I've found Gigabyte to be okay, but I've never understood why people like Asus so much. Their stuff is way too flaky and unreliable to command the premium prices you'll pay for it. It's too bad that Intel stopped making motherboards (at least ones in standard form factors). They generally weren't terribly friendly to overclockers and could be a bit conservative on what settings they exposed but they tended to be pretty stable and well supported.
Oh come on, Windows ME? Windows ME didn't spy on you. About the worst you can say is that it crashed a lot on most systems, and maybe that it was a bit dumbed down compared to Windows 98. However, it was a dead end, everyone knew it, so people just stuck with Windows 98 and waited for XP to come out. Windows 10? Well, that's the future of Windows. Don't like it? Well, you can stick with Windows 7 for now, but unless Microsoft does an about face on it, at some point you'll either have to accept it an upgrade or move off of Windows.
About 20% of those are so-called superdelegates. Barring some unforeseen circumstances (like Hilary actually being thrown in jail for her crimes), Bernie Sanders is not going to get the nomination, no matter how much I'd like to see that happen.
Actually, if I don't have to drive the car, and the car can presumably be driving itself anytime it's not charging, why not pack a sleeping bag and a couple of books and just ride in the car and skip the hassle of flying? My guess is fully autonomous cars will be a pretty big blow to the airlines unless they start making some changes.
That's because Google makes their money off of ads they place on sites like Forbes. If it gets bad enough that people might stop using Google search, then they might do something because they also make money serving up ads with their search results. But otherwise, I wouldn't trust Google to do anything about it.
The thing is, they already have C3PO and R2D2 which serve mostly as comic relief. And they cranked that up quite a bit in the prequels too, especially in Episode 2 where it was just ridiculous.
That could be fixed, at least back when there were TV repairmen. I forget exactly how it was described to me, but it basically involved moving a strong magnet in kind of a swirling motion while slowly stepping back from the television. Kind of a manual equivalent of the degaussing feature found in fancier computer monitors.
Even if you only use (say) namespaces or a modest amount of ad-hoc overloading, C++ is a better C.
That's fine for your own projects, but the problem comes in with dealing with other's code. Everyone seems to have their own subset of C++ they like to use. The problem is that everyone's subset is a bit different. So you have to be at least aware of everything in C++, just so you know it when you run across it. (once again, this doesn't apply for your own projects)
I'd just make it so that "light trucks" have to follow the same CAFE rules as cars. The prices of trucks and SUVs would go up accordingly. Anyone who still wants to buy one could do, it's just that now they have to pay the full price for their choice of vehicle.
Of course, this probably won't happen because it would bankrupt GM. Again.
Probably the same way we do it now. We just go blindly and hope we don't hit anything. Space is incredibly empty. Even flying through the Asteroid Belt, the Oort Cloud or even Saturn's rings the chances of actually striking anything are very low.
Considering how often people upgrade their phones, my guess is that there's a lot of perfectly functional used smartphones out there. Of course, the problem is how do you tell which ones are fine and which ones are the lemons?
I've never really understood the notability requirement on Wikipedia anyway. It's not articles are taking up physical space like a paper encyclopedia, and the digital storage space needed is insignificant. Obviously you've got to have some standard, but it seems that if the article is able to cite external references and it contains information that someone might be interested in, it should be able to stay. A school would certainly qualify.
It seems with each release, Microsoft removes some more of the ability to customize the UI. Windows XP was a bit of a step back as the Luna themes couldn't be customized very much, but you could turn that off and go back to the Windows 2000 theme and all the options were still there. Windows Vista took away a lot more of the customization, but at least added some useful features like the new start menu and gadgets (even if those never really caught on). After that, it seems like all they've done is make things worse in terms of the UI. Windows 7 is a slightly dumbed down Vista, Windows 8 removed most the ability to customize anything, and Windows 10 took away what little was left.
Of course, it seems that 99% of users just run with the defaults*, so I can't really blame Microsoft for removing a lot of that stuff.
*Except maybe in XP, because Luna really was that ugly.
That's my thought. Wouldn't an optimizing compiler basically clobber a lot of what one would use to try to do this?
Also, it seems one way to try to defeat this (assuming it works) would be tinker around with the compiler options to use a different set of optimizations than you usually compile with.
