I used to work as a QA engineer for a company that develops firmware for critical automotive parts among other things. I am not allowed to write lots of details, but I suppose I can tell a bit. The people who developed the firmware were very good, albeit not that experienced. The testing was very rigorous, even after a couple of lines of code there were code coverage tests, unit tests, static code analysis, tests of the hardware with Vector CANoe, you name it.
It is even more laughable because - in Germany at least - the public healthcare and the unemployment insurance both were introduced not by some socialists but by conservative Christians when Germany was still a monarchy.
I can only speak for Germany, but if the spouse is unemployed then her insurance is free. Same goes for children under 25. The size of the insurance fee is a percentage of the income, not a flat fee. It is safe to assume that the regulations in Canada are similar so your math is flawed. If you see everything in averages only then you probably have a higher than average count of hands. But that doesn't mean that you've got more than two.
Has it ever crossed your mind that $100/month for a family of four doesn't mean $25/person/month? It is entirely possible that married people get a discount and family members get another discount.
Claiming that non-voters agree with everything that comes up by default implies that the man in the street in the USSR agreed with Soviet policy by default, that North Koreans today agree with Kim's shenanigans by default, and that Cubans agree with the Castro Brothers' prattling by default.
No, it doesn't. There is a huge difference between something people aren't allowed to do and something people voluntarily choose not to do, often because they don't care.
Typical crap of an Apple apologist who doesn't bother to even understand the issue but blindly tries to defend Apple.
There is no damage to the electronics in the case of some condensed humidity (condensed water shouldn't not conduct because it is quite pure and the amount of it is too small anyway). The problem is that this water triggers the liquid sensors so if the device ever fails, for completely different reasons, Apple will refuse all warranty claims because the liquid sensors were triggered once.
I know about the rebranding issue but since there are were also some source code modifications to fit Debian better (and not just different icons), you can safely call it a fork.
Well, solar heating makes a lot of sense and can save quite a lot of money in long term and even in short term the ROI is not bad at all. The poor will probably profit in long term only, but then again, they don't pay that much taxes. Same goes for wind, very small turbines are increasingly common and will probably be put onto lots of office houses in the next 30 years. That will help to lower the cost of work and might even help to raise the wages somewhat (although I admit that the chances are very small).
Both technologies are very important because when oil shortages begin - and that will happen one day, there is no such thing as infinite resources - energy will become very expensive and this will definitely hit the poor most, so it is very important to make precautions against it.
I cannot give you hard data, but exactly this discussion happened in Germany about a decade ago. Back then wind turbines were expensive and had to be subsidised by tax money and couldn't produce enough electricity in its whole lifetime to recouple the costs. Because of the investments in this technology modern turbines recouple the costs in 10-15 years IIRC. After that it is - except for the maintenance costs which are bearable - basically free electricity. Since the electricity prices always grow the ROI will be even faster in the future. Investment in "green" technologies will always pay off one day or another, the problem is that in most cases it is a long-term investment and most people only think in short term profits. Since Germany has jumped early on the "green" bandwagon it will reap the profits of it in the next decade already.
Just imagine a modern passive house:
- very good insulation, heat recovery ventilation and a ground coupled heat exchanger so you have got a pretty much constant temperature in your house, nearly zero heating or cooling cost. - solar water heating so every bath or shower saves lot of money. same goes for laundry and dish washing. - no need to store heating oil or gas because since the demand for heating is so low that electrical heating is good enough. and the electricity could conveniently come from a wind turbine. - better health because of better air and lack of mold.
Today the cost for building a house to these standards is only about 15% higher of the cost of a conventional house. After 15 years the costs will be already recouped if the energy prices stay constant. Even faster when they rise. When more houses will be built by this standard the additional costs will sink thanks to the economy of scale. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.
A high resolution optical sensor delivers a shitload of data - 20 and more megabytes for every frame. The processing of the data from the Bayer matrix (we won't take the Foveon into account for the sake of the argument) and resizing also takes time. You need at least 60 fps to get rid of lag while moving. Have fun at processing 1.2 terabytes per second.
In a modern, well-insulated house (another "green" tech - there even exist passive houses) - and at least in Germany all newer houses are mandated to be built well-insulated - the working poor actually save money.
No because "green" research is money well spent. Natural resources are finite and everything that helps the efficiency is good. Also a cleaner environment is a better place to live. Switching to lead free gasoline and catalytic converters was expensive but has helped the health of the population. Strict laws for industrial exhausts helped to save the forrests and to get rid of smog in Germany.
It is a bad idea to shit in the living room, if you can gasp the analogy.
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I used to work as a QA engineer for a company that develops firmware for critical automotive parts among other things. I am not allowed to write lots of details, but I suppose I can tell a bit. The people who developed the firmware were very good, albeit not that experienced. The testing was very rigorous, even after a couple of lines of code there were code coverage tests, unit tests, static code analysis, tests of the hardware with Vector CANoe, you name it.
That looks like Dutch, but I do get the "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook" reference
GP is not a German. His text was clearly machine-translated, so is yours, leading to very funny statements.
