Being that I currently have both Xamarin Studio and the VS for Mac preview open at the moment, Microsoft dis not simply slap their nameplate on Xamarin Studio - there are masses of changes, and VSfM has a totally different feel. Yes, its heritage is definitely Xamarin Studio, but Microsoft have overhauled it considerably - this is no mere name change, it definitely feels like a major new version.
The bulk of both Air France and British Airways Concorde fleets were purchased at full price (their original fleets were fully paid for, but both airlines were offered aircraft at a discount that other airlines dropped orders for), so the comment about development costs is neither here nor there - the Boeing 787-8 is unlikely to recoup its development costs, even with over 400 ordered (the 787-9 and -10 will, however), but its a fantastic plane in service and airlines arent responsible for its development costs.
Heavily oversubscribed by students willing to pay the same amount for that place, or heavily oversubscribed by students who would pay a lot less for that place?
Foreign students can pay a lot more for their education than domestic students, and hence they are quite a cash cow for educational institutions. Don't under estimate this threat, as those same educational institutions will have to replace that income somehow - most obviously by either receiving more subsidies or by increasing the cost of education for domestic students.
When you get to the point of heavy metals (such as the uranium in this instance), you start running into problems with simulating stuff made from them - you cant have a precise physical replica because the weight will be off, and quite often you cant add more mass because then you have something that is physically larger than the original.
In aircraft, weight and balance issues can affect performance considerably - so when you need to run simulation flights to test performance you couldnt really get a truly accurate result if you used a replica as it would either be too light or it would put weight in the wrong place on the aircraft due to the increase in size. You cant add ballast outside the weapon for the same reasons.
So the only way to run these tests back then was to use a proper weapon. Of course the core was removed, but on these aircraft they were always removed for take off, landing and cruise - a crew member literally had to insert the core into the weapon en route because the safety systems were still not trusted at that point, so keeping the core on board but separate would still result in an accurate test flight.
Actually, ridesharing might be appropriate in this case - the cubesats arent paying for their launch, they are hitching a ride with the NRO satellite to a usable orbit. This is actually quite common - many payloads are launched with ballast for weight and balance reasons, and quite often you can get a cheap or free launch for a small satellite such as a cubesat so long as it doesn't interfere with the primary payload.
Further to my other post, if you want reasons why people think Apple have lost their way, think about it like this.
I can drop several grand ($3,000 minimum) on a Mac Pro which hasn't been updated in 3 years, but still had a price increase in the UK last week - however, Apple won't sell me a compatible monitor, because they are "no longer in the standalone monitor business" and their only monitors on their store right now use yet *another* connectivity method beyond all those they introduced, one which isn't available on that brand new Mac Pro that just cost me several grand.
So you can't buy a working Mac Pro bundle via Apple any more - which becomes an issue if you are sticking all this on finance, because you now have to go fund your compatible 4K monitors using a second finance agreement elsewhere. The same goes for the Mac Mini.
Oh, and of course, all the complete fuck ups with the various connector issues and incompatibilities between the new Macbook Pros and the new iPhones.
Apple just caused half the internet to face palm. Hard.
You mean, its gone down hill because the Slashdot groupthink is no longer aligned with your own personal opinions? Did you give a fuck about that when that groupthink supported your opinions while trashing anyone who dared to like Microsoft? Didn't think so.
The new Macs are shit. The event was underwhelming. Sorry, but thats just what most people think. And I've been using Macs since around 2000 - I've just had to buy a new iMac infact (desperately wanted an update last week, didn't happen, couldn't hold out - luckily its a company purchase rather than a personal one).
The material is designed to exhibit a specific rate of retardation on an aircraft regardless of the weather conditions - sand changes its properties depending on stuff like water retention etc, meaning an aircraft of a specific given weight would have a range of stopping distances, and that is what you want to avoid. You dont want a rate that is too high, as that may damage the aircraft or its passengers, and you don't want a rate that is too low, as the aircraft may escape the zone and cause death or injury.
That is why they don't use sand, but use a material designed for it. Its *designed* for it.
I'm not a rich person, but some of the people in my social circle can certainly be classed as rich, while others should be classed as "middle class but working extremely hard to send their kids to private school", and others are normal middle class who send their kids to public school (I'm in the UK here). I have no kids of my own.
