I wanna know what's wrong with the SI binary unit prefixes - Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti (Kibi, Mebi, Gibi and Tebi).
1KB = 1000 bytes, 1KiB = 1024 bytes.
Makes life so much easier. HDD manufacturers are perfectly accurate, they claim 1TB and deliver 1,000,000,000,000 bytes(ish). It's the OS manufacturers who tend to state disk sizes as "GB" when they really mean "GiB".
I might be getting terminology wrong here, but isn't "C.) Creating a shared folder with shared copyrighted files in that folder" the same as making files available for download? If not, I'm curious to know how people download stuff in everyone else's shared Kazaa folders.
Alternatively, which makes more sense, you mean "The RIAA presented taped video evidence of 'her' (and not just some IP address)" instead of *emphasising* it.
Nope. I have several friends who identify as gay but will fool around with women, friends who identify as straight but have been known to have hand or blow jobs. I know bisexuals who prefer one over the other.
As for hair, eye, skin colour of course there are varying degrees of preference. I prefer women with a bit of tone to their skin, which is a gradual process. Pasty-white women and jet-black women aren't for me sexually (Although I'm damn good friends with some of both), but my attraction varies depending on skin tone. There is no magical "too white - goes on holiday for 3 days to get a slight tan - wow she's nice". Same with hair (colour, length, weight) and eyes (brightness, size etc).
Gender is interesting because you have several dimensions at once, not all of which have something different at both ends. You can probably split it into at least mental, physical and attitude for male and female aspects, giving at least 6 dimensions, any of which a person may be at any point along and which you may be attracted to any point of. I don't know if you can model it on a bell curve, but it sure as hell isn't a matter of attracted/not
I'm more impressed about the various bull perpetrated about optical cables. Yes, quality makes a difference. Get a poorly cut interface and it's going to start losing bits, but having "graduated fibre density" and other such nonsense is quite impressive. It'll make a difference with incoherent light over long distances, but unless you connect your CD player to your amp through a 3km cable spool, I can't see it being an issue.
This was going to be my comment - if anything the 'New Newton' would simply be an iPhone with an open SDK.
I reckon give it until they can fit 32gb into the iPhone form (Maybe a bit thicker) and then suddenly there'll be an iPhone Plus, possibly with the Newton name, which has an SDK. The current iPhone will have a 16gb upgrade and remain locked down.
Either that or like you said there will be a market for an ultramobile mac.
It's a possibility that the UK version will ship with a 3G chipset, since O2 (The UK carrier) have been really pushing their 3G infrastructure. The final specs of the UK phone haven't been released as of yet either, the UK iPhone site just mentions exactly the same as the US one. It's possible that there have been no changes, but I reckon it would be an ideal iPhone 2.0 release point.
However, one of the problems mentioned before is interoperability. I currently have a 3G Nokia, which won't work at all in the US (Not quad-band). Introducing different hardware for different countries will push up the cost of an already expensive product, and having a unified chipset is even more of a PitA.
iCal at the moment has a sort-of task manager. Hit the push-pin icon in the bottom right of the iCal window. Not sure if it syncs those to iPhone though, I'm stuck waiting for the UK release.
Dunno though, some switches refuse to talk to devices without a known MAC address, and they have to be on a specific physical port. Universities do this a lot in accommodation - it's only one registered MAC per physical port.
Of course MAC faking is easy enough, providing you know a valid MAC for that port.
Actually, in this specific instance, it's up to the vendor to prove the problem (or a flaw which caused the problem) didn't exist when the laptop was sold regardless of what's been done to it since.
However, should it be outside the implied warranty period the vendor doesn't have to prove the software did anything. Software can affect hardware quite easily, running chips hot, not talking to fan speed controllers properly, not putting disks to sleep etc. Changing the software voids your warranty - you no longer have the system you were sold. Not the way it should be, and I personally believe that in this case since it's obviously a hardware fault not caused by software (ie it's not a melted chip or something similar, it's a physical crack) it should be replaced.
