There are lots of corporate users that run Linux on their desktops. There are lots of corporate users who could use Linux, but don't know about it, are afraid to switch, or don't think it's worth the effort. There are also coporate users who simply couldn't do their job if they were forced to run Linux.
Don't tell me that Linux isn't ready for the corporate desktop just because there are people who won't or can't use Linux. I don't use Windows at work...does that mean that Windows isn't ready for the corporate desktop? Of course not.
For those of us who don't have OSX or Windows, how would you suggest that we take advantage of this?
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That's not how I understand it. A memory leak is when a program doesn't release memory after it is done with it. This is especially bad if the program keeps allocating new memory without releasing/reusing old memory. This results in a program that gobbles up all your system memory.
The bigger the cross section, the more friction there is with the air (yes, the atmosphere extends into the low earth orbit range...it's just very thin).
Therefore, the higher the surface area to mass ratio, the faster a LEO object's orbit decays.
That's only true if you're just talking about the coal power plants built in the 70s. Nobody is building them yet, but if new modern coal power plants were built today, they could have virtually no emissions except CO2, or, if you have a hydrogen source, no emissions at all, just gasoline as a byproduct.
They're too expensive to build today, but maybe not forever. Don't rule coal out yet. Coal will be the last fossil fuel we use, if only because we'll have loads of it left when all the others run out.
I was under the impression that California wouldn't import electricity that wasn't created following the same criteria as the electricity created in state. Is this no longer the case?
If you disregard the gaping security hole that is ActiveX, you might be correct. Certainly, as more people use it, it will become a more valuable target for black hats, but that doesn't mean it will be vulnerable.
We'll know the answer in a couple of years once Firefox really moves into the mainstream.
I'm pretty sure that the scientific theory of evolution doesn't say anything about the origins or life. Darwin certainly avoids making any such claims in _origin_of_species_ (note the name!) and after flipping through my wife's molecular biology textbook, it describes evolution as the mechanisms that determine how biological machines adapt over time. Again, no claim as to the origin of these biological machines.
In fact, I clearly remember my high school biology teacher avoiding such questions as to how life originally began because she said that it was unimportant to understanding how genetic material is passed and how organisms are adapted over time.
If my understanding of evolutionary theory and how it is taught is out of date, perhaps you can correct me.
I know lots of theologians who correctly apply the scientific method in lots of what they do.
You may not realize it, but you're equivocating. A degree in theology in Darwin's time is very different from such a degree today. Nowadays, Darwin's training would very likely have been called philosophy instead of theology.
Make no mistake, Darwin could rationally observe the natural world with the best of them.
It's a public school receiving public funds. If religion is pushed in the school, then it's tax-payer money being used to advance a religious agenda. This is clearly a violation of the constitutional seperation of church and state.
It would be hard to understand our nation's first 150 years of existance if a teacher couldn't talk about religion in history class. In fact, any US History class that doesn't mention the religious influences that shapped our country would be skipping very important material.
However, religion has no place in a science class.
Take a look at learning python. It's easy to learn, fast to develop in, and remarkably flexible and powerful. It comes with it's own IDE (idle), but there are lots of IDE's that support it out there (I use VIM with color coding since most IDE's give me the creeps).
Give yourself half an hour and walk through the tutorial at www.python.org.
I still do most of my work in C/C++, but Python is my language of choice for new projects that don't already have lots of legacy code.
Let Disney know about the problems you have with their site. The more feedback they get, the more likely they are to consider alternative browsers in the future.
Just like Gentoo was "successful" a while back (and still is, except that no one's talking about it anymore)
My theory on that is that there is a group of linux users that swarm to whatever is new and different and are very vocal about it. Gentoo was new and different for a while, now it's not and those users have left, leaving users who use Gentoo because it fits their need better than the alternatives. These users tend to be less vocal and so it appears that Gentoo has largely disappeared from slashdot/fark/whatever even though the gentoo community continues to grow (at least according to forum statistics, netcraft surveys, etc).
It will be interesting to see if all the buzz surrounding Ubuntu lasts once it is no longer a novelty and the swarming users have moved on.
I would like to see an option to use ultra-capacitors in pure electric vehicle. They may only have half the energy density of the batteries, but they don't degrade over time and can take a full charge in about 20 seconds.
Engine efficiency comes from small engines running at constant speeds
It is true that better efficiency comes from small engines running at constant speeds, but for best efficiency, you want really huge prime movers like what the power companies use. This is why an all electric car that charges off an outlet will always beat the best hybrid for overall efficiency.
It's no longer new in the power generation industry where gas turbines coupled with steam turbines are commonplace, but you have to admit, it's pretty novel in the automotive industry.
Could you expand a little on why you think current CVTs suck?
Are you referring to the strength limitation (which is why you currently only see them in smaller, lighter vehicles) or something completely different?
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The myth of "The Corporate Desktop".
There are lots of corporate users that run Linux on their desktops. There are lots of corporate users who could use Linux, but don't know about it, are afraid to switch, or don't think it's worth the effort. There are also coporate users who simply couldn't do their job if they were forced to run Linux.
Don't tell me that Linux isn't ready for the corporate desktop just because there are people who won't or can't use Linux. I don't use Windows at work...does that mean that Windows isn't ready for the corporate desktop? Of course not.
For those of us who don't have OSX or Windows, how would you suggest that we take advantage of this?
