Um, if you're going to be splitting hairs, you might as well be correct.
And what exactly did I get wrong in my comment?
I was tought
You clearly weren't taught spelling, speaking of hair-splitting.
in school 365.2422
365+1/4-1/100+1/400 != 365.2422.
365+1/4-1/100+1/400 is the current definition. One proposed extension (originally proposed by John Herschel) is to subtract 1/4000, which would make the sum 365.24225. All of which is exactly what I said before.
It certainly isn't the sound quality. I'm an XM subscriber, and over the last year or two, as they've crammed more channels in, I've noticed a distinct drop in the quality of the channel (Squizz) I listen to.
Granted, I listen with headphones at the office, and 99% of subscribers listen in a vehicle of one sort or another where they probably can't hear the difference.
That statement is not true. Both offer the ability to store full length movies at HD resolution.
That's "value" - "worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit." It may not be value you're willing to pay for (I'm not either), especially considering the huge negative value the DRM offers, but you can't say that there is no value offered over a DVD.
The 6bone was always meant to be a temporary experimental network. Nowadays allocations in the 2001:: network can be had from some ISPs, and the 6to4 network (2002::) is available for anyone with a single routable IPv4 address.
Now, I am sure that the consumer public in the US probably does buy those "music" CD-Rs to store their MP3s (otherwise, they would have stopped making them a long time ago).
The requirement for two types of CD-R media stems from the American Home Recording Act - the DMCA's grandfather.
The AHRA requires a tax on media for standalone devices capable of recording digital audio. Computer peripherals were exempted, which is why there are "data" CD-Rs and "music" CD-Rs. The former will NOT work in a CD recorder that's a standalone unit that's part of your stereo. That's why they're still for sale. The fact that the uninformed or gullible buy them to burn MP3s from their computer is collateral damage.
They don't need to conceptualize it that way. If the button was larger than the rest, bright green and labeled "GO," I think they'd get it.
As for your second point, since another respondent piped in to say that you'd need emergency buttons, I'll re-use his argument to suggest that the solution to your conundrum is the "door open" button. Even in ordinary elevators, that's the one I reach for in that situation. That way I don't have to suddenly think which floor I'm on.
If there's only one button to hit labeled "GO" and perhaps painted green, wouldn't people, well, hit it? Would it really confuse them so badly not to have a "1" and "2" that they'd bang on the side of the elevator, give up and go find the stairs?
How do you "scale" an elevator after you've built it? Dig a basement out from under it? Add another floor to the top? Do you at least concede that if that's the plan then adding extra buttons to the elevator(s) are the least of your problems?
Slightly OT, but this mirrors the 2nd to last episode of The Apprentice. My wife likes the show, so we watch it together.
The task was to redesign the uniforms at a hotel chain I won't name (the product placement got them all the exposure they deserve). The winning team made very modest changes - mostly to tweak the design in the direction of comfort and practicality. The losing team went fashion-bonkers. The margin of the employee vote that decided the winner was almost four to one.
b. On 26 June 1988, a brand-new Air France A 320 that was participating in an air show crashed in a wooded area in the Alsatian town of Habsheim near Mulhouse while performing an extremely low altitude fly by.
To be fair, a number of overrides, including the disabling of the GPWS, were done to the computers on this plane in order to make the fly-by possible. It was a combination of those overrides that resulted in the engines being nearly powered down when they were needed to power the plane back up into the sky... with the result we know.
In actual service, an A320 in such a situation would have already at least sounded a number of alarms and probably would not have allowed the airspeed to drop so low without the flaps and gear to be in landing configuration.
I stand by my statement - Church of RMS commandment #1 is that thou shalt have no other licenses other than GPL. Tri-licensing is clearly sinful. It may not be a mortal sin, like the Microsoft EULA, but clearly the Mozilla folks have strayed off the straight and narrow.
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You sound like RMS.
I prefer to interoperate rather than proselytize.
Does this mean that we can now expect the authors of the YIM transport for Jabber will be able to better support it?
I mean, I'd love to see Yahoo put up their own Jabber gateway, but I'm more realistic than that.
A hammer was quoted as saying that the world needed more nails.
I don't think that's how you spell that word, Dave.
