A keyboard is definitely in his budget range. Unlike the piece of paper, it gives tactile feedback. If you don't require the letters to appear in real (note that they don't for the piece of paper), it doesn't have to be connected to a computer.
OK, so that's no different than a bank forgetting to lock their safe doors and a thief taking advantage of that to remove all the cash. You would blame the bank which has so bad security, but you wouldn't blame that on the cash the bank had put there.
But you can prove that there are infinitely many primes. And indeed, it has been proven quite a long time ago. By Euclid. There's absolute no need to guess here. And the proof isn't even complicated.
Who in their right mind is going to be signing paperwork before the money, or a legally enforceable promise of money, is confirmed and in their hands when talking about very large sums?
Who in their right mind is going to pay the money before the signed contract is confirmed and in their hands when talking about very large sums?
Reading the web page, the only thing which is different from a smartphone or tablet seems to be the form factor. The web site speaks about content, apps, TV/Movies,... but not general purpose computing. I doubt for example that you can run a compiler on that thing. Or a version management software.
Now you might argue that the average user will not have a need for that. And you will even be right. But that just means the general user has no need for a general purpose computer. It doesn't mean that the consumer platform in desktop form you linked to is a general-purpose computer. It isn't.
No, the smartphone (at least the typical one) is not general-purpose. That this is due to artificial restrictions rather than fundamental hardware restrictions is irrelevant. The processor in your microwave is also able to run arbitrary programs.
The world is full of conspiracy nuts. Moon landing.
Yeah, the moon landing was a conspiracy, because they hid the true goal: The Nazis waiting on the back of the moon were running out of food (you think that von Braun was on the program because of his rocket expertise? No, he clearly was the connection man to the Nazis on the moon!). That's why the landing stages were left back on the moon: They actually were filled with food for the Nazis. Also, they made it appear as if they had to work hard to reach the moon, despite the fact that they already had all the needed technology from the Roswell accident.;-)
(And just in case someone takes this serious despite of the smiley: This is just a joke, I don't really believe the nonsense I just wrote!)
It doesn't depend on measurement of c because SI fixes c at exactly 299792458 meters per second.
It does depend on the second, but the current definition does, too, because the meter is defined as 1/299792458 of the distance the light travels in vacuum during 1 second (this definition is what fixes the speed of light). In other words, the meter is defined to be 1/299792458 light seconds.
Which in turn means that the astronomical unit is now de facto defined to be exactly 1024642950/2053373 light seconds
12 is a convenient real world "base" because it is evenly divisible a large number of ways (2,3,4,and 6). Because of that many items are sold in 12 count (1 dozen) packages, making it a familiar number to most people.
42, is Douglas Adams' answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything. It is also 2 dozen, making it familiar to most people.
I think you have that backwards: 2 dozen is 24, because a dozen is 12 (there's it again:-))
Well, open Google and type "the answer to life, the universe and everything" in the search bar. Then you'll get the answer to your question (as well as the answer to life, the universe and everything).
Don't add an exclamation mark, unless you are prepared for big numbers (but not too big; only slightly bigger that the root of the googol).;-)
Well, when the name invented by a nine-year old child for a certain large number can end up, slightly modified, as the name of one of the major companies of the internet which everyone has heard about, then a college prank living on on some Wikipedia page and as a feature in a calculator which incorporates a lot of jokes (ever wanted to know what 2^(the answer to life, the universe and everything) is? Just ask Google!) doesn't look that amazing to me.
If someone dubbed over the movie "E.T." and made it a sex movie about kids being shagged by an alien and their parents and the police, how long would it last?
I don't think there are many E.T. worshippers out there. However Universal Pictures would probably send a DMCA takedown notice quite soon.
my windows 5 phone just has a easy to find physical button that requires nothing more than a press of the thumb
But that doesn't allow you to easily silence other people's phones. They'll not let you press the button. However if you are quick enough, you may be able to whack it.
And who much-publicized it? The media. Frankly, if the media had not made a hype about it, most likely few people would even have noticed. I'd give the media at least as much guilt in it as the guy himself.
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A keyboard is definitely in his budget range. Unlike the piece of paper, it gives tactile feedback. If you don't require the letters to appear in real (note that they don't for the piece of paper), it doesn't have to be connected to a computer.
How oh HOW is this patentable?
Simple: File it with USPTO.
OK, so that's no different than a bank forgetting to lock their safe doors and a thief taking advantage of that to remove all the cash. You would blame the bank which has so bad security, but you wouldn't blame that on the cash the bank had put there.