That's not how I understand it. A memory leak is when a program doesn't release memory after it is done with it. This is especially bad if the program keeps allocating new memory without releasing/reusing old memory. This results in a program that gobbles up all your system memory.
The bigger the cross section, the more friction there is with the air (yes, the atmosphere extends into the low earth orbit range...it's just very thin).
Therefore, the higher the surface area to mass ratio, the faster a LEO object's orbit decays.
They may not be improving PC technology, but by improving the packaging, they are improving the PC.
Counts for something.
Reprocessing isn't an issue if you use a fast breeder design. Is there any chance that the new UK reactors will be of this type?
Coal is too damned poluting
That's only true if you're just talking about the coal power plants built in the 70s. Nobody is building them yet, but if new modern coal power plants were built today, they could have virtually no emissions except CO2, or, if you have a hydrogen source, no emissions at all, just gasoline as a byproduct.
They're too expensive to build today, but maybe not forever. Don't rule coal out yet. Coal will be the last fossil fuel we use, if only because we'll have loads of it left when all the others run out.
I was under the impression that California wouldn't import electricity that wasn't created following the same criteria as the electricity created in state. Is this no longer the case?
If you disregard the gaping security hole that is ActiveX, you might be correct. Certainly, as more people use it, it will become a more valuable target for black hats, but that doesn't mean it will be vulnerable.
We'll know the answer in a couple of years once Firefox really moves into the mainstream.
Python's been around since 1991. Smalltalk is even older than that, I think.
Face it, Java didn't really do anything new, nor did it an improvement over what came before it.
What Java did have was marketing muscle. What Java has now is inertia. We'll see in the next couple of years how far that takes it.
Head over to www.wxpython.org for an alternative to tkinter that uses native widgets on each platform.
As far as I can tell, wxpython is the most popular GUI package for python (even though tkinter is the official one).
Don't think in terms of revenue. Think in terms of net income or profit. 2.4M/day becomes a big deal in that context.
I'm pretty sure that the scientific theory of evolution doesn't say anything about the origins or life. Darwin certainly avoids making any such claims in _origin_of_species_ (note the name!) and after flipping through my wife's molecular biology textbook, it describes evolution as the mechanisms that determine how biological machines adapt over time. Again, no claim as to the origin of these biological machines.
In fact, I clearly remember my high school biology teacher avoiding such questions as to how life originally began because she said that it was unimportant to understanding how genetic material is passed and how organisms are adapted over time.
If my understanding of evolutionary theory and how it is taught is out of date, perhaps you can correct me.
I know lots of theologians who correctly apply the scientific method in lots of what they do.
You may not realize it, but you're equivocating. A degree in theology in Darwin's time is very different from such a degree today. Nowadays, Darwin's training would very likely have been called philosophy instead of theology.
Make no mistake, Darwin could rationally observe the natural world with the best of them.
It's a public school receiving public funds. If religion is pushed in the school, then it's tax-payer money being used to advance a religious agenda. This is clearly a violation of the constitutional seperation of church and state.
I believe that's why this is a federal issue.
It would be hard to understand our nation's first 150 years of existance if a teacher couldn't talk about religion in history class. In fact, any US History class that doesn't mention the religious influences that shapped our country would be skipping very important material.
However, religion has no place in a science class.
Take a look at learning python. It's easy to learn, fast to develop in, and remarkably flexible and powerful. It comes with it's own IDE (idle), but there are lots of IDE's that support it out there (I use VIM with color coding since most IDE's give me the creeps).
Give yourself half an hour and walk through the tutorial at www.python.org.
I still do most of my work in C/C++, but Python is my language of choice for new projects that don't already have lots of legacy code.
Let Disney know about the problems you have with their site. The more feedback they get, the more likely they are to consider alternative browsers in the future.
We played the Kameo demo at CompUSA one afternoon. The consensus was "Pretty, but no fun".
It's a shame that good graphics and good playability are a difficult combination to find in modern gaming.
I would suspect that federal regulations that apply to one bank in the jurisdiction would apply to all banks in the jurisdiction.
Just like Gentoo was "successful" a while back (and still is, except that no one's talking about it anymore)
My theory on that is that there is a group of linux users that swarm to whatever is new and different and are very vocal about it. Gentoo was new and different for a while, now it's not and those users have left, leaving users who use Gentoo because it fits their need better than the alternatives. These users tend to be less vocal and so it appears that Gentoo has largely disappeared from slashdot/fark/whatever even though the gentoo community continues to grow (at least according to forum statistics, netcraft surveys, etc).
It will be interesting to see if all the buzz surrounding Ubuntu lasts once it is no longer a novelty and the swarming users have moved on.
I would like to see an option to use ultra-capacitors in pure electric vehicle. They may only have half the energy density of the batteries, but they don't degrade over time and can take a full charge in about 20 seconds.
I see value in that.
Engine efficiency comes from small engines running at constant speeds
It is true that better efficiency comes from small engines running at constant speeds, but for best efficiency, you want really huge prime movers like what the power companies use. This is why an all electric car that charges off an outlet will always beat the best hybrid for overall efficiency.
It's no longer new in the power generation industry where gas turbines coupled with steam turbines are commonplace, but you have to admit, it's pretty novel in the automotive industry.
Could you expand a little on why you think current CVTs suck?
Are you referring to the strength limitation (which is why you currently only see them in smaller, lighter vehicles) or something completely different?