I agree, only Drudge and rightwingers call GM Government Motors. I suppose at least they're advertising their right-wing bias with a metaphorical blink tag. Therefore, we can assume the story is a troll or otherwise partisan like RedState, DailyKos, etc... I suspect this is the kind of shit that pushed CmdrTaco to leave/. because it's become much more conspicuous recently and particularly since he left...
I'm no physicist, but I believe what can travel faster than light is the group velocity of the photons. The "Physical interpretations" section on Wikipedia addresses your question to some extent.
Parent is probably correct -- Julian will have trouble coming up with the money now and with his legal troubles they aren't likely to get the advance back anytime in the near-future. Also, even if it was a draft they probably have slipped in a editor (i.e., ghost-author) to 'clean things up' and embellish to their hearts-delight.
You are incorrect. Jurassic Park is what popularized to the public the idea that birds descended from dinosaurs for the regular person. I remember this distinctly in the documentaries about making the movie. This was an explicit intention of Spielberg. The book may not reflect this explicitly, but the movie and CG certainly did. Spielberg's dinosaur scientific consultant's were some of the principal proponents of the 'birds descended from dinosaurs'-theory and they've gone on to be vindicated as well as he has since the movie and book came out. I don't have the references off-hand, but it's certainly true.
If you're just hung-up about the feathers part, you may be correct about that part at the time because feathers are so hard to preserve for obvious reasons... But frankly, who the fuck cares about feathers on dinosaurs? Now, whenever I walk into a park I'm concerned these vicious pigeons could attack me like a velociraptor (it's in their blood)!!!
You are not being sold. You are willingly looking at a few ads in exchange for a product. I know outrage feels good. It's like a drug. But find something real to be outraged over.
I don't mind looking at a few ads, or even targeted ads. But when they target them based on un-anonymized personal interests/activities and who people know and sell that info to advertisers, that's basically selling a 'named' person's social life.
I'm responding to you but this response also applies to the other child-response to me. What kind of invasive roommates/family do you have that they don't mind (or are happy) barging into any room they like? You have no privacy and/or locked doors in your household? That's barbaric...
HP has a history of horrible CEOs, but you'll notice the key difference is that all three of your examples were co-founders of their respective companies. They actually cared for the company to succeed in the long-term as their legacy and not JUST line their pockets with money, watch the company burn, and skip on to their next CXO job. It seems in the tech-industry, once management is brought in from outside the founders of the company it will inevitably tank (see Sun, etc.) -- IBM being a significant exception. We'll see about Apple now...
It wouldn't matter if they removed the name of the person and their professional information (institutes, etc.) because RO1s must build off one's previous work to be strong. So, it will be easy to figure out who the author is from the reviewer's POV based on the background info for the proposal. These proposals don't manifest themselves in a vacuum.
Or you've been math trolled. Imagine how many math Nazis there are here compared to grammar Nazis. This is a whole new level of trolling.
Under normal circumstances (or on 4chan) you'd probably be right, but based on the GP's ID I think he's probably just a 12-year old that hasn't reached solid geometry in high school yet. I was trying to be polite though -- looks like that failed.:(
I really hope you're joking and didn't completely miss the joke.
Note that GP has a 5-digit ID and is therefore probably old enough to throw bricks at stupid kids on lawns (>5 digit ID) whenever even the remotest excuse arises (i.e., whether or not they get a joke -- who cares!).
Be that as it may: that's good news. OpenOffice is a well established (and well chosen) name it will be good to have it back for the OSS community.
OpenOffice is a decent name, but who the fuck names a software program with a web domain (i.e., OpenOffice.org)? Ugghhhhh.... That's one distinct and major advantage LibreOffice has in my mind. It may not be as obvious a name, but at least it doesn't appear to be run by a bunch of weirdos at first glance...
I'm impressed Thierry was able to pull this off and with such good timing. In the future, it looks like he's just going to be able to look at the ISS and any Soyuz.
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His final will stated that he be buried in a glossy white coffin with no visible hinges or latches. RIP Steve.
with rounded corners (Patent pending)
FTFY
I agree, only Drudge and rightwingers call GM Government Motors. I suppose at least they're advertising their right-wing bias with a metaphorical blink tag. Therefore, we can assume the story is a troll or otherwise partisan like RedState, DailyKos, etc... I suspect this is the kind of shit that pushed CmdrTaco to leave /. because it's become much more conspicuous recently and particularly since he left ...
I'm no physicist, but I believe what can travel faster than light is the group velocity of the photons. The "Physical interpretations" section on Wikipedia addresses your question to some extent.
Parent is probably correct -- Julian will have trouble coming up with the money now and with his legal troubles they aren't likely to get the advance back anytime in the near-future. Also, even if it was a draft they probably have slipped in a editor (i.e., ghost-author) to 'clean things up' and embellish to their hearts-delight.
