If it's anything like Office, they'll offer both subscription and up-front purchase.
If they couple the subscription with the Office subscription at reduced price, while offering standard cloud services and perhaps even XBox Live membership, now that would be enticing.
I understand that advertisements provide revenue that many companies need to operate. Given the choice between paywall and ads, I'll choose ads most every time.
But you are spot on, ads should be minimally invasive. Ads should always load after content loads, never before. Ads should be low-priority as far as processing and bandwidth are concerned. And of course, ads should never be obtrusive, such as popping up over content or displaying right under the mouse when you hover over something that can be clicked or having sound.
I am definitely in the.NET camp. But if you are interested in functional programming and you have to work in the JVM, you might want to consider switching to Scala. It's pretty good stuff.
.NET Core will now use semantic versioning. I'm not sure if.NET Framework will do the same... I don't know of anything planned for 4.6 that violates the rules of semantic versioning.
The overall synchronized release of.NET will now be labeled by year, e.g. ".NET 2015".
A point of open source is to remove the ability to "extinguish". Microsoft doesn't want it any more? Who cares what they think, the community will decide if it lives or dies.
That argument is a slippery slope. Say the data is racist. The algorithm is not racist, so what sense does it make to attack the algorithm while ignoring the data?
Even if the results of the algorithm are racially skewed, is the result worse than the status quo? I seriously doubt it. Remember that the problem this algorithm is trying to solve is not whether there is racial bias, but whether crime can be prevented by targeting repeat offenders.
You do realize that the entire point of having a trial is to lecture a judge or jury? If they already knew the answers, there would be no need for a trial.
And I don't see why it has to be one-or-the-other. There can still be automated buses that services main routes, and smaller automated buses/taxis that work on a reservation system to drive people to and from the main bus system.
I'm not even going to pretend I RTFA, but I did notice this in the abstract:
Critically, engaging the A3AR mechanism did not alter nociceptive thresholds in non-neuropathy animals and therefore produced selective alleviation of persistent neuropathic pain states.
I'm not sure what it means by selective, whether it is something that can be applied temporarily, or if it can selectively target locations of pain.
As for safety, rear-facing seats are much safer in the event of a crash, even for adults. I hope they become mainstream with the invention of self-driving cars. There really would be no need for passengers to see the road.
Agreed, this is the big takeaway, that they are moving off 6.*. The reason they skipped 7, 8, and 9 is rather obvious, that Microsoft wanted to align the kernel version with the product version.
It's not like skipping 7, 8, and 9 causes any additional compat issues.
And further, this is actually an exciting development, it shows more of a commitment to keeping its older devices modern.
Apple supports mobile OS upgrades for its devices for at least 3 or 4 major versions. Android manufacturers tend to do the opposite, you'll be lucky if you get even minor version upgrades through your 2-year contract period. (My Android got point release updates for a few months, then surprisingly one large update about 1 1/2 years later. I seriously doubt my phone sees anything newer and I still have months left on my contract.)
WP looked like it was firmly trending toward the Android upgrade model, what with even new WP7 barely being supported the second WP8 was announced. Perhaps, at least for first-party devices, we are starting to see support timelines that look more like Apple... and that should make any user of WP8 devices happier.
News suggesting that Microsoft plans to offer Windows 10 upgrades for all its Windows Phone 8 devices broke today.
does not parse the way you say it does. There is no situation, other than not reading, that parses the way you suggest.
And just as much as you are harping on it potentially not being free, I'll harp on the wonderful possibility that it could be free! And you know what? Neither of us know anything about their plans because they just now kinda-sorta gave us a hint as to the future roadmap of these devices.
How about this scenario: 1) Dollars Bank has a contract with Edward in the form of a savings account to hold his $1 million in cash. 2) Faye sues Edward because he destroyed her $1 million house. 3) Edward only has $5 in his wallet.
What can the courts do here? Using the logic above, I'd be tempted to say that Faye can only get the $5 he has that isn't under contractual agreement.
And sure, perhaps banks are special in this regard, but it wouldn't take much thought to find a loophole that didn't involve a "bank".
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If it's anything like Office, they'll offer both subscription and up-front purchase.
If they couple the subscription with the Office subscription at reduced price, while offering standard cloud services and perhaps even XBox Live membership, now that would be enticing.
I understand that advertisements provide revenue that many companies need to operate. Given the choice between paywall and ads, I'll choose ads most every time.
But you are spot on, ads should be minimally invasive. Ads should always load after content loads, never before. Ads should be low-priority as far as processing and bandwidth are concerned. And of course, ads should never be obtrusive, such as popping up over content or displaying right under the mouse when you hover over something that can be clicked or having sound.
I am definitely in the .NET camp. But if you are interested in functional programming and you have to work in the JVM, you might want to consider switching to Scala. It's pretty good stuff.
