I can't speak for any of Brian Greene's work- never read it- but if you enjoyed Hawking you NEED to read Sagan's Cosmos.
Bringing us back on topic, it was a PBS television series as well, and included one show with light speed visualizations at the same (or better) quality than linked to in the article.
In the United States, a distinction is made between "consumer digital audio" media and data media. You have to pay extra for consumer audio CD-R blanks and DAT tapes, and the music recording industry gets a piece on the assumption that the media will be used to hold commercially recorded material.
Linux is more secure than Windows. It's something that we've all heard before; however, this is not the opinion of yet another consultant but the opinion of sysadmins themselves
from the article:
The security survey, carried out by BZ Research, polled 6,344 software development managers about the security of different enterprise operating systems. Managers consistently ranked Linux as more secure than Windows...
frankly as a frontpage story this lacks any real information, and anything to comment or discuss. Are there any more details, or do we have to spend $1200 dollars to find out more?
And how does NetRatings know the gender of the visitors?
i wondered that myself. probably an opt-in deal, like the neilson TV families who allow their viewing habits to be tracked and mapped against their demographic?
While Round Two--formerly known as MozSource--puts the finishing touches on its own products, the company is sponsoring development of several other Firefox extensions
Funny, the entire article simply doesn't say what this miraculous "must-have companion" is... simply that they are sponsoring several other extensions while we wait with baited breath... worst... journalism... ever...
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Java 1.5 has been renamed to Java 5 ... [and] is still part of Java 2. The change was marketing based.
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obviously
ha...regarding your .sig:
Usually the fast solution is actually a half-fast solution
its a shame that 60 seconds separated you from a +3 informative (soon to be +5) and a -1, Redundant.
perhaps you should adopt the "Release early, release often" mantra?
I can't speak for any of Brian Greene's work- never read it- but if you enjoyed Hawking you NEED to read Sagan's Cosmos.
Bringing us back on topic, it was a PBS television series as well, and included one show with light speed visualizations at the same (or better) quality than linked to in the article.
And that was 25 years ago.
yeah. "Datum" wants to be free
In the United States, a distinction is made between "consumer digital audio" media and data media. You have to pay extra for consumer audio CD-R blanks and DAT tapes, and the music recording industry gets a piece on the assumption that the media will be used to hold commercially recorded material.
ref, Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
Linux is more secure than Windows. It's something that we've all heard before; however, this is not the opinion of yet another consultant but the opinion of sysadmins themselves
from the article:
The security survey, carried out by BZ Research, polled 6,344 software development managers about the security of different enterprise operating systems. Managers consistently ranked Linux as more secure than Windows...
frankly as a frontpage story this lacks any real information, and anything to comment or discuss. Are there any more details, or do we have to spend $1200 dollars to find out more?
And how does NetRatings know the gender of the visitors?
i wondered that myself. probably an opt-in deal, like the neilson TV families who allow their viewing habits to be tracked and mapped against their demographic?
wow! only 7 minutes after it hit slashdot! my hats off to you, kind scammer!
thats what I thought at first... but:
While Round Two--formerly known as MozSource--puts the finishing touches on its own products, the company is sponsoring development of several other Firefox extensions
Funny, the entire article simply doesn't say what this miraculous "must-have companion" is... simply that they are sponsoring several other extensions while we wait with baited breath... worst... journalism... ever...
Soooo. Exactly what is "it"... aka the "must-have companion to Firefox" that this company is selling?