is estimated to have made more than 1bn pound ($1.25)
Yikes! I didn't realize that Brexit had such an impact on the British economy. Or that Fortnight had only turned a buck twenty-five in profit. Must be Hollywood accounting.
I remember Egghead Software, and always wondered if they were related to NewEgg -- though didn't wonder enough to check the Wikipedia page or anything.:-p
I don't have a fancy guide, but what I did with openwrt is I installed dnsmasq as the dns server -- you can tell it where to go for records it doesn't know about, and provide custom entries.
My/etc/dnsmasq.conf looks something like this: http://pastebin.com/34HS7j0X (posted to Pastebin to avoid Slashdot's lameness filter. Which itself is rather lame.)
In my case, I actually redirect them to a locally running dummy webserver so that they immediately get a 404 response. I tail the dns log to see all the requests going through and block anything that doesn't look legit.
Be careful of the log file growing larger than you have space for, particularly if it's going to ram drive.
Among other things, the emails show direct discussions surrounding the promising of high profile government positions to generous campaign supporters and contributors.
Can you please provide a citation for this claim? I haven't seen that one yet.
Just wanted to add on this clarification based on my experience just now:
The latest version of HandBrake in Windows 64-bit uses LibDVDNav. You can disable it in the options menu and it will use libdvdread instead. I have not yet tested if placing the latest libdvdcss dll file in the same directory will work or not.
I apologize for not being clearer in my post. I was not making a comment one way or another on sChatwin's rebuttal, but was instead noting that the term "average" was incorrectly defined. My aim was not to discredit the post, and I hope it did not come across that way, but rather to point out and correct an inaccurate statement, in a similar manner of that which sChatwin's post employed.
(Also, just FYI, your post came across rather self-righteous -- you might want to tone that down.:))
Actually, average can mean many things. What you are describing in called the mean. It could also be referring to the mode, which is the most commonly occurring value in a data set. Or perhaps the median, which is the middle value of a data set: half of the population uses less and half uses more. Or any of the numerous ways you can compute an "average." Wikipedia's article provides a good starting point to familiarizing yourself with this topic.
In summary, never assume that you know which method was used to compute an average unless it is explicitly defined. I didn't take the time to examine the original paper to see how wrong the newspaper restatement was, so it is possible that it was better defined there.
to reduce pollution and other environmental problems . . . for one day a week have cereal for breakfast, A PB & J and Banana sandwich for lunch and a plate of pasta for dinner
Let me get this straight. To be eco-friendly, forego natural sources of energy and use factory-produced ones?
That really doesn't seem that much for a whole year. A person can't live more than 4 or 5 days without water, and health professionals recommend people drink 2-3 liters of water per day.
You might want to rethink that. Let's be generous and assume 4 L a day for a year:
4 L * 365.25 days = 1461 L/yr
At 2,500,000 L in an Olympic-sized pool, that only accounts for about 0.058% of the pool's volume.
And that's just drinking water - people also need to bath and use water for cooking.
Indeed, and I don't have a good method for approximating this, though the quantity used in drinking water is such a small fraction of the pool's volume that I wouldn't anticipate these additional activities using a reasonable percentage of the volume. Use your water bills to determine your annual consumption and see for yourself. (Be sure to divide by the number of people in your household!)
I wanted to second your call. My water bill each month averages at 2,000 gallons for three people. Based on Wikipedia's value of a minimum of 660,000 gallons in such a pool, that would be 55,000 gallons a month per person. I don't want to think about what the bill would be for 165,000 gallons a month!
That would involve setting up distribution channels in China. This is pure conjecture, but I would imagine that it would cost more in the end. Think about the consumer electronic devices you own. How many were made in China? How many were shipped to you directly from China?
Read up on it for more information. This is my understanding of it:
The Model A (128 MB RAM, no ethernet port) is $25
The Model B (256 MB RAM, ethernet port) is $35
The first run is of the Model B, as they anticipate more people are interested in that set of hardware. Their FAQ likely provides more in-depth information that what I have provided here.
Because the stores don't pay very much for used games.
