IMO:
Abuse isn't possible if the test accurately portrays real world driving. With the old tests, accelerations were too slow and average speed was too low. Normal driver behavior was just more difficult to handle than the tests, thus we had over-optimistic fuel economy figures. In the case of hybrid cars, the tests were even worse because the cars were mostly able to use their electrical motors to handle the transients, instead of requiring their internal combustion engines to move out of their efficient operating ranges.
As I understood it (a few years ago), the tests were not changed for a long time for several reasons, among them were easy comparisons to old data. Also, AFAIK, the test MPG numbers were already automatically scaled back by 20% (for all cars) before being placed on window stickers. By the way, I think all cars were benefiting from the tests (because the tests didn't reflect real world driving and tended to overestimate the MPG) - it is just that hybrid cars were really able to abuse the tests.
I refuse to pay for lower-than-CD-quality tracks when I can get the CD quality track for nearly the same price. Digital delivery is cheaper than actually pressing, shipping, stocking, and eventually selling a CD, so FLAC tracks for $1.00 each should be quite profitable.
Has anyone noticed that they require email verification? With that kind of verification, I bet one of you could add 600,000 signatures to any petition using a botnet.
Google should integrate answers functionality into Google Groups (not the Usenet portion, though). The combination of specialization + economic incentive + the existing post rating system could be very formidable.
There are many features of Google Groups that are not present in the Usenet groups that it allows people to view through the same interface. Take a look at the groups-beta website. File uploads and web pages could be just the beginning...
One of the problems with Google answers is that the researchers were not experts in the some of the domains in which the questions were asked. It would be better if they could graft the bounty functionality into Google groups itself, IMO.
In the mean time, it will be harder for people to obtain patents. However, after the current ridiculous patents expire, we might be looking at a better system than what we have now.
Dean Hachamovitch,
As you probably know: MathML, for mathematics, and SVG, for charts and graphs, represent two major enabling technologies for scientific publishing on the web. Presently, most scientific and scholarly papers are presented in Adobe's PDF format, possibly because Acrobat Reader is the most widely installed application that can display typeset mathematics and vector graphics. What is Microsoft's position on supporting these two technologies natively in Internet Explorer? This question is important, because few people can be expected to download the extensions that support MathML and SVG, namely Design Science's MathPlayer and Adobe's SVG viewer. Supporting these technologies would help you better compete against Adobe and, should you include authoring support for MathML in Word, add value to your word processor offering. Thank you for your time.
If an employee does something you don't like, as an employer you can easily fire them for some other infraction... just dust off your unused copy of the employee handbook.
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I wasn't aware it was available on any platform as of yet. Where is the game?
Wouldn't it be more like asking if the car comes with the road?
Wow, I found some signal in the noise.
this story appears to have been stolen in whole from
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19526226.200-wikipedia-20--now-with-added-trust.html
especially since the story mentions New Scientist
but when I figure it out, I'll shoot you an email.
I think there is an OASIS standard called XML Catalogs for redirecting offsite schema requests to a local copy...
IMO: Abuse isn't possible if the test accurately portrays real world driving. With the old tests, accelerations were too slow and average speed was too low. Normal driver behavior was just more difficult to handle than the tests, thus we had over-optimistic fuel economy figures. In the case of hybrid cars, the tests were even worse because the cars were mostly able to use their electrical motors to handle the transients, instead of requiring their internal combustion engines to move out of their efficient operating ranges.
As I understood it (a few years ago), the tests were not changed for a long time for several reasons, among them were easy comparisons to old data. Also, AFAIK, the test MPG numbers were already automatically scaled back by 20% (for all cars) before being placed on window stickers. By the way, I think all cars were benefiting from the tests (because the tests didn't reflect real world driving and tended to overestimate the MPG) - it is just that hybrid cars were really able to abuse the tests.
So, what law is this person using to calculate the cancellation of the forces?
way to be fired
I refuse to pay for lower-than-CD-quality tracks when I can get the CD quality track for nearly the same price. Digital delivery is cheaper than actually pressing, shipping, stocking, and eventually selling a CD, so FLAC tracks for $1.00 each should be quite profitable.
Has anyone noticed that they require email verification? With that kind of verification, I bet one of you could add 600,000 signatures to any petition using a botnet.
Well, they could also give an option to post a zero dollar question -- like they already do...
Google should integrate answers functionality into Google Groups (not the Usenet portion, though). The combination of specialization + economic incentive + the existing post rating system could be very formidable.
There are many features of Google Groups that are not present in the Usenet groups that it allows people to view through the same interface. Take a look at the groups-beta website. File uploads and web pages could be just the beginning...
One of the problems with Google answers is that the researchers were not experts in the some of the domains in which the questions were asked. It would be better if they could graft the bounty functionality into Google groups itself, IMO.
In the mean time, it will be harder for people to obtain patents. However, after the current ridiculous patents expire, we might be looking at a better system than what we have now.
I should have said compete against Adobe PDF.
Dean Hachamovitch, As you probably know: MathML, for mathematics, and SVG, for charts and graphs, represent two major enabling technologies for scientific publishing on the web. Presently, most scientific and scholarly papers are presented in Adobe's PDF format, possibly because Acrobat Reader is the most widely installed application that can display typeset mathematics and vector graphics. What is Microsoft's position on supporting these two technologies natively in Internet Explorer? This question is important, because few people can be expected to download the extensions that support MathML and SVG, namely Design Science's MathPlayer and Adobe's SVG viewer. Supporting these technologies would help you better compete against Adobe and, should you include authoring support for MathML in Word, add value to your word processor offering. Thank you for your time.
If an employee does something you don't like, as an employer you can easily fire them for some other infraction... just dust off your unused copy of the employee handbook.
it would be nice if slashdot autoconverted my newline characters, but i guess that's too much trouble
i looked it up on a few websites you're right; its is correct i could swear i learned to use its' in school all my life...
should that be: its'