curiousdannii

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by curiousdannii 14y ago
If films aren't making any profit then how are they being hurt by file sharing?
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Users of GPL/LGPL don't have to agree to anything. Only distributors of GPL/LGPL software do.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Then look at one of the many other countries that have completed it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication#Chronology_and_stat...
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Yes, TV screens are measured in cms, no reason why computer screens couldn't be too.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Yes, the system is familiar, but wiping the slate clean and starting anew is not a feature of stable democracies. What about those that already went through the metric conversion?
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Person heights and baby weights are the only things I ever hear in imperial in Australia, end even then only half the time.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Anyone got sales data on these books? Just because they're for sale doesn't mean anyone is buying them.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
It's good to be reminded that the toys you like to play with really have nothing to do with masculinity or femininity. But to other people it's the first sign that gender realignment surgery might be required. What gives? What really is the
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Most types probably won't have two different product methods. If a type did then I think it'd be best to avoid overloading the operator in that case. But for those with just one? Might as well overload!
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Ask HN: buying Kindle Active Content outside the US
1 points by curiousdannii 14y ago|0 comments
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Check out The Resistance: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41114/the-resistance Advantages: - Defined game length (max 5 rounds) - No deaths - Actual data to base your votes on (Mafia can be fun, but the games of it I play never have 30
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Taking our glorious leader's name in vain!
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Amazon postage is prohibitively expensive for those outside the US (except perhaps for those who live in another country where Amazon is based?) The only time I'd ever use Amazon is if I'm after an old rare book which is out of print and Am
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
How would we determine if our screen is doing that?
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
They shouldn't need to when the only difference is the physical shape of the connector.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
@pilif, you're allowed to backup CDs and DVDs, why not books?
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
These plans make it impossible to compare between the companies -- I hate them! $30 gets you $200 credit with one but $300 with another, the first might have $0.25 texts, the second $0.20, the first might have a flagfall, the second might n
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
This really isn't a sensational claim -- English has long been called a creole! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_creole_hypothesi...
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Well the Celtic peoples of Great Britain could arguably be called British...
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
The biggest proportion of household energy goes towards temperature management -- heaters, air conditioners, or in some climates, both!
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
In fact, one quarter of electricity bills goes to 40 hours of peak demand per year ! http://theconversation.edu.au/air-conditioning-is-peaking-ou...
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Some companies are doing it right: here in Australia Doctor Who was available on iView at the same time it was shown in the UK a week before being shown on TV here. Only problem is iView quality is rather poor.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
We're distributing GPL software for free. I just saw that the GPL FAQ says users don't need to agree to the terms of the GPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ClickThrough If they don't need to agree to it, then they don't need to
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Ask HN: Click through licences
1 points by curiousdannii 14y ago|3 comments
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Yes, the 403 status code exists for a reason!
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
It's the same in Japan. But sadly not in Australia.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Would trademark law cover that case? And even if long copyright terms were retained for commercial purposes, shorter terms for non-commercial use, like what most of the OP discusses, is still something I want.
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
I think climate change is inevitable. Whether from human causes or from the natural climate cycles we must assume that the sea levels will change, even if only temporarily from a historical perspective. Even if the sea levels only rise 1 me
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
Definitely. I haven't played most of them but I still love to read about their history. There's always so much story behind the stories they wrote!
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by curiousdannii 14y ago
The problem discussed here isn't the use of CSS prefixed properties -- it's the use of ONLY CSS prefixed properties. Include prefixed properties and the official properties and when browsers drop the prefixes everyone is happy. Well, unle

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