Remember, the law is an ass. Except where prohibited by law. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Possibly after 6 months, but at the moment I can't see there being much of a market for it. Chances are such as gizmo will, at least initially, sell for $100 ish and require some limited self-hacking of the iPod. For those extra $100, why not just go for the iPhone and not the iPod touch? Of course, there is the option for people who refuse to use AT&T, or want PAYG service, but it goes against the trend of Apple users to pay for it 'just working', and will probably look quite ugly to boot.
Of course, after 6 months comes the hardware revision of both of them so they now come in 16 and 36gb flavours of both, because Apple have managed to shrink the GSM components in the iPhone or somehow rotate the chips into even less space.
You don't have a lock on your WiFi at all - you have effectively got a doorman in the form of your router.
To connect to your internet, the device asks your router for permission. This may be in the form of MAC authentication, WEP/WPA encryption, or simply asking for and receiving an DHCP lease. Your 'doorman' has just told the device it's fair game to use it for connection.
On the subject of the cargo capacity - you do need some form of reusable vehicle with a large cargo hold.
A lot of stuff can be done with something like the ESA's ATV for supply delivery, or a similar automated 'barge' which could haul components to orbit for construction, and then use your proposed reusable rocket to get people up and down. Sounds good to me.
However, where the shuttle comes to the fore (And it's rare that it does) is having a flexible space which doesn't need a whole new launch vehicle to use. For example, entire science projects were bolted into the cargo bay and launched, and the shuttle is the only vehicle capable of recovery ie launching empty and carrying stuff back down.
I'll agree with you that of such a vehicle, only one or two are needed. TBH if an automated reusable bulk hauler can be developed, it would make life even easier still as then you can scrap the need for an integrated personnel/cargo vehicle and launch them separately, for return when convenient.
Nah, knives are subject to some pretty strict rules. Flip-out blades over 3" are illegal to carry, you cannot carry a concealed blade of any kind on a street, you cannot carry an unsheathed knife on a street, you cannot wear a sheath knife without a good reason to do so...
If you're out on a dark night with a kitchen knife, flick-knife, sheath knife or even a craft knife, it's illegal.
Just because it hasn't been proven doesn't mean it has been disproven.
The chances are there is some code somewhere buried in a piece of OSS (I don't care if it's Linux or not, SourceForge alone has 153,954 OSS projects as I write this) which violates somebody's IP, somewhere in the world. Large companies like, say, Microsoft make mistakes in including IP they don't own and I'm damn sure that there is code under an open licence somewhere which does the same.
All you can state as a fact is that as far as you can recall there hasn't been a single OSS product taken to a US court which lost a case of IP infringement, meaning it wasn't proved that code infringing specific IP was in that product.
Don't go off claiming that OSS is pure and flawless, because it damn well isn't. The concept is great, don't get me wrong. I've seen fantastic pieces of software come out of open source, a fair amount of which I use daily. But don't claim that which you can't prove.
Ah, you obviously need to inform your HR department about the new EINA-FDB recommendations. The industry has been trying to get them generally accepted for years now.
I'll stick with letting iSync handle my Nokia N70 automatically.
I know a lot of people who have smartphones but aren't part of an enterprise system. What are they supposed to do to backup their phones? Buy, install and configure Windows Server and Exchange Server?
I think it's based on the same code used in iTunes (Well, post-update at least) which allows you to de-randomise tracks by telling it to play songs by the same artist/from the same album less often.
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I wanna know what's wrong with the SI binary unit prefixes - Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti (Kibi, Mebi, Gibi and Tebi).
1KB = 1000 bytes, 1KiB = 1024 bytes.
Makes life so much easier. HDD manufacturers are perfectly accurate, they claim 1TB and deliver 1,000,000,000,000 bytes(ish). It's the OS manufacturers who tend to state disk sizes as "GB" when they really mean "GiB".