One thing you would immediately notice when interacting with the kids of this fairly diverse group is that those kids that go to private school have significantly more confidence in interaction and themselves than the kids that go to public school. They are taught in different ways, and they are individually fostered and curated by their school teachers and support assistance, and they have a lot of support when it comes to "soft skills" such as confidence and interaction.
Kids who go to private school are much more confident in themselves and their actions.
No, I don't - no international treaty affords sovereign territory status to a diplomatic mission. You made an unfounded assumption and was called on it.
And in case you want it said outright, no the UK doesn't afford diplomatic missions any additional considerations about sovereign territory rights either.
The US is entitled to afford any *additional* rights or benefits to a diplomatic mission on its territory that it wants to, however those considerations do not apply outside their borders.
You do realise that that document no where says that an embassy is considered a sovereign territory, right? Article 22 of that document does lay out the protections that the premises secured for the mission enjoys, including against search, entry etc but that document never assigns sovereign territory status to those premises.
So, the document you refer to does not back your claim - it is still a myth that embassies are sovereign territory.
I'm afraid not - the whole "embassies are legally the soil of that country" is a myth, he's still in the UK, the embassy merely enjoys particular protections under international law, treaty and convention.
He isn't in Ecuador, he's in a flat in London - whether the Ecuadorian Embassy allow him an alternative method of access is debatable at this point, they don't have to allow him the use of a mobile phone or his own line (the issue seems to be with with his actions, not with the fact that they are being done over an Ecuadorian-linked internet connection) and they can ask him to leave if he has an issue with that.
I do keep up - the Swedes agreeing to interview him (by the way, they agreed that at the start of the year - and then Ecuador blocked it) to shut people like you up, so you cant use that stupid argument. The process to charge Assange was started a couple of years ago, when he was arrested in absentia - this interview at the embassy won't change a single thing, the Swedes aren't expecting it to come to anything.
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Being that I currently have both Xamarin Studio and the VS for Mac preview open at the moment, Microsoft dis not simply slap their nameplate on Xamarin Studio - there are masses of changes, and VSfM has a totally different feel. Yes, its heritage is definitely Xamarin Studio, but Microsoft have overhauled it considerably - this is no mere name change, it definitely feels like a major new version.
While we are requesting /. bug fixes, how about fixing the one where the page is scrolled to a seemingly random point on the page on load...?
You realise that the British are commonly credited with the creation of the concentration camp, right?
The bulk of both Air France and British Airways Concorde fleets were purchased at full price (their original fleets were fully paid for, but both airlines were offered aircraft at a discount that other airlines dropped orders for), so the comment about development costs is neither here nor there - the Boeing 787-8 is unlikely to recoup its development costs, even with over 400 ordered (the 787-9 and -10 will, however), but its a fantastic plane in service and airlines arent responsible for its development costs.
Heavily oversubscribed by students willing to pay the same amount for that place, or heavily oversubscribed by students who would pay a lot less for that place?
Foreign students can pay a lot more for their education than domestic students, and hence they are quite a cash cow for educational institutions. Don't under estimate this threat, as those same educational institutions will have to replace that income somehow - most obviously by either receiving more subsidies or by increasing the cost of education for domestic students.
Yes. There are dozens of these things around - and some of them arent at the bottom of an ocean, some of them are "missing" on land.
When you get to the point of heavy metals (such as the uranium in this instance), you start running into problems with simulating stuff made from them - you cant have a precise physical replica because the weight will be off, and quite often you cant add more mass because then you have something that is physically larger than the original.
In aircraft, weight and balance issues can affect performance considerably - so when you need to run simulation flights to test performance you couldnt really get a truly accurate result if you used a replica as it would either be too light or it would put weight in the wrong place on the aircraft due to the increase in size. You cant add ballast outside the weapon for the same reasons.
So the only way to run these tests back then was to use a proper weapon. Of course the core was removed, but on these aircraft they were always removed for take off, landing and cruise - a crew member literally had to insert the core into the weapon en route because the safety systems were still not trusted at that point, so keeping the core on board but separate would still result in an accurate test flight.
He is also wanted now by the British for bail offences and quite probably contempt of court...
Actually, ridesharing might be appropriate in this case - the cubesats arent paying for their launch, they are hitching a ride with the NRO satellite to a usable orbit. This is actually quite common - many payloads are launched with ballast for weight and balance reasons, and quite often you can get a cheap or free launch for a small satellite such as a cubesat so long as it doesn't interfere with the primary payload.
