TI be honest, I've just had a go at the "puzzle" (I suspect having it on slashdot was the main post of all this "statistics"). It is just poor, like sudoku, which I already find boring, but worst. It is harder to find out what the rules are that to actually solve it. And the website looks really amateurish. Really, do not waste you time with this puzzle, no matter which browser you use. BTW, I personally use opera.
Setting up 10 boxes with 4 cpus each is just ridiculous, don't forget you'll have to maintain each of them forever. Actually for about the same price you can buy a IBM server with 4 sockets and 8 cores in each socket (total 32 cpus), with a couple of GB of RAM for cpu. Maybe even two of those server, if you can get a good deal and are satisfied with a bit less RAM and a slightly slower cpu.
Talking about mixed cpu/gpu, it is very fashionable at the moment, but it is expensive and requires specific programming: in the end a gpu is just a cpu, just optimized to perform better in some very specific cases (and much worse in others). I have the feeling it is just buzzword used to make you feel your hardware is not adequate, but only time will tell.
Plenty I'm sure. I always find it ironic though that a reader base that so resolutely defends the GPL will often advocate the violation other licenses.
I also find ironic that vegetarians often advocate the consumption of tofu. You see, if they do not eat meat they should be coherent and not eat anything else either.
In other words: some EULA are absurd and likely legally unenforceable. Some others are reasonable in providing a trade-off between the rights of the copyright holder and the rights of the user.
... most of the cost is a display good for at least 10 years of operation, and it's permanently attached to proprietary hardware that'll be obsolete in 3.
Not really true: if you use one of those for heavy duty calculations, the heat produced by the CPU nd disk will ruin the LCD monitor in slightly more than one year; I've seen this happen to more than one at my workplace. On the other hand, if all you use is the web browser and keynote, it will still be powerful enough in 10 years.
If I got it correctly, LogMeIn is some kind of remote-desktop application. If this is the case, just fire up the browser and check facebook, chances are he logged in as himself and left the session open. You may also be able to upload the browser history somewhere (e.g. dropbox) than retrieve it and analyse it.
Even if I'm not a big fan of web service, i.e. I detest webmails, I suggest this wonderful web-based alternative: imo.im. Its killer feature is that it is compatible with skype and can let you make and receive voice and video calls in-browser using only the flash plugin.
Of course it also supports other protocols, included MSN, goole talk and, facebook chat up to a total of 9. Accounts can be linked together so you only need to login with one. There is also a downloadable client but, afaik, only for windows and an android client, which does not allow voice calls (yet?). I regularly use it at my office (where installing skype is forbidden)
I'm a long-time KDE lover, but I have to use gnome at work and I do not dislike it too much.
At the moment I do think it is lagging behind, but I know that Gnome 3.0 is on the way and it may be the revolution and modernization it needs. We will see.
the article (and its summary here on slashdot) states:
symbols that represent words or ideas, not dissimilar from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
unfortunately hieroglyphics compose a phonetic alphabet, not dissimilar from the roman or the cyrillic ones, with only a few ideograms for very common names. The idea that hieroglyphics are a graphical alphabet was very popular before the 1820s, when this writing started to be deciphered; archaeologists went as far as providing colourful "translations" from the graphical aspect of the signs.
I don't "experience" the internet, I use it. On the same line: I experience the wind in the hair, but I use it to push my boat where there are no 3G networks
I've seen that kind of saw at work, it is designed to stop automatically when hitting the soft cotton tissue that's between the cast and the skin. If the UK doc didn't want to use it they were likely unsure about the kind of cast; if the saw doesn't hit on the specific kind of tissue it may not stop and hence, cut the skin.
BTW, spitting a judgment on an entire health care system based on a single anecdote is a bit pretentious.
Bullshit, you should try one of these non-lethal shocks before you decide. And mind that tension in Europe is generally higher that in the USA. Furthermore, even the best circuit breaker cannot save you if you get shocked between the two active wires.
Personally I support the Italian plug, I find it very elegant and space-saving and all my plugs are like that.
It does not include images, and all the integration with Wikimedia Commons, the Wiktionary and other projects. Last but not least, it does not update as wikiepdia is edited.
To be completely fair, many EU countries has a much higher VAT (or sale tax) than the USA, and the USA price usually does not include it, while the "European" price does. Yet, even in the most dramatic case, like Denmark or Italy, where VAT is 25% and 20% respectively, it is still only a small percentage than the difference.
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TI be honest, I've just had a go at the "puzzle" (I suspect having it on slashdot was the main post of all this "statistics"). It is just poor, like sudoku, which I already find boring, but worst. It is harder to find out what the rules are that to actually solve it. And the website looks really amateurish. Really, do not waste you time with this puzzle, no matter which browser you use. BTW, I personally use opera.
