Mercury lacks water, which is the foremost thing you need, just for oxygen and propellants. Some of the Jovian and Saturnian moons are great, but they are so far away that getting there takes years, also solar power out there is sparse and radiation thick enough to kill you within hours. They are ignored for now with good reason.
http://www.space.com/18687-wat... [...] It's time to add Mercury to the list of worlds where you can go ice-skating. Confirming decades of suspicion, a NASA spacecraft has spotted vast deposits of water ice on the planet closest to the sun. [...]
Since about 2004, I've at least 4 times searched for PostgreSQL vs MySQL. Each time PostgreSQL came ahead in most areas, including referential integrity, fewer gotcha's in the use of NOT NULL and other SQL features.
I've worked with both, and find PostgreSQL easier to setup, manage, and to query.
I'm 63 and I don't feel that unwell nor have joint pains if I get less than 4 hours sleep, except for feeling groggy and having aching eyes the first few minutes after waking in the morning. Though I endeavour to get at least 6 hours a night. Now I try to get to sleep not much after 10pm, but I'm normally up & dressed by 7am most mornings regardless.
There is enough research on humans, to suggest that adequate sleep is important for mental health for me to take it seriously. Similarly, for adequate exercise - I aim to get at least 1 hours fast walking every day on average, preferably up to 2 hours.
If I a really pushing myself to learn new stuff or doing a lot of programming that is technically challenging or particularly frustrating, then I get tired earlier.
In my early 40's I took over maintenance of a program generator which created another program that created SQL, written in a 4GL (PROGRESS 6, from memory). It was the most intense sustained mental effort I ever had in my career. I needed 2 extra hours of sleep most nights!
However, different people get affected differently.
Acorn with the BBC Micro and descendants (such as the Acorn Archimedes) were far superior in terms of programming both at the BASIC & Assembly level.
Acorn BASIC had named subroutines with parameters, looping constructs, and IF ELSE statements. There was never any need to resort to GOTO's and GOSUB's! Also you had well defined ways to invoking Operating System functionality without resorting to the equivalent of PEEK's and POKE's - to the extent that most programs could be transferred from the 8 bit 6502 based machines to the 32 bit ARM based machines without changes other than slowing them down (as the latter were far faster).
Note that Acorn developed the ARM family of processors which are now the most widely used processor, and used in most modern smart mobile phones.
Picture London, 1901, a prestigious Gentleman's Club...
An Australian nephew of a British Army Officer arrives in London, and asks his Uncle who discovered Great Britain. His uncle after some discussion, suggests he asks the most senior member, a retired General. The General, is sitting smoking a cigar, sipping his claret, and reading the Times. After the young Australian asks the question, the General explodes saying "Confound it sir!" - the young man beats a hasty retreat.
Now you know who discovered Great Britain, someone called 'Con'.
Actually Linux is the most commonly used O/S. More things run Linux than any other O/S, I think Apple is 2nd.
Android is Linux, and that has well over 50% market share, eBooks run Linux, lots of embedded stuff runs Linux. more & more desktops run Linux. Note that Chromebooks run Linux. Most servers run Linux.
In our house 2 adults & a teenager: 3 Linux desktops 1 Apple Desktop 2 Linux laptops 2 Linux phones 1 Apple phone Note: no Microsoft computers
Probably because it is not so hot to put them down in the dark???
Or perhaps you don't realize that the Moon rotates with respect to the Sun, so no part of the equator is in permanent darkness, except perhaps things like very deep craters.
The arguments that the proponents of 'Intelligent Design' use to attempt to discredit Evolution, are far more effective at showing the absurdity of a 'Creator'!
Well if they had called it something else, like 'Fashionista' or something, and had actually maintained GNOME 2 (as far the user functionality was concerned, all they really needed to do was add back in the useful functionality they had dropped!). It would not have been so bad, but it was definitely not an upgrade to GNOME 2.
My hardware is fairly modern, Haswell processor, 32GB of RAM.
I have 35 virtual desktops, I have a grid of 5 rows by 7 columns in my top panel. I tend use the virtual desktops in a consistent fashion, and I have about 5 relating to different aspects of my main project.
Within one virtual desktop: often I want to look at at 2 or 3 windows in quick succession relating to what I am doing in just one aspect of my project. I frequently want to look at a browser tab, type stuff into an editor, & then execute a command in a terminal (additionally, check an API in another browser instance).
To get at applications, I use several methods depending on the nature of the app & how often I use it. For update & installs I use yum in a terminal, more control & get more useful feedback, instead of the GUI version.
