Markup (and thus metadata) itself precedes the computer age, having developed in the publishing industry for use in editing and correcting printed drafts.
Much as I enjoy seeing Microsoft getting a hard time over this, the i4i patent is thoroughly groundless and should never have been granted in the first place.
Not that I'm defending Paris Hilton (I don't really care about her one way or the other), but since that's exactly how the word "heiress" is defined, she qualifies.
Whether or not she's an especially nice or admirable person is debatable, but this has absolutely no bearing her status as an heiress.
It's much the same trying to get a.au domain. If you're not Australian or you don't have a business or other legitimate presence in Oz, you're probably not getting it.
(I've lived in both countries, which is how I happen to know about them in particular.)
OTOH, I have a.es domain which I purchased through Dotster. So it really depends on the country.
BTW, it's already fairly difficult to obtain a.se domain. Generally, they won't let anyone have one who doesn't have a Personnummer (personal number, Swedish equivalent to US SSN) or who can't prove they have a business or other legitimate concern in Sweden.
*My 10-digit personal number ("personnummer" = Swedish equivalent of SSN)
*My 4-digit PIN (assigned by bank when card is issued, not changeable by user)
*6-digit authorisation key from bank's website, good for 4 minutes from time of issue (I have 4 minutes to enter it into the card reader)
*My bank card
*Card reader (fits in a shirt pocket; first one provided gratis by bank, replacement unit is SEK 100 or about US$12.00)
*9-digit response code generated by card reader, good for 4 minutes from time of issue (I have 4 minutes to enter this on the web page and click the Submit button)
All of these are required for login, requesting transaction, and finalising/authorising transaction. Any one of the pieces missing = no transaction.
This combination seems pretty secure, and it is actually quite quick and easy to use.
Means that a person is being held in contempt of court not the other way around...
Well, um... yeah. No idea why you'd think I mean anything other than the accepted definition of the term. (To give *the court* recourse, like the guy said.)
Too bad there's no such thing as an unbiased editorial or analysis. Filtering or summarising data requires that assumptions be made as to what's relevant/important/etc. And -- as I discovered when I worked in the industry (~8 years doing radio news) -- no matter how "objective" you try to be, someone is always going to give you grief because your writeup of the story doesn't jibe with their own bias.
I agree that one should be aware of and acknowledge one's biases, but you ask for the impossible.
I'm pretty sure those whitening kits would be much cheaper.
They don't do much to help teeth that are literally crumbling in your mouth (or did you miss the "falling to pieces" bit in the GP?), and they are most definitely not cheaper than the bridge I had to get earlier this year.
(Had a front tooth broken/knocked out a few years back, and the same accident cracked the teeth on either side of that one.)
They are in their second millennium of being a civilization.
Second millennium? More like fifth or sixth.
In lieu of a car analogy, I offer the following:
Just imagine what things would be like in Egypt if the Egyptians still wrote with hieroglyphics and worshipped at temples dedicated to Ra and company... and that the Pharaohs had been overthrown only within the last century or so.
Now substitute "China/Chinese" for "Egypt/Egyptian", "ideograms" for "hieroglyphics", "Shangdi" for "Ra and Co.", and "Chinese Emperors" for "Pharaohs".
That's China.
China is beyond "old"; it was already old when the Romans kicked out Tarquin the Proud.
Most Westerners -- especially Americans, for whom "ancient" means "more than 250 years ago" -- simply do not get this.
Stones are also quite commonly used in Australia (used often enough that, when I lived there, I had to learn how many lb/kg one equals because I'd no idea what people meant by it otherwise), although kg are official. One also hears occasional use of feet/inches, although metres are official.
For the record, Celsius sucks for the "how warm is it today?" question (the scale based on 0-100% is better)
And just what the heck do you think Celsius is? Chopped liver?
0C = freezing, 100C = boiling.
10C is a bit chilly (50F), 20C is comfortable (68F), 30C is hot (86F), 40C is blazing (104F), and 50C is murderous (122F).
I grew up in the US (and had never been outside it until I was nearly 40), but after living overseas the last few years, I've become totally comfortable with Celsius, and get a bit annoyed when I have to convert for friends and rellies back in the States because the Fahrenheit numbers no longer feel right.
That's not what you said. You claimed that Linux is a failure because fewer than 50% of all PC users run Linux desktops.
By this criterion, Mac is also a failure. This is clearly preposterous, since Mac as a platform is obviously doing quite well and is in no danger of Going Away anytime soon.
(NB: I care very little for Macs, but I don't let my prejudices blind me to the reality of the situation, which is that Mac as a platform is quite successful, having millions of satisfied users quite willing to pay for more.)
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As opposed to you (to judge by the maturity of your response) not even being old enough to have hair where it counts?
MightyMartian absolutely knows what he's talking about, as anyone familiar with the subject can see. The SGML spec dates from the mid 80s, and was preceded by GML about 20 years earlier.
Markup (and thus metadata) itself precedes the computer age, having developed in the publishing industry for use in editing and correcting printed drafts.
Much as I enjoy seeing Microsoft getting a hard time over this, the i4i patent is thoroughly groundless and should never have been granted in the first place.
Not that I'm defending Paris Hilton (I don't really care about her one way or the other), but since that's exactly how the word "heiress" is defined, she qualifies.
Whether or not she's an especially nice or admirable person is debatable, but this has absolutely no bearing her status as an heiress.
"... Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.
It's much the same trying to get a .au domain. If you're not Australian or you don't have a business or other legitimate presence in Oz, you're probably not getting it.