Actually, by that definition, R/C planes wouldn't be drones because they are piloted. It's just that the pilot isn't physically in the aircraft. To be a drone, the aircraft must have at least some capability of flying autonomously. Which also means that the cheap $40 supermarket quadcopters aren't really drones either, because they likewise aren't capable of flying in any kind of controlled fashion without a human at the controls.
The Amish already do that. Same with a bicycle. You can legally ride just about anywhere except for limited-access freeways (interstates), though it may not always be wise to ride on some roads.
I'm getting a bit tired of the "We don't know what's in a black hole so it can be anything we want it to be no matter how ridiculous." trope myself. At least when The Black Hole did it, it was still somewhat fresh.
I guess it's not inconceivable that lightsabers might have different power settings. So at the lowest setting it might be like the stun setting on Star Trek's phasors. Certainly something you might want to have when swinging one around blindly with blast helmet on (like Luke was doing on the Millennium Falcon against the training ball which likewise shot at him with what appeared to be a very low power blaster).
Still, one of the things that bothered me a bit was how Finn was able to use one with at least some apparent skill when we've been lead to believe that a lightsaber was a Jedi's weapon and one isn't going to be able to use it effectively without training. I kind of expected him to clumsily try to use it, before giving up and grabbing a blaster from a fallen stormtrooper (a weapon he would be familiar with).
Actually, they've got those figured out now, so long as you buy one of the better models. I replaced a mid-1990's model a couple years back with an American Standard Champion 4 and it has never clogged, not even once while managing to use even less water than low flow it replaced. The early low-flow toilets were awful. Some of them were pretty much the previous design with a baffle in the tank so less water would flush.
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I've found Gigabyte to be okay, but I've never understood why people like Asus so much. Their stuff is way too flaky and unreliable to command the premium prices you'll pay for it. It's too bad that Intel stopped making motherboards (at least ones in standard form factors). They generally weren't terribly friendly to overclockers and could be a bit conservative on what settings they exposed but they tended to be pretty stable and well supported.
Since when? The only even-numbered versions I can think of are:
Windows 2.0
Windows 98
Windows NT 4
Windows 2000
Windows 8
Windows 10
Yeah, Windows 2.0 and 8 are kind of rubbish, but 98 and NT 4 are pretty well regarded and Windows 2000 would be one of Microsoft's greatest hits.
Oh come on, Windows ME? Windows ME didn't spy on you. About the worst you can say is that it crashed a lot on most systems, and maybe that it was a bit dumbed down compared to Windows 98. However, it was a dead end, everyone knew it, so people just stuck with Windows 98 and waited for XP to come out. Windows 10? Well, that's the future of Windows. Don't like it? Well, you can stick with Windows 7 for now, but unless Microsoft does an about face on it, at some point you'll either have to accept it an upgrade or move off of Windows.
Supposedly Microsoft's free upgrade offer is only good for a year anyway. So sometime this year, it should stop nagging you.
About 20% of those are so-called superdelegates. Barring some unforeseen circumstances (like Hilary actually being thrown in jail for her crimes), Bernie Sanders is not going to get the nomination, no matter how much I'd like to see that happen.
Actually, if I don't have to drive the car, and the car can presumably be driving itself anytime it's not charging, why not pack a sleeping bag and a couple of books and just ride in the car and skip the hassle of flying? My guess is fully autonomous cars will be a pretty big blow to the airlines unless they start making some changes.
That's because Google makes their money off of ads they place on sites like Forbes. If it gets bad enough that people might stop using Google search, then they might do something because they also make money serving up ads with their search results. But otherwise, I wouldn't trust Google to do anything about it.
The thing is, they already have C3PO and R2D2 which serve mostly as comic relief. And they cranked that up quite a bit in the prequels too, especially in Episode 2 where it was just ridiculous.
Here's the best part of that FAQ:
"Q38. Updated: The website said registration is free. Why am I being charged $5?
A. The credit card transaction helps authenticate the user. You will see a credit for the $5 in 5-10 days after the charge appears."
I mean, the marketing types have been pushing the limits of "free" for some time now, but the FAA just took it to another level.
