Theres a very good reason why they are pitching it as 'Not a Console but a PC' - import tax in Europe and other countries or economic groups. They tried it with the PS2 but failed because it wasnt diverse enough, but if they can diversify the PS3 enough then they can eliminate the extra import taxes on the units and lower the cost to the end consumer.
It depends entirely on which browser you are in as to whether it works in Gmail - IE and Firefox take you back to the previous page as expected, but Safari reloads Gmail totally (the back button takes you to the redirect page that is part of Gmails loading system).
I do not see that much of a market seperation between products that essentially just convert between one storage format and another, with one product simply doing it at the time of document creation rather than having extra steps in the process.
If the reasoning you put forward proves successful in a court of law, it means MS cannot really add any feature to their Office platform unless either it has been implemented elsewhere in a direct competitor in the exact same market, or it is a totally new feature that hasnt been implemented anywhere at all.
The problem with that potential claim is that MS is giving their customers the choice of what formats to output to - PDF is an open standard, albeit one controlled by Adobe, and it has been implemented many times in other areas. There is little reason to suggest why PDF creation should remain in the domain of a third party tool, when it is as easy to create a PDF file as it is any other format within the scope of the origional document creation tool. Its a file format, pure and simple, exactly the same as ODF - if PDF cannot be implemented in MS Office, then it acts as a potential barrier to any format that both has a champion elsewhere and is not MS based.
And if MS implemented the OpenDoc format in Office and Windows, would that also be MS illegal extending their monopoly? Time and again there has been calls for MS to implement open formats, and on the first one of any significance they run into potential difficulties with competitors, is it any surprise that they hold back on others?
MS needs to compete as well, and if its competitors (openoffice et al) contain the ability that they are including, I dont see how it can be considered an extension of their monopoly by illegal means.
We already get taxed on SMS messages in the UK - VAT on each message. Why is everyone outraged at a plan to implement whats already happening in a lot of countries?
I hope that helps. Ive been using Dreamhost for several moderately high bandwidth sites over the past year and I have no complaints at all, infact I enjoy their 'professionally unprofessional' stance (re the newsletter).
Its simple - the LiveCD with a scripted install would need to have the drivers downloaded and installed each time the CD was booted - negating most of the point of the LiveCD (cant use it without network access). Hes discontinuing it because, even tho he doesnt believe there is a violation, he doesnt want to have to expend time and money on it - its easier to just stop doing it.
But they do ensure that the news they post on that page has some worth to there readership, just because you post some drivel on a webpage somewhere doesnt mean Google has to include you on their syndication site. Providing a useful service to their viewers != censorship.
Google Search Engine carries the entire web, Google News doesnt and most definately shouldnt - blogs shouldnt be treated with the same reverence that professional news outlets do. Dont mix up products.
How long should they have kept her alive artificially? Until her parents had died? What then? Who makes the decision after that point? She cant afterall die naturally, the doctors could always keep the body functioning well past a normal lifetime, so when should treatment be withdrawn to allow her to die?
Point is, she was being kept alive artificially, she could not communicate and she showed no signs of intelligence. Her brain patterns were nowhere near normal. In these situations, people will believe out of desperation any little grunt or sniffle is an attempt to communicate.
All of the evidence presented by the postmortem showed that the husbands case was proven - she had no brain function to speak of.
A standard warranty includes the option, at manufacturers descretion, to repair or replace the unit - are they expect to apply any modification of yours to the new unit if they choose to replace it? No. You are not supplying the unit to Microsoft in the state that it was warrantied, and its acceptable for Microsoft to resolve any differences that your unit has to the standard templated design because if they do not, they cannot guarantee the unit is fit for the purpose it was sold (not bought - theres a subtle difference between the two in many countries).
Conversly, Microsoft does not have to maintain the modifications you made to the console during a warranty repair - you submit a modded console for repair of the DVD drive and the MS techs can remove the BIOS modification as well.
The third WTC building collapsed due to its structure being badly damaged by fires fueled from burst emergency generator storage tanks in the basement.
I havent seen it announced anywhere, but Google seems to have just released an online notebook with Firefox and IE integration - http://www.google.com/notebook/
I'd say that given that America is the only country with a working scramjet, maybe...we'd head the team? Or it'd be something like the international spacestation project.
