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by shpxnvz 17y ago
More like 27% of the 2008 federal budget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Though no-one knows for sure, it's also been rumored that the fighter designation was done as a security measure to hide the true purpose of the aircraft, or that the F-117 designation existed in early planning documents and was simply neve
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
It's been a decade since I read much about it, but this site states that the F-117 has a radar cross section of 30 square centimeters while the B-2 has an RCS of 14 square centimeters. http://www.deagel.com/Long-Range-Attack-Aircraft/B-2A-
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Actually, they are both subsonic aircraft and have a very similar top speed. The F117, however, has a larger radar cross signature, which makes it appear as a larger aircraft than the B2 in a radar return.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
The problem with that entertaining quip is that when people talk about protecting mother earth they don't actually believe we're going to kill it. Sure, but then we aren't really talking about saving the earth at all - we're talking about
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Not that silly, that was why I clicked through as well. I was quite curious to see what sort of app they made.
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You seem to think that the only choice parents have is to either lie about Santa Claus or tell the complete and unyielding truth about everything to their children. It's really not that black and white. Of course we all have to choose wh
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Sure, which accounts for the "not serious" candidates but does not, IMO, explain the claim that it will filter "unqualified" candidates or those who "don't stand a chance."
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
I don't quite follow how charging money eliminates "…unqualified, and other candidates who really don't stand a chance" from the selection pool. What does charging a fee have to do with qualification, and what other factor makes them not st
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
You just can't copyright a design -- and that is why there are so many knockoffs. That's because design is an area covered by trademark, not copyright. You can trademark a design if it's distinctive or innovative enough, at least in the
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
* The real uncanny valley only applies to attempted depictions of humans.* In my experience the same reaction, though sometimes muted, applies to just about any living thing Hollywood attempts to computer generate. I can't remember having
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
I don't think that the idea of carrying a laptop making you a cyborg is any more of a stretch than the idea of carrying a smartphone making you one. Laptops and smartphones are similar in capability, mobility and proximity (given the lapto
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Then I suppose my laptop counts as well, since I carry it on my back. To be honest, it doesn't seem like a particularly useful definition of cyborg to me.
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The only dropped DRM on a subset of their digital content. Apple still sells plenty of DRM-encumbered material.
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I think his point was that the stolen strategy, by itself, had no value no matter now it was followed up on. His company completely ditched the strategy over the intervening months, in fact, in favor of iteratively improved ones. It seems
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Still, 24 hours is undoubtedly better than 0. It could mean that the attack is discovered in time to warn customers.
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It seems to me like treating QA as developers who are not allowed to write code, but can criticize it, would tend to result in a situation exactly like the one described. Indeed QA is not a step after development, but I'd argue that encoura
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
And that is even with three young children in the house because they know that when I'm at work, I'm not available and concentrating Interesting. With one little girl in the house I find the occasional interruptions when she comes to vis
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
As a full time telecommuter for almost 3 years now, my opinion is quite different. I can barely imagine going back to a commuter life. The few times a month when I have to drive during rush hour remind me how much better life is when not s
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Not sure how I misunderstood. It sounded like he was irritated that it was his job to ensure his children completed their assignments by being forced to check and sign something, and would rather that they be taught, in school, to handle t
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Also irritating is that the onus is on the parents to ensure that things get done, I'd rather that my child is taught responsibility than taught dependence... Err, isn't it the parents' responsibility to build responsibility in their ch
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
There are already a couple of ways to help prevent charge abuse by merchants. Several card issuers already support either single-use numbers, where you get a number issued that works exactly one time for a maximum amount you specify, or enh
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Then they would simply remove the GPL code and push out an update. The GPL does not compel the release of source code - if they accidentally distribute a product that does not comply with the requirements of the included GPL software then
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Put yourself in his shoes: work that needed to be done wasn't done at the time it should have been (due to your mistake), and he had no way to get in touch with you (due to your leaving your mobile at home while you went out for dinner.)
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
I'm not sure there's any reason for lawyers and money to be involved. A trademark in the U.S. protect marks used in commerce , so I would think that the authors of Go! would have to have used the name in a commercial venture prior to Goog
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4. Which is pretty close to the optimal number of choices to give potential customers.
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Note, however, that the SimpleDB 'select' syntax is SQL-like and not actually SQL. The danger here is a proliferation of syntactically similar but semantically different query languages, and mass confusion as developers attempt to switch
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Strictly speaking, no registration is required for trademark protection in the U.S. - you simply need to have used the mark. Registration is required to bring suit in Federal court, to prevent infringement from imported goods, to claim prot
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Specifically, at negative G-forces.
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I did notice the point about apt-get as being broadly applicable. However, thanks to Fink I have apt-get on OSX which works dandy for almost everything I've tried to install. You wouldn't have mentioned it if you hadn't run into problems

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