You are incorrect. Jurassic Park is what popularized to the public the idea that birds descended from dinosaurs for the regular person. I remember this distinctly in the documentaries about making the movie. This was an explicit intention of Spielberg. The book may not reflect this explicitly, but the movie and CG certainly did. Spielberg's dinosaur scientific consultant's were some of the principal proponents of the 'birds descended from dinosaurs'-theory and they've gone on to be vindicated as well as he has since the movie and book came out. I don't have the references off-hand, but it's certainly true. If you're just hung-up about the feathers part, you may be correct about that part at the time because feathers are so hard to preserve for obvious reasons... But frankly, who the fuck cares about feathers on dinosaurs? Now, whenever I walk into a park I'm concerned these vicious pigeons could attack me like a velociraptor (it's in their blood)!!!
DAMN YOU SPIELBERG!!!
LOL, where's my mod points when I need them. The bitcoins will help offset the energy consumption I'm almost sure.
Then, by all means, feel free to not use the service.
I don't and won't, but it's good for ignorant people to learn about Google's practices because I don't think it would be an uncommon sentiment.
You are not being sold. You are willingly looking at a few ads in exchange for a product. I know outrage feels good. It's like a drug. But find something real to be outraged over.
I don't mind looking at a few ads, or even targeted ads. But when they target them based on un-anonymized personal interests/activities and who people know and sell that info to advertisers, that's basically selling a 'named' person's social life.
I'm responding to you but this response also applies to the other child-response to me. What kind of invasive roommates/family do you have that they don't mind (or are happy) barging into any room they like? You have no privacy and/or locked doors in your household? That's barbaric...
No good if you don't live alone. You need to keep one eye on the door.
That's the sole reason Man invented locked doors.
HP has a history of horrible CEOs, but you'll notice the key difference is that all three of your examples were co-founders of their respective companies. They actually cared for the company to succeed in the long-term as their legacy and not JUST line their pockets with money, watch the company burn, and skip on to their next CXO job. It seems in the tech-industry, once management is brought in from outside the founders of the company it will inevitably tank (see Sun, etc.) -- IBM being a significant exception. We'll see about Apple now...
Why the hell didn't GNU complete the entire GNU system? Saw Linus' kernel and said "Forget it, he's already got one running"?
Pretty much, but it's still apparently under "active development".
It wouldn't matter if they removed the name of the person and their professional information (institutes, etc.) because RO1s must build off one's previous work to be strong. So, it will be easy to figure out who the author is from the reviewer's POV based on the background info for the proposal. These proposals don't manifest themselves in a vacuum.
Or you've been math trolled. Imagine how many math Nazis there are here compared to grammar Nazis. This is a whole new level of trolling.
Under normal circumstances (or on 4chan) you'd probably be right, but based on the GP's ID I think he's probably just a 12-year old that hasn't reached solid geometry in high school yet. I was trying to be polite though -- looks like that failed. :(
Radius of earth = ~3959 mi
13,000 mph / 3,959 mi = a little over 3 times around earth per hour
In metric: about 20,900 kmh / 6,378 km
Half hour in the air = a little over 1.5 times around earth. Nice! I wonder what the speed up / slow down times are to hit Mach 20.
I think you want to use the circumference of the earth and not radius. Still pretty fast though.
Alsp, CDF Player is a 101 mb download - just for a viewer; looks like a lot of bloat to me.
Apparently, it's also a glorified calculator with the Mathematica engine under the hood if it does what they claim.
It'll come in handy to run those old DOS games that aren't properly clocked and run *way* too fast on modern machines....
Or you could just use DOSBox for that situation.
I really hope you're joking and didn't completely miss the joke.
Note that GP has a 5-digit ID and is therefore probably old enough to throw bricks at stupid kids on lawns (>5 digit ID) whenever even the remotest excuse arises (i.e., whether or not they get a joke -- who cares!).
See subject.
Agreed, this is pretty shameless /.
What's "BO" ?
BO. Here's some
Real science is done non-dimensionally
LOL, that's the most pithy response I've seen on /. in a while. Kudos AC!
Be that as it may: that's good news. OpenOffice is a well established (and well chosen) name it will be good to have it back for the OSS community.
OpenOffice is a decent name, but who the fuck names a software program with a web domain (i.e., OpenOffice.org)? Ugghhhhh.... That's one distinct and major advantage LibreOffice has in my mind. It may not be as obvious a name, but at least it doesn't appear to be run by a bunch of weirdos at first glance...
Why do you have a phone, then?
Not GP, but clearly because of the net pr0n.
I'm impressed Thierry was able to pull this off and with such good timing. In the future, it looks like he's just going to be able to look at the ISS and any Soyuz.