If you are into world-wide conspiracy theories spanning many decades, there's more plausible one: some oil industry shill planted the error in hopes it will trickle down and give "common sense folks" something to hatch on in rallying against AGW.
Much, much more likely; if only because insanely easier to do.
Still stupid. The story is about an error and scientists being humans (though they did catch it)
I'm sure average Haitian feels gratitude, it's just that you need a very small number of people for acts mentioned in TFS. And "we're starving, Dominicans are fairer game" is enough.
Uhm, this might be not simple targeting of random aid workers (or aid workers coming from your country, with which you seem to have biggest potential problem...), but specifically those coming from Dominican Republic. Some Haitians might feel antipathy towards them...
Perhaps it isn't so much about shooting aid volunteers as it is about shooting Dominicans. I imagine you can easily find some Hatinas that feel strong aversion towards them (easily manifested especially in such times?)
I'm curious why do you draw a line that way. iPhone merely manipulated bits. Itself (as well as car or pressure valve) can be represented by a stream of them. And any algorithm can end up as hardwired piece of equipment.
... Mozilla avoid H.264 on licensing cost and support for openness.
Opera avoid H.264 on licensing cost grounds....
Presenting this like Opera doesn't care about open web is insincere. Opera actively pushes for a web accessible to everybody (even includes many classes of devices usually omitted), proposed tag, were behind CSS, had probably one of the most strict "standards-only" rendering approach.
Vimeo always had higher bitrate in their videos than most video sites; somewhat important considering they are "artsy" kind of video site to a large degree.
I imagine that's still the case with HTML5/H264 video.
I guess you can manipulate the "world" of mold or soap bubbles so it will resemble the modeled scenario more. Certain spots more tasty & nutritious or the grid of points for soap with changed proportions, so that the more important hubs will be closer. Or relying on height to manipulate "strength" of each point.
So now only to find an organism which likes to visit every node on the map, and yet tries to omit already visited spots. A colony-like species preferably, to have large number of individual for statistical analysis...
Perhaps not quite. There are beetles forming spherical "boulders" of organic matter, that's quite close to wheel conceptually. Spherical plants moved by wind. And you can find even closer analogues in microorganisms...
The main problem with evolving large scale "proper" wheel, I guess, is of intermediate structures; apparently they were worse for survival then the alternatives.
She's both already. Don't want her to go into the so called "good looking" territory, there's a strong correlation between that and not being smart (and ugly without supporting tricks, for that matter).
It's not so clear-cut though. Certainly you have to remember that US is simply composed from people from around the world, continuing influx of which contributed greatly to this technological and cultural advancement (made possible also by "natural" circumstances). Heck, the majority who "left" in their home countries finance those advancements too, and often not merely as consumers (I hear large part of financing for many Hollywood productions comes from Germany, for example)
And all the general consequences that come with the urge of US to play an important role throughout the world.
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And...now I guess you expect somebody to list all the influences on blues, pop, folk, R&B and rock'n'roll from "outside" of US?
Time for gaming Last.fm?
Somebody who doesn't forgets Poland.
(even if traffic from there wasn't unusual in any way)
Don't you mean "is it bad *enough* to warrant all the time not spent doing other things?"?
If you are into world-wide conspiracy theories spanning many decades, there's more plausible one: some oil industry shill planted the error in hopes it will trickle down and give "common sense folks" something to hatch on in rallying against AGW.
Much, much more likely; if only because insanely easier to do.
Still stupid. The story is about an error and scientists being humans (though they did catch it)
I'm sure average Haitian feels gratitude, it's just that you need a very small number of people for acts mentioned in TFS. And "we're starving, Dominicans are fairer game" is enough.
Yeah, and in raw, uncontrolled communism there would be no way for self-appointed elite to get the government (of the people!!!) to be their thugs...
Or the elite themselves would simply be thugs (but certainly not corporations in raw capitalism, no way...)
If the state has no power to grant favors, it has no power to enforce contracts and copyrights; and pretty much no power at all.
If a balloon counts as a machine, so do soap bubbles...
Uhm, this might be not simple targeting of random aid workers (or aid workers coming from your country, with which you seem to have biggest potential problem...), but specifically those coming from Dominican Republic. Some Haitians might feel antipathy towards them...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihaitianismo
Perhaps it isn't so much about shooting aid volunteers as it is about shooting Dominicans. I imagine you can easily find some Hatinas that feel strong aversion towards them (easily manifested especially in such times?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihaitianismo
Though one would think /. isn't among the "popular press"...oh well.
I'm curious why do you draw a line that way. iPhone merely manipulated bits. Itself (as well as car or pressure valve) can be represented by a stream of them. And any algorithm can end up as hardwired piece of equipment.
...and then we'll be able to tell they're copying Opera ;)
(no, seriously: http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2009/12/31/re-introducing-video )
Plus you add at least some portion of Android phones to that...
...
Mozilla avoid H.264 on licensing cost and support for openness.
Opera avoid H.264 on licensing cost grounds. ...
Presenting this like Opera doesn't care about open web is insincere. Opera actively pushes for a web accessible to everybody (even includes many classes of devices usually omitted), proposed tag, were behind CSS, had probably one of the most strict "standards-only" rendering approach.
http://www.opera.com/company/vision/
http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2009/12/31/re-introducing-video
Somebody hasn't heard about Debian...
Vimeo always had higher bitrate in their videos than most video sites; somewhat important considering they are "artsy" kind of video site to a large degree.
I imagine that's still the case with HTML5/H264 video.
With the way Mozilla approaches branding of modified version, Firefox is already "NOT FREE". Ask Debian folks.
I guess you can manipulate the "world" of mold or soap bubbles so it will resemble the modeled scenario more. Certain spots more tasty & nutritious or the grid of points for soap with changed proportions, so that the more important hubs will be closer. Or relying on height to manipulate "strength" of each point.
So now only to find an organism which likes to visit every node on the map, and yet tries to omit already visited spots. A colony-like species preferably, to have large number of individual for statistical analysis...
Perhaps not quite. There are beetles forming spherical "boulders" of organic matter, that's quite close to wheel conceptually. Spherical plants moved by wind. And you can find even closer analogues in microorganisms...
The main problem with evolving large scale "proper" wheel, I guess, is of intermediate structures; apparently they were worse for survival then the alternatives.
She's both already. Don't want her to go into the so called "good looking" territory, there's a strong correlation between that and not being smart (and ugly without supporting tricks, for that matter).
Do you know of anybody who actually recalls Confucius in any way? That would be interesting...
Especially in Confucius-zombie manner mentioned by other posters.
It's not so clear-cut though. Certainly you have to remember that US is simply composed from people from around the world, continuing influx of which contributed greatly to this technological and cultural advancement (made possible also by "natural" circumstances). Heck, the majority who "left" in their home countries finance those advancements too, and often not merely as consumers (I hear large part of financing for many Hollywood productions comes from Germany, for example)
And all the general consequences that come with the urge of US to play an important role throughout the world.