Maybe it will be a bit like the RedHat/CentOS relationship - if you want to redistribute it (modified or otherwise) then you have to remove all the trademarks/graphics, etc.
I.e. only google will get to call what they distribute "chromeOS", and everyone else will have to call their compilation "slightlyshineyOS" or somesuch. "chromeOS" will enforce the no hard-drive rule, and "slightlyshineyOS" will not have to.
Maybe they'll use this:
http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/software-updates-courgette
Maybe "C", "D" and "C++" are not so bad, as they don't intersect with a very common word in plain english text.
However, they are still pretty poor choices, I agree. And having symbols in the name is the work of the devil.
Not sure what compiler you are using - I make it 2940 bytes when compiling C after doing a "gcc helloworld.c" and "strip a.out".
If I use "gcc -static hi.c", then it's up with the go version at about 500kB.
Hmm. Must remember to get a life.
From TFA:
all of the Lithium is located in countries that are hostel [sic] towards the U.S. - which is a bit of a problem
... which I guess means that they only reserve substandard accommodation for their US visitors, whereas everyone else gets 5-star. Rough deal.
To me 100 years sounds like a precursor argument to cutting funding.
As fusion seems to be the only single approach that is capable of solving the energy/climate/etc crisis by itself, we should be doubling the funding.
For the promised benefits, nuclear fusion research funding seems disproportionately small to me.
I'm Anonymous, and so is my Dad.
...imagining a Beowulf cluster of these?
Aww - nevermind.
Neat idea, but how do they get rid of the heat of 1000 suns? Does the IR escape because it isn't reflected the same way?
From their website describing a (not-yet-available) product (http://www.morgansolar.com/sunsimba-features.php):
The materials use block infrared radiation, preventing it from concentrating at the PV cell.
Heating does occur, however the aluminum spine is cooled by convection which allows hot air to escape up and through air gaps in the solar modules.
If it is true that fake reviews are easy to spot, then it should be possible to get a computer to spot them too, you might think.
I find that online reviews are usually pretty worthless when there are, say, less than 5 contributors. Either the reviews are so good they must be employees, etc, or they are angry diatribes from disgruntled customers.
Try looking at reviews for almost any electrical item (even items you own and know to be good) - what you usually find is that all the reviews will be negative because the users are so angry when their device fails they are motivated to let out their frustration somewhere. On the other hand, when things tick along as normal then they can't be bothered to contribute to an online review system.
That is, of course, for the company shills...
Much like with coding: planning is everything
I thought iterative optimization was everything.
Usually I start with
compare it with my customer's needs, and go from there.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. - Edmund Burke
