Comment Re:Thanks goodness for that... (Score 1) 331
'book' can be removed remotely
On that note -- that's why I refused to consider Amazon's Kindle e-readers after that debacle with the George Orwell e-books.
'book' can be removed remotely
On that note -- that's why I refused to consider Amazon's Kindle e-readers after that debacle with the George Orwell e-books.
I've read many paper books and have owned an e-ink e-reader for 1,5 years now. E-ink has a lot of advantages: no bookshelves full of books, the books always weigh the same no matter how many pages it has, they're generally cheaper than paper, no shipping costs, etc. I can also tell you that since it also uses indirect light, there is NO (extra) strain on the eyes whatsoever. You can also adjust the font or font size to your liking, which makes it ideal for elderly people too.
By the way, I recently got a tablet and tried to read a book on it. That was much less pleasant, even with white letters on black background. Because of the bigger screen and colors, it is suitable for comics though. Until full color e-ink readers with screens bigger than 5" come along.
This little joke actually raises an interesting topic, as sign language usually does not follow the same grammar as spoken/written language. Sign languages can differ from country to country or from region to region, similar to dialects. The hands aren't the only things used to convey meanings either: facial expressions or body movements are used too.
An example of sign language using the line above could be to represent the words "breasts", "you" and "like", in that order, with expressing the meaning "very much" by widening the eyes or exaggerating the sign for "like". If a software program can only recognize signs and nothing else, the "really" gets lost in translation. And then you have to put the words in the right order as well.
Yep. Please. In the meantime, I'll re-watch Firefly and Serenity.
(T:TSCC would've been better, but it's not the best series of the bunch she has played in.)
Whereas midichlorians have pretty high UIDs, right?
(No, not me.)
Yeah, and just last month, Dutch minister Verhagen and Secretary Teeven declared they would reject any ACTA clones. (Dutch).
However, these are politicians promising things, so they should be reminded of their own words.
Isn't this basically a dupe of the story I submitted back in July?
Not that the public shouldn't be reminded again. CETA and other ACTA clones need to die.
A terribly unfunny web comic.
Really? You must not like cynicism. Either that or the topics he usually posts about.
(Oh, and for some algorithm fun, try getting walking directions from Hull, England to Esbjerg, Denmark. It seems to be trying to minimise the walking distance, with rather amusing results.)
Amusing indeed. I tried the bike directions. You have to bike all the way to Norwich and take the ferry to Esbjerg. The alternative is the same as for the walking route.
Anyway, I'm from The Netherlands and I just tried to get the bike route from my home to work. Well, I know a much shorter route than what it gave me! Obviously it's very much in beta.
No matter what you may find of endangered languages, it's always worth preserving it. Because what if we had not, and in the future we'd encounter a civilization (doesn't have to be from other worlds) and have no way to decipher their language relatively fast?
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect. - Freeman Dyson