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Denmarks protectorate Iceland, mostly use thermal power, but wind power is on the rise. Its other large protectorate,
Iceland has NOT been a "protectorate" of Denmark for nearly 70 years. Also, wind power is NOT on the rise here. There is currently only one test wind mast (and that blew down recently, not sure if they have it back up) with no plans for further development. We do, however, have plenty of hydro and geothermal energy.
Or perhaps people don't bother deleting stuff they no longer need until they start to run out of space.
I would imagine the BL have referenced archive.org work extensively
They've actually worked closely with the Internet Archive for many many years. This includes commissioning IA to conduct crawls for them of government sites.
Both the BL and IA are members of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC see: http://netpreserve.org./ Both are very familiar with what the other is doing in this space.
So why not let IA do all the work? There are several reasons. Part of it is that the BL is responsible for web archiving as far as British cultural heritage is concerned. Relying on a foreign entity to handle it is questionable as they would not be able to enforce any/all policies they might need on IA. You can certainly contract the IA to crawl for you, but it will be on their terms.
However, there is also a question of redundancy. If multiple institutions, all over the world, are all engaged in web archiving, the ultimate result will be much better coverage and resilience. From my experience in dealing with the Internet Archive, this is something they support. Ever since I got involved in web archiving, 10 years ago, the Internet Archive has been a strong support of national libraries, archives and other interested parties doing their own web archiving.
That is why the IIPC was formed. So we could share knowledge and pool resources where useful while each institution follows its own path in web archiving.
That might be why I don't like it. I haven't enjoyed a comedy with a laugh track since Seinfeld.
It isn't a laugh track. The show is filmed in front of a live audience (as was Seinfeld). A laugh track is added in post using stock laugh sound tracks. MASH had a laugh track (and was much improved by its removal when the DVDs came out).
The difference is important as laugh tracks are artificial and very annoying. Live audiences (assuming the producers don't cheat) generally convey a genuine atmosphere.
I did a search in Google. When searching for "Web browsers" IE was an extra small link at the very bottom of the page. Top result was Wikipedia, which I'm sure lists them a.. (i didn't bother to check), but just food for thought.
And if you search for "web browsers" on Bing IE doesn't show up at all except in a side bar under 'related searches'. Seems MS hasn't done any SEO for IE under the term 'web browser'.
The US may not be perfect, but you get to eat, people are allowed to speak and move more or less freely, and most of them aren't locked up in camps.
If you count prisons as 'camps' then more people (per capita) are locked up in the US than in any other country in the world (including China, North Korea or any other totalitarian state you care to name).
If we could actually capture and convert the waste heat into some form of usable energy, I believe we have plenty of use for it right here on Earth.
They'll probably be great when all those are ironed out.
Or in other words; wait for the first service pack before flying...
Well, then why do people complain about the quality of the product when they don't participate in such a program? That's like non-voters complaining about the state of the nation. If, instead, all these people opted in and the first thing they did was buy and install Start8, then Microsoft might have more realistic results, we might even get an option on first boot to choose between MetroUI and Desktop as our default option.
This is a very flawed comparison. Anonymous voting is the bedrock of democracy and you are only providing one bit of crucial data to a (reasonably) respected authority. None of that holds true for allowing Microsoft to monitor your usage of Windows 8.
You dont dial the 1 or +1 unless you are outside of NA and need to call back into the US (or just overly pedantic).
Why wouldn't you? Obviously you're not going to dial +1 if you are manually entering the number in the cellphone, but most calls are made using pre-entered contacts. I find it very convenient to enter all number starting with +CountryCode. That way I don't have to mess around with the contacts on my phone when traveling.
It sounds like the Democrats have put a lot of effort into understanding their electorate.
They put a lot of effort into knowing what the electorate wants to hear. Once in office, they could give a crap what the electorate thinks.
Whereas the Republicans skip straight to not giving a crap about what the electorate thinks. Must admit, very efficient.
It might also be far nicer. It's tough to say. But I wouldn't presume that the rise of Islam was a net loss. I tend to think of it as a net gain.
Basically, we don't need a time machine, we need a What-If machine! I'll go get my fing-longer....
Scotland is hoping to be the first country to become independent without a drop of blood being spilt.
You are at least 68 years too late on that count. Iceland won its independence from Denmark with zero bloodshed.
There are three professions where being untruthful is the key to success: Lawyers, salespeople, and advertising.
Salespeople and advertising are two sides of the same coin. On the other hand you left out politicians.
Either way it is no big deal.
Unless something goes wrong during the procedure. There is no such thing as risk-free surgery.
I would rather say that a desire to drive fast sports cars is what sets man apart from the animals.