After going through Ebola, who is really going to give a shit about this?
Ah but TFA says five American children have died of this - making it much more important to politicians than tens of thousands of Africans! It sucks but that's the way it is.
besides the obvious filtering of content, will Google also be limiting advertisements and tracking of kids searches?
I would imagine it will be targeting adverts at kids, and tracking just as much.
That's going to be a serious problem. I don't know about other jurisdictions, but here it's illegal to target advertising to young kids.
Right, but the adverts will officially to "inform the parents who are viewing with the child", just like all the adverts on children's television. Everyone will know that they are targeted ad kids but officially they won't be to comply with the law.
I must admit in skeptical. It is very easy to "see" something that you know is there in data, eliminating runs that you "know" are wrong, etc. Until this is reproduced by someone with similar equipment I will put this down to a fluke
Start using a democratic system where every vote is equal, it's called Proportional Representation and works very well.
It would also be the end of the two party systems.
Personally I agree but the likelihood of it happening is very small. The chances of someone who has just won by the fisrt past the post system voting for a change is very low!
'Unfortunately, at launch, the overall quality of the game was diminished by bugs and unexpected technical issues'
No; they were not unexpected the company forced the game to launch without taking the time to properly QA the title.
This is where the PR and damage limitation departments get in. They will have known that they should have expected bugs, but as each individual bug was unexpected they felt they could make the above claim.
Really? They were unexpected? Testing didn't bring ANY of these issues up?
You would be surprised at the number of so-called expert testers who ask for the latest, most powerful machines with the latest OS versions etc. as they claim that this will aid their testing. I've seen this in a company where the target machines that actual users were using were known to be older with less powerful graphics cards and some old software for compatibility with some products . I'd imagine the lure of a new machine is eve greater when they don't know what users will be using.
The Z3 was the first electromechanical gp computer
The ABC was the first electronic non-gp computer
The Colossus was the first electronic gp computer
The ENIAC was the first American gp computer.
Not just internet companies but the postal service and telephone providers. Things get worse, plots have been discussed in renal houses, hotel rooms, and cafes. CAn you imagine all these people allowing a safe haven, not to mention the paper and pen manufacturers that allow themn to write messages, the food producers that nourish them and the highways agency allowing them to drive to destinations.
The grand jury found no reason to even send this to trial. Cut and dry case of justifiable self defense. END of story.
I agree that there is no criminal case, but it should not be the end of story. I have a feeling that though no crime was committed the police should expect a higher standard from officers and I would hope an internal investigation followed by either disciplinary action or training as appropriate will now follow.
"I think that 100 years from now, 500 years from now, people will look back on this as the initial baby steps that we took going into the solar system," Virts told a pre-launch press conference. "In the same way that we look back on Columbus and the other explorers 500 years ago, this is the way people will look at this time in history."
More like the first time someone took a dugout log out to sea, paddled around within sight of shore, then came back again.
First article says:
Apple supplier Corning on Thursday introduced its next-generation Gorilla Glass, which it said is two times tougher than any competitive cover glass now in the market.
Second article says:
Apple supplier Corning on Thursday introduced next-generation Gorilla Glass, which it said is ten times tougher than any competitive cover glass now in the market.
These are not contradictory. "Up to two times" just means "not more than two times", and similarly "up to ten times" just means "not more than ten times". This means that if it is not more than two times then it is automatically not more than ten times
Its like if I say "there are no men in the room who are over six feet tall" you could also say "there are no men in the room who are over 100 feet tall", obviously true given the first statement but rather pointless. Of course marketing people might prefer "up to ten times as strong" even if it is only twice as strong as the best competitor
"UP TO two times tougher than competitive glass"
"survives drops UP TO 80 percent of the time"
Just meaningless weasel words.
It's not meaningless at all. It means exactly what it says: The glass is somewhere between negative infinity times and 2 times tougher than competitive glass. And it survives drops somewhere between 0 percent and 80 percent of the time.
So be sure and take those figures into consideration when considering buying the product.
This post is up to twice as informative as the original article
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After going through Ebola, who is really going to give a shit about this?
Ah but TFA says five American children have died of this - making it much more important to politicians than tens of thousands of Africans! It sucks but that's the way it is.
Now a very quick way to find out: What's the story at Balamory?
.. Wouldn't you like yo know?
besides the obvious filtering of content, will Google also be limiting advertisements and tracking of kids searches?
I would imagine it will be targeting adverts at kids, and tracking just as much.
That's going to be a serious problem. I don't know about other jurisdictions, but here it's illegal to target advertising to young kids.
Right, but the adverts will officially to "inform the parents who are viewing with the child", just like all the adverts on children's television. Everyone will know that they are targeted ad kids but officially they won't be to comply with the law.
besides the obvious filtering of content, will Google also be limiting advertisements and tracking of kids searches?
