Did you not notice the pictures? Top Gear often presents a series of pictures without text at all. Their site is more about pictures than the articles, unlike Playboy.
I'm 28 and I still have mine, literally 2 feet from me. Along with a few others I picked up as a kid. They were by far my favourite toys, next to Lego. I can't get rid of them, even though I haven't built anything in years. Though my favourite of the kits was the 200-in-one model that had a few NAND gates. Building latch circuits and binary decoders was fun! I was never into the analog stuff as much... my brain hated anything imprecise.
My great-grandfather was a paymaster/accountant at one of the rail roads, back in the day. He could work as fast as his pencil, faster than several normal accounts combined. Why? He knew his multiplication tables to 100. So it was super simple for him to multiply the number of hours worked by a man, and how many cents an hour he made.
I don't get it. How could they get the Nobel prize for this? Graphene is made out of carbon, and last I checked, carbon isn't one of the Nobel elements.
The spectra weren't even used by analog broadcast TV. The spectra consist of unused space between the old channels, space that was left unused to avoid interference, harmonics, etc. between the analog channels.
China has a very good reason for doing things the way they have: lack of capital. When capital is scarce, workers are cheap in comparison.
Now that China has accumulated lots of capital, China is seeing a shift towards more efficient methods of production. There's a shift towards energy conservation, lessening of pollution, and yes, better working conditions. Is it up to par with the first world? No. But I bet within a couple of decades working conditions will be better in China. Why? Because capital is a multiplier of worker productivity. If I have an expensive machine, I want the best employee operating it to maximize efficiency. That means I'll pay him well, treat him well, and do everything I can to keep him at his best.
Some things can derail this natural process. One is government regulation that interferes with the market's ability to discover the most efficient way of doing things. Another is labour cartels (unions) that prevent an entrepreneur from using labour most effectively (can't fire the lazy ones). But China has been smart about economic growth so far, and I imagine they'll try to keep these problems to a minimum (look at how far they've come in 32 years of deregulation thus far, though they still have long to go).
The US doesn't need to subsidize any business, but it sure as heck could get out of the way of doing business (regulation), and it could stop punishing people for doing well in business: the highest corporate taxes in the world don't encourage investment!
Minimum wage isn't needed, either. Once business can be profitable enough in the US, wages will go up, as there will be more competition for employees. Until then, minimum wage keeps marginally employable people out of work, and is a drain on the economy as those people are unproductive.
I used 99% as a figure of speech. But amongst the people I know, they will avoid a truck or suv and get a car to save gas, but I've yet to have an acquaintance who bought one car over another car in the same class over gas mileage. It's always been features other than mileage, or price.
I don't think this will make a difference. 99% of the car buying public goes after features first: they may be looking for a pickup to haul stuff, a minivan to move people, something inexpensive but fun, or even just looks and the need to express masculine virility. It's a very rare person who goes specifically after emissions, and they're all driving a Prius. The rest will be going after price they can afford versus the features they want. There is also the fact that most people know the cost of fuel is small compared to the cost of a new vehicle, so it often makes sense to buy something cheaper and pay more in gas. So the whole idea of grading cars is next to useless.
I'll use myself as an example. I went car shopping 3 years ago, after my old car died. I wanted something cheap as I had to finance, I wanted enough room to be comfortable, and I wanted enough power to make the car fun and able to tow a trailer. I ended up getting a Chevy Optra hatchback (sold as a Suzuki Reno, Buick Excel, Lacetti, etc., in other parts of the world). And you know what? It's bad on gas (~30 mpg). But it's roomy enough that a full size adults are comfortable in the back, and the 120 hp engine/manual transmission can handle a 2000 lb trailer plus 1000 lb of cargo in the car. It'll do 0 to 60 in under 10, and with the right tires it handles great (Yokohama Avid Envigor). I could have gotten something 20% or even 50% better on fuel (diesel), but it made no economic sense.
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Yeah, but they may not see them as legitimate, normal IP addresses. With all the short cuts that have been taken in the past, it's impossible to know.
And every router. In every office. And every home.
And who knows how many routers would have those addresses hardcoded in hardware.
It's probably just as easy to go IPv6, when you consider the hassles and testing.
Did you not notice the pictures? Top Gear often presents a series of pictures without text at all. Their site is more about pictures than the articles, unlike Playboy.
And what if a hen ends up in the queue? Then what?