(I've lived in both countries, which is how I happen to know about them in particular.)
OTOH, I have a .es domain which I purchased through Dotster. So it really depends on the country.
Way to peg the Whoosh-O-Meter, Jim-Bob.
Crabs? What crabs? Kräftskiva season is not a good time to be a crustacean in Sweden. I'd think that the smart ones have fled the country. ;)
BTW, it's already fairly difficult to obtain a .se domain. Generally, they won't let anyone have one who doesn't have a Personnummer (personal number, Swedish equivalent to US SSN) or who can't prove they have a business or other legitimate concern in Sweden.
I've never used AV on my Windows computers, and got hit only once by a 0-day worm.
Since one time is all it takes to drain your life's savings, that's one time too many, don't you think?
Any online banking transaction for me requires:
*My 10-digit personal number ("personnummer" = Swedish equivalent of SSN)
*My 4-digit PIN (assigned by bank when card is issued, not changeable by user)
*6-digit authorisation key from bank's website, good for 4 minutes from time of issue (I have 4 minutes to enter it into the card reader)
*My bank card
*Card reader (fits in a shirt pocket; first one provided gratis by bank, replacement unit is SEK 100 or about US$12.00)
*9-digit response code generated by card reader, good for 4 minutes from time of issue (I have 4 minutes to enter this on the web page and click the Submit button)
All of these are required for login, requesting transaction, and finalising/authorising transaction. Any one of the pieces missing = no transaction.
This combination seems pretty secure, and it is actually quite quick and easy to use.
Ever hear of "mob rule"?
Means that a person is being held in contempt of court not the other way around...
Well, um... yeah. No idea why you'd think I mean anything other than the accepted definition of the term. (To give *the court* recourse, like the guy said.)
But one would think the "court" might want some recourse for being played like that. Or get a reputation for being credulous fools.
Which is why we have "contempt of court" proceedings, perhaps...?
Too bad there's no such thing as an unbiased editorial or analysis. Filtering or summarising data requires that assumptions be made as to what's relevant/important/etc. And -- as I discovered when I worked in the industry (~8 years doing radio news) -- no matter how "objective" you try to be, someone is always going to give you grief because your writeup of the story doesn't jibe with their own bias.
I agree that one should be aware of and acknowledge one's biases, but you ask for the impossible.
I'm pretty sure those whitening kits would be much cheaper.
They don't do much to help teeth that are literally crumbling in your mouth (or did you miss the "falling to pieces" bit in the GP?), and they are most definitely not cheaper than the bridge I had to get earlier this year.
(Had a front tooth broken/knocked out a few years back, and the same accident cracked the teeth on either side of that one.)
People who use Leibniz to justify free-marketism are no better than the Nazis who tried to justify themselves using Nietzsche.
And it was Godwin, not Leibniz, who stretched optimism to ridiculous lengths.
There, I've double-Godwinned the thread. Time to move on. :)
You left out:
rice cultivation
movable type
chopsticks (and the fork)
bells
booze
silk
kite (and the hang glider)
rotary fan
porcelain
use of natural gas
tea
and heaps more things
They are in their second millennium of being a civilization.
Second millennium? More like fifth or sixth.
In lieu of a car analogy, I offer the following:
Just imagine what things would be like in Egypt if the Egyptians still wrote with hieroglyphics and worshipped at temples dedicated to Ra and company... and that the Pharaohs had been overthrown only within the last century or so.
Now substitute "China/Chinese" for "Egypt/Egyptian", "ideograms" for "hieroglyphics", "Shangdi" for "Ra and Co.", and "Chinese Emperors" for "Pharaohs".
That's China.
China is beyond "old"; it was already old when the Romans kicked out Tarquin the Proud.
Most Westerners -- especially Americans, for whom "ancient" means "more than 250 years ago" -- simply do not get this.
-1, Wrong .
Disabling scripting in FF does NOT require a plugin.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Pirate Bay Stockholm wgah'nagl fhtagn!
*wipes coffee from screen*
Oh fuck me, I just blew my last mod point... :D
What great sig material.
And the head will grow a new hydra as well as the converse.
Stones are also quite commonly used in Australia (used often enough that, when I lived there, I had to learn how many lb/kg one equals because I'd no idea what people meant by it otherwise), although kg are official. One also hears occasional use of feet/inches, although metres are official.
For the record, Celsius sucks for the "how warm is it today?" question (the scale based on 0-100% is better)
And just what the heck do you think Celsius is? Chopped liver?
0C = freezing, 100C = boiling.
10C is a bit chilly (50F), 20C is comfortable (68F), 30C is hot (86F), 40C is blazing (104F), and 50C is murderous (122F).
I grew up in the US (and had never been outside it until I was nearly 40), but after living overseas the last few years, I've become totally comfortable with Celsius, and get a bit annoyed when I have to convert for friends and rellies back in the States because the Fahrenheit numbers no longer feel right.
Um... thanks for the gypsy switch, but no thanks.
That's not what you said. You claimed that Linux is a failure because fewer than 50% of all PC users run Linux desktops.
By this criterion, Mac is also a failure. This is clearly preposterous, since Mac as a platform is obviously doing quite well and is in no danger of Going Away anytime soon.
(NB: I care very little for Macs, but I don't let my prejudices blind me to the reality of the situation, which is that Mac as a platform is quite successful, having millions of satisfied users quite willing to pay for more.)
Good answer, better than mine at describing how I feel sometimes about MS bogosity. I'd transfer my + mods to your post if I could.