At always you should take with a pinch of salt what you read on Global Warming Denier sites such as Watts Up With That. As always it's hard to work out whether Watts is just misinformed or lying.
Watt points out that due to the global recession, the USA has lower emissons than 1997, the year of Kyoto. But the base year for reductions was 1990. And the USA hasn't managed that, even with the recession.
Secondly Germany and many countries of Eastern Europe had beaten their targets already by 2008. And are even further ahead now.
then the patent shouldn't have been granted... the patent Apple was granted was vague... If the patent had been more narrowly-defined... We're talking about the so-called "rounded edges" patent/design.... At the time Coca-Cola applied for the patent, bottles just didn't look like that
Time and time again, you confuse "patents" with "design patents". Pretty much as all the people do that talk about Apple patenting rectangles. A "design patent" is not at all the same thing as a patent.
Umm, you're kidding, right? You've just cited the quintessential example of design patents [wikipedia.org]. I mean, of all the ones you could have chosen, you've chosen the single most cited-example found in graphics design. You couldn't have derped your argument in a more epic fashion if you'd done it while screaming naked in the street.
Do what? You're criticising someone for quoting the classic case of design patents? Are you stupid?
You're right. According to the report, the USA is second and used to be first, which is an absolute joke. It's simply biasing towards the most populous countries. Which also tend to have the most total emissions, for obvious reasons. In all these measures, they have to be per capita to have any meaning. And the words "per capita" don't even get a mention in the report.
Does it really matter what he used to post it with? Everything's made in china nowdays, in case you haven't noticed.
I think his point was that an iPad (or any other tablet/phone) consumes a fraction of the energy of a PC when it's being used. Presumably also when it's manufactured.
Only because they are by far the most populous country. You can only really judge based on per capita rates. China is 78th among countries with 5.3 metric tonnes CO2 per capita. The USA is 7th with 22.1.
When you look at consumption, the USA comes out even worse. America consumes more per person than any other country. There are around 200 countries in the world, and the USA alone consumes about 25% of the energy.
America is still the biggest offender in "fucking up the planet".
Whilst it might not be surprising to you or me, many people argue that there's not worth being more green as a nation because the Chinese won't follow. When in actual fact the boot is on the other foot. China is leading and America is lagging behind.
And why would it be that it's not a "black eye" for the US? It's hardly the case that they are not spending money on creating ever more energy sources. It's just that not enough of them are green.
It's not the quantity that bothers me. It's the quality. Everyone's talking programmer cliches (unfit, no real life friends) and no one's asking how the 2 dimensional treadmill works.
You're being too black and white about it. The GPL *is* about freedom: *user's* freedom. And it preserves this by *restricting* developers. It's just a matter of perspective.
So, it's doing a benefit for users (who consume) and doing it by restricting developers (who create the stuff they're consuming). What did the users do to deserve this largesse at the expense of developers?
Note that the original author of the software should be free to put whatever license they want on software for whatever reason. The problem is that the GPL virally consumes all the software written by other people that touch it too.
BSD gives just as much freedom to users, without the nasty viral part.
WTF has root got to do with anything? I said admin. An admin account is one which allows you to install programs. If the kids don't have an admin account they won't be installing programs.
Or do you have some deficient OS that doesn't have proper admin accounts? Hmm... root? You're not a Linux user are you?
I'm very happy with both the point I made and to use Wikipedia as evidence. Indeed academics have studied Wikipedia and found it to be more accurate than printed encyclopedias.
You allege Wikipedia is wrong. It's not my job to check out your claim, and I haven't. As I said if you believe Wikipedia is wrong, fix it. If you don't it makes no difference to my point nor my evidence.
But this case has not gone to court yet, and her solicitor is persuing it no-win no-fee, which implies he believes she's on the winning side.
It's a myth that truth isn's a defense against libel in the UK. If you prove that what you said is true, then you win the case.
The myth seems to come about because the burden of proof is on the person who made the comment to prove the truth of the statement, not the accuser of libel to disprove it.
Here, banking records will easily prove her to be telling the truth or not. I suspect this is simply a company trying to bully her with a meritless law-suit.
I can't download it because it was only on the AppStore for a few hours before it was removed, and he as a rogue developer was banned. Which is a pretty good demonstration of why it's better than Android's system. With Android, all the malware that was ever created is still out there, still trapping the unwary.
As anyone who reads the thread can see, it's inspired a good discussion, with a lot of people on both sides making good points. The best of which is SuperKendall's post ripping you and your attitude to pieces for the ignorance it is.
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At always you should take with a pinch of salt what you read on Global Warming Denier sites such as Watts Up With That. As always it's hard to work out whether Watts is just misinformed or lying.
Watt points out that due to the global recession, the USA has lower emissons than 1997, the year of Kyoto. But the base year for reductions was 1990. And the USA hasn't managed that, even with the recession.
Secondly Germany and many countries of Eastern Europe had beaten their targets already by 2008. And are even further ahead now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol
How many more time do people have to show that the denier sites are wrong before you stop believing what they say?