But you can prove that there are infinitely many primes. And indeed, it has been proven quite a long time ago. By Euclid. There's absolute no need to guess here. And the proof isn't even complicated.
I can reuse cash immediately. There's no need to put it on an account first.
Who in their right mind is going to pay the money before the signed contract is confirmed and in their hands when talking about very large sums?
In this case, it's newsworthy for its entertainment value.
I don't know. I mean there are entertaining 404 error pages, but this one really doesn't belong to them.
Reading the web page, the only thing which is different from a smartphone or tablet seems to be the form factor. The web site speaks about content, apps, TV/Movies, ... but not general purpose computing. I doubt for example that you can run a compiler on that thing. Or a version management software.
Now you might argue that the average user will not have a need for that. And you will even be right. But that just means the general user has no need for a general purpose computer. It doesn't mean that the consumer platform in desktop form you linked to is a general-purpose computer. It isn't.
No, the smartphone (at least the typical one) is not general-purpose. That this is due to artificial restrictions rather than fundamental hardware restrictions is irrelevant. The processor in your microwave is also able to run arbitrary programs.
Yeah, the moon landing was a conspiracy, because they hid the true goal: The Nazis waiting on the back of the moon were running out of food (you think that von Braun was on the program because of his rocket expertise? No, he clearly was the connection man to the Nazis on the moon!). That's why the landing stages were left back on the moon: They actually were filled with food for the Nazis. Also, they made it appear as if they had to work hard to reach the moon, despite the fact that they already had all the needed technology from the Roswell accident. ;-)
(And just in case someone takes this serious despite of the smiley: This is just a joke, I don't really believe the nonsense I just wrote!)
No, for a Christian, Jesus is 100% divine.
If it's 93 million miles to the sun, then a number around 149 million meters is far too short. ...should read KILOmeters...
Or 149 billion meters.
It doesn't depend on measurement of c because SI fixes c at exactly 299792458 meters per second.
It does depend on the second, but the current definition does, too, because the meter is defined as 1/299792458 of the distance the light travels in vacuum during 1 second (this definition is what fixes the speed of light). In other words, the meter is defined to be 1/299792458 light seconds.
Which in turn means that the astronomical unit is now de facto defined to be exactly 1024642950/2053373 light seconds
Well, it's a four letter word, therefore they had to edit it out.
Err ..., it's a letter, therefore had to it out.
My balls cause gravitational lensing.
That's because they are black holes: Nothing ever leaves them.
12 is a convenient real world "base" because it is evenly divisible a large number of ways (2,3,4,and 6).
If you're referring to all positive integers by which 12 is divisible, you can't forget 1. :)
And 12 itself.
12 is a convenient real world "base" because it is evenly divisible a large number of ways (2,3,4,and 6). Because of that many items are sold in 12 count (1 dozen) packages, making it a familiar number to most people.
42, is Douglas Adams' answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything. It is also 2 dozen, making it familiar to most people.
I think you have that backwards: 2 dozen is 24, because a dozen is 12 (there's it again :-))
Actually, 42 is three and a half dozen.
Well, open Google and type "the answer to life, the universe and everything" in the search bar. Then you'll get the answer to your question (as well as the answer to life, the universe and everything).
Don't add an exclamation mark, unless you are prepared for big numbers (but not too big; only slightly bigger that the root of the googol). ;-)
Well, when the name invented by a nine-year old child for a certain large number can end up, slightly modified, as the name of one of the major companies of the internet which everyone has heard about, then a college prank living on on some Wikipedia page and as a feature in a calculator which incorporates a lot of jokes (ever wanted to know what 2^(the answer to life, the universe and everything) is? Just ask Google!) doesn't look that amazing to me.
Well, you're not supposed to think yourself while still in training. ;-)
If someone dubbed over the movie "E.T." and made it a sex movie about kids being shagged by an alien and their parents and the police, how long would it last?
I don't think there are many E.T. worshippers out there. However Universal Pictures would probably send a DMCA takedown notice quite soon.
my windows 5 phone just has a easy to find physical button that requires nothing more than a press of the thumb
But that doesn't allow you to easily silence other people's phones. They'll not let you press the button. However if you are quick enough, you may be able to whack it.
That brings me to this new idea: Silence a phone by breaking it. :-)
Maybe I should patent that?
> F/OSS enthusiasts
F or OSS enthusiasts? What does F stand for?
Free. F/OSS = Free/Open Source Software
And who much-publicized it? The media. Frankly, if the media had not made a hype about it, most likely few people would even have noticed. I'd give the media at least as much guilt in it as the guy himself.