There is no way to turn AndbecauseGermansdonotwastebytesonspaces into one single German word btw.
It is true that the German language allows combinations of nouns of arbitrary length, but in the English language constructs like this exist as well (e.g. railway consists of two nouns). The only difference is that those speaking English are not free to make up new ones.
And as a general rule of thumb most combinations in English are limited to two words. While it wouldn't make sense to combine more than 5 words, because it would get to hard to read and understand the term, there are rare examples in German which consist of 3 or even 4 words.
Do you think Gagarin or Armstrong left earth in order to serve humanity?
IMO the space race is just one aspect of the 'mine is longer than yours' games played during the cold war. After the cold war was over there wasn't really a need for new ambitious projects. After Hubble was put into space in 1990 Nasa was basically set back to maintenance and the russian RKA is struggling to survive. New projects are launched rarely and they mostly serve the purpose of showing presence in the field of space exploration. It's just not a priority anymore. Just like a heritage you want to keep cherished.
Don't get me wrong - there is a good reason to send people into space. But to assume that it's done for humanity is just a romantic transfiguration.
Having Rambus in mind it sounds not far off. I mean they've contributed to an open standard while filing patents on the very same technology. Just like Microsoft apparently did.
On the other hand it's quite unlikely that M$ would win such a case in every country implementing IPv6. And even if they would it wouldn't really matter, because the technology isn't widely spread and it's not too hard to come up with a different standard doing the same thing without using anything being covered by patents.
And, as a final resort of reasoning, Rambus didn't really win in court...
That's not my point. I would spend an extra 20 bucks for a new keyboard if it would be as good as my old one.
However, I already mentioned that most keyboards today are soft touch, so I'm not interested.
On a related note it's cheaper in the long run to buy a good keyboard. Mine is about 7 years old and I type a lot on it every day. It even survived all the coffee/soda/wine/beer/cola I accidentally spilled on it. After a day it's dry and as good as new.
I'm using a Cherry MX 3000 btw. When it breaks I'll try to get one of those 80's IBM keyboards, because they've got a slightly better touch.
I thought the use of Pentium M CPUs in desktops was the movement toward this sort of thing.
Last time I checked the desktop boards supporting the Pentium M didn't really use many of the features it has for preserving power and they are still quite expensive. Maybe I was wrong and we are to blame the customers. If there was a real demand for such solutions the price would drop rapidly. On the other hand many developments in the x86 world were driven by marketing, which really makes me wonder why Intel and others aren't pushing such technologies for the desktop. If they would offer a chip equivalent to the P4 4 GHz which wouldn't rely on a fan they could charge 50-100$ more. Customers would be happy, because they wouldn't need expensive cooling solutions anymore and Intel and others would still make profit because the gain in units sold will compensate for the higher development/production costs.
After all it wouldn't be much more expensive to produce Pentium Ms if they would be used as widely as the Pentium 4.
IMO an employee should have the same rights as someone who is working for him. Just think about it: How is a world supposed to work where everybody is forced to keep you on the payroll regardless of those things you might do in order to harm your company?
I also think there should be only a few exceptions where firing should be forbidden by law. Just one example from an ex-national-socialist country (Germany): Over here they recently ruled that a (female) mall employee can't be fired for wearing a headscarf. Sounds like a great victory for those who intend to wear one, but actually the opposite is true, because every employee who wants to avoid such behavior will simply not hire any women being muslim anymore.
IMO bigger/better fans are just good for fighting the symptoms. We are just heading the wrong way - instead of integrating mobile technology into desktop computers we basically invest the same money into designs which can dissipate more heat.
I think it wouldn't really be much more expensive to produce CPUs with a low TDP (if they are produced on a big scale) and I definitely believe that it would be cheaper in the long run, because those fans and heatsinks etc. wouldn't be necessary anymore.
I really hope the manufacturers are going to realize this soon. The fact that neither AMD nor Intel managed to release faster CPUs recently (in terms of Hertz) makes me hope that they are going to reconsider their current desktop strategy. It's time to correct a fault made somewhere along with the introduction of the P1 architecture.
IIRC those ICE1 trains have sockets at the end of each coach, but unfortunately they aren't powered during normal operation. I guess they use them for cleaning appliances during maintenance.
It really is a shame that they use those trains for some of the longest routes they have (Berlin - Basel comes to mind). Maybe they prefer the first generation on long routes because it's more reliable than its successors, but what do I know...
