To the best of my knowledge the parliament with the longest history is the one in the Isle-of-Man (between England and Ireland). It over a thosand years since it started, about 10 yrears ago one of my uncles went to the thousandth year celebration.
As a child in England, I found that shew was an alternative spelling of show in a dictionary; but the only place I can remember seeing it used, was on a sign at the entrance to the Mersey Tunnel.
Possibly shoo was intended?
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Using a standard Linux command... $ factor 4294967297 4294967297: 641 6700417 $
Probably better to support ISO-8859-15 which includes the Euro
currency symbol.
The Euro currency is already officially in use in 12 countries and over the next few years more countries in Europe will adopt it as their official currency. It is also used unofficially in several other countries.
The Euro is increasingly the preferred currency for international travellors. For example coming to Ireland via China in 2001 we converted money into US$, but now we are advised to carry Euro.
Spam is most probably used by intelligence agencies to send out coded information without "enemies" knowing who the intended recipients are.
Looking at the spam I am getting (filtered out by Mozilla), some of it could easily be encoded for secret content.
In the WWII a radio station in New Zealand broadcast details of laundry lists. However, some of the "laundry lists" were actually coded messages - no way for the Japanese to know which "laundry lists" were real and which were secret messages...
So I don't think that the US government will act too effectively to halt spam.
(2) Would soldiers in snow be easy to detect using infra-red scanners?
To be honest, I probably would have been looking at the commet...
However, war exercises are serious - better to learn then, than make mistakes during a real war. Yes, mistakes in wartime happen, but practice increases your ability to achieve "your" objectives.
Mercury is closer to the Sun than the Earth, therefore it is in a faster orbit!
However, since Mercury is lower in the Sun's gravitational well, a rocket decending from Earth's orbit to Mercury's, will convert the difference in potential energy into kinetic energy. As kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the speed of the rocket, increasing the kinetic energy means it will go faster - too much faster. Hence the need to slow it down.
The parent post is very accurate, apart from the relative speed of Mercury, and the fact that the theory of relativity is not relevant to the discussion.
I have my task bar at the bottom and it auto hides, at the top left hand side I have a permanent panel with a cpu usage display and the work spaces switcher.
So I have the best of both worlds. I may have a 19 inch monitor, but screen real estate is still precious!
I use gnome, but presumably KDE can do somerthing similar.
I am not sure if it is possible with any of the Microsoft offerings...
A few months ago I saw an in depth report comparing Gnumeric 1.1.x with Excel. The comparison was done function by function. comparing results from processing their test data. Some bugs had been in Excel for several versions, some had been 'fixed' in a half hearted way.
Gnumeric, came out with substantially better mathematical accuracy, especially in statistical functions, and was generally more reliable with far fewer bugs. Gnumeric also had more mathematical functions.
Now Gnumeric is up to version 1.2.12 - I suggest you look at it, Which is best, depends on how you are using a spreadsheet - obvious, I know!
Note also that OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 was released on Friday.
In 2.4.2 you had the spatial metaphore, and browsing capability at the same time!
It remembered the size and postion of each directory.
It gave the option of leaving the parent directory displayed, or to close it, when you clicked on a sub directory.
You could press f9 to get the side panel, and press f9 again to hide it.
You could select an image in a directory, and open the image in a new view, resize it. You could then open the same image later and it would retain its previously altered sahap.
The current implementation is definitely a backward step,m and less useful, not to mention intensely irritating! IMnsHO
Basically, it gave people the choice of using the best options for them!
I have 2 very extreme examples of the importance of correct design for speed.
First Example
A colleague wrote a COBOL program that took about 4 hours to run, I changed one "word" defining the access type ACCESS-IS-RANDOM to ACCESS-IS-SEQUENTIAL AFAICR (As Far As I Can Remember). That reduced the run time to about 70 seconds.
Second Example
One would expect an assembly/C program written for a 16 bit processor would be much faster than something written in interpreted BASIC for a 6502 8 bit processor.
However, I wrote a colour printer driver in Acorn's BASIC for a BBC model B (dual processor), that took 11 minutes to print out a colour picture. I was told that an application on an IBM PC took 2 hours!!! to do the same thing.
I did 0 to 4 passes for each line depending on the colour of the pixels, I bet the other application changed ribbon each time the colour changed - maybe even changing the ribbon 3 times for the same pixel. I don't know for sure, but it took a second or two to position the ribbon for a different colour.
I have a 56K modem, and my maximum transfer rate according the the/var/log/messages file is 49333 bits per second (I got this rate 9 times out of the last 441 connects - I wrote a Java analysis program to check my log).