Its "on the bounce", not "on the jump" ;)
This has already been shot down by Facebook
Further to my other post, if you want reasons why people think Apple have lost their way, think about it like this.
I can drop several grand ($3,000 minimum) on a Mac Pro which hasn't been updated in 3 years, but still had a price increase in the UK last week - however, Apple won't sell me a compatible monitor, because they are "no longer in the standalone monitor business" and their only monitors on their store right now use yet *another* connectivity method beyond all those they introduced, one which isn't available on that brand new Mac Pro that just cost me several grand.
So you can't buy a working Mac Pro bundle via Apple any more - which becomes an issue if you are sticking all this on finance, because you now have to go fund your compatible 4K monitors using a second finance agreement elsewhere. The same goes for the Mac Mini.
Oh, and of course, all the complete fuck ups with the various connector issues and incompatibilities between the new Macbook Pros and the new iPhones.
Apple just caused half the internet to face palm. Hard.
You mean, its gone down hill because the Slashdot groupthink is no longer aligned with your own personal opinions? Did you give a fuck about that when that groupthink supported your opinions while trashing anyone who dared to like Microsoft? Didn't think so.
The new Macs are shit. The event was underwhelming. Sorry, but thats just what most people think. And I've been using Macs since around 2000 - I've just had to buy a new iMac infact (desperately wanted an update last week, didn't happen, couldn't hold out - luckily its a company purchase rather than a personal one).
For anyone who is interested, take a look at the IR35 regulations, which HMRC are cracking down on massively...
http://www.contractorcalculato...
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir...
These are just one of the rules designed to prevent the contractor-not-employee tax avoidance schemes in the UK.
All those limits however are set by the local regulating body or government, not the individual or a company the individual contracts for...
The material is designed to exhibit a specific rate of retardation on an aircraft regardless of the weather conditions - sand changes its properties depending on stuff like water retention etc, meaning an aircraft of a specific given weight would have a range of stopping distances, and that is what you want to avoid. You dont want a rate that is too high, as that may damage the aircraft or its passengers, and you don't want a rate that is too low, as the aircraft may escape the zone and cause death or injury.
That is why they don't use sand, but use a material designed for it. Its *designed* for it.
Confidence gained from their private schooling.
I'm not a rich person, but some of the people in my social circle can certainly be classed as rich, while others should be classed as "middle class but working extremely hard to send their kids to private school", and others are normal middle class who send their kids to public school (I'm in the UK here). I have no kids of my own.
One thing you would immediately notice when interacting with the kids of this fairly diverse group is that those kids that go to private school have significantly more confidence in interaction and themselves than the kids that go to public school. They are taught in different ways, and they are individually fostered and curated by their school teachers and support assistance, and they have a lot of support when it comes to "soft skills" such as confidence and interaction.
Kids who go to private school are much more confident in themselves and their actions.
No, I don't - no international treaty affords sovereign territory status to a diplomatic mission. You made an unfounded assumption and was called on it.
And in case you want it said outright, no the UK doesn't afford diplomatic missions any additional considerations about sovereign territory rights either.
The US is entitled to afford any *additional* rights or benefits to a diplomatic mission on its territory that it wants to, however those considerations do not apply outside their borders.
Yup, see the thread below:
https://slashdot.org/comments....
Embassies have protections under international law, but they are not sovereign territories.
You do realise that that document no where says that an embassy is considered a sovereign territory, right? Article 22 of that document does lay out the protections that the premises secured for the mission enjoys, including against search, entry etc but that document never assigns sovereign territory status to those premises.
So, the document you refer to does not back your claim - it is still a myth that embassies are sovereign territory.
I'm afraid not - the whole "embassies are legally the soil of that country" is a myth, he's still in the UK, the embassy merely enjoys particular protections under international law, treaty and convention.
He isn't in Ecuador, he's in a flat in London - whether the Ecuadorian Embassy allow him an alternative method of access is debatable at this point, they don't have to allow him the use of a mobile phone or his own line (the issue seems to be with with his actions, not with the fact that they are being done over an Ecuadorian-linked internet connection) and they can ask him to leave if he has an issue with that.
I do keep up - the Swedes agreeing to interview him (by the way, they agreed that at the start of the year - and then Ecuador blocked it) to shut people like you up, so you cant use that stupid argument. The process to charge Assange was started a couple of years ago, when he was arrested in absentia - this interview at the embassy won't change a single thing, the Swedes aren't expecting it to come to anything.