I'm 28 and I still have mine, literally 2 feet from me. Along with a few others I picked up as a kid. They were by far my favourite toys, next to Lego. I can't get rid of them, even though I haven't built anything in years. Though my favourite of the kits was the 200-in-one model that had a few NAND gates. Building latch circuits and binary decoders was fun! I was never into the analog stuff as much... my brain hated anything imprecise.
My great-grandfather was a paymaster/accountant at one of the rail roads, back in the day. He could work as fast as his pencil, faster than several normal accounts combined. Why? He knew his multiplication tables to 100. So it was super simple for him to multiply the number of hours worked by a man, and how many cents an hour he made.
And it was included in Ubuntu before he said it was ready, too. You can't fault him if distros decide to include alpha/beta software.
Personally, I think NASA should simply stop hiring cellphone banking app engineers.
Hey, when I was a kid, I had all kinds of "white holes". On my face. Each also ended with a cataclysmic explosion if I pinched it just right.
Their planet was cleared to make way for an interstellar highway. They should have visited the local planning office!
Just give it some time. It takes a while for natal technology to be borne out.
Well, they did eventually do something about the problem, as they could only shelve it for so long.
There's a silver of humor in that.
I don't get it. How could they get the Nobel prize for this? Graphene is made out of carbon, and last I checked, carbon isn't one of the Nobel elements.
The spectra weren't even used by analog broadcast TV. The spectra consist of unused space between the old channels, space that was left unused to avoid interference, harmonics, etc. between the analog channels.
China has a very good reason for doing things the way they have: lack of capital. When capital is scarce, workers are cheap in comparison.
Now that China has accumulated lots of capital, China is seeing a shift towards more efficient methods of production. There's a shift towards energy conservation, lessening of pollution, and yes, better working conditions. Is it up to par with the first world? No. But I bet within a couple of decades working conditions will be better in China. Why? Because capital is a multiplier of worker productivity. If I have an expensive machine, I want the best employee operating it to maximize efficiency. That means I'll pay him well, treat him well, and do everything I can to keep him at his best.
Some things can derail this natural process. One is government regulation that interferes with the market's ability to discover the most efficient way of doing things. Another is labour cartels (unions) that prevent an entrepreneur from using labour most effectively (can't fire the lazy ones). But China has been smart about economic growth so far, and I imagine they'll try to keep these problems to a minimum (look at how far they've come in 32 years of deregulation thus far, though they still have long to go).
The US doesn't need to subsidize any business, but it sure as heck could get out of the way of doing business (regulation), and it could stop punishing people for doing well in business: the highest corporate taxes in the world don't encourage investment!
Minimum wage isn't needed, either. Once business can be profitable enough in the US, wages will go up, as there will be more competition for employees. Until then, minimum wage keeps marginally employable people out of work, and is a drain on the economy as those people are unproductive.
That was a good one! Hurdy hur hur hur!
That's right, HP, kick Oracle where it hurds!
If you're not happy with the way Hurd works, download the source code and fork it.
Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. :)
I used 99% as a figure of speech. But amongst the people I know, they will avoid a truck or suv and get a car to save gas, but I've yet to have an acquaintance who bought one car over another car in the same class over gas mileage. It's always been features other than mileage, or price.
See my point about expressing masculine virility. :)
Why, cray tell, does it run so slowly?
Hey! The computer predates Slashdot by two decades, for craying out loud!
I don't think this will make a difference. 99% of the car buying public goes after features first: they may be looking for a pickup to haul stuff, a minivan to move people, something inexpensive but fun, or even just looks and the need to express masculine virility. It's a very rare person who goes specifically after emissions, and they're all driving a Prius. The rest will be going after price they can afford versus the features they want. There is also the fact that most people know the cost of fuel is small compared to the cost of a new vehicle, so it often makes sense to buy something cheaper and pay more in gas. So the whole idea of grading cars is next to useless.
I'll use myself as an example. I went car shopping 3 years ago, after my old car died. I wanted something cheap as I had to finance, I wanted enough room to be comfortable, and I wanted enough power to make the car fun and able to tow a trailer. I ended up getting a Chevy Optra hatchback (sold as a Suzuki Reno, Buick Excel, Lacetti, etc., in other parts of the world). And you know what? It's bad on gas (~30 mpg). But it's roomy enough that a full size adults are comfortable in the back, and the 120 hp engine/manual transmission can handle a 2000 lb trailer plus 1000 lb of cargo in the car. It'll do 0 to 60 in under 10, and with the right tires it handles great (Yokohama Avid Envigor). I could have gotten something 20% or even 50% better on fuel (diesel), but it made no economic sense.