I would recommend that the regulatory boards allow a community-driven system for the assessment of the materials. It would require widespread participation of would-be consumers, and would be called the "Participatory Interactive RATING System."
/ducks
Finally maybe we can put to rest that crap about there being more than 3 dimensions.
"Finally" implies a temporal dimension, leaving only 2 dimensions for "crap." but for "crap" to be manifest, it must pass through a hole, which necessarily implies at least n + 1 dimensions! Congratulations, you have established the existence of *gasp* the 4th dimension, which we refer to as the "anal dimension."
(My silly comment got me wondering, if a "hole" exists and is orthogonal to the 3 spatial dimensions, then the curvature of spacetime does constitute a 4th spatial (5th spacetime) dimension, right? As a fitting mnemonic, I shall refer to it as the "hyper-anal" dimension!)
1. Replicant - burns candles at both ends
2. iRobot -trendy, comes in black and white
3. Hunter-seeker - finders weepers
4. Terminator - capable of winning state elections
5. Matrix agent - software
6. Matrix squid - hardware
7. Suicide booth - manufactured by Bender
8. Robots are our friends - powered by old peoples' medicines
9. Martian Reprisal Interplanetary probe - that was for our babies!
10. Transformers - nasty power supplies
11. Cowbot Neal - no nuclear warheads. less lethal than iRobot. Lame.
I think the OO folks are working with available resources. It is much easier to find folks to come up with free art clips than those who can make it leaner, faster and more stable.
The latter are also more time consuming, so there is no need for "Everything else to wait," since these are being done in parallel by different groups of people.
I agree with you, AC. Actually the first thing that came to mind was MTBF which prompted me to search for comments with the word, "failure." The impression is that once a device has broken down, the likelihood of it failing again increases (I don't know if this impression is true or not).
Also, electronics depreciate quickly, so "it may not be worth it to repair this old laptop." (Again, how much a laptop has depreciated is kinda subjective.) If the cost of repair exceeds, uhmm, say 50 percent of the depreciated value, or 30 percent of a new system, they're likely to buy a new system with the benefit of 1) a warranty, and 2) newer specs.
How is this useful? What are applications? Blahblah
Since when did science have to have applications? (This isn't sarcasm; science is about discovery. Applications of those discoveries are mostly accident. You can't automatically "succeed" at science. Failing to find a room-temperature superconductor isn't failing per se; it means succeeding to eliminate another coulda been material. Finding dead ends is part of the quest. And this result might not yet be a dead end.)
So far, most of the comments have been posted by boring morons.
Paranoid, but I'd be more scared about Novell's future, with Microsoft's history of screwing the companies it works with--e.g IBM (OS/2), Spyglass, Adobe, PlaysForSure, etc. /tinfoil hat
I've tried out the Japanese model (Sony Librie) on demo in a shop, and I have to say this thing makes me drool.
It is very expensive, but
quality-wise, it makes other e-book readers feel clunky and painful to the eyes. And it even comes with a cover that makes it *feel* like a book.
No backlight, but it conveniently runs on ordinary aaa batteries. The quality only problems are the slow refresh and occasional slight ghosting that reminds me of an etch-a-sketch. It's as close to the real thing as it gets.
Actually, some Japanese tend to over-compensate when speaking English, and inadvertently pronounce 'r' as 'l'.
For instance, this is a true story: I was at a grocery store near my apartment in Saitama, Japan. Suddenly, an an elderly clerk passes by and points at the counter, wildly saying, "Flee! Flee!" I wonder what it's about and begin to worry. It turns out they had a special offer that day, and the boxes of chocolate stacked near the counter were being given away for free!
As far as I'm concenrned Sun is playing catch-up with Microsoft, and this is no more than a half assed response to MS releasing IronPython
In case you didn't know, IronPython (python on.net) was developed by the same person as Jython. I was wondering too why jython seemed to be languishing. It seems that Microsoft beat Sun to it and hired the main developer of Jython, who now dedicates most of his time to IronPython.
