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Comment this could be the death of us (Score 1) 228

you can see the same thing written clearly in the archaeological records, over and over again, cities grew too big, resource collection became too intensive, the surrounding land became a dust bowl and barren.

we have now done this to the whole planet.

how (unprintable) ignorant can a species be?

if we do not fix this, this very soon, we die.

will anyone even notice this reply?

or care?

Comment this summary may contain FALSE information (Score 1) 31

author says "an infinite number of such paths do in fact exist" on a dodecahedron, and links to an article in the Journal of Experimental Mathematics.

have only read the abstract, however it does not claim to find an infinite number of paths, and an infinite number of paths is plainly not possible on a finite 'hedron.

you do not need a lot of maths to see this, as far as i know.

am i wrong?

Comment Re:PDF reader can be browser (Score 1) 169

you seem to miss my point, and frankly i must admit i do not get yours..

Adobe are highly suspect and (i hope) almost dead (or should be) by now.

i am saying that, if this practice continues, we would be forced to produce PDF readers which allow the same filtering of, and control over, postscript language contents, that web browsers currently have over hypertext language contents.

i say this is not a bad thing, we were headed there anyway, i think, and everything i am saying is at least five years out of date.

anything is better than (unprintable) flash.

html5 is good, postscript's forth like syntax may be arcane to some, however is equally capable, in it's own way.

i happen to really like RPN type syntaxes, so personally am all for this.

Comment PDF reader can be browser (Score 2) 169

downloading a bundle instead of discrete elements could be more efficient, or it could be a nuisance, depending on your needs.

sites deploying bundles only would probably be forced to provide discrete elements also, simply through demand pressure.

furthermore, Brave and the slash/editor seem to forget that a PDF reader can be a browser too, and is equally capable of discerning and making choices about what to display, and how to display it - IF we take the time to improve the reader code.

this will probably have to happen, if these bundles become a thing.

personally i think there are both advantages and problems with the bundling approach, therefore i am confident it will remain an option, an alternative, to hypertext browsing as we know it.

i doubt bundles will replace what we know, and i think screaming about them is something of a luddite attitude.

it is just progress, i think.

Submission + - SPAM: what is happening in Israel/Gaza please?

rewindustry writes: i have seen some twitter and other noise about a significant fight happening in the Israel/Gaza area. however i cannot find any reportage on the mainstream feeds, and i cannot find any comment on it here.

i presume this is not a valid submission, however, if it should be, please would we discuss what is going on there?

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