The big reason I think they will change is the fact that they have already de-blocked mine.nu. I think (hope) they may have placed the site on a list of sites to block only at the third-level domain not the second level. It may take time for the block list to be purged from browsers. On the other hand, My copy of Fx never got the version of the list with mine.nu included. I base the de-blocking on the removal of the warning page from clicking on the link, and the notice that the site is not currntly listed when querying the stopbadware.org clearinghouse.
My question is why do we only have one volume knob on most devices? We always should have had a volume knob, and a compression knob. The common folk would quickly learn that the volume knob does what you think it does, but the compression knob brings the softest sounds closer in volume to the loudest, when you dial it up. It is not too hard for the average person to figure out.
It is clear he thinks it is a misconceived worldview. However, it is the job of teachers to dispel misconceptions, and they would feel that they have failed if they had not. However, for those who have it, biblical fundamentalism is not a misconception that can be generally be cured. So teachers should not put too much effort into trying to dispel it, but should be able to show how it is not falsifiable, and thus is not science.
But it is marketed not unlike one. It comes with a standard run of the mill wireless keyboard and mouse, and the options include a regular desktop monitors. (No rack-mount kvm solution, or anything.)
Of course, I'm not sure what is the normal way to interact with a blade-server based cluster, but I'm doubting you just normally plug in a desktop keyboard and mouse into the system, and just start running programs. I suspect these systems are normally accessed and configured remotely. But I've never set-up or run blade-servers, or large clusters, or clusterized blade-servers, so I may be wrong.
TThis is somewhat odd though. The original NT Posix subsystem at the very least, was not an independent subsystem. It translated some calls into the NT kernel Native API, but for others, it translated them into Win32 System calls, leaving the POSIX subsytem dependent on the win32 susbsystem. I would find it hard to believe then that the programs could not directly call the Win32 API.
Of course, I have the feeling that Interix (which is now the new windows NT Posix subsystem) has little or no real relation to the original NT 4 era POSIX subsytem. If it is a true independent subsystem, then I can definitely understand the difficulties of using a win32 API form them.
For what it is worth, cygwin 1.7 is propping support for non-NT versions of windows, which will allow it to use NT native API's in many places. This should notably improve performance, but it is a shame that the SUA subsystem is not good enough to eliminate the need for Cygwin.
Mozilla Foundation was founded by the remains of Netscape Corporation inside AOL/Time-Warner, and the informal association known as mozilla.org. At the same time, there was a mass layoff inside AOL/T-W, as the Netscape devs were leaving to join MoFo. MoFo was not structured as a spinoff of the former Netscape Communications company, although exactly why, I'm not sure.
Google in no way co-founded MoFo. Since Mozilla Corporation is a fully owned subsidiary of MoFo, Google could hardly have been a co-founder of MoCo either.
It is supposed to tell you to uninstall both iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support using the control panel, reboot, and then download the latest (fixed) iTunes 8 setup program and run it.
Even just ":%" crashes it. It seems to be the master control process or UI process that is crashing. If a rendering process crashes the whole thing does not crash. What is even more odd, is that just right clicking the location bar with ":%" in the clipboard results in a crash. You don't even have to chose paste.
My only issue is that they Don't Release the expansions. Tiberian Dawn had 1 expansion an RA had 2. But there is no longer any way to buy those without also buying a copy of these now free games.
Either should be able to do it. It may be more natural to just go to the jeweler. Since the tool is called a jeweler's saw, I'm betting that jewelers have them and know how to use them.
Cutting rings off is so common that all hospitals have facilities to do so, but not necessarily all doctor's offices or small clinics. (If it has an emergency room, it is a hospital for the purposed of that sentence, even if it does not have general inpatient facilities).
Except that free-fall is the exact state that that the ISS is in and the ISS is definitely considered microgravity. See the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgravity
Umm, that prize money was from a single donation that was made fir the precise purpose of funding this search. They are not using any other donations for this purpose. (I'm betting it was a half million dollar donation (or perhaps a full million dollar donation) made with the condition that part of it be reserved for this purpose. But the remainder of the donation would still be too large for the EFF to ignore.
