I have a much better idea (other than wishing death for him)
1. Design an additional driving test (optional) with the measurement of responses while texting/talking. 2. Issue a sticker to people who pass this test and allow them cellphone usage.
>>India didn't gain their independence through guns.
Perhaps you should learn about Indian politics and the economic condition of general public first before passing such an ignorant comment.
And most of it is due to the corruption of the bureaucracy and govt. Now, according to my theory, if only each Indian had the right to own gun, the situation wouldn't be as bad.
What made you think that he is even interested in being A Master of C?
Believe it or not, a lot of us are not remotely interested in learning languages any further then getting a job done. Computer languages, like spoken languages are there for only one purpose: Getting a job done. Regardless of how warm and fuzzy (and proud) you feel because you are A Master, a lot of us have more important things to do in life then specializing in languages, which on itself, come and go as new technologies are developed.
Of course, it does make sense to specialize in a language if you are a language instructor. Other than that, it doesn't.
Ok I see that I was looking at 1973 and not freerunner. However, the only improvement I see is accelerometer and processor speed. The rest of the specs, including screen size is still the same (2.8").
>>The SSL certificate scheme is there to assure your browser (you) that the bank is who they say they are.
You are confused, my friend. An SSL certificate, like an earlier poster already pointed out, is only there to encrypt the traffic. It doesn't ensure identity and is not meant to do so regardless of what VERISIGN signup page tell you. THere is only one way to ensure that you are at the site you intend to: LOOK AT THE ADDRESS BAR. Its why its there for.
Off the topic, IE8 has a neat feature in which it highlights the domain part of the URI. Makes it easier for you to figure out which site you are on without significant mental effort.
* 2.8" VGA TFT color display
* Touchscreen, usable with stylus or fingers
* 266MHz Samsung System on a Chip (SOC)
* USB 1.1, switchable between Client and Host (unpowered)
* Integrated AGPS
* 2.5G GSM â" tri band (900/1800/1900), voice, CSD, GPRS
* Bluetooth 2.0
* Micro SD slot
* High Quality audio codec
Note that it has a USB 1.1 (slower transfers) and is triband (no 850 for north america)
Also the article points to a meaningless page with no real info. Here is the actual page for openmoko.
And the official site still says that its not released. The whole submission looks trollish to me.
(I know there is no such TLD as ks, its just an example that it has always been and will be possible regardless of whether TLDs are put on sale or not)
>>For every new TLD that gets created it just adds that many more TLDs that company has to buy to cover their trademark, company name whatever.
No it doesn't. As long as a domain is owned by an entity, it is entitled to add subdomains as it pleases. I can just add a subdomain by any name to my registered domain (which is itself a subdomain technically) i.e microsoft.mydomain.com. Same goes for TLDs. If a tld.microsoft is owned by microsoft, it makes no sense for apple to buy apple.microsoft subdomain from them.
Heck nobody here seems to understand why and how the domain system works. The subdomain of these TLDs are not open for sale for everyone as.com.net.org but rather the TLD itself will be owned by an entity aka corporation/individual.
Or they can just create.disney TLD and ignore the subdomains of other TLDs. Just like anyone can create disney.somedomain.com and it will be of no interest to them.
>>The problem is, that a megabit still costs $300/mo or $700/mo. There's no way around that.
Costs? Costs? How the fuck does a megabit costs anything at all? The infrastructure does have a running cost, no doubt but each megabit which passes through DOES NOT costs anything.
Now if they (aka large ISPs) stop fucking paying advertising companies and lobbying firms large sums of money to amend laws to their suiting and instead learn to spend this money on upgrading their network. But that would make them less of an asshole, wouldn't it? How would they be able to look in the mirror.
I'm amazed that no one mentioned it. Just get 16gb usb flash disks. It has theoretically unlimited life for archiving. The only time it deteriorate is when you continuously write/erase it.
