Surely this is going to have some major implications in terms of bandwidth? How much data would have to be transmitted in order to make a positive identification?
As pointed out, advancements in weaponary are commonplace during times of human conflict. Aviation and nuclear technology also advanced greatly during the Second World War, as did seige weaponary during European conflicts during the middle ages.
Thankfully, it's not only advancements in deadly weaponary that are made - medicinal advancements are also made in the times of epidemics, such as the Cholera epidemic that gripped Europe.
Unfortunately, the Western world doesn't seem to notice the AIDS epidemic ravaging parts of Africa at the moment. If AIDS was to get to the same levels in Europe or North America, you can bet a little more money would be spent...
I agree with most of your points, but believe eye candy, whilst not the most important feature of a GUI (by a long way), will help swing users from a Windows environment to a Linux environment.
Users thinking about switching are (I believe) more likely to switch to a nice-looking KDE desktop than say, a Motif desktop.
A lot of people (especially on/.) have complained about the functionality of MacOS X, but still people are drawn in because of the beauty of Aqua.
As noted by Dave500, these cans are already under sale in the UK (for about a year, I think), but the whole thing is a complete rip off!
The can comes in 330ml size, but about half of the can consists of chemicals used to provide the exothermic reaction, so essentially, you're only getting about 165ml of coffee for the same price as a large takeaway coffee from a coffee shop.
If you want hot coffee half way up a mountain, then get up five minutes earlier and make some coffee for a Thermos flask -- it's a lot easier, and a helluva lot cheaper.
So they grab news from the Washington Post, Reuters and the BBC (amongst others), but leave out the National Enquirer? Why can't I have all my "Space Aliens Abducted Britney Spears" stories in one place?
I have enough Linux CDs around my house without subscribing to AOL.. Then again, I suppose I could sharpen up the edges and use them like Shuriken to protect my Laptop.
These prices are after V.A.T. at 17.5%, which is set to rise by at least 1% after European integration.
I take your point about the RIAA being US-based, but the fact of the matter is that they're all greedy bastards!
In the UK, it is not uncommon to find some newer CDs retailing in record shops for up to 17GBP (24USD).
Since the average wage in the UK is approximately 18000GBP (25500USD) per annum, the average worker has to work two hours to be able to afford an album.
At this rate, not many people can afford to buy a CD unless they know they're going to like it. P2P services allow people to listen to music before they buy it, to ensure that what they're buying is to their taste.
Perhaps if CDs didn't cost so much, people would make more impulse purchases of popular music, rather than relying on Napster and it's relatives.
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Surely this is going to have some major implications in terms of bandwidth? How much data would have to be transmitted in order to make a positive identification?
We've had a huge surge in mobile phone crime recently in the UK, so this system could be quite useful.
It's be somewhat ironic if a criminal led the police to themselves by their own act of theft.
Lets face it, Blade II will never live up to Mach III. It just can't compete with the triple blade action.
It isn't just technology-based products which are pushing the boundries, as this toiletry product exhibits.
As pointed out, advancements in weaponary are commonplace during times of human conflict. Aviation and nuclear technology also advanced greatly during the Second World War, as did seige weaponary during European conflicts during the middle ages.
Thankfully, it's not only advancements in deadly weaponary that are made - medicinal advancements are also made in the times of epidemics, such as the Cholera epidemic that gripped Europe.
Unfortunately, the Western world doesn't seem to notice the AIDS epidemic ravaging parts of Africa at the moment. If AIDS was to get to the same levels in Europe or North America, you can bet a little more money would be spent...
astronauts continue to anticipate the path of a ball for 15 days
Wow, those astronauts sure have strong throwing arms.
If the dummy is infact a human, you can bet his last words sounded a lot like the latter translation..
"Microsoft has this stigma about not getting it right until version three"
Hmm, Windows and the entire Office suite are still not what I (any many others) would describe as "right"...
Imagine it....:
I agree with most of your points, but believe eye candy, whilst not the most important feature of a GUI (by a long way), will help swing users from a Windows environment to a Linux environment.
Users thinking about switching are (I believe) more likely to switch to a nice-looking KDE desktop than say, a Motif desktop.
A lot of people (especially on /.) have complained about the functionality of MacOS X, but still people are drawn in because of the beauty of Aqua.
Jeez! Try following the advice on the post comment page -- since when was uk2 a valid top level domain!!
Screenshots are available for KDE 3.0 here.
These shots go to show that Unix and Linux systems are more than capable of competing with the eye candy UIs of Windows XP and MacOS X.
As noted by Dave500, these cans are already under sale in the UK (for about a year, I think), but the whole thing is a complete rip off!
The can comes in 330ml size, but about half of the can consists of chemicals used to provide the exothermic reaction, so essentially, you're only getting about 165ml of coffee for the same price as a large takeaway coffee from a coffee shop.
If you want hot coffee half way up a mountain, then get up five minutes earlier and make some coffee for a Thermos flask -- it's a lot easier, and a helluva lot cheaper.
So they grab news from the Washington Post, Reuters and the BBC (amongst others), but leave out the National Enquirer? Why can't I have all my "Space Aliens Abducted Britney Spears" stories in one place?
I have enough Linux CDs around my house without subscribing to AOL.. Then again, I suppose I could sharpen up the edges and use them like Shuriken to protect my Laptop.
It's a good quote, but I can't believe it took 70 years for him to come up with it.
Wow! Looks like I'll be able to save up plenty between now and the time it'll probably be released in the UK, say, Christmas 2010.. :-(
Let's just hope users remember to take their watches off before they visit any "special" cinemas..
I believe it was Colonel Mustard in the Study with the Lead Piping.
These prices are after V.A.T. at 17.5%, which is set to rise by at least 1% after European integration. I take your point about the RIAA being US-based, but the fact of the matter is that they're all greedy bastards!
In the UK, it is not uncommon to find some newer CDs retailing in record shops for up to 17GBP (24USD).
Since the average wage in the UK is approximately 18000GBP (25500USD) per annum, the average worker has to work two hours to be able to afford an album.
At this rate, not many people can afford to buy a CD unless they know they're going to like it. P2P services allow people to listen to music before they buy it, to ensure that what they're buying is to their taste.
Perhaps if CDs didn't cost so much, people would make more impulse purchases of popular music, rather than relying on Napster and it's relatives.
If any UK companies have old computers, and want to get rid of them they can be donated to Oxfam.
The minimum specs are well below what your average company would use: P120, 8MB RAM, 500MB HDD, and it all goes to a worthy cause.
Oh, and if your PHB moans, remember to tell him/her that it's tax-deductable!
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002 IZ M/o/qid=1014639349/sr=2-5/ref=sr_bt_5/202-6302158- 7886207
Apparently it comes with the following: