I see you think you know latin and thus assume you under stand "de facto". Just in case, you are confused on this point, let's see what Merriam-Webster says:
1. de facto adv \di-fak-()t, d-, d-\ Definition of DE FACTO 1: in reality : actually
2. de facto adj Definition of DE FACTO 1: actual; especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized 2: exercising power as if legally constituted 3: resulting from economic or social factors rather than from laws or actions of the state
One must wonder what the MW above the left axis on the chart could possibly mean. Hmmmm... MW... MegaWatt. Not to mention that the total contributions of Solar are below 4%, I am uncertain what additional power solar is contributing to the sale of electricity to France. In fact, since the peak demand is in the evening (when solar produces nothing) and not at noon, I am pretty confident that the additional power is coming from fossil fuel burning
You surely did not read the paper that was submitted. It does not contain any advanced math. It contains a reference to the relevant regulations. It uses simple math, data from the city, and simple street diagrams/pictures to make an argument for the installation of traffic lights. It does not claim to be any sort of engineering.
You also fail to understand what the words "practice" and "offer to practice" mean in the context. So, the Merriam-Webster dictionary provides us with some help. Definition 1.c : to be professionally engaged in .
I think it is clear that he did not claim to be and engineer, did not practice engineering in any professional manner, and thus the law does not apply.
If this law would apply, that would mean any well thought out and researched petition of the government would be unlawful, if done by anyone accept a qualified engineer.
You can find this on the site http://www.ncbels.org/rulesandlaws.html . Reading this, I believe it is only illegal, if you claim to be an engineer is some way. You have to offer engineering services or directly claim to be an engineer for this law to apply.
89C23. Unlawful to practice engineering or land surveying without licensure; unlawful use of title or terms; penalties; Attorney General to be legal adviser.
Any person who shall practice, or offer to practice, engineering or land surveying in this State without first being licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, or any person, firm, partnership, organization, association, corporation, or other entity using or employing the words "engineer" or "engineering" or "professional engineer" or "professional engineering" or "land surveyor" or "land surveying," or any modification or derivative of those words in its name or form of business or activity except as licensed under this Chapter or in pursuit of activities exempted by this Chapter, or any person presenting or attempting to use the certificate of licensure or the seal of another, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to any member of the Board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of licensure, or any person who shall falsely impersonate any other licensee of like or different name, or any person who shall attempt to use an expired or revoked or nonexistent certificate of licensure, or who shall practice or offer to practice when not qualified, or any person who falsely claims that the person is registered under this Chapter, or any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, in addition to injunctive procedures set out hereinbefore, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. In no event shall there be representation of or holding out to the public of any engineering expertise by unlicensed persons. It shall be the duty of all duly constituted officers of the State and all political subdivisions of the State to enforce the provisions of this Chapter and to prosecute any persons violating them.
The Attorney General of the State or an assistant shall act as legal adviser to the Board and render any legal assistance necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. The Board may employ counsel and necessary assistance to aid in the enforcement of this Chapter, and the compensation and expenses for the assistance shall be paid from funds of the Board. (1921, c. 1, s. 12; C.S., s. 6055(n); 1951, c. 1084, s. 1; 1975, c. 681, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 612; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1998118, s. 21.)
Hmmm... I see you have no experience with early Fords. I happen to own a 1929 Ford model A Sedan and it is a wonderful car. It is extremely reliable and easy to work on.
Yes, having choice can be confusing. However, I, for one, would rather have choice than not.
I have no idea where you are finding the documentation for windows. It is horrible. The documentation on linux may not be perfect, but I think it competes with windows rather well.
Specialty software from a hardware vendor will always have this issue. I wonder if your mom's sewing machine has software for a Mac.
I have always found plenty of support for Linux on the web. The same place I have to find support for windows, unless I want to pay large sums of money to Microsoft for support
I admit that adding a new repository or installing from a deb or rpm might be a little more difficult. However, if you are installing software the is available in the repository, it is much easier than windows. Further, if you are using appropriate repositories, you will have very few or no instances where one software package breaks another. I have had this happen many times on windows, because of incompatible DLLs.
Again, I wonder what windows you have been using. Windows has a command interpreter, actually two, Command.com and PowerShell. There are many things like resetting DHCP values that are easier on the command line than in a GUI on windows.
The page I linked to in the GP says the device is the size of a C battery, which sounds very close to the description in the article. The other thing is that the article is using the image from the Jarvik 2000 web site.
5,579,517 "Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names" 5,758,352 "Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names"
So, these two are the the infamous FAT patents.
6,621,746 "Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations"
Defrag applied to flash, really that deserve a patent?
