Yes. Basically Java went the backwards compatible approach and C# went the "correct" approach.
Seeing how Java is a much more mature and widely used language, the decision made a lot of sense. Companies that were using old Java stuff wouldn't be very thrilled to learn that they couldn't use generics or any libraries that used generics.
.NET on the other hand was still rather young. They could afford to ditch backwards compatibility for long term gains.
Its not the compression ratio that gives you good engine braking. Think about it, although it may take a fair amount of energy to compress all the air in the cylinder; you get most of it back when the piston comes down on the power stroke. The exception to this is if you have an engine brake which opens the exhaust values early so the energy you stored up as compressed air gets shot out the exhaust instead of pushing the piston back down (it also makes a nice loud sound in the process).
What gives you decent engine braking in a gas engine is having to pull air past a mostly closed throttle. In diesels, there typically is no throttle so you get very poor engine braking. I'm not sure what kind of diesels you have been driving, but they're not typical.
I think you meant Theora, as Vorbis is an audio codec. Or maybe you'd like to go watch some MP3 videos.
How many times does this link need to be posted for people to stop the Theora/Vorbis FUD? http://people.xiph.org/~greg/video/ytcompare/comparison.html
"There are attacks every day. I don't think there was anything unusual," Mr Ballmer added.
Seriously, Ballmer? Have you read the part where the Chinese government has been labelled as the attacker of over 30 international companies by Verisign? Not just some guy in China, but the Chinese government. I would consider that pretty damn unusual.
They (Dell) are actually pretty friendly if you buy enough stuff from them as a mid-large business.
However Dell is quite different from the average teleco in that they actually have competition. Going off the example in the link, if Dell decided they didn't want to sell servers with virtualization solutions, I would leave and buy my stuff elsewhere. However, if Time Warner decided they didn't want to allow 3rd party VoIP I wouldn't have much choice but to accept it since I really need broadband and Time Warner is the sole provider in the area.
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