For examplle:
May 12 09:43:58 jupiter wvdial[11458]: CONNECT 49333/V42BIS
I am assuming the start and stop bits you mention are between my modem and the other end, so that the bits per second mentioned in my log, is the actual data transmiddion rate.
I suspect that there is some kind of compression being used between the modems, so that I am actually getting a higher rate of data transmitted end to end than between the modems.
I wrote the analysis program, because I have only 150 hours per month connection, before I get charged at an exorbitant rate per minute. It also gives statistics on errors, trnsmission speeds, and call durations. It is geared to check Fedora Core Linux (but it was developed under Red Hat 9) message files using a Java 1.4 run time. If anyone is interested in the program, let me know.
I think the zero rated (0%) and vat-exempt (0%) cases may seem strange, but in the first case the Government has the option to easily changing the rate to be positive, while I suspect in the latter case this would be more difficult.
However, even having two rates leads to demarcation problems. Say books might have one rate and computers have another. Fine no problems... Oops, what about a printed paper book with a built in computer? It is a bit of both. Either you classify it in one of the two categories, or you try and determine the proportionate value for each category. (This was inspired by a customs duty problem involving a clock radio - clocks and radios were taxed at different rates, what was the importer meant to do??? They had to come up with some proportional estimate that would satisfy the Customs Dept..)
I was the analyst in charge of leading the application of GST to most of the (then) New Zealand General Post Office computer systems.
Try amending a "tempory" system intended to be replaced within 2 years, 11 years after it went into production... - fortunately, I had only to come up with a strategy, juniors had to actually implement it
I wish I had kept the 3 telegrams I had recieved from one user area telling me that GST was not to be charged in advance... (there was genuine concern, as there was a question about the aplicabillity of GST being collected for a service period that started before the intoduction and extended for some months aftwards).
Well at least GST is better than VAT, one rate for everything, not the 4 different rates as for VAT in the UK!
Ballmer: "...the reality is there is no 'center of
gravity,' or central body, investing in the health and
growth of noncommercial software or innovating in critical
areas like engineering, manageability, compatibility and
security."
To be the recognized center of gravity for Linux; the
central body dedicated to accelerating the use of Linux for
enterprise computing through:
* Enterprise-class testing and other technical support
for the Linux development community.
* Marshalling of Linux-industry resources to focus
investment on areas of greatest need thereby eliminating
inhibitors to growth.
* Practical guidance to our members - vendors and end
users alike - on working effectively with the Linux
development community. ...
Hmm... not every machine is an Intel box running a Microsoft O/S
Using Java has advantages:
(1) Can run on multiple O/S's including Linux
(2) Can run on alpha and other non-Intel hardware
(3) Has well defined mathematical results regardless of O/S and hardware
(4) Java Applets are sandboxed by default, thus giving more peace of mind than using other languages
Also, with the standard JIT compilers, performance is similar to C; sometimes faster, but mostly a little slower.
For numerically intensive Java applications I use the -server optimisation flag. I gained about a 10% performance improvement over the -client (default) optimisation.
IPv6 has more than ample IP addresses for everybody. So in practice, IP addresses need not be limited.
But every network should have a firewall between it and the rest of the World. Also Some networks should have internal firwalls between sub networks, especially for computers handling more sensitive data.
...is the willingness and ability of the attacked side to defend itself.
Ask people from Bosnia.
The trouble is that the US is often perceived as a bully, even though this is not always fair, it is the truth. And perceptions are what people react to, not "reality".
What have Bill Gates and Ben Laden have in common? They both want the US Military to use Micosoft operating systems...
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To the best of my knowledge the parliament with the longest history is the one in the Isle-of-Man (between England and Ireland). It over a thosand years since it started, about 10 yrears ago one of my uncles went to the thousandth year celebration.
for more info see http://www.tynwald.org.im/
Tynwald is the Manx language name for their parliament.
-Nivag
As a child in England, I found that shew was an alternative spelling of show in a dictionary; but the only place I can remember seeing it used, was on a sign at the entrance to the Mersey Tunnel. Possibly shoo was intended?
Using a standard Linux command...
$ factor 4294967297
4294967297: 641 6700417
$
The UK still uses Pounds.
Ireland used to use Irish Pounds, but now use Euro.
-Nivag
To be more precise:
If we were to go back to New Zealand from Ireland, and
planned to spend a few days in China, then now
we should get Euro rather than US$.
Prior to 2002 the Irish currency was the Irish Pound, often
referred to as a "Punt".
