Whoever's paying $550/acre is getting ripped off. The normal purchase price in SL is L$6 per square meter, which works out (at the current GOM exchange rate) to $97/acre.
Copying a group of files or renaming stuff is often faster in a GUI.
Of course, if you want to copy every html document from your browser cache that contains the word "forum", it's several orders of magnitude faster to do from the command line than from the GUI.
Um... "self-boiling?" Does that mean that it will boil of it's own accord? If that's the case, why aren't we using this stuff to power generators? (boiling sludge -> water -> vapor -> drives a turbine...)
"Self-boiling" means the radioactive waste generates so much heat as a result of decay that the solvents it's in are boiling. You wouldn't want to use this to power a turbine: it's neither hot enough nor reliable enough to efficiently boil water through a heat exchanger. Using it directly would be even worse: any leaks in the steam piping means radioactive waste spewing all over.
Maybe if the ads coming at me are targeted, I'll see fewer of them. The current "shotgun" approach certainly does nothing to keep the total number of ads down.
(on a side note, if advertisers got serious about targeted ads, people like you, who don't respond well to ads wouldn't get any)
Does there not already exist development systems that can handle code written in multiple languages? (e.g. some of the modules being written in C++, others in Pascal or whatever)
Most linkers have been able to do this for at least a decade. You feed the program into the "make" utility in whatever languages it's using. For each file, it runs the appropriate compiler, which produces object code in the appropriate format, usually using the C ABI. The linker then combines those object files with the appropriate libraries to produce an executable.
If you have an class already written that does what you need, you should be able to simply instantiate that object in the context you need it to run in, and then begin using it, COM style.
So I can use this to instantiate a "shell" object in the context of "root" with no problems?
A brief read of the article indicates that the author is trying to solve problems that don't exist, and as a result, is coming up with solutions that are worse than the supposed problems.
How high up the cell phone tower do you propose to build the server room?
Seriously, unless you're using WiFi links between your servers, you're putting servers in the service building for the tower, or you're building the data center within a few feet of the top of the cell tower, you won't have any problems.
Further, the metal cases of the servers function as very effective Faraday cages, so even if you were to set a server on top of the cell tower, the only risk would be that you get radio burns from accidentally touching the antenna.
Not neccessarily. There can be other factors inflating the price of land in a neighborhood. For example, when Detroit was proposing to build three casinos, the price of property in the proposed casino district tripled -- but it wasn't exactly areas worth robbing.
I can't quite put my finger on the article in the constitution which permits agents of the government to do this.
Nothing in the constitution says they can't. The outside aspect of a building, as viewed in the visible spectrum, is publicly-available information. There's no legal reason why the government can't make a database of it.
You don't need this database to do that: if you've lived in a city for a year or more, you probably have a good idea of which neighborhoods are rich, which are poor, and which are trouble spots. From there, you just drive through your target neighborhood looking for places that would make good targets. No need for a computer, and your surveillence will be more up-to-date.
Iguess it's a neat hack if that's the only way to communicate with your friend 4Km away, and you only have one friend (or your one friend has a nice network connection to the rest of the world and is willing to share).
An acquantance of mine is considering setting up something like this, since he can't get high-speed internet access -- too far for DSL, and the cable company hasn't upgraded his section of the network yet. However, a five-mile wireless link would let him work off someone else's high-speed connection -- it's just a matter of finding someone willing to help.
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Whoever's paying $550/acre is getting ripped off. The normal purchase price in SL is L$6 per square meter, which works out (at the current GOM exchange rate) to $97/acre.
Copying a group of files or renaming stuff is often faster in a GUI.
Of course, if you want to copy every html document from your browser cache that contains the word "forum", it's several orders of magnitude faster to do from the command line than from the GUI.
My Windows Media Player 6 isn't too happy, for that matter.
For someone who just wants sound, libSDL is a very large package to add to a program.
Too bad we can't use Google to search the brains of the geniuses who are pushing this bill through.
Don't you mean "search for"?