Ways I use to launch an app:
icon on a panel
menu on top panel
right click menu on a window (e.g. to get a terminal for the directory window I'm on)
icon in a pull down drawer
typing the first few characters in a terminal and then pressing tab
hot key combination
I have hot key combinations for: a terminal, pluma (text editor), LibreOffice writer, Firefox, & Seamonkey.
I have an Android phone with version 4.4.2. I find the interface cluttered, and would like to remove most of the Apps. However. I am happy to use a different GUI on my phone than my desktop - though a built in terminal would be nice (in case I have to log into a server while I'm out).
I found the arguments for the changes in GNOME 3 unconvincing, to put it diplomatically. I hate this dumbing down approach, dumb people can always go to Apple.
Possibly, but after what the GNOME developers did, I no longer trust them. There were a host of things I found useful in GNOME 2, some of which the GNOME developers had already dropped before GNOME 3 - the changes in GNOME 3 were the last straw.
Anyhow, I suspect that Mate is easier to configure the way I want to operate than GNOME 3 - even assuming GNOME 3 has the features & functionality I needed.
I am very, very, glad I was not supporting any clients relying on the GNOME 2 desktop.
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Mercury lacks water, which is the foremost thing you need, just for oxygen and propellants. Some of the Jovian and Saturnian moons are great, but they are so far away that getting there takes years, also solar power out there is sparse and radiation thick enough to kill you within hours. They are ignored for now with good reason.
http://www.space.com/18687-wat...
[...]
It's time to add Mercury to the list of worlds where you can go ice-skating. Confirming decades of suspicion, a NASA spacecraft has spotted vast deposits of water ice on the planet closest to the sun.
[...]
Is that 15,000 British Pound Stirling, or a mass of about 6.3 tonne?
It is about time the the USA started using standard units, and gave up on the old Imperial System!!!
Nah, I wouldn't!
But if I found it in a parking lot ...
It's a Mighty Planet, so you should expect a lot of mights!!!
If a Law Conflicts with Reality, then the Law brings itself into Disrepute!
Why?
Since about 2004, I've at least 4 times searched for PostgreSQL vs MySQL. Each time PostgreSQL came ahead in most areas, including referential integrity, fewer gotcha's in the use of NOT NULL and other SQL features.
I've worked with both, and find PostgreSQL easier to setup, manage, and to query.
Have a look at:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wi...
http://insights.dice.com/2015/...
MySQL vs PostgreSQL - Why you shouldn't use MySQL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Best to think about what is important in YOUR project given YOUR situation, and do YOUR own search. Note that the pros & cons forever change!
What is applicable in one situation, may not apply to another. However, I would expect PostgreSQL to be the better choice in most situations.
MySQL is controlled by Oracle, what about MariaDB?
Either way, if your data is important then you should choose PostgreSQL over either!
Come in #3, your time is up!
Linux is the most widely used Operating System there are more Linux based devices than for all other Operating Systems combined.
Linux almost totally dominates embedded and mobile devices, as well as servers.
I'm 63 and I don't feel that unwell nor have joint pains if I get less than 4 hours sleep, except for feeling groggy and having aching eyes the first few minutes after waking in the morning. Though I endeavour to get at least 6 hours a night. Now I try to get to sleep not much after 10pm, but I'm normally up & dressed by 7am most mornings regardless.
There is enough research on humans, to suggest that adequate sleep is important for mental health for me to take it seriously. Similarly, for adequate exercise - I aim to get at least 1 hours fast walking every day on average, preferably up to 2 hours.
If I a really pushing myself to learn new stuff or doing a lot of programming that is technically challenging or particularly frustrating, then I get tired earlier.
In my early 40's I took over maintenance of a program generator which created another program that created SQL, written in a 4GL (PROGRESS 6, from memory). It was the most intense sustained mental effort I ever had in my career. I needed 2 extra hours of sleep most nights!
However, different people get affected differently.
No, Sinclair BASIC was horrendous!
Acorn with the BBC Micro and descendants (such as the Acorn Archimedes) were far superior in terms of programming both at the BASIC & Assembly level.
Acorn BASIC had named subroutines with parameters, looping constructs, and IF ELSE statements. There was never any need to resort to GOTO's and GOSUB's! Also you had well defined ways to invoking Operating System functionality without resorting to the equivalent of PEEK's and POKE's - to the extent that most programs could be transferred from the 8 bit 6502 based machines to the 32 bit ARM based machines without changes other than slowing them down (as the latter were far faster).