Even if we had been living in England, we would still be
getting Euro, rather than carrying Pound Stirling (aka UK
Pounds).
-Nivag
Probably better to support ISO-8859-15 which includes the Euro
currency symbol.
The Euro currency is already officially in use in 12 countries and
over the next few years more countries in Europe will adopt it as
their official currency. It is also used unofficially in several
other countries.
The Euro is increasingly the preferred currency for
international travellors. For example coming to Ireland via
China in 2001 we converted money into US$, but now we are
advised to carry Euro.
-Nivag
Hmm...
Spam is most probably used by intelligence agencies to send out coded information without "enemies" knowing who the intended recipients are.
Looking at the spam I am getting (filtered out by Mozilla), some of it could easily be encoded for secret content.
In the WWII a radio station in New Zealand broadcast details of laundry lists. However, some of the "laundry lists" were actually coded messages - no way for the Japanese to know which "laundry lists" were real and which were secret messages...
So I don't think that the US government will act too effectively to halt spam.
-Nivag
Curious:
(1) Were you punished for dereliction of duty?
(2) Would soldiers in snow be easy to detect
using infra-red scanners?
To be honest, I probably would have been looking at the commet...
However, war exercises are serious - better to learn then,
than make mistakes during a real war. Yes, mistakes in
wartime happen, but practice increases your ability to
achieve "your" objectives.
-Nivag
Hmm...
Mercury is closer to the Sun than the Earth, therefore it is in a faster orbit!
However, since Mercury is lower in the Sun's gravitational well, a rocket decending from Earth's orbit to Mercury's, will convert the difference in potential energy into kinetic energy. As kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the speed of the rocket, increasing the kinetic energy means it will go faster - too much faster. Hence the need to slow it down.
The parent post is very accurate, apart from the relative speed of Mercury, and the fact that the theory of relativity is not relevant to the discussion.
-Nivag
I have my task bar at the bottom and it auto hides, at the top left hand side I have a permanent panel with a cpu usage display and the work spaces switcher.
So I have the best of both worlds. I may have a 19 inch monitor, but screen real estate is still precious!
I use gnome, but presumably KDE can do somerthing similar.
I am not sure if it is possible with any of the Microsoft offerings...
-Nivag
Did you pass???? What was your teacher's reaction to your work?
Hi,
A few months ago I saw an in depth report comparing Gnumeric 1.1.x with Excel. The comparison was done function by function. comparing results from processing their test data. Some bugs had been in Excel for several versions, some had been 'fixed' in a half hearted way.
Gnumeric, came out with substantially better mathematical accuracy, especially in statistical functions, and was generally more reliable with far fewer bugs. Gnumeric also had more mathematical functions.
Now Gnumeric is up to version 1.2.12 - I suggest you look at it, Which is best, depends on how you are using a spreadsheet - obvious, I know!
Note also that OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 was released on Friday.
-Nivag
In 2.4.2 you had the spatial metaphore, and browsing capability at the same time!
It remembered the size and postion of each directory.
It gave the option of leaving the parent directory displayed, or to close it, when you clicked on a sub directory.
You could press f9 to get the side panel, and press f9 again to hide it.
You could select an image in a directory, and open the image in a new view, resize it. You could then open the same image later and it would retain its previously altered sahap.
The current implementation is definitely a backward step,m and less useful, not to mention intensely irritating! IMnsHO
Basically, it gave people the choice of using the best options for them!
-Nivag
I have 2 very extreme examples of the importance of correct design for speed.
First Example
A colleague wrote a COBOL program that took about 4 hours to run, I changed one "word" defining the access type ACCESS-IS-RANDOM to ACCESS-IS-SEQUENTIAL AFAICR (As Far As I Can Remember). That reduced the run time to about 70 seconds.
Second Example
One would expect an assembly/C program written for a 16 bit processor would be much faster than something written in interpreted BASIC for a 6502 8 bit processor.
However, I wrote a colour printer driver in Acorn's BASIC for a BBC model B (dual processor), that took 11 minutes to print out a colour picture. I was told that an application on an IBM PC took 2 hours!!! to do the same thing.
I did 0 to 4 passes for each line depending on the colour of the pixels, I bet the other application changed ribbon each time the colour changed - maybe even changing the ribbon 3 times for the same pixel. I don't know for sure, but it took a second or two to position the ribbon for a different colour.
-Nivag
I have a 56K modem, and my maximum transfer rate according the the
For examplle:
I am assuming the start and stop bits you mention are between my modem and the other end, so that the bits per second mentioned in my log, is the actual data transmiddion rate.
