... to promote innovation by giving the patent-holder a legal monopoly for a limited period of time which effectively protects firms with patents from competition.
The key phrase in tfa looks like "absorb the carbon dioxide they emit." How many earths will be needed if we shift to a low/no carbon economy? Have they factored in any allowance for increased efficiency?
It'd it be nice to see some breakdown of the analysis, not just a bald number.
That's an interesting analogy but I don't think it's obvious that a codec belongs in the everything-else category. Firstly, it wasn't *that* long ago that OSes and compilers and network stacks were part of how manufacturers competed with one another. Secondly, I think that what's infrastructure and what's not depends on what you're interested in. For your average YouTuber, the choice of codec would be a matter of eye-glazing irrelevance, and they'd be hard-pressed to make an informed choice, which is a crucial ingredient in a market-based system.
Thank you sir. I think my kids will enjoy this, and if not, then it sounds like there's plenty of other stuff out there that might pique their interest, or at least mine. Special shout-out to the dude who posted the link to FreeBasic.
IANAP, but I imagine you'd need much, much more than one planet orbiting backwards before you'd even start to think you might need a new theory of solar system formation. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
I'm curious as to how anyone could get comfy on a helpdesk. Christ, after working on one of those god-forsaken hellholes and being fucked day after day with my pants on, I wept tears of joy when they fired me.
Personally, my skin crawls whenever someone uses "begging the question" in it's so-called modern sense, but I think that describing an argument as 'circular' is more aesthetically pleasing. So I'm inclined to let the masses beg their questions.
Except the wiki article linked to in the post says the Antikythera mechanism dates from 87BC. Another wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest puts the Almagest at CE 150. That has the implementation preceding the specification by almost 240 years.
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... to promote innovation by giving the patent-holder a legal monopoly for a limited period of time which effectively protects firms with patents from competition.
The key phrase in tfa looks like "absorb the carbon dioxide they emit." How many earths will be needed if we shift to a low/no carbon economy? Have they factored in any allowance for increased efficiency? It'd it be nice to see some breakdown of the analysis, not just a bald number.
That's an interesting analogy but I don't think it's obvious that a codec belongs in the everything-else category. Firstly, it wasn't *that* long ago that OSes and compilers and network stacks were part of how manufacturers competed with one another. Secondly, I think that what's infrastructure and what's not depends on what you're interested in. For your average YouTuber, the choice of codec would be a matter of eye-glazing irrelevance, and they'd be hard-pressed to make an informed choice, which is a crucial ingredient in a market-based system.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/05/2864086.htm
One of them compares the regeneration of the Doctor to the appointing of a new Archbishop of Canterbury.
There are derivative desktop distros based on *bsd, like pc-bsd (see here http://www.pcbsd.org/ and here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-BSD). There's also a corporation based around providing enterprise support for pc-bsd, http://www.ixsystems.com/.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_profit
There's a 2003 article on the BBC reporting similar levels of coke on German euros.
Thank you sir. I think my kids will enjoy this, and if not, then it sounds like there's plenty of other stuff out there that might pique their interest, or at least mine. Special shout-out to the dude who posted the link to FreeBasic.
IANAP, but I imagine you'd need much, much more than one planet orbiting backwards before you'd even start to think you might need a new theory of solar system formation. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a Bugatti Veyron full of tapes.
it had been Indiana. That would've been fucking awesome.
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/7/12/a-wider-perspective-on-flavor/
That's a little extreme isn't it? The inability to tell the difference between your and you're will ultimately bring them down.
I'm curious as to how anyone could get comfy on a helpdesk. Christ, after working on one of those god-forsaken hellholes and being fucked day after day with my pants on, I wept tears of joy when they fired me.
First, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Modern_usage_controversy
Then follow the link to the article on linguistic prescription and description.
Personally, my skin crawls whenever someone uses "begging the question" in it's so-called modern sense, but I think that describing an argument as 'circular' is more aesthetically pleasing. So I'm inclined to let the masses beg their questions.
Multi-member electorates.
OK, maybe that's two. And seriously, letting party hacks control the electoral system?
h) And the one that points out could of != could've
The first is a phrase that doesn't make sense, and the second is a contraction of "could have".
Except the wiki article linked to in the post says the Antikythera mechanism dates from 87BC. Another wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest puts the Almagest at CE 150. That has the implementation preceding the specification by almost 240 years.
yeah, when will ppl learn it's actually the hard drive?
Is does not imply ought. Once you've finished Nietzsche, read some Hume.