You give only two options, a) that nobody gives a shit so there's no privacy loss, and b) if it's important, you wouldn't use phone lines in the first place. But that's not quite the situation. Here we have a medium that's supposed to be private (as in not public) by law, and suddenly hordes of people can browse in at their leisure, whether they give a shit or not. That's bad in my books.
Credit card numbers and other details are only a small part of privacy. Would you be alright with anyone being able to listen to casual conversations or messages? Would you speak freely, or keep in mind at all times that you're not alone? I like my privacy, thank you very much, and violations of it are violations regardless of actual damages.
Yes, but be careful that the bits don't slide too far on the platter. Incidentally, this is why some sites seem to disappear completely when they grow old. As the Great Internet Drive spins, older sites tend to creep toward the edges, until they eventually just fall off the edge of the world.
The justice system is designed to deal with criminals, and I would think nearly all criminals think differently to the majority. So he happens to be a little more different than most criminals? Insignificant, IMHO.
First, only a small part of deserts would be covered. Second, e.g. Sahara and probably many other places have grown larger because of deforestation and lack of vegetation keeping the soil in place. Thus, putting solar panels or collectors in the middle of the desert isn't going to do anything to the vegetation there, because there isn't any. That's not to say it won't have any effects, but I can hardly think it would be anything catastrophic or even alarming.
Covering the area of the US with 8% efficient solar panels will give about 3,9 * 10^14 W during the day, assuming a fairly average 500 W / m^2. The (total!) energy comsumption of the entire world was only about 1,5 * 10^13 in 2005, according to Wikipedia. Covering just 5% of the US area would match the world energy consupmtion during the day.
Now, use better panels with closer to 20% efficiency, and spread them around in more efficient locations, such as in the world's deserts, and you have yourself abundant energy using nothing but solar panels.
The text is anonymized. The original was probably about rewriting 24 000 lines of the project in VB as ~200 lines of Perl, and that the project ran on high-end Windows XP Home servers, all with the same serial key.
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You do now.
I know there are Windows Mobile phones. I'm simply observing that if you want to hit a broad smartphone market, you'll aim at Symbian.
The broad audience of Windows phones? Broad indeed.
You give only two options, a) that nobody gives a shit so there's no privacy loss, and b) if it's important, you wouldn't use phone lines in the first place. But that's not quite the situation. Here we have a medium that's supposed to be private (as in not public) by law, and suddenly hordes of people can browse in at their leisure, whether they give a shit or not. That's bad in my books.
Credit card numbers and other details are only a small part of privacy. Would you be alright with anyone being able to listen to casual conversations or messages? Would you speak freely, or keep in mind at all times that you're not alone? I like my privacy, thank you very much, and violations of it are violations regardless of actual damages.
Bu-hull. Shi-hit. Recycled paper uses less energy that new paper.
Nobody needs exactly 1/3 of a meter, you must mean approximately. That would be 33cm.
Yes, but be careful that the bits don't slide too far on the platter. Incidentally, this is why some sites seem to disappear completely when they grow old. As the Great Internet Drive spins, older sites tend to creep toward the edges, until they eventually just fall off the edge of the world.
Who cares about latency. International SkypeOut rates make up for any deficiencies.
You... You have GOT to be new here.
The justice system is designed to deal with criminals, and I would think nearly all criminals think differently to the majority. So he happens to be a little more different than most criminals? Insignificant, IMHO.
The Atlantic can be traversed by a single person in a rowing boat, it's been done. Space isn't even comparable.
Oil is an energy source so it's not the same thing at all.
Works just fine for me..
No, it's called bad risk assessment.
The problem is, with Microsoft, the dialog is modal and has only one button.
You say half empty as if it's a failure... Half full can also be a success, it depends on how far into the tail you venture.
First, only a small part of deserts would be covered. Second, e.g. Sahara and probably many other places have grown larger because of deforestation and lack of vegetation keeping the soil in place. Thus, putting solar panels or collectors in the middle of the desert isn't going to do anything to the vegetation there, because there isn't any. That's not to say it won't have any effects, but I can hardly think it would be anything catastrophic or even alarming.
Now, use better panels with closer to 20% efficiency, and spread them around in more efficient locations, such as in the world's deserts, and you have yourself abundant energy using nothing but solar panels.
As a counterpoint, I have yet to see a Java app that wasn't cross-platform. We must be looking at different sets of apps.
In Scandinavia, we spread the fame and recognition around for everyone to enjoy.
No you can't, the software is still running. You can swap more aggressively, though.
Yes really. Only a savvy user gives extensions a try, the rest use Firefox as Geeks created it.
WTF does this mean?!?
It means hadn't've been.Other newspeak permutations include would'ven't, you'll've, and the All-Classic i'ts.
The text is anonymized. The original was probably about rewriting 24 000 lines of the project in VB as ~200 lines of Perl, and that the project ran on high-end Windows XP Home servers, all with the same serial key.