6,826,762 "Radio Interface Layer in a Cell Phone with a Set of APIs Having a Hardware-Independent Proxy Layer and a Hardware-Specific Driver Layer"
Hmmm layering an API so that you have an invariant user space API and hardware driver portion. Seems like the kind of thing every OS does.
6,909,910 "Method and System for Managing Changes to a Contact Database"
Really!?!? I wonder how if my first year CS course work violates this patent.
7,644,376 "Flexible Architecture for Notifying Applications of State Changes"
Hmmmm... a publish/subscriber notification protocol, no that has never been done before.
5,664,133 "Context Sensitive Menu System/Menu Behavior"
Ha, Ha, Ha Context sensitive menus! I could have sworn I have seen things like that for the last 20 years or so.
6,578,054 "Method and System for Supporting Off-line Mode of Operation and Synchronization Using Resource State Information"
Hmmm... patenting persistent state storage as part of a synchronization process. Hmmmm... I wonder if any of the hash based synchronizer I have built in the past would infringe.
6,370,566 "Generating Meeting Requests and Group Scheduling from a Mobile Device"
Oh, doing it from a mobile device makes it so much more unique.
They are all garbage patents and if Motorola decides to fight versus cross licensing, I don't believe they will hold up.
The editors have a loose definition of the work prove. I read the article and they provide some compelling arguments. However, I saw no proof in a mathematics or scientific way.
Damn! Let me correct my own math. If solar cells are 20% efficient, then you have to cover 5% of the Sahara. The transmission losses push it to 7%, much less than the 28% I said above, but still much more than 1%.
The common solar cells are only around 20% efficient. So, that leads to the need to cover 20% of the Sahara to power the world. But that's not all, because the long distance power transmission can loose up to 30%, which would push the need to cover the desert to around 28% to get enough energy to run the world.
Sorry, you are wrong. Libel and Slander are not criminal offenses. They are civil offenses and this gives the principle a cause of action. So, he can sue.
Did you read the article? I know this is SlashDot... so No. So allow me to quote the relevant bit, "Jack Ellis, the superintendent for Brazos Independent School District, declined an on-camera interview. But he said the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned "minimal nutrition" foods.
"Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules," he said."
Main Entry: 2trump Function: noun Etymology: alteration of 1triumph Date: 1529
1 a : a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit --called also trump card b : the suit whose cards are trumps for a particular hand --often used in plural 2 : a decisive overriding factor or final resource --called also trump card 3 : a dependable and exemplary person
Whats the point? A three year old estimate is off
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IPv4 Will Not Die In 2010
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Big F...ing deal! How many predictions are accurate for three or more years? The original prediction was made in May, 2007 and current prediction has slipped the date from December 2, 2010 to November 18, 2012 not quite a 2 years. I challenge anyone to find accurate predictions that are 3 1/2 years old.
We need to be moving to IPV6 as quickly as possible. We may have a bit longer than was predicted 3 1/2 years ago. The thing that is scary is have we made much progress in moving to IPV6 in the last 3 1/2 year? I think not much. So, whatever the actual exhaustion dates are for IPV4 address. We can be certain that we are 3 1/2 years closer than we were and we have done almost nothing to prepare.
Here are a list of the claims from the patent application. They are clearly trying to patent fuel supply control to multiple fuel cells.
1. An electronic equipment system comprising:an electronic equipment body;a connection device connected to the electronic equipment body;independent power generation cells each disposed to the electronic equipment body and to the connection device; anda fuel storage vessel disposed to the electronic equipment body,wherein fuel from the fuel storage vessel is suppliable to each of the independent power generation cells.
2. The electronic equipment system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises a fuel control unit for controlling an amount of the fuel supplied to each of the independent power generation cells from the fuel storage vessel.
3. The electronic equipment system according to claim 2, wherein the fuel control unit controls the fuel supply amount depending on a fuel consumption amount in each of the independent power generation cells.
4. The electronic equipment system according to claim 3, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises a unit for detecting the fuel consumption amount.
5. The electronic equipment system according to claim 4, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises an image display portion for displaying a remaining amount of the fuel in the fuel storage vessel based on a detection result of the unit for detecting the fuel consumption amount.
6. The electronic equipment system according to claim 1, which is a camera system, wherein the connection device connected to a camera body is at least one of an interchangeable lens and a strobe light, and wherein as the independent power generation cells, a body power generation cell, a lens driving power generation cell, and a strobe light power generation cell are disposed to the camera body, the interchangeable lens, and the strobe light, respectively.
You seem to have confuse the L2 and L3 caches. The L3 cache is 16MB, while each pair of processors have a shared 3MB L2 cache. So, it's 3pairs X 3MB = 9MB of L2 cache and 16MB of L3 cache.