I totally agree that it's a lame excuse to justify this extension by offering webcontent (that's not really "basic supply"). Public stations shouldn't be allowed to break into new markets by simply offering content on them. Germany already has the most expensive public network of the world (about 7 billion EUR per year) and there simply isn't a reason to push the fees any further.
On the other hand I welcome the extension because they'll drop their policy of charging households multiple times. For example students currently should pay the full fee if they have a TV and a radio in their room. So if you have 5 students sharing an apartment they have to pay 5 times (if everybody has a TV). In 2007 they'll just pay once, which IMO is much more fair. For those who don't own a TV but a computer it will be a major pita, but the majority of computer owners have a TV anyways.
I've got relatives in Australia, so I've done it a few times. Based on personal experience I really recommend valium for the journey from Singapore or Kuala Lumpur to Europe (and vice versa). You don't really want to know what happens within. Some might argue that drugs are bad under any circumstances, but I don't really see a better way to survive such trips without getting close to insanity...
Didn't I mention the Whitsunday Islands somewhere?
I made my divers license in Australia (in Mackay actually). I'm planning to visit Au this or next year, but I already mentioned that tickets aren't exactly cheap.
We are not talking about "manufacturers" or companies, we are talking about legislative and judiciary issues. We all know that companies want to make profit and that some customers will take any measure to get something back. So what? Are you going to blame your favorite fast food chain for printing those warnings after they lost millions in court for not including it before? Or would you rather blame a system which doesn't take into account that some people will hurt themselves just to recieve those millions on purpose? Make your choice but don't tell me that those greedy manufacturers are to blame. Most of them are just trying to make a living despite of the threats they can face if they forgot one silly warning.
And never blame anyone for doing something which is legal - that's where the real nonsense starts (at least if you are part of a democracy).
Yes, I was a little insensitive here. It just bugged me that the poster "highly recommend[s] attending the show". After all going to Canberra is terribly expensive/inconvenient for anybody not living in Australia or the region of Asia.
(You might also take into account that we Europeans are not used to such distances. Some of us are astonished if they are still on the same globe after 8 hours of flight;) )
You can drive from Sydney to Canberra in under 3 hours, if you drive on the left. Add another three hours for weaving through oncoming traffic if you drive on the right.
Those drive left signs are pretty hard to ignore:)
(And yes, I've been driving in Australia and it wasn't so hard for someone using the right side under "normal" cicumstances)
There usually is a stop in Singapore or Indonesia involved, so it will be London (most common) -> Kuala Lumpur (for example) -> Sydney | Adelaide | Melbourne |... -> Canberra. Might add up to 30 hours. I'm not ranting, since I've been to Australia several times and I always enjoyed my stay (especially Melbourne and the Whitsunday Islands and the region above Cairns and...). However, the tickets are not cheap and the flight is a royal pain in the ass regardless of the class you are flying.
I'm sorry, but I'm not in the mood of another 24 hours spend in a plane.
(I don't even know if there are direct flights from some city in Europe - Canberra)
Why is GP modded troll and offtopic btw?
He has a point, because there must be a line drawn between warnings which have the purpose of informing an individual of dangers which can't be guessed and silly things which you knew before anyways. He might approach this issue in a funny way (because there isn't really a way to take this in a serious manner), but the point is still valid and quite ontopic.
Yes, that's just like warning signs on everyday products. I mean most of us still drink coffee even if the cup cover says "Might be hot".
True.com might have intentions to disadvantage competitors, but it will just result in another silly warning which will be ignored by the broad public.
Which leads to another point: Is it really necessary to conduct such searches if the legal system and the police are doing their job properly? Might sound naive, but isn't it just as naive to not assume as an individual that you might meet a married person on probation online?
Concerning games there usually is a special version for the German market. There is no blood in such versions or the blood isn't read. Not that it would really make a difference... I know. It's funny that the AC above mentions Mortal Combat. I can remember how me and my friends were wildly speculating about the finishing moves back then.
However, I have never heard of a (popular) Movie which wouldn't make it to Germany because of such restrictions. There is an index of censored movies, but it just consists of a few pages and there actually isn't anything spectacular in it.
But since they determine the loacation by IP address it's not really hard to circumvent it. So it won't make a difference for those trying to find such content, but it will at least help google and others to avoid lawsuits in Germany.
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well, we just hate redundant information :D
There is no way to turn AndbecauseGermansdonotwastebytesonspaces into one single German word btw.