The audience of the game though was most certainly not physicists, and to that extent arguing about the game's internal claim of momentum conservation is quite absurd. Furthermore, as far as the object traveling through the portal can tell, momentum of itself was preserved, but the orientation of the rest of space-time was not conserved.
TO be fair, the magnitude of momentum is the same. Most regular people consider velocity to the the magnitude of the physics velocity vector, and momentum as the magnitude of the physics momentum vector.
The potential energy change is not very unique though, as games do not care about potential energies. Only current kinetic energy is ever important. Thus any sort of portals in a game where the that have different 'z' values would have that attribute.
What is really unique about Portal is the portal visuals.
Rock band: World tour is supposed to support all controllers on all platforms (except for possibly the Wii).
Similarly, the Wold Tour instruments apparently work on all games on all platforms (except for the Wii). (There might be a physical switch for GH series compatibility.) (And obviously drums do not work on guitar only games.)
It would be nice to see some level of PS3XBOX360 compatibility but that is probably asking too much.
Of course, I've never even played any of these games, so it does not really matter much to me.
That is no-where near an exhaustively-researched word-by-word rebuttal.
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Hey that is a little harsh.
The Bionicles series is definiately a lot like that, and it is not defensible. But that is far from the only series.
The boxes of assorted bricks with no real directions still exist, but have been largely downplayed since around the time that Samsonite stopped distributing the Lego.
Then we have the standard themed sets (the Castle series, Star wars series, Harry potter series, etc). These contain bricks that are mostly like the classics, with some specialized pieces occasionally. Obviously the mini-figs are quite dominant in this set, but they are quite justified in that otherwise to have a village with people would require a much much greater scale. That said, nothing can justify the BURPs [http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6082 and http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6083%5D. One of the downsides of this level is the limited ability to build interactive models. There are openable doors, and working wheels turntable, and pivoting connectors, but all are fairly limited.
Of the themed sets, any vechile sets are terrible in the use of special peices. Like the recent Jet set. The whole hull of the plane consists of special non-generic pieces. However, there are still quite a few sets in production with no pieces that are not reasonably generic.
Next up we have the ever-popular lego model railroad. This does have quite a few specialized pieces, but justifiably so. Special track pieces are essential to be able to have powered rail cars. The power regulator, and locomotive chassis bricks are also critical. Then we have the genral rail car chasis. The powered headlight bricks are probably not essential, but add character. There are a few other specialized bricks to support building reasonable train cars. However, the sets still invariably include a significant number of classic bricks and plates. The whole Lego railroad line is intended to be used in conjunction with appropriate themed sets. The level of creativity possible with the train system sets is very high. A smidgen less creativity in environment and track shapes is possible compared to standard model railroading, but standard model railroading definitely does not make designing a new railroad car nearly as easy as the Lego train system does.
Then we have Lego Technic. This has many specialized pieces, but virtually all of them are generic, and can be used in a virtually unlimited number of potential designs. The ability to build interactive systems, and even motor powered systems is the best part of this series.
There was the classic Technic that used 1xn beams with holes as a major framework construction component. Beams were sometimes pinned together as part of the framework, but many models did not use this technique. Like with modern Technic, axles are an important component, and were occasionally essential to the model's framework. (not just the models functionality). The studless beams found in modern Technic made the occasional appearance, but were not that common.
Modern Technic is primarily based on the studless components, although some of the new models have re-introduced some studded bricks.
The original Mindstorms were for all intents and purposes part of the classic technic Series, but were of course programable to a much grater degree than any standard Technic set. (A few classic Technic sets had some very limited programability).
Mindstorms NXT is to Modern Technic as the Orginal Mindstorms was to Classic Technic.
Hmm... I think some of that ending was getting offtopic, but oh well.
The Hp50g is definitely significantly more powerful than the 84+SE. It arguably has a better CAS than the 89. Yet of the three it is the least expensive.
I agree that packages are not generally useful for the web, but why not keep it as a language feature. Mandate that a parser accept it, but perhaps only mandate that core packages be supported, and that an implementation does not need to provide a means to add additional packages.
I really don't understand the AS 3.0's "namespace" feature. That looks like access specifiers to me.
