...U.S. Announces Global Intellectual Property Ban?
Then I was wondering when politicians became honest and started to speak the truth. I didn't think it was possible so I reread the subject I saw my error.
Surely people aren't so stupid as to be confused by 7 different types of Windows Vista.
Yes they are. They even put cats in their microwave to dry them! From my very small experience with users, you can never overestimate how stupid people can be. Never! Maybe it's not the average, but the one left are enough to ruin your day.
I have no doubt that the average person can simply read a chart that has little checks next to "features" and decide which of the 7 they want.
This is not about the average person but about the stupid ones who then sue your ass. With 99% of the people smart enough to "read a chart" (way optimistic in my opinion), over 100 millions users, that still leaves you with 1 million dumbass who will call your support center.
now they complain because Microsoft is "too" flexible and might "confuse" the poor ignorant user who is incapable of choosing between 7 different forms of Vista.
This is NOT flexible. Flexibility would be to have one CD and then at the installation to decide what I actually need now. With Microsoft's scheme, your are sort of flexible when buying the box. "Sort of" because what do I do if I want feature A from Vista One and feature B from Vista Two? Well, sure I could still by Vista Three which also has features C to Z even if I don't need them. But then, I can't remove those features I dont need. And the flexibility is only when buying because, once I have the CD, short of paying again for another version, I can't get the features that I didn't think I would need.
When the people with the money (private or public!) understand that increased knowledge can't always deliver immediate "answers," we will get fewer "wrong answers"--not necessarily because the research will be better, but because scientists will be more willing to say, "I explored this area and didn't find anything."
Will we get "fewer wrong answers" or just "fewer answers"? I don't know that removing the pressure will be any better. How many "researchers" will just sit around waiting for the next paycheck if they don't feel any pressure to actually provide answers? How many "researchers" will just pretend to work and say "sorry, I didn't find anything interesting yet... by the way, I need more funds, thanks you."
You mean you don't set your mouse control to left handed? I mean, if you did, then wouldn't "left-click" be the right mouse button controlled by your index finger and "right-click" be the left mouse button controlled by your middle finger? If not, what's the left-handed mouse setting for?
I have no idea what it's for, I never used it. At first, IIRC, that option didn't exist. Later, when the option was created, since I was sharing the computer with a bunch of right-handed people, I would have had to modify the autoexec.bat each time I booted. Only later was there a menu in autoexec to make it simple. But then with Windows and its on computer/one account, it required to go to the control panel, mouse,... . Way too complicated, especially since the buttons are reversed!! Now days it is usable thanks to the one account per user. Except that it's way too late, I already learned to use my middle finger. Which is not bad anyway since sometimes I use someone else's computer.
(And I use my mouse on the left because that change has always been and still is easy to do)
The TGV run you pointed to is just an experimental run, not regular commercial service of a production train.
The TGV record was done with a production train just sligtly modified for safety/performance issues, IIRC. The biggest difference being the number of cars (4 instead of 10).
Anyway. My point was that the article implicitly compared an experimental/maximum speed for the Japanese train to a commercial speed for the TGV.
Both train will basically run at the same speed (223 mph for the japanese vs 218 mph for the TGV, that's a 2.3% difference, nothing to brag about IMHO). Except that the TGV has done so for the past 17 years.
As for the Maglev, given how such a train works, it's like comparing a turbine engine to a propeller.
By the time the test ends in early 2008, the operator hopes to hit the maximum speed of 250 mph -- faster than the train will travel during regular operation. French company Alstom SA's TGV, or Train a Grande Vitesse, is currently the world's fastest train, operating at a top speed of 218 mph.
That explains why the phantom is so late: Microsoft has all the developers, developers, [...], so Infinium has only the skeptical, skeptical, [...] left and there is nobody to actually develop the console.
Sort of. I hadn't read the link in the grand-parent post at the time. There it says that starting with Java 1.5 (aka 5.0), the JVM is now UTF-16. But it didn't use to be that way.
Can't those characters be represented using UTF-8?
Yes they can as in UTF-16 too.
However, Java doesn't use UTF-16 encoding but wide characters (a.k.a. "wide char", or wchar). Wide char is just an extension of the regular one byte "char" to a two bytes value. So it can't store values bigger than 65535.
With UTF-xx, several bytes/int/long/whatever can be combined to create bigger values. Not so with wide characters.
So yes, UTF-xx can encode nearly anything (up to 8 bytes or something) but Java can't.
Haven't you learn yet? All those links are fake. I receive sciam emails all the time. Agreed, this one is a bit more tricky because it doesn't talk about nigerian people or about updating your bank information. But still, the URL should be telling enough!!
Bear in mind that the Visual Studio team at Microsoft includes many of their best and brightest with a multi-million dollar budget. You will forgive me if I am skeptical that any freely available tools could be better.
The same company is behind Windows which has bigger multi-million dollar budget yet the freely available Linux is at least as good as Windows. So you will forgive me if I am skeptical about your comment;)
Damned, time to look for a diet. Well, at least that's a good incentive. And I imagine the new SPAM: one time offer, save taxes with this wonderful new lose-10-pounds-in-5-minutes diet!!
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...U.S. Announces Global Intellectual Property Ban?
Then I was wondering when politicians became honest and started to speak the truth. I didn't think it was possible so I reread the subject I saw my error.
# 600,000 USD First craft to land Man on Moon, take off and return.
With or without the man? Because it's easier without, less weight to bring back, especially if he's American...Sorry.
Yes they are. They even put cats in their microwave to dry them!
From my very small experience with users, you can never overestimate how stupid people can be. Never!
Maybe it's not the average, but the one left are enough to ruin your day.
I have no doubt that the average person can simply read a chart that has little checks next to "features" and decide which of the 7 they want.
