Your statement assumes that peacocks of today existed as they did before humans began domesticating animals.
The grandparent's statement also assumes that "defenceless" animals come from regions with the kinds of predators that could kill them. A quick look at the birds of New Zealand is a good example of this not being true. Lost of bird species there are quite "defenceless" and they have only been hit very hard by introduced predators.
The peacock isn't a very good example of a defenceless bird anyway, they can eat small animals, can deliver a blow to predators with their spurs and they can fly away from danger. Hardly as defenceless as they look.
Temporary monopolies granted by patents allow drug companies to invest huge sums of money (to the tune of 315 million dollars per drug) to research, develop and test (for safety) the numerous and highly beneficial pharmaceuticals available today.
You forgot marketing in you list of things that keep the price of drugs up. It's not gigantic but it is a noteworthy portion of the cost of bringing a drug to market.
Seriously, how many people here subscribed to this podcast listened to an episode then unsubscribed?
Just because they're Network Administrators doesn't mean they are any more interesting to listen to than a 14 year old drivelling on about his day at school.
Allow me to summarise the latest episode for those who didn't listen in:
Hey we're sysadmins!
Another Windows virus! Oh, how very difficult our jobs are! Woe is us!
Don't use IE!
Don't use IE!
Don't use IE! (this continued for a while. Apparently they thought that the kind of people who would listen to podcast by network administrators are unaware of FireFox's existence.)
We really think Apple sucks! Anyone who buys a computer from Apple is an idiot! Apple has admitted that the iMac G5 is crap!!11!one! (looking at the summaries of their previous podcasts makes it seem that this is a common theme.)
I suspect that future episodes may follow exactly the same lines.
Because the US is the single greatest defender of democracy in the history of the world.
Oh yes, that's right! They hate us because of our freedoms! And here I was starting to think it might be because of the way we keep meddling in their affairs! Thank you so much for setting me straight.
It's obvious that this isn't for saving lives but for revenue.
How is that obvious?
If you got there in a time that is shorter than would be possible travelling at the maximum allowable speed then you must have been speeding.
It wont help save lives if people don't know the cameras are there or if they are placed in areas where accidents never occur. You didn't mention either of those items so I don't see how it is obvious that it's being done to generate revenue.
This will have the same affect that the Serial Digital Rights Managlement had on MiniDisc recorders: people wont use it once they realise that their recordings are being controlled by someone else.
...every new HD-DVD printed will contain an up-to-date copy of that "revoked" list which the HD-DVD player must update every time you put in an HD-DVD. If the HD-DVD player sees a disc whose watermark has been placed on the "banned" list, it refuses to play it.
I can't wait to see how long it takes for some clever programmer somewhere to figure out how to make a list of revoked codes that causes all of Disney's movies to stop playing...
Maybe it will also be possible to create a list of banned watermarks long enough that you can fill the entire list in the player with non-existant codes that no-one will ever care about.
That is a correct use of a possessive apostrophe, it is not a contraction of "it is".
Can you provide a reference for that?
From the Oxford American Dictionaries:
it's
contraction of
it is : it's my fault.
it has : it's been a hot day.
and
its
possessive adjective belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified : turn the camera on its side | he chose the area for its atmosphere.
belonging to or associated with a child or animal of unspecified sex : a baby in its mother's womb.
USAGE Its is the possessive form of: it.
I can't find a reference for it's not being a contraction.
Yes, what great advice. Have you ever used Windows without Administrator rights? You can't even view the fucking calendar.
The advice is good. It's hardly my fault that Windows is broken.
And yes, I have used Windows without administrator rights. I had to do some awful things with ACLs so that a group of engineers could use AutoCAD as normal users but the hardest part of the whole setup was explaining to the engineers why they shouldn't have administrator rights (since almost all of them complained to my boss that they couldn't work without it).
If they had a second account with admin rights the first thing they all did was make their other account an administrator. The second thing they all did was download shit and infect their computers with it. People clearly don't understand why running as an administrator is a bad idea.
After a while the edict came down from on high stating "If you're not part of the IT team don't ask for Adminstrator rights" and that was the end of it.
The guidance on shell script viruses is the same as the guidance on all viruses and malware: protect yourself against the point of entry, and limit the amount of damage that the malicious code can do.