Huh? Do I not recall a successful test of the British and Australian built Hyshot III in Australia earlier this year, that was definately a scramjet. Nasas X-47 is not the only successful scramjet.
There were a lot of reasons for Concordes retirement. The Japanese approach uses different engine technology so it can achieve a different efficiency, which is the main reason for any retirement of any aircraft type.
Because its too small - it was only designed to seat 140 passengers, and under todays economics that simply is not enough. Oil today is touching $100 a barrel for aviation requirements and that produces a CASM (cost per average seat mile) thats pretty much unsustainable even for the wealthy. The aircraft needs to me bigger and carry more people and cargo (which produces a substantial income for airlines on most routes).
Aviation has moved on considerably since Concorde was designed in the 1960s, and much more efficient and wider fuselages can be designed today to accomodate a lot more passengers with lower drag.
Rolls Royce are also on record saying that there would be little improvement efficiency wise in newer turbojet and turbofan engines over the engines Concorde used, those engines were as efficient as they can be made even with current technology. The efficiencies seen elsewhere in engine design do not scale all the way up to engines capable of sustained mach 2.
Number of reasons, fuel costs being high and rising, low passenger numbers after 9/11 and the fact that Airbus refused to renew the maintenance and parts contract that was due to expire. Normally, aircraft maintenance would be picked up by a third party in that case, but with only 12 aircraft in an airworthy state, and not all of them flying, it wasnt cost effective for the normal maintenance companies to step in.
A collection of common terms does not a language make, as you point out yourself. There are plenty of words and phrases in common english that are derived from French, German, Nordish, Celtic et al but in no way could I hold anything close to a conversation with anyone speaking those languages.
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Theres a very good reason why they are pitching it as 'Not a Console but a PC' - import tax in Europe and other countries or economic groups. They tried it with the PS2 but failed because it wasnt diverse enough, but if they can diversify the PS3 enough then they can eliminate the extra import taxes on the units and lower the cost to the end consumer.
Actually didnt *two* pilots make *three* suborbital flights between them? Nitpicking maybe, but still....
It depends entirely on which browser you are in as to whether it works in Gmail - IE and Firefox take you back to the previous page as expected, but Safari reloads Gmail totally (the back button takes you to the redirect page that is part of Gmails loading system).
I do not see that much of a market seperation between products that essentially just convert between one storage format and another, with one product simply doing it at the time of document creation rather than having extra steps in the process.
If the reasoning you put forward proves successful in a court of law, it means MS cannot really add any feature to their Office platform unless either it has been implemented elsewhere in a direct competitor in the exact same market, or it is a totally new feature that hasnt been implemented anywhere at all.
The problem with that potential claim is that MS is giving their customers the choice of what formats to output to - PDF is an open standard, albeit one controlled by Adobe, and it has been implemented many times in other areas. There is little reason to suggest why PDF creation should remain in the domain of a third party tool, when it is as easy to create a PDF file as it is any other format within the scope of the origional document creation tool. Its a file format, pure and simple, exactly the same as ODF - if PDF cannot be implemented in MS Office, then it acts as a potential barrier to any format that both has a champion elsewhere and is not MS based.
And if MS implemented the OpenDoc format in Office and Windows, would that also be MS illegal extending their monopoly? Time and again there has been calls for MS to implement open formats, and on the first one of any significance they run into potential difficulties with competitors, is it any surprise that they hold back on others?
MS needs to compete as well, and if its competitors (openoffice et al) contain the ability that they are including, I dont see how it can be considered an extension of their monopoly by illegal means.
We already get taxed on SMS messages in the UK - VAT on each message. Why is everyone outraged at a plan to implement whats already happening in a lot of countries?
Dreamhost are actually very forward about their CPU situation:
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http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/05/18/the-truth-ab
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/CPU_Minutes_F
I hope that helps. Ive been using Dreamhost for several moderately high bandwidth sites over the past year and I have no complaints at all, infact I enjoy their 'professionally unprofessional' stance (re the newsletter).
