The advantage of decoding and storing the most optimized execution method is that the chip doesn't have to decode the data again; it can simply grab that information from memory.
Ooh, ouch. Called a liar by a pedant on the internet.
By contrast, your vilification of Mcafee is utterly baseless.
I've never villified him. I have no idea, and no real opinion, on whether or not he killed anyone. I do have an opinion of those who - with likely little more knowledge of the actual facts than anyone else - go around spouting invective against anyone who dares to disagree with them.
My definition makes more sense and is better because it's ALREADY IN USE.
A definition is not automatically better simply because it's already in use (indoor voice, please). It certainly doesn't intrinsically make "more sense" because of that fact.
In medieval times units of measurement were "defined" by lining up random churchgoers and measuring the combined length of their feet. Would you have resisted the introduction of a standardised measure because the former was "already in use"?
You can't change the meaning of a word willy-nilly, because that causes ambiguity.
You're talking about the common usage of words. The IAU's problem was that their formal definition was no longer fit for purpose. The two things are different. The IAU weren't out to force their new definition of "planet" on the man in the street. They're a scientific organisation, and for their purposes it was decided that it would be better to introduce the new limits on what should be a called a planet in formal scientific discussion than to start adding a load of newly-discovered Kuiper Belt object to the list.
No-one's trying to stomp on "your" definition of a planet. Why are you so upset about their's?
For inflammable, look up the Latin roots inflammare and flamma.
I know what the problem with "inflammable" is, but you did originally say "non-flammable." Bit ironic in the circumstances.
PS Swearing doesn't really do any favours in getting a point across, even if someone has a reasonable one to make. It just makes the petitioner sound butthurt.
Pluto is a planet. The definition of a planet is arbitrary, and always will be.
What makes your arbitrary definition of "planet" - one that allows you to declare without qualification that it is a planet - better than the IAU's?
Trying to forcefully change the definition after it's already in use is fucking retarded and does nothing but cause confusion.
Not when the old definition is itself revealed to be "fucking retarded" (technical term, is that?) and causes more confusion once more data becomes available.
see "non-flammable"
Did you mean "inflammable"?
and the dipshits who insist that a kilobyte is 1000 bytes.
What, like the dipshits at the the International Organization for Standardization? Just because you don't like it, doesn't make everyone else unquestionably wrong.
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Type-C is [...] genderless.
No it's not.
It's okay, Intel are setting a new subdivision to undo these problems. And to maximise employee happiness, it's being built in the Canary Islands.
I think I'd enjoy being a Featurata Reverter in Fuertaventura.
Why isn't what a split screen of without and with what?
What's flaky about it?
The advantage of decoding and storing the most optimized execution method is that the chip doesn't have to decode the data again; it can simply grab that information from memory.
Some sort of hat is probably in order.
commercially available satellite imagery up to 25 cm resolution
If you have a huge face, at least.
That undead bastard Caine has been resting on his laurels ever since.
Didn't you see him as Alfred in the Nolan Batmans?
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Just because you shouldn't always doesn't mean you shouldn't ever.
Modern programming bears little resemblance to the days of assembly code
What's not modern about using assembler where it's appropriate to do so?
Sometimes I do it just because I like it...
How does a lawn mower work?
Followed shortly by "What's the fastest route to the hospital?"
They have not shown a causal relationship.
What do you suggest it's down to? Identical twins being under greater pressure to perform similarly?
This indicates that if there is a genetic component, it is largely irrelevant as the learning environment has the greater impact.
I don't read it that way. I think they're highlighting the learning environment's potential because it can be changed, while genetics can't.
Sorry, but you're a liar.
Ooh, ouch. Called a liar by a pedant on the internet.
By contrast, your vilification of Mcafee is utterly baseless.
I've never villified him. I have no idea, and no real opinion, on whether or not he killed anyone. I do have an opinion of those who - with likely little more knowledge of the actual facts than anyone else - go around spouting invective against anyone who dares to disagree with them.
War driving. Two things the usual participants are otherwise entirely unknown to participate in.
Could've called it Sex Sprinting.
Ah, beat me to it. I was going to ask why the story wasn't about the time machine the cat was sent through.
Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem?
Yes, of course it can.
How? Oh, no idea. I'm just sure it can.
you can thank the federal government for this.
No I can't, since I don't have a federal government.
It was also far beyond 30 days in a couple of cases.
I mean rods to the hogshead and that's the way I like it.
He may have done some drugs, but we all have.
No we haven't.
you'd have to be a complete idiot to think he killed anyone.
How do you know he didn't?
Do Dark Matter and Dark Energy Cast Doubt On the Big Bang?
I have no idea! You should probably ask a physicist.
it didn't take much
How much were you expecting it to take?
It's inches per fortnight, you insensitive clod!
What about those who don't pay simply because they don't want or have to?
I'd be tempted to put them higher up the list than some of your three.
My definition makes more sense and is better because it's ALREADY IN USE.
A definition is not automatically better simply because it's already in use (indoor voice, please). It certainly doesn't intrinsically make "more sense" because of that fact.
In medieval times units of measurement were "defined" by lining up random churchgoers and measuring the combined length of their feet. Would you have resisted the introduction of a standardised measure because the former was "already in use"?
You can't change the meaning of a word willy-nilly, because that causes ambiguity.
You're talking about the common usage of words. The IAU's problem was that their formal definition was no longer fit for purpose. The two things are different. The IAU weren't out to force their new definition of "planet" on the man in the street. They're a scientific organisation, and for their purposes it was decided that it would be better to introduce the new limits on what should be a called a planet in formal scientific discussion than to start adding a load of newly-discovered Kuiper Belt object to the list.
No-one's trying to stomp on "your" definition of a planet. Why are you so upset about their's?
For inflammable, look up the Latin roots inflammare and flamma.
I know what the problem with "inflammable" is, but you did originally say "non-flammable." Bit ironic in the circumstances.
PS Swearing doesn't really do any favours in getting a point across, even if someone has a reasonable one to make. It just makes the petitioner sound butthurt.
The Meteors You've Waited All Year For
I haven't waited all year for them. I'm really not sure who you're talking to.
Don't they both amount to the same thing?
Pluto is a planet. The definition of a planet is arbitrary, and always will be.
What makes your arbitrary definition of "planet" - one that allows you to declare without qualification that it is a planet - better than the IAU's?
Trying to forcefully change the definition after it's already in use is fucking retarded and does nothing but cause confusion.
Not when the old definition is itself revealed to be "fucking retarded" (technical term, is that?) and causes more confusion once more data becomes available.
see "non-flammable"
Did you mean "inflammable"?
and the dipshits who insist that a kilobyte is 1000 bytes.
What, like the dipshits at the the International Organization for Standardization? Just because you don't like it, doesn't make everyone else unquestionably wrong.