I find it amazing and worrisome that an object that size can get so close to Earth and hit Jupiter without astronomers learning about it until after the fact. To me, it is an indication that current near-earth object surveillance systems are not worth much.
Unlike radio/tv broadcasting, the Internet suffers from bandwidth limitations so I guess traffic shaping is something we should expect sooner or later. But the issue is, ISPs sell "unlimited" access packages and that's misleading. They should clearly indicate that for this and that particular software they apply traffic shaping.
Python is a scripting language. FORTRAN is a language for high performance computing. Engineering, Physics, Chemistry need high performance computational tools. Has anyone ever tried performing Molecular Dynamics simulations in Python? I didn't think so.
A paper textbook has its advantages, for example: it doesn't require power (electricity, that is); it doesn't require an expensive electronic reader; it is not covered by DRM (I can lend it to a friend w/o RIAA et al. coming after me); and can be annotated with a pencil!
For Android OS to really take off an alternate window manager (native, non-Dalvik/Java-based) is required that would allow applications to run in native mode, even if Google don't support it.
My phone company provides this service for $5 a month. One cell phone can GPS-locate another cell phone twice a month. There is a setup step where a confirmation must be send from each handset.
What is annoying is that it's installed without warnings or questions asked. The good part may be that it provides (or could provide) some functionality and M$ is finally acknowledging the percentage of Firefox users out there.
I am talking about one of the oldest experiments carried out in plants. When one plant is injured a voltage spike is measured across the leaves of a plant sitting nearby. It was determined that UV mediate this communication between plants by alternatively placing quartz and glass separators between them. As you know, UV can pass through quartz but not regular glass.
"something that no other astronaut has ever done before" -- this is not true; human urine and sweat have been recycled aboard manned spacecrafts from the very beginning of spaceflight.
Obviously, M$ must be creative to recoup their Vista development costs. But if it's true then I guess Dell are afraid they will have to cut down on their own costs/profits, just to keep the total price down.
This theoretical discussion is sterile. Let me give you an example. I work for the government (=large corporate environment). I can check my email and even run a couple programs from home over the Internet in a Web browser using the Citrix "add-on". But at work, I had my XP desktop computer upgraded recently to 2 GB of RAM and a dual-core CPU @ 2.4 GHz because the previous one had performance issues. The databases are internal, running on corporate servers on the Intranet. But none of the desktop computers at work use Citrix in a Web browser. None. Because of performance issues. Because of incompatibility issues. Because of features that Web servers don't provide. All of my colleagues are getting upgrades for their desktop computers. If it were possible to dream the "Web-based" dream then we would all have thin clients.
To me, "Web" means over/on-the-internet. To you, apparently, it means in-a-web-browser. The web browser is just a client for a server using a particular communication protocol. The client-server model has been around for a while, only the protocol changed in time and a popular one these days happens to be http.
Linux should not be compared to Windows or MacOS X. There are many Linux distros just like there many car makes and models. There is no backward compatibility or part swapping in cars, yet people buy and drive them them. Despite its pitfalls, the Linux desktop can be packaged and sold around a specific, targeted solution. Check out the Linux Appliance Construction Kit (http://susestudio.com). And don't forget that Qt is LGPL as of release 4.5.
I've heard and read that mantra ten years ago. The future is not web-based because no large corporation will put/send/store their sensitive stuff (as in trade secrets) on any other corporation's web servers. Not even email. Ever.
Vista is an OS that has reached SP2. Windows 7 is still on the drawing board. Does it makes sense to encourage adoption of Windows 7 rather than Vista? That's senseless.
But who determines that a copy of the game is worth $50 rather than $35? This is the center of the piracy issue, yet it is never discussed.
In a real market economy then there would be a process of price negotiation between seller and buyer. "Negotiation" is the key concept here. The "market" was originally a place where seller and buyer sat face to face negotiating the price of an item. There is virtually no negotiation in the "market economy" today. I know corporations that preferred to go belly up rather than lower the price of their products. It costs next to nothing to clone a DVD, or even some small electronic devices. Instead of adapting to the actual demand by lowering prices, companies prefer to alienate their customers with DRM.
Intellectual Property (IP) is a new form of property that is here to stay. Therefore, so are IP protection and DRM. Unfortunately, what we see most often is abuse, from both camps.
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I wonder, who needs that?
I find it amazing and worrisome that an object that size can get so close to Earth and hit Jupiter without astronomers learning about it until after the fact. To me, it is an indication that current near-earth object surveillance systems are not worth much.
I don't know about Edison but Tesla certainly carried out experiments proving that wireless energy transfer is possible.
