Remember the "budget surplus" Australia has had for the last few years? Australians have already saved most of the money involved in these payouts. It's basic "saving for a rainy day" policy.
What a shame for America that W. Bush managed huge deficits during the boom there.
Simply locking people out of old versions isn't enough. In 2020 they can punish them for not buying new versions by periodically zapping them with pain rays from space until they purchase again. Sometimes they use this technique to bring in new business too by randomly zapping potential customers.
I don't know where to begin -- I *hated* the last government and it had nothing to do with IR laws (I'm sure you could guess at reasons). The new one is at least impotent in its stupidity.
Uh, no. You have a very clunky Sieve of Eratosthenes. Digital roots isn't even a thing.
Also: numerological techniques would pertain to the spirituality of numbers and their mystic powers. Numeric techniques is what real computational mathematicians use.
Other comments here are pointing out that TransGaming's technology would never run on a Mac. But that doesn't change the fact that PPC computers are having their shelf-life abruptly terminated by the relative popularity of Intel Macs. If TransGaming didn't exist, more software would be genuinely ported to the Mac, as opposed to simply recompiled against the Cider libraries.
I have a Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB RAM, NVidia 7600GT. Not the world's fastest machine, sure, but I don't have a single speed complaint for the World of Warcraft and programming software I run on it. It still runs everything fast. But I'll need to replace it soon, simply because PPC software is starting to fall off the radar.
It's not being ignorant about economics or technical challenges. I know that Cider recompiles are hundreds of times cheaper. I know that many developers don't have PPCs so can't test software to release for them. I'm just sad that for the first time ever, I'll need to change computers for a reason other than performance.
It's not *really* a billion colours. It's 10 bits per channel. So 1024 shades of red, 1024 shades of green and 1024 shades of blue. It only reaches billions when you consider every combination of red, green and blue. If you want a gradient straight down one colour, it's not as many colours as you'd think.
How sad that someone asks a questions about one of the coolest science projects in the world and the Slashdot community only wants to vote up the "Funny" replies. Poor form. Stop being so guarded and show us your geek.
Seriously, how could you miss: "The levitating scooter, which will take volunteers for a ride suspended in the air" http://lhc2008.web.cern.ch/LHC2008/OpenDaysE/super.html
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Remember the "budget surplus" Australia has had for the last few years? Australians have already saved most of the money involved in these payouts. It's basic "saving for a rainy day" policy.
What a shame for America that W. Bush managed huge deficits during the boom there.
Simply locking people out of old versions isn't enough. In 2020 they can punish them for not buying new versions by periodically zapping them with pain rays from space until they purchase again. Sometimes they use this technique to bring in new business too by randomly zapping potential customers.
I think you mean "funnier" but your point is not lost -- John Hodgman is a superstar.
I don't know where to begin -- I *hated* the last government and it had nothing to do with IR laws (I'm sure you could guess at reasons). The new one is at least impotent in its stupidity.
Futurama references always win.
"previously unknown"?
Uh, no. You have a very clunky Sieve of Eratosthenes. Digital roots isn't even a thing.
Also: numerological techniques would pertain to the spirituality of numbers and their mystic powers. Numeric techniques is what real computational mathematicians use.
I've been running Safari 3.1.1 all day (about 6 hours non-stop with 462 pages in history) and it's currently using 230.9MB RAM (fairly steady).
Opening up FF3 to check, loading 52 pages then closing down one again... 129.18MB.
Not a totally fair comparison but it's some numbers, nonetheless.
I feel your pain.
Other comments here are pointing out that TransGaming's technology would never run on a Mac. But that doesn't change the fact that PPC computers are having their shelf-life abruptly terminated by the relative popularity of Intel Macs. If TransGaming didn't exist, more software would be genuinely ported to the Mac, as opposed to simply recompiled against the Cider libraries.
I have a Dual 2Ghz G5, 4GB RAM, NVidia 7600GT. Not the world's fastest machine, sure, but I don't have a single speed complaint for the World of Warcraft and programming software I run on it. It still runs everything fast. But I'll need to replace it soon, simply because PPC software is starting to fall off the radar.
It's not being ignorant about economics or technical challenges. I know that Cider recompiles are hundreds of times cheaper. I know that many developers don't have PPCs so can't test software to release for them. I'm just sad that for the first time ever, I'll need to change computers for a reason other than performance.
It's not *really* a billion colours. It's 10 bits per channel. So 1024 shades of red, 1024 shades of green and 1024 shades of blue. It only reaches billions when you consider every combination of red, green and blue. If you want a gradient straight down one colour, it's not as many colours as you'd think.
The article gives full code and algorithmic analysis. I still rate it as plenty good nerd fodder.
How sad that someone asks a questions about one of the coolest science projects in the world and the Slashdot community only wants to vote up the "Funny" replies. Poor form. Stop being so guarded and show us your geek. Seriously, how could you miss: "The levitating scooter, which will take volunteers for a ride suspended in the air" http://lhc2008.web.cern.ch/LHC2008/OpenDaysE/super.html
Googling "nintendo annual profit" gave a Bloomberg story http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&re fer=asia&sid=aKwSAyyfYBkM which reported this year's earnings (US$808 million) as 8.7 percent higher than last year. Which would make last year's profit US$738 million.
The pound symbol is indeed supposed to be a dollar sign.