Go through or go throw? I presume the former, in which case I have to say that the idea that passports aren't checked is a stupid one - and I hope it doesn't become reality. They have photos in them for a reason, and it's not to give the guys at passport control a good laugh.
I had to renew my (UK) passport a couple of weeks ago anyway, but I'm glad I did because shortly after I sent it off I saw in the news that Blunkett's planning on designating passports as national ID cards (in the ID scheme which still hasn't been put before Parliament: insert mutter about governments with big majorities).
Java has strong typing; its references differ from pointers in that you can't do arithmetic so array access always requires bounds checking (shock horror!); and memory is dynamically allocated by the "new" keyword.
You didn't see the title of the story and think it was about a new antiseptic, then?
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The General Public License gives you a license to use that code under certain terms.
Almost true. It gives you a license to distribute that code, under certain terms. No license is needed to use a copy.
Depends on jurisdiction. Legal opinion in the UK is divided as to whether one requires a licence to execute a copyrighted program, as execution creates a temporary copy in memory.
It is sometimes the case (I'm not sure whether it is currently) that Trinity College, Cambridge has had more Nobel Laureates than France, but which do you think has a nicer climate?
You and they alike are confusing accuracy with precision. In terms of single numbers (rather than number-plus-error-margin) precision corresponds to the number of significant digits and accuracy corresponds to the number which are correct.
We grammar Nazis aren't all mean-spirited pedants unable to make allowances for foreigners, and the use of "catched" rather than "caught" is a clear indication that the grandparent post wasn't written by a native English speaker. Do you, on the other hand, have any excuse for failing to capitalise "Nazi", or must our collective wrath descend on you?
I started reading the ACME paper and got as far as the second paragraph:
Acme attaches distinct functions to the three mouse buttons: the left selects text; the middle executes textual commands; and the right combines context search and file opening functions to integrate the various applications and files in the system.
Why do I get the impression that he doesn't use a Mac? (Yes, I know one can emulate three buttons by using Ctrl and Option, but that surely defeats the point).
I'm a geek, and I'm not a Google fanboy. I don't have a gmail account (1 gig? Big deal - my HDD's bigger than that. Searchable? Big deal - pine can do that). I use decent browsers, so I don't need the toolbar, not that I'd be able to use it if I wanted to. (Well, I suppose WINE might support it). My approach to finding things on my HDD is to have a logical directory structure. So what useful product does Google have other than its WWW and Usenet search?
I wasn't saying that we would retain a 1960s civilisation level: just that a 1960s civilisation level seems more likely than an 1880s civilisation level.
If an asteroid hits Earth, how likely is it that we'd end up with 19C civilisation? There are millions of copies of undergraduate lecture notes which contain enough detail to replicate 1960s technology, but probably fewer copies of good diagrams for steam engines.
That one's controversial - it seems that every two months or so new research is published on the effect of moderate consumption of certain alcoholic drinks on longevity. Wasn't the latest one that beer has the same positive effects on cancer rates as red wine?
perhaps because European schools are good enough that no one wants to come here instead?
I can't speak for the education systems of Continental Europe, but here in Britain we specialise earlier than in the U.S., with the result that our bachelors' degrees are roughly equivalent to your masters' degrees. Our Ph.Ds are roughly equivalent to your Ph.Ds, but the average time to complete them is between 3 and 3.5 years rather than between 5 and 7. And if we're studying here we can get financial support from the government. There are some Brits who go to the U.S. for undergraduate study, but they're mainly rich kids and not necessarily interested in actually studying. When it comes to postgraduate study, there's probably more incentive because some American universities have better facilities than British ones, but it's a trade-off.
I don't deny it, but it's not full-term employment in the sense in which the phrase was used in the post to which I was responding, and it doesn't count towards statistics on the workforce, which is the word I used.
HALF OF THE WORKING-AGE POPULATION IS NOT EMPLOYED FULL-TIME
Didn't it use to be that way before women's lib? In fact, AIUI here in Britain the thing which really got women into the workforce was WWII, because with the able-bodied men all off fighting women were needed for food and weaponry production.
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Go through or go throw? I presume the former, in which case I have to say that the idea that passports aren't checked is a stupid one - and I hope it doesn't become reality. They have photos in them for a reason, and it's not to give the guys at passport control a good laugh.
I had to renew my (UK) passport a couple of weeks ago anyway, but I'm glad I did because shortly after I sent it off I saw in the news that Blunkett's planning on designating passports as national ID cards (in the ID scheme which still hasn't been put before Parliament: insert mutter about governments with big majorities).
Java has strong typing; its references differ from pointers in that you can't do arithmetic so array access always requires bounds checking (shock horror!); and memory is dynamically allocated by the "new" keyword.
The University of Cambridge starts with SML, and then after a term follows on with Java.
You didn't see the title of the story and think it was about a new antiseptic, then?
It is sometimes the case (I'm not sure whether it is currently) that Trinity College, Cambridge has had more Nobel Laureates than France, but which do you think has a nicer climate?
Whaddya mean? Gimme my genes back!
*ahem* "Fewer", not "less". We apologise for the interruption: normal service will now resume.
You and they alike are confusing accuracy with precision. In terms of single numbers (rather than number-plus-error-margin) precision corresponds to the number of significant digits and accuracy corresponds to the number which are correct.
Actually, Torah provided for protection of those who killed another without malice aforethought. See Deut 19:1-13 (KJV, NIV).
Some software did fall under US export restrictions the last time I looked into the matter.
"apt-get install telnet-ssl" works for me. You could be cunning, BTW, and pipe through "sed 's%<[^>]*>%%g'" to remove most of the HTML markup.
s/perhaps Germany/the entire EU/ and you're nearer to the truth.
We grammar Nazis aren't all mean-spirited pedants unable to make allowances for foreigners, and the use of "catched" rather than "caught" is a clear indication that the grandparent post wasn't written by a native English speaker. Do you, on the other hand, have any excuse for failing to capitalise "Nazi", or must our collective wrath descend on you?
I always kick the door down, because someone might have attached a trap to the knob.
I wasn't saying that we would retain a 1960s civilisation level: just that a 1960s civilisation level seems more likely than an 1880s civilisation level.
If an asteroid hits Earth, how likely is it that we'd end up with 19C civilisation? There are millions of copies of undergraduate lecture notes which contain enough detail to replicate 1960s technology, but probably fewer copies of good diagrams for steam engines.
Actually, Richard Garfield is on the design team for Control. (See Q&A for 8th June).
I don't deny it, but it's not full-term employment in the sense in which the phrase was used in the post to which I was responding, and it doesn't count towards statistics on the workforce, which is the word I used.