One flaw, you can't bypass copyright protection without violating EULA (and DMCA in the US)
Regardless of how fuzzy and warm you feel, software makers (microsoft being a prime example) mention in their EULAs that if you bypass the protection, your right to use the software is revoked (no money returns) and if you keep using it, you are no different from a person who didn't pay for it in the first place (maybe ethically or morally you are) but not according to the law.
I was under the impression that issuing tickets is a profitable business for govt so even if someone comes up with a way to increase the overall speed limits (or abandon them altogether) while still keeping the driving safe, govt wouldn't budge.
This question has been bothering me for a time. What if AI can reach the level of human intelligence and is human intelligence even a static target for it to achieve? We have evolved from very stupid creatures to our present state and I imagine that we continue to do so, thus making our brains more sophisticated and us, more intelligent. Just look at the people a century ago and todays' modern society. Even a child today is more mentally capable than an adult was 50 years ago.
I didn't say its not news worthy. In fact I refuted the point in my original post. Although I would love if opera could just open source it. After all they aren't making any money on it (not on the desktop one at least). It would be amazing.
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I have a much better idea (other than wishing death for him)
1. Design an additional driving test (optional) with the measurement of responses while texting/talking.
2. Issue a sticker to people who pass this test and allow them cellphone usage.
Typing just "google" would do. You don't need to type anything else (having www prefix was such a stupid idea to begin with).
I for one look forward to this as this is how dns is suppose to work. Anyone who doesn't like it doesn't understand how dns works.
>>India didn't gain their independence through guns.
Perhaps you should learn about Indian politics and the economic condition of general public first before passing such an ignorant comment.
And most of it is due to the corruption of the bureaucracy and govt. Now, according to my theory, if only each Indian had the right to own gun, the situation wouldn't be as bad.
What made you think that he is even interested in being A Master of C?
Believe it or not, a lot of us are not remotely interested in learning languages any further then getting a job done. Computer languages, like spoken languages are there for only one purpose: Getting a job done. Regardless of how warm and fuzzy (and proud) you feel because you are A Master, a lot of us have more important things to do in life then specializing in languages, which on itself, come and go as new technologies are developed.
Of course, it does make sense to specialize in a language if you are a language instructor. Other than that, it doesn't.
Ok I see that I was looking at 1973 and not freerunner. However, the only improvement I see is accelerometer and processor speed. The rest of the specs, including screen size is still the same (2.8").
>>The SSL certificate scheme is there to assure your browser (you) that the bank is who they say they are.
You are confused, my friend. An SSL certificate, like an earlier poster already pointed out, is only there to encrypt the traffic. It doesn't ensure identity and is not meant to do so regardless of what VERISIGN signup page tell you.
THere is only one way to ensure that you are at the site you intend to: LOOK AT THE ADDRESS BAR. Its why its there for.
Off the topic, IE8 has a neat feature in which it highlights the domain part of the URI. Makes it easier for you to figure out which site you are on without significant mental effort.
here are teh REAL specs from openmoko's website:
* 2.8" VGA TFT color display
* Touchscreen, usable with stylus or fingers
* 266MHz Samsung System on a Chip (SOC)
* USB 1.1, switchable between Client and Host (unpowered)
* Integrated AGPS
* 2.5G GSM â" tri band (900/1800/1900), voice, CSD, GPRS
* Bluetooth 2.0
* Micro SD slot
* High Quality audio codec
Note that it has a USB 1.1 (slower transfers) and is triband (no 850 for north america)
Also the article points to a meaningless page with no real info. Here is the actual page for openmoko.
And the official site still says that its not released. The whole submission looks trollish to me.
http://www.openmoko.com/products-neo-base-00-stdkit.html
Detailed hardware specs:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Hardware
>>Bluetooth: 2.0 / 2.0
Just to clarify that it means nothing to have a bluetooth 2.0 in iphone as it doesn't support any useful profile except mono handsfree.
I would define it as:
Bluetooth: 2.0 / 2.0 Crippled Edition
Again, I can still make such a domain.