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I see you think you know latin and thus assume you under stand "de facto". Just in case, you are confused on this point, let's see what Merriam-Webster says:
1. de facto
adv \di-fak-()t, d-, d-\
Definition of DE FACTO
1: in reality : actually
2. de facto
adj
Definition of DE FACTO
1: actual; especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized
2: exercising power as if legally constituted
3: resulting from economic or social factors rather than from laws or actions of the state
His usage looks good to me.
One must wonder what the MW above the left axis on the chart could possibly mean. Hmmmm ... MW ... MegaWatt. Not to mention that the total contributions of Solar are below 4%, I am uncertain what additional power solar is contributing to the sale of electricity to France. In fact, since the peak demand is in the evening (when solar produces nothing) and not at noon, I am pretty confident that the additional power is coming from fossil fuel burning
Most of Germany's power is produced by fossil fuel.
http://www.indexmundi.com/germany/electricity_production_by_source.html
Did you look at the chart on your reference, they are producing 9 megawatts during the peek of the day. A small drop in the bucket.
Me either
You surely did not read the paper that was submitted. It does not contain any advanced math. It contains a reference to the relevant regulations. It uses simple math, data from the city, and simple street diagrams/pictures to make an argument for the installation of traffic lights. It does not claim to be any sort of engineering.
You also fail to understand what the words "practice" and "offer to practice" mean in the context. So, the Merriam-Webster dictionary provides us with some help. Definition 1.c : to be professionally engaged in .
I think it is clear that he did not claim to be and engineer, did not practice engineering in any professional manner, and thus the law does not apply.
If this law would apply, that would mean any well thought out and researched petition of the government would be unlawful, if done by anyone accept a qualified engineer.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/sites/drupalblogs.newsobserver.com/files/docs/dcoxAnalysis%20of%20Traffic%20Signal%20Warrants%20for%20Selected%20Intersections%20of%20Falls%20of%20Neuse%20Road.pdf
You can find this on the site http://www.ncbels.org/rulesandlaws.html . Reading this, I believe it is only illegal, if you claim to be an engineer is some way. You have to offer engineering services or directly claim to be an engineer for this law to apply.
89C23. Unlawful to practice engineering or land surveying without licensure; unlawful use of title or terms; penalties; Attorney General to be legal adviser.
Any person who shall practice, or offer to practice, engineering or land surveying in this State without first being licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, or any person, firm, partnership, organization, association, corporation, or other entity using or employing the words "engineer" or "engineering" or "professional engineer" or "professional engineering" or "land surveyor" or "land surveying," or any modification or derivative of those words in its name or form of business or activity except as licensed under this Chapter or in pursuit of activities exempted by this Chapter, or any person presenting or attempting to use the certificate of licensure or the seal of another, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to any member of the Board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of licensure, or any person who shall falsely impersonate any other licensee of like or different name, or any person who shall attempt to use an expired or revoked or nonexistent certificate of licensure, or who shall practice or offer to practice when not qualified, or any person who falsely claims that the person is registered under this Chapter, or any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, in addition to injunctive procedures set out hereinbefore, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. In no event shall there be representation of or holding out to the public of any engineering expertise by unlicensed persons. It shall be the duty of all duly constituted officers of the State and all political subdivisions of the State to enforce the provisions of this Chapter and to prosecute any persons violating them.
The Attorney General of the State or an assistant shall act as legal adviser to the Board and render any legal assistance necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. The Board may employ counsel and necessary assistance to aid in the enforcement of this Chapter, and the compensation and expenses for the assistance shall be paid from funds of the Board. (1921, c. 1, s. 12; C.S., s. 6055(n); 1951, c. 1084, s. 1; 1975, c. 681, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 612; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1998118, s. 21.)
Hmmm... I see you have no experience with early Fords. I happen to own a 1929 Ford model A Sedan and it is a wonderful car. It is extremely reliable and easy to work on.
The page I linked to in the GP says the device is the size of a C battery, which sounds very close to the description in the article. The other thing is that the article is using the image from the Jarvik 2000 web site.
http://www.jarvikheart.com/basic.asp?section=Jarvik+2000
5,579,517 "Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names"
5,758,352 "Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names"
So, these two are the the infamous FAT patents.
6,621,746 "Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations"
Defrag applied to flash, really that deserve a patent?
6,826,762 "Radio Interface Layer in a Cell Phone with a Set of APIs Having a Hardware-Independent Proxy Layer and a Hardware-Specific Driver Layer"
Hmmm layering an API so that you have an invariant user space API and hardware driver portion. Seems like the kind of thing every OS does.
