How about the computer that runs your tractor? The integrated circuits that control the hydraulics? The touch screen that configures much of the tractor? The synthetic lubricants in the engine? The joystick that controls the accessories? How about duck tape, weather radar, synthetic rubber tires, etc.
Many of these technologies started in the military and then became general use items, thanks to military research and development.
One forgotten cost when using open source software is support. Every time an open source project adds or removes features it prompts a surge in support requests from users. Firefox is one example. When Firefox removed support for legacy add-ons everyone wanted to know how to replace their lost functionality. The removal of bookmark descriptions instead of just limiting their size caused another rash of questions. The removal of the Never Check for Updates means that every user is nagged to update to the newest version before it can be tested and rolled out in a controlled manner. Multiply these kind of problems to other OSS products for document processing, PDF, compression, graphic editing, multimedia playback, etc. and the support costs grow greatly.
Another problem with OSS is who do you call for tech support. Most OSS products have limited support for enterprise level problems. Many software packages STILL require a user to run in administrator mode to work properly. Saving user preferences in the Program Files area still happens in some software. Every software package that displays the infamous UAC warning will cause support problems in a managed system. Software packages that use the Windows Temp folder for some intermediate file use will be blocked by some anti-malware software. Who does a company contact to fix these types of problems? To be fair, some of these problems are still present in proprietary software.
Part of the appeal of OSS is the price; however, most people forget that part of the cost of retail software is the built-in cost of maintaining a support center, normally with a 1-800 number for question, or at least a knowledge base system to reduce the cost of support phone calls.
That quote is from Matt Binder on Mashable.com in his opinion piece. It is not a quote from anywhere in Chris Jackson's article.
Jackson does have a section labeled "Enough is Enough" but the rest of that sentence is straight from Matt Binder. The location of that last sentence does make it look like it is part of the quote from Jackson but it is Matt that is saying we should stop calling IE a browser. The summary makes it look like Microsoft's blog contains the controversial sentence, which it doesn't.
It is a great way to make everyone read Matt's article though.
It also depends if you are in the areas where the magnetic pole is moving directly toward or away from you. In those areas the direction to the magnetic pole will remain the same. Other areas where the direction of travel is perpendicular to your direction to the pole will see a larger change, increasingly larger the closer you are to the magnetic pole.
All of my computer speakers have a volume control on the front of the right speaker, and my wireless keyboard has a volume and mute button. Most laptops also have a function key combination to raise/lower the volume and mute functions.
Looking over the specs of a Samsung 4K TV shows it has a microphone in the remote but not in the TV. Assuming that is true, a universal remote and removing the batteries in the Samsung remote should take care of that.
Because of the uncertainty. The rumor mill had this head butting continuing for months as both sides dug in their heels. And the uncertainty continues as this is only a three-week reprieve where both sides promise to negotiate constructively. If neither side is willing to compromise on their "core" principals, we can possibly see another furlough on Feb 15.
So some people are looking at other agencies and private sector jobs where their work isn't interrupted as a bargaining chip. A five-week delay in many projects can result in months of lost progress and difficulties in rescheduling resources just to get back to where they were on Dec 22. If your expertise is in demand why not change jobs to get the same pay doing work that will actually result in something important.
So, yes, I understand why some employees changed jobs rather than stay home, uncertain how long they would need to wait for a paycheck, and frustrated about lost work.
I don't mind a company displaying a local number for me to call as long as it's evident that the company is located somewhere else. I guess I need to verify the address of a company and not rely on a local number to indicate the company has a presence in the local area. What I don't like is Google providing this local number in exchange for the option to record the call as a third party. I guess by disclosing the call may be recorded it gives me the option to hang up, but I would want to know it is Google recording the call and not the company I am calling.
I don't mind a company recording my call when I ask to have my carpets cleaned, but I don't think Google needs to know this nor record it.
The goal here is to capture or transform the CO2 before releasing it into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Many other attempts have been made to sequester CO2 underground or in seawater, both of which have problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If the CO2 can be converted into Hydrogen and electricity, both of which are useful byproducts of the process, it might be economically feasible to retrofit coal and gas power plants.
I'm more surprised that ZDnet considers the "Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS)" as a U.S. government department. The federal government doesn't have nor need a Oklahoma Department of Securities.
Technically, Verizon is charging the new fee to Twilio and Twilio is passing it on to Remind, Grey said. Remind has been paying Twilio to deliver text messages since 2011, he said.
But after re-reading the announcement from Remind more carefully as you suggested, and the additional story that came out today (Thurs), I acknowledge that I was incorrect in my assumption that this affected all users of Remind and not just Verizon users. Thanks for the clarification.