.NET Core will now use semantic versioning. I'm not sure if .NET Framework will do the same... I don't know of anything planned for 4.6 that violates the rules of semantic versioning.
The overall synchronized release of .NET will now be labeled by year, e.g. ".NET 2015".
A point of open source is to remove the ability to "extinguish". Microsoft doesn't want it any more? Who cares what they think, the community will decide if it lives or dies.
That argument is a slippery slope. Say the data is racist. The algorithm is not racist, so what sense does it make to attack the algorithm while ignoring the data?
Even if the results of the algorithm are racially skewed, is the result worse than the status quo? I seriously doubt it. Remember that the problem this algorithm is trying to solve is not whether there is racial bias, but whether crime can be prevented by targeting repeat offenders.
the most basic and oldest of the e-mail client functions: folders
Interesting, I thought the most basic and oldest function of email was sending a message.
You do realize that the entire point of having a trial is to lecture a judge or jury? If they already knew the answers, there would be no need for a trial.
What will happen when this collides with Apple and Google deliberately creating encryption that they themselves cannot break?
That is answered by the former quote:
The judge ordered the manufacturer to offer 'reasonable technical assistance' to make the phone's contents available.
Breaking encryption that is not breakable does not fall under any sense of the word "reasonable".
And I don't see why it has to be one-or-the-other. There can still be automated buses that services main routes, and smaller automated buses/taxis that work on a reservation system to drive people to and from the main bus system.
Correlation != causation
For all we know, it is lifelong virginity that leads to Star Wars.
Depends on if it's a generic floor or a dynamic floor.
I'm not even going to pretend I RTFA, but I did notice this in the abstract:
Critically, engaging the A3AR mechanism did not alter nociceptive thresholds in non-neuropathy animals and therefore produced selective alleviation of persistent neuropathic pain states.
I'm not sure what it means by selective, whether it is something that can be applied temporarily, or if it can selectively target locations of pain.
As for safety, rear-facing seats are much safer in the event of a crash, even for adults. I hope they become mainstream with the invention of self-driving cars. There really would be no need for passengers to see the road.
Honestly, I was very surprised that chose Windows 10 over Windows One.
Agreed, this is the big takeaway, that they are moving off 6.*. The reason they skipped 7, 8, and 9 is rather obvious, that Microsoft wanted to align the kernel version with the product version.
It's not like skipping 7, 8, and 9 causes any additional compat issues.
What?
Yet I don't remember the other clown providers making headlines like this. Microsoft seem to have a tradition forming all by themselves.
Then your memory is very short lived. Amazon, Google, Apple, Dropbox, and others have all had very notable cloud outages over the past few years.
Spending a cool million to dig up dirt on 8 people?
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to hire them?
It's kinda a slap in the face when they only offer an upgrade for [Windows Phone]
But this isn't the case at all. Perhaps you need a slap in the face just to knock some sense into you.
And further, this is actually an exciting development, it shows more of a commitment to keeping its older devices modern.
Apple supports mobile OS upgrades for its devices for at least 3 or 4 major versions. Android manufacturers tend to do the opposite, you'll be lucky if you get even minor version upgrades through your 2-year contract period. (My Android got point release updates for a few months, then surprisingly one large update about 1 1/2 years later. I seriously doubt my phone sees anything newer and I still have months left on my contract.)
WP looked like it was firmly trending toward the Android upgrade model, what with even new WP7 barely being supported the second WP8 was announced. Perhaps, at least for first-party devices, we are starting to see support timelines that look more like Apple... and that should make any user of WP8 devices happier.
Unless the summary changed, the words
News suggesting that Microsoft plans to offer Windows 10 upgrades for all its Windows Phone 8 devices broke today.
does not parse the way you say it does. There is no situation, other than not reading, that parses the way you suggest.
And just as much as you are harping on it potentially not being free, I'll harp on the wonderful possibility that it could be free! And you know what? Neither of us know anything about their plans because they just now kinda-sorta gave us a hint as to the future roadmap of these devices.
Lay off the FUD.
How about this scenario:
1) Dollars Bank has a contract with Edward in the form of a savings account to hold his $1 million in cash.
2) Faye sues Edward because he destroyed her $1 million house.
3) Edward only has $5 in his wallet.
What can the courts do here? Using the logic above, I'd be tempted to say that Faye can only get the $5 he has that isn't under contractual agreement.
And sure, perhaps banks are special in this regard, but it wouldn't take much thought to find a loophole that didn't involve a "bank".
The difference? MySQL allows more than 30 characters for table/column names.
Actually they are doubling the allowed app size in the starter edition:
We are also doubling the size limit on apps that can be created with Xamarin Starter Edition, so that you can build even more capable apps for free.