i know a couple more people blocking ads, but that's just because they are also more into it:)
as for ads, i only block them manually and i only block them if they annoy me enough. that includes js popups, too annoying images etc. i haven't blocked google text ads, but i think i blocked their image ads because they were too distracting from actual content on some site. so it's simple - make your ads non-annoying and maybe even interesting, and more people will see them. make them larger, brighter and more inyourface - and you will drive people to block that crap.
when i was in south africa, i was told that in central johannesburg people sometimes get robbed of their cars. stop at the red light, two cars come. one stops in front of you, one behind you, a couple of guys with guns throw you out of your car. "traffic accidents" would not be enough:)
a) contact those users, try to find out (politely) what they are doing; b) if that does not work, contact osm data working group, let them know your concerns : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group
nothing new there - obviously, such disputes do happen in osm.
a) territorial. think india/pakistan, china, russia... these tend to be settled by drawing both/all suggested borders in many cases b) naming. usually, which language will be the default (main) for some feature. russian names in ukraine or belarus, french here or there. these either tend to be settled by making the 'main' name include all suggested ones (lang1/lang2), or just not having main at all (and only having language-specific names)
those are not the only disputes - there are discussions about level of detail to be mapped and so on.
interestingly, a rather large discussion happened in russia where people drew in known military sites, then somebody else threatened to delete those. i think those sites were not removed, but did not follow that much.
the main point - sure, disagreements do happen, but osm project seems to deal with them quite reasonably so far
not sure whether americans ever hear anything about weather outside the usa... but europe has a weirdly warm winter so far. no snow in places that would normally have a lot of it by now etc.
unfortunately... this. i'm not a programmer. i can't code anything. but when i see people wiring code and not bothering with any tests for it, i feel sad, because i am seeing way too many regressions in basic functionality that could be caught by a couple of simple tests. in addition to passing these problems to users, it is also demotivating for other participants of a project that does not do proper test development. and i do not see a solution to this problem.
this is wrong (besides the crap grammar) - multi-year contracts are just that - contracts. there is no need to force lockin because of that. anything else is anti-competitive practice
I'm sure it will become a popular idea with recent college grads that enjoyed partying with friends that had camera phones, as well as hooligans.
...and then companies will start creating their own collections of publicly available photos. a better outcome would be accepting parties as a good thing:)
unfortunately, the drafts are not available (booo), but i would expect them to standardise connector + voltage. that way you could use lower-power charger to charge a lager device barely/slower, but at least somehow:)
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/
metered internet is like metered toilet paper in a hotel
...although i might wait anyway until mozilla resolves concerns raised at http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/120952.html (mentioned in http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4681671&cid=45995645)
so, is there an app for n9 to contribute ? :)
ans you get stuck looking for ok button !
sounds reasonable - it is not transmitting anything, and flight mode should only disable transmitting capabilities
i know a couple more people blocking ads, but that's just because they are also more into it :)
as for ads, i only block them manually and i only block them if they annoy me enough. that includes js popups, too annoying images etc.
i haven't blocked google text ads, but i think i blocked their image ads because they were too distracting from actual content on some site. so it's simple - make your ads non-annoying and maybe even interesting, and more people will see them. make them larger, brighter and more inyourface - and you will drive people to block that crap.
sure, i was more thinking of them intentionally sitting on it and waiting for market use to increase
i believe that works like this with trademarks, unfortunately not with patents.
did they sue at the time when they saw the first blue leds or did they wait ?
does that include expenses for raids from stupid police because they thought he's growing weed ? :)
when i was in south africa, i was told that in central johannesburg people sometimes get robbed of their cars. stop at the red light, two cars come. one stops in front of you, one behind you, a couple of guys with guns throw you out of your car. :)
"traffic accidents" would not be enough
a) contact those users, try to find out (politely) what they are doing;
b) if that does not work, contact osm data working group, let them know your concerns : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group
note that it actually talks about "Who defines where a neighborhood is", as in neighbourhood borders
nothing new there - obviously, such disputes do happen in osm.
a) territorial. think india/pakistan, china, russia... these tend to be settled by drawing both/all suggested borders in many cases
b) naming. usually, which language will be the default (main) for some feature. russian names in ukraine or belarus, french here or there. these either tend to be settled by making the 'main' name include all suggested ones (lang1/lang2), or just not having main at all (and only having language-specific names)
those are not the only disputes - there are discussions about level of detail to be mapped and so on.
interestingly, a rather large discussion happened in russia where people drew in known military sites, then somebody else threatened to delete those. i think those sites were not removed, but did not follow that much.
the main point - sure, disagreements do happen, but osm project seems to deal with them quite reasonably so far
not sure whether americans ever hear anything about weather outside the usa... but europe has a weirdly warm winter so far. no snow in places that would normally have a lot of it by now etc.
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/01/13/polar-vortex-extends-to-warm-scandinavian-winter/
i'd claim that this a sockpuppet account, but usually they create more realistic accounts...
"Linkys". because details are for samzenpussies.
this is getting annoying enough.
unfortunately... this.
i'm not a programmer. i can't code anything. but when i see people wiring code and not bothering with any tests for it, i feel sad, because i am seeing way too many regressions in basic functionality that could be caught by a couple of simple tests.
in addition to passing these problems to users, it is also demotivating for other participants of a project that does not do proper test development. and i do not see a solution to this problem.
can we hope that this means all hardware being perfectly supported by linux ?
actually, that show was transported back in time. it was shot on titan
loved the "Adorable Ponzi Scheme game" part. registered on a latvian domain, too. gotta buy !!!1111one
this is wrong (besides the crap grammar) - multi-year contracts are just that - contracts. there is no need to force lockin because of that. anything else is anti-competitive practice
I'm sure it will become a popular idea with recent college grads that enjoyed partying with friends that had camera phones, as well as hooligans.
...and then companies will start creating their own collections of publicly available photos. :)
a better outcome would be accepting parties as a good thing
unfortunately, the drafts are not available (booo), but i would expect them to standardise connector + voltage. that way you could use lower-power charger to charge a lager device barely/slower, but at least somehow :)