Cats are thought to be self-domesticated; dogs, domesticated by us. A supposed test to measure your dog's intelligence is to put a towel on its head and see how long it takes the dog to remove it. A smart cat doesn't even let you get near enough to drape the towel over its head. An even smarter cat also gives you a nice scratch to warn you not to try to pull that kind of crap with it again.
Cats can however be trained to do impressive "tricks" just like dogs can. See the numerous youtube videos featuring cats that actually use the (human, porcelain) toilet, and then flush it afterwards. I kid you not.
Personally, I like to think cats are smarter. Their human-like behaviour just seems more mature than a dog's human-like behaviour. A cat is like a young adult, a dog is more like a toddler. Most dogs, if you let them get out the front door, they go barreling down the street and get themselves lost, or run out into traffic and get hit. Cats don't do this.
Also, this might speak more to who has more instinct, or perhaps just better personal hygiene, but it's interesting nonetheless: you don't need to train cats to use the kitty litter box, they do it instinctively.
It makes sense. At first I thought it was a typical nonsense newspaper "scientific study" article ("can bees think? a new study shows that no, they cannot"). But it does make sense, it's a primitive response probably; you have the meat, now you can relax.
All of which they had stationed outside the burning house. But you're right, money is the most important thing. Fuck common decency, there's money to be had.
To all the morons repeating this logic: Insurance companies.... -->don't save people's lives--. Fire departments: uh, yeah, that's why they fucking exist.
Correcting myself, apparently they themselves censor flicks, but they did have a policy where they wouldn't accept unrated or nc-17 films. Cronenberg had to do R rated edits of his movies for Blockbuster otherwise they just wouldn't carry them.
Blockbuster censors a lot their videos. Even Criterion Collection films have huge chunks taken right out of them; that to me is just wrong. You can compare pretty much anything by Cronenberg. I stopped renting at Blockbuster when I discovered that a couple decades ago.
They simply need a bolt of lightning. But how are they supposed to predict when it will strike? Damn! Damn, damn! Their only chance is to find a group of gibberish-talking Libyan terrorists they could rip off for a bomb case of used pinball machine parts...
Yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs... mines. But ok, point taken. How about names that end with an s, what do you do there? Whose is this? - It's Chris' brother's!
The language is a mess, I tell you.
Money, money, money, more people should give me more money.
I don't owe any author any amount of money, least of one of some obsolete technical manuals. Being an author usually means you've decided you have something worth while to GIVE to society. Plus you stock-pile all your cds and your parking receipts in the garage. Somehow I can't see you running around town, dodging the feds with Abbie Hoffman. Maybe ircing with Heinlein.
I completely agree, the Simpsons hasn't been funny or clever for many years and should have been canceled many, many seasons ago. The writing was once above average, now it is just pathetic to watch to anyone who isn't a simpleton (average sitcom writing). Futurama, however, is actually really funny.
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What, really? Source, please?
Hey, thanks for the input, Ubuntu users. What a bright young community you have there.
Cats are thought to be self-domesticated; dogs, domesticated by us. A supposed test to measure your dog's intelligence is to put a towel on its head and see how long it takes the dog to remove it. A smart cat doesn't even let you get near enough to drape the towel over its head. An even smarter cat also gives you a nice scratch to warn you not to try to pull that kind of crap with it again.
Cats can however be trained to do impressive "tricks" just like dogs can. See the numerous youtube videos featuring cats that actually use the (human, porcelain) toilet, and then flush it afterwards. I kid you not.
Personally, I like to think cats are smarter. Their human-like behaviour just seems more mature than a dog's human-like behaviour. A cat is like a young adult, a dog is more like a toddler. Most dogs, if you let them get out the front door, they go barreling down the street and get themselves lost, or run out into traffic and get hit. Cats don't do this.
Also, this might speak more to who has more instinct, or perhaps just better personal hygiene, but it's interesting nonetheless: you don't need to train cats to use the kitty litter box, they do it instinctively.
It makes sense. At first I thought it was a typical nonsense newspaper "scientific study" article ("can bees think? a new study shows that no, they cannot"). But it does make sense, it's a primitive response probably; you have the meat, now you can relax.
Vs 2010 "free" version is so limited it's basically worthless.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintery economic climate.
All of which they had stationed outside the burning house. But you're right, money is the most important thing. Fuck common decency, there's money to be had.
To all the morons repeating this logic: Insurance companies.... -->don't save people's lives--. Fire departments: uh, yeah, that's why they fucking exist.
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
Correcting myself again: apparently they themselves DIDN'T censor.. damn this mind-numbing cold.
Correcting myself, apparently they themselves censor flicks, but they did have a policy where they wouldn't accept unrated or nc-17 films. Cronenberg had to do R rated edits of his movies for Blockbuster otherwise they just wouldn't carry them.
Blockbuster censors a lot their videos. Even Criterion Collection films have huge chunks taken right out of them; that to me is just wrong. You can compare pretty much anything by Cronenberg. I stopped renting at Blockbuster when I discovered that a couple decades ago.
I think you meant "show off them ya lyrical skills," brud.
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You were hallucinating. It was a pile of rags. It was grandpa. Seriously, you watch too much TLC. There's no such thing as g-g-g-ghosts.
They simply need a bolt of lightning. But how are they supposed to predict when it will strike? Damn! Damn, damn! Their only chance is to find a group of gibberish-talking Libyan terrorists they could rip off for a bomb case of used pinball machine parts...
Yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs... mines. But ok, point taken. How about names that end with an s, what do you do there? Whose is this? - It's Chris' brother's! The language is a mess, I tell you.
Because the possessive form is not all that logical. The English language's logic. English's logic. Its logic. It's not logical.
Money, money, money, more people should give me more money.
I don't owe any author any amount of money, least of one of some obsolete technical manuals. Being an author usually means you've decided you have something worth while to GIVE to society. Plus you stock-pile all your cds and your parking receipts in the garage. Somehow I can't see you running around town, dodging the feds with Abbie Hoffman. Maybe ircing with Heinlein.
I completely agree, the Simpsons hasn't been funny or clever for many years and should have been canceled many, many seasons ago. The writing was once above average, now it is just pathetic to watch to anyone who isn't a simpleton (average sitcom writing). Futurama, however, is actually really funny.
I believe the word is "specious". Next let's talk about the dumbing down of The Simpsons.