"Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory." I'd say it's just the opposite: the dangerous thing is equating all touching and physical contact to sex.
I'd say Linux was a success here: it allowed Asus to market very low-cost netbooks, creating a new market in the process. Computers (and cars) have a tendency to bulk up, so when faced with competition in a situation where specs were no longer a limiting factor, familiarity to the average user became a more pressing need than the lowest possible price - therefore Windows is a more relevant choice of OS. I think the logic is that it's easier for those who want Linux to install it themselves over Windows than for those who want Windows to install it over Linux.
Then again, technically it would be possible to include both configurations, and have the user pick one at first boot.
Not even then, or flying over countries would be illegal border crossing (imagine the customs problems, I mean, you can't just stop that ISS every other second because you cross a border in Europe...).
It's a good thing we have the Schengen agreement, or the ISS would be in trouble!
To use a car analogy, that's as if you proposed to get rid of all roadside trees so that people don't drive into them instead of drivers making sure to stay on the road.
Unfortunately as most other car analogies it's not such a great analogy.
Hmm. The immediate sides of motorways are cleared of major obstacles to improve visibility and avoid high-speed collisions with trees in case some unlucky motorist should swerve off the road. In no way does this preclude making sure the motorist stays on the road.
A P38 can opener, for those of you who don't know, is quite possibly the least expensive can-opener possible. It could be accurately be described as a "hinged razor-blade."
The very least expensive can-opener possible is a P38 without the hinge. A fancy Fiskars version, which is about 5 times more expensive than the usual non-fancy version.
In GNOME you can add a button to the panel which hides all open windows. Ubuntu puts it in the lower left corner (the corner pixel is active by default, as are the other three. Apple and MS are STILL too dumb to figure that one out.).
(presses F11 on MacBook keyboard) (all windows slide away, exposing desktop) (presses F11 again, all windows slide back as they were) (presses Shift+F11, all windows slide slowly away) (wonders who at Apple had too much time on their hands) (presses Shift+F11 again) (watches windows slide slowly back) (posts to Slashdot)
Seriously, if copyright were tied to death + only a short time, JK Rowling would be toast.
Getting killed soon after publishing anything noteworthy may be a very good incentive to become a professional writer... when you're aspiring to join a Dead Writers' Guild.
Let's see, 45 * 2.718281828459045 = 122.3226822..., but what currency?
€, EUR, or (as a last resort) e. I used the last resort character because the euro sign € has a nasty habit of turning into a question mark, although recent browsers are pretty good at handling it. Had I meant 2.718281828459045 units of the common European currency I'd have written e e, you insensitive clod.
Arthur Clarke used to say that if anybody sent him a book to sign (and send back) he would just give it to a local library. He may lose a sale by doing that but it is more likely he will gain a sale.
Those who did send him books to sign must not have liked it...
When I was young I mainly read library books, and books borrowed from other sources. I only bought books when I had the money, which wasn't very often.
When I was young, the library was where I used to hang out. I didn't own many books, but I did read a lot.
In Finland authors get compensated for library loans of their books ("kirjastokorvaus"). It's recognized that copies in public libraries account for some lost sales, so a small compensation is paid.
About DVD rentals: It seems that the rental DVD itself is no different from a purchase copy, but it comes with a "permission to rent." Should I happen to lose or destroy the disc, I would be charged something like 45 to 90 e (asked a movie rental place once). I don't know if that's the real price or if the shop has an insurance that pays for the rest - or if it's an incentive not to lose the DVD...
Not willing to spend a lot of money on something that will lose its value faster than... well... anything, really, I have adopted the "good enough computing" doctrine years ago: I find computers that are sufficiently powerful for my use as cheaply as possible - nowadays they're usually free. I have gotten several perfectly good computers by saying "I can take that off your hands if you want.
So far all my software needs have been covered with Linux and other open source software.
I do have two Macs, but they follow the same philosophy: the combination of hardware+software is good enough for the purpose, and keeps its value better than a PC. [source: local sales of secondhand computers]
Could somebody point me to the relevant bits? I read through the text, but I can't seem to find where it says anything about three strikes or mandatory web filtering (as claimed by the Blackout Europe campaign), other than the basic idea that the end user must be advised of any traffic control policies.
I have personally made a bodywork warranty claim on a Focus that had a spot of rust appear on the trunk door when it was 8 years old. They changed all of the doors while they were at it - which was nice, because I had backed into a railing in a tight spot and made a dent in the driver's side rear door...
The US version of the Fiesta will sport a neat new feature: the Powershift dual-clutch transmission with six forward speeds, which offer the convenience of an automatic with the fuel economy of a manual. And given Ricardo UK's work on cleaning up diesel engines, we could see the new Fiesta offered with the Duratorq turbodiesel engine, and that could mean the Fiesta gets Prius-like fuel economy!