Setting up 10 boxes with 4 cpus each is just ridiculous, don't forget you'll have to maintain each of them forever. Actually for about the same price you can buy a IBM server with 4 sockets and 8 cores in each socket (total 32 cpus), with a couple of GB of RAM for cpu. Maybe even two of those server, if you can get a good deal and are satisfied with a bit less RAM and a slightly slower cpu.
Talking about mixed cpu/gpu, it is very fashionable at the moment, but it is expensive and requires specific programming: in the end a gpu is just a cpu, just optimized to perform better in some very specific cases (and much worse in others). I have the feeling it is just buzzword used to make you feel your hardware is not adequate, but only time will tell.
I'm not sure how many digits are in my ID, could you count them and send me the result by email?
Plenty I'm sure. I always find it ironic though that a reader base that so resolutely defends the GPL will often advocate the violation other licenses.
I also find ironic that vegetarians often advocate the consumption of tofu. You see, if they do not eat meat they should be coherent and not eat anything else either. In other words: some EULA are absurd and likely legally unenforceable. Some others are reasonable in providing a trade-off between the rights of the copyright holder and the rights of the user.
... most of the cost is a display good for at least 10 years of operation, and it's permanently attached to proprietary hardware that'll be obsolete in 3.
Not really true: if you use one of those for heavy duty calculations, the heat produced by the CPU nd disk will ruin the LCD monitor in slightly more than one year; I've seen this happen to more than one at my workplace. On the other hand, if all you use is the web browser and keynote, it will still be powerful enough in 10 years.
tl; dr
try compressing your comment for greater readability
If I got it correctly, LogMeIn is some kind of remote-desktop application. If this is the case, just fire up the browser and check facebook, chances are he logged in as himself and left the session open. You may also be able to upload the browser history somewhere (e.g. dropbox) than retrieve it and analyse it.
Unfortunately my dog ate the benchmarks when I was about to post them. I'll send you a dietary supplement of humour instead.
I'm disappointed, everybody knows that when the going get tough FORTRAN get going
Disclaimer: I'm not an Ekiga developer, but I have helped them trace a bug.
That's not a disclaimer, but a disclosure.
Even if I'm not a big fan of web service, i.e. I detest webmails, I suggest this wonderful web-based alternative: imo.im. Its killer feature is that it is compatible with skype and can let you make and receive voice and video calls in-browser using only the flash plugin.
Of course it also supports other protocols, included MSN, goole talk and, facebook chat up to a total of 9. Accounts can be linked together so you only need to login with one. There is also a downloadable client but, afaik, only for windows and an android client, which does not allow voice calls (yet?). I regularly use it at my office (where installing skype is forbidden)
I'm a long-time KDE lover, but I have to use gnome at work and I do not dislike it too much.
At the moment I do think it is lagging behind, but I know that Gnome 3.0 is on the way and it may be the revolution and modernization it needs. We will see.
Did you learn sophism from an epicurean? Game are not serious things, but legal lawsuits are!
You can also just use FORTRAN:
IF(signal_strength .lt. 3) signal_strength = 3
the article (and its summary here on slashdot) states:
symbols that represent words or ideas, not dissimilar from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
unfortunately hieroglyphics compose a phonetic alphabet, not dissimilar from the roman or the cyrillic ones, with only a few ideograms for very common names. The idea that hieroglyphics are a graphical alphabet was very popular before the 1820s, when this writing started to be deciphered; archaeologists went as far as providing colourful "translations" from the graphical aspect of the signs.
the iPhone was the best 'internet experience'
I don't "experience" the internet, I use it. On the same line: I experience the wind in the hair, but I use it to push my boat where there are no 3G networks
Once you can read, you can also write. I've learned it at schools some 20 years ago
It looks like it could do some damage to skin...
I've seen that kind of saw at work, it is designed to stop automatically when hitting the soft cotton tissue that's between the cast and the skin. If the UK doc didn't want to use it they were likely unsure about the kind of cast; if the saw doesn't hit on the specific kind of tissue it may not stop and hence, cut the skin. BTW, spitting a judgment on an entire health care system based on a single anecdote is a bit pretentious.
I can't say I've written "shitty code"
We know you can't say, and we know you did
Change the locale setting of OpenOffice; if you are Italian you can change it to Swiss Italian.
Bullshit, you should try one of these non-lethal shocks before you decide. And mind that tension in Europe is generally higher that in the USA. Furthermore, even the best circuit breaker cannot save you if you get shocked between the two active wires. Personally I support the Italian plug, I find it very elegant and space-saving and all my plugs are like that.
I love a bit of crystalline Oxygen di-hydrure in my cocktails
Not to talk about pyramids: they did not turn profitable for more than 4000 years
It does not include images, and all the integration with Wikimedia Commons, the Wiktionary and other projects. Last but not least, it does not update as wikiepdia is edited.
To be completely fair, many EU countries has a much higher VAT (or sale tax) than the USA, and the USA price usually does not include it, while the "European" price does. Yet, even in the most dramatic case, like Denmark or Italy, where VAT is 25% and 20% respectively, it is still only a small percentage than the difference.