I might be getting terminology wrong here, but isn't "C.) Creating a shared folder with shared copyrighted files in that folder" the same as making files available for download? If not, I'm curious to know how people download stuff in everyone else's shared Kazaa folders.
Alternatively, which makes more sense, you mean "The RIAA presented taped video evidence of 'her' (and not just some IP address)" instead of *emphasising* it.
Nope. I have several friends who identify as gay but will fool around with women, friends who identify as straight but have been known to have hand or blow jobs. I know bisexuals who prefer one over the other.
As for hair, eye, skin colour of course there are varying degrees of preference. I prefer women with a bit of tone to their skin, which is a gradual process. Pasty-white women and jet-black women aren't for me sexually (Although I'm damn good friends with some of both), but my attraction varies depending on skin tone. There is no magical "too white - goes on holiday for 3 days to get a slight tan - wow she's nice". Same with hair (colour, length, weight) and eyes (brightness, size etc).
Gender is interesting because you have several dimensions at once, not all of which have something different at both ends. You can probably split it into at least mental, physical and attitude for male and female aspects, giving at least 6 dimensions, any of which a person may be at any point along and which you may be attracted to any point of. I don't know if you can model it on a bell curve, but it sure as hell isn't a matter of attracted/not
I'm more impressed about the various bull perpetrated about optical cables. Yes, quality makes a difference. Get a poorly cut interface and it's going to start losing bits, but having "graduated fibre density" and other such nonsense is quite impressive. It'll make a difference with incoherent light over long distances, but unless you connect your CD player to your amp through a 3km cable spool, I can't see it being an issue.
The MFPs at my uni can scan and email without even needing to involve a PC, just tap in the email address and load your document.
This was going to be my comment - if anything the 'New Newton' would simply be an iPhone with an open SDK.
I reckon give it until they can fit 32gb into the iPhone form (Maybe a bit thicker) and then suddenly there'll be an iPhone Plus, possibly with the Newton name, which has an SDK. The current iPhone will have a 16gb upgrade and remain locked down.
Either that or like you said there will be a market for an ultramobile mac.
Entertaining viewing though.
200 minutes and 200 texts, which is still pretty shabby for £35/mo but could be a lot worse.
It's a possibility that the UK version will ship with a 3G chipset, since O2 (The UK carrier) have been really pushing their 3G infrastructure. The final specs of the UK phone haven't been released as of yet either, the UK iPhone site just mentions exactly the same as the US one. It's possible that there have been no changes, but I reckon it would be an ideal iPhone 2.0 release point.
However, one of the problems mentioned before is interoperability. I currently have a 3G Nokia, which won't work at all in the US (Not quad-band). Introducing different hardware for different countries will push up the cost of an already expensive product, and having a unified chipset is even more of a PitA.
iCal at the moment has a sort-of task manager. Hit the push-pin icon in the bottom right of the iCal window. Not sure if it syncs those to iPhone though, I'm stuck waiting for the UK release.
Dunno though, some switches refuse to talk to devices without a known MAC address, and they have to be on a specific physical port. Universities do this a lot in accommodation - it's only one registered MAC per physical port.
Of course MAC faking is easy enough, providing you know a valid MAC for that port.
Actually, in this specific instance, it's up to the vendor to prove the problem (or a flaw which caused the problem) didn't exist when the laptop was sold regardless of what's been done to it since.
However, should it be outside the implied warranty period the vendor doesn't have to prove the software did anything. Software can affect hardware quite easily, running chips hot, not talking to fan speed controllers properly, not putting disks to sleep etc. Changing the software voids your warranty - you no longer have the system you were sold. Not the way it should be, and I personally believe that in this case since it's obviously a hardware fault not caused by software (ie it's not a melted chip or something similar, it's a physical crack) it should be replaced.
Remember, the law is an ass. Except where prohibited by law. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Unfair comparison - entrance pages with no useful content increase user bounce rate hugely.
