If Pluto gets called a planet, then Eris would also be called a planet, since it is bigger than Pluto. Otherwise "Planet" would be a very arbitrary definition.
I think that I would be willing to donate some of my cycles but Java has a bad habit of locking up the browser till the process is completed.
And then Firefox (or Epiphany) pops up a dialog after JS maxes out the CPU for 30 seconds asking if you want to permit the execution to continue.
So you have to limit yourself to 20 seconds per page load, and have the overhead of using Javascript as opposed to a better language like Java. Actually, a Java applet seems like what you would really want to do if you were really going to do this.
This idea is an interesting "hijack visitors to do work", but has some major issues.
Maybe we need an explicit term for this concept, so that people don't continue to confuse it with the concept of "force". This term would refer to something that does disappear when all the applied forces sum to zero. But it shouldn't be called "force", because that's already in use for a slightly different concept.
You mean like "pressure"?
Your chair is pressing on you, which you can feel. It isn't a force if you aren't accelerating, though.
If the mass isn't accelerating, there is no force. If you are sitting in your chair feeling a "push" from gravity, that isn't a force unless you are falling.
A force acting on an object gives it energy (or takes it away, if you are slowing the object down).
In your case of lifting the book, you are giving the book potential energy when you move it away from the earth. Gravity turns that potential energy to kinetic energy when you drop it. The same for your magnets, but relative to the door of your fridge.
While many here will certainly applaud this decision, I find the double-standard amazing. If we can ban sales of pictures of people having sex to minors and impose other draconian punishment, then why is obscene violence any different?
Even better, just look at the FCC.
Saying "Fuck" is most definitely speech; why can the FCC ban that on public radio waves?
I've always been fascinated how the Debian (and derivatives) releases have functioned. Each branch is like a car in a merge ramp; as it reaches 'stable', it speeds up and aligns itself with the other cars on the road ready to be released on the information superhighway.
CP web site is certainly criminal since you're encouraging abuse.
Not all CP is the result of child abuse. In this day where cameras are cheap, and many cellphones have cameras, the proportion that is the result of abuse is probably dropping.
A 17-year old could take a picture of herself in the nude, masturbating, or having sex with her 17 year old boyfriend, and the picture is CP without any abuse. The sex could even be perfectly legal depending on the state.
But having, receiving, or send the picture is a felony, even if the action in the picture is legal?
The "interesting points" are obvious: dots on the picture. You take the brightest ones, and then search for the pattern generated by those dots in your database.
Astronomy actually seems like one of the easiest applications of this kind of thing.
This lawsuit is a total joke, and if this woman wins it I will have even more concern for the current state of our judicial system that I already have. If she doesn't want to pay for her software, she should switch to Linux... that's the Slashdot philosophy anyway, isn't it?
The issue isn't that the woman doesn't want to pay for XP. She wants to get XP without paying for an unrelated and exta OS.
The issue is that she doesn't want to be forced to buy something that she isn't going to use to buy something she does want.
The problem is that netbooks come with XP and you don't have to pay for Vista. Notebooks are also offered with XP, but she would have to buy a copy of Vista as well.
In Linux, it seems like the power negotiation is part of the USB driver, not the specific device driver, since every device should do that the same way.
(So, even if there is NO Linux driver, or with the driver not loaded, the power negotiations can occur)
Then again it could be the plug manufacturers for not wiring all the lines up in the USB portion of the plug.
All 4 lines have to be wired up, or many things would fail to recognize/use the USB port.
The issue with Apple is that the device being plugged into the port is only supposed to draw 100mA (1 "unit"), and can request more, but shouldn't draw the extra power until being told it is "ok". So it seems that instead of just drawing 100mA, the iPhone draws either 500mA with authorization or none without.
Many devices just grab 500mA without authorization, (like USB vacuum cleaners, lights, etc.), so in this case Apple is actually correct. I think the issue is that the computer OS doesn't authorize the extra power draw if it doesn't have a driver for the specific device that was plugged in. (More here)
Sure they can make showing ID a requirement, credit cards are NOT legal tender and so a merchant is free to put whatever restriction on their use they want.
At which point they have violated the Visa/MasterCard merchant agreement. And eventually, with enough reported violations, can't accept Visa or MasterCard.
I never said it was illegal for them to require it, it is just a violation of the contract they signed to be able to accept Visa/MasterCard.
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Copyrights should only be a limited amount of time, not the current infinity+ that it is now.
More than the authors life is excessive.
A picture I took today shouldn't expire in 75 (if I live to 100) + 70 years, or in 2154.
If I had a son, he might not be alive at that point.
That is just way too long.
What about compiling a program for something other than x86, like x86_64?