This is not about the average person but about the stupid ones who then sue your ass.
With 99% of the people smart enough to "read a chart" (way optimistic in my opinion), over 100 millions users, that still leaves you with 1 million dumbass who will call your support center.
now they complain because Microsoft is "too" flexible and might "confuse" the poor ignorant user who is incapable of choosing between 7 different forms of Vista.
This is NOT flexible. Flexibility would be to have one CD and then at the installation to decide what I actually need now. With Microsoft's scheme, your are sort of flexible when buying the box. "Sort of" because what do I do if I want feature A from Vista One and feature B from Vista Two? Well, sure I could still by Vista Three which also has features C to Z even if I don't need them. But then, I can't remove those features I dont need.
And the flexibility is only when buying because, once I have the CD, short of paying again for another version, I can't get the features that I didn't think I would need.
When the people with the money (private or public!) understand that increased knowledge can't always deliver immediate "answers," we will get fewer "wrong answers"--not necessarily because the research will be better, but because scientists will be more willing to say, "I explored this area and didn't find anything."
Will we get "fewer wrong answers" or just "fewer answers"? I don't know that removing the pressure will be any better.
How many "researchers" will just sit around waiting for the next paycheck if they don't feel any pressure to actually provide answers?
How many "researchers" will just pretend to work and say "sorry, I didn't find anything interesting yet... by the way, I need more funds, thanks you."
is only as strong as the weakest link.. which in most cases is the user.
Not all worms requires the user's involvment (cf zotob).
lol, all lefties should be shot. what a terrible deformity.
;)
You're just jealous. It is well known that we are more intelligent because the right-side of our brain is more developped
You mean you don't set your mouse control to left handed? I mean, if you did, then wouldn't "left-click" be the right mouse button controlled by your index finger and "right-click" be the left mouse button controlled by your middle finger? If not, what's the left-handed mouse setting for?
I have no idea what it's for, I never used it.
At first, IIRC, that option didn't exist. Later, when the option was created, since I was sharing the computer with a bunch of right-handed people, I would have had to modify the autoexec.bat each time I booted. Only later was there a menu in autoexec to make it simple.
But then with Windows and its on computer/one account, it required to go to the control panel, mouse,... . Way too complicated, especially since the buttons are reversed!!
Now days it is usable thanks to the one account per user.
Except that it's way too late, I already learned to use my middle finger. Which is not bad anyway since sometimes I use someone else's computer.
(And I use my mouse on the left because that change has always been and still is easy to do)
That's much easier! Here I was, chopping off people's middle fingers...
I'm left-handed, I use my middle finger to left-click, you insensitive clod!
3. Components for Music, Television, Desktop, and Video Game consoles will (in many cases wirelessly) interact with this server.
We are getting there: Orb Networks
Yeah, 640kbps ought to be enough for everybody! Sheesh...
The TGV run you pointed to is just an experimental run, not regular commercial service of a production train.
The TGV record was done with a production train just sligtly modified for safety/performance issues, IIRC. The biggest difference being the number of cars (4 instead of 10).
Anyway. My point was that the article implicitly compared an experimental/maximum speed for the Japanese train to a commercial speed for the TGV.
Both train will basically run at the same speed (223 mph for the japanese vs 218 mph for the TGV, that's a 2.3% difference, nothing to brag about IMHO). Except that the TGV has done so for the past 17 years.
As for the Maglev, given how such a train works, it's like comparing a turbine engine to a propeller.
By the time the test ends in early 2008, the operator hopes to hit the maximum speed of 250 mph -- faster than the train will travel during regular operation.
French company Alstom SA's TGV, or Train a Grande Vitesse, is currently the world's fastest train, operating at a top speed of 218 mph.
Current record for the TGV is 320mph
They should actually reports what standard they can use (HTML3, XHTML, CSS, CSS2,...).
...)
The problem is when the browser defines the standard (netscape extensions, ie extensions,
Define "like open source". Do you think IBM or Sun "likes" about open source?
You ask to define "like open source" then you use it without giving your own definition!?
I call "troll".
That explains why the phantom is so late:
Microsoft has all the developers, developers, [...], so Infinium has only the skeptical, skeptical, [...] left and there is nobody to actually develop the console.
That's normal, there is not keyword to search for in my link.
I didn't know what you would want to search for, so I couldn't enter it for you.
Here is one: filetype:torrent sith
Better search with filetype:torrent
I am sorry, I can't go to war.
Everybody want to upload their brain on the server and it is now slashdotted.
I can't upload mine!!
Sort of. I hadn't read the link in the grand-parent post at the time. There it says that starting with Java 1.5 (aka 5.0), the JVM is now UTF-16. But it didn't use to be that way.
Can't those characters be represented using UTF-8?
Yes they can as in UTF-16 too.
However, Java doesn't use UTF-16 encoding but wide characters (a.k.a. "wide char", or wchar). Wide char is just an extension of the regular one byte "char" to a two bytes value. So it can't store values bigger than 65535.
With UTF-xx, several bytes/int/long/whatever can be combined to create bigger values. Not so with wide characters.
So yes, UTF-xx can encode nearly anything (up to 8 bytes or something) but Java can't.
Haven't you learn yet?
All those links are fake. I receive sciam emails all the time.
Agreed, this one is a bit more tricky because it doesn't talk about nigerian people or about updating your bank information.
But still, the URL should be telling enough!!
Please, read more about siam on wikipedia
Apache, which has had a grand total of one article in all of 2005.
What? You mean there was no dupe for Apache yet?
Shit editors, what are you doing!?!
Merriam-Webster:
What is below the sea is not the surface anymore.
"Nope, he didn't drown, he made landfall". Right!
And I imagine the new SPAM: one time offer, save taxes with this wonderful new lose-10-pounds-in-5-minutes diet!!