Possibly after 6 months, but at the moment I can't see there being much of a market for it. Chances are such as gizmo will, at least initially, sell for $100 ish and require some limited self-hacking of the iPod. For those extra $100, why not just go for the iPhone and not the iPod touch? Of course, there is the option for people who refuse to use AT&T, or want PAYG service, but it goes against the trend of Apple users to pay for it 'just working', and will probably look quite ugly to boot.
Of course, after 6 months comes the hardware revision of both of them so they now come in 16 and 36gb flavours of both, because Apple have managed to shrink the GSM components in the iPhone or somehow rotate the chips into even less space.
You don't have a lock on your WiFi at all - you have effectively got a doorman in the form of your router.
To connect to your internet, the device asks your router for permission. This may be in the form of MAC authentication, WEP/WPA encryption, or simply asking for and receiving an DHCP lease. Your 'doorman' has just told the device it's fair game to use it for connection.
Tell the doorman to be a bit more discriminatory.
On the subject of the cargo capacity - you do need some form of reusable vehicle with a large cargo hold.
A lot of stuff can be done with something like the ESA's ATV for supply delivery, or a similar automated 'barge' which could haul components to orbit for construction, and then use your proposed reusable rocket to get people up and down. Sounds good to me.
However, where the shuttle comes to the fore (And it's rare that it does) is having a flexible space which doesn't need a whole new launch vehicle to use. For example, entire science projects were bolted into the cargo bay and launched, and the shuttle is the only vehicle capable of recovery ie launching empty and carrying stuff back down.
I'll agree with you that of such a vehicle, only one or two are needed. TBH if an automated reusable bulk hauler can be developed, it would make life even easier still as then you can scrap the need for an integrated personnel/cargo vehicle and launch them separately, for return when convenient.
Or screw it all and build a space elevator.
Nah, knives are subject to some pretty strict rules. Flip-out blades over 3" are illegal to carry, you cannot carry a concealed blade of any kind on a street, you cannot carry an unsheathed knife on a street, you cannot wear a sheath knife without a good reason to do so...
If you're out on a dark night with a kitchen knife, flick-knife, sheath knife or even a craft knife, it's illegal.
Just because it hasn't been proven doesn't mean it has been disproven.
The chances are there is some code somewhere buried in a piece of OSS (I don't care if it's Linux or not, SourceForge alone has 153,954 OSS projects as I write this) which violates somebody's IP, somewhere in the world. Large companies like, say, Microsoft make mistakes in including IP they don't own and I'm damn sure that there is code under an open licence somewhere which does the same.
All you can state as a fact is that as far as you can recall there hasn't been a single OSS product taken to a US court which lost a case of IP infringement, meaning it wasn't proved that code infringing specific IP was in that product.
Don't go off claiming that OSS is pure and flawless, because it damn well isn't. The concept is great, don't get me wrong. I've seen fantastic pieces of software come out of open source, a fair amount of which I use daily. But don't claim that which you can't prove.
I find it ironic that you didn't mention Alanis Morissette in... your...
Dammit, this butchering the language thing is harder than it looks isn't it?
Hate to reply to a troll here, but he's right. It's "Deathly Hallows", not "Deathly Hollows".
I'm 19 and my grandfather was involved in WWII, in stuff which probably included this somewhere along the lines.
Ah, you obviously need to inform your HR department about the new EINA-FDB recommendations. The industry has been trying to get them generally accepted for years now.
(Excel Is Not A Fucking DataBase)
I'll stick with letting iSync handle my Nokia N70 automatically.
I know a lot of people who have smartphones but aren't part of an enterprise system. What are they supposed to do to backup their phones? Buy, install and configure Windows Server and Exchange Server?
So it's not an x16 is it? It's an x8.
I think it's based on the same code used in iTunes (Well, post-update at least) which allows you to de-randomise tracks by telling it to play songs by the same artist/from the same album less often.