My grandfather didn't really care; he just got up when it was light out, regardless of time.
Which I had few chances to practice while on holidays - living with the cycle of he sun - very relaxing (though I am sure that this is not the case with chores to be done).
Next point, "Europes Children are Dying from Pollution".. Did you actually read this before posting? It clearly states that the major cause of death is accident related, IE Auto accidents and falls. Hardly "Pollution".
Not commenting that motor vehicles in densely populated regions may be perceived indeed as an instance of a pollution of sorts (no, I am not a car hater, I drive a vintage DB 180D and an authentic MINI - not a BMW), I might add that YES, I read the article, and, NO, I did not pick a single sentence.
There is (should be) a study dated 1998 (which I was not able to locate yet) sponsored by the EU Commission which states that daylight saving time does not have the desired effect on energy consumption (which is taken as a common fact anyway here (de)). I wonder why the US should differ - anyone any idea?
# 815 million people are undernourished
# 1.2 billion people live on less than $1/day
# 153 million children under age 5 are underweight
* 11 million children under age 5 die every year, over half of hunger-related causes
# 1 in 6 people is hungry
# 1 in 4 people lacks safe drinking water
Something is fishy about those results. Think about it.
Even if so, it is a good "recruitment activity" for the sponsor (IBM).
Americans tend not to be well traveled (at least outside the country)...
The times they are a changing; when I was younger than today, the "American in Paris" (my age) was also to be seen in the rest of Europe in crowds, at least it seemed so. The bias then was that US-Americans are "well travelled".
You buil(d)t your model just for yourself and the patent office; third parties have to sign non-disclosure agreements.
A little research told me that nowadays a model still helps (obviously in real-world engineering scenarios) if licensing is the goal as those who might be willing to buy want some proof that things work (economically).
Now let us just hope that we ourselves do not conflict with any (coming) patent so that we can take full advantage.
More seriously (?):
Sony hasn't yet built a device that works based on the ideas presented in the patent, so this is all theoretical. In fact, according to the New Scientist, Sony hasn't even conducted any experiments to see if this works. Nonetheless, most of the reporting on this patent (see the Times Online and the original New Scientist peice) claim that some independent experts have said that the idea is plausible. There's no word yet on whether or not tinfoil will stop the ultrasonic brain rays.
Strange. I bet there are some among the crowd here who have "theoretical ideas" that level up with SONY. IIRC, in ancient times it was necessary to present a working model (at least here in.de).
How much would they pay to have somebody give them clear, plain English instruction on what to do without the fat slice of contempt on the side?
Definitely the better question. However, especially "clear, plain" are not easy to achieve and defnitely beyond the scope of amateurs ("programming humans" to do things "right" - hard enough with hardware), but valuated (at least this is my bias) only miserably. Thus, incompetence rules when it comes to documentation (issues): those who could do well are engaged elsewhere, others resort (t)here.
Part of this is due to the sheer ambitiousness of the Debian project. It
attempts to do three times as much as any other distribution, and
sometimes pulls it off.
May this be due to lack of some "management" implementing a philosophy (maybe an equivalent of CI) of "less is more" by proper "human engineering"?
CC.
P.S.: This definitely is not intended to be a troll.
ehr, i mean, you can compare m$ to america, but not to the SU.
To be precise, the question is not whether I may compare objects (whatever), but rather what definition of
distance (similarity) I base my approach to concept formation (category building, clustering) on.
Here, I might have used something along the lines of "ruthless domination" and also probably (obviously?) had a more extended time-frame in mind than just the presence.
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My grandfather didn't really care; he just got up when it was light out, regardless of time.
Which I had few chances to practice while on holidays - living with the cycle of he sun - very relaxing (though I am sure that this is not the case with chores to be done).
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We're all messed up, it seems.
Sure we are, especially up (more like down) in the northern part of Germany.
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Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
Usually, but what did I miss this time ???
Besides: "Daylight Saving Time was first enacted in Germany in 1915, quickly followed by Britain and much of Europe and Canada."
So at least over here, the phenomenon is known for a couple of years.
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Next point, "Europes Children are Dying from Pollution".. Did you actually read this before posting?
It clearly states that the major cause of death is accident related, IE Auto accidents and falls. Hardly "Pollution".
Not commenting that motor vehicles in densely populated regions may be perceived indeed as an instance of a pollution of sorts (no, I am not a car hater, I drive a vintage DB 180D and an authentic MINI - not a BMW), I might add that YES, I read the article, and, NO, I did not pick a single sentence.
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There is (should be) a study dated 1998 (which I was not able to locate yet) sponsored by the EU Commission which states that daylight saving time does not have the desired effect on energy consumption (which is taken as a common fact anyway here (de)). I wonder why the US should differ - anyone any idea?
