This is Germany, where the union system is reputed to be one of the best in the world. This is typically the kind of compromise that seems impossible to achieve in France. Don't know about the US and UK.
Although something exists through the first several months of pregnancy, and it is certainly alive and it is certainly human (what other species is it, if not human?)
We can argue that a fetus is not a human the same way as a caterpillar is not a butterfly.
He is talking about upgrading, nor repairing. And usually, upgrading a CPU is not a good idea. It is often closely tied to the RAM and Motherboard and even if you find a compatible CPU, if will probably not perform to its full potential, being limited by the chipset and RAM. Also, your old CPU will certainly become useless, whereas the combo CPU+RAM+Motherboard is easier to reuse.
Of course if everyone wants to sell and no one wants to buy, the value plummets. But if I want to buy all of Apple, I need to spend at least $621 billion.
The fact that the value of a company can vary doesn't make it less meaningful.
If you miss the high class, comfortable way of flying, just go first class. It won't change the fact that flying is now mainstream but at least the on-board service won't be that of a "flying bus". If you miss the thrill of early flying try to make a trip in a small aircraft like a cessna. Not very comfortable but it is certainly a thrill. No airport security, no luggage check, it's just you and the pilot.
- Because it is too big. - Because it is more expensive - Magnets are not without problems. I often carry my phone next to my credit card and the magnets in the mag-safe port are strong enough to erase the magnetic strip. - A phone (or ipod nano !) is much lighter than a laptop. The benefit of having a connector that snaps off when pulled accidentally is greatly reduced. Either the connector will be too weak to hold well in normal situations or it wont prevent the device from falling.
They just need to support the connector properly and it won't break. Because it contains no moving parts, the micro-usb connector can be made pretty sturdy.
There is certainly a higher risk than usual but these monitors are nearly half price. So even if you break one monitor and have to buy another one, it is just like paying full price.
If you don't want to take risks (even if the expected value is positive) you can probably buy extra insurance.
The key here is "all the paid content". And I believe it actually means "all the paid content purchased on the official Ouya store". If the device is rootable, nothing prevent developers from making an alternate store that doesn't require authentication.
I think they will use the same strategy as the android market. There is a licensing API but it is up to the developer to chose how to use it : it can be never, once, or every time the app is started, it also support a (configurable) grace period in case you are not always online.
Because there is no air there is no reason for a storm to happen if some material is removed. A projectile will just be like a bullet fired at a static target. Damage will be done but unless some vital component is affected the train will continue to run. Of course because of the speed, even a small particle will have a lot of kinetic energy but that's all. As for your millimeter high bump, if there is sufficient shielding it will probably just do some minor damage before being leveled by the passing train.
In fact the CLI is easier to understand than GUIs for all tasks that are not graphical in nature. If you think of it, it is just like chatting with you computer : you ask for something, your computer answers. There is a single point of input and a single point of output : no need to look for menus, icons, etc... It may not be the most efficient way to deal with common actions, especially on mobile apps, and is isn't very sexy but it is easy.
I think that the reason why people think that the CLI is complicated is that most of the time it is used to do complicated things. If such things were integrated into a GUI, it would likely require some even more intricate path of action.
In France, before the advent of Free Mobile in January 2012, buying your own phone and getting a no-phone contract was possible but not economically viable. The discount you got from not getting the subsidized phone was ridiculously small.
This is correct but only if said developers are available. Writing and maintaining a driver requires time and/or money. And people, especially skilled programmers, won't do it without some kind of compensation. Sometimes it is just some computer geek/hacker that wants his hardware to work but most of the time drivers are written by employees paid by a company that expect a return on investment. And of course, the companies that benefits the most from linux drivers are the hardware manufacturers themselves. And if they release their specs but don't contribute to the driver itself, chances is that we won't see a good driver anytime soon. Also keep in mind that spec are not perfect, there may be some undocumented features and limitations that are much easier to address if the hardware guys are just next door.
In fact "too stupid" requires less variables because stupid people losing keys are commonly observed, so this hypothesis requires no change to our current understanding of the universe. OTOH, the "parallel universe" hypothesis asks a lot of questions, like how do object vanish, does it apply only to keys, is there a relationship with socks, etc... Each one introduces new variables.