It is true that the German language allows combinations of nouns of arbitrary length, but in the English language constructs like this exist as well (e.g. railway consists of two nouns). The only difference is that those speaking English are not free to make up new ones.
And as a general rule of thumb most combinations in English are limited to two words. While it wouldn't make sense to combine more than 5 words, because it would get to hard to read and understand the term, there are rare examples in German which consist of 3 or even 4 words.
I'm sorry, but this is just pathetic BS to me.
Do you think Gagarin or Armstrong left earth in order to serve humanity?
IMO the space race is just one aspect of the 'mine is longer than yours' games played during the cold war. After the cold war was over there wasn't really a need for new ambitious projects. After Hubble was put into space in 1990 Nasa was basically set back to maintenance and the russian RKA is struggling to survive. New projects are launched rarely and they mostly serve the purpose of showing presence in the field of space exploration. It's just not a priority anymore. Just like a heritage you want to keep cherished.
Don't get me wrong - there is a good reason to send people into space. But to assume that it's done for humanity is just a romantic transfiguration.
Having Rambus in mind it sounds not far off. I mean they've contributed to an open standard while filing patents on the very same technology. Just like Microsoft apparently did.
On the other hand it's quite unlikely that M$ would win such a case in every country implementing IPv6. And even if they would it wouldn't really matter, because the technology isn't widely spread and it's not too hard to come up with a different standard doing the same thing without using anything being covered by patents.
And, as a final resort of reasoning, Rambus didn't really win in court...
That's not my point. I would spend an extra 20 bucks for a new keyboard if it would be as good as my old one.
However, I already mentioned that most keyboards today are soft touch, so I'm not interested.
On a related note it's cheaper in the long run to buy a good keyboard. Mine is about 7 years old and I type a lot on it every day. It even survived all the coffee/soda/wine/beer/cola I accidentally spilled on it. After a day it's dry and as good as new.
I'm using a Cherry MX 3000 btw. When it breaks I'll try to get one of those 80's IBM keyboards, because they've got a slightly better touch.
It might be legacy, but many people don't like those soft touch keyboards available today.
IMO it would be a shame to leave those still using original IBM keyboards (for example) out in the rain just to save ~50 cents per board.
And after all USB keyboards don't offer more than their predecessors apart from being hot-pluggable.
Maybe I was wrong and we are to blame the customers. If there was a real demand for such solutions the price would drop rapidly. On the other hand many developments in the x86 world were driven by marketing, which really makes me wonder why Intel and others aren't pushing such technologies for the desktop. If they would offer a chip equivalent to the P4 4 GHz which wouldn't rely on a fan they could charge 50-100$ more. Customers would be happy, because they wouldn't need expensive cooling solutions anymore and Intel and others would still make profit because the gain in units sold will compensate for the higher development/production costs.
After all it wouldn't be much more expensive to produce Pentium Ms if they would be used as widely as the Pentium 4.
Ok, I should have written "because every employer who..."
I'm sorry for that.
I'd buy one if they wouldn't be so ugly and most notably they aren't exactly cheap.
IMO an employee should have the same rights as someone who is working for him. Just think about it: How is a world supposed to work where everybody is forced to keep you on the payroll regardless of those things you might do in order to harm your company?
I also think there should be only a few exceptions where firing should be forbidden by law. Just one example from an ex-national-socialist country (Germany): Over here they recently ruled that a (female) mall employee can't be fired for wearing a headscarf. Sounds like a great victory for those who intend to wear one, but actually the opposite is true, because every employee who wants to avoid such behavior will simply not hire any women being muslim anymore.
IMO bigger/better fans are just good for fighting the symptoms. We are just heading the wrong way - instead of integrating mobile technology into desktop computers we basically invest the same money into designs which can dissipate more heat.
I think it wouldn't really be much more expensive to produce CPUs with a low TDP (if they are produced on a big scale) and I definitely believe that it would be cheaper in the long run, because those fans and heatsinks etc. wouldn't be necessary anymore.
I really hope the manufacturers are going to realize this soon. The fact that neither AMD nor Intel managed to release faster CPUs recently (in terms of Hertz) makes me hope that they are going to reconsider their current desktop strategy. It's time to correct a fault made somewhere along with the introduction of the P1 architecture.
IIRC those ICE1 trains have sockets at the end of each coach, but unfortunately they aren't powered during normal operation. I guess they use them for cleaning appliances during maintenance.
