Yep. I have convincing evidence that all those exhaust pipes and coal-fired power stations were formed by erosion. This is a completly natural process that would have happened anyway.
What's special is that they're trying to unify (to the degree possible) their product across phones, tablets, and the PC.
We get that, but:
a) Nobody asked them to
b) They went all out for a product which nobody actually owns yet and in the process created something that none of their existing customers would touch with a 10 foot bargepole.
How difficult would it have been tom make a nicer Windows 7 where you can press the Windows key to go to the metro interface if you want to?
The number of bitcoins is capped. That part of the scam is to give the early adopters a huge advantage if there are a large number of people that join in the pyramid.
Right now it costs more in electricity to generate a coin than the coin is worth...
Agree. In any pair of languages there's a lot of words/phrases which simply can't be translated without cultural references.
This is where machines can't help (in fact they'll probably make things worse). Automatic translation is a noble goal but I don't think it can ever be a substitute for the real thing where there's a big difference in culture.
It can work for limited cases of course: eg. The language needed for ordering 10,000 widgets by next Tuesday should be machine-translatable. OTOH the small-talk most salesmen engage in before the sale will probably lead to global warfare if attempted.
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Yep. I have convincing evidence that all those exhaust pipes and coal-fired power stations were formed by erosion. This is a completly natural process that would have happened anyway.
Hasn't it been going steadily up since the 1750s?
I blame Mr. Watt and his steam engine for all the problems.
There's still time to do it.
One big mp3 file...the album from beginning to end.
Some of the discoveries are ones that you have to be a hard core geology nut to care about....ultimately, it's still just some dirt.
Unless it's coal.
I bet you're fun at parties...
My Model-M doesn't have a 'Window' key...
Shortcut or not, you're constantly doing extra things just to get back to where you were trying to get some work done.
I've heard this "16 years" thing several times lately. I think it's the latest thing being put out by the climate change disinformation campaign.
When you've debunked it long enough they'll come up with something else.
(...and put it on the radio for society's low common denominators to hear and spread as gospel truth)
"On the radio..."
Oh, well, it must be true if it was on the radio. The radio only ever has well researched, peer-reviewed content.
What's special is that they're trying to unify (to the degree possible) their product across phones, tablets, and the PC.
We get that, but:
a) Nobody asked them to
b) They went all out for a product which nobody actually owns yet and in the process created something that none of their existing customers would touch with a 10 foot bargepole.
How difficult would it have been tom make a nicer Windows 7 where you can press the Windows key to go to the metro interface if you want to?
Whose 'projections' were they, exactly? Not anybody outside Redmond's board of directors...
Maybe something like "Press Windows key to go to the metro interface".
Would that have been so difficult?
Those either have diphthongs or are bastardized versions of a weird foreign word (giraffe).
Do you have an example of a word that starts with "gif..." where the 'g' is pronounced like 'j'?
The first time I head somebody say "jiff format" I had no idea what they were on about. True story.
It's a 'G'. We say girl, gun, gimp, giga... not jirl, jun, jimp, jigger.
Yep. Some governments in the world would actually not store the DNA forever, "just in case".
Unthinkable, I know. But it's true.
Does he still do VHS tapes too...?
"Copyright reform would have far-reaching impacts, so it is incredibly important that it be approached with all facts and viewpoints in hand"
Are those 'facts and viewpoints' green in color?
You don't need anything fancy...a cheap CASIO will do.
Mine's ten years old and still useful. Neener neener.
People here care about this stuff, but it is not even on the radar of most politicians.
The point is you now have an official chance to get it on their radar. I hope you're not going to let it pass.
I sure hope they have some herding plans for Spanish politicians. Preferably into the nearest prison.
Only 45 days left until the US "fiscal cliff", I wonder if the Republicans are feeling like collaborating in the economy after Obama's win?
According to Einstein, there's no theoretical limit.
The number of bitcoins is capped. That part of the scam is to give the early adopters a huge advantage if there are a large number of people that join in the pyramid.
Right now it costs more in electricity to generate a coin than the coin is worth...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h5nqhHbua4
Cant see how.
Agree. In any pair of languages there's a lot of words/phrases which simply can't be translated without cultural references.
This is where machines can't help (in fact they'll probably make things worse). Automatic translation is a noble goal but I don't think it can ever be a substitute for the real thing where there's a big difference in culture.
It can work for limited cases of course: eg. The language needed for ordering 10,000 widgets by next Tuesday should be machine-translatable. OTOH the small-talk most salesmen engage in before the sale will probably lead to global warfare if attempted.