6) Tiktaalik evolves, eats all the other fish and begins to grab little snippets from land now and then 7) Tiktaalik runs out of fish and moves completely to land 8) First land animals
I highly doubt it was carnivorous if it was the first animal on land.
I'm not so with you on the grim outlook for the future. I mean, even if they legally mandate DRM machines in western countries other places will still build open computers. And if not, we'll have some hardware hackers that'll do it. All it takes is for one person to break it, then it's wide open.
I have seen no evidence of him advocating killing off people, only saying that if the earths ecosystem is to survive there must be a massive reduction in the population. And that ebola would be the most efficient method for this to happen.
Personally, I think the world would be better off if there were a disease that induced sterility in a large percent of the population instead of causing death. Much nicer that way. Of course that would have to be created instead of naturally occuring, and I do not support that.
They'd get tired of cranking after a while. And they'd stop learning english as soon as they figured out they could use it for chatting. Same thing that North American kids do with them.
Um, they would use this to learn their native language, not english. You know that some people cannot read any language, right?
Now I KNOW you're just teasing:) My first dozen Linux installs (back in '99 or so) kept refusing even to boot. Now that I know how to use it, I'm still hesitant to recomend it to anyone else because the last few times I tried they all looked at me like I had a toaster on my head. Most people have trouble even figuring out the GUI, let alone screwing around with configuration files when something goes wrong. User-friendly linux hasn't been around for more than a year or two tops, and the main reasons new versions can function without maintanance is because you can run them "live" from a CD. No settings saved, no filesystem corruptions, no problems. Which might actually be a good model for the laptops, but would really limit what they could do with it.
Again, you miss the point. The kids are not going to have to install linux, nor will they be installing new programs. They just need to use an OS which will be installed on literally millions of machines that are virtually identical.
Hey, wake up call. Although SCUDs were capable of carrying WMD they were not always equiped with them. Also, gulf war syndrome has been attributed to the anti-WMD cocktail which was given to american troops before the war.
OK, I'll admit that I am a bit dubious about the official explination of the events on september eleventh, but I am certainly not one to spout off about the government doing it all on purpose. What I really take issue with is the constant use of Occam's Razor as a logical device. It is not. It simply states "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity." If we take this at face value, then a conspiracy which involves the government is actually more likely. You would only have one entity, the U.S. government, as opposed to two.
And, no, extraordinary claims do not require extraordinary proof, the require sufficient proof, which they rarely have.
Only produces bad movies and even worse wine? Surely you jest. California has huge amounts of farm land, a large tech industry and other various industries. In fact, without CA, the rest of the US economy would likely collapse rather quickly.
About 12 hours ago I would completely agree with you, but early today I saw exactly why you might want it on your laptop.
I was entering a class as the class before was exiting and on of the students was waaaay late. One of the other students of the previous class had recorded the entire lecture. The late student gave him a CDR and got the whole thing burnt in no time flat.
Also, you could email to people, or post it on a website, with the permission of the prof, of course.
Or lack thereof, seems a major part of this. How many "pretty" websites use a retarded and slow loading flash "interface", in quotes because it's more of just a face which refuses to really interact. All this and the rise of the much touted AJAx, which has done nothing significant to improve my experiences on websites.
The majority of people in the US do not have broadband. Shit, I have broadband but share it with others in my house. Sometimes it doesn't run so fast; but craigslist almost always will load in a few seconds.
No, I'm saying that Rwanda was genocide. Rwanda had real problems, not just a little bit of humanitarian aid needed. And the real difference was that a lot of what we did in Somalia, the reason American troops got killed, was not humanitarian aid. It had nothing to do with humanitarian aid.
Somalia was nothing like Rwanda, nothing, not even close. The US went into Somalia to deliver aid and then decided they'd use the opportunity to try and grab a local leader we didn't like. Short story, we got slapped, Clinton flipped and pulled the troops. Rwanda was mass slaughter, hundreds of thousands dead.
This crap gets thrown out all the time. There are a *few* groups with foreign fighters, but these are mostly the worst of the terrorist groups, and also the smallest groups.
What everyone misses here is that we have been at warb with Iraq for 15 years now. I'd also like to see where you are getting your figures for casualties, because I'd say it's likely that 89-91, between the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war, was likely pretty low casualty time. And how many Iraqis died when Bush I told the shi'ites to rise up and how we would help them, then they got crushed.
Americans need to face facts, we share responsibility for millions of Iraqi deaths.
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6) Tiktaalik evolves, eats all the other fish and begins to grab little snippets from land now and then
7) Tiktaalik runs out of fish and moves completely to land
8) First land animals
I highly doubt it was carnivorous if it was the first animal on land.
I mean, what would it eat once it got there?
If god requires us to suffer to make us compassionate then he isn't really omnipotent.
Yeah, until you get a virus.
Hey, you got some nice femurs there, baby.
Man, and I tried so hard not to write "ultraviolent".
Foiled again.
