Why do we need to round it to a whole number? Mathematics has survived forever without doing that.
Midnight would be 0. Midday would be Pi. 9am in the morning on the old system would be 3Pi/4.
It's so simple it has to succeed!
You could denote years in the same format, as well. So all times and dates could be expressed purely in terms of the only thing we can really measure, which is how far around the planet has rotated.:-p
Users don't see anything but the interface, though. Most users don't even realise which codecs are better than others (evidenced by people still using DivX to encode movies instead of XviD or LAVC.)
I'm talking about model in MVC (hadn't heard of XML Infoset until right now.) The data behind the user interface, as opposed to the graphical representation (the view.)
I had a DVD go corrupt a few months ago, after being verifying straight after the burn, used once on the Xbox, then being put in safe storage for a month. The next time I took it out it didn't work any more. So clearly the 30-50 year thing doesn't apply to consumer-burned DVDs, but just to pressed ones.
I don't see GMail loading any faster than KMail. Maybe after they send you all the JavaScript crap just to be able to use the site. The web interface has one advantage over POP, and that is the ability to see the subject lines without downloading the email. But if they moved to IMAP, that would solve that problem entirely.
This is because 128.61.107.1 does not require authentication. If it were set up to require authentication, Firefox probably wouldn't display the warning.
But I need these URLs to get into one of my web sites. Good thing I use Firefox so that I don't get screwed over by this blatant breaking of standards.:-/
It doesn't have to be seven people. Seven devices held by one person would seem to be enough to perform a DoS attack on a Bluetooth modem. I wonder if it's also possible to use one device which pretends to be seven.:-)
I have a 100m device in my desktop as well. It seems to be capable of that, and yeah, it's quite enough. Plus, 100m isn't non-standard, either. It's just Class 1 Bluetooth, which you will probably never see in a portable device.:-)
Most other devices IRL are Class 3 (10m), but I've been seeing a few Class 2 (25m) devices around the place. The Gizmondo game console-slash-phone has it, giving it a rather nice range between devices. But it makes me wonder how much power the thing chews through to get that extra space (plus, how often do you really need to play against someone who is a whole 25m away?)
Are people marking this Funny just to be cruel? I find this rather interesting. XUL's data model is RDF already, so it's not like Firefox doesn't already have the foundation to do this.
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Why do we need to round it to a whole number? Mathematics has survived forever without doing that.
Midnight would be 0. Midday would be Pi. 9am in the morning on the old system would be 3Pi/4.
It's so simple it has to succeed!
You could denote years in the same format, as well. So all times and dates could be expressed purely in terms of the only thing we can really measure, which is how far around the planet has rotated. :-p
Users don't see anything but the interface, though. Most users don't even realise which codecs are better than others (evidenced by people still using DivX to encode movies instead of XviD or LAVC.)
Hey, it's not Steve's fault that he's living five years in the past.
But he's pretty much right about the screen size... at least on his OWN product. Everyone else's video player screens are a good size.
But there are 2*pi radians in a circle, using proper units.
Shouldn't we make sure there are 2*pi hours in a day or something?
Sounds like Google needs an EULA. Remember, these things are legal contracts now. :-/
Document Management System.
I'm talking about model in MVC (hadn't heard of XML Infoset until right now.) The data behind the user interface, as opposed to the graphical representation (the view.)
I had a DVD go corrupt a few months ago, after being verifying straight after the burn, used once on the Xbox, then being put in safe storage for a month. The next time I took it out it didn't work any more. So clearly the 30-50 year thing doesn't apply to consumer-burned DVDs, but just to pressed ones.
I don't see GMail loading any faster than KMail. Maybe after they send you all the JavaScript crap just to be able to use the site. The web interface has one advantage over POP, and that is the ability to see the subject lines without downloading the email. But if they moved to IMAP, that would solve that problem entirely.
Or when the device in question has a successor which has an integrated camera, GPS, PDA, game console, media player, video player, and blowjob device.
This is because 128.61.107.1 does not require authentication. If it were set up to require authentication, Firefox probably wouldn't display the warning.
And RFC 2396 permits it. But everyone knows that Anonymous Coward means Troll anyway. :-)
But I need these URLs to get into one of my web sites. Good thing I use Firefox so that I don't get screwed over by this blatant breaking of standards. :-/
XUL's view is more like HTML, yes, but I didn't say the view, I said the data model.
LOL, And since I've already commented, I can't moderate you as funny. :-(
It doesn't have to be seven people. Seven devices held by one person would seem to be enough to perform a DoS attack on a Bluetooth modem. I wonder if it's also possible to use one device which pretends to be seven. :-)
I have a 100m device in my desktop as well. It seems to be capable of that, and yeah, it's quite enough. Plus, 100m isn't non-standard, either. It's just Class 1 Bluetooth, which you will probably never see in a portable device. :-)
Most other devices IRL are Class 3 (10m), but I've been seeing a few Class 2 (25m) devices around the place. The Gizmondo game console-slash-phone has it, giving it a rather nice range between devices. But it makes me wonder how much power the thing chews through to get that extra space (plus, how often do you really need to play against someone who is a whole 25m away?)
Luckily when it comes to the quality of a Slashdot comment, bad jokes don't factor into it.
Is the IOCCC entry one of the methods mentioned? :-p
Yeah, effectively everyone who has never tried Firefox.
Are people marking this Funny just to be cruel? I find this rather interesting. XUL's data model is RDF already, so it's not like Firefox doesn't already have the foundation to do this.
I can't believe that nobody has mentioned yet, that the entire point of the new Bluetooth spec is compression.
"Three times more bandwidth", because it is being compressed typically at 3-to-1.
"Less power consumption", because you don't need to send as much data now, because it's compressed.
I'm hoping that this is purely a driver/firmware upgrade for most devices. I shouldn't have to re-buy my gadgets just to compress data down the line.
Just give us the Palm OS port already.
If there is any spyware, then chances are it's built into the skype executable.
But how many Bluetooth keyboards can you use with one hand while standing up, nowhere near a desk?