The packages feature sounds more like C++'s namespaces to me. (Although C++ classes are also (effectively) namespaces, to the point that static members of a class look a lot like just items in the namespace of the class [except for the access specifier implications]).
But the literature makes it sound like the AS 3 namespaces are more than just access specifiers, so I'm not sure what they really are.
Early binding may not be appropriate for the web, so I have no real idea how that should be handled. Making it completely an option would make porting code between AS 3 implementations potentially much harder than they should be.
I hope taht instead of killing the ES4 but just basically pause it, to return to it once they have released a 3.1 as a stop-gap measure.
I just fear that they implement some ES4 style features in 3.1 in a way that is not compatible with ES4.
The funny thing is that the Libertarian party platform you linked to is very socially liberal, while being small government. The first is more like the Democrats. The second unlike either party. The finical policy is conservative, but while superficially similar to the republican's platform, is quite different, as the real republican fiscal policy is to always make choices that favor the rich or the large corporations.
Lets go through the platform point by point. 1.0: Socially liberal, a bit stronger than the Dems though. 1.1: Realistically more in line with the Dems, as the Republicans are the ones who support the Christian Coalition. How socially liberal or conservative this point ranks is debatable.
1.2: The fact that this point mentions right of private use of Drugs shows that this is definitely a very socially Liberal point. The Dems do not go anywhere near that far. Indeed, while the Democrats officially support personal privacy, their track record is less than ideal.
1.3. This is a socially liberal point. If read as supporting Gay marriage, it is definitely far more like the Dems than the Repubs. However, taken literally, this would propose abolishing marriage as a government institution entirely. It would also require abolition of anti-polygamy laws. Those readings are sufficiently excessive that I could not support it. But if not taken that far, this is definitely a common and supportable point of view.
1.4 Pro-choice. Definately socially liberal and associated with the Dems.
1.5 Pro-jury nullification. Anti self-protection (protect a person from placing themself at excessive risk) laws. Pro-proper court safegaurds. This is a mixed bag. It has some elements traditionally considered socially liberal, and a few considered socially conservative.
I support the general sentiment, as long as the anti-self-protection thing is not taken too far. Some of those laws like seat belt or bicycle helmet laws, help to combat the human attribute of laziness. I believe those are reasonable. (Note that the laws require an action that might otherwise not be taken.) However, some of the laws prohibit taking certain actions that would put one-self at risk. I have much less issue with getting rid of many of those laws).
1.6. This section is most about anti-gun control. It does not mention disapproval of requiring minimal safety features on guns. However as written, no restrictions on weapon ownerships are lawful. That includes laws making ownership of weapons that have no legitimate defensive/hunting purposes. There is no legitimate hunting or defense use for a M2 Browning, but the policy would forbid prohibiting ownership of it.
Thats all for now. I might post some notes/justifications for further sections later.
Any Windows mobile phone can easily be programmed for using the SDK. This does require Visual Studio or some ticks to use the free platform SDK, but most windows developers will already have Visual Studio.
Once one has the Windows Mobile SDK, one can compile and install applications with absolutely no difficulty. (Almost no providers choose to required signed apps on Windows Mobile phones, and even when they do, the end user can disable that with slight difficulty.)
I mean consider that the HP49g+ has 3 compilers and deompilers built-in, as well as a debugger for UserRPL and SystemRPL. I also believe it may be the only calculator with an SD card slot. (The hp50g is just a slight hardware revision to the HP49g+, although the keyboard is significantly improved, and the use of 4 AAA is also a notable improvement.)
Consider that it is the hardware platform for the DC-50 [http://www.pssllc.com/] surveying data collector, and it is clear the calc can be re-purposed.
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The more restrictions they put on their service, the less interest I have in using it.
I liked the good old days of ebay where you could buy a few sparc stations and then drive over to a guys house and give him cash for them.
That is still allowed under the current policy, as there are no restrictions on the payment at pick-up option, but very few sellers offer that.
The big reason I think they will change is the fact that they have already de-blocked mine.nu.
