Rats going after stores of grain are probably why cats self domesticated. Canines being omnivores lends itself to them going after tasty scraps our ancestors tossed out though. Why chase rats when there's perfectly good food just laying in a pile?
That 'poison' is essential to the ecosystem, and in historic times has been at far higher levels than it is today, in prehistoric times when there were no bicycles or cars.
I can't figure out if you're trolling or just poorly educated.
A lot of researchers overestimate the importance of their research. It's pretty common.
Garbage piles though could be a common factor. They attracted wolves most likely, and our ancestors would have also observed edible plants sprouting from discarded seeds, which perhaps led to them thinking about deliberately planting some themselves.
That's right, we owe thanks to garbage for helping spur the development of early civilization. Our culture is built on a foundation of garbage!
If this is somehow related to Global Warming, it is entirely possible that the belt has formed recently and could continue to intensify. Regardless of it's origins, it could mean additional protection for earth and spectacular auroras.
Please explain how any warming of the Earth's atmosphere could be related to the radiation belts that are produced, presumably, by our magnetic field, which has no connection to how warm or cold the air is. I know you're trolling but I could use the LOL's when you try to explain that.
It was just discovered. It has most likely been there for a long, long time. Most likely since long before mammals arrived.
You mean the article that states, among other things, "Providing literacy to most children has been a development of the last 150 or 200 years, or even last 50 years in some Third World countries," and "In many early civilizations, education was associated with wealth and the maintenance of authority, or with prevailing philosophies, beliefs, or religion" ?
It hasn't been thousands of years that education has been available to just about everyone in most nations/regions.
Living off the land is indeed hard work, especially in a harsh cold climate. What do machines have to do with working hard anyways? Just surviving near the Arctic Circle is more of an achievement than most Anonymous Cowards will ever make.
Good point, but that is a bit skewed by the fact that the cost of living is so high there. Salaries in most industries are higher than average in that region.
Unfortunately several releases of iOS have had some pretty bad bugs. The latest was a big battery drainer, for example. That's why sometimes upgrading is unavoidable. That being said most people just blindly accept updates as they come out.
I've always wondered why jailbreaking exists. If people wanted to do whatever they wanted to their phones, why would they get an iPhone? The reason I've never even considered an iPhone is because of Apple's attitude towards it.
It shouldn't matter. If you buy something it is yours, and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. I prefer Android (I use an Asus Transformer Prime as my tablet) but work gave me an iPhone. I don't care for it, but not because of the walled garden. I just like Android better. That being said, if I did decide to buy my own iOS device I should be able to do whatever I want with it and its software. That is why jailbreaking exists.
Firefox for Android was important when it was first envisioned because the default browser for Android sucked. Today the default browser is Chrome and its much, much, more usable. About the only thing I think Firefox is better than the stock Android browser (Chrome) is that you can get reliable adblock working for it, something you can't do (or at least couldn't do) with the stock browser.
Adblock and Orbot (Tor) without root access are pretty good reasons why some people use it.
He broke the law, if his story is true, plain and simple. You're the one with twisted perspective on it. He had no right to access their networks or proprietary information. I hope they don't go TOO hard on him as he did seem to have relatively benign intentions, but he hacked into systems without permission. The companies in question did not contract him to do penetration testing or an overall security assessment.
Automakers have invested a lot in developing systems that use the entire spectrum in that range. Boo hoo. The public should have dibs on some of that. It's not like the FCC, which voted unanimously on this one, took it all away from them. They just have to adjust.
Easy, assuming each game copy has a unique key. Then you can do it in software quite easily. "Opps, sorry, Update 6.2.1.7 has detected that this game was registered to more than one console and is no longer playable."
Sure, someone might hack it, but for the vast majority of consumers that would make being able to play a used game a thing of the past.
And if teachers were paid a rate of pay commensurate with the level of education, continuing training and time spent working, it would probably be easier to retain them. Not to mention the lack of proper support staff.
Anybody taking a teaching job in the US for an entitled life long career is making a serious mistake. Teacher burn out is such that nearly half the teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years.
You left out their performance. In most fields that weighs heavily on salary. The other factors should have weight too of course, but merit should be a major piece of the pay equation.
It just makes him close minded, not necessarily a moron. Flinging ad hominems like 'you're obviously a moron' is more likely to identify a moron than just being close minded.
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Rats going after stores of grain are probably why cats self domesticated. Canines being omnivores lends itself to them going after tasty scraps our ancestors tossed out though. Why chase rats when there's perfectly good food just laying in a pile?
That 'poison' is essential to the ecosystem, and in historic times has been at far higher levels than it is today, in prehistoric times when there were no bicycles or cars.
I can't figure out if you're trolling or just poorly educated.
A lot of researchers overestimate the importance of their research. It's pretty common.
Garbage piles though could be a common factor. They attracted wolves most likely, and our ancestors would have also observed edible plants sprouting from discarded seeds, which perhaps led to them thinking about deliberately planting some themselves.
That's right, we owe thanks to garbage for helping spur the development of early civilization. Our culture is built on a foundation of garbage!