For those of you who still don't get it: stop logging in as an administrator you idiots.
Think about it, cats, dogs, chickens, pigeons, cows, all of these exhibit wild variation in marking and coloration when they live with humans. Even humans themselves seem to have more variability when compared to other primates.
It's just because of selective breeding. If you let different dog breeds mate then after a few generations then they tend towards the "basic dog" type.
For a more detailed and accurate description take a look at the Wikipedia article on mixed-breed dogs.
The best part of the the whole Do Not Call registry- Not only are non-profits exempt.... But so are Political candidates!
When they call point out that you're on the DNC list. When they say that thet're exempt point out that you know this but ask if they ever considered that someone on the list probably didn't want anyone to call them unannounced. Make sure to tell them you wont be voting for the candidate they are pushing and that you will encourage your friends not to.
You mentioned that they dropped the floppy and had no Cd burners.... lol!
No he didn't. He said that they were the first to drop floppies and the first to offer CD burners and wireless as standard equipment. The order of the statements doesn't necessarily reflect the order of the events.
Aqua, not customizable at all. Third party software required for even the most basic change of the window dressing and colors.
Open "System Preferences", open the "Appearance" panel, change the "Appearance" pop up menu selection. You can also change the "Highlight Color" while you're there, if you feel like it.
Does that count as "the most basic change of the window dressing and colors"?
What bugs me is the fact that I submitted this story before it was originally posted (only a few hours before though, so it may have been after the original posted submission).
Seeing a rejected story accepted by someone else 5 hours later is annoying. Seeing it duped is worse.
P.S. I know you shouldn't gripe about rejected submissions. Feel free to flame me now.
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there's a reason the first thing apple removed from their unix was X11
The operating system Apple turned into MacOS X didn't use X11 so they didn't really need to "remove" it at all.
Your statement assumes that peacocks of today existed as they did before humans began domesticating animals.
The grandparent's statement also assumes that "defenceless" animals come from regions with the kinds of predators that could kill them. A quick look at the birds of New Zealand is a good example of this not being true. Lost of bird species there are quite "defenceless" and they have only been hit very hard by introduced predators.
The peacock isn't a very good example of a defenceless bird anyway, they can eat small animals, can deliver a blow to predators with their spurs and they can fly away from danger. Hardly as defenceless as they look.
It assumes, arrogantly, that the others are too dumb to match your R&D efforts or to produce their own culture.
It also assumes that others will continue to respect your IP forever, even once they hold all the other cards.
Temporary monopolies granted by patents allow drug companies to invest huge sums of money (to the tune of 315 million dollars per drug) to research, develop and test (for safety) the numerous and highly beneficial pharmaceuticals available today.
You forgot marketing in you list of things that keep the price of drugs up. It's not gigantic but it is a noteworthy portion of the cost of bringing a drug to market.
Thanx! I hope your right - or that it only works in Tiger (I'm on Panther) so that I'll *have* to upgrade! :)
:)
I think most of the PDF-X stuff was added in Tiger. At least you'll have an excuse for upgrading.
Ok, great, so Apple got PDF viewing back with OS 10 (please note it's viewing that's built in, MS is talking about PDF creation as well).
What the grandparent meant was that OS X got PDF creation back with 10.0. Any program that can print under OS X can produce PDF files.
You might find it interesting to read about DisplayPostScript since that is a big part of what lead to OS X's PDF capabilities.
Just to clarify: any OS X program that can print can produce PDF files.
Office 12 might be going to include PDF support but I really wonder why they don't just make the Windows print system capable of producing PDF files.
Just because they're Network Administrators doesn't mean they are any more interesting to listen to than a 14 year old drivelling on about his day at school.
Allow me to summarise the latest episode for those who didn't listen in:
I suspect that future episodes may follow exactly the same lines.
A Quake III Engine in DirectX.
Forgive me if I don't jump for joy.
Because the US is the single greatest defender of democracy in the history of the world.
Oh yes, that's right! They hate us because of our freedoms! And here I was starting to think it might be because of the way we keep meddling in their affairs! Thank you so much for setting me straight.
It's obvious that this isn't for saving lives but for revenue.
