And Jimbo Wales flogs off Wikipedia articles to Answers.com for profit Is that for profit? I assumed Answers.com was just taking advantage of the GNU Free Document License.
I've always wondered what the deal is with not being allowed to use wikipedia for school etc. Generally, you're not supposed to use any tertiary sources (e.g. encyclopedias) in research papers. However, you can use them to find primary and secondary sources, and Wikipedia is no different in this regard.
Why can't they just optimize the heck out of the existing codebase, implement new and faster technologies on the backend, and leave the interface alone? Because most people actually like these new features that you malign.
But the code is all open source, so if lots of people side with you, I'm sure we'll see a new browser branch off from FF2 that backports all of the FF3 speed improvements.
That's my point. I don't want a reactor with ANY flaws. No matter how safe its default shutdown threasholds are. And I'd like to be king of all Londinum and wear a shiny hat.
Systems without flaws will never exist, so we need to design systems that do reasonable things when they encounter flaws.
In this case, the flaw wasn't even caused by the machines, but instead was directly caused by the "fleshy" parts of the system, and the machines still managed to handle the problem safely.
The "controversial" use of the phrase means "requests or invites another question", which I would argue is a fairly logical interpretation of the phrase.
The way you're using the phrase means "taking for granted a principle", which isn't at all intuitive or logical. In fact, it seems to be a corruption of Aristotle's original phrase, "Petitio Principii" ("begs the principle").
So, maybe you should just start using the phrase "begs the principle" instead of "begs the question".
What if the reset fooled the system into thinking some subsystem that was experiencing a worst case scenario was within safe operating conditions? It sounds like, if the system isn't receiving any data, it assumes the worst case scenario (i.e. no water reserves). So in your example, the system would still trigger a critical failure.
The game isn't going to rank as one of my favourites, but I enjoyed it. For $20, I find it really difficult to complain about anything. They even managed to make JRPG combat fun for me again, and I've been jaded with JRPGs for years.
It's worth noting that if you buy the PC version, you'll get to reinstall it on Windows, Linux or Mac. If you buy the 360 version, you're stuck on that platform.
On the other hand, you can't increase your Gamerscore or collect achievements with the PC version >:)
Huh? Git didn't have windows support very early on but very soon you could compile it with Cygwin. So, your advice to Windows users is "use Linux"? I don't think that's going to fly, and I suspect your view might be a little myopic.
But it's okay, implying that Mercurial had early Windows support is almost as laughable. When did TortoiseHg begin development, December?
I doubt this is one of the primary reasons they chose Subversion, but there is a very real possibility that they would eventually want to distribute SVN.
FreeBSD currently distributes two tools to update the ports tree: csup and portsnap. With SVN, they could get the efficiency of csup with the simplicity of portsnap, while also adding all the features of proper source control. But if their tools of choice aren't BSD licensed, they can't include them in the distribution.
(There is one very good reason they would want to keep using something like portsnap, though: Subversion adds unmodified copies of all of your files to the directory, effectively doubling your required disk space. Granted, if doubling 700M is that big of a deal for you, you probably don't have a copy of the ports tree to begin with.)
Right now poor neighborhoods tend to have worse schools, and the parents in those neighborhoods have no choice but to send their kids to those schools.
Really? Around here (Toronto, Canada) you can send your kids to whatever school you want. Junior high schools even have field trips for the students so they can pick the best high school for them.
But even if it's like you say, I find it hard to believe that a parent couldn't rectify the situation with some choice phone calls.
Actually, one of the biggest reasons schools in poor neighbourhoods tend to have worse schools is because they already have a system similar to what you described, under the guise of bake sales and other kinds of fund raising. The only difference is that this additional funding only really goes toward equipment, and not salaries.
Since he's clearly in this for the money ("Sorry. Have to pay the bills." is his exact quote) I'm sure he makes sure he gets paid whenever he appears on TV as well.
Yeah, actually, technological advancements slow down all the time. Look at CPU speeds, or space exploration. The future in 2001: A Space Odyssey wouldn't have been too far off if our advancements in the field never slowed down.
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Ah, I see. My bad.
Are seven-digit users allowed to use that meme?
But the code is all open source, so if lots of people side with you, I'm sure we'll see a new browser branch off from FF2 that backports all of the FF3 speed improvements.