Unlike radio/tv broadcasting, the Internet suffers from bandwidth limitations so I guess traffic shaping is something we should expect sooner or later. But the issue is, ISPs sell "unlimited" access packages and that's misleading. They should clearly indicate that for this and that particular software they apply traffic shaping.
On the contrary, now that it's public information this "security gap" has probably already been dealt with by the authorities.
Python is a scripting language. FORTRAN is a language for high performance computing. Engineering, Physics, Chemistry need high performance computational tools. Has anyone ever tried performing Molecular Dynamics simulations in Python? I didn't think so.
A paper textbook has its advantages, for example: it doesn't require power (electricity, that is); it doesn't require an expensive electronic reader; it is not covered by DRM (I can lend it to a friend w/o RIAA et al. coming after me); and can be annotated with a pencil!
For Android OS to really take off an alternate window manager (native, non-Dalvik/Java-based) is required that would allow applications to run in native mode, even if Google don't support it.
My phone company provides this service for $5 a month. One cell phone can GPS-locate another cell phone twice a month. There is a setup step where a confirmation must be send from each handset.
What is annoying is that it's installed without warnings or questions asked. The good part may be that it provides (or could provide) some functionality and M$ is finally acknowledging the percentage of Firefox users out there.
Delphi and Lazarus/FPC.
I am talking about one of the oldest experiments carried out in plants. When one plant is injured a voltage spike is measured across the leaves of a plant sitting nearby. It was determined that UV mediate this communication between plants by alternatively placing quartz and glass separators between them. As you know, UV can pass through quartz but not regular glass.
Troll? Man, you should start reading science books. Most of human knowledge is not on the Net but in those "old" printed books.
It is common knowledge that plants (can) communicate through UV radiation.
grad a dictionary of astronomy and astronautics and you'll find the info.
"something that no other astronaut has ever done before" -- this is not true; human urine and sweat have been recycled aboard manned spacecrafts from the very beginning of spaceflight.
Obviously, M$ must be creative to recoup their Vista development costs. But if it's true then I guess Dell are afraid they will have to cut down on their own costs/profits, just to keep the total price down.
This theoretical discussion is sterile. Let me give you an example. I work for the government (=large corporate environment). I can check my email and even run a couple programs from home over the Internet in a Web browser using the Citrix "add-on". But at work, I had my XP desktop computer upgraded recently to 2 GB of RAM and a dual-core CPU @ 2.4 GHz because the previous one had performance issues. The databases are internal, running on corporate servers on the Intranet. But none of the desktop computers at work use Citrix in a Web browser. None. Because of performance issues. Because of incompatibility issues. Because of features that Web servers don't provide. All of my colleagues are getting upgrades for their desktop computers. If it were possible to dream the "Web-based" dream then we would all have thin clients.
To me, "Web" means over/on-the-internet. To you, apparently, it means in-a-web-browser. The web browser is just a client for a server using a particular communication protocol. The client-server model has been around for a while, only the protocol changed in time and a popular one these days happens to be http.
The intranet has always been there, and it doesn't need a Web to run. The client-server paradigm is as old as computing (remember the PDPs).
Linux should not be compared to Windows or MacOS X. There are many Linux distros just like there many car makes and models. There is no backward compatibility or part swapping in cars, yet people buy and drive them them. Despite its pitfalls, the Linux desktop can be packaged and sold around a specific, targeted solution. Check out the Linux Appliance Construction Kit (http://susestudio.com). And don't forget that Qt is LGPL as of release 4.5.
I've heard and read that mantra ten years ago. The future is not web-based because no large corporation will put/send/store their sensitive stuff (as in trade secrets) on any other corporation's web servers. Not even email. Ever.
Vista is an OS that has reached SP2. Windows 7 is still on the drawing board. Does it makes sense to encourage adoption of Windows 7 rather than Vista? That's senseless.
In a real market economy then there would be a process of price negotiation between seller and buyer. "Negotiation" is the key concept here. The "market" was originally a place where seller and buyer sat face to face negotiating the price of an item. There is virtually no negotiation in the "market economy" today. I know corporations that preferred to go belly up rather than lower the price of their products. It costs next to nothing to clone a DVD, or even some small electronic devices. Instead of adapting to the actual demand by lowering prices, companies prefer to alienate their customers with DRM.
Intellectual Property (IP) is a new form of property that is here to stay. Therefore, so are IP protection and DRM. Unfortunately, what we see most often is abuse, from both camps.
The reason for discontinuation may be that, without sperm production the male "peak experience" is probably less intense.