That could be fixed, at least back when there were TV repairmen. I forget exactly how it was described to me, but it basically involved moving a strong magnet in kind of a swirling motion while slowly stepping back from the television. Kind of a manual equivalent of the degaussing feature found in fancier computer monitors.
The real fun part is that the airbags also disable, so you're lucky there wasn't anything in your path.
I'm actually kind of surprised they didn't extend their free Windows 10 offer to those that were still on Vista.
That's fine for your own projects, but the problem comes in with dealing with other's code. Everyone seems to have their own subset of C++ they like to use. The problem is that everyone's subset is a bit different. So you have to be at least aware of everything in C++, just so you know it when you run across it. (once again, this doesn't apply for your own projects)
I'd just make it so that "light trucks" have to follow the same CAFE rules as cars. The prices of trucks and SUVs would go up accordingly. Anyone who still wants to buy one could do, it's just that now they have to pay the full price for their choice of vehicle.
Of course, this probably won't happen because it would bankrupt GM. Again.
One of them is in the public domain.
Probably the same way we do it now. We just go blindly and hope we don't hit anything. Space is incredibly empty. Even flying through the Asteroid Belt, the Oort Cloud or even Saturn's rings the chances of actually striking anything are very low.
Considering how often people upgrade their phones, my guess is that there's a lot of perfectly functional used smartphones out there. Of course, the problem is how do you tell which ones are fine and which ones are the lemons?
I've never really understood the notability requirement on Wikipedia anyway. It's not articles are taking up physical space like a paper encyclopedia, and the digital storage space needed is insignificant. Obviously you've got to have some standard, but it seems that if the article is able to cite external references and it contains information that someone might be interested in, it should be able to stay. A school would certainly qualify.
It seems with each release, Microsoft removes some more of the ability to customize the UI. Windows XP was a bit of a step back as the Luna themes couldn't be customized very much, but you could turn that off and go back to the Windows 2000 theme and all the options were still there. Windows Vista took away a lot more of the customization, but at least added some useful features like the new start menu and gadgets (even if those never really caught on). After that, it seems like all they've done is make things worse in terms of the UI. Windows 7 is a slightly dumbed down Vista, Windows 8 removed most the ability to customize anything, and Windows 10 took away what little was left.
Of course, it seems that 99% of users just run with the defaults*, so I can't really blame Microsoft for removing a lot of that stuff.
*Except maybe in XP, because Luna really was that ugly.
That's my thought. Wouldn't an optimizing compiler basically clobber a lot of what one would use to try to do this?
Also, it seems one way to try to defeat this (assuming it works) would be tinker around with the compiler options to use a different set of optimizations than you usually compile with.
Actually, by that definition, R/C planes wouldn't be drones because they are piloted. It's just that the pilot isn't physically in the aircraft. To be a drone, the aircraft must have at least some capability of flying autonomously. Which also means that the cheap $40 supermarket quadcopters aren't really drones either, because they likewise aren't capable of flying in any kind of controlled fashion without a human at the controls.
The Amish already do that. Same with a bicycle. You can legally ride just about anywhere except for limited-access freeways (interstates), though it may not always be wise to ride on some roads.
I'm getting a bit tired of the "We don't know what's in a black hole so it can be anything we want it to be no matter how ridiculous." trope myself. At least when The Black Hole did it, it was still somewhat fresh.
I guess it's not inconceivable that lightsabers might have different power settings. So at the lowest setting it might be like the stun setting on Star Trek's phasors. Certainly something you might want to have when swinging one around blindly with blast helmet on (like Luke was doing on the Millennium Falcon against the training ball which likewise shot at him with what appeared to be a very low power blaster).
Still, one of the things that bothered me a bit was how Finn was able to use one with at least some apparent skill when we've been lead to believe that a lightsaber was a Jedi's weapon and one isn't going to be able to use it effectively without training. I kind of expected him to clumsily try to use it, before giving up and grabbing a blaster from a fallen stormtrooper (a weapon he would be familiar with).
Actually, they've got those figured out now, so long as you buy one of the better models. I replaced a mid-1990's model a couple years back with an American Standard Champion 4 and it has never clogged, not even once while managing to use even less water than low flow it replaced. The early low-flow toilets were awful. Some of them were pretty much the previous design with a baffle in the tank so less water would flush.