Another explanation: Swiss, in German, is written Schweiz. IMO, maybe they did not like "SC" for a country code and decided to pick the next two (and phonetically more significant) letters, "CH".
And that's an example of a case where open source clashes with capitalism. Except for the Bitstream fonts (as noted by other posters), default fonts suck.
Making fonts demands a lot of work, especially now that we have Unicode and more than 10k glyphs. There's no economic benefits from releasing complete font families into Linux and we'll have to keep using Windows fonts. Sheesh.
Brazilian law is so pathetic when it comes to freedom of speech that one would never find a TV ad from Coke making fun of Pepsi or a Shell ad pointing out the faults from Texaco service stations.
It might be a leftover from the dictatorial governments Brazil had in the 1950-70s. This is one aspect from the dictatorship that the Brazilian society (especially businesses) never minded to change after the democracy was restored, for the most obvious reasons.
...since their spam filtering doesnt perform that well and, in consequence, the hapless user will be turned into a garbage collector, having to click on individual mails from a list that spans over several 20-lines screens.
And I'm talking about Yahoo-sponsored spam!!
And they might charge their users for a improved spam filter.
Gosh, I had mod points but I'm giving them up so I can reply....
Basically, being a NFP will relieve much of the money-making pressure on Gentoo, so they can fulfill their Social Contract, without having to compromise it so they can mmet some aribitrary profit targets imposed by shareholders and so.
NFP also is a testimony to their commitment on giving back to the community instead of giving to some high-profile exec or a limited bunch of anonymous shareholders.
In principle, it's a good thing, but let's see how they can get a cash flow going (not necessarily profit, but they should have at least the means to keep paying their bills on time).
Their VIPs must be stupid enough to give up their privacy in exchange of the convenience of not having to move cash around and the extra bonus of being handled and ID'd just like cattle are.
What? Japanese "higly" phonetic and "highly" inflected?
The characters in the Japanese language (in the hiragana and katakana alphabets) are syllabic, not phonetic (as most western languages are). Japanese language phonemes are constrained to the pre-existent syllables and this is why it is so hard for native Japanese-speaking people to produce a liquid "r" sound (as in "lola": it will sound as "rora")
As for inflexion, the structure of japanese sentences is mostly comprised of a word+particle. This particle usually denotes the grammatical meaning of the preceding word, but in no ways it changes the way the word is written -- except for verbs. But Japanese inflexion doesnt go as far as finnish inflexion, for example, which can alter all words in a sentence. And most romance languages inflect verbs as well, so this is not unique to Japanese.
It might be impossible to do proper due diligence with very large F/OSS projects and the honor system, being "implicit", is not enforceable or, at least, verifiable.
Useless? What if this assertion is reframed into a question, such as "what is the practical effects of knowing the precise shape of the Universe?"
As for the shape of the Earth, it is easy to figure out why knowing its shape is important and people is able to experience the benefits of knowing it in their lifetimes -some (unfortunate) ones, such as pilots and travelling executives can experience this on a daily basis. But what's the point in the shape of the Universe? Would we (as humans) be able to explore the benefits on knowing it during our existence??
Once I remove the bar code, it becomes useless for tracking the item or me.
Yes, but only if you were given the choice to remove it.
In a worst-case scenario, industry players or a policy to enforce the so-called "homeland security" could induce the creation of a federal law enforcing the use and maintenance of such tags, so you can function in society (people already has spoken of tattoos or chip implants under the skin).
Sounds very "mark-of-the-beast"-type of talk, but this reasoning also sounds strangely reasonable nowadays, given the governmental abuse of terrorist threats to curb civil liberties (not only the US -- see Europe as well) and the pressure from retailers and marketers in general to increase revenues at the expense of consumer privacy.
I'd also dare to say that's the consequence of objectifying people - when one starts to think of people as walking organic food processing systems with unpredictable behavior, tagging comes as an option to keep an eye on them, claiming that it is for the "common good"!
In the spirit of this thread, here is an equivalent to such law, but in Portuguese:
2. Entrava neste tempo o eterno lume No animal Nemeio truculento; E o Mundo, que co tempo se consume, Na sexta idade andava, enfermo e lento. Nela ve, como tinha por costume, Cursos do Sol catorze vezes cento, Com mais noventa e sete, em que corria, Quando no mar a armada se Estendia.
(Actually, this is extracted from "Os Lusiadas", a masterpiece written by the Portuguese writer Luis de Camoes in the 1600's. But, who can really tell it what is, unless one is familiar to any romance language? I could have written a cake recipe and nobody would notice!)
At my previous job, some dumbass managers used to employ IM to track their team's productivity.
If you didn't answer the IM pop-up at the time they sent, they would think that the team was not working.
Worse, when chaos started to take place in the project, they were using IM to get status reports every 5 f***** minutes.
IM is worse than e-mail in this aspect, because since it is there, you cannot timeshift, just like you would by checking your inbox once every couple hours.
I agree that it is not the irritation at hearing people speak on cell phones at restaurants. I also believe that it is not the feeling of being tied to those damn little things, nor the feeling of being in a leash that causes so much hatred towards the cell f**** phone.
Probably, IMHO, it is the general belief that once you have a cell phone you'll be always available to answer it and if you don't (or leave it off) that you're being selectively rude with the caller.
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clever post!
Paraphrasing the parent, neither has the human body.
I agree, negligence will always be negligence, no matter how technology advances.
