IE 5.2 for Mac. As I remember it, it was a decent browser for the time. It used a different layout engine than IE for Windows (Tasman instead of Trident), and had really robust PNG support -- including full transparency in 24 bit PNGs. It also had a small memory footprint. It was superior to Netscape 4 in every way (apart from being from Microsoft).
I still fire it up every now and again to see how it copes with the modern web. It's not brilliant, but it's definitely usable.
But Wikipedia's internal search is the suckiest thing that ever sucked! Seriously, does anyone use it, instead of just sticking "wikipedia" into their Google search?
Yeah, it's where people (or "ppl") go to tell each other ("ur") that they are homosexual ("fags"), and that this sucks ("blows"), and that they are most amused at their own witticisms ("lolz").
Flash Video is unbelievably processor intensive (especially given it's pretty crappy quality), surely you've noticed that? Even on modern dual processor machines it can stutter and slow down other processes. If video could settle down like image formats, the web would be a better place for it.
Indeed--legged vehicles could have many uses in unpredictable/complex environments. But in controlled environments (such as where forklifts generally operate), wheels are more efficient.
Wow, that's a pretty strange definition. Almost pointless I'd say. An old G3 Powerbook would qualify--and let me tell you, they ain't no netbook.
I would define it something more like: an ultraportable laptop designed to maximize portability by using cheaper components rather than more expensive ones.
Gah! That's so common in technical topics on Wikipedia. The problem is that it is is written by undergrads and interested amateurs (I know, I'm one of them). Often they don't know the subject well enough to simplify it for a general audience, and are stuck putting it in the same language they learned it in. Simplifying a complex topic generally takes quite a degree of mastery, in order to know which simplifications are justifiable, and which would distort the concept too much.
Also, I think sometimes they like to show off by writing things people can't understand.
His estimates for the mass of Quetzalcoatlus is ridiculousness high, close to ten times it's mass estimated by a variety of other methods (including volume models, among others). You can pretty much chuck out his results based on that.
Note that they are aquatic. The extended neck posture found in virtually all terrestrial tetrapods probably has to do with getting a view above the ground, and being the most efficient posture. Neither of these things applies nearly so much under water,
I can't did up the reference right now, but it turns out the eneregy requirements for maintaining the long neck outweigh the cost of simply walking to the food.
You've missed the last ten years of science on sauropod neck posture, obviously. That anyone could let such an alarming gap form in their knowledge is alarming!
Most people who study the aerodynamics of pterosaurs don't think they would have had a problem flying in today's atmosphere. the thicker atmosphere stuff is definitely fringe science.
No, they didn't just look at giraffes--they looked at a wide variety of tetrapods, all of which hold their necks close to as they will go. It's seems that it's standard among land vertebrates, and isn't reflected in their vertebra.
The paper is here.... and a blog maintained by the authors giving you context and further information is the ever-exciting Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week or SV-POW!
But Peggy (fancy meeting you here!), you can sell that game a million times. I've bought heaps of 99c games--any higher and I probably wouldn't bother, it feels risky because I'd have expectations.
Nearly all comedies seem slow when they age. Watched an episode of Seinfeld a couple of months ago after a break of a few years, and it seemed painfully slow. I used to think Seinfeld got along at a cracking pace.
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IE 5.2 for Mac. As I remember it, it was a decent browser for the time. It used a different layout engine than IE for Windows (Tasman instead of Trident), and had really robust PNG support -- including full transparency in 24 bit PNGs. It also had a small memory footprint. It was superior to Netscape 4 in every way (apart from being from Microsoft).
I still fire it up every now and again to see how it copes with the modern web. It's not brilliant, but it's definitely usable.
But Wikipedia's internal search is the suckiest thing that ever sucked! Seriously, does anyone use it, instead of just sticking "wikipedia" into their Google search?
Yeah, it's where people (or "ppl") go to tell each other ("ur") that they are homosexual ("fags"), and that this sucks ("blows"), and that they are most amused at their own witticisms ("lolz").
Nope, OS X (10.5) on a dual 2.8Ghz iMac. There's no excuse for Flash video's failures.
Flash Video is unbelievably processor intensive (especially given it's pretty crappy quality), surely you've noticed that? Even on modern dual processor machines it can stutter and slow down other processes. If video could settle down like image formats, the web would be a better place for it.
... and trees! Wind turbines could balance out our deforestation.
Indeed--legged vehicles could have many uses in unpredictable/complex environments. But in controlled environments (such as where forklifts generally operate), wheels are more efficient.
It's very difficult to evolve wheels, and the concrete floors/roads that make them so efficient.
Wow, that's a pretty strange definition. Almost pointless I'd say. An old G3 Powerbook would qualify--and let me tell you, they ain't no netbook.
I would define it something more like: an ultraportable laptop designed to maximize portability by using cheaper components rather than more expensive ones.
If they are open access, yes.
Yes, but I'm going to bet cars cover more of the earth's surface than planes. They should be getting whacked quite a bit...
They aren't lightning rods! They're aerials to God!
Gah! That's so common in technical topics on Wikipedia. The problem is that it is is written by undergrads and interested amateurs (I know, I'm one of them). Often they don't know the subject well enough to simplify it for a general audience, and are stuck putting it in the same language they learned it in. Simplifying a complex topic generally takes quite a degree of mastery, in order to know which simplifications are justifiable, and which would distort the concept too much.
Also, I think sometimes they like to show off by writing things people can't understand.
His estimates for the mass of Quetzalcoatlus is ridiculousness high, close to ten times it's mass estimated by a variety of other methods (including volume models, among others). You can pretty much chuck out his results based on that.
But the cold war's coming back in! Yo've just got to hang out long enough, and everything old is new again.
Note that they are aquatic. The extended neck posture found in virtually all terrestrial tetrapods probably has to do with getting a view above the ground, and being the most efficient posture. Neither of these things applies nearly so much under water,
I can't did up the reference right now, but it turns out the eneregy requirements for maintaining the long neck outweigh the cost of simply walking to the food.
You've missed the last ten years of science on sauropod neck posture, obviously. That anyone could let such an alarming gap form in their knowledge is alarming!
That is in a forthcoming paper according to their blog SV-POW! (Sauropod Vertebra Picture Of the Week.)
Most people who study the aerodynamics of pterosaurs don't think they would have had a problem flying in today's atmosphere. the thicker atmosphere stuff is definitely fringe science.
No, they didn't just look at giraffes--they looked at a wide variety of tetrapods, all of which hold their necks close to as they will go. It's seems that it's standard among land vertebrates, and isn't reflected in their vertebra.
The paper is here. ... and a blog maintained by the authors giving you context and further information is the ever-exciting Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week or SV-POW!
What we need is browser virtualisation in the browser. A browser written in javascript perhaps? That would be elegant!
But Peggy (fancy meeting you here!), you can sell that game a million times. I've bought heaps of 99c games--any higher and I probably wouldn't bother, it feels risky because I'd have expectations.
"Average" can refer to median, mode, or mean.
Nearly all comedies seem slow when they age. Watched an episode of Seinfeld a couple of months ago after a break of a few years, and it seemed painfully slow. I used to think Seinfeld got along at a cracking pace.