Those reactors are already destroyed. They will never be operational gain (it says that in the article I linked to). A complete meltdown will lead to a huge discharge of radioactive waste similiar to Chernobyl. That's what they are trying to avoid at all costs. The fact that the reactor is "off" is irrelevant.
It seems it's a lot worse than initially thought. There is a probablity of a complete meltdown. In the best case, there will be radioactive discharges for months.
... but then you're not connected to the AT&T network. Better to just switch off the "cellular data" setting and then *nothing* can connect to the internet, but you still have voice service
I can see this being part of some sort moral delimma test for telephone operators: "If you send this spam message two things will happen: you will receive $1,000,000, and someone whom you don't know will die.
According to this article the XL1 is a concept car and will never enter production:
"Volkswagen says the XL1 is a concept rather than a production model preview, but the technology used within it could provide clues about how a future VW Golf TDI diesel economy winner could emerge."
One of the first things I did when I got my iPhone is figure out how to switch off autocorrect. I mean it was making really wierd suggestions. I think Apple needs to rewrite their algorithm, unless it was intended as a joke
I wouldn't have a problem with that. I assume you can remove your app for sale at any stage, say for instance, Amazon decides to demote it to the bargin bins?
> Speaking of H.264, I've got an H.264 decoder in hardware, in my fucking video card. Where is that feature in Flash?
> Standard as of Flash 10 for Windows, and Flash 10.1 for Mac OS X.
The current version of Flash crashes for me when I play video. Search the adobe forums and you will see hunderds of posts "flash crashing browser". It's been like this ever since version 10. The only solution is to disable hardware acceleration: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2922923
iPhone and Windows 7 both have a GPU as standard. Android is the only platform where the GPU is optional. Google created the fragmentation by leaving the minimum hardware requirements lower. On the upside, some Android devices will be cheaper. On the downside the OS is crappier because it has to cater for lower spec. devices.
Here's my list: 1) The Phantom Menace 2) Attack of the Clones 3) Revenge of the Sith 4) The Phantom Menace 5) Attack of the Clones 6) Revenge of the Sith
This just got me thinking. Could the service be used to game the App Store? Currently, there are several companies offering to get any free App into the top 25 list for $5000. It's widely believed that they use bots to do it, but it could just as easily be mechanical turks.
Actually, it didn't. Considering that it possibly has best graphics of any game ever and is selling for only $1, it did very poorly in comparison to titles like Angry Birds and Pocket God. The highest it got was #19 overall and it quickly dropped to place #300 where it is now.
"potentially biased"? Well, that's a bit of an understatement. Reminds me those Microsoft funded studies that found Windows servers were faster than Linux.
The article is a bit sparse on info. Why did they lose the appeal? Wasn't the origonal Judge working for the Swedish copyright lobby? Wasn't that good enough reason to thow out the case?
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Those reactors are already destroyed. They will never be operational gain (it says that in the article I linked to).
A complete meltdown will lead to a huge discharge of radioactive waste similiar to Chernobyl. That's what they are trying to avoid at all costs. The fact that the reactor is "off" is irrelevant.
It seems it's a lot worse than initially thought. There is a probablity of a complete meltdown. In the best case, there will be radioactive discharges for months.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/japan-fukushima-nuclear-reactor.html?_r=1&hp
That's a good analogy. There's more about it in this ArsTechnica article: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/11/fda-sidesteps-safety-concerns-over-tsa-body-scanners.ars
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I'm all for saving electricity, but hate the false claims that the manufactures have. (i.e.18W florescent bulb is equivalant to 100W incandesent bulb - but when you replace it you'll see it's about as dim as a 40W ).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/6110547/Energy-saving-light-bulbs-offer-dim-future.html
... but then you're not connected to the AT&T network.
Better to just switch off the "cellular data" setting and then *nothing* can connect to the internet, but you still have voice service
You know that Skype now automatically updates without the users permission. So could we say Sony's backdoor is like Skype?
I can see this being part of some sort moral delimma test for telephone operators:
"If you send this spam message two things will happen: you will receive $1,000,000, and someone whom you don't know will die.
According to this article the XL1 is a concept car and will never enter production:
"Volkswagen says the XL1 is a concept rather than a production model preview, but the technology used within it could provide clues about how a future VW Golf TDI diesel economy winner could emerge."
http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155973354
"spam in most other languages is even lower than in English."
this is definately not true for Spanish. There has always been a higher level of spam results for Spanish
One of the first things I did when I got my iPhone is figure out how to switch off autocorrect. I mean it was making really wierd suggestions. I think Apple needs to rewrite their algorithm, unless it was intended as a joke
most 3d content creation packages are using opengl on windows, not directx
I wouldn't have a problem with that.
I assume you can remove your app for sale at any stage, say for instance, Amazon decides to demote it to the bargin bins?
It maybe similiar, but VP8 codec still doesn't exist on current iPhones.
It's Apples goal to make their devices cool by removing controls essential to functionality. Next on the list they will remove the touch interface.
> Speaking of H.264, I've got an H.264 decoder in hardware, in my fucking video card. Where is that feature in Flash?
> Standard as of Flash 10 for Windows, and Flash 10.1 for Mac OS X.
The current version of Flash crashes for me when I play video. Search the adobe forums and you will see hunderds of posts "flash crashing browser". It's been like this ever since version 10.
The only solution is to disable hardware acceleration: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2922923
iPhone and Windows 7 both have a GPU as standard. Android is the only platform where the GPU is optional. Google created the fragmentation by leaving the minimum hardware requirements lower. On the upside, some Android devices will be cheaper. On the downside the OS is crappier because it has to cater for lower spec. devices.
well, that sounds reasonable, except 2011 could also be classified as fantasy (the neutrinos are heating up! wtf?)
Here's my list:
1) The Phantom Menace
2) Attack of the Clones
3) Revenge of the Sith
4) The Phantom Menace
5) Attack of the Clones
6) Revenge of the Sith
yes, I listed twice they were so bad.
This just got me thinking. Could the service be used to game the App Store? Currently, there are several companies offering to get any free App into the top 25 list for $5000. It's widely believed that they use bots to do it, but it could just as easily be mechanical turks.
> Carmack's Rage for iOS has been done alright
Actually, it didn't. Considering that it possibly has best graphics of any game ever and is selling for only $1, it did very poorly in comparison to titles like Angry Birds and Pocket God.
The highest it got was #19 overall and it quickly dropped to place #300 where it is now.
Christ, that setting was well hidden too.
"potentially biased"? Well, that's a bit of an understatement. Reminds me those Microsoft funded studies that found Windows servers were faster than Linux.
The article is a bit sparse on info. Why did they lose the appeal?
Wasn't the origonal Judge working for the Swedish copyright lobby? Wasn't that good enough reason to thow out the case?