Can I get the infrared/untraviolet model?
I'm not so with you on the grim outlook for the future. I mean, even if they legally mandate DRM machines in western countries other places will still build open computers. And if not, we'll have some hardware hackers that'll do it. All it takes is for one person to break it, then it's wide open.
From the scientist in question.
I have seen no evidence of him advocating killing off people, only saying that if the earths ecosystem is to survive there must be a massive reduction in the population. And that ebola would be the most efficient method for this to happen.
Personally, I think the world would be better off if there were a disease that induced sterility in a large percent of the population instead of causing death. Much nicer that way. Of course that would have to be created instead of naturally occuring, and I do not support that.
They'd get tired of cranking after a while. And they'd stop learning english as soon as they figured out they could use it for chatting. Same thing that North American kids do with them.
:) My first dozen Linux installs (back in '99 or so) kept refusing even to boot. Now that I know how to use it, I'm still hesitant to recomend it to anyone else because the last few times I tried they all looked at me like I had a toaster on my head. Most people have trouble even figuring out the GUI, let alone screwing around with configuration files when something goes wrong. User-friendly linux hasn't been around for more than a year or two tops, and the main reasons new versions can function without maintanance is because you can run them "live" from a CD. No settings saved, no filesystem corruptions, no problems. Which might actually be a good model for the laptops, but would really limit what they could do with it.
Um, they would use this to learn their native language, not english. You know that some people cannot read any language, right?
Now I KNOW you're just teasing
Again, you miss the point. The kids are not going to have to install linux, nor will they be installing new programs. They just need to use an OS which will be installed on literally millions of machines that are virtually identical.
cuz they tole me.
Don't the invisible pink unicorns talk to you, too?
April Fools!
He knew he had no FP.
Who's the rube now, rube?
Hey, wake up call. Although SCUDs were capable of carrying WMD they were not always equiped with them. Also, gulf war syndrome has been attributed to the anti-WMD cocktail which was given to american troops before the war.
Nice jump to conclusions.
I only welcome them if they wield Ninja Stars of David.
Oy to the mutha fuckin' vey, beware the ninja zionists!
I want a *good* remake of populus.
I just want a remake of Populus.
OK, I'll admit that I am a bit dubious about the official explination of the events on september eleventh, but I am certainly not one to spout off about the government doing it all on purpose. What I really take issue with is the constant use of Occam's Razor as a logical device. It is not. It simply states "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity." If we take this at face value, then a conspiracy which involves the government is actually more likely. You would only have one entity, the U.S. government, as opposed to two.
And, no, extraordinary claims do not require extraordinary proof, the require sufficient proof, which they rarely have.
Only produces bad movies and even worse wine? Surely you jest. California has huge amounts of farm land, a large tech industry and other various industries. In fact, without CA, the rest of the US economy would likely collapse rather quickly.
We don't need all you guys, you need us.
About 12 hours ago I would completely agree with you, but early today I saw exactly why you might want it on your laptop.
I was entering a class as the class before was exiting and on of the students was waaaay late. One of the other students of the previous class had recorded the entire lecture. The late student gave him a CDR and got the whole thing burnt in no time flat.
Also, you could email to people, or post it on a website, with the permission of the prof, of course.
Or lack thereof, seems a major part of this. How many "pretty" websites use a retarded and slow loading flash "interface", in quotes because it's more of just a face which refuses to really interact. All this and the rise of the much touted AJAx, which has done nothing significant to improve my experiences on websites.
The majority of people in the US do not have broadband. Shit, I have broadband but share it with others in my house. Sometimes it doesn't run so fast; but craigslist almost always will load in a few seconds.
I was shocked and annoyed when recently I discovered that DaVinci did not actually paint many of the painting which bear his name.
No, I'm saying that Rwanda was genocide. Rwanda had real problems, not just a little bit of humanitarian aid needed. And the real difference was that a lot of what we did in Somalia, the reason American troops got killed, was not humanitarian aid. It had nothing to do with humanitarian aid.
You know what kind of troops I support?
This kind.
Because the majority of troops, American or not, will not act ethically or morally. They will follow orders, and that is no excuse for doing wrong.
Somalia was nothing like Rwanda, nothing, not even close. The US went into Somalia to deliver aid and then decided they'd use the opportunity to try and grab a local leader we didn't like. Short story, we got slapped, Clinton flipped and pulled the troops. Rwanda was mass slaughter, hundreds of thousands dead.
Not even close.
This crap gets thrown out all the time. There are a *few* groups with foreign fighters, but these are mostly the worst of the terrorist groups, and also the smallest groups.
What everyone misses here is that we have been at warb with Iraq for 15 years now. I'd also like to see where you are getting your figures for casualties, because I'd say it's likely that 89-91, between the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war, was likely pretty low casualty time. And how many Iraqis died when Bush I told the shi'ites to rise up and how we would help them, then they got crushed.
Americans need to face facts, we share responsibility for millions of Iraqi deaths.