So by basically erasing all hope for recovery for the spinal injury victim, Evolution has enabled the non-injured humans a means of escape from lions, tigers, and bears.
Since we live in modern society, it's uncommon to see this kind of pursuit.
Actually there is a similar circumstance with an opposite effect - bankruptcy. When a modern human becomes insolvent and declares bankruptcy, its predators are prevented from finishing him/her off, instead they must resort to attacking the not-so-weak middle class. Look how that's worked out...
I say we strap 10lbs of C4 to those who have gone bankrupt and use them as human torpedoes against the banks.
(j/k, I have nothing but sympathy for those who've hit rock bottom)
Not exactly... Its more evolutionary advantageous to the predator that it eats the weakest members of a herd group rather than having to fight the strongest or all of them at once.
Whether it's more or less advantageous to the predator is irrelevant. It's the prey's anatomy that has evolved to ensure its survival, and certainly not the survival of its predators.
I say the Internet isn't really born until it has self-awareness, sentience, has tricked us into believing a false reality, and is breeding us as an energy source.
Or, has it already happened... which pill was I supposed to take again?
Though not a cellular service, Vonage has great features like this. It emails a notification of voicemail, and I have a filter set up to forward the message to my cel phone. When I'm overseas, I bring my VOIP adapter along, patch it through my laptop as a wi-fi gateway, and I have my home phone with me, including calls to and from North America at no extra charge.
One place I stayed for a week had no wi-fi, but some nearby moron was kind enough to leave their access point unsecured. Free overseas calling via unsecured wi-fi is a riot!
Another time I really freaked out my German friend, telling him I had a short-wave cordless phone with global range. I showed him my cordless phone, clearly a North American model. As we sat in a cafe, I told him to call my home phone number, and the cordless phone rings. I answer, and he absolutely loses it. "Where can I get one!!" Then I reveal that I had my laptop, VOIP adapter, and phone base set up in the rental car out front using a power inverter and the cafe's free wi-fi. He was so punkt. I so wish I had that on camera!
Worry more about fires starting from poorly maintained planes, happened to me. Something shorted in the air conditioning system, the whole cabin reeked of smoke, but none was visible, a faint alarm could be heard, and we returned to the airport we just left to be greeted by the fire trucks. They wouldn't let any of us take another flight *that was not full*, instead we had to wait until after it left and take the same hopefully-now-fixed plane.
That flight replaced a 1200mi drive. I'm driving it this year. Seriously.
I wonder if passengers will actually make things easier and have the laptop and spare batteries ready for inspection. Drives me nuts when someone stands in line for 15 minutes, makes no preparations to be searched, then complains about "security theater". The last place on earth to lobby for looser security restrictions is in the damned airport!
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Nobel prize winning Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore quipped..."whatever you think of India is true, and its opposite."
Yeah, but how can you believe that bullshitter.
Now my curiosity is piqued. WHY can't I own a Canadian? Or at least lease one for a year?
Because you do not own a hockey team.
C'mon, leave my mom out of this!
So by basically erasing all hope for recovery for the spinal injury victim, Evolution has enabled the non-injured humans a means of escape from lions, tigers, and bears. Since we live in modern society, it's uncommon to see this kind of pursuit.
Actually there is a similar circumstance with an opposite effect - bankruptcy. When a modern human becomes insolvent and declares bankruptcy, its predators are prevented from finishing him/her off, instead they must resort to attacking the not-so-weak middle class. Look how that's worked out...
I say we strap 10lbs of C4 to those who have gone bankrupt and use them as human torpedoes against the banks.
(j/k, I have nothing but sympathy for those who've hit rock bottom)
Not exactly... Its more evolutionary advantageous to the predator that it eats the weakest members of a herd group rather than having to fight the strongest or all of them at once. Whether it's more or less advantageous to the predator is irrelevant. It's the prey's anatomy that has evolved to ensure its survival, and certainly not the survival of its predators.