This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been atributable to human error.
This comment can serve no useful purpose anymore. Goodbye.
And what exactly did I get wrong in my comment?
I was tought
You clearly weren't taught spelling, speaking of hair-splitting.
in school 365.2422
365+1/4-1/100+1/400 != 365.2422.
365+1/4-1/100+1/400 is the current definition. One proposed extension (originally proposed by John Herschel) is to subtract 1/4000, which would make the sum 365.24225. All of which is exactly what I said before.
It's actually 365.2425 - you have to take out one day every 100 years, but not every 400 years.
Some folks suggest that every 4000 years you should take one out again, That would be 365.24225. I don't think that's official yet, however.
That doesn't change the calculations significantly in this case, however.
You either hear the signal perfectly, or you hear dropouts. Really the only way to know for sure is find somone else with a receiver and borrow it.
Granted, I listen with headphones at the office, and 99% of subscribers listen in a vehicle of one sort or another where they probably can't hear the difference.
Even so, I stand by my comment.
That statement is not true. Both offer the ability to store full length movies at HD resolution.
That's "value" - "worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit." It may not be value you're willing to pay for (I'm not either), especially considering the huge negative value the DRM offers, but you can't say that there is no value offered over a DVD.
Not even close.
The 6bone was always meant to be a temporary experimental network. Nowadays allocations in the 2001:: network can be had from some ISPs, and the 6to4 network (2002::) is available for anyone with a single routable IPv4 address.
Spread that link far and wide. It's a great response.
Huh?
I thought the tax was intended to compensate artists for people who did the rip, mix, burn thing.
The requirement for two types of CD-R media stems from the American Home Recording Act - the DMCA's grandfather.
The AHRA requires a tax on media for standalone devices capable of recording digital audio. Computer peripherals were exempted, which is why there are "data" CD-Rs and "music" CD-Rs. The former will NOT work in a CD recorder that's a standalone unit that's part of your stereo. That's why they're still for sale. The fact that the uninformed or gullible buy them to burn MP3s from their computer is collateral damage.
The fact that you've had to make 50+ calls is the problem.
OT, yes, but it had to be said.
That option is only available on elevators in Redmond.
They don't need to conceptualize it that way. If the button was larger than the rest, bright green and labeled "GO," I think they'd get it.
As for your second point, since another respondent piped in to say that you'd need emergency buttons, I'll re-use his argument to suggest that the solution to your conundrum is the "door open" button. Even in ordinary elevators, that's the one I reach for in that situation. That way I don't have to suddenly think which floor I'm on.
Alright, smarty-pants.
More than one DESTINATION button.
If there's only one button to hit labeled "GO" and perhaps painted green, wouldn't people, well, hit it? Would it really confuse them so badly not to have a "1" and "2" that they'd bang on the side of the elevator, give up and go find the stairs?
How do you "scale" an elevator after you've built it? Dig a basement out from under it? Add another floor to the top? Do you at least concede that if that's the plan then adding extra buttons to the elevator(s) are the least of your problems?
If an elevator stops at only two floors, why does it need more than one button?
They wouldn't want to detract from the ads. Seriously.
Slightly OT, but this mirrors the 2nd to last episode of The Apprentice. My wife likes the show, so we watch it together.
The task was to redesign the uniforms at a hotel chain I won't name (the product placement got them all the exposure they deserve). The winning team made very modest changes - mostly to tweak the design in the direction of comfort and practicality. The losing team went fashion-bonkers. The margin of the employee vote that decided the winner was almost four to one.
To be fair, a number of overrides, including the disabling of the GPWS, were done to the computers on this plane in order to make the fly-by possible. It was a combination of those overrides that resulted in the engines being nearly powered down when they were needed to power the plane back up into the sky... with the result we know.
In actual service, an A320 in such a situation would have already at least sounded a number of alarms and probably would not have allowed the airspeed to drop so low without the flaps and gear to be in landing configuration.
I stand by my statement - Church of RMS commandment #1 is that thou shalt have no other licenses other than GPL. Tri-licensing is clearly sinful. It may not be a mortal sin, like the Microsoft EULA, but clearly the Mozilla folks have strayed off the straight and narrow.