The percentages given in the article and quoted here not of migrations, but of new Linux server purchases. Of those purchases, 31% were adding capacity, and were not migrations at all. The remaining 69% are what constitute the migrations, so the 31% of the total that corresponded to migrations from Windows actually corresponds to 31%/69% = 45% of the migrations. So in actuality, nearly half of the migrations are away from Windows. The revised migration percentages away from UNIX and "other operating systems," respectively, are 35% and 20%.
That's easy. Sending out a spam advertisement costs essentially nothing. If you send out a million copies, then even if only a handful of people buy your product, then it's worth it, because the spamming had essentially zero cost. Of course, in this cost-benefit analysis, companies aren't taking into account the possible damage to their reputation by spamming, but I'm sure that's the way they see it. Only when it becomes prohibitively expensive to send spam will companies stop doing it.
I had the same thought. Although, being fair, Logo is really just a cute little Lisp derivative; the turtle graphics are a relatively minor part of a Logo interpreter, but are obviously the most easily recognized and most widely known. Actually, Logo was originally put together as a language for manipulating text; "Logo" means "word," after all.
I find it amusing that people keep promoting the idea of a metric measure of time as if it were a new idea. It was first brought up by the French Revolutionaries, you know.
The CNN article is a good example of journalism's tendency to misrepresent scientific news, even subtly. The URL contains the string "einstein.wrong," and the headline on the CNN article is, "Has time run out on Einstein's theory?" suggesting that there is some new doubt that general relativity is accurate. (Note also that the article's description of the special theory of relativity is pretty meaningless, particularly to a layman -- and it isn't even special relativity that is being tested.)
In fact the opposite is the case. No one has any reason to believe that general relativity is in error, but as part of good science it is being tested anyway. One can never prove a theory; one can only disprove it. So the best you can do is test your theories with greater and greater precision as the opportunities present themselves.
It's a case where this is, in effect, a pretty mundane story (a very well-established theory is being routinely tested), but the journalist in question is implying that there is some doubt as to its validity. Of course, it's possible the experiment will reveal deviations from general relativity's predictions, which would indeed involve "minor corrections" to the theory since it is so accurate in other areas, but there is a definite spin being put on the story which isn't in the underlying facts.
The dissent wasn't whether a Web site could meet the criteria, it was whether this Web site did. Don't get them confused; this is a far less grand case then you're trying to make it out to be.
The real quesion is whether or not he liked Episode One. If he thought Episode One was anything but the enormous piece of crap that it was, then his opinion is suspect.
Here's an analysis of the risks associated with nearby supernovae. The executive summary is that gamma rays offer the most potential for destruction, and the danger range is within about 100 ly.
I fail to understand why any sane, self-aware employee would continue working for a company which was failing to pay them. After the first paycheck doesn't show, it's a stern warning; after the second, it's off to the want-ads.
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The sword actually makes an appearance in the map, stuck in a dead bat.
A little maths problem there. Even at conjunction, you're talking round trip times from Earth to Mars of 500 s.
The percentages given in the article and quoted here not of migrations, but of new Linux server purchases. Of those purchases, 31% were adding capacity, and were not migrations at all. The remaining 69% are what constitute the migrations, so the 31% of the total that corresponded to migrations from Windows actually corresponds to 31%/69% = 45% of the migrations. So in actuality, nearly half of the migrations are away from Windows. The revised migration percentages away from UNIX and "other operating systems," respectively, are 35% and 20%.
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Only thing lamer than doing something dumb is threatening to do something dumb and then backing out at the last minute.
That's easy. Sending out a spam advertisement costs essentially nothing. If you send out a million copies, then even if only a handful of people buy your product, then it's worth it, because the spamming had essentially zero cost. Of course, in this cost-benefit analysis, companies aren't taking into account the possible damage to their reputation by spamming, but I'm sure that's the way they see it. Only when it becomes prohibitively expensive to send spam will companies stop doing it.
Can we move on from this tired old game?
I had the same thought. Although, being fair, Logo is really just a cute little Lisp derivative; the turtle graphics are a relatively minor part of a Logo interpreter, but are obviously the most easily recognized and most widely known. Actually, Logo was originally put together as a language for manipulating text; "Logo" means "word," after all.
I find it amusing that people keep promoting the idea of a metric measure of time as if it were a new idea. It was first brought up by the French Revolutionaries, you know.
... on perhaps the most incomprehensible Slashdot submission ever.
I suppose it was inevitable. I, too, was working on a Python OpenGL rendering engine called OGRE.
In fact the opposite is the case. No one has any reason to believe that general relativity is in error, but as part of good science it is being tested anyway. One can never prove a theory; one can only disprove it. So the best you can do is test your theories with greater and greater precision as the opportunities present themselves.
It's a case where this is, in effect, a pretty mundane story (a very well-established theory is being routinely tested), but the journalist in question is implying that there is some doubt as to its validity. Of course, it's possible the experiment will reveal deviations from general relativity's predictions, which would indeed involve "minor corrections" to the theory since it is so accurate in other areas, but there is a definite spin being put on the story which isn't in the underlying facts.
The dissent wasn't whether a Web site could meet the criteria, it was whether this Web site did. Don't get them confused; this is a far less grand case then you're trying to make it out to be.
I just finished playing FreeSpace 2 again from scratch just the other day. What strange timing.
1400 W/m2. And guess what, the Earth does too. If you want to set up solar panels, do it in Earth orbit; the Moon is totally irrelevant.
Is this really supposed to be news?
That's ... lame. Wait, scratch that. Not lame. Sad.
The real quesion is whether or not he liked Episode One. If he thought Episode One was anything but the enormous piece of crap that it was, then his opinion is suspect.
That's funny, I do exactly the same thing with my machines (this post from oxygen).
Now we get to take bets on whether or not Episode Two will be even worse than Episode One. What an unmitigated piece of proverbial crap.
Here's an analysis of the risks associated with nearby supernovae. The executive summary is that gamma rays offer the most potential for destruction, and the danger range is within about 100 ly.
I fail to understand why any sane, self-aware employee would continue working for a company which was failing to pay them. After the first paycheck doesn't show, it's a stern warning; after the second, it's off to the want-ads.
Don't forget that because of the increase, they're giving a $50 break on the lifetime subscription price, bringing it down to only $200.
Minimalism and clarity.
Yeah, that's certainly an area of legitimate scientific research, isn't it?