The surgery was done with lasers, not exploding batteries.
I'm not sure if you read further than the headline, but they do say it "went off without a hitch". It's all pretty vague, though.
Systems without flaws will never exist, so we need to design systems that do reasonable things when they encounter flaws.
In this case, the flaw wasn't even caused by the machines, but instead was directly caused by the "fleshy" parts of the system, and the machines still managed to handle the problem safely.
What do you mean "makes no sense"?
The "controversial" use of the phrase means "requests or invites another question", which I would argue is a fairly logical interpretation of the phrase.
The way you're using the phrase means "taking for granted a principle", which isn't at all intuitive or logical. In fact, it seems to be a corruption of Aristotle's original phrase, "Petitio Principii" ("begs the principle").
So, maybe you should just start using the phrase "begs the principle" instead of "begs the question".
So... you haven't updated the kernel in four years?
Aww, you didn't have to post as anonymous. I'm sure somebody on Slashdot saw the ads.
Let me be the first to say it's not for you.
The game isn't going to rank as one of my favourites, but I enjoyed it. For $20, I find it really difficult to complain about anything. They even managed to make JRPG combat fun for me again, and I've been jaded with JRPGs for years.
It's worth noting that if you buy the PC version, you'll get to reinstall it on Windows, Linux or Mac. If you buy the 360 version, you're stuck on that platform.
On the other hand, you can't increase your Gamerscore or collect achievements with the PC version >:)
Popularized by Dodgeball, sure. But from dodgeball? I dunno about that.
But it's okay, implying that Mercurial had early Windows support is almost as laughable. When did TortoiseHg begin development, December?
I doubt this is one of the primary reasons they chose Subversion, but there is a very real possibility that they would eventually want to distribute SVN.
FreeBSD currently distributes two tools to update the ports tree: csup and portsnap. With SVN, they could get the efficiency of csup with the simplicity of portsnap, while also adding all the features of proper source control. But if their tools of choice aren't BSD licensed, they can't include them in the distribution.
(There is one very good reason they would want to keep using something like portsnap, though: Subversion adds unmodified copies of all of your files to the directory, effectively doubling your required disk space. Granted, if doubling 700M is that big of a deal for you, you probably don't have a copy of the ports tree to begin with.)
Right now poor neighborhoods tend to have worse schools, and the parents in those neighborhoods have no choice but to send their kids to those schools.
Really? Around here (Toronto, Canada) you can send your kids to whatever school you want. Junior high schools even have field trips for the students so they can pick the best high school for them.But even if it's like you say, I find it hard to believe that a parent couldn't rectify the situation with some choice phone calls.
Actually, one of the biggest reasons schools in poor neighbourhoods tend to have worse schools is because they already have a system similar to what you described, under the guise of bake sales and other kinds of fund raising. The only difference is that this additional funding only really goes toward equipment, and not salaries.
The point, I believe, is that Office is Microsoft's biggest source of revenue, accounting for 90% of the revenue from its business division.(ref)
If Google killed MS Office, it would be a huge blow to Microsoft.
It's funny to hear these stories, but this isn't the end of Jack. He makes $3000 or more just for participating in a college debate, and he doesn't need a license to practise law to do that.
Since he's clearly in this for the money ("Sorry. Have to pay the bills." is his exact quote) I'm sure he makes sure he gets paid whenever he appears on TV as well.
Hey, I agree with you and all, but it's not my place to tell people how to raise their kids.
Parental controls are just a tool, and nobody's forcing you to use them. (That I would have a problem with.)
Clearly, the only person who can save us from the anthropomorphic banana is the man with a spoon that is too big.
"I am a BANANA!"
Yeah, actually, technological advancements slow down all the time. Look at CPU speeds, or space exploration. The future in 2001: A Space Odyssey wouldn't have been too far off if our advancements in the field never slowed down.
Well, sketching out your design before implementation is always useful, regardless of whether you use UML or just a bunch of ad-hoc notes.
The question is, do you think UML performs better than ad-hoc notes in this regard? If it doesn't, then learning it was pretty much a waste of time.
Personally, I never hard any trouble figuring out ways to sketch out a design before or after I learned UML.
I like the NDP and all, but universal health care in Canada was introduced by the Liberals when Trudeau was in power.