Indeed, but you're forgetting that you can bypass used game stores and sell directly with sites such as Amazon, half.com, ebay, etc.
So, for example, when I buy a used game for $30 -- because I never buy brand new games, and I don't care to play online anyways, I can sell it again in a few weeks for approximately the same price, minus the cost of shipping.
The used games stores are bad for the industry.
I disagree. If buying new were the only option I had, I would simply do without. It's the same argument for pirates -- if they had to pay full price, they'd simply do without. This isn't something that I personally lose any sleep over. It's very easy to stop consuming (overpriced) entertainment, and there are many alternatives in the world to occupy one's time with.
Fair disclosure: I'm a software developer in the video games industry. (And I'm supposed to be writing some code right now.:-X)
I really don't follow ebook formats because pdfs have always been my portable format of choice, and I have no ebook reader. I skimmed the article, but I could not find any points on what makes this superior to a pdf file. What advantages does the Kindle format or epub format offer which a pdf cannot do?
I saw some mention of audio and video and javascript, but pdfs can support that. Why recreate the wheel? From reading the article (where perhaps the author doesn't know what he is talking about?), it sounds like it's trying to do everything HTML can, but not be HTML.
I'm not saying that it is patent encumbered, but just pointing out the flaw in your assumption. So long as there is a guarantee that it will be free to use forever, I see no reason why modern browsers shouldn't implement it. What's the downside?
I agree that those interested (such as myself) are probably smart enough to smell a scam, but the target demographic of this product is actually schoolchildren, who I would not expect to know the difference.
A new Tektronix oscilloscope will work as well. When I was an undergrad my colleagues were convinced that you need analog ones to make proper measurements, but I've had great success using digital ones. I actually prefer them.
Without a definition of what "good" means or what your needs are, I don't think that anyone can give you any sort of advice. I personally would never use one that had to be controlled through a PC. Having to drag a laptop or something all around the electronics of an experiment would be a major pain. (I've only used them in the context of the detector and apparatus signals in physics experiments.)
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is estimated to have made more than 1bn pound ($1.25)
Yikes! I didn't realize that Brexit had such an impact on the British economy. Or that Fortnight had only turned a buck twenty-five in profit. Must be Hollywood accounting.
Actually, now that I actually did look at the Wikipedia articles, it seems there is no relation between the two.
The company has no relation to the Egghead Software chain that was active from 1984 to 2001.
The reference for this claim is a dead link, however.
I remember Egghead Software, and always wondered if they were related to NewEgg -- though didn't wonder enough to check the Wikipedia page or anything. :-p
I don't have a fancy guide, but what I did with openwrt is I installed dnsmasq as the dns server -- you can tell it where to go for records it doesn't know about, and provide custom entries.
My /etc/dnsmasq.conf looks something like this: http://pastebin.com/34HS7j0X (posted to Pastebin to avoid Slashdot's lameness filter. Which itself is rather lame.)
In my case, I actually redirect them to a locally running dummy webserver so that they immediately get a 404 response. I tail the dns log to see all the requests going through and block anything that doesn't look legit.
Be careful of the log file growing larger than you have space for, particularly if it's going to ram drive.
Among other things, the emails show direct discussions surrounding the promising of high profile government positions to generous campaign supporters and contributors.
Can you please provide a citation for this claim? I haven't seen that one yet.
Please cite your source, as I am unable to find this anywhere except in user-generated comments.
Just wanted to add on this clarification based on my experience just now:
The latest version of HandBrake in Windows 64-bit uses LibDVDNav. You can disable it in the options menu and it will use libdvdread instead. I have not yet tested if placing the latest libdvdcss dll file in the same directory will work or not.
I apologize for not being clearer in my post. I was not making a comment one way or another on sChatwin's rebuttal, but was instead noting that the term "average" was incorrectly defined. My aim was not to discredit the post, and I hope it did not come across that way, but rather to point out and correct an inaccurate statement, in a similar manner of that which sChatwin's post employed.