Um... "self-boiling?" Does that mean that it will boil of it's own accord? If that's the case, why aren't we using this stuff to power generators? (boiling sludge -> water -> vapor -> drives a turbine...)
"Self-boiling" means the radioactive waste generates so much heat as a result of decay that the solvents it's in are boiling. You wouldn't want to use this to power a turbine: it's neither hot enough nor reliable enough to efficiently boil water through a heat exchanger. Using it directly would be even worse: any leaks in the steam piping means radioactive waste spewing all over.
There are multiple arial flyover photographs available for every square foot of the United States. Guess what they use to make maps?
Maybe if the ads coming at me are targeted, I'll see fewer of them. The current "shotgun" approach certainly does nothing to keep the total number of ads down.
(on a side note, if advertisers got serious about targeted ads, people like you, who don't respond well to ads wouldn't get any)
The rule these days seems to be "if there's liquid water and an energy source, there's life".
You sure of that? Seems to me like he's trying to put nails in with the screwdriver.
Does there not already exist development systems that can handle code written in multiple languages?
(e.g. some of the modules being written in C++, others in Pascal or whatever)
Most linkers have been able to do this for at least a decade. You feed the program into the "make" utility in whatever languages it's using. For each file, it runs the appropriate compiler, which produces object code in the appropriate format, usually using the C ABI. The linker then combines those object files with the appropriate libraries to produce an executable.
It's up to 60 and only a little slow.
If you have an class already written that does what you need, you should be able to simply instantiate that object in the context you need it to run in, and then begin using it, COM style.
So I can use this to instantiate a "shell" object in the context of "root" with no problems?
Having worked with both XML and Lisp, I'd say that Lisp is easier to read.
A brief read of the article indicates that the author is trying to solve problems that don't exist, and as a result, is coming up with solutions that are worse than the supposed problems.
Read Amendment 9 to the COTUS. Any right not directly given to the government is retained by the People or the States.
You want a specific right in the Constitution? How about the "provide for the general welfare" section of article 1, section 8?
Blackjack hasn't been completely solved yet, but it's looking like perfect play may leave you with odds better than even.
The house makes its money off the fact that there are very few people who can manage perfect play.
This is the same BBC that forced Real to provide a free, no-nag, no-spyware, less-evil version of the player.
How high up the cell phone tower do you propose to build the server room?
Seriously, unless you're using WiFi links between your servers, you're putting servers in the service building for the tower, or you're building the data center within a few feet of the top of the cell tower, you won't have any problems.
Further, the metal cases of the servers function as very effective Faraday cages, so even if you were to set a server on top of the cell tower, the only risk would be that you get radio burns from accidentally touching the antenna.
Not neccessarily. There can be other factors inflating the price of land in a neighborhood. For example, when Detroit was proposing to build three casinos, the price of property in the proposed casino district tripled -- but it wasn't exactly areas worth robbing.
I can't quite put my finger on the article in the constitution which permits agents of the government to do this.
Nothing in the constitution says they can't. The outside aspect of a building, as viewed in the visible spectrum, is publicly-available information. There's no legal reason why the government can't make a database of it.
"Quake VI Arena: Columbine High School"
You don't need this database to do that: if you've lived in a city for a year or more, you probably have a good idea of which neighborhoods are rich, which are poor, and which are trouble spots. From there, you just drive through your target neighborhood looking for places that would make good targets. No need for a computer, and your surveillence will be more up-to-date.
Yes. This is just a database of publicly-available information: the outside appearances of buildings. No privacy or copyright concerns.
Iguess it's a neat hack if that's the only way to communicate with your friend 4Km away, and you only have one friend (or your one friend has a nice network connection to the rest of the world and is willing to share).
An acquantance of mine is considering setting up something like this, since he can't get high-speed internet access -- too far for DSL, and the cable company hasn't upgraded his section of the network yet. However, a five-mile wireless link would let him work off someone else's high-speed connection -- it's just a matter of finding someone willing to help.