Whoever can get there and defend it from invaders.
I can repair a china cup. But it isn't fully recovered. As grandma will clearly notice.
then the patent shouldn't have been granted...
the patent Apple was granted was vague...
If the patent had been more narrowly-defined...
We're talking about the so-called "rounded edges" patent/design....
At the time Coca-Cola applied for the patent, bottles just didn't look like that
Time and time again, you confuse "patents" with "design patents". Pretty much as all the people do that talk about Apple patenting rectangles. A "design patent" is not at all the same thing as a patent.
It is a troll. They are incorrect statements. You don't seem to understand that design patents are valid.
Umm, you're kidding, right? You've just cited the quintessential example of design patents [wikipedia.org]. I mean, of all the ones you could have chosen, you've chosen the single most cited-example found in graphics design. You couldn't have derped your argument in a more epic fashion if you'd done it while screaming naked in the street.
Do what? You're criticising someone for quoting the classic case of design patents? Are you stupid?
Note the /s at the end of his post. It means "end of sarcasm".
let them have the pollution
Much pollution is global in nature.
You're right. According to the report, the USA is second and used to be first, which is an absolute joke. It's simply biasing towards the most populous countries. Which also tend to have the most total emissions, for obvious reasons. In all these measures, they have to be per capita to have any meaning. And the words "per capita" don't even get a mention in the report.
That rather depends on whether the photo is of a city, where the minority of Chinese live, or the country where the majority live.
In terms of consumption, China, and every other country on the planet, is well behind America.
Does it really matter what he used to post it with? Everything's made in china nowdays, in case you haven't noticed.
I think his point was that an iPad (or any other tablet/phone) consumes a fraction of the energy of a PC when it's being used. Presumably also when it's manufactured.
Only because they are by far the most populous country. You can only really judge based on per capita rates. China is 78th among countries with 5.3 metric tonnes CO2 per capita. The USA is 7th with 22.1.
When you look at consumption, the USA comes out even worse. America consumes more per person than any other country. There are around 200 countries in the world, and the USA alone consumes about 25% of the energy.
America is still the biggest offender in "fucking up the planet".
Whilst it might not be surprising to you or me, many people argue that there's not worth being more green as a nation because the Chinese won't follow. When in actual fact the boot is on the other foot. China is leading and America is lagging behind.
And why would it be that it's not a "black eye" for the US? It's hardly the case that they are not spending money on creating ever more energy sources. It's just that not enough of them are green.
? Because the YouTube video doesn't say how it works.
This is a good reveal of how a 2D treadmill can work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rtX2pWRh6w
It's not the quantity that bothers me. It's the quality. Everyone's talking programmer cliches (unfit, no real life friends) and no one's asking how the 2 dimensional treadmill works.
So, anyone knows how it works?
You're being too black and white about it. The GPL *is* about freedom: *user's* freedom. And it preserves this by *restricting* developers. It's just a matter of perspective.
So, it's doing a benefit for users (who consume) and doing it by restricting developers (who create the stuff they're consuming). What did the users do to deserve this largesse at the expense of developers?
Note that the original author of the software should be free to put whatever license they want on software for whatever reason. The problem is that the GPL virally consumes all the software written by other people that touch it too.
BSD gives just as much freedom to users, without the nasty viral part.
WTF has root got to do with anything? I said admin. An admin account is one which allows you to install programs. If the kids don't have an admin account they won't be installing programs.
Or do you have some deficient OS that doesn't have proper admin accounts? Hmm... root? You're not a Linux user are you?
I'm very happy with both the point I made and to use Wikipedia as evidence. Indeed academics have studied Wikipedia and found it to be more accurate than printed encyclopedias.
You allege Wikipedia is wrong. It's not my job to check out your claim, and I haven't. As I said if you believe Wikipedia is wrong, fix it. If you don't it makes no difference to my point nor my evidence.
But this case has not gone to court yet, and her solicitor is persuing it no-win no-fee, which implies he believes she's on the winning side.
It's a myth that truth isn's a defense against libel in the UK. If you prove that what you said is true, then you win the case.
The myth seems to come about because the burden of proof is on the person who made the comment to prove the truth of the statement, not the accuser of libel to disprove it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_defamation_law
Here, banking records will easily prove her to be telling the truth or not. I suspect this is simply a company trying to bully her with a meritless law-suit.
The contract should specify payment terms. Clearly a prompt payment is one that is within the time scale in the contract. One day later is not prompt.
So you don't use virus checkers or spam mail blocklists. Interesting.
I can't download it because it was only on the AppStore for a few hours before it was removed, and he as a rogue developer was banned. Which is a pretty good demonstration of why it's better than Android's system. With Android, all the malware that was ever created is still out there, still trapping the unwary.
As anyone who reads the thread can see, it's inspired a good discussion, with a lot of people on both sides making good points. The best of which is SuperKendall's post ripping you and your attitude to pieces for the ignorance it is.
Well they didn't exactly "switch" to Clang. They created Clang.