It is impossible to pick two integers x and y, each in the range 1-5, such that x + y = 12.
Oh, really? Prove that there are no integers between 1 and 5 except 2, 3, and 4 -- that no new understanding of numbers will come along that doesn't invalidate all of our current understanding. People used to argue that the very concept of a negative integer was ridiculous.
It might be "Egier" to use, but how far will it stray from the original project (that everyone else is currently using), or is it the first leak in the Dam before everyone jumps ship.
Hopefully it'll stray as far as possible, given that the original project seems to have serious attitude issues with accepting their bugs and simply applying supplied patches! I know little about GLIBC internals, but even I can see how crack-happy the maintainers seem to be, and could probably do a better job myself. All I can say is thank god this is being forked away from those nut-jobs, and hopefully everyone else WILL jump ship too.
Don't worry, if it's anything like any other Virgin product then the throttle to 1Mb/s will kick in after 5 minutes.
Yep. ISPs can invest in all the technology and great-sounding packages they like, but while they have throttling at arbitrary and unspecified limits that consumers cannot find out then their offers amount to precisely fuck all squared. I'd gladly take any 2Mbps unmetered ISP that guarantees no limits and no metering, over any 8Mbps service, or even a 100MBps service. Broadband is about having a reliable, always on connection that I can trust to be there, and can predict the capacity of, not about having some ultra-fast thing that can't be used.
Didn't we just have an article on this exact same thing a few days ago explaining why this is definitely NOT possible?
There's no such thing as proof that something ISN'T possible -- only that it IS possible. If we could prove that warp drive wasn't possible, all of the atheists would be climbing over themselves to be the first to prove that god doesn't exist. Instead, they laugh and tell theists to prove that their god exists. There's a good, logical reason for that.
None of which is to say that good logic about proof or disproof means that atheists are more correct than theists.
the financial crises was caused by just about anyone
Except for folks who bought within their means and paid their mortgages on time. Sadly, they will now end up paying for everything else.
Which is not surprising really. It's a lot like when the wise people in a village tell a kid not to play at the waterfall, and he does, and then the elders need to pick up the pieces when he breaks his leg. There have always been irresponsible, foolish people, and responsible, wise people in societies. Only question is whether the elders are happy being who they are.
I learned 68k, for one. On the 68k, it was easy and a natural progression from C. By contrast, I've always avoided the horror story that x86 seems to be.
No one cares about a new search engine. Really, Google suits all my needs.
Funny, Google isn't even close for me, though it's certainly the best I've found so far. I'd be much more interested in proper semantic queries, like "show me people within countryX who bought two tickets for holidayY, and have just blogged about being dumped."
But wolfram? Meh. Not convinced any standard search box can fill that niche -- certainly not if it's target at the mass market rather than coders who understand query syntax, at least. Also, I just tried to use it again, and it still refuses to work, saying "launching may 2009". Not knowing the current month is pretty lame for an attempt at HAL.
If you agreed with RMS in principle, and wanted to create a SAAS business that is ethical, how would you do it?
The same way wikipedia does: provide the source from a foundation, or an entirely independent FOSS code-hosting site, and allow people to download your database. That means ALL of the database that isn't private, not just your own contributions (though sometimes the non-private stuff IS only your own contributions).
Just don't have it moderated by dicks, the way Wikipedia is.
Except that he would find a way to have the boss pay for the materials as well. Double.
No, you want triple. Buy the materials on the company, then institute a new policy banning hand-made cables, and pay the dummy company to take away the old, unsafe stuff.
He's not trying to stop you idiot, he's trying to help you by changing the services so that they ARE free. It's pretty stupid to not know your friends from your enemies.
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And then mathematicians come along and prove that the earlier maths was wrong.
Oh, really? Prove that there are no integers between 1 and 5 except 2, 3, and 4 -- that no new understanding of numbers will come along that doesn't invalidate all of our current understanding. People used to argue that the very concept of a negative integer was ridiculous.
I think it probably goes
#ifndef AUTHORISED_BETA_USER
#define ENABLE_DRM
#endif
One exotic green woman, as requested:
http://tinyurl.com/cdqc6q
Hopefully it'll stray as far as possible, given that the original project seems to have serious attitude issues with accepting their bugs and simply applying supplied patches! I know little about GLIBC internals, but even I can see how crack-happy the maintainers seem to be, and could probably do a better job myself. All I can say is thank god this is being forked away from those nut-jobs, and hopefully everyone else WILL jump ship too.
Nah, they just had pride issues about using stepper motors.
Yep. ISPs can invest in all the technology and great-sounding packages they like, but while they have throttling at arbitrary and unspecified limits that consumers cannot find out then their offers amount to precisely fuck all squared. I'd gladly take any 2Mbps unmetered ISP that guarantees no limits and no metering, over any 8Mbps service, or even a 100MBps service. Broadband is about having a reliable, always on connection that I can trust to be there, and can predict the capacity of, not about having some ultra-fast thing that can't be used.
There's no such thing as proof that something ISN'T possible -- only that it IS possible. If we could prove that warp drive wasn't possible, all of the atheists would be climbing over themselves to be the first to prove that god doesn't exist. Instead, they laugh and tell theists to prove that their god exists. There's a good, logical reason for that.
None of which is to say that good logic about proof or disproof means that atheists are more correct than theists.
Which is not surprising really. It's a lot like when the wise people in a village tell a kid not to play at the waterfall, and he does, and then the elders need to pick up the pieces when he breaks his leg. There have always been irresponsible, foolish people, and responsible, wise people in societies. Only question is whether the elders are happy being who they are.
I learned 68k, for one. On the 68k, it was easy and a natural progression from C. By contrast, I've always avoided the horror story that x86 seems to be.
There, fixed that for you.
I thought you were referring the F.A.S.T. stuff (similar UK troll-equivalent of RIAA etc.) there.
Ever heard of international copyright treaties?
That cuts both ways. If he can leave for having a different opinion, so can you, for not allowing his opinion to co-exist.
What if I want to estimate the size of megan fox's breasts? Or her rectum?
Funny, Google isn't even close for me, though it's certainly the best I've found so far. I'd be much more interested in proper semantic queries, like "show me people within countryX who bought two tickets for holidayY, and have just blogged about being dumped."
But wolfram? Meh. Not convinced any standard search box can fill that niche -- certainly not if it's target at the mass market rather than coders who understand query syntax, at least. Also, I just tried to use it again, and it still refuses to work, saying "launching may 2009". Not knowing the current month is pretty lame for an attempt at HAL.
That'd be the meadow function.
No, not at all. That's like saying you can feed water through pipes, so pipes are bigger than the ocean.
How do you think they got rich?
Since ADA was the language created for military code, mil-spec code looks a lot like an ADA program. Design by contract, for one thing.
Yes, but now you can get a VOIP phone, meaning the internet is a superset of phones, and therefore, more important.
The same way wikipedia does: provide the source from a foundation, or an entirely independent FOSS code-hosting site, and allow people to download your database. That means ALL of the database that isn't private, not just your own contributions (though sometimes the non-private stuff IS only your own contributions).
Just don't have it moderated by dicks, the way Wikipedia is.
Somehow I think Microsoft's reality distortion field has always been a lot bigger (and more power hungry) than Apple's has.
No, you want triple. Buy the materials on the company, then institute a new policy banning hand-made cables, and pay the dummy company to take away the old, unsafe stuff.
He's not trying to stop you idiot, he's trying to help you by changing the services so that they ARE free. It's pretty stupid to not know your friends from your enemies.