I think (hope) they may have placed the site on a list of sites to block only at the third-level domain not the second level. It may take time for the block list to be purged from browsers. On the other hand, My copy of Fx never got the version of the list with mine.nu included. I base the de-blocking on the removal of the warning page from clicking on the link, and the notice that the site is not currntly listed when querying the stopbadware.org clearinghouse.
My question is why do we only have one volume knob on most devices?
We always should have had a volume knob, and a compression knob. The common folk would quickly learn that the volume knob does what you think it does, but the compression knob brings the softest sounds closer in volume to the loudest, when you dial it up. It is not too hard for the average person to figure out.
It is clear he thinks it is a misconceived worldview. However, it is the job of teachers to dispel misconceptions, and they would feel that they have failed if they had not. However, for those who have it, biblical fundamentalism is not a misconception that can be generally be cured. So teachers should not put too much effort into trying to dispel it, but should be able to show how it is not falsifiable, and thus is not science.
But it is marketed not unlike one. It comes with a standard run of the mill wireless keyboard and mouse, and the options include a regular desktop monitors. (No rack-mount kvm solution, or anything.)
Of course, I'm not sure what is the normal way to interact with a blade-server based cluster, but I'm doubting you just normally plug in a desktop keyboard and mouse into the system, and just start running programs. I suspect these systems are normally accessed and configured remotely. But I've never set-up or run blade-servers, or large clusters, or clusterized blade-servers, so I may be wrong.
TThis is somewhat odd though. The original NT Posix subsystem at the very least, was not an independent subsystem. It translated some calls into the NT kernel Native API, but for others, it translated them into Win32 System calls, leaving the POSIX subsytem dependent on the win32 susbsystem. I would find it hard to believe then that the programs could not directly call the Win32 API.
Of course, I have the feeling that
Interix (which is now the new windows NT Posix subsystem) has little or no real relation to the original NT 4 era POSIX subsytem. If it is a true independent subsystem, then I can definitely understand the difficulties of using a win32 API form them.
For what it is worth, cygwin 1.7 is propping support for non-NT versions of windows, which will allow it to use NT native API's in many places. This should notably improve performance, but it is a shame that the SUA subsystem is not good enough to eliminate the need for Cygwin.
Mozilla Foundation was founded by the remains of Netscape Corporation inside AOL/Time-Warner, and the informal association known as mozilla.org. At the same time, there was a mass layoff inside AOL/T-W, as the Netscape devs were leaving to join MoFo. MoFo was not structured as a spinoff of the former Netscape Communications company, although exactly why, I'm not sure.
Google in no way co-founded MoFo. Since Mozilla Corporation is a fully owned subsidiary of MoFo, Google could hardly have been a co-founder of MoCo either.
It is supposed to tell you to uninstall both iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support using the control panel, reboot, and then download the latest (fixed) iTunes 8 setup program and run it.
Please see this apple knowledge base page: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2280
Even just ":%" crashes it. It seems to be the master control process or UI process that is crashing. If a rendering process crashes the whole thing does not crash. What is even more odd, is that just right clicking the location bar with ":%" in the clipboard results in a crash. You don't even have to chose paste.
My only issue is that they Don't Release the expansions. Tiberian Dawn had 1 expansion an RA had 2. But there is no longer any way to buy those without also buying a copy of these now free games.
Either should be able to do it. It may be more natural to just go to the jeweler. Since the tool is called a jeweler's saw, I'm betting that jewelers have them and know how to use them.
Cutting rings off is so common that all hospitals have facilities to do so, but not necessarily all doctor's offices or small clinics. (If it has an emergency room, it is a hospital for the purposed of that sentence, even if it does not have general inpatient facilities).
Except that free-fall is the exact state that that the ISS is in and the ISS is definitely considered microgravity. See the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgravity
Umm, that prize money was from a single donation that was made fir the precise purpose of funding this search. They are not using any other donations for this purpose. (I'm betting it was a half million dollar donation (or perhaps a full million dollar donation) made with the condition that part of it be reserved for this purpose. But the remainder of the donation would still be too large for the EFF to ignore.
The audience of the game though was most certainly not physicists, and to that extent arguing about the game's internal claim of momentum conservation is quite absurd. Furthermore, as far as the object traveling through the portal can tell, momentum of itself was preserved, but the orientation of the rest of space-time was not conserved.
