That is a good point... though I really don't like either choice. :D
Yep, I can see them getting excited data mining people's social networks. However before they do that they need to get the social network...
he he... I do that often for Wikipedia... even though I don't get why Wikipedia hasn't implemented a nicer looking URL (in particular removing the middle /wiki/). :(
What was the historical reason? I know that originally the actual domain name was written from "largest" to "smallest": com.google, for example. I find my perfectionist side slightly annoyed by the current form, but…
For a start we should try to get rid of all those www: that will be the greatest help. The rest should be pretty easy: a website can always set a forwarding link so that, say: www.cocacola.com/offer goes to the page of…
I am not sure about that. Though I do think there is a certain feeling of elitism within Google, like all the brightest people are inside (which to be honest it's probably a pretty good assessment). So I am not sure how…
True... though "clone it and eventually users will come" was Microsoft strategy, wasn't it? :D (ah, Microsoft, if you had only patented it! ;P ). But I'd be careful to consider Google vs. Facebook a done deal. Yes,…
Personally I am more worried of a big company dominating more than one space. Say, I'm happy with PS3 to beat Xbox 'cause Sony is not a threat anywhere else, but Microsoft got the Windows/Office monopolies. I am happy…
Oh, you should fix wikipedia then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton which is based on this: http://www.cbo.gov/budget/data/historical.pdf as confirmed by factcheck.org:…
Oh, I definitely agree that their impact was weakened by the exclusivity... for a start because Android would have been less popular. My guess (and it's purely that) is that the deal was extended (maybe one year...…
Actually you can say "las juesas". :) In Italian it is true that the last letter is not a perfect indication of gender... even for people's names (e.g. Andrea should be a male name). But it works pretty well. Not sure…
I'll take your word for it. My impression of cause and effect was that it started pretty much from the beginning, when Obama tried to push for economic stimulus first and universal health service later. And now the…
But you are comparing apple and oranges. You are comparing Microsoft today with Apple in 2007. There were a _lot_ of people doubting Apple would succeed if they ever tried to move into the phone market. And carriers (at…
Why are SS and Medicare the biggest drivers? Didn't Clinton leave you with a surplus? And didn't he have to pay for SS and Medicare too? What's changed since then and now? Anyway I am not arguing that big government are…
Obviously it's not a good idea. But I would imagine that the answer if you can't fill your pot holes is to raise taxes, not hope that the future will bring something better. If during a boom you've cut taxes, why now…
Either Roosvelt?
There's a certain irony in hearing someone from the Reagan government talking about China's fast train. If you so much as suggested something like that in the USA you'd be billed as a socialist and the program will be…
Lol... ok so... at what point---oh wise one---do police pay become worth? Because the article speak of basically few officers and no detectives. And what happens if we don't find a better way to fill the holes? The…
You make it sound easy. Apple would have loved for nothing more than having their phone on every carrier. But at the time they were a nobody in the mobile arena, and not only was their phone a huge departure but they…
Yep, I think it won't work either (too many holes in their ban). However I would have really wished for the University to use this chance to carry a proper experiment, gathering data, analysing them, etc. They are a…
I am surprised about the number one: it seems to be the best from a purely checklist point of view. Yes, it has the most features but it has horrible battery, or that's what all reviews say. I would have chosen…
Are you referring to the strips on the old title bar? True, but they were a _lot_ nicer. I remember at the time people complaining a lot about OS X look, including the stripes, and wanted the old look back. So I guess…
I may be wrong but I think that: list => are basically hash, or an array that can have mixed objects inside vector, matrix, array => are all the same thing. They are what in most computer languages are called…
How does Incanter work on HPC? R is pretty awful from that point of view, and if there ever will be room for a specialised statistical language it's got to be able to do massive number crunching. I've heard bad things…
Let's make a distinction: I found it a bit of an overkill and I still do. That's not a fact, it's my opinion, but if you read other people replying to my post, they agree (that is that it is an overkill for my…
That is a good point... though I really don't like either choice. :D
Yep, I can see them getting excited data mining people's social networks. However before they do that they need to get the social network...
