I'm wondering for how long will the international phone lines work. The gvt. is most likely able to cut those too.
They can't do it too long : the egyptian economy relies too heavily on tourism (see here).
The same happened in Tunisia a few weeks ago. Ben Ali (the former dictator) quickly understood that he could not cut his country from the rest of the world, because it was too dependent from outside (tourism & call centers). He then left to Saudi Arabia, which might be a good elderly home for Mubarak too.
When web browsers were new and screen real estate was limited, that might have been a good idea. What the hell is the point of removing functionality to save a dozen or two vertical pixels today?
Most people have plenty of horizontal space left, but not of vertical space.
I was also surprised at first that the status bar disappeared, but now I like it.
Imagine being able to record some video of some primo dickbag in his BMW X5, angrily following five feet behind you at 50mph because you aren't willing to go significantly above the speed limit for him. The computer's technology can measure how far away the other car is and overlay it on the screen. Then, hit a button on your dashboard, it sends the video
And you intend to do this while driving? You are more dangerous than the one following you.
They forked the project, and then asked Oracle to donate the name to them.
Given OpenOffice's poor success among non-geeks, I don't think that its brand has a high value.
I think it will be better to announce the brand new LibreOffice suite in 6 months (rather than a boring new version X.Y of OpenOffice), it will get more coverage in the non-technical media.
I'll be honest, the 40 minute savings doesn't really seem to be worth 10 billion dollars, until you realize that the USA could have built 70 of these things instead of the Iraq war...
The major goal of the Gotthard tunnel is not to improve travel time for passengers, it is to provide a high capacity line through the Alps for freight trains.
The new tunnel is approximately 600 meters lower than the old tunnel, which makes a huge difference in electricity consumption for freight trains.
Besides, the new tunnel has no spiral (helicoidal) tunnels anymore. I will miss them:-)
The alternative is a format called PDF/A (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A), which happens to be exactly what you are looking for : a subset of PDF excluding (among others) scripting, video or audio.
Now, all we need is a PDF reader with an option "only open PDF/A documents"
No, he isn't. He probably has another idea on his mind (like using trainees as 2nd pilot), which will look much more acceptable in contrast when he proposes it next week.
US is also the only country in the world that is constantly in war with other countries, bullies them and has a history of supporting enemies of its enemies
You realize that every country in the history of humanity has done the exact same things, right?
Not Switzerland (my country), which gave up expansion in 1515 and has been neutral for a few centuries. And became one of the richest countries in the world. Any causality ?
Open source licences are meant for source code, not for data formats.
I don't care if Google's VP8 library is not strictly speaking open source (or even proprietary), just as long as the WebM format is described in a precise way in a public document, with no patents forbiding me to implement a codec.
In the same way, I would happily buy a proprietary version of Microsoft Word 2013, if only it would save documents in strict ODF format.
Filesystems have a much better idea of what data is going to be used frequently. This is an optimization they should be making. Seagate can make some good guesses by looking at block-level IO statistics, but that's like trying to optimize bytecode, all the really useful information is gone by the time you get to block-level IO.
You are 100% correct, but this drive has the huge advantage of working with ANY file system and ANY operating system.
As much as I appreciate my iPhone, my Palm Pilot from 10 years ago was a better PDA. You know, Apple, something like a week view in the agenda ? I am ready to trade the GPS against this...
Theater existed quite some time ago. There are of course well known plays from ancient Greece, and it probably goes back even farther than that.
Agreed...
Movies are just a recording of theater with a videocamera.
But this is ridiculous. A movie can include dimensions which are simply not possible on a stage. I don't mean Avatar or Titanic, but just think of what Stanley Kubrick did with a camera...
And when a movie is just a recorded theater performance, it is usually a bad film (see many french films of the 40's-50's).
You should watch some films shot in Eastern Europe eg. the Decalogue series. (...) Ingmar Bergman is another great director who shot some of his films on small budgets.
Yes, there are a few exceptions, but you can't deny the fact that there is a positive correlation between the price of a movie and its quality (just ask any director if his movie would have been better with less money).
On the other hand, fantastic records have been made with a minimal budget.
You don't need an industry to produce music, you need one to produce (most) films.
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I'm wondering for how long will the international phone lines work. The gvt. is most likely able to cut those too.
They can't do it too long : the egyptian economy relies too heavily on tourism (see here).
The same happened in Tunisia a few weeks ago. Ben Ali (the former dictator) quickly understood that he could not cut his country from the rest of the world, because it was too dependent from outside (tourism & call centers). He then left to Saudi Arabia, which might be a good elderly home for Mubarak too.
The left-hand sidebar seems however to be OK if the page is viewed at 100% size. But at this size, the page is unreadable for me...
When web browsers were new and screen real estate was limited, that might have been a good idea. What the hell is the point of removing functionality to save a dozen or two vertical pixels today?
Most people have plenty of horizontal space left, but not of vertical space.
I was also surprised at first that the status bar disappeared, but now I like it.
The same happened to me for "tab on tops".