Suppose I register su.ks
Then add a subdomain to it named microsoft.
there you go: microsoft.su.ks
(I know there is no such TLD as ks, its just an example that it has always been and will be possible regardless of whether TLDs are put on sale or not)
>>My point was that many companies already buy up more TLDs
TLD = Top Level Domain aka .net .com .org
TLD upto this point have never been on sale. Only subdomains of TLDs are.
Here is a simple DNS quiz:
which is these is a TLD:
1. microsoft.com
2. cic.gc.ca
3. .com
4. .
All major software projects miss their deadline due to unrealistic expectations.
More at 8
Seriously, I had high expectations of android when it was announced but then, after downloading the SDK I discovered that its JAVA only.
Wtf is the point of having linux running on its core if you can't use C/C++ for native applications?
I for one cannot wait for AI equipped toasters to take over the world and force feed toasts to everyone.
>>For every new TLD that gets created it just adds that many more TLDs that company has to buy to cover their trademark, company name whatever.
No it doesn't. As long as a domain is owned by an entity, it is entitled to add subdomains as it pleases. I can just add a subdomain by any name to my registered domain (which is itself a subdomain technically) i.e microsoft.mydomain.com. Same goes for TLDs. If a tld .microsoft is owned by microsoft, it makes no sense for apple to buy apple.microsoft subdomain from them.
Heck nobody here seems to understand why and how the domain system works. The subdomain of these TLDs are not open for sale for everyone as .com .net .org but rather the TLD itself will be owned by an entity aka corporation/individual.
Or they can just create .disney TLD and ignore the subdomains of other TLDs. Just like anyone can create disney.somedomain.com and it will be of no interest to them.
>>The problem is, that a megabit still costs $300/mo or $700/mo. There's no way around that.
Costs? Costs? How the fuck does a megabit costs anything at all? The infrastructure does have a running cost, no doubt but each megabit which passes through DOES NOT costs anything.
Now if they (aka large ISPs) stop fucking paying advertising companies and lobbying firms large sums of money to amend laws to their suiting and instead learn to spend this money on upgrading their network. But that would make them less of an asshole, wouldn't it? How would they be able to look in the mirror.
I'm amazed that no one mentioned it. Just get 16gb usb flash disks.
It has theoretically unlimited life for archiving. The only time it deteriorate is when you continuously write/erase it.
1. Buy software.
2. Install software.
3. Get frustrated.
4. Crack software.
5. Violate EULA and have the right to use the software revoked
Compare it to
1. Crack Game
2. Profit errr I mean FUN!!!!!
Nice theory.
One flaw, you can't bypass copyright protection without violating EULA (and DMCA in the US)
Regardless of how fuzzy and warm you feel, software makers (microsoft being a prime example) mention in their EULAs that if you bypass the protection, your right to use the software is revoked (no money returns) and if you keep using it, you are no different from a person who didn't pay for it in the first place (maybe ethically or morally you are) but not according to the law.
Exactly what I was thinking. I am able to run crysis on 1900x1200 with 8800GT sli with >40fps (all setting very high).
I understand using crysis as a benchmark but pretending that there wasn't any setup capable of running crysis on 1900x1200 is exaggerating
Ok how the fuck is it a troll? DRM is proved to not work over and over again and for good reason. Wtf is the moderator smoking?
Another day, another retard who thinks that he can make something work which is proved not to.
I was under the impression that issuing tickets is a profitable business for govt so even if someone comes up with a way to increase the overall speed limits (or abandon them altogether) while still keeping the driving safe, govt wouldn't budge.
Silly me
This question has been bothering me for a time. What if AI can reach the level of human intelligence and is human intelligence even a static target for it to achieve? We have evolved from very stupid creatures to our present state and I imagine that we continue to do so, thus making our brains more sophisticated and us, more intelligent. Just look at the people a century ago and todays' modern society. Even a child today is more mentally capable than an adult was 50 years ago.
I didn't say its not news worthy. In fact I refuted the point in my original post. Although I would love if opera could just open source it. After all they aren't making any money on it (not on the desktop one at least). It would be amazing.
Goohoo!
Don't forget the !
I bet if there is one thing Yahoo would change in the combine name, they would make it Googlllle!