Lots of people have posted to replies, but none have actually gotten the right reference.
The OP is reffering to the Gaia Theroy, first laid out by James Lovelock at NASA. A write up is here
Executive Sumurary;
The earths ecosystem, through it's massive network of interrelationships, exhibits behaviour similar to an organisim in maintaining itself. ie; less CO2 = more UV= alge blooms = more CO2.
Google used to look at markup and keywords, but they stopped because of people trying to manipulate rankings through keywords, hidden text, etc. Makes sense to me. As long as it still works.
I am also a big fan of google sets. It's awesome as a brainstorming tool. If you're ever researching anything, it's a great way to find relevant topics to your subject.
It's just that all the usual answers apply, it's free, it works, it scales, it's multi platform and if you're trying to get the maximum performance out of your aplication, having access to the source is a huge help.
In many respects, IRIX is the better choice. IRIX is loaded with features that make it great for film work. But in the end, the high price of hardware and software loses out to linuxes strengths.
Centrifugal force. The top end has a high angular velocity that pulls it away from the earth.
The other possibility sometimes mentioned is electrical charge. The differential over a long length of conductor inserted into the Van Allen belt could provide enough charge to suspend it.
To you and others criticizing my post; "I understand that ISP's need to have such TOS to be able to provide service in the first place."
Was meant to signify that I have some concept of reality.
But the attitude that even desiring such a thing is stupid is equivalent to a '640k is enough for anybody' attitude. I'm the consumer, that's what I want, and that's what I will (eventually) get. Get it?
No. Much to my dismay, though, there is a constant called 'permisitivity of free space', also known as 'you can't go faster than light speed', that puts a lower limit on latency.
I understand that ISP's need to have such TOS to be able to provide service in the first place, but the concept still seems wrong to me.
When I buy bandwidth, I expect to be able to do anything I please with that bandwidth. As it is, common TOS are holding back internet development. I see a day coming when every appliance has an IP (_not_ NATed), and every person is a content provider. That's what the 'net promises and they better deliver.
Well, that depends how you define 'functionality'.
Google has been my homepage from the day I discovered it. If I need to see a weather report, I type in 'weather vancouver', and click 'I'm feeling lucky'. Chances are, I can do this as quickly as some of the more popular portal sites can load.
One feature that google could add would be something like/.'s 'slahboxes', a form where I could stick 10 or so links to be displayed on my google page.
What!? Are we talking about the same google? The early linux advocates? Google labs? The guys with the super-lightweight,fast search engine with no banner adds?
There might be some 'spit when they talk' types off in the corner spitting, but for the most part, I thought./ loves google.
I agree that any performance advantage of using Dvorak is going to be minimal, if at all.
But Dvorak does have one major advantage in that it reduces finger travel (about 70% IIRC) which can be benificial to anyone with hand injuries, or to offset RSI.
The 'Sys Req' key, or 'System Request', is meant as a sort of direct conduit to lower level funtions.
For example, on Linux kernels with system debugging enabled, you can use it to force the machine to sync disks, reboot, dump debugging info out the serial port, etc. On a Sun box, you use the equivalent key to drop into the BIOS (which includes a CLI and lisp).
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And that's why I'm your foe :-) You still always show up at 3.
I think the connecting thread is 'biological intelligence'.
The OP is reffering to the Gaia Theroy, first laid out by James Lovelock at NASA. A write up is here Executive Sumurary;
The earths ecosystem, through it's massive network of interrelationships, exhibits behaviour similar to an organisim in maintaining itself. ie; less CO2 = more UV= alge blooms = more CO2.
I am also a big fan of google sets. It's awesome as a brainstorming tool. If you're ever researching anything, it's a great way to find relevant topics to your subject.
Once you have one, the first thing you do is send up more cable. Then you can easily replace it when needed.
IAAC, and no, I don't like it.
If there's one place where Apple kicks ass (and I'm of the opinion there are more), it's in full-featured notebooks.
Dude! You're getting an Apple!
I dunno, whats his UID? :-)
In many respects, IRIX is the better choice. IRIX is loaded with features that make it great for film work. But in the end, the high price of hardware and software loses out to linuxes strengths.
I'm not sure if you're actually asking why linux is a better choice for OS delevopment, but I'm not about to answer that one.
see the shuttle faq for that info.
Arthur C. Clark said 'The space elevator will be built 50 years after everyone stops laughing."
The other possibility sometimes mentioned is electrical charge. The differential over a long length of conductor inserted into the Van Allen belt could provide enough charge to suspend it.
To you and others criticizing my post;
"I understand that ISP's need to have such TOS to be able to provide service in the first place."
Was meant to signify that I have some concept of reality.
But the attitude that even desiring such a thing is stupid is equivalent to a '640k is enough for anybody' attitude. I'm the consumer, that's what I want, and that's what I will (eventually) get. Get it?
No. Much to my dismay, though, there is a constant called 'permisitivity of free space', also known as 'you can't go faster than light speed', that puts a lower limit on latency.
When I buy bandwidth, I expect to be able to do anything I please with that bandwidth. As it is, common TOS are holding back internet development. I see a day coming when every appliance has an IP (_not_ NATed), and every person is a content provider. That's what the 'net promises and they better deliver.
That's right, it's a troll. An anti Nowegian troll. And probably pro-Hitler also.
I think at this point in time, if anyone could start an IPO gold rush in the internet world, it's google.
Google has been my homepage from the day I discovered it. If I need to see a weather report, I type in 'weather vancouver', and click 'I'm feeling lucky'. Chances are, I can do this as quickly as some of the more popular portal sites can load.
One feature that google could add would be something like /.'s 'slahboxes', a form where I could stick 10 or so links to be displayed on my google page.
There might be some 'spit when they talk' types off in the corner spitting, but for the most part, I thought ./ loves google.
Google has never done anything that hasn't redefined what went before it.
Wow!
But Dvorak does have one major advantage in that it reduces finger travel (about 70% IIRC) which can be benificial to anyone with hand injuries, or to offset RSI.
Confusing forth with lisp get me 'cluless'? Ouch. When's the last time anyone actually coded for the Sun prom, anyway?
For example, on Linux kernels with system debugging enabled, you can use it to force the machine to sync disks, reboot, dump debugging info out the serial port, etc. On a Sun box, you use the equivalent key to drop into the BIOS (which includes a CLI and lisp).