It doesn't matter if YOU have Verizon or not. If the service, Remind in this case, is using Twilio to send text messages, the cost just increased 11 fold. This means Remind's free service just became too expensive to continue at no cost. If you belonged to a quilting circle that used Twilio to send text messages, the cost for that group's text messages just increased also.
Verizon is charging Twilio more and they are passing the cost on to their users. Remind wanted an exemption to the fee increase because their service is related to "education".
Although parts of the federal government have experienced a lapse in appropriated funding, the USPTO remains open for business as normal. This is possible because the agency has access to prior-year fee collections, which enables the USPTO to continue normal operations for a few weeks. Should the USPTO exhaust these funds before a partial government shutdown comes to an end, the agency would have to shut down at that time, although a small staff would continue to work to receive new applications and any other examination, post-examination, post-issuance, and PTAB or TTAB filings; receive payments related to such filings; and maintain IT infrastructure, among other functions.
Eight minutes of hovering in a charging field vs 30 seconds to land and replace the batteries. I guess a fully autonomous vehicle might benefit from hands-off recharging.
and soon you'd have hundreds, thousands, or even millions of tires.
Millions of tires? Because the county was too blind to the situation to pick up the tires when they reached 50 and post a "Do not dump" sign? I call shenanigans.
You can get rid of those toolbars without purchasing anything. Just Google "How to remove toolbars" and find instructions for your browser. For example, here are some instructions if you are still using Internet Explorer. https://www.pcworld.com/articl...
I guess you didn't even read your own link. It was talking about Louisiana being the last holdout to not comply with the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which coerces states to set their legal drinking age at 21 or risk loosing 10% of the federal highway funds. That happened during the Reagan administration, a decade before Carter was president.
Several studies, including a 2011 review, were found to disprove the idea that raising the drinking age to 21 actually saved lives in the long run. See the Wikipedia article for citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Just because you don't use "gallons" in your location doesn't mean it is not the appropriate unit of measurement in this context. Notice the report is from the Tea Association of the US. Wouldn't you be more surprised to see the report say "Americans drink 16 billion liters of Tea"?
A "cup" is also a hard to define. In the US, it is 8 US ounces, in the old UK system it was 10 UK ounces, and the international metric cup is 250ml. See the article "Cups and Ounces" here. https://www.thecalculatorsite....
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How about the computer that runs your tractor? The integrated circuits that control the hydraulics? The touch screen that configures much of the tractor? The synthetic lubricants in the engine? The joystick that controls the accessories? How about duck tape, weather radar, synthetic rubber tires, etc.
Many of these technologies started in the military and then became general use items, thanks to military research and development.
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Did anyone else notice the heroine's name is ATILA spelled backwards?
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One forgotten cost when using open source software is support. Every time an open source project adds or removes features it prompts a surge in support requests from users. Firefox is one example. When Firefox removed support for legacy add-ons everyone wanted to know how to replace their lost functionality. The removal of bookmark descriptions instead of just limiting their size caused another rash of questions. The removal of the Never Check for Updates means that every user is nagged to update to the newest version before it can be tested and rolled out in a controlled manner. Multiply these kind of problems to other OSS products for document processing, PDF, compression, graphic editing, multimedia playback, etc. and the support costs grow greatly.
Another problem with OSS is who do you call for tech support. Most OSS products have limited support for enterprise level problems. Many software packages STILL require a user to run in administrator mode to work properly. Saving user preferences in the Program Files area still happens in some software. Every software package that displays the infamous UAC warning will cause support problems in a managed system. Software packages that use the Windows Temp folder for some intermediate file use will be blocked by some anti-malware software. Who does a company contact to fix these types of problems? To be fair, some of these problems are still present in proprietary software.
Part of the appeal of OSS is the price; however, most people forget that part of the cost of retail software is the built-in cost of maintaining a support center, normally with a 1-800 number for question, or at least a knowledge base system to reduce the cost of support phone calls.
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That quote is from Matt Binder on Mashable.com in his opinion piece. It is not a quote from anywhere in Chris Jackson's article.
Jackson does have a section labeled "Enough is Enough" but the rest of that sentence is straight from Matt Binder. The location of that last sentence does make it look like it is part of the quote from Jackson but it is Matt that is saying we should stop calling IE a browser. The summary makes it look like Microsoft's blog contains the controversial sentence, which it doesn't.
It is a great way to make everyone read Matt's article though.
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It also depends if you are in the areas where the magnetic pole is moving directly toward or away from you. In those areas the direction to the magnetic pole will remain the same. Other areas where the direction of travel is perpendicular to your direction to the pole will see a larger change, increasingly larger the closer you are to the magnetic pole.
All of my computer speakers have a volume control on the front of the right speaker, and my wireless keyboard has a volume and mute button. Most laptops also have a function key combination to raise/lower the volume and mute functions.
