately It's going to take several years while we setup our backend systems to support specialist applications on o/s desktops.
Would be interesting to see some of the proof though, cutlery sticking to walls?
Each person learns things differently - I would guess that the increase was due not just to the novelty of the interface, but also that those unable to understand the concepts of what was taught using traditional methods were able to understand using this method.
Yet - after watching the new BD versions - Imperial Storm Troopers seem to be about the worst shooters in that far away galaxy.
At work we're only now in the midst of transitioning from IE6 to IE8. Custome ERP sites, Employee Self Service, SAP integration, mainframe systems etc all require massive amounts of testing to ensure they work correctly. (the next hurdle is Win7)
My goal is to update software twice a year as a 'full service" for our users. In some cases it's every second year or more. A 5-6 week release cycle means I will not be approving the product for mass deployment - simple as that.
They were using laser scanning for above ground items at 5cm resolution for the mapping, not sure how they intended to check the underground services though...
They are like those patents that were updated for "using a computer". Yours could be "in augmented/virtual reality".