Hmm. My ten-year-old diesel (1.8 l, about 110 cu.in Endura turbo engine, manual transmission) Focus gets a "Prius-like" fuel economy (better than 47 mpg or 5 l/100 km) without trying. Being smaller, and having a more modern engine and drivetrain, the new Fiesta should easily do better than that. Unless you insist on having a ridiculous amount of horsepower.
Okay, I'll bite. Release dates: 2001: OSX 10.0/.1, Windows XP (four OS X versions later) 2007: OSX 10.5, Vista (retail)
5 user upgrades from XP to Vista Home Premium at $129 ea = $645
4 OS upgrades for OSX (5 pack, since you'd upgrade all 5 people) @ $200/5pk = $800
Then again, our two Macs are happily running Panther (10.3) and Tiger (10.4), respectively. The idea of upgrading has crossed my mind, but not very seriously, because they both work fine. Only the older one might benefit from a newer version of iLife - newer, not the newest.
...if you are going to put something into the ground (very very deep, no longer in the biosphere) then why the hell not make that nuclear?...The earth already has a radioactive core (ever see a volcano, how do you think that happened, where did the heat come from?)...gee get some cooling pipes into the ground.....electric generators anyone? What to do with all that waste electricity.... Slashdot anyone? Is this really all that hard, I mean really!
Sounds like what you're proposing is essentially powering Slashdot(?) by means of geothermal energy with some additional heat sources (radioactive waste) sunk in.
Slashdot Mirror
VI customers could just switch to emacs.
HERETIC!!
Because ed is the standard text editor.
For concrete to survive, one would have to prevent water from building up under the road. This is an almost impossible feat of engineering.
The principle is something like this:
I may forget a layer or two, but the drainage layer allows water to run off to the ditches, so it doesn't build up under the road.
"Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory." I'd say it's just the opposite: the dangerous thing is equating all touching and physical contact to sex.
Actually it's only if you watch TV signals that have been broadcast in the past 3 seconds.
So if the software I use buffers and delays the broadcast for 4 seconds, I'm clear? Woo hoo!
I'd say Linux was a success here: it allowed Asus to market very low-cost netbooks, creating a new market in the process. Computers (and cars) have a tendency to bulk up, so when faced with competition in a situation where specs were no longer a limiting factor, familiarity to the average user became a more pressing need than the lowest possible price - therefore Windows is a more relevant choice of OS. I think the logic is that it's easier for those who want Linux to install it themselves over Windows than for those who want Windows to install it over Linux.
Then again, technically it would be possible to include both configurations, and have the user pick one at first boot.
Not even then, or flying over countries would be illegal border crossing (imagine the customs problems, I mean, you can't just stop that ISS every other second because you cross a border in Europe...).
It's a good thing we have the Schengen agreement, or the ISS would be in trouble!
Most people's light switches are further than the TV, and they'd be outraged to have to turn the tv on/off without a remote...
The real issue is when the remote is more remote than the light switch, which is very often the case.
To use a car analogy, that's as if you proposed to get rid of all roadside trees so that people don't drive into them instead of drivers making sure to stay on the road.
Unfortunately as most other car analogies it's not such a great analogy.
Hmm. The immediate sides of motorways are cleared of major obstacles to improve visibility and avoid high-speed collisions with trees in case some unlucky motorist should swerve off the road. In no way does this preclude making sure the motorist stays on the road.
The FA says a 10cm cube, i.e. 1000 cubic centimetres, would weigh 130 tonnes.
Metric isn't that hard.
If 10 cm * 10 cm * 10 cm = 1000 cm^3 weighs 130 000 kg, then 1 cm * 1 cm * 1 cm = 1 cm^3 weighs 130 kg.
A P38 can opener, for those of you who don't know, is quite possibly the least expensive can-opener possible. It could be accurately be described as a "hinged razor-blade."
The very least expensive can-opener possible is a P38 without the hinge. A fancy Fiskars version, which is about 5 times more expensive than the usual non-fancy version.
The guy was probably clicking "next, next, next, next" and missed the option to NOT make it the default browser.
This was probably phrased as
"[ ] Check if IE8 is already the default browser"
You joke but(and this is true) on my dodgy slow GPRS connection, from here in deepest Africa, slashdot sometimes decides to ignore the ends of my comm
Easy solution: just write random, disposable stuff at the end of your comment. sdfsdggsd
In GNOME you can add a button to the panel which hides all open windows. Ubuntu puts it in the lower left corner (the corner pixel is active by default, as are the other three. Apple and MS are STILL too dumb to figure that one out.).