he he... I do that often for Wikipedia... even though I don't get why Wikipedia hasn't implemented a nicer looking URL (in particular removing the middle /wiki/). :(
What was the historical reason? I know that originally the actual domain name was written from "largest" to "smallest": com.google, for example. I find my perfectionist side slightly annoyed by the current form, but…
For a start we should try to get rid of all those www: that will be the greatest help. The rest should be pretty easy: a website can always set a forwarding link so that, say: www.cocacola.com/offer goes to the page of…
I am not sure about that. Though I do think there is a certain feeling of elitism within Google, like all the brightest people are inside (which to be honest it's probably a pretty good assessment). So I am not sure how…
True... though "clone it and eventually users will come" was Microsoft strategy, wasn't it? :D (ah, Microsoft, if you had only patented it! ;P ). But I'd be careful to consider Google vs. Facebook a done deal. Yes,…
Personally I am more worried of a big company dominating more than one space. Say, I'm happy with PS3 to beat Xbox 'cause Sony is not a threat anywhere else, but Microsoft got the Windows/Office monopolies. I am happy…
Oh, you should fix wikipedia then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton which is based on this: http://www.cbo.gov/budget/data/historical.pdf as confirmed by factcheck.org:…
Oh, I definitely agree that their impact was weakened by the exclusivity... for a start because Android would have been less popular. My guess (and it's purely that) is that the deal was extended (maybe one year...…
Actually you can say "las juesas". :) In Italian it is true that the last letter is not a perfect indication of gender... even for people's names (e.g. Andrea should be a male name). But it works pretty well. Not sure…
I'll take your word for it. My impression of cause and effect was that it started pretty much from the beginning, when Obama tried to push for economic stimulus first and universal health service later. And now the…
But you are comparing apple and oranges. You are comparing Microsoft today with Apple in 2007. There were a _lot_ of people doubting Apple would succeed if they ever tried to move into the phone market. And carriers (at…
Why are SS and Medicare the biggest drivers? Didn't Clinton leave you with a surplus? And didn't he have to pay for SS and Medicare too? What's changed since then and now? Anyway I am not arguing that big government are…
Obviously it's not a good idea. But I would imagine that the answer if you can't fill your pot holes is to raise taxes, not hope that the future will bring something better. If during a boom you've cut taxes, why now…
Either Roosvelt?
There's a certain irony in hearing someone from the Reagan government talking about China's fast train. If you so much as suggested something like that in the USA you'd be billed as a socialist and the program will be…
Lol... ok so... at what point---oh wise one---do police pay become worth? Because the article speak of basically few officers and no detectives. And what happens if we don't find a better way to fill the holes? The…
You make it sound easy. Apple would have loved for nothing more than having their phone on every carrier. But at the time they were a nobody in the mobile arena, and not only was their phone a huge departure but they…
Yep, I think it won't work either (too many holes in their ban). However I would have really wished for the University to use this chance to carry a proper experiment, gathering data, analysing them, etc. They are a…
I am surprised about the number one: it seems to be the best from a purely checklist point of view. Yes, it has the most features but it has horrible battery, or that's what all reviews say. I would have chosen…
Are you referring to the strips on the old title bar? True, but they were a _lot_ nicer. I remember at the time people complaining a lot about OS X look, including the stripes, and wanted the old look back. So I guess…
I may be wrong but I think that: list => are basically hash, or an array that can have mixed objects inside vector, matrix, array => are all the same thing. They are what in most computer languages are called…
How does Incanter work on HPC? R is pretty awful from that point of view, and if there ever will be room for a specialised statistical language it's got to be able to do massive number crunching. I've heard bad things…
Let's make a distinction: I found it a bit of an overkill and I still do. That's not a fact, it's my opinion, but if you read other people replying to my post, they agree (that is that it is an overkill for my…