It really is a shame that they use those trains for some of the longest routes they have (Berlin - Basel comes to mind). Maybe they prefer the first generation on long routes because it's more reliable than its successors, but what do I know...
I totally agree that it's a lame excuse to justify this extension by offering webcontent (that's not really "basic supply"). Public stations shouldn't be allowed to break into new markets by simply offering content on them. Germany already has the most expensive public network of the world (about 7 billion EUR per year) and there simply isn't a reason to push the fees any further.
On the other hand I welcome the extension because they'll drop their policy of charging households multiple times. For example students currently should pay the full fee if they have a TV and a radio in their room. So if you have 5 students sharing an apartment they have to pay 5 times (if everybody has a TV). In 2007 they'll just pay once, which IMO is much more fair. For those who don't own a TV but a computer it will be a major pita, but the majority of computer owners have a TV anyways.
I've got relatives in Australia, so I've done it a few times. Based on personal experience I really recommend valium for the journey from Singapore or Kuala Lumpur to Europe (and vice versa). You don't really want to know what happens within. Some might argue that drugs are bad under any circumstances, but I don't really see a better way to survive such trips without getting close to insanity...
Didn't I mention the Whitsunday Islands somewhere?
I made my divers license in Australia (in Mackay actually). I'm planning to visit Au this or next year, but I already mentioned that tickets aren't exactly cheap.
Nonsense shmonsense...
We are not talking about "manufacturers" or companies, we are talking about legislative and judiciary issues.
We all know that companies want to make profit and that some customers will take any measure to get something back. So what? Are you going to blame your favorite fast food chain for printing those warnings after they lost millions in court for not including it before? Or would you rather blame a system which doesn't take into account that some people will hurt themselves just to recieve those millions on purpose? Make your choice but don't tell me that those greedy manufacturers are to blame. Most of them are just trying to make a living despite of the threats they can face if they forgot one silly warning.
And never blame anyone for doing something which is legal - that's where the real nonsense starts (at least if you are part of a democracy).
Yes, I was a little insensitive here. It just bugged me that the poster "highly recommend[s] attending the show". After all going to Canberra is terribly expensive/inconvenient for anybody not living in Australia or the region of Asia. (You might also take into account that we Europeans are not used to such distances. Some of us are astonished if they are still on the same globe after 8 hours of flight ;) )
There usually is a stop in Singapore or Indonesia involved, so it will be London (most common) -> Kuala Lumpur (for example) -> Sydney | Adelaide | Melbourne | ... -> Canberra. Might add up to 30 hours. I'm not ranting, since I've been to Australia several times and I always enjoyed my stay (especially Melbourne and the Whitsunday Islands and the region above Cairns and...). However, the tickets are not cheap and the flight is a royal pain in the ass regardless of the class you are flying.
I'm sorry, but I'm not in the mood of another 24 hours spend in a plane. (I don't even know if there are direct flights from some city in Europe - Canberra)
Why is GP modded troll and offtopic btw? He has a point, because there must be a line drawn between warnings which have the purpose of informing an individual of dangers which can't be guessed and silly things which you knew before anyways. He might approach this issue in a funny way (because there isn't really a way to take this in a serious manner), but the point is still valid and quite ontopic.
Yes, that's just like warning signs on everyday products. I mean most of us still drink coffee even if the cup cover says "Might be hot".
True.com might have intentions to disadvantage competitors, but it will just result in another silly warning which will be ignored by the broad public.
Which leads to another point: Is it really necessary to conduct such searches if the legal system and the police are doing their job properly? Might sound naive, but isn't it just as naive to not assume as an individual that you might meet a married person on probation online?
That happens when the fingers do the spelling. Should read: ...or the blood isn't red.
Purple and green are the most popular colors in German versions btw ;)
Concerning games there usually is a special version for the German market. There is no blood in such versions or the blood isn't read. Not that it would really make a difference... I know.
It's funny that the AC above mentions Mortal Combat. I can remember how me and my friends were wildly speculating about the finishing moves back then.
However, I have never heard of a (popular) Movie which wouldn't make it to Germany because of such restrictions. There is an index of censored movies, but it just consists of a few pages and there actually isn't anything spectacular in it.
Yes, we end up at google.de
But since they determine the loacation by IP address it's not really hard to circumvent it. So it won't make a difference for those trying to find such content, but it will at least help google and others to avoid lawsuits in Germany.
That's obviously not the smart way to do it. Just use a high number of proxies and switch to the next one after 2 attempts failed.
And now guess how programs like wwwhack work since about a decade...