CC.
Gimme a break folks and do your science.
...
By now we should have had multiple nuclear wars
The worst case scenario was "nuclear winter" which implied one game only.
would have extreme shortages of food
Developing Countries
# 815 million people are undernourished
# 1.2 billion people live on less than $1/day
# 153 million children under age 5 are underweight
* 11 million children under age 5 die every year, over half of hunger-related causes
# 1 in 6 people is hungry
# 1 in 4 people lacks safe drinking water
would be all dying from pollution
Europe's children dying from pollution
would no thave enough oxygen to breathe
Decreased oxygen content in the atmosphere--an ecological disaster imperceptibly sneaking up?
Gimme a break folks and do your science.
Well.
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Something is fishy about those results. Think about it.
Even if so, it is a good "recruitment activity" for the sponsor (IBM).
Americans tend not to be well traveled (at least outside the country)...
The times they are a changing; when I was younger than today, the "American in Paris" (my age) was also to be seen in the rest of Europe in crowds, at least it seemed so. The bias then was that US-Americans are "well travelled".
CC.
More outsourcing to come in areas more sophisticated than in codemonkeydom.
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UBIK?
Post SCO door locks? Quote: "Joe Chip, in Ubik, is threatened with a lawsuit by his own front door, to whom he owes money".
YES.
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You buil(d)t your model just for yourself and the patent office; third parties have to sign non-disclosure agreements.
A little research told me that nowadays a model still helps (obviously in real-world engineering scenarios) if licensing is the goal as those who might be willing to buy want some proof that things work (economically).
CC.
... finally.
.de).
Now let us just hope that we ourselves do not conflict with any (coming) patent so that we can take full advantage.
More seriously (?):
Sony hasn't yet built a device that works based on the ideas presented in the patent, so this is all theoretical. In fact, according to the New Scientist, Sony hasn't even conducted any experiments to see if this works. Nonetheless, most of the reporting on this patent (see the Times Online and the original New Scientist peice) claim that some independent experts have said that the idea is plausible. There's no word yet on whether or not tinfoil will stop the ultrasonic brain rays.
Strange. I bet there are some among the crowd here who have "theoretical ideas" that level up with SONY. IIRC, in ancient times it was necessary to present a working model (at least here in
CC.
Compared to US patent lawyers, lawyers are pretty concise.
CC.
How much would they pay to have somebody give them clear, plain English instruction on what to do without the fat slice of contempt on the side?
Definitely the better question. However, especially "clear, plain" are not easy to achieve and defnitely beyond the scope of amateurs ("programming humans" to do things "right" - hard enough with hardware), but valuated (at least this is my bias) only miserably. Thus, incompetence rules when it comes to documentation (issues): those who could do well are engaged elsewhere, others resort (t)here.
CC.
... to learn more ? Not much, I believe.
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I shudder at the thought of less developed countries using this and selecting male kids like crazy ...
Why bother - this may solve some of the overpopulation issues, and for the rest one may ponder to have queer solutions.
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Part of this is due to the sheer ambitiousness of the Debian project. It attempts to do three times as much as any other distribution, and sometimes pulls it off.
May this be due to lack of some "management" implementing a philosophy (maybe an equivalent of CI) of "less is more" by proper "human engineering"?
CC.
P.S.: This definitely is not intended to be a troll.
They've been reprinted a number of times in books.
:)
Thank you for alerting me to a piece of US culture that obviously seems worth to get in touch with
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to keep a copy of the samples and flag that person ...
... equiv(convicted).
This is why nanotechnology is a good thing. It will enable you to remanufacture your layout.
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If you can ever find Walk Kelly's Pogo strips from the 70's, ...
...
Well, now you gave me something to chew on
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Do some analyses to enable you to categorize from an unlabeled sample.
<cyn> Imagine how useful that could be!</cyn>
I think some people are overwrought about their concerns.
Yes, I am.
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... or did the connotation of portable software change without notice ??
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ehr, i mean, you can compare m$ to america, but not to the SU.
To be precise, the question is not whether I may compare objects (whatever), but rather what definition of distance (similarity) I base my approach to concept formation (category building, clustering) on.
Here, I might have used something along the lines of "ruthless domination" and also probably (obviously?) had a more extended time-frame in mind than just the presence.
CC.
To me this has the strange touch of Cold War.
If you imagine that SU has been replaced by MS, you know who will win in the end.
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Unless you are in a state that cares about its worker population and vastly mandates overtime pay.
Having my suitcase ready please tell me where to go!
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Oh, well, I thought these days it goes without saying that overtime is not paid.
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