This is silly. I played TF since the original Quake version. TF2 as a F2P works great and does nothing to alienate old, hardcore players.
You can just ignore other people's items, as I do. The game is still the same. Quit bitching already.
While Apple has done a lot of innovation in the previous years, it seems now they started to lose the innovation battle.
Since they can't innovate in tech anymore they're probably thinking they should try to innovate in the legal area... let's see how will the Apple fans digest that thought...
Yet, Google is happy to sell us Android apps.
Also, I have no idea how would I ask for an application refund, though. I guess they just ignore the local obsolete legislation. And something made it impossible for them to ignore it in Taiwan.
Well, I noticed an even higher memory consumption and it seemed slower overall. In my experience, it was constantly "lagging". Chrome never gives me any of that, but I still use Firefox 3.6 due to the amazing extensions.
I was considering an update to Firefox 4 but I was expecting the major bugs and issues to be ironed out before upgrading.
I guess I'll just stick to Firefox 3.6 while I can and nothing is too broken and then move to Chrome when Firefox 3.6 is considered too old and Firefox 42 continues to be a piece of crap trying to (badly) mimic Chrome.
I wish the Mozilla Foundation I knew back then, which released Firefox 1.5 and made a revolution, would come back.
You've made a brilliant post about Bitcoin, Mr. The best I've read so far.
I'm no Bitcoin-wacko but your post should be used as a reference whenever someone asks general questions about Bitcoin.
The main reason is that the current Brazilian government wants to pay for the "welfare" programs using oil money. It's just a political motivation as the government's budget is already tight and Brazilian taxes are already very high (so, no margin for tax hikes). They need this money to keep "buying votes" from the poor.
However, Brazilian oil deposits are very deep in the ocean and it's very expensive to extract oil from those deposits. If you add that to the fact that the state-owned oil company is very inefficient and spends a lot and you end up in a situation where extracting oil from these deposits makes Brazil lose money if the oil is below US$60-70. So they want this oil money *now* which will further guarantee that the current political party maintains its dominance.
I'm all for ethanol usage. I just think that you Americans are being very silly supporting corn-based ethanol. I'm no expert, but there must be something better, even if it's not sugar cane. By ending the subsidies, there will be a market force driving research towards a better alternative.
It depends on the efficiency of each car engine. On my car, it needs to be at least 20% cheaper to be worth it. On other cars, it needs to be 35%.
Of course, when I say "cheaper" it means "cheaper per distance travelled". Everyone in a country with widespread usage of ethanol knows that a full tank of gasoline lasts longer than full tank of ethanol.
Well, the US already imports most of the oil it uses. Instead of producing, ethanol could be imported from countries which are better suited for sugar cane agriculture. It would still be cheaper than gas for cars and pollutes less.
Actually, it still is cheaper per kilometer for my car, it only wasn't for maybe a week or two. It actually depends on the car - the Brazilian media usually says it's only worth using ethanol if its price is at most 70% of the price of gasoline but that varies from car to car. On my car, the threshold is 80% - I've done several measurements over a few months.
If there was a reliable, growing, international demand, the producers would also raise production levels so we would only face maybe a short-term price spike but it the long-term, production would be adjusted accordingly.
Corn-based ethanol is a joke. Ethanol from sugar cane has been in use in Brazil for 20+ years and it works great - cheaper than gas without the need of any subsidies. More than half of the Brazilian car fleet runs on ethanol on a daily basis.
Don't dismiss ethanol completely just because the US has chosen a silly way to manufacture it.
Brazil actually produces energy efficient ethanol from sugar cane. It's used by more than half of Brazilian cars and it's generally cheaper than gasoline, without any subsidies.
The only reason Brazilian sugar cane ethanol can't compete with the US corn-based ethanol (which is silly and energy inefficient) is because of the huge advantage given to US producers.
This will mean cheaper ethanol for Americans and improved market conditions for Brazilian ethanol companies. Hopefully the price of ethanol here in Brazil won't rise too much, thanks to the larger demand.
I feel somewhat sad with the thought that such a marvel of human engineering won't fly again. It's a shame that the "disposable" culture has reached even the upper echelons of science research.
It clearly shows why the US can't be a world leader anymore. The space shuttle is an inspiring achievement - when you dump that for a disposable capsule that just falls from the sky while trying to keep the people in there alive... well, you can't lead the world towards an inspiring future anymore.
May Endeavour have a nice and safe last flight back home.
You're completely ignorant about the situation in Brazil.
We've had a stable currency since 1994, called the "Real". It has absolutely nothing to do with the old mess of Cruzeiro, Cruzado, Cruzado Novo or Cruzeiro Real.
Brazilian inflation has been controlled since then, with generally reasonable levels compared to the past (currently it's about 4.5% yearly).
Currently, it's about 1USD =~ 1.6BRL, so it's not like it's an undervalued currency. And the dollar keeps losing it's value (the rate was about 1USD = 2BRL about 3 years ago).