I suspect that there is some kind of compression being used between the modems, so that I am actually getting a higher rate of data transmitted end to end than between the modems.
I wrote the analysis program, because I have only 150 hours per month connection, before I get charged at an exorbitant rate per minute. It also gives statistics on errors, trnsmission speeds, and call durations. It is geared to check Fedora Core Linux (but it was developed under Red Hat 9) message files using a Java 1.4 run time. If anyone is interested in the program, let me know.
-Nivag
Hmm...
You seem to have a few problems....
isnt should be spelt isn't
otherwise your sentence is perfect, no one should quible over not starting a sentence with a capital, grammatically inconsistencies, or spellling
What have you done with my dried frog pills?????
You're using my IP without permission, I'm going to sue, Sue, SUE!!!!!!!!
-Nivag
I would like to see the maximum score increased to 7 (or even 9, but certainly no higher) - for all articles.
Because, I tend to increae my threshold until the number of comments is 50 or less. At 5, sometimes there are still over a 100 comments!
- Nivag
I think the zero rated (0%) and vat-exempt (0%) cases may seem strange, but in the first case the Government has the option to easily changing the rate to be positive, while I suspect in the latter case this would be more difficult.
However, even having two rates leads to demarcation problems. Say books might have one rate and computers have another. Fine no problems... Oops, what about a printed paper book with a built in computer? It is a bit of both. Either you classify it in one of the two categories, or you try and determine the proportionate value for each category. (This was inspired by a customs duty problem involving a clock radio - clocks and radios were taxed at different rates, what was the importer meant to do??? They had to come up with some proportional estimate that would satisfy the Customs Dept..)
-Nivag
GST: Goods and Services Tax.
I was the analyst in charge of leading the application of GST to most of the (then) New Zealand General Post Office computer systems.
Try amending a "tempory" system intended to be replaced within 2 years, 11 years after it went into production... - fortunately, I had only to come up with a strategy, juniors had to actually implement it
I wish I had kept the 3 telegrams I had recieved from one user area telling me that GST was not to be charged in advance... (there was genuine concern, as there was a question about the aplicabillity of GST being collected for a service period that started before the intoduction and extended for some months aftwards).
Well at least GST is better than VAT, one rate for everything, not the 4 different rates as for VAT in the UK!
-Nivag
Newton Baker Served as U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War from March 1916.
Google is your friend!
-Nivag
Ballmer: "...the reality is there is no 'center of
...
gravity,' or central body, investing in the health and
growth of noncommercial software or innovating in critical
areas like engineering, manageability, compatibility and
security."
Contrast the above with the OSDL Mission Statement:
To be the recognized center of gravity for Linux; the
central body dedicated to accelerating the use of Linux for
enterprise computing through:
* Enterprise-class testing and other technical support
for the Linux development community.
* Marshalling of Linux-industry resources to focus
investment on areas of greatest need thereby eliminating
inhibitors to growth.
* Practical guidance to our members - vendors and end
users alike - on working effectively with the Linux
development community.
-Nivag
Remember the 3 monkeys carving?
one sees no evil
one hears no evil
one speaks no evil
Bush's effort should be called the 2 monkeys approach:
one sees no evil
one hears no evil
-Nivag
What has Osama Bin Laden got in common with Bill Gates?
They both want the American miltary to use Microsoft Operating Systems...
Hmm... not every machine is an Intel box running a Microsoft O/S
Using Java has advantages:
(1) Can run on multiple O/S's including Linux
(2) Can run on alpha and other non-Intel hardware
(3) Has well defined mathematical results regardless of O/S and hardware
(4) Java Applets are sandboxed by default, thus giving more peace of mind than using other languages
Also, with the standard JIT compilers, performance is similar to C; sometimes faster, but mostly a little slower.
For numerically intensive Java applications I use the -server optimisation flag. I gained about a 10% performance improvement over the -client (default) optimisation.
-Nivag
IPv6 has more than ample IP addresses for everybody. So in practice, IP addresses need not be limited.
But every network should have a firewall between it and the rest of the World. Also Some networks should have internal firwalls between sub networks, especially for computers handling more sensitive data.
-Nivag
...is the willingness and ability of the attacked side to defend itself.
Ask people from Bosnia.
The trouble is that the US is often perceived as a bully, even though this is not always fair, it is the truth. And perceptions are what people react to, not "reality".
What have Bill Gates and Ben Laden have in common? They both want the US Military to use Micosoft operating systems...