Note that Acorn developed the ARM family of processors which are now the most widely used processor, and used in most modern smart mobile phones.
Picture London, 1901, a prestigious Gentleman's Club...
An Australian nephew of a British Army Officer arrives in London, and asks his Uncle who discovered Great Britain. His uncle after some discussion, suggests he asks the most senior member, a retired General. The General, is sitting smoking a cigar, sipping his claret, and reading the Times. After the young Australian asks the question, the General explodes saying "Confound it sir!" - the young man beats a hasty retreat.
Now you know who discovered Great Britain, someone called 'Con'.
REAL PROGRAMMERS write a new Web Browser in machine code for each session...
I must disagree with you saying "Micsoft does not innovate"!
(I shall ignore the spelling!)
Microsoft does innovate - Metro is an innovative way of pissing customers off, and the 'Surface' was a way to piss of their OEM's!
Actually Linux is the most commonly used O/S. More things run Linux than any other O/S, I think Apple is 2nd.
Android is Linux, and that has well over 50% market share, eBooks run Linux, lots of embedded stuff runs Linux. more & more desktops run Linux. Note that Chromebooks run Linux. Most servers run Linux.
In our house 2 adults & a teenager:
3 Linux desktops
1 Apple Desktop
2 Linux laptops
2 Linux phones
1 Apple phone
Note: no Microsoft computers
Hmm...
Probably because it is not so hot to put them down in the dark???
Or perhaps you don't realize that the Moon rotates with respect to the Sun, so no part of the equator is in permanent darkness, except perhaps things like very deep craters.
The arguments that the proponents of 'Intelligent Design' use to attempt to discredit Evolution, are far more effective at showing the absurdity of a 'Creator'!
As far as I can remember: the 'correct' singular of 'dice' is 'dix'!
Anyhow which football?
Association Football (Soccer), Rugby Union, or Rugby League?
The size & speed in metric units would actually be more useful for most people!
"Is that life, or just an obscenely complex self-maintaining chemical process?"
Referring to "Life" on Earth??? :-)
I must steel myself not to make such bad puns, and rely on my iron constitution to have the stamina to resist.
And now for something completely different, my Dad was a copper for a few weeks!
Well if they had called it something else, like 'Fashionista' or something, and had actually maintained GNOME 2 (as far the user functionality was concerned, all they really needed to do was add back in the useful functionality they had dropped!). It would not have been so bad, but it was definitely not an upgrade to GNOME 2.
My hardware is fairly modern, Haswell processor, 32GB of RAM.
I have 35 virtual desktops, I have a grid of 5 rows by 7 columns in my top panel. I tend use the virtual desktops in a consistent fashion, and I have about 5 relating to different aspects of my main project.
Within one virtual desktop: often I want to look at at 2 or 3 windows in quick succession relating to what I am doing in just one aspect of my project. I frequently want to look at a browser tab, type stuff into an editor, & then execute a command in a terminal (additionally, check an API in another browser instance).
To get at applications, I use several methods depending on the nature of the app & how often I use it. For update & installs I use yum in a terminal, more control & get more useful feedback, instead of the GUI version.
Ways I use to launch an app:
icon on a panel
menu on top panel
right click menu on a window (e.g. to get a terminal for the directory window I'm on)
icon in a pull down drawer
typing the first few characters in a terminal and then pressing tab
hot key combination
I have hot key combinations for:
a terminal,
pluma (text editor),
LibreOffice writer,
Firefox,
& Seamonkey.
I have an Android phone with version 4.4.2. I find the interface cluttered, and would like to remove most of the Apps. However. I am happy to use a different GUI on my phone than my desktop - though a built in terminal would be nice (in case I have to log into a server while I'm out).
I found the arguments for the changes in GNOME 3 unconvincing, to put it diplomatically. I hate this dumbing down approach, dumb people can always go to Apple.
Possibly, but after what the GNOME developers did, I no longer trust them. There were a host of things I found useful in GNOME 2, some of which the GNOME developers had already dropped before GNOME 3 - the changes in GNOME 3 were the last straw.
Anyhow, I suspect that Mate is easier to configure the way I want to operate than GNOME 3 - even assuming GNOME 3 has the features & functionality I needed.
I am very, very, glad I was not supporting any clients relying on the GNOME 2 desktop.
Well the beta of Slashdot is a sure way to drive the value down further.
As it looks like I, and many others, will not be visiting Slashdot after it changes to the new layout.
I agree with your first line - but not your last lne, as I am a bit fussy about the software I have sex with...