Yours basically means: Hey, a mute bottom, you have lost the war - another thing that you siphon.
That's copyright infringement!
Oh.
Sorry, wrong thread.
It is even more laughable because - in Germany at least - the public healthcare and the unemployment insurance both were introduced not by some socialists but by conservative Christians when Germany was still a monarchy.
I can only speak for Germany, but if the spouse is unemployed then her insurance is free. Same goes for children under 25.
The size of the insurance fee is a percentage of the income, not a flat fee. It is safe to assume that the regulations in Canada are similar so your math is flawed. If you see everything in averages only then you probably have a higher than average count of hands. But that doesn't mean that you've got more than two.
Has it ever crossed your mind that $100/month for a family of four doesn't mean $25/person/month?
It is entirely possible that married people get a discount and family members get another discount.
That will cause a sharp rise of suicides.
Compared to modern times, yes, they were. Battles where 500 men participated were considered huge.
What part of "the non-voters agree with everything that comes up by default" is so difficult to understand?
And no, I haven't voted for Obama. I voted for the German Pirate party, if you must know.
No, it doesn't. There is a huge difference between something people aren't allowed to do and something people voluntarily choose not to do, often because they don't care.
Nope, because the non-voters agree with everything that comes up by default.
Typical crap of an Apple apologist who doesn't bother to even understand the issue but blindly tries to defend Apple.
There is no damage to the electronics in the case of some condensed humidity (condensed water shouldn't not conduct because it is quite pure and the amount of it is too small anyway). The problem is that this water triggers the liquid sensors so if the device ever fails, for completely different reasons, Apple will refuse all warranty claims because the liquid sensors were triggered once.
I know about the rebranding issue but since there are were also some source code modifications to fit Debian better (and not just different icons), you can safely call it a fork.
Iceweasel is a strictly Debian fork, Seamonkey is the good old Mozilla browser and it was always multiplatform.
Substitute Celine Dion with Maria Carey then.
Not true. There are some at the Vienna zoo.
Well, solar heating makes a lot of sense and can save quite a lot of money in long term and even in short term the ROI is not bad at all. The poor will probably profit in long term only, but then again, they don't pay that much taxes.
Same goes for wind, very small turbines are increasingly common and will probably be put onto lots of office houses in the next 30 years. That will help to lower the cost of work and might even help to raise the wages somewhat (although I admit that the chances are very small).
Both technologies are very important because when oil shortages begin - and that will happen one day, there is no such thing as infinite resources - energy will become very expensive and this will definitely hit the poor most, so it is very important to make precautions against it.
I cannot give you hard data, but exactly this discussion happened in Germany about a decade ago. Back then wind turbines were expensive and had to be subsidised by tax money and couldn't produce enough electricity in its whole lifetime to recouple the costs. Because of the investments in this technology modern turbines recouple the costs in 10-15 years IIRC. After that it is - except for the maintenance costs which are bearable - basically free electricity. Since the electricity prices always grow the ROI will be even faster in the future. Investment in "green" technologies will always pay off one day or another, the problem is that in most cases it is a long-term investment and most people only think in short term profits. Since Germany has jumped early on the "green" bandwagon it will reap the profits of it in the next decade already.
Just imagine a modern passive house:
- very good insulation, heat recovery ventilation and a ground coupled heat exchanger so you have got a pretty much constant temperature in your house, nearly zero heating or cooling cost.
- solar water heating so every bath or shower saves lot of money. same goes for laundry and dish washing.
- no need to store heating oil or gas because since the demand for heating is so low that electrical heating is good enough. and the electricity could conveniently come from a wind turbine.
- better health because of better air and lack of mold.
Today the cost for building a house to these standards is only about 15% higher of the cost of a conventional house. After 15 years the costs will be already recouped if the energy prices stay constant. Even faster when they rise. When more houses will be built by this standard the additional costs will sink thanks to the economy of scale. Sounds like a win-win situation to me.
Gigabytes, sorry.
A high resolution optical sensor delivers a shitload of data - 20 and more megabytes for every frame. The processing of the data from the Bayer matrix (we won't take the Foveon into account for the sake of the argument) and resizing also takes time. You need at least 60 fps to get rid of lag while moving. Have fun at processing 1.2 terabytes per second.
The fact that Americans are in general more religious contradicts your argument pretty much.
In a modern, well-insulated house (another "green" tech - there even exist passive houses) - and at least in Germany all newer houses are mandated to be built well-insulated - the working poor actually save money.
Sorry but no. The resolution of an eyepeace is higher and the reaction speed is the speed of light so there is no lag.
No because "green" research is money well spent. Natural resources are finite and everything that helps the efficiency is good.
Also a cleaner environment is a better place to live. Switching to lead free gasoline and catalytic converters was expensive but has helped the health of the population.
Strict laws for industrial exhausts helped to save the forrests and to get rid of smog in Germany.
It is a bad idea to shit in the living room, if you can gasp the analogy.
What if he did?
I for one have given up the car and use mass transit only.