How is that obvious?
If you got there in a time that is shorter than would be possible travelling at the maximum allowable speed then you must have been speeding.
It wont help save lives if people don't know the cameras are there or if they are placed in areas where accidents never occur. You didn't mention either of those items so I don't see how it is obvious that it's being done to generate revenue.
This will have the same affect that the Serial Digital Rights Managlement had on MiniDisc recorders: people wont use it once they realise that their recordings are being controlled by someone else.
...every new HD-DVD printed will contain an up-to-date copy of that "revoked" list which the HD-DVD player must update every time you put in an HD-DVD. If the HD-DVD player sees a disc whose watermark has been placed on the "banned" list, it refuses to play it.
I can't wait to see how long it takes for some clever programmer somewhere to figure out how to make a list of revoked codes that causes all of Disney's movies to stop playing...
Maybe it will also be possible to create a list of banned watermarks long enough that you can fill the entire list in the player with non-existant codes that no-one will ever care about.
True, but that is a special case (and not the case earlier in this thread).
Can you provide a reference for that?
From the Oxford American Dictionaries:andI can't find a reference for it's not being a contraction.
Yes, what great advice. Have you ever used Windows without Administrator rights? You can't even view the fucking calendar.
The advice is good. It's hardly my fault that Windows is broken.
And yes, I have used Windows without administrator rights. I had to do some awful things with ACLs so that a group of engineers could use AutoCAD as normal users but the hardest part of the whole setup was explaining to the engineers why they shouldn't have administrator rights (since almost all of them complained to my boss that they couldn't work without it).
If they had a second account with admin rights the first thing they all did was make their other account an administrator. The second thing they all did was download shit and infect their computers with it. People clearly don't understand why running as an administrator is a bad idea.
After a while the edict came down from on high stating "If you're not part of the IT team don't ask for Adminstrator rights" and that was the end of it.
The guidance on shell script viruses is the same as the guidance on all viruses and malware: protect yourself against the point of entry, and limit the amount of damage that the malicious code can do.
For those of you who still don't get it: stop logging in as an administrator you idiots.
Product so far ahead of its time.
How was it "ahead of its time"? I can't be the only person who thought it was a fairly obvious idea with no real market.
Think about it, cats, dogs, chickens, pigeons, cows, all of these exhibit wild variation in marking and coloration when they live with humans. Even humans themselves seem to have more variability when compared to other primates.
It's just because of selective breeding. If you let different dog breeds mate then after a few generations then they tend towards the "basic dog" type.
For a more detailed and accurate description take a look at the Wikipedia article on mixed-breed dogs.
The best part of the the whole Do Not Call registry- Not only are non-profits exempt.... But so are Political candidates!
When they call point out that you're on the DNC list. When they say that thet're exempt point out that you know this but ask if they ever considered that someone on the list probably didn't want anyone to call them unannounced. Make sure to tell them you wont be voting for the candidate they are pushing and that you will encourage your friends not to.
You mentioned that they dropped the floppy and had no Cd burners.... lol!
No he didn't. He said that they were the first to drop floppies and the first to offer CD burners and wireless as standard equipment. The order of the statements doesn't necessarily reflect the order of the events.
A new bandage technology uses ground up shrimp shells to instantly clot blood when applied to an open wound.
... With the added bonus that your wounds will be delicious.
Hospitals are going to need some of those plastic cones which are used to stop dogs licking their sores.
Every iDotted?
What I find most amusing about this joke is that the first people to make it were Apple.
Turn over a first revision iBook and look at the battery cover. It says "iWas assembled in Taiwan".
Aqua, not customizable at all. Third party software required for even the most basic change of the window dressing and colors.
Open "System Preferences", open the "Appearance" panel, change the "Appearance" pop up menu selection. You can also change the "Highlight Color" while you're there, if you feel like it.
Does that count as "the most basic change of the window dressing and colors"?
What bugs me is the fact that I submitted this story before it was originally posted (only a few hours before though, so it may have been after the original posted submission).
Seeing a rejected story accepted by someone else 5 hours later is annoying. Seeing it duped is worse.
P.S. I know you shouldn't gripe about rejected submissions. Feel free to flame me now.