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pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 31. Mar 16, 16:55

X2-Illuminatus wrote: I must have missed something: What do they mean, when they write about "Microsoft's refreshing stance on open-source development"?

They mean that Microsoft is actually working *with* the open source people rather than attempting to to stifle or destroy them. (Steve Ballmer once famously said "Linux is a cancer", for example).

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Mon, 4. Apr 16, 23:48

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..just some odd papers, nothing in particular..

http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/panama-papers

- enter Bug: singing the same old tune:-
"Capitalism is broken while tax-havens exist.."

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Tue, 5. Apr 16, 01:42

BugMeister wrote:[ external image ]
..just some odd papers, nothing in particular..

http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/panama-papers

- enter Bug: singing the same old tune:-
"Capitalism is broken while tax-havens exist.."

It's going quite a bit deeper than simply "tax havens."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wat ... rs-n550416

There's quite a bit of a formerly secret world being uncovered. IIRC, the documents obtained number over 11 million... That's 11 million documents, with however many pages each, each of which could be something very revealing.

Bishop149 · Post by **Bishop149** » Tue, 5. Apr 16, 11:57

I just discovered that Apple demands 30% of all sales of apps to be installed on an iDevice + 30% of all sales of digital products delivered via said IDevice.
I discovered this because Amazon have clearly refused to pay and thus you can't buy any digital products through any of Amazons apps. . . . although bizarrely if you just launch the phones web browser and use the standard amazon website you can buy whatever you want.

30%!!!! That's daylight freaking robbery I'm not surprise Amazon refused to pay it and I'm amazed anyone will. If that applies to advertising revenue as well (I couldn't find out if it does) then that income stream ALONE would make more money than God.

Hilariously Apple advertise it at "allowing you to receive 70% of the purchase price."

To be fair to Apple however Google charge EXACTLY the same with the Play store. For comparisons sake, google market place which is basically the business version of Play, takes a 2% cut for providing an almost directly comparable service.

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Tue, 5. Apr 16, 12:55

Morkonan wrote:
BugMeister wrote:[ external image ]
..just some odd papers, nothing in particular..

http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/panama-papers

- enter Bug: singing the same old tune:-
"Capitalism is broken while tax-havens exist.."
It's going quite a bit deeper than simply "tax havens."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wat ... rs-n550416

There's quite a bit of a formerly secret world being uncovered. IIRC, the documents obtained number over 11 million... That's 11 million documents, with however many pages each, each of which could be something very revealing.

- and every hour of delay is costing you and me, get that..
- every hour of delay..

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Wed, 6. Apr 16, 01:22

The Moon maintains the Earth's magnetic field and stops the core cooling.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Wed, 6. Apr 16, 02:42

OmegaKnight wrote:The Moon maintains the Earth's magnetic field and stops the core cooling.

I thought that was pretty cool, when I first read about it. Finally, a better, more detailed, explanation of why our core is still so hot.

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Wed, 6. Apr 16, 21:20

Closest supernovas/supernovae* may have influence human evolution

*whichever you prefer

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Fri, 8. Apr 16, 00:42

France's new law: Prostitution now legal, paying for sex now illegal

/confused

Bishop149 · Post by **Bishop149** » Fri, 8. Apr 16, 15:23

Morkonan wrote:France's new law: Prostitution now legal, paying for sex now illegal

/confused

That actually sounds like quite a progressive step forward.
The majority of anti-prostitution laws have always primarily targeted the sex-worker as the law breaker despite the fact it quite obviously takes two to tango as it were.
Also quite obviously that balance of power in the sex-worker/client relationship is far more often than not very heavily skewed towards the latter. The client has clearly chosen to use the service, what circumstances led to the sex worker being involved are likely much more complicated and probably at least partially beyond their control/

the law was often seen as chasing and punishing primary "victim" of the crime.

Sounds like a good thing to me.
Not as good as simply fully legalizing and properly regulating the "oldest profession" but perhaps a small step in the right direction.

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Sat, 9. Apr 16, 03:00

Well SpaceX finally nailed a sea landing
16sec twitter clip

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Tue, 12. Apr 16, 04:10

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission)
shows how solar winds strip Mars’ atmosphere at 100 grams a second.

A different type of forced induction for making your car go fast.

Rug · Post by **Rug** » Tue, 12. Apr 16, 11:01

Hmmm. I presume that the -850 degrees Fahrenheit mentioned in the car article is a typo, and the 0 should really be a degrees symbol ... -216 Kelvin sounds a trifle unlikely to me

Rug

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Thu, 14. Apr 16, 03:28

Well Steam just S*** itself,
queued updates for more than half of peoples libraries
and it's happening repeatedly*

Reddit seems to think that it just deleted all redistributables and then re-downloaded them

*first was 0 byte updates, then 100Mb-650Mb updates

While I'm on with Steam news,
I know a few of you want Homeworld Remastered Collection
you can pick it up for $12 over on Humble Bundle
as part of the Staff Picks – Glen Bundle

BigBANGtheory · Post by **BigBANGtheory** » Fri, 15. Apr 16, 10:39

fyi Starpoint Gemini Warlords (the successor to Starpoint Gemini 2 not DLC) was released on Steam Early Access yesterday

Post by **Terre** » Fri, 15. Apr 16, 11:17

London Underground's 'mind the gap' man Phil Sayer has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36052363

You Tube
Mind The Gap

Praefectus classis · Post by **Praefectus classis** » Fri, 15. Apr 16, 23:51

Blake's Seven actor, Gareth Thomas, has died.

Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7 actor, dies aged 71 - BBC News

Post by **Santi** » Sat, 16. Apr 16, 03:03

Terre wrote:London Underground's 'mind the gap' man Phil Sayer has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-36052363

You Tube
Mind The Gap

This makes me sad as he is no more, but I will keep hearing his voice daily, and that makes me happy, because he and those close to him, will know that he is remembered and a part of him lives on.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Sat, 16. Apr 16, 07:59

Praefectus classis wrote:Blake's Seven actor, Gareth Thomas, has died.

Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7 actor, dies aged 71 - BBC News

And yet more of my childhood is gone...

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Sun, 17. Apr 16, 21:08

Axl Rose will be the newest member of AC/DC, replacing Brian Johnson as lead vocals, due to health (hearing) risks if he continued to perform.

(Temporary arrangement to fill out rest of AC/DC's promised performances?)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... r-20160416

Who'da thunk it? Now, let's see if Axl can mimic Bon Scott as well as Brian Johnson did.

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