I've never encountered an optical (CD/DVD) drive that didn't have the manual paperclip eject.
iBook. I have had to pull a CD out of a broken iBook drive with tweezers. As you might expect, that caused quite a few scratches. Fortunately I'd already ripped the contents of the CD.
There's at least one more "challenger" (I use the term loosely) in the form of JavaFX. The fact that you hadn't even heard of it says a lot about its potential for success.
I do think you're being unfair on Java applets, though. It took a long time for them to perform as originally hoped, but I think they're there now.
Bear in mind that a German team might ballot Germans rather than Americans. I think Colbert has rather less mindshare East of the Atlantic. If I had to make a guess I'd plump for Emergencium, as a play on the European emergency telephone number.
You're right that someone would have done, but installing hardware doesn't necessarily require installing software. Personally I would rather pay someone to install a new DVD drive in my laptop, but I can handle updating drivers (if necessary). Since the context of the story which is allegedly the subject of this thread, inasmuch as I can trust the summary and other comments here, was installation of a DVD drive I think it would be an unreasonable quibble.
I think it's a shame Slashdot can't go a month without someone submitting a "Which programming language is best?" flame war firestarter. This has been done to death.
More US children per capita live in poverty than any other nation in Western Europe.
Citation needed. Specifically, what is the definition of poverty in this statement, and what are your sources? Are the figures on which it's based all using the same definition? For example, I believe the definition of "poverty" which politicians use in the United Kingdom is such that there must always be children in poverty, even if every child in the country has a roof over their head, three square meals a day, and a personal TV.
Incidentally, "any other nation in Western Europe"? I take it that the "other" crept in by mistake?
I am strongly reminded of Judith in The Life of Brian:
Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
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My browser supports the game but doesn't seem to do key repeat, which means that at later levels you have to bash the keyboard. It's an interesting concept, but AFAIC it's not there yet.
It's even more messy than that. In many areas (climate change is one, but pretty much any area where people are trying to influence politicians) I know I'm not an expert and don't understand the real issues but I can also see that one or both sides of the debate are depending on invalid or misleading use of statistics. So it's even harder to work out who the experts are, because in their efforts to disseminate their knowledge some step out of their area of expertise and come across as incompetent.
In addition, the summary currently describes it as "an aluminum array of narrow-necked resonant cavities filed with water". Maybe someone has managed to create a cunning way of using water to smooth off rough surfaces, but I think it's more likely that the summary is missing a letter.
The submitter is likely not a native English speaker.
Anyone other than Slashdot one of the main jobs of an editor is to fix errors. Here they rely on the submitter and the howls of protest in the comments.
It's not necessary that there be a specific law prohibiting something for it to be illegal. At the very least a Ponzi scheme would constitute an offence of fraud by false representation under the Fraud Act 2006, and I would be surprised if it didn't also contravene earlier law. (I recall it being mentioned as illegal in a university lecture about 8 years ago but I don't think I still have the notes).
I have been asked when entering the US what food I had on me. And I know that taking even cut-up apples into Australia can land you in serious hot water. Island nations are understandably inclined to take quarantine seriously.
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The post I replied to said that Apple is *now* where Microsoft was in 1998.
In fairness, the post you replied to said that
when it comes to security measures, Apple is now at the point where Microsoft was in 1998
not, "when it comes to number of worms, viruses and trojans, ...".
I've never encountered an optical (CD/DVD) drive that didn't have the manual paperclip eject.
iBook. I have had to pull a CD out of a broken iBook drive with tweezers. As you might expect, that caused quite a few scratches. Fortunately I'd already ripped the contents of the CD.
Apple has a Spanish layout which is different to the standard one too.
It doesn't affect your main point about mortality rate, but this statement:
In fact, outside of the Americas, despite thousands of cases, no one has died at all.
ceased to be accurate on the day you posted it with the death of a Scottish lady.
There's at least one more "challenger" (I use the term loosely) in the form of JavaFX. The fact that you hadn't even heard of it says a lot about its potential for success.
I do think you're being unfair on Java applets, though. It took a long time for them to perform as originally hoped, but I think they're there now.
I haven't yet found a DVD where I can't skip past the FBI warnings in Xine.
Ah, the sweet sweet freedom to pay tax on CDRs they buy for backups, because they could be used to copy audio CDs.
I heard Bill Clinton doesn't inhale. Maybe they could use him as a case study...
Thanks. Hope someone mods your post informative.
Bear in mind that a German team might ballot Germans rather than Americans. I think Colbert has rather less mindshare East of the Atlantic. If I had to make a guess I'd plump for Emergencium, as a play on the European emergency telephone number.
You're right that someone would have done, but installing hardware doesn't necessarily require installing software. Personally I would rather pay someone to install a new DVD drive in my laptop, but I can handle updating drivers (if necessary). Since the context of the story which is allegedly the subject of this thread, inasmuch as I can trust the summary and other comments here, was installation of a DVD drive I think it would be an unreasonable quibble.
3. Use full-drive encryption. Not a panacea, but it is an extra hurdle.
I think it's a shame Slashdot can't go a month without someone submitting a "Which programming language is best?" flame war firestarter. This has been done to death.
More US children per capita live in poverty than any other nation in Western Europe.
Citation needed. Specifically, what is the definition of poverty in this statement, and what are your sources? Are the figures on which it's based all using the same definition? For example, I believe the definition of "poverty" which politicians use in the United Kingdom is such that there must always be children in poverty, even if every child in the country has a roof over their head, three square meals a day, and a personal TV.
Incidentally, "any other nation in Western Europe"? I take it that the "other" crept in by mistake?
What about people who don't drive and live in rented accommodation where they don't pay the bills?
I am strongly reminded of Judith in The Life of Brian:
Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
My browser supports the game but doesn't seem to do key repeat, which means that at later levels you have to bash the keyboard. It's an interesting concept, but AFAIC it's not there yet.
It's even more messy than that. In many areas (climate change is one, but pretty much any area where people are trying to influence politicians) I know I'm not an expert and don't understand the real issues but I can also see that one or both sides of the debate are depending on invalid or misleading use of statistics. So it's even harder to work out who the experts are, because in their efforts to disseminate their knowledge some step out of their area of expertise and come across as incompetent.
In addition, the summary currently describes it as "an aluminum array of narrow-necked resonant cavities filed with water". Maybe someone has managed to create a cunning way of using water to smooth off rough surfaces, but I think it's more likely that the summary is missing a letter.
The submitter is likely not a native English speaker.
Anyone other than Slashdot one of the main jobs of an editor is to fix errors. Here they rely on the submitter and the howls of protest in the comments.
They'd have to update the airport locations in real time.
Airports don't tend to move particularly fast relative to their surroundings.
I not only thought that but also, "I hope they paid his airfare". It was quite disappointing to find out that they did.
It's not necessary that there be a specific law prohibiting something for it to be illegal. At the very least a Ponzi scheme would constitute an offence of fraud by false representation under the Fraud Act 2006, and I would be surprised if it didn't also contravene earlier law. (I recall it being mentioned as illegal in a university lecture about 8 years ago but I don't think I still have the notes).
I have been asked when entering the US what food I had on me. And I know that taking even cut-up apples into Australia can land you in serious hot water. Island nations are understandably inclined to take quarantine seriously.