But it looks like Python on Java has not stopped altogether. After searching a bit, it looks like other folks trying to write python in python (pypy) to make it easier to port python to other platforms, e.g. C, java, etc.
When the office moved to a building with a gym, I enrolled in the bodybuilding course and instantly grew buffed and *gasp* sexy.
I gained 20 pounds of lean muscle over a year, kinda like the spiderman bodytype/smug.
But then when I left that job and moved to another city without gym access, i instantly lost some muscle and gained _another_ 20 pounds of fat over a couple years, turning me into... *drum roll* Mr. Incredible!
Geez, mods, since when was "should be cockpunched" informative? And in the first place, BW is saying just the opposite.
From TFA:
it's not going to happen...(snip)... Going private would mean gutting billions from research and development and paring thousands of employees just to service the new debt, starving the pipeline of new products (and by extension, squeezing future profits).
Many things we know about Space and Time we know without being able to OBSERVE them. Many things we know only because physics/mathematics tells us that it HAS TO BE SO. A good example would be the gravitational lensing of light as it passes massive objects on its way to earth.. That is exactly how we can detect the "black holes" and other super-massives out there, which, due to their very light-sucking nature*, cannot be observed.
"HAS TO BE SO" is a poor choice of words. It makes you sound superstitious.
Better stated, we INFER their existence by OBSERVING their effects. A mundane example would be a gravitational field. No one has ever seen the field, but everyone observes its effects. Likewise we infer a black hole's existence by observing the effects around it. The GP's problem is that s/he wanted to observe everything *directly*. That wouldn't be too practical and would leave out a lot of knowledge.
Well, i did play with it a bit... Turns out it has a nice little javascript "api" that you can write scripts for. Try logging in and opening the shell, and typing for instance:
props uos
o = uos.browser.getBrowserAndVersion()
o.browser + o.version
uos kinda looks like the java/.net package tree. It's also got an API for ui widgets and a "file" system. It's not exactly an OS (although it tries to look like one), but it looks pretty sophisticated. Interesting concept for web-based application development.
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So what you're trying to say is, the reason behind it is that Windows is broken?
=)
I would recommend that the regulatory boards allow a community-driven system for the assessment of the materials.
/ducks
It would require widespread participation of would-be consumers, and would be called the "Participatory Interactive RATING System."
(My silly comment got me wondering, if a "hole" exists and is orthogonal to the 3 spatial dimensions, then the curvature of spacetime does constitute a 4th spatial (5th spacetime) dimension, right? As a fitting mnemonic, I shall refer to it as the "hyper-anal" dimension!)
1. Replicant - burns candles at both ends
2. iRobot -trendy, comes in black and white
3. Hunter-seeker - finders weepers
4. Terminator - capable of winning state elections
5. Matrix agent - software
6. Matrix squid - hardware
7. Suicide booth - manufactured by Bender
8. Robots are our friends - powered by old peoples' medicines
9. Martian Reprisal Interplanetary probe - that was for our babies!
10. Transformers - nasty power supplies
11. Cowbot Neal - no nuclear warheads. less lethal than iRobot. Lame.
From wordweb:
sprawl
Noun. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
Verb. Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
Of course it makes us fat!
-Sankyuu
Warning on Binoculars: Do not view the sun with remaining... oh wait!
I think the OO folks are working with available resources. It is much easier to find folks to come up with free art clips than those who can make it leaner, faster and more stable.
The latter are also more time consuming, so there is no need for "Everything else to wait," since these are being done in parallel by different groups of people.
The scissors are also packed in a clamshell.
/ducks
I agree with you, AC. Actually the first thing that came to mind was MTBF which prompted me to search for comments with the word, "failure." The impression is that once a device has broken down, the likelihood of it failing again increases (I don't know if this impression is true or not).
Also, electronics depreciate quickly, so "it may not be worth it to repair this old laptop." (Again, how much a laptop has depreciated is kinda subjective.) If the cost of repair exceeds, uhmm, say 50 percent of the depreciated value, or 30 percent of a new system, they're likely to buy a new system with the benefit of 1) a warranty, and 2) newer specs.