(Also, just FYI, your post came across rather self-righteous -- you might want to tone that down. :))
Actually, average can mean many things. What you are describing in called the mean. It could also be referring to the mode, which is the most commonly occurring value in a data set. Or perhaps the median, which is the middle value of a data set: half of the population uses less and half uses more. Or any of the numerous ways you can compute an "average." Wikipedia's article provides a good starting point to familiarizing yourself with this topic.
In summary, never assume that you know which method was used to compute an average unless it is explicitly defined. I didn't take the time to examine the original paper to see how wrong the newspaper restatement was, so it is possible that it was better defined there.
Let me get this straight. To be eco-friendly, forego natural sources of energy and use factory-produced ones?
You might want to rethink that. Let's be generous and assume 4 L a day for a year:
4 L * 365.25 days = 1461 L/yr
At 2,500,000 L in an Olympic-sized pool, that only accounts for about 0.058% of the pool's volume.
Indeed, and I don't have a good method for approximating this, though the quantity used in drinking water is such a small fraction of the pool's volume that I wouldn't anticipate these additional activities using a reasonable percentage of the volume. Use your water bills to determine your annual consumption and see for yourself. (Be sure to divide by the number of people in your household!)
I wanted to second your call. My water bill each month averages at 2,000 gallons for three people. Based on Wikipedia's value of a minimum of 660,000 gallons in such a pool, that would be 55,000 gallons a month per person. I don't want to think about what the bill would be for 165,000 gallons a month!
That would involve setting up distribution channels in China. This is pure conjecture, but I would imagine that it would cost more in the end. Think about the consumer electronic devices you own. How many were made in China? How many were shipped to you directly from China?
Read up on it for more information. This is my understanding of it:
The first run is of the Model B, as they anticipate more people are interested in that set of hardware. Their FAQ likely provides more in-depth information that what I have provided here.
Indeed, but you're forgetting that you can bypass used game stores and sell directly with sites such as Amazon, half.com, ebay, etc.
So, for example, when I buy a used game for $30 -- because I never buy brand new games, and I don't care to play online anyways, I can sell it again in a few weeks for approximately the same price, minus the cost of shipping.
I disagree. If buying new were the only option I had, I would simply do without. It's the same argument for pirates -- if they had to pay full price, they'd simply do without. This isn't something that I personally lose any sleep over. It's very easy to stop consuming (overpriced) entertainment, and there are many alternatives in the world to occupy one's time with.
Fair disclosure: I'm a software developer in the video games industry. (And I'm supposed to be writing some code right now. :-X)
Ah ha, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining it to me. (And thanks to the others who responded, too!)
I really don't follow ebook formats because pdfs have always been my portable format of choice, and I have no ebook reader. I skimmed the article, but I could not find any points on what makes this superior to a pdf file. What advantages does the Kindle format or epub format offer which a pdf cannot do?
I saw some mention of audio and video and javascript, but pdfs can support that. Why recreate the wheel? From reading the article (where perhaps the author doesn't know what he is talking about?), it sounds like it's trying to do everything HTML can, but not be HTML.
Can anyone please clarify this for me?
Nice guys finish last.
Open source != patent free.
I'm not saying that it is patent encumbered, but just pointing out the flaw in your assumption. So long as there is a guarantee that it will be free to use forever, I see no reason why modern browsers shouldn't implement it. What's the downside?
Read something other than Slashdot for a change. ;)
Adobe ‘Restructures,’ Eliminates 750 Jobs In North America And Europe
I agree that those interested (such as myself) are probably smart enough to smell a scam, but the target demographic of this product is actually schoolchildren, who I would not expect to know the difference.
Oreo cookies?
A new Tektronix oscilloscope will work as well. When I was an undergrad my colleagues were convinced that you need analog ones to make proper measurements, but I've had great success using digital ones. I actually prefer them.
Without a definition of what "good" means or what your needs are, I don't think that anyone can give you any sort of advice. I personally would never use one that had to be controlled through a PC. Having to drag a laptop or something all around the electronics of an experiment would be a major pain. (I've only used them in the context of the detector and apparatus signals in physics experiments.)
If the general public sees no difference and doesn't care, why is one superior to the other?
I think he was bragging that not only did he talk to a female, he impressed her.