The same happened to me for the awesome bar.
Do you see a pattern ?
If by "enhancements" they mean "throw the awesomebar out a window", I'm all for it.
Please no. I hated the awesomebar at first, but now it works so well (at least for me...) that I have given up managing bookmarks. What a relief.
Imagine being able to record some video of some primo dickbag in his BMW X5, angrily following five feet behind you at 50mph because you aren't willing to go significantly above the speed limit for him. The computer's technology can measure how far away the other car is and overlay it on the screen. Then, hit a button on your dashboard, it sends the video
And you intend to do this while driving? You are more dangerous than the one following you.
Saddam put a hit out on George Sr. and George Jr. was like "No one's gonna mess with my pappy!" and we went to even the score.
Citation needed
And that's the problem our government has brought upon itself. I completely understand the need to keep some things secret
I never thought I would one day quote this guy, but :
If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place
This is totally wrong when applied to individuals, but I think it perfectly applies to governments. Especially democratic ones.
They forked the project, and then asked Oracle to donate the name to them.
Given OpenOffice's poor success among non-geeks, I don't think that its brand has a high value.
I think it will be better to announce the brand new LibreOffice suite in 6 months (rather than a boring new version X.Y of OpenOffice), it will get more coverage in the non-technical media.
RTFA
I'll be honest, the 40 minute savings doesn't really seem to be worth 10 billion dollars, until you realize that the USA could have built 70 of these things instead of the Iraq war...
The major goal of the Gotthard tunnel is not to improve travel time for passengers, it is to provide a high capacity line through the Alps for freight trains. :-)
The new tunnel is approximately 600 meters lower than the old tunnel, which makes a huge difference in electricity consumption for freight trains.
Besides, the new tunnel has no spiral (helicoidal) tunnels anymore. I will miss them
Whereas OOXML is only (and partially....) used by Microsoft Office 2010.
is all you should ever need I personally use one of those devices from Western Digital which are $50.
This is also what I do, but I would not recommend it to my parents, for instance.
Microsoft has replaced postscript with XPS
They tried. But who uses it, anyway ?
Even on their own website, Microsoft uses more PDF than XPS. Just try to look e.g. for whitepapers and see for yourself.
what alternatives? no, seriously?
The alternative is a format called PDF/A (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A), which happens to be exactly what you are looking for : a subset of PDF excluding (among others) scripting, video or audio.
Now, all we need is a PDF reader with an option "only open PDF/A documents"
He is, in short, a troll.
No, he isn't. He probably has another idea on his mind (like using trainees as 2nd pilot), which will look much more acceptable in contrast when he proposes it next week.
US is also the only country in the world that is constantly in war with other countries, bullies them and has a history of supporting enemies of its enemies
You realize that every country in the history of humanity has done the exact same things, right?
Not Switzerland (my country), which gave up expansion in 1515 and has been neutral for a few centuries. And became one of the richest countries in the world. Any causality ?
THIS IS the problem with the currently renewable energy sources. We do not have control over their output.
No : the major source of renewable energy today is hydroelectric dams, whose output can be nearly 100% controlled.
Just use Usenet
For years, GMail or Google Documents have been able to render PDF documents in HTML.
Maybe Google simply took this server-based code and put it into Chrome...
no, as in XML-FO which is designed for publishing.
Not exactly :
It may seem complex, but is actually simpler than it seems.
Open source licences are meant for source code, not for data formats.
I don't care if Google's VP8 library is not strictly speaking open source (or even proprietary), just as long as the WebM format is described in a precise way in a public document, with no patents forbiding me to implement a codec.
In the same way, I would happily buy a proprietary version of Microsoft Word 2013, if only it would save documents in strict ODF format.
Filesystems have a much better idea of what data is going to be used frequently. This is an optimization they should be making. Seagate can make some good guesses by looking at block-level IO statistics, but that's like trying to optimize bytecode, all the really useful information is gone by the time you get to block-level IO.
You are 100% correct, but this drive has the huge advantage of working with ANY file system and ANY operating system.
As much as I appreciate my iPhone, my Palm Pilot from 10 years ago was a better PDA. You know, Apple, something like a week view in the agenda ? I am ready to trade the GPS against this...
Theater existed quite some time ago. There are of course well known plays from ancient Greece, and it probably goes back even farther than that.
Agreed...
Movies are just a recording of theater with a videocamera.
But this is ridiculous. A movie can include dimensions which are simply not possible on a stage. I don't mean Avatar or Titanic, but just think of what Stanley Kubrick did with a camera... And when a movie is just a recorded theater performance, it is usually a bad film (see many french films of the 40's-50's).
You should watch some films shot in Eastern Europe eg. the Decalogue series. (...) Ingmar Bergman is another great director who shot some of his films on small budgets.
Yes, there are a few exceptions, but you can't deny the fact that there is a positive correlation between the price of a movie and its quality (just ask any director if his movie would have been better with less money). On the other hand, fantastic records have been made with a minimal budget.
You don't need an industry to produce music, you need one to produce (most) films.