Since when did science have to have applications?
(This isn't sarcasm; science is about discovery. Applications of those discoveries are mostly accident. You can't automatically "succeed" at science. Failing to find a room-temperature superconductor isn't failing per se; it means succeeding to eliminate another coulda been material. Finding dead ends is part of the quest. And this result might not yet be a dead end.)
So far, most of the comments have been posted by boring morons.
-A bored moron
Paranoid, but I'd be more scared about Novell's future, with Microsoft's history of screwing the companies it works with--e.g IBM (OS/2), Spyglass, Adobe, PlaysForSure, etc.
/tinfoil hat
Yeah, I think a Faraday tinfoil hat would help, if the apertures are smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.
;)
I think it would be funnier if the parent were modded insightful
But 13 is sixteen.
You mean Base thirteen.
Oh... I was under the impression they were gonna base it on Novell linux with
Imagine if your boss found out what you think of kittens!
Finally, the secret ingredient... no, the only ingredient of slurm cola! *licks lips*
Word is that Dr. Farnsworth of Futurama was actually named after the Dr. Farnsworth who invented the CRT TV and the Fusor reactor.
I've tried out the Japanese model (Sony Librie) on demo in a shop, and I have to say this thing makes me drool.
It is very expensive, but quality-wise, it makes other e-book readers feel clunky and painful to the eyes. And it even comes with a cover that makes it *feel* like a book. No backlight, but it conveniently runs on ordinary aaa batteries. The quality only problems are the slow refresh and occasional slight ghosting that reminds me of an etch-a-sketch. It's as close to the real thing as it gets.
Actually, some Japanese tend to over-compensate when speaking English, and inadvertently pronounce 'r' as 'l'.
For instance, this is a true story: I was at a grocery store near my apartment in Saitama, Japan. Suddenly, an an elderly clerk passes by and points at the counter, wildly saying, "Flee! Flee!" I wonder what it's about and begin to worry. It turns out they had a special offer that day, and the boxes of chocolate stacked near the counter were being given away for free!
In case you didn't know, IronPython (python on
But it looks like Python on Java has not stopped altogether. After searching a bit, it looks like other folks trying to write python in python (pypy) to make it easier to port python to other platforms, e.g. C, java, etc.
When the office moved to a building with a gym, I enrolled in the bodybuilding course and instantly grew buffed and *gasp* sexy. I gained 20 pounds of lean muscle over a year, kinda like the spiderman bodytype /smug.
But then when I left that job and moved to another city without gym access, i instantly lost some muscle and gained _another_ 20 pounds of fat over a couple years, turning me into... *drum roll* Mr. Incredible!
I haven't tried freedos in a while, but I tried dosbox and it worked well with commander keen on winxpsp2 =)
(I am not affiliated with any of the software listed above)
Geez, mods, since when was "should be cockpunched" informative? And in the first place, BW is saying just the opposite.
From TFA:
it's not going to happen...(snip)... Going private would mean gutting billions from research and development and paring thousands of employees just to service the new debt, starving the pipeline of new products (and by extension, squeezing future profits).
"HAS TO BE SO" is a poor choice of words. It makes you sound superstitious.
Better stated, we INFER their existence by OBSERVING their effects. A mundane example would be a gravitational field. No one has ever seen the field, but everyone observes its effects. Likewise we infer a black hole's existence by observing the effects around it. The GP's problem is that s/he wanted to observe everything *directly*. That wouldn't be too practical and would leave out a lot of knowledge.
Well, i did play with it a bit... Turns out it has a nice little javascript "api" that you can write scripts for. Try logging in and opening the shell, and typing for instance:
uos kinda looks like the java/.net package tree. It's also got an API for ui widgets and a "file" system. It's not exactly an OS (although it tries to look like one), but it looks pretty sophisticated. Interesting concept for web-based application development.