In most of Europe, periods are used as thousands-separators in the same way we Americans use commas.
However, when one writes in English, one should obey the English punctuation rules. The number should be written as 510.072.000 in a German or Polish text, but once the text is translated to English, the number gets "translated" too, yielding 510,072,000. Same goes with the long and short scales: English "134.5 billion" is French "134,5 milliard".
Same with the states having "Democratic" in their names. I'd prefer to live in the Republic of Korea rather than in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and in Federal Republic of Germany rather than in German Democratic Republic.
The SMS to minute-of-phone-call price ratio in Poland is more or less the same, but since most operators charge the calls using 1 second as the quantum (X seconds of conversation cost you X / 60 * price-per-minute), then a call that lasts 10 seconds is usually cheaper than an SMS. OTOH, the price-oriented may still prefer to send SMSes, since there's no "risk" of engaging in a longer conversation.
Anyway, I think the "call or text" choice more often depends on habits and current environment, not the cost.
So if this sucker threw 10FC at 1 foot, at 2 feet that intensity has dropped to 3.2. At 4 feet, 1.8. So if that 50" screen requires you to be 8 feet back.. forget about it.
Right. You'd need at least a beowulf cluster of these...
Also, the probability of over 1,001 "coinicidences" occurring that day (to those of us who've had the higher maths) goes to inifite improbability. Those of us who've had the higher maths disagree... It's finite.
Has anyone verified that the IMEI is actually inserted into that field in the URL when the widget runs?
From the article:
Any attempts to modify the URL to exclude the IMEI information will not allow you to retrieve any information in the "Stocks" and "Weather" apps.
In case of Gmail, for example, the "beta" status is necessary if Google wants to keep the "invitation only" policy (otherwise, how would they justify the resticted access?)
You may call it a conspiracy theory, but I think it might be in Google's interest to keep the "invitation only" scheme.
First of all, they might benefit from the invitation scheme by learning about the ways a product propagates in the Internet.
Besides, since Gmail users are not totally anonymous (they were invited by someone, who was invited by...), the current policy discourages illegal usage of Gmail, which saves Google some trouble.
Of course, it is just a theory, maybe they really are just fixing the bugs and adding some cool new features...
However, when a feature like this becomes popular, or at least known to the bosses, it will actually be easier for them to track down IM users. It is easier to notice a blinking mouse, than it is to to notice a blinking icon somewhere on the screen.
My bet is, the mouse might be useful at night, when one works with lights out: the flashing button will be noticed even without looking at it.
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In most of Europe, periods are used as thousands-separators in the same way we Americans use commas.
However, when one writes in English, one should obey the English punctuation rules. The number should be written as 510.072.000 in a German or Polish text, but once the text is translated to English, the number gets "translated" too, yielding 510,072,000. Same goes with the long and short scales: English "134.5 billion" is French "134,5 milliard".
Same with the states having "Democratic" in their names. I'd prefer to live in the Republic of Korea rather than in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and in Federal Republic of Germany rather than in German Democratic Republic.
You know him!
The SMS to minute-of-phone-call price ratio in Poland is more or less the same, but since most operators charge the calls using 1 second as the quantum (X seconds of conversation cost you X / 60 * price-per-minute), then a call that lasts 10 seconds is usually cheaper than an SMS. OTOH, the price-oriented may still prefer to send SMSes, since there's no "risk" of engaging in a longer conversation.
Anyway, I think the "call or text" choice more often depends on habits and current environment, not the cost.
Has anyone verified that the IMEI is actually inserted into that field in the URL when the widget runs?
From the article: Any attempts to modify the URL to exclude the IMEI information will not allow you to retrieve any information in the "Stocks" and "Weather" apps.
It seems that the author did...
According to Alexa, Kvasir is #25 in Norway, while Google is #2 (Facebook being #1).
See: http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?cc=NO&ts_mode=country&lang=none
In case of Gmail, for example, the "beta" status is necessary if Google wants to keep the "invitation only" policy (otherwise, how would they justify the resticted access?)
You may call it a conspiracy theory, but I think it might be in Google's interest to keep the "invitation only" scheme.
First of all, they might benefit from the invitation scheme by learning about the ways a product propagates in the Internet.
Besides, since Gmail users are not totally anonymous (they were invited by someone, who was invited by...), the current policy discourages illegal usage of Gmail, which saves Google some trouble.
Of course, it is just a theory, maybe they really are just fixing the bugs and adding some cool new features...
However, when a feature like this becomes popular, or at least known to the bosses, it will actually be easier for them to track down IM users. It is easier to notice a blinking mouse, than it is to to notice a blinking icon somewhere on the screen.
My bet is, the mouse might be useful at night, when one works with lights out: the flashing button will be noticed even without looking at it.