TO be fair, the magnitude of momentum is the same. Most regular people consider velocity to the the magnitude of the physics velocity vector, and momentum as the magnitude of the physics momentum vector.
The potential energy change is not very unique though, as games do not care about potential energies. Only current kinetic energy is ever important. Thus any sort of portals in a game where the that have different 'z' values would have that attribute.
What is really unique about Portal is the portal visuals.
More accurately AS3.0 == ES4 proposal, which was recently turned down by ECMA.
Rock band: World tour is supposed to support all controllers on all platforms (except for possibly the Wii).
Similarly, the Wold Tour instruments apparently work on all games on all platforms (except for the Wii). (There might be a physical switch for GH series compatibility.) (And obviously drums do not work on guitar only games.)
It would be nice to see some level of PS3XBOX360 compatibility but that is probably asking too much.
Of course, I've never even played any of these games, so it does not really matter much to me.
That is no-where near an exhaustively-researched word-by-word rebuttal.
Hey that is a little harsh.
The Bionicles series is definiately a lot like that, and it is not defensible. But that is far from the only series.
The boxes of assorted bricks with no real directions still exist, but have been largely downplayed since around the time that Samsonite stopped distributing the Lego.
Then we have the standard themed sets (the Castle series, Star wars series, Harry potter series, etc). These contain bricks that are mostly like the classics, with some specialized pieces occasionally. Obviously the mini-figs are quite dominant in this set, but they are quite justified in that otherwise to have a village with people would require a much much greater scale.
That said, nothing can justify the BURPs [http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6082 and http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6083%5D.
One of the downsides of this level is the limited ability to build interactive models. There are openable doors, and working wheels turntable, and pivoting connectors, but all are fairly limited.
Of the themed sets, any vechile sets are terrible in the use of special peices. Like the recent Jet set. The whole hull of the plane consists of special non-generic pieces. However, there are still quite a few sets in production with no pieces that are not reasonably generic.
Next up we have the ever-popular lego model railroad. This does have quite a few specialized pieces, but justifiably so. Special track pieces are essential to be able to have powered rail cars. The power regulator, and locomotive chassis bricks are also critical. Then we have the genral rail car chasis. The powered headlight bricks are probably not essential, but add character. There are a few other specialized bricks to support building reasonable train cars. However, the sets still invariably include a significant number of classic bricks and plates. The whole Lego railroad line is intended to be used in conjunction with appropriate themed sets. The level of creativity possible with the train system sets is very high. A smidgen less creativity in environment and track shapes is possible compared to standard model railroading, but standard model railroading definitely does not make designing a new railroad car nearly as easy as the Lego train system does.
Then we have Lego Technic. This has many specialized pieces, but virtually all of them are generic, and can be used in a virtually unlimited number of potential designs. The ability to build interactive systems, and even motor powered systems is the best part of this series.
There was the classic Technic that used 1xn beams with holes as a major framework construction component. Beams were sometimes pinned together as part of the framework, but many models did not use this technique. Like with modern Technic, axles are an important component, and were occasionally essential to the model's framework. (not just the models functionality). The studless beams found in modern Technic made the occasional appearance, but were not that common.
Modern Technic is primarily based on the studless components, although some of the new models have re-introduced some studded bricks.
The original Mindstorms were for all intents and purposes part of the classic technic Series, but were of course programable to a much grater degree than any standard Technic set. (A few classic Technic sets had some very limited programability).
Mindstorms NXT is to Modern Technic as the Orginal Mindstorms was to Classic Technic.
Hmm... I think some of that ending was getting offtopic, but oh well.
Look at amazon.com
HP top of the line grpahing calculator is Hp50g at $117.95. http://www.amazon.com/50g-Graphing-Calculator-F2229AA-ABA/dp/B000GTPRPS
Ti's top of the line is the 89 Titanium at $139.95. http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-89-Titanium-Calculator/dp/B0001EMLZ2/ref=pd_sim_e_6
TI's top of the line mainline (83 series) is the 84+SE at $120.21. http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-TI-84-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B0001EMM0Q/ref=pd_sim_e_5
The Hp50g is definitely significantly more powerful than the 84+SE. It arguably has a better CAS than the 89. Yet of the three it is the least expensive.
