First they denied climate change. Next they denied human influence on the climate. Now they are denying man-made climate change will have some adverse effects. Deniers will always deny, until it's too late. The whole article is wrong. The debate is not about whether it is dangerous or not. Of course it is not dangerous. Life on earth isn't threatened by climate change. The debate is whether the costs of doing nothing outweigh the costs of acting now to reduce CO2 emissions. And most current evidence points us to answer positively, although we will never be 100% sure. The other debate is how to reduce emissions and who should reduce them. With most countries obviously arguing so that all others make the effort but not them. The developed countries are especially to blame, because they want to continue to pollute a lot more, per capita, than developing countries.
And they are right. Heavy Facebookers will benefit from a native application. They want you to have notifications and use their chat service instead of one of the many alternative.
However for light Facebook browsing, the web page is fine.
The question isn't wheter it's available. It's wheter it's convenient. Camera as a web app is NOT convinient. Email and chat need notification. Calendar too. Maps do work in the browser. It's orders of magnitue crappier than the native Google Maps application however.
But are they convenient? I mean, when I boot my phone, I don't want to open a web browser to check if I have new emails. I want a notification with a mail-specific icon.
Many stuff can be done just fine in a web application. Banking, online shopping, quiz-style games, cellphone operator "my account"-style app. Even Facebook is fine as a web page unless you want those notifications (not having them is a feature IMO).
Some stuff still need to be an a native application. Camera, music player, email, chat, maps/GPS navigation, calendar. Most 3D games also benefit from being native.
Apple needs the Mac for their own use, and so do all of the iOS developers. They won't get out of the PC business until and unless an iPad can drive a" 5K display.
-jcr
There is no reason why iOS developement couldn't be done on PCs running Windows or Linux. And the iPad is not that far from being able to drive a 5K display. If there were a market for that, there could be a 5K - compatible iPad next year
Strategic voting is unfortunately a necessity in the US voting system. The solution is to change the voting system, not to tell people to stop voting strategically.
Right, because all the youth who cheered on and voted a second term for a president who continues the trend of destroying our civil rights and handing arms to terrorist friendlies as he bombs kids in a country that we're not even at war with are really going to step up and make all the evils of grandpa go away.
We call this strategic voting. The alternative was even worse in that regard, and had real chances to win.
Then you probably use very little data, otherwise your monthly bill would be higher. You could probably get two lines for about $50 with Fi too. ($40 for voice and text, $10 for 500MB on each phone). Plus you would get free roaming, and would no longer have to count your talk time.
It's pricey for heavy users. But for light users it's a good deal. Many people average about 300 MB/month. That's enough for emails, facebook, maps, etc. The problem with regular 500-2000 MB plans is that:
1. You overpay each month
2. If once a year you need more data, the overcharges are way too expensive.
3. It most probably do not include roaming to other countries, which again, is expensive.
I am sure the transrapid could go much faster than 430 km/h on a test track.
And we already know that the 600 km/h japanese train will have a top speed of 500 km/h in 2027. 430 km/h today sounds a lot more impressive to me than 500 km/h in a few years.
You loose less time with a 600 km/h train than a 828 km/h plane because of many other factors including takeoff, landing, congestion, cancellation, security, missed connections and 1h taxi ride to airport stuck in traffic. Even at 500 km/h, this train will be much faster than any air transport overall, on distances up to at least 2000 km.
So it's a $200 million project. For 224 low-income families. It's a huge $892,000 / family. Either he got screwed, or these will be by far the nicest / most luxurious low-income housing area in the world.
In 2007 there were many smartphones. The iPhone wasn't one of them, being unable to install applications. Sure it could browse the web, handle contacts and calendar, play music, but so did every feature phone in 2007.
Should they also include in the summary that the chess player used electricity from company XYZ to charge his phone? Or an Internet connection from provider ABC? Why is the phone model used anymore relevant?
They all have the same software functionality. Most people never access their router's web interface. They can differentiate their product on the web interface, but switching from Linux to BSD won't help them sell more routers.
They use Linux because they think it's a superior product. Despite the license. If they thought *BSD was superior, they'd use it. If they preferred the GPL, then they would make a GPL fork of *BSD.
So you are suggesting them to use an inferior product, just so that they don't have to release their minor modifications to the Linux kernel? Remember they are hardware companies. Their profit isn't on the kernel they are shipping with their routers.