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Looking over the specs of a Samsung 4K TV shows it has a microphone in the remote but not in the TV. Assuming that is true, a universal remote and removing the batteries in the Samsung remote should take care of that.
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Because of the uncertainty. The rumor mill had this head butting continuing for months as both sides dug in their heels. And the uncertainty continues as this is only a three-week reprieve where both sides promise to negotiate constructively. If neither side is willing to compromise on their "core" principals, we can possibly see another furlough on Feb 15.
So some people are looking at other agencies and private sector jobs where their work isn't interrupted as a bargaining chip. A five-week delay in many projects can result in months of lost progress and difficulties in rescheduling resources just to get back to where they were on Dec 22. If your expertise is in demand why not change jobs to get the same pay doing work that will actually result in something important.
So, yes, I understand why some employees changed jobs rather than stay home, uncertain how long they would need to wait for a paycheck, and frustrated about lost work.
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I don't mind a company displaying a local number for me to call as long as it's evident that the company is located somewhere else. I guess I need to verify the address of a company and not rely on a local number to indicate the company has a presence in the local area. What I don't like is Google providing this local number in exchange for the option to record the call as a third party. I guess by disclosing the call may be recorded it gives me the option to hang up, but I would want to know it is Google recording the call and not the company I am calling.
I don't mind a company recording my call when I ask to have my carpets cleaned, but I don't think Google needs to know this nor record it.
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The goal here is to capture or transform the CO2 before releasing it into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Many other attempts have been made to sequester CO2 underground or in seawater, both of which have problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If the CO2 can be converted into Hydrogen and electricity, both of which are useful byproducts of the process, it might be economically feasible to retrofit coal and gas power plants.
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I'm more surprised that ZDnet considers the "Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS)" as a U.S. government department. The federal government doesn't have nor need a Oklahoma Department of Securities.
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Technically, Verizon is charging the new fee to Twilio and Twilio is passing it on to Remind, Grey said. Remind has been paying Twilio to deliver text messages since 2011, he said.
But after re-reading the announcement from Remind more carefully as you suggested, and the additional story that came out today (Thurs), I acknowledge that I was incorrect in my assumption that this affected all users of Remind and not just Verizon users. Thanks for the clarification.
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Obviously you didn't RTFA
It doesn't matter if YOU have Verizon or not. If the service, Remind in this case, is using Twilio to send text messages, the cost just increased 11 fold. This means Remind's free service just became too expensive to continue at no cost. If you belonged to a quilting circle that used Twilio to send text messages, the cost for that group's text messages just increased also.
Verizon is charging Twilio more and they are passing the cost on to their users. Remind wanted an exemption to the fee increase because their service is related to "education".
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Time, tide, and the magnetic north pole wait for no man.
Although parts of the federal government have experienced a lapse in appropriated funding, the USPTO remains open for business as normal. This is possible because the agency has access to prior-year fee collections, which enables the USPTO to continue normal operations for a few weeks. Should the USPTO exhaust these funds before a partial government shutdown comes to an end, the agency would have to shut down at that time, although a small staff would continue to work to receive new applications and any other examination, post-examination, post-issuance, and PTAB or TTAB filings; receive payments related to such filings; and maintain IT infrastructure, among other functions.
Eight minutes of hovering in a charging field vs 30 seconds to land and replace the batteries. I guess a fully autonomous vehicle might benefit from hands-off recharging.
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Thanks for your "highly likely" opinion. I'm just as "highly likely" to ignore it without facts or research to support it.
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Someone just plagiarized most of the list of eggcorns listed at this site: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.e...
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and soon you'd have hundreds, thousands, or even millions of tires.
Millions of tires? Because the county was too blind to the situation to pick up the tires when they reached 50 and post a "Do not dump" sign? I call shenanigans.
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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike...
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You can get rid of those toolbars without purchasing anything. Just Google "How to remove toolbars" and find instructions for your browser. For example, here are some instructions if you are still using Internet Explorer. https://www.pcworld.com/articl...
Oops! Thanks for catching that!
I guess you didn't even read your own link. It was talking about Louisiana being the last holdout to not comply with the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which coerces states to set their legal drinking age at 21 or risk loosing 10% of the federal highway funds. That happened during the Reagan administration, a decade before Carter was president.
Several studies, including a 2011 review, were found to disprove the idea that raising the drinking age to 21 actually saved lives in the long run. See the Wikipedia article for citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Just because you don't use "gallons" in your location doesn't mean it is not the appropriate unit of measurement in this context. Notice the report is from the Tea Association of the US. Wouldn't you be more surprised to see the report say "Americans drink 16 billion liters of Tea"?
A "cup" is also a hard to define. In the US, it is 8 US ounces, in the old UK system it was 10 UK ounces, and the international metric cup is 250ml. See the article "Cups and Ounces" here. https://www.thecalculatorsite....
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