Obviously this aren't the case here, but there are stable multiple body gravitational systems, for example:
A system with multiple equal masses, set at the points of an equilateral polygon, and spun around the barycenter
A more complicated gravitational system, known as a Klemperer rosette, which contains "a number of heavier and lighter bodies, set out in a regular repeating pattern around a common barycenter, around which they all orbit" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemperer_rosette)
So while oftentimes a multiple body system is unstable, not all of them are.
Our nearest neighbors, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B orbit each other with a distance that varies from 11.2 AU to 35.6 AU, with Proxima Centauri (a red dwarf) as a distant companion around 13,000 AU from the pair of main stars. It seems about on par with the A/B orbits, and we still classify the Alpha Centauri system as a triple star system.
So while I'd agree that it's not necessarily close as we know it, I'd also point out that we're rather tiny on an astronomical scale. For the record, I don't know if Alpha Centauri is representative of a typical binary system. IANA astronomer. Or at least...not a professional one.
Strikes me as moderately stupid. I mean, threats and all, sure. Harassment, ok, I guess. Though I believe there are already recourses for these problems (I could be mistaken).
But "intent to annoy"? Isn't that what the Internet is? A giant, collective, intent-to-annoy? (Moreover, isn't that why there are things like selective blocking/allowing for IMs, for blogs, for e-mail?)
This won't affect me, however! When I call someone a jerk, it's never with the intent to annoy. It's with the intent to inform!
This immediately reminded me of the old iBrator...
I feel there's a joke to be made about Mac users needing things like these, but I'm afraid it'll get me severely beaten around here. And not in the good way.
I agree that the statistics gathered aren't an accurate cross-section of the PC market. However, I would like to point out, however, that for a software package aimed in the general direction of Internet users, if someone barely ever goes online, they're less relevant.
ahhhh, I remember the good ol' days of 200-aught-4. Good times. Good times.
I also notice that the "special" edition of NAV "does not include the following features: Norton(TM) Internet Worm Protection, which stops certain damaging Internet worms at their attempted point of entry; and extended threat protection, which detects spyware and certain non-virus threats such as adware and keystroke logging programs."
So I guess when they say "special," they mean Short Bus special. What else is new?
And more on-thread, most/all of the geeks I know (meself included) have at least one XP install, either an XP box, or a multiboot box with XP. Plus, most corporate environs nowdays use some combination of XP and 2K3, in my experience.
I'd wanted this/something similar a while back, but Firefox's extensions came to the rescue...and since I never close my browser....hmmm... I guess we'll see.
I don't know....this sounds, to me, reminiscent of angsty teenagers who don't like someone else dictating their behavior, so they rebel in exactly the same way every other angsty teenager does, by doing the exact opposite. It still smacks to me of letting someone else dictate your actions, if in a slightly different sense.
I mean, I don't like ads, either, and yes, there are even the occasional ads that are irritating enough to make me want to ca--er...e-mail the companies and say "Because of this specific irritating commercial, I'm not buying your crap! Stop being so stupid!"
But ya know what?
I'd rather have them run ads than charge me (more) money for my TV. And I've got a DVR partially for that reason. Wheee, I can skip commercials. Or mute them. Such a difficult task.
And frankly, even good companies occasionally run ads. Imagine that. I'd rather not base my rig on whether a company buys an ad slot or not. If WD advertises Raptors and Maxtor advertises DiamondMaxes/Atlases on TV (or likewise for iRAM/HyperDrives/etc), just what the heck would you use as a boot drive, son?
Not trying to rattle your chain, just...I'd say keep on with the research and the buying the proper item...trying to punish companies for running ads doesn't make sense to me, since they won't know that's what's going on, and rewarding inferior products that don't run ads....
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Obviously this aren't the case here, but there are stable multiple body gravitational systems, for example:
A system with multiple equal masses, set at the points of an equilateral polygon, and spun around the barycenter
A more complicated gravitational system, known as a Klemperer rosette, which contains "a number of heavier and lighter bodies, set out in a regular repeating pattern around a common barycenter, around which they all orbit" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemperer_rosette)
So while oftentimes a multiple body system is unstable, not all of them are.
Our nearest neighbors, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B orbit each other with a distance that varies from 11.2 AU to 35.6 AU, with Proxima Centauri (a red dwarf) as a distant companion around 13,000 AU from the pair of main stars.
It seems about on par with the A/B orbits, and we still classify the Alpha Centauri system as a triple star system.
So while I'd agree that it's not necessarily close as we know it, I'd also point out that we're rather tiny on an astronomical scale. For the record, I don't know if Alpha Centauri is representative of a typical binary system. IANA astronomer.
Or at least...not a professional one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
The spam thing was actually a big conspiracy. ;)
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We were trying to drive all the spammers to Canada.
Strikes me as moderately stupid. I mean, threats and all, sure. Harassment, ok, I guess. Though I believe there are already recourses for these problems (I could be mistaken).
But "intent to annoy"? Isn't that what the Internet is? A giant, collective, intent-to-annoy?
(Moreover, isn't that why there are things like selective blocking/allowing for IMs, for blogs, for e-mail?)
This won't affect me, however! When I call someone a jerk, it's never with the intent to annoy.
It's with the intent to inform!
This immediately reminded me of the old iBrator...
I feel there's a joke to be made about Mac users needing things like these, but I'm afraid it'll get me severely beaten around here.
And not in the good way.
I agree that the statistics gathered aren't an accurate cross-section of the PC market.
However, I would like to point out, however, that for a software package aimed in the general direction of Internet users, if someone barely ever goes online, they're less relevant.
ahhhh, I remember the good ol' days of 200-aught-4. Good times. Good times.
I also notice that the "special" edition of NAV "does not include the following features: Norton(TM) Internet Worm Protection, which stops certain damaging Internet worms at their attempted point of entry; and extended threat protection, which detects spyware and certain non-virus threats such as adware and keystroke logging programs."
So I guess when they say "special," they mean Short Bus special. What else is new?
And more on-thread, most/all of the geeks I know (meself included) have at least one XP install, either an XP box, or a multiboot box with XP. Plus, most corporate environs nowdays use some combination of XP and 2K3, in my experience.
I'd wanted this/something similar a while back, but Firefox's extensions came to the rescue...and since I never close my browser....hmmm...
I guess we'll see.
I don't know....this sounds, to me, reminiscent of angsty teenagers who don't like someone else dictating their behavior, so they rebel in exactly the same way every other angsty teenager does, by doing the exact opposite. It still smacks to me of letting someone else dictate your actions, if in a slightly different sense.
I mean, I don't like ads, either, and yes, there are even the occasional ads that are irritating enough to make me want to ca--er...e-mail the companies and say "Because of this specific irritating commercial, I'm not buying your crap! Stop being so stupid!"
But ya know what?
I'd rather have them run ads than charge me (more) money for my TV.
And I've got a DVR partially for that reason. Wheee, I can skip commercials. Or mute them. Such a difficult task.
And frankly, even good companies occasionally run ads. Imagine that. I'd rather not base my rig on whether a company buys an ad slot or not. If WD advertises Raptors and Maxtor advertises DiamondMaxes/Atlases on TV (or likewise for iRAM/HyperDrives/etc), just what the heck would you use as a boot drive, son?
Not trying to rattle your chain, just...I'd say keep on with the research and the buying the proper item...trying to punish companies for running ads doesn't make sense to me, since they won't know that's what's going on, and rewarding inferior products that don't run ads....