Wow, everywhere has widespread flu activity! Just like every other year at this time! Everyone run for your lives!!
Could you imagine a botnet of these things? Yeesh!
Brilliant! An infusion of amateur improv into security theater! Now if we can just work in some hockey fights we'll have the next Cops.
Maybe he just needs to floss.
As a foul-minded sound tech, I can see the humor, but... meh. Didn't have to be my mom. No hostility, but - FAIL.
The 'architect' of the bailout, Henry Paulson, left as the CEO of Goldman Sachs to become Bush's Secretary of the Treasury in just 2006. It is widely believed that Paulson exploited conflicts of interest, putting his former firm ahead of its competition, leaving the others in ruin. The link is a reasonably brief good read.
Careful, you just made an unauthorized copy of a registered trademark on my monitor!
How exactly does a slew of awkward insecure geeks whose mothers hate them and will never get laid benefit the gene pool?
(to the music of Queen) - Black-bottomed pool you make the salty ions get found!
Sorry, couldn't resist
I suspect that if anyone asked for ill-qualified volunteers, they would be plentiful.
Fixed that for you, emphasis mine.
I can wait for others to test Windows 7, and not feel the slightest regret, no matter how it turns out. And I'm running XP as happily as can be.
Or I can... man I don't even want to type out how much of a bitch it is to give a new OS a day in court.
I raise my glass to those who are keen enough to play guinea pig, I can't afford the downtime, or even the prep work.
I say the Internet isn't really born until it has self-awareness, sentience, has tricked us into believing a false reality, and is breeding us as an energy source.
Or, has it already happened... which pill was I supposed to take again?
Actually it should read:
Undeservingly distinguished hack scientist participates in unremarkable product development, set to make virtually no impact on the gaming world.
...or some other form of dead air.
And this gizmo is just a minor variation on an old theme.
File this one under 'yawn'.
Afflict us not with your Bohring details...
Though not a cellular service, Vonage has great features like this. It emails a notification of voicemail, and I have a filter set up to forward the message to my cel phone. When I'm overseas, I bring my VOIP adapter along, patch it through my laptop as a wi-fi gateway, and I have my home phone with me, including calls to and from North America at no extra charge.
One place I stayed for a week had no wi-fi, but some nearby moron was kind enough to leave their access point unsecured. Free overseas calling via unsecured wi-fi is a riot!
Another time I really freaked out my German friend, telling him I had a short-wave cordless phone with global range. I showed him my cordless phone, clearly a North American model. As we sat in a cafe, I told him to call my home phone number, and the cordless phone rings. I answer, and he absolutely loses it. "Where can I get one!!" Then I reveal that I had my laptop, VOIP adapter, and phone base set up in the rental car out front using a power inverter and the cafe's free wi-fi. He was so punkt. I so wish I had that on camera!
Do not interfere with my dream of mile-high club webcasting!!
Well, it seemed to work fine during the first 60-70 years of commercial aviation...
Really? The best form of portable entertainment available to passengers has always been banned?
Worry more about fires starting from poorly maintained planes, happened to me. Something shorted in the air conditioning system, the whole cabin reeked of smoke, but none was visible, a faint alarm could be heard, and we returned to the airport we just left to be greeted by the fire trucks. They wouldn't let any of us take another flight *that was not full*, instead we had to wait until after it left and take the same hopefully-now-fixed plane.
That flight replaced a 1200mi drive. I'm driving it this year. Seriously.
I wonder if passengers will actually make things easier and have the laptop and spare batteries ready for inspection. Drives me nuts when someone stands in line for 15 minutes, makes no preparations to be searched, then complains about "security theater". The last place on earth to lobby for looser security restrictions is in the damned airport!
One air safety expert suggested that these devices might be 'the last unrestricted fire hazard' people can bring on airplanes.
Umm... they still allow cigarette lighters... How does an "air safety expert" miss that one?