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First they denied climate change. Next they denied human influence on the climate. Now they are denying man-made climate change will have some adverse effects. Deniers will always deny, until it's too late. The whole article is wrong. The debate is not about whether it is dangerous or not. Of course it is not dangerous. Life on earth isn't threatened by climate change. The debate is whether the costs of doing nothing outweigh the costs of acting now to reduce CO2 emissions. And most current evidence points us to answer positively, although we will never be 100% sure. The other debate is how to reduce emissions and who should reduce them. With most countries obviously arguing so that all others make the effort but not them. The developed countries are especially to blame, because they want to continue to pollute a lot more, per capita, than developing countries.
single vendor solution, huh? really? REALLY?
I still can't believe so many schools districts make the same mistake. It's like bending over asking to be vendor locked-in.
And they are right. Heavy Facebookers will benefit from a native application. They want you to have notifications and use their chat service instead of one of the many alternative. However for light Facebook browsing, the web page is fine.
The question isn't wheter it's available. It's wheter it's convenient. Camera as a web app is NOT convinient. Email and chat need notification. Calendar too. Maps do work in the browser. It's orders of magnitue crappier than the native Google Maps application however.
But are they convenient? I mean, when I boot my phone, I don't want to open a web browser to check if I have new emails. I want a notification with a mail-specific icon.
Many stuff can be done just fine in a web application. Banking, online shopping, quiz-style games, cellphone operator "my account"-style app. Even Facebook is fine as a web page unless you want those notifications (not having them is a feature IMO).
Some stuff still need to be an a native application. Camera, music player, email, chat, maps/GPS navigation, calendar. Most 3D games also benefit from being native.
Apple needs the Mac for their own use, and so do all of the iOS developers. They won't get out of the PC business until and unless an iPad can drive a" 5K display.
-jcr
There is no reason why iOS developement couldn't be done on PCs running Windows or Linux. And the iPad is not that far from being able to drive a 5K display. If there were a market for that, there could be a 5K - compatible iPad next year
Strategic voting is unfortunately a necessity in the US voting system. The solution is to change the voting system, not to tell people to stop voting strategically.
Right, because all the youth who cheered on and voted a second term for a president who continues the trend of destroying our civil rights and handing arms to terrorist friendlies as he bombs kids in a country that we're not even at war with are really going to step up and make all the evils of grandpa go away.
We call this strategic voting. The alternative was even worse in that regard, and had real chances to win.
Then you probably use very little data, otherwise your monthly bill would be higher. You could probably get two lines for about $50 with Fi too. ($40 for voice and text, $10 for 500MB on each phone). Plus you would get free roaming, and would no longer have to count your talk time.
It's pricey for heavy users. But for light users it's a good deal. Many people average about 300 MB/month. That's enough for emails, facebook, maps, etc. The problem with regular 500-2000 MB plans is that:
1. You overpay each month
2. If once a year you need more data, the overcharges are way too expensive.
3. It most probably do not include roaming to other countries, which again, is expensive.
And what's your average monthly data usage? Does it includes roaming in 120 countries?
I am sure the transrapid could go much faster than 430 km/h on a test track. And we already know that the 600 km/h japanese train will have a top speed of 500 km/h in 2027. 430 km/h today sounds a lot more impressive to me than 500 km/h in a few years.
there is a difference about a record on a test track and a real maximum speed in operation
Trans rapid is in operation in Shanghai and acheive 430 km/h on every run, moving actual people to a real destination.
You loose less time with a 600 km/h train than a 828 km/h plane because of many other factors including takeoff, landing, congestion, cancellation, security, missed connections and 1h taxi ride to airport stuck in traffic. Even at 500 km/h, this train will be much faster than any air transport overall, on distances up to at least 2000 km.
So it's a $200 million project. For 224 low-income families. It's a huge $892,000 / family. Either he got screwed, or these will be by far the nicest / most luxurious low-income housing area in the world.
This. D-Link, and other manufacturers, can't be trusted to develop, and especially maintain, router firmwares.
In 2007 there were many smartphones. The iPhone wasn't one of them, being unable to install applications. Sure it could browse the web, handle contacts and calendar, play music, but so did every feature phone in 2007.
Should they also include in the summary that the chess player used electricity from company XYZ to charge his phone? Or an Internet connection from provider ABC? Why is the phone model used anymore relevant?
Who cares that it was an iPhone instead of any other brand of smartphone? If a hacker break into the NSA, will you care about the brand of his PC?
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Uh? Were you replying to me?
They all have the same software functionality. Most people never access their router's web interface. They can differentiate their product on the web interface, but switching from Linux to BSD won't help them sell more routers.
They use Linux because they think it's a superior product. Despite the license. If they thought *BSD was superior, they'd use it. If they preferred the GPL, then they would make a GPL fork of *BSD.
So you are suggesting them to use an inferior product, just so that they don't have to release their minor modifications to the Linux kernel? Remember they are hardware companies. Their profit isn't on the kernel they are shipping with their routers.