I think the grandparent meant just this - because of the money prize, there can be a flood of people who submit crappy bug reports and patches, in order to try their luck.
This would obviously be bad, if it happened. I don't think it will be that much of a problem, though:)
In case you want me to be more specific... On that discussion, the topic was if there was some advantage in the Fahrenheit scale itself. In this one, I was specifically discussing why SI units are better for scientific research.
Of course, but if you're not a scientist who lives in a shell, you should use standard units to communicate with other scientists, in scientific papers or whatever form of communication.
I'm sorry but your arguments are too weak. And the CNN article shows pretty well what's the advantage of using standard units. Using US units all the time is not an option for scientists nowadays.
What I mean is that google is getting more and more like a command line interface. If you read my post attentively, I didn't say it was necessarily bad, just that it felt a little unusual nowadays, in the context of the www...
This should be even more interesting when they integrate it with Google Maps:)
Am I the only one who dislikes having to do a search to get some information? Of course it can be bookmarked but it just feels a little weird. Maybe it's just a matter of habit...
Well, this post had said that windows was not even capable of doing it. The post that you've replied to clearly contradicts this... So try again please;)
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I think the grandparent meant just this - because of the money prize, there can be a flood of people who submit crappy bug reports and patches, in order to try their luck.
:)
This would obviously be bad, if it happened. I don't think it will be that much of a problem, though
In my opinion, any decent programmer likes optimizing. It's just fun! So congratulations :)
No problem, it just happens because I'm not from the US, so I've never used 32 as the value of g ;)
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Not to mention that few or none webmail systems have that too, right?
Easily... You create:
1 -label1_3
label1
label1-label1_1
label1-label1_2
label
etc
Yes, especially if it's mine :)
Eheh, maybe we can stop this discussion already then :D
;)
:)
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As long as no more ships crash because of units, it's all fine for me
In case you want me to be more specific... On that discussion, the topic was if there was some advantage in the Fahrenheit scale itself. In this one, I was specifically discussing why SI units are better for scientific research.
Try again, please.
I fail to understand why/when we're limited to integer numbers when measuring temperatures...
I was already expecting this reply :)
The problem with it is just one - I wasn't making a point about the advantages of the Celsius scale. Or was I?
Of course, but if you're not a scientist who lives in a shell, you should use standard units to communicate with other scientists, in scientific papers or whatever form of communication.
I'm sorry but your arguments are too weak. And the CNN article shows pretty well what's the advantage of using standard units. Using US units all the time is not an option for scientists nowadays.
What I mean is that google is getting more and more like a command line interface. If you read my post attentively, I didn't say it was necessarily bad, just that it felt a little unusual nowadays, in the context of the www...
Scientific research is the reason why the SI system was invented. Feel free to use anything else, of course, but virtually all scientists don't...
This could be a reason too...
Agreed.
Sorry, that's not a benefit of the Fahrenheit scale.
That's a benefit of knowing it while living in the US, it says NOTHING about the scale itself...
Well, you wouldn't have to think about two scales when you were doing some decent scientific or engineering work...
This is quite cool, but I still prefer the ForecastFox extension for now.
Or maybe the US could start trying to use standard units. Hey, if it's bad for someone is just you guys, especially the scientists and engineers...
Check out the other reply to the grandparent post ;)
You managed to confuse me because of units again lol. In the units used by all physics, the acceleration of gravity is 9.8, commonly rounded to 10.
:)
So I had to google it and concluded you were using feet/second...
On the other hand, a bonus to you americans for having a power of 2 as g's value
There are folders. They're called labels, and do everything folders do, plus some more things (a message can belong to several labels)...
This should be even more interesting when they integrate it with Google Maps :)
Am I the only one who dislikes having to do a search to get some information? Of course it can be bookmarked but it just feels a little weird. Maybe it's just a matter of habit...
Well, a shaved one would be much more shocking in this case...
Same here... And several times in a row :)
Well, this post had said that windows was not even capable of doing it. The post that you've replied to clearly contradicts this... So try again please ;)