Worst case of that I'd personally seen was a mouse that'd had its face stuck to the glue trap. In its struggles to free itself, it'd pulled its eyeball out of the socket.
After that, I decided that snap-traps were less cruel...
Once they've read it they might be willing to ask their MS reps why their company would invest 100 million bucks in a venture where they're actively SUPPORTING migration to OSS products.
Wood pulp is not toxic to plants. It's mostly simple lignin and cellulose which most plants will grow in quite happily. The reason grass doesn't grow under trees is that the shade from the tree is not good for the growth of grass. Even the "shade" varieties of grass can only tolerate partial shade.
Maybe not *pure* wood pulp, but after that wood pulp's been processed and bleached, it's not as safe as you initially indicate. See this reference for details...
For instance, what if they would have gone the trinary route instead of binary, or if they had made their first computers more like the ideas behind the thinking machine from MIT?
No, I'm really suggesting exactly what I said earlier in the thread, so I'll again suggest reading the stuff you reply to.
I am. The main problem is that you don't appear to be making sense. Hence the request for clarification. What, you think I reply randomly to posts without reading?
It is my estimation that if we could somehow see into the future and see the first "humans" living on Mars without any need for support from Earth, we would call them "robots".
Why? What lifeform type are you picturing here? What would need to be SO different as to make them unrecognizable as "human"?
Never. As everyone knows, quorting a line is almost as much of a party foul as bogarting a doobie.
I stand by my prediction. Before humans can live on Mars independent of support from Earth, they will have changed such that they are not necessarily recognizable as humans; assuming that day ever comes.
I'd love to hear your definition of "human" then....or are you really suggesting that a major evolutionary leap would happen faster than colonization of Mars?
What little stuff there is out there is not what humans need to live. Long before any human lives a life not dependent on Earth, the humans will have changed beyond what we would recognize.
Barring, of course, a life-threatening global event... in which case having us on Mars would enable humans to keep on living.
Right now people pay $200+ for an ounce. Even at that price it still sells.
"Two joints in a lid? They must be from California, man..."
That's the top end. In many places in Texas, you can still get decent green for under 60 bucks an ounce... I'll bet that if the government sold 'em for $25 for a pack of 20, there'd be lines around the block.
Amazing the things you learn working for local bands...
I certainly don't like people showing up at my house unannounced, do you?
If I know them, I don't mind at all.
My brother, on the other hand, can't go anywhere or have people over without clearing with his wife a week in advance.
In a choice 'tween the two, I'll take a happy surprise over a static and rigidly-scheduled life. Heck, that's why I'm in IT; never the same thing two days in a row!
If you need actual evidence, take a look at the socialist countries of the second half of the 20. century: the prevailing idea was there that farmers and blue-collars are the ones that really do something - the "intellectuel" class was considered suspicious and kept as small as possible. Well, needless to say, it didn't do any good to the economy.
...which explains why darn near everything we buy here is made in China...
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Worst case of that I'd personally seen was a mouse that'd had its face stuck to the glue trap. In its struggles to free itself, it'd pulled its eyeball out of the socket.
After that, I decided that snap-traps were less cruel...
Point your client to this article.
Once they've read it they might be willing to ask their MS reps why their company would invest 100 million bucks in a venture where they're actively SUPPORTING migration to OSS products.
I'd LOVE to hear the rep's answer to that.
Boron Boride: Buzz Killington's little brother...
The notion that passport RFIDs contain a copy of the passport info seems beyond the pale, that is, too stupid to be true.
Sure! While light on tech details, it IS a starting reference point.
I myself find great success with the Great American Rain Dance...
...washing my car. Never fails!
Just try draw anything on paper using coffee.
Don't mind if he does...
Wow. Almost makes me want to puke...
Wood pulp is not toxic to plants. It's mostly simple lignin and cellulose which most plants will grow in quite happily. The reason grass doesn't grow under trees is that the shade from the tree is not good for the growth of grass. Even the "shade" varieties of grass can only tolerate partial shade.
Maybe not *pure* wood pulp, but after that wood pulp's been processed and bleached, it's not as safe as you initially indicate. See this reference for details...
For instance, what if they would have gone the trinary route instead of binary, or if they had made their first computers more like the ideas behind the thinking machine from MIT?
They did.
I appreciate the clarification!
I have been around NSA and the Intel world my entire career.
The first rule of Fight Club: DON'T talk about it.
No, I'm really suggesting exactly what I said earlier in the thread, so I'll again suggest reading the stuff you reply to.
I am. The main problem is that you don't appear to be making sense. Hence the request for clarification. What, you think I reply randomly to posts without reading?
It is my estimation that if we could somehow see into the future and see the first "humans" living on Mars without any need for support from Earth, we would call them "robots".
Why? What lifeform type are you picturing here? What would need to be SO different as to make them unrecognizable as "human"?
Did you read the line you quorted?
Never. As everyone knows, quorting a line is almost as much of a party foul as bogarting a doobie.
I stand by my prediction. Before humans can live on Mars independent of support from Earth, they will have changed such that they are not necessarily recognizable as humans; assuming that day ever comes.
I'd love to hear your definition of "human" then....or are you really suggesting that a major evolutionary leap would happen faster than colonization of Mars?
What little stuff there is out there is not what humans need to live. Long before any human lives a life not dependent on Earth, the humans will have changed beyond what we would recognize.
Barring, of course, a life-threatening global event... in which case having us on Mars would enable humans to keep on living.
I cook and eat my green ... so what now?
So now everyone's coming to your pad for brownies!
Right now people pay $200+ for an ounce. Even at that price it still sells.
"Two joints in a lid? They must be from California, man..."
That's the top end. In many places in Texas, you can still get decent green for under 60 bucks an ounce... I'll bet that if the government sold 'em for $25 for a pack of 20, there'd be lines around the block.
Amazing the things you learn working for local bands...
Not to mention they have darn near one of EVERYTHING. I've seen bibles MUCH thinner than their catalogs.
...or death!
...anyone can view PDF's...
Provided they've downloaded a PDF viewer, sure...
I'm 6' tall, no diabetes, and 130 lbs.... and have been for the last 22 years. I've been imbibing Dr. Pepper for 15 of those...
M'self, I drink 2 3-liters of Dr. Pepper a day... and have yet to have seen a darn thing...
Must be doin' it wrong.
I certainly don't like people showing up at my house unannounced, do you?
If I know them, I don't mind at all.
My brother, on the other hand, can't go anywhere or have people over without clearing with his wife a week in advance.
In a choice 'tween the two, I'll take a happy surprise over a static and rigidly-scheduled life. Heck, that's why I'm in IT; never the same thing two days in a row!
If you need actual evidence, take a look at the socialist countries of the second half of the 20. century: the prevailing idea was there that farmers and blue-collars are the ones that really do something - the "intellectuel" class was considered suspicious and kept as small as possible. Well, needless to say, it didn't do any good to the economy.
...which explains why darn near everything we buy here is made in China...
Right now you can still get a high powered graphics card for less than $50 with a small or no fan.
Define "high powered", please...
Explained very well here... Been posted at /. before too, if I remember correctly.