That uses source code, and is an advantage for people that use something other than x86.
If Pluto gets called a planet, then Eris would also be called a planet, since it is bigger than Pluto. Otherwise "Planet" would be a very arbitrary definition.
And then Firefox (or Epiphany) pops up a dialog after JS maxes out the CPU for 30 seconds asking if you want to permit the execution to continue.
So you have to limit yourself to 20 seconds per page load, and have the overhead of using Javascript as opposed to a better language like Java. Actually, a Java applet seems like what you would really want to do if you were really going to do this.
This idea is an interesting "hijack visitors to do work", but has some major issues.
That was a feature of the Kindle 1, even.
The free cell phone data access makes some things easy to do, since an e-newspaper reader isn't that much different from an e-book reader.
I agree with you. Ignoring the link, there is nothing in my post that is funny.
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Yeah, but will it have free Wikipedia Access?
Yeah, there are a few CD stores around. Even Wal*Mart sells CDs.
(CDs being digital and all...)
You mean like "pressure"?
Your chair is pressing on you, which you can feel. It isn't a force if you aren't accelerating, though.
F=ma.
Force = (mass) * (acceleration).
If the mass isn't accelerating, there is no force.
If you are sitting in your chair feeling a "push" from gravity, that isn't a force unless you are falling.
A force acting on an object gives it energy (or takes it away, if you are slowing the object down).
In your case of lifting the book, you are giving the book potential energy when you move it away from the earth. Gravity turns that potential energy to kinetic energy when you drop it. The same for your magnets, but relative to the door of your fridge.
Much more at Wikipedia for Force.
Actually, OSX is certified Unix.
Even better, just look at the FCC.
Saying "Fuck" is most definitely speech; why can the FCC ban that on public radio waves?
I've always been fascinated how the Debian (and derivatives) releases have functioned. Each branch is like a car in a merge ramp; as it reaches 'stable', it speeds up and aligns itself with the other cars on the road ready to be released on the information superhighway.
Not all CP is the result of child abuse. In this day where cameras are cheap, and many cellphones have cameras, the proportion that is the result of abuse is probably dropping.
A 17-year old could take a picture of herself in the nude, masturbating, or having sex with her 17 year old boyfriend, and the picture is CP without any abuse. The sex could even be perfectly legal depending on the state.
But having, receiving, or send the picture is a felony, even if the action in the picture is legal?
The "interesting points" are obvious: dots on the picture. You take the brightest ones, and then search for the pattern generated by those dots in your database.
Astronomy actually seems like one of the easiest applications of this kind of thing.
What about packet loss, ping, ping jitter and resistance to interference?
Bulk transfer is useful, but may not be important to gamers or people who want responsive.
You do realize that the sun doesn't shine the entire 24 hours and 39 minutes in each day?
So you don't get a constant power over the day.
The issue isn't that the woman doesn't want to pay for XP. She wants to get XP without paying for an unrelated and exta OS.
The issue is that she doesn't want to be forced to buy something that she isn't going to use to buy something she does want.
The problem is that netbooks come with XP and you don't have to pay for Vista. Notebooks are also offered with XP, but she would have to buy a copy of Vista as well.
Do you have to buy a PS3 to get a PS2?
Do you have to buy Terminator 2 to get Terminator 1?
In Linux, it seems like the power negotiation is part of the USB driver, not the specific device driver, since every device should do that the same way.
(So, even if there is NO Linux driver, or with the driver not loaded, the power negotiations can occur)
Which is a good idea, really.
No, USB Vcc is +5 volts.
Per the USB spec, the device isn't supposed to draw more than 100mA from the port without authorization from the computer.
Maybe Windows leaves sending the "You can take up to 500mA" signal to the driver for the device?
All 4 lines have to be wired up, or many things would fail to recognize/use the USB port.
The issue with Apple is that the device being plugged into the port is only supposed to draw 100mA (1 "unit"), and can request more, but shouldn't draw the extra power until being told it is "ok". So it seems that instead of just drawing 100mA, the iPhone draws either 500mA with authorization or none without.
Many devices just grab 500mA without authorization, (like USB vacuum cleaners, lights, etc.), so in this case Apple is actually correct. I think the issue is that the computer OS doesn't authorize the extra power draw if it doesn't have a driver for the specific device that was plugged in.
(More here)
No, wrong.
By definition, a company very much can censor.
It is just legal if it is the context of forums under that companies control, or using copyright/trademark laws.
At which point they have violated the Visa/MasterCard merchant agreement.
And eventually, with enough reported violations, can't accept Visa or MasterCard.
I never said it was illegal for them to require it, it is just a violation of the contract they signed to be able to accept Visa/MasterCard.