I agree that packages are not generally useful for the web, but why not keep it as a language feature. Mandate that a parser accept it, but perhaps only mandate that core packages be supported, and that an implementation does not need to provide a means to add additional packages.
I really don't understand the AS 3.0's "namespace" feature. That looks like access specifiers to me.
The packages feature sounds more like C++'s namespaces to me. (Although C++ classes are also (effectively) namespaces, to the point that static members of a class look a lot like just items in the namespace of the class [except for the access specifier implications]).
But the literature makes it sound like the AS 3 namespaces are more than just access specifiers, so I'm not sure what they really are.
Early binding may not be appropriate for the web, so I have no real idea how that should be handled. Making it completely an option would make porting code between AS 3 implementations potentially much harder than they should be.
I hope taht instead of killing the ES4 but just basically pause it, to return to it once they have released a 3.1 as a stop-gap measure.
I just fear that they implement some ES4 style features in 3.1 in a way that is not compatible with ES4.
The funny thing is that the Libertarian party platform you linked to is very socially liberal, while being small government. The first is more like the Democrats. The second unlike either party. The finical policy is conservative, but while superficially similar to the republican's platform, is quite different, as the real republican fiscal policy is to always make choices that favor the rich or the large corporations.
Lets go through the platform point by point.
1.0: Socially liberal, a bit stronger than the Dems though.
1.1: Realistically more in line with the Dems, as the Republicans are the ones who support the Christian Coalition. How socially liberal or conservative this point ranks is debatable.
1.2: The fact that this point mentions right of private use of Drugs shows that this is definitely a very socially Liberal point. The Dems do not go anywhere near that far. Indeed, while the Democrats officially support personal privacy, their track record is less than ideal.
1.3. This is a socially liberal point. If read as supporting Gay marriage, it is definitely far more like the Dems than the Repubs. However, taken literally, this would propose abolishing marriage as a government institution entirely. It would also require abolition of anti-polygamy laws. Those readings are sufficiently excessive that I could not support it. But if not taken that far, this is definitely a common and supportable point of view.
1.4 Pro-choice. Definately socially liberal and associated with the Dems.
1.5 Pro-jury nullification. Anti self-protection (protect a person from placing themself at excessive risk) laws. Pro-proper court safegaurds. This is a mixed bag. It has some elements traditionally considered socially liberal, and a few considered socially conservative.
I support the general sentiment, as long as the anti-self-protection thing is not taken too far. Some of those laws like seat belt or bicycle helmet laws, help to combat the human attribute of laziness. I believe those are reasonable. (Note that the laws require an action that might otherwise not be taken.) However, some of the laws prohibit taking certain actions that would put one-self at risk. I have much less issue with getting rid of many of those laws).
1.6. This section is most about anti-gun control.
It does not mention disapproval of requiring minimal safety features on guns. However as written, no restrictions on weapon ownerships are lawful. That includes laws making ownership of weapons that have no legitimate defensive/hunting purposes. There is no legitimate hunting or defense use for a M2 Browning, but the policy would forbid prohibiting ownership of it.
Thats all for now. I might post some notes/justifications for further sections later.
Any Windows mobile phone can easily be programmed for using the SDK. This does require Visual Studio or some ticks to use the free platform SDK, but most windows developers will already have Visual Studio.
Once one has the Windows Mobile SDK, one can compile and install applications with absolutely no difficulty. (Almost no providers choose to required signed apps on Windows Mobile phones, and even when they do, the end user can disable that with slight difficulty.)
I mean consider that the HP49g+ has 3 compilers and deompilers built-in, as well as a debugger for UserRPL and SystemRPL. I also believe it may be the only calculator with an SD card slot. (The hp50g is just a slight hardware revision to the HP49g+, although the keyboard is significantly improved, and the use of 4 AAA is also a notable improvement.)
Consider that it is the hardware platform for the DC-50 [http://www.pssllc.com/] surveying data collector, and it is clear the calc can be re-purposed.