6,909,910 "Method and System for Managing Changes to a Contact Database"
Really!?!? I wonder how if my first year CS course work violates this patent.
7,644,376 "Flexible Architecture for Notifying Applications of State Changes"
Hmmmm... a publish/subscriber notification protocol, no that has never been done before.
5,664,133 "Context Sensitive Menu System/Menu Behavior"
Ha, Ha, Ha Context sensitive menus! I could have sworn I have seen things like that for the last 20 years or so.
6,578,054 "Method and System for Supporting Off-line Mode of Operation and Synchronization Using Resource State Information"
Hmmm... patenting persistent state storage as part of a synchronization process. Hmmmm... I wonder if any of the hash based synchronizer I have built in the past would infringe.
6,370,566 "Generating Meeting Requests and Group Scheduling from a Mobile Device"
Oh, doing it from a mobile device makes it so much more unique.
They are all garbage patents and if Motorola decides to fight versus cross licensing, I don't believe they will hold up.
The editors have a loose definition of the work prove. I read the article and they provide some compelling arguments. However, I saw no proof in a mathematics or scientific way.
Now, if only you had read the article
Oracle is also alleging the Google violated its copyrights. So, if that is true (though I doubt it), it would invalidate the patent grant.
Damn! Let me correct my own math. If solar cells are 20% efficient, then you have to cover 5% of the Sahara. The transmission losses push it to 7%, much less than the 28% I said above, but still much more than 1%.
The common solar cells are only around 20% efficient. So, that leads to the need to cover 20% of the Sahara to power the world. But that's not all, because the long distance power transmission can loose up to 30%, which would push the need to cover the desert to around 28% to get enough energy to run the world.
Sorry, you are wrong. Libel and Slander are not criminal offenses. They are civil offenses and this gives the principle a cause of action. So, he can sue.
Did you read the article? I know this is SlashDot ... so No. So allow me to quote the relevant bit, "Jack Ellis, the superintendent for Brazos Independent School District, declined an on-camera interview. But he said the school was abiding by a state guideline that banned "minimal nutrition" foods.
"Whether or not I agree with the guidelines, we have to follow the rules," he said."
The first result will answer your question.
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Main Entry: 2trump
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of 1triumph
Date: 1529
1 a : a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit --called also trump card b : the suit whose cards are trumps for a particular hand --often used in plural
2 : a decisive overriding factor or final resource --called also trump card
3 : a dependable and exemplary person
Big F...ing deal! How many predictions are accurate for three or more years? The original prediction was made in May, 2007 and current prediction has slipped the date from December 2, 2010 to November 18, 2012 not quite a 2 years. I challenge anyone to find accurate predictions that are 3 1/2 years old.
We need to be moving to IPV6 as quickly as possible. We may have a bit longer than was predicted 3 1/2 years ago. The thing that is scary is have we made much progress in moving to IPV6 in the last 3 1/2 year? I think not much. So, whatever the actual exhaustion dates are for IPV4 address. We can be certain that we are 3 1/2 years closer than we were and we have done almost nothing to prepare.
Here are a list of the claims from the patent application. They are clearly trying to patent fuel supply control to multiple fuel cells.
1. An electronic equipment system comprising:an electronic equipment body;a connection device connected to the electronic equipment body;independent power generation cells each disposed to the electronic equipment body and to the connection device; anda fuel storage vessel disposed to the electronic equipment body,wherein fuel from the fuel storage vessel is suppliable to each of the independent power generation cells.
2. The electronic equipment system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises a fuel control unit for controlling an amount of the fuel supplied to each of the independent power generation cells from the fuel storage vessel.
3. The electronic equipment system according to claim 2, wherein the fuel control unit controls the fuel supply amount depending on a fuel consumption amount in each of the independent power generation cells.
4. The electronic equipment system according to claim 3, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises a unit for detecting the fuel consumption amount.
5. The electronic equipment system according to claim 4, wherein the electronic equipment body comprises an image display portion for displaying a remaining amount of the fuel in the fuel storage vessel based on a detection result of the unit for detecting the fuel consumption amount.
6. The electronic equipment system according to claim 1, which is a camera system, wherein the connection device connected to a camera body is at least one of an interchangeable lens and a strobe light, and wherein as the independent power generation cells, a body power generation cell, a lens driving power generation cell, and a strobe light power generation cell are disposed to the camera body, the interchangeable lens, and the strobe light, respectively.
Do you think it is just here? Have you checked the policies say in the UK? They have been searching laptops for sometime now.
You seem to have confuse the L2 and L3 caches. The L3 cache is 16MB, while each pair of processors have a shared 3MB L2 cache. So, it's 3pairs X 3MB = 9MB of L2 cache and 16MB of L3 cache.