Making fonts demands a lot of work, especially now that we have Unicode and more than 10k glyphs. There's no economic benefits from releasing complete font families into Linux and we'll have to keep using Windows fonts. Sheesh.
Worldwide economics are way past that reasoning. Editors should take a course in contemporary economics...
It might be a leftover from the dictatorial governments Brazil had in the 1950-70s. This is one aspect from the dictatorship that the Brazilian society (especially businesses) never minded to change after the democracy was restored, for the most obvious reasons.
Pathetic.
And I'm talking about Yahoo-sponsored spam!!
And they might charge their users for a improved spam filter.
Damn suits!
Basically, being a NFP will relieve much of the money-making pressure on Gentoo, so they can fulfill their Social Contract, without having to compromise it so they can mmet some aribitrary profit targets imposed by shareholders and so.
NFP also is a testimony to their commitment on giving back to the community instead of giving to some high-profile exec or a limited bunch of anonymous shareholders.
In principle, it's a good thing, but let's see how they can get a cash flow going (not necessarily profit, but they should have at least the means to keep paying their bills on time).
Their VIPs must be stupid enough to give up their privacy in exchange of the convenience of not having to move cash around and the extra bonus of being handled and ID'd just like cattle are.
Geez. What happened to dignity?
Rich kids are indeed dumb...
Human dignity has reached new lows in Barcelona - and they are OK with that.
... the largest spam archive on Earth!!! just couldnt resist
Can you imagine how GranTurismo would be in a move-in-turns scheme?
The characters in the Japanese language (in the hiragana and katakana alphabets) are syllabic, not phonetic (as most western languages are). Japanese language phonemes are constrained to the pre-existent syllables and this is why it is so hard for native Japanese-speaking people to produce a liquid "r" sound (as in "lola": it will sound as "rora")
As for inflexion, the structure of japanese sentences is mostly comprised of a word+particle. This particle usually denotes the grammatical meaning of the preceding word, but in no ways it changes the way the word is written -- except for verbs. But Japanese inflexion doesnt go as far as finnish inflexion, for example, which can alter all words in a sentence. And most romance languages inflect verbs as well, so this is not unique to Japanese.
It might be impossible to do proper due diligence with very large F/OSS projects and the honor system, being "implicit", is not enforceable or, at least, verifiable.
This is an extreme example of economic reasoning at its best.... let's hope that the company selling the insurance is not related to SCO!!!
As for the shape of the Earth, it is easy to figure out why knowing its shape is important and people is able to experience the benefits of knowing it in their lifetimes -some (unfortunate) ones, such as pilots and travelling executives can experience this on a daily basis. But what's the point in the shape of the Universe? Would we (as humans) be able to explore the benefits on knowing it during our existence??
In the other hand, what have governments been doing to increase the efficiency of their spending?
But... how do you think such laws can be effectively enforced?
Yes, but only if you were given the choice to remove it.
In a worst-case scenario, industry players or a policy to enforce the so-called "homeland security" could induce the creation of a federal law enforcing the use and maintenance of such tags, so you can function in society (people already has spoken of tattoos or chip implants under the skin).
Sounds very "mark-of-the-beast"-type of talk, but this reasoning also sounds strangely reasonable nowadays, given the governmental abuse of terrorist threats to curb civil liberties (not only the US -- see Europe as well) and the pressure from retailers and marketers in general to increase revenues at the expense of consumer privacy.
I'd also dare to say that's the consequence of objectifying people - when one starts to think of people as walking organic food processing systems with unpredictable behavior, tagging comes as an option to keep an eye on them, claiming that it is for the "common good"!
Consumer power is a gross overstatement these days!
(Actually, this is extracted from "Os Lusiadas", a masterpiece written by the Portuguese writer Luis de Camoes in the 1600's. But, who can really tell it what is, unless one is familiar to any romance language? I could have written a cake recipe and nobody would notice!)
At my previous job, some dumbass managers used to employ IM to track their team's productivity.
If you didn't answer the IM pop-up at the time they sent, they would think that the team was not working.
Worse, when chaos started to take place in the project, they were using IM to get status reports every 5 f***** minutes.
IM is worse than e-mail in this aspect, because since it is there, you cannot timeshift, just like you would by checking your inbox once every couple hours.
That would be awesome!
Probably, IMHO, it is the general belief that once you have a cell phone you'll be always available to answer it and if you don't (or leave it off) that you're being selectively rude with the caller.
Parallel Parking Challenge
In this action-packed game you experience the unique challenge of parallel-parking in several world cities, including London, Milan, Moscow, Helsinki, Seoul and Sao Paulo!
The enhanced ImmersionEngine renderer delivers the most spetacular views from inside your car and there's also a playback mode, from which you can record and share your best performances, using a software high performance pixel renderer.
There are several gameplay modes, including timed parking, precision parking, pressure parking (where you have to park while VR-kids and wife bitch at you, while a cop is looking at you from the outside). Multiplayer mode is also supported, you can hook up to 8 players, through the i-Link extension port. It supports the Logitech Driving Wheel.
It also includes a wide array of cars, imports and US-made. The newest Toyota Prius with automated parallel parking is also included. All cars' interiors are finely detailed, as well as their unique sounds.
Don't miss! In stores in February!
Parallel Parking Underground will be in stores this summer, and it will allow you to tune your car, for extreme parallel parking performance. Buy Parallel Parking Challenge now and get a 50% rebate on Parallel Parking Underground!
ESRB rated M. Available for the X-Box and the GameCube in March.