For the game part : - An ending bad enough to ruin any game SPOILER : you kill the last wave of standard enemies and bam, the end. No boss fight, no plot twist, no answers given, nothing. IMHO it is unforgivable. - No deathmath, limited modding potential. Used to be the best part of id games, now all we have are a limited coop mode and multiplayer car game. Otherwise, while the main game is not the absolute best I ever played, I found it quite fun for the ~15h it lasted.
For the engine part : - Low texture resolution, even with the last patch + texture popping - Completely static world : almost no destructible scenery and dynamic lighting I found this engine quite impressive but a bit immature. I feel that it sacrificed everything to frame rate and non-repeating textures. Where are the dynamic environment and kickass lighting effects that other games like BF3 have ? It looks like some high end GPUs are sleeping.
John Carmack is a programmer, not a scientist. His main skills are at understanding theory and efficiently implementing it, not creating new theories.
Without people like John Carmack, all we would have would be useless equations and equally useless pieces of silicon. Of course the reverse is also true, it is the "standing on the shoulders of giants" thing.
The survey is not about what kind of data they harvest and how the companies use it internally. It is about their policy about how they handle data requests.
I believe that Photoshop actually benefits from piracy. Imagine an uncrackable Photoshop. Obviously, few people beside pros will buy it. They others will use cheaper software like Paint Shop Pro instead, or even worse for Adobe : the GIMP. As a result, young enthusiasts, will start to learn GIMP, GIMP tutorials will pop up everywhere, and where these young people turn pro, they will continue using it. It will motivate coders too, and GIMP will become better with more contributors.
Windows is not that badly designed, not anymore. And it already comes with an excellent free antivirus. Norton and McAffee are just crapware that don't need a legitimate reason to exist. And AV are not the only type of crapware, there are also online stores, browser toolbars... Even Microsoft is at fault with their MSOffice trial.
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This is Germany, where the union system is reputed to be one of the best in the world.
This is typically the kind of compromise that seems impossible to achieve in France. Don't know about the US and UK.
Although something exists through the first several months of pregnancy, and it is certainly alive and it is certainly human (what other species is it, if not human?)
We can argue that a fetus is not a human the same way as a caterpillar is not a butterfly.
He is talking about upgrading, nor repairing.
And usually, upgrading a CPU is not a good idea. It is often closely tied to the RAM and Motherboard and even if you find a compatible CPU, if will probably not perform to its full potential, being limited by the chipset and RAM. Also, your old CPU will certainly become useless, whereas the combo CPU+RAM+Motherboard is easier to reuse.
Of course if everyone wants to sell and no one wants to buy, the value plummets.
But if I want to buy all of Apple, I need to spend at least $621 billion.
The fact that the value of a company can vary doesn't make it less meaningful.
If you miss the high class, comfortable way of flying, just go first class. It won't change the fact that flying is now mainstream but at least the on-board service won't be that of a "flying bus".
If you miss the thrill of early flying try to make a trip in a small aircraft like a cessna. Not very comfortable but it is certainly a thrill. No airport security, no luggage check, it's just you and the pilot.
- Because it is too big.
- Because it is more expensive
- Magnets are not without problems. I often carry my phone next to my credit card and the magnets in the mag-safe port are strong enough to erase the magnetic strip.
- A phone (or ipod nano !) is much lighter than a laptop. The benefit of having a connector that snaps off when pulled accidentally is greatly reduced. Either the connector will be too weak to hold well in normal situations or it wont prevent the device from falling.
They just need to support the connector properly and it won't break. Because it contains no moving parts, the micro-usb connector can be made pretty sturdy.
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Are you sure ? This is the internet you know... (snc snc snc...)
Bitcoin security is like banknote security.
Forgery is difficult but it doesn't prevent thieves from stealing your wallet.
There is certainly a higher risk than usual but these monitors are nearly half price.
So even if you break one monitor and have to buy another one, it is just like paying full price.
If you don't want to take risks (even if the expected value is positive) you can probably buy extra insurance.
The key here is "all the paid content". And I believe it actually means "all the paid content purchased on the official Ouya store". If the device is rootable, nothing prevent developers from making an alternate store that doesn't require authentication.
I think they will use the same strategy as the android market. There is a licensing API but it is up to the developer to chose how to use it : it can be never, once, or every time the app is started, it also support a (configurable) grace period in case you are not always online.
Because there is no air there is no reason for a storm to happen if some material is removed.
A projectile will just be like a bullet fired at a static target. Damage will be done but unless some vital component is affected the train will continue to run. Of course because of the speed, even a small particle will have a lot of kinetic energy but that's all.
As for your millimeter high bump, if there is sufficient shielding it will probably just do some minor damage before being leveled by the passing train.
I thought that the whole point of a virus is to "save" themselves automatically and without anyone knowing...
In fact the CLI is easier to understand than GUIs for all tasks that are not graphical in nature.
If you think of it, it is just like chatting with you computer : you ask for something, your computer answers. There is a single point of input and a single point of output : no need to look for menus, icons, etc...
It may not be the most efficient way to deal with common actions, especially on mobile apps, and is isn't very sexy but it is easy.
I think that the reason why people think that the CLI is complicated is that most of the time it is used to do complicated things. If such things were integrated into a GUI, it would likely require some even more intricate path of action.
In France, before the advent of Free Mobile in January 2012, buying your own phone and getting a no-phone contract was possible but not economically viable. The discount you got from not getting the subsidized phone was ridiculously small.
This is correct but only if said developers are available.
Writing and maintaining a driver requires time and/or money. And people, especially skilled programmers, won't do it without some kind of compensation. Sometimes it is just some computer geek/hacker that wants his hardware to work but most of the time drivers are written by employees paid by a company that expect a return on investment.
And of course, the companies that benefits the most from linux drivers are the hardware manufacturers themselves. And if they release their specs but don't contribute to the driver itself, chances is that we won't see a good driver anytime soon. Also keep in mind that spec are not perfect, there may be some undocumented features and limitations that are much easier to address if the hardware guys are just next door.
Because :
- You want a desktop PC
- You are ready to install an OS
- Elegant packaging is not the primary reason you want to buy a mac
Then your best bet is to build a PC yourself with quality components. It will probably be better and cheaper than the mac.
Maybe that women brains are different too.
That men are better with computers does not mean that their brains are superior in every aspect.
In fact "too stupid" requires less variables because stupid people losing keys are commonly observed, so this hypothesis requires no change to our current understanding of the universe.
OTOH, the "parallel universe" hypothesis asks a lot of questions, like how do object vanish, does it apply only to keys, is there a relationship with socks, etc... Each one introduces new variables.
Macs switched from POWER to x86 too.
For the game part :
- An ending bad enough to ruin any game SPOILER : you kill the last wave of standard enemies and bam, the end. No boss fight, no plot twist, no answers given, nothing. IMHO it is unforgivable.
- No deathmath, limited modding potential. Used to be the best part of id games, now all we have are a limited coop mode and multiplayer car game.
Otherwise, while the main game is not the absolute best I ever played, I found it quite fun for the ~15h it lasted.
For the engine part :
- Low texture resolution, even with the last patch + texture popping
- Completely static world : almost no destructible scenery and dynamic lighting
I found this engine quite impressive but a bit immature. I feel that it sacrificed everything to frame rate and non-repeating textures. Where are the dynamic environment and kickass lighting effects that other games like BF3 have ? It looks like some high end GPUs are sleeping.
PS : I still love id Software ;)
John Carmack is a programmer, not a scientist.
His main skills are at understanding theory and efficiently implementing it, not creating new theories.
Without people like John Carmack, all we would have would be useless equations and equally useless pieces of silicon. Of course the reverse is also true, it is the "standing on the shoulders of giants" thing.
Nope,
just Bart Jansen
The survey is not about what kind of data they harvest and how the companies use it internally.
It is about their policy about how they handle data requests.
I believe that Photoshop actually benefits from piracy.
Imagine an uncrackable Photoshop. Obviously, few people beside pros will buy it. They others will use cheaper software like Paint Shop Pro instead, or even worse for Adobe : the GIMP. As a result, young enthusiasts, will start to learn GIMP, GIMP tutorials will pop up everywhere, and where these young people turn pro, they will continue using it. It will motivate coders too, and GIMP will become better with more contributors.
Windows is not that badly designed, not anymore. And it already comes with an excellent free antivirus.
Norton and McAffee are just crapware that don't need a legitimate reason to exist. And AV are not the only type of crapware, there are also online stores, browser toolbars... Even Microsoft is at fault with their MSOffice trial.