I would imagine it will be targeting adverts at kids, and tracking just as much.
Surface Detail anyone?
Next he'll be saying the Highways Agency need to takes some responsibilities for bank jobs.
I want the petrol station to be responsible for my speeding ticket!
sort the email into categories such as Misc., Forums, Purchases, Bills etc while not assigning a different label to them
Think about what you wrote. All you're doing is changing the word "label" to "category".
"Label" has a specific meaning in gmail, it is similar to folders in other email services
I do not support cults. Nuff said.
But are you a member of the cult of people who do not support cults?
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Apologies to Bertrand Russell
Sexist much?
They're worried that boys would know Morse code for "GET STUFFED OBAMA"
I must admit in skeptical. It is very easy to "see" something that you know is there in data, eliminating runs that you "know" are wrong, etc. Until this is reproduced by someone with similar equipment I will put this down to a fluke
Start using a democratic system where every vote is equal, it's called Proportional Representation and works very well.
It would also be the end of the two party systems.
Personally I agree but the likelihood of it happening is very small. The chances of someone who has just won by the fisrt past the post system voting for a change is very low!
'Unfortunately, at launch, the overall quality of the game was diminished by bugs and unexpected technical issues'
No; they were not unexpected the company forced the game to launch without taking the time to properly QA the title.
This is where the PR and damage limitation departments get in. They will have known that they should have expected bugs, but as each individual bug was unexpected they felt they could make the above claim.
Really? They were unexpected? Testing didn't bring ANY of these issues up?
You would be surprised at the number of so-called expert testers who ask for the latest, most powerful machines with the latest OS versions etc. as they claim that this will aid their testing. I've seen this in a company where the target machines that actual users were using were known to be older with less powerful graphics cards and some old software for compatibility with some products . I'd imagine the lure of a new machine is eve greater when they don't know what users will be using.
Several years later than this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z...
The Z3 was the first electromechanical gp computer The ABC was the first electronic non-gp computer The Colossus was the first electronic gp computer The ENIAC was the first American gp computer.
Except the Z3 was German
...Cameron can best be described as a right pratt...
And Farage as a far right pratt
Not just internet companies but the postal service and telephone providers. Things get worse, plots have been discussed in renal houses, hotel rooms, and cafes. CAn you imagine all these people allowing a safe haven, not to mention the paper and pen manufacturers that allow themn to write messages, the food producers that nourish them and the highways agency allowing them to drive to destinations.
too bad hangouts is a piece of shit. fuck google.
Nut then so was google talk. It seems like a like-for-like replacement
The grand jury found no reason to even send this to trial. Cut and dry case of justifiable self defense. END of story.
I agree that there is no criminal case, but it should not be the end of story. I have a feeling that though no crime was committed the police should expect a higher standard from officers and I would hope an internal investigation followed by either disciplinary action or training as appropriate will now follow.
Their web design looks absolutely gorgeous, but it's inefficient and not remotely fit for purpose.
... introducing the Apple iCar.
I misread
OK, just for you, Here's What Your Cat Could Look Like In 2030.
"I think that 100 years from now, 500 years from now, people will look back on this as the initial baby steps that we took going into the solar system," Virts told a pre-launch press conference. "In the same way that we look back on Columbus and the other explorers 500 years ago, this is the way people will look at this time in history."
More like the first time someone took a dugout log out to sea, paddled around within sight of shore, then came back again.
True, but there are those who love horses as well, yet now most people rarely even see a live horse, let alone own one.
You mist live in a city. Horse riders are very common where I live, though fortunately mostly they avoid the rush hour.
First article says: Apple supplier Corning on Thursday introduced its next-generation Gorilla Glass, which it said is two times tougher than any competitive cover glass now in the market.
Second article says: Apple supplier Corning on Thursday introduced next-generation Gorilla Glass, which it said is ten times tougher than any competitive cover glass now in the market.
These are not contradictory. "Up to two times" just means "not more than two times", and similarly "up to ten times" just means "not more than ten times". This means that if it is not more than two times then it is automatically not more than ten times
Its like if I say "there are no men in the room who are over six feet tall" you could also say "there are no men in the room who are over 100 feet tall", obviously true given the first statement but rather pointless. Of course marketing people might prefer "up to ten times as strong" even if it is only twice as strong as the best competitor
"UP TO two times tougher than competitive glass" "survives drops UP TO 80 percent of the time"
Just meaningless weasel words.
It's not meaningless at all. It means exactly what it says: The glass is somewhere between negative infinity times and 2 times tougher than competitive glass. And it survives drops somewhere between 0 percent and 80 percent of the time. So be sure and take those figures into consideration when considering buying the product.
This post is up to twice as informative as the original article
It's an interesting result, but nobody should pretend they really know how to interpret it.
Green with a hint of ginger