The "original Team Fortress" was a Quake/QuakeWorld mod and wasn't developed by Valve at all (although Valve did hire their creators).
You probably meant TFC, which is a Half-Life mod, but is not the "original TF". Both are still played today, even tough QWTF is from 1997. Pretty amazing.
It may be silly but this is the sort of thing that makes me keep buying AMD. It shows they still respect their "power users".
I bought an Asus M2N-E motherboard several years ago for a single core Athlon 64 processor. Today, this same motherboard runs a Phenom X4 processor. And it will still hopefully serve other family members for some years when I finally switch it.
It may be silly, but I believe that all those "green aficionados" should be congratulating AMD. While Intel makes sure everyone needs to replace their MBs every year (and a lot of those go to the trash), AMD gives you another choice. Sure, most people just end up buying everything new again, but at least AMD gives you the choice.
As you've said - it's speculation.
Lately the media has be trying to speculate about a lot of things they shouldn't. They should report the news, not try fabricate the missing bits of news.
It says it's an A330, a quick Wikipedia search will give you the answer you want.
By the way, they don't know what happened. They never found the black box or anything like that. So no scaremongering regarding "limits of human engineering", please. The first suspect is and always will be pilot error or mechanical failure (or a combination of the two).
To keep things in context, I live in a large city in Brazil and movie tickets here cost from US$8 (cheaper theaters during weekdays) to US$14 (3D movies on weekends). So, Argentina is an exception. I visited Buenos Aires last year and I felt "rich" as everything is about half the price (and Brazil is also a developing country). Except for the electronics, which were amazingly more expensive than in Brazil.
Just FYI, yes, it is because of import taxes. The "plain" import tax is 50% for some goods, but there are several other entry barriers such as taxes, fees, regulations, etc, that act as hidden taxes. For instance, in Brazil the actual import tax on a motorbike is about 60%, however, in the end, in order to buy and import a US$10k bike, you actually spend about US$35k. There are several taxes over taxes, over hidden costs, over taxes again. It's a mess.
No mod points today, but someone should mod this up (or bury the parent's parent down).
It makes no sense. People on developing countries would be very happy to earn the wages people on developed countries are earning right now. It's not like they're the ones who choose to earn less.
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This is silly. I played TF since the original Quake version. TF2 as a F2P works great and does nothing to alienate old, hardcore players.
You can just ignore other people's items, as I do. The game is still the same. Quit bitching already.
While Apple has done a lot of innovation in the previous years, it seems now they started to lose the innovation battle.
Since they can't innovate in tech anymore they're probably thinking they should try to innovate in the legal area... let's see how will the Apple fans digest that thought...
Well, I'm from Brazil and I'm in from day one. So, yeah, consider it uncool, then. ;-)
Next obvious step is... Bitcoin-mining ads.
Profit!
Yet, Google is happy to sell us Android apps.
Also, I have no idea how would I ask for an application refund, though. I guess they just ignore the local obsolete legislation. And something made it impossible for them to ignore it in Taiwan.
This is the source for this bit of "news". :-(
Come on, Slashdot... don't disappoint me...
I would buy it if Amazon would accept my non-US money.
Maybe I'll just pirate it instead, since he won't accept my money...
Well, I noticed an even higher memory consumption and it seemed slower overall. In my experience, it was constantly "lagging". Chrome never gives me any of that, but I still use Firefox 3.6 due to the amazing extensions.
I was considering an update to Firefox 4 but I was expecting the major bugs and issues to be ironed out before upgrading. I guess I'll just stick to Firefox 3.6 while I can and nothing is too broken and then move to Chrome when Firefox 3.6 is considered too old and Firefox 42 continues to be a piece of crap trying to (badly) mimic Chrome. I wish the Mozilla Foundation I knew back then, which released Firefox 1.5 and made a revolution, would come back.
You've made a brilliant post about Bitcoin, Mr. The best I've read so far.
I'm no Bitcoin-wacko but your post should be used as a reference whenever someone asks general questions about Bitcoin.
The main reason is that the current Brazilian government wants to pay for the "welfare" programs using oil money. It's just a political motivation as the government's budget is already tight and Brazilian taxes are already very high (so, no margin for tax hikes). They need this money to keep "buying votes" from the poor.
However, Brazilian oil deposits are very deep in the ocean and it's very expensive to extract oil from those deposits. If you add that to the fact that the state-owned oil company is very inefficient and spends a lot and you end up in a situation where extracting oil from these deposits makes Brazil lose money if the oil is below US$60-70. So they want this oil money *now* which will further guarantee that the current political party maintains its dominance.
I'm all for ethanol usage. I just think that you Americans are being very silly supporting corn-based ethanol. I'm no expert, but there must be something better, even if it's not sugar cane. By ending the subsidies, there will be a market force driving research towards a better alternative.