Anyway 13" laptop sceens are a joke for doing anything serious, 17"+ laptop screens are the One True Answer :-)
17" laptop screens are not laptop screens.
If it weighs more than 2Kg it's not a laptop.
That's just BS. My Precision M4200 weighs just over that and I can use it on my lap just fine. It's a big laptop, but it's a laptop.
If this is somehow related to Global Warming, it is entirely possible that the belt has formed recently and could continue to intensify. Regardless of it's origins, it could mean additional protection for earth and spectacular auroras.
Please explain how any warming of the Earth's atmosphere could be related to the radiation belts that are produced, presumably, by our magnetic field, which has no connection to how warm or cold the air is. I know you're trolling but I could use the LOL's when you try to explain that.
It was just discovered. It has most likely been there for a long, long time. Most likely since long before mammals arrived.
What was the point of orbiting the Earth with the Mercury program? Same thing. It's a first step.
You mean the article that states, among other things, "Providing literacy to most children has been a development of the last 150 or 200 years, or even last 50 years in some Third World countries," and "In many early civilizations, education was associated with wealth and the maintenance of authority, or with prevailing philosophies, beliefs, or religion" ?
It hasn't been thousands of years that education has been available to just about everyone in most nations/regions.
You might as well say it's because they are made of rainbows and ponies unless you have math to support your theory.
Living off the land is indeed hard work, especially in a harsh cold climate. What do machines have to do with working hard anyways? Just surviving near the Arctic Circle is more of an achievement than most Anonymous Cowards will ever make.
It's not that hard to install Linux on it, at least not hard by the standards of most /. readers.
http://www.chromestory.com/2013/02/how-to-install-linuxmint-on-your-chromebook-pixel/
tl;dr? Boot into dev mode, get to a root shell, dd the image over, you now have dual boot.
Modern Windows will run as well on this hardware as Google Chrome would on a TRS-80. The efficiency of the software counts too.
Oh please...you're saying Windows won't run on an i5 with 4 gigabytes of RAM and integrated graphics? Put down the crack pipe.
Fine for regular folk. Us enthusiasts have vastly higher expectations, and we're not a shrinking market.
Maybe not a shrinking market, but enthusiasts are a rather small slice of the overall market.
Good point, but that is a bit skewed by the fact that the cost of living is so high there. Salaries in most industries are higher than average in that region.
Very few programmers are worth $200k/year
Unfortunately several releases of iOS have had some pretty bad bugs. The latest was a big battery drainer, for example. That's why sometimes upgrading is unavoidable. That being said most people just blindly accept updates as they come out.
I've always wondered why jailbreaking exists. If people wanted to do whatever they wanted to their phones, why would they get an iPhone? The reason I've never even considered an iPhone is because of Apple's attitude towards it.
It shouldn't matter. If you buy something it is yours, and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. I prefer Android (I use an Asus Transformer Prime as my tablet) but work gave me an iPhone. I don't care for it, but not because of the walled garden. I just like Android better. That being said, if I did decide to buy my own iOS device I should be able to do whatever I want with it and its software. That is why jailbreaking exists.
Firefox for Android was important when it was first envisioned because the default browser for Android sucked. Today the default browser is Chrome and its much, much, more usable. About the only thing I think Firefox is better than the stock Android browser (Chrome) is that you can get reliable adblock working for it, something you can't do (or at least couldn't do) with the stock browser.
Adblock and Orbot (Tor) without root access are pretty good reasons why some people use it.
Apple could have chosen to release OS X to OEM's too. I'm not saying they should have, but they could have.
He broke the law, if his story is true, plain and simple. You're the one with twisted perspective on it. He had no right to access their networks or proprietary information. I hope they don't go TOO hard on him as he did seem to have relatively benign intentions, but he hacked into systems without permission. The companies in question did not contract him to do penetration testing or an overall security assessment.
I guess you didn't bother to RTFA, and I don't use Facefuck, Shitter, or any other 'social networking'
Automakers have invested a lot in developing systems that use the entire spectrum in that range. Boo hoo. The public should have dibs on some of that. It's not like the FCC, which voted unanimously on this one, took it all away from them. They just have to adjust.
Easy, assuming each game copy has a unique key. Then you can do it in software quite easily. "Opps, sorry, Update 6.2.1.7 has detected that this game was registered to more than one console and is no longer playable."
Sure, someone might hack it, but for the vast majority of consumers that would make being able to play a used game a thing of the past.
And if teachers were paid a rate of pay commensurate with the level of education, continuing training and time spent working, it would probably be easier to retain them. Not to mention the lack of proper support staff.
Anybody taking a teaching job in the US for an entitled life long career is making a serious mistake. Teacher burn out is such that nearly half the teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years.
You left out their performance. In most fields that weighs heavily on salary. The other factors should have weight too of course, but merit should be a major piece of the pay equation.
It just makes him close minded, not necessarily a moron. Flinging ad hominems like 'you're obviously a moron' is more likely to identify a moron than just being close minded.
You forgot about Ubuntu surveillance code that tracks searches unless you mean to use the guest account of your own tablet permanently.
Which part of "so we can disable all the snooping and logging canonical is doing these days" in the post you replied to didn't make sense?