(presses F11 on MacBook keyboard)
(all windows slide away, exposing desktop)
(presses F11 again, all windows slide back as they were)
(presses Shift+F11, all windows slide slowly away)
(wonders who at Apple had too much time on their hands)
(presses Shift+F11 again)
(watches windows slide slowly back)
(posts to Slashdot)
Seriously, if copyright were tied to death + only a short time, JK Rowling would be toast.
Getting killed soon after publishing anything noteworthy may be a very good incentive to become a professional writer... when you're aspiring to join a Dead Writers' Guild.
Killing the goose that laid golden eggs, are we?
I would be charged something like 45 to 90 e
Let's see, 45 * 2.718281828459045 = 122.3226822..., but what currency?
€, EUR, or (as a last resort) e. I used the last resort character because the euro sign € has a nasty habit of turning into a question mark, although recent browsers are pretty good at handling it. Had I meant 2.718281828459045 units of the common European currency I'd have written e e, you insensitive clod.
Arthur Clarke used to say that if anybody sent him a book to sign (and send back) he would just give it to a local library. He may lose a sale by doing that but it is more likely he will gain a sale.
Those who did send him books to sign must not have liked it...
When I was young I mainly read library books, and books borrowed from other sources. I only bought books when I had the money, which wasn't very often.
When I was young, the library was where I used to hang out. I didn't own many books, but I did read a lot.
In Finland authors get compensated for library loans of their books ("kirjastokorvaus"). It's recognized that copies in public libraries account for some lost sales, so a small compensation is paid.
About DVD rentals: It seems that the rental DVD itself is no different from a purchase copy, but it comes with a "permission to rent." Should I happen to lose or destroy the disc, I would be charged something like 45 to 90 e (asked a movie rental place once). I don't know if that's the real price or if the shop has an insurance that pays for the rest - or if it's an incentive not to lose the DVD...
Not willing to spend a lot of money on something that will lose its value faster than... well... anything, really, I have adopted the "good enough computing" doctrine years ago: I find computers that are sufficiently powerful for my use as cheaply as possible - nowadays they're usually free. I have gotten several perfectly good computers by saying "I can take that off your hands if you want.
So far all my software needs have been covered with Linux and other open source software.
I do have two Macs, but they follow the same philosophy: the combination of hardware+software is good enough for the purpose, and keeps its value better than a PC. [source: local sales of secondhand computers]
Here is the law text from europarl.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-0452
Could somebody point me to the relevant bits? I read through the text, but I can't seem to find where it says anything about three strikes or mandatory web filtering (as claimed by the Blackout Europe campaign), other than the basic idea that the end user must be advised of any traffic control policies.
When you become incorporated in countries on at least 2 continents.
So, if I'm a private person, I'm not entitled to compensation; if I'm an international corporation, I am?
This ain't fair! Where do I complain?
I have copyrighted material online, owned by myself, and indexed by Google. When can I expect to be compensated?
I have personally made a bodywork warranty claim on a Focus that had a spot of rust appear on the trunk door when it was 8 years old. They changed all of the doors while they were at it - which was nice, because I had backed into a railing in a tight spot and made a dent in the driver's side rear door...
The US version of the Fiesta will sport a neat new feature: the Powershift dual-clutch transmission with six forward speeds, which offer the convenience of an automatic with the fuel economy of a manual. And given Ricardo UK's work on cleaning up diesel engines, we could see the new Fiesta offered with the Duratorq turbodiesel engine, and that could mean the Fiesta gets Prius-like fuel economy!
Hmm. My ten-year-old diesel (1.8 l, about 110 cu.in Endura turbo engine, manual transmission) Focus gets a "Prius-like" fuel economy (better than 47 mpg or 5 l/100 km) without trying. Being smaller, and having a more modern engine and drivetrain, the new Fiesta should easily do better than that. Unless you insist on having a ridiculous amount of horsepower.
Okay, I'll bite.
Release dates:
2001: OSX 10.0/.1, Windows XP
(four OS X versions later)
2007: OSX 10.5, Vista (retail)
5 user upgrades from XP to Vista Home Premium at $129 ea = $645
4 OS upgrades for OSX (5 pack, since you'd upgrade all 5 people) @ $200/5pk = $800
Then again, our two Macs are happily running Panther (10.3) and Tiger (10.4), respectively. The idea of upgrading has crossed my mind, but not very seriously, because they both work fine. Only the older one might benefit from a newer version of iLife - newer, not the newest.
...if you are going to put something into the ground (very very deep, no longer in the biosphere) then why the hell not make that nuclear? ...The earth already has a radioactive core (ever see a volcano, how do you think that happened, where did the heat come from?)...gee get some cooling pipes into the ground.....electric generators anyone? What to do with all that waste electricity.... Slashdot anyone? Is this really all that hard, I mean really!
Sounds like what you're proposing is essentially powering Slashdot(?) by means of geothermal energy with some additional heat sources (radioactive waste) sunk in.
Sounds good to me.