well, the OP said that Ubuntu was "not being compliant". of course, we can't see exactly what they said and the exact response, but a claim that they are not being compliant has every right to be rebutted
More news just in: 15 billion years ago the entire universe was at a temperature of around 100 billion Kelvin
Conclusive evidence that Global Warming is just a small local variation. in fact, on that scale, you won't even notice it. here's a graph I have drawn showing the world's temperature:
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this clearly shows that Global Warming is a MYTH!
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don't forget the wii-mote also has force feedback. So you will get some feedback from hitting someone, although it won't be the stopping, with a bit of practice you can probably get used to feeling it and then pulling back or whatever.
when we manage to get "real" force feedback (like the old MS sidewinder joysticks and steering wheels have) in the wii-mote, now THAT will be cool!
Alright, so they state that the PS2 and the XBOX360 use the exact same amount of power when turned off (look at the chart in the article). They also say that the XBOX360 runs more crap than the PS2, but they say that the PS2 is "the biggest looser of the group". WTF?
exactly. The ps2 runs less stuff but still manages to draw the same power as the 360. therefore the ps2 wastes more energy.
1) measuring average power draw over time is quite simple 2) "* All readings were taken with the console directly plugged into a wattage meter and the average energy draw over the course of the test was recorded." although to be fair it does state that this was answered in response to questions in the comments, so you might have missed it 3+4) depends on how you want to measure power. 5) doesn't matter if you measure both amps and volts, which a wattmeter will do 6) they actually said that the lower wattages were guesses, since the wattmeter was not very accurate. 7) yes it does. No one mentioned this was a strict scientific experiment 8) And during the summer the air conditioner needs more than a watt to reduce the heat by that amount 9)... ok fine... should have read ahead 10) generally not so much as 2W while the tv is off, although that depends on the tv I suppose
as for it being a half-arsed job, well, it's a simple experiment done by random people. give them a break
Well apart from the fact that there are 10 times as many people in Brasil as Australia, you also have to remember that Australia is not interested in football. Sure there's a flurry of excitement now that we're in the world cup but once we are knocked out no one will care anymore. We consistantly produce world class performers in many other sports (swimming, rugby, cricket) which tend to be the concentrated on sports here in Australia, as well as Aussie Rules, while football is disregarded.
When you have a population of only 20 million people and the sport in question only ranks fourth or fifth in your country's sporting priorities, there's no hope of competing against Brasil who live and breathe football.
thank you for the first sane post in all these "Brasil won 2-0... looks like the software was useless" replies.
Although expecting a sane post from the/. crowd is like expecting a computer program to win you a soccer game. In fact... it's more similar than I first thought...
you know being in a different time zone doesn't mean that events actually happen later there. Funnily enough the world cup match "happened" in Australia at the same time as it "happened" in the rest of the world.
Australia regularly wins its region tournament matches with scorelines like 21-0 against teams like Soloman Islands, but that didn't help us get above rank 47 in the world rankings.
The ranking of the team you beat is taken into account. The problem with the world rankings is that it just can't be done well, when the teams don't play each other often enough.
well of course, since there are only two possible combinations and both are legitimate.
in the real world the data you send does not has many possible outcomes and many of those very few are legitimate. If you try 600 times and you get the text:
oyioa2dsi5fuso nbvsouydgfvs4f attack at dawn 90s8 asd0shdks... etc
I think it's pretty clear which is the correct messae
you'd be surprised at the kind of things people will invent just to get around those "annoying" safety features. Like a bit piece of wood that is glued to both buttons so you can just hit that rather than the two seperate buttons
unfortunately, if you make something idiot proof they'll just invent a better idiot
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wow you actually made a funny "In Soviet Russia" joke ;)
from what I saw, he made the request at the forums and not to the ubuntu distributors themselves. The forum goers are under no legal obligation
well, the OP said that Ubuntu was "not being compliant". of course, we can't see exactly what they said and the exact response, but a claim that they are not being compliant has every right to be rebutted
what's to stop blu-ray becoming the read-writable computer medium? it stores even more data!