Its simple - the LiveCD with a scripted install would need to have the drivers downloaded and installed each time the CD was booted - negating most of the point of the LiveCD (cant use it without network access). Hes discontinuing it because, even tho he doesnt believe there is a violation, he doesnt want to have to expend time and money on it - its easier to just stop doing it.
So your free speech can have consequences for other people, but not yourself? Start taking responsability for your own actions someday.
But they do ensure that the news they post on that page has some worth to there readership, just because you post some drivel on a webpage somewhere doesnt mean Google has to include you on their syndication site. Providing a useful service to their viewers != censorship.
Google Search Engine carries the entire web, Google News doesnt and most definately shouldnt - blogs shouldnt be treated with the same reverence that professional news outlets do. Dont mix up products.
Is it really censorship when a news syndication site doesnt find your 'news' to be of enough worth for them to carry?
How long should they have kept her alive artificially? Until her parents had died? What then? Who makes the decision after that point? She cant afterall die naturally, the doctors could always keep the body functioning well past a normal lifetime, so when should treatment be withdrawn to allow her to die?
Point is, she was being kept alive artificially, she could not communicate and she showed no signs of intelligence. Her brain patterns were nowhere near normal. In these situations, people will believe out of desperation any little grunt or sniffle is an attempt to communicate.
All of the evidence presented by the postmortem showed that the husbands case was proven - she had no brain function to speak of.
A standard warranty includes the option, at manufacturers descretion, to repair or replace the unit - are they expect to apply any modification of yours to the new unit if they choose to replace it? No. You are not supplying the unit to Microsoft in the state that it was warrantied, and its acceptable for Microsoft to resolve any differences that your unit has to the standard templated design because if they do not, they cannot guarantee the unit is fit for the purpose it was sold (not bought - theres a subtle difference between the two in many countries).
At least Creative talked to Apple about the patents before suing, Apple hasnt even tried to resolve Creatives patent 'violations' outside of court.
Conversly, Microsoft does not have to maintain the modifications you made to the console during a warranty repair - you submit a modded console for repair of the DVD drive and the MS techs can remove the BIOS modification as well.
The third WTC building collapsed due to its structure being badly damaged by fires fueled from burst emergency generator storage tanks in the basement.
I havent seen it announced anywhere, but Google seems to have just released an online notebook with Firefox and IE integration - http://www.google.com/notebook/
thepiratebay.org doesnt break US law in the US.
I'd say that given that America is the only country with a working scramjet, maybe...we'd head the team? Or it'd be something like the international spacestation project.
Huh? Do I not recall a successful test of the British and Australian built Hyshot III in Australia earlier this year, that was definately a scramjet. Nasas X-47 is not the only successful scramjet.
There were a lot of reasons for Concordes retirement. The Japanese approach uses different engine technology so it can achieve a different efficiency, which is the main reason for any retirement of any aircraft type.
Because its too small - it was only designed to seat 140 passengers, and under todays economics that simply is not enough. Oil today is touching $100 a barrel for aviation requirements and that produces a CASM (cost per average seat mile) thats pretty much unsustainable even for the wealthy. The aircraft needs to me bigger and carry more people and cargo (which produces a substantial income for airlines on most routes).
Aviation has moved on considerably since Concorde was designed in the 1960s, and much more efficient and wider fuselages can be designed today to accomodate a lot more passengers with lower drag.
Rolls Royce are also on record saying that there would be little improvement efficiency wise in newer turbojet and turbofan engines over the engines Concorde used, those engines were as efficient as they can be made even with current technology. The efficiencies seen elsewhere in engine design do not scale all the way up to engines capable of sustained mach 2.
Number of reasons, fuel costs being high and rising, low passenger numbers after 9/11 and the fact that Airbus refused to renew the maintenance and parts contract that was due to expire. Normally, aircraft maintenance would be picked up by a third party in that case, but with only 12 aircraft in an airworthy state, and not all of them flying, it wasnt cost effective for the normal maintenance companies to step in.
A collection of common terms does not a language make, as you point out yourself. There are plenty of words and phrases in common english that are derived from French, German, Nordish, Celtic et al but in no way could I hold anything close to a conversation with anyone speaking those languages.