It depends on the efficiency of each car engine. On my car, it needs to be at least 20% cheaper to be worth it. On other cars, it needs to be 35%. Of course, when I say "cheaper" it means "cheaper per distance travelled". Everyone in a country with widespread usage of ethanol knows that a full tank of gasoline lasts longer than full tank of ethanol.
Well, the US already imports most of the oil it uses. Instead of producing, ethanol could be imported from countries which are better suited for sugar cane agriculture. It would still be cheaper than gas for cars and pollutes less.
Actually, it still is cheaper per kilometer for my car, it only wasn't for maybe a week or two. It actually depends on the car - the Brazilian media usually says it's only worth using ethanol if its price is at most 70% of the price of gasoline but that varies from car to car. On my car, the threshold is 80% - I've done several measurements over a few months.
If there was a reliable, growing, international demand, the producers would also raise production levels so we would only face maybe a short-term price spike but it the long-term, production would be adjusted accordingly.
Corn-based ethanol is a joke. Ethanol from sugar cane has been in use in Brazil for 20+ years and it works great - cheaper than gas without the need of any subsidies. More than half of the Brazilian car fleet runs on ethanol on a daily basis. Don't dismiss ethanol completely just because the US has chosen a silly way to manufacture it.
Brazil actually produces energy efficient ethanol from sugar cane. It's used by more than half of Brazilian cars and it's generally cheaper than gasoline, without any subsidies.
The only reason Brazilian sugar cane ethanol can't compete with the US corn-based ethanol (which is silly and energy inefficient) is because of the huge advantage given to US producers.
This will mean cheaper ethanol for Americans and improved market conditions for Brazilian ethanol companies. Hopefully the price of ethanol here in Brazil won't rise too much, thanks to the larger demand.
These are awesome pictures.
I feel somewhat sad with the thought that such a marvel of human engineering won't fly again. It's a shame that the "disposable" culture has reached even the upper echelons of science research.
It clearly shows why the US can't be a world leader anymore. The space shuttle is an inspiring achievement - when you dump that for a disposable capsule that just falls from the sky while trying to keep the people in there alive... well, you can't lead the world towards an inspiring future anymore.
May Endeavour have a nice and safe last flight back home.
You're completely ignorant about the situation in Brazil.
We've had a stable currency since 1994, called the "Real". It has absolutely nothing to do with the old mess of Cruzeiro, Cruzado, Cruzado Novo or Cruzeiro Real.
Brazilian inflation has been controlled since then, with generally reasonable levels compared to the past (currently it's about 4.5% yearly).
Currently, it's about 1USD =~ 1.6BRL, so it's not like it's an undervalued currency. And the dollar keeps losing it's value (the rate was about 1USD = 2BRL about 3 years ago).
The "original Team Fortress" was a Quake/QuakeWorld mod and wasn't developed by Valve at all (although Valve did hire their creators).
You probably meant TFC, which is a Half-Life mod, but is not the "original TF". Both are still played today, even tough QWTF is from 1997. Pretty amazing.
It may be silly but this is the sort of thing that makes me keep buying AMD. It shows they still respect their "power users".
I bought an Asus M2N-E motherboard several years ago for a single core Athlon 64 processor. Today, this same motherboard runs a Phenom X4 processor. And it will still hopefully serve other family members for some years when I finally switch it.
It may be silly, but I believe that all those "green aficionados" should be congratulating AMD. While Intel makes sure everyone needs to replace their MBs every year (and a lot of those go to the trash), AMD gives you another choice. Sure, most people just end up buying everything new again, but at least AMD gives you the choice.
As you've said - it's speculation. Lately the media has be trying to speculate about a lot of things they shouldn't. They should report the news, not try fabricate the missing bits of news.
It says it's an A330, a quick Wikipedia search will give you the answer you want.
By the way, they don't know what happened. They never found the black box or anything like that. So no scaremongering regarding "limits of human engineering", please. The first suspect is and always will be pilot error or mechanical failure (or a combination of the two).
To keep things in context, I live in a large city in Brazil and movie tickets here cost from US$8 (cheaper theaters during weekdays) to US$14 (3D movies on weekends). So, Argentina is an exception. I visited Buenos Aires last year and I felt "rich" as everything is about half the price (and Brazil is also a developing country). Except for the electronics, which were amazingly more expensive than in Brazil. Just FYI, yes, it is because of import taxes. The "plain" import tax is 50% for some goods, but there are several other entry barriers such as taxes, fees, regulations, etc, that act as hidden taxes. For instance, in Brazil the actual import tax on a motorbike is about 60%, however, in the end, in order to buy and import a US$10k bike, you actually spend about US$35k. There are several taxes over taxes, over hidden costs, over taxes again. It's a mess.
No mod points today, but someone should mod this up (or bury the parent's parent down). It makes no sense. People on developing countries would be very happy to earn the wages people on developed countries are earning right now. It's not like they're the ones who choose to earn less.