More news just in: 15 billion years ago the entire universe was at a temperature of around 100 billion Kelvin
Conclusive evidence that Global Warming is just a small local variation. in fact, on that scale, you won't even notice it. here's a graph I have drawn showing the world's temperature:
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15 billion years ago _________________ now
this clearly shows that Global Warming is a MYTH!
don't forget the wii-mote also has force feedback. So you will get some feedback from hitting someone, although it won't be the stopping, with a bit of practice you can probably get used to feeling it and then pulling back or whatever.
when we manage to get "real" force feedback (like the old MS sidewinder joysticks and steering wheels have) in the wii-mote, now THAT will be cool!
exactly. The ps2 runs less stuff but still manages to draw the same power as the 360. therefore the ps2 wastes more energy.
1) measuring average power draw over time is quite simple ... ok fine... should have read ahead
2) "* All readings were taken with the console directly plugged into a wattage meter and the average energy draw over the course of the test was recorded." although to be fair it does state that this was answered in response to questions in the comments, so you might have missed it
3+4) depends on how you want to measure power.
5) doesn't matter if you measure both amps and volts, which a wattmeter will do
6) they actually said that the lower wattages were guesses, since the wattmeter was not very accurate.
7) yes it does. No one mentioned this was a strict scientific experiment
8) And during the summer the air conditioner needs more than a watt to reduce the heat by that amount
9)
10) generally not so much as 2W while the tv is off, although that depends on the tv I suppose
as for it being a half-arsed job, well, it's a simple experiment done by random people. give them a break
I like how your stuff up allowed you to be modded informative twice, giving you a net karma bonus
Well apart from the fact that there are 10 times as many people in Brasil as Australia, you also have to remember that Australia is not interested in football. Sure there's a flurry of excitement now that we're in the world cup but once we are knocked out no one will care anymore. We consistantly produce world class performers in many other sports (swimming, rugby, cricket) which tend to be the concentrated on sports here in Australia, as well as Aussie Rules, while football is disregarded.
When you have a population of only 20 million people and the sport in question only ranks fourth or fifth in your country's sporting priorities, there's no hope of competing against Brasil who live and breathe football.
thank you for the first sane post in all these "Brasil won 2-0... looks like the software was useless" replies.
/. crowd is like expecting a computer program to win you a soccer game. In fact... it's more similar than I first thought...
Although expecting a sane post from the
or their champion spin bowler to not send suggestive sms's to all the women he meets
Australia actually has a decent amount of talent and the potential to do well (not up their with the top teir teams, but higher than they are)
The main problem is they never have enough time to play together because they always have club duties in Europe.
you know being in a different time zone doesn't mean that events actually happen later there. Funnily enough the world cup match "happened" in Australia at the same time as it "happened" in the rest of the world.
well let's see what happens when Guus leavs the team at the end of this world cup
Australia regularly wins its region tournament matches with scorelines like 21-0 against teams like Soloman Islands, but that didn't help us get above rank 47 in the world rankings.
The ranking of the team you beat is taken into account. The problem with the world rankings is that it just can't be done well, when the teams don't play each other often enough.
well of course, since there are only two possible combinations and both are legitimate.
... etc
in the real world the data you send does not has many possible outcomes and many of those very few are legitimate. If you try 600 times and you get the text:
oyioa2dsi5fuso
nbvsouydgfvs4f
attack at dawn
90s8 asd0shdks
I think it's pretty clear which is the correct messae
well I live in Melbourne and I can't imagine why anyone would deal with hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes
you know, you don't have to pick any natural disasters...
Congratulations on being the first post not rated "Funny" in this article
It must have been challenging given the topic
you'd be surprised at the kind of things people will invent just to get around those "annoying" safety features. Like a bit piece of wood that is glued to both buttons so you can just hit that rather than the two seperate buttons
unfortunately, if you make something idiot proof they'll just invent a better idiot
...some nutter who ignores safety rules around heavy machinery gets killed and its the machine's fault????
actually it's the machine's designer's fault. They are probably liable for the damage in this case... and it can be very expensive.
Windows 95 was a 32 bit extension to a 16 bit shell for an 8 bit operating system designed for a 4 bit CPU by a 2 bit company. ;-)
without one bit of common sense...
IIRC, you can buy one of these for $300 and the extra money will go towards sponsoring two more laptops for kids
it all comes down to one thing: will it be able to run homebrew code?
if it can only run signed code, then it will never work as a computer
all your granny needs to do is run the update manager, it will let her know there's a new version of ubuntu ready for her to upgrade if she wishes