I'm still waiting for them to do to human genes what seed companies do to their patented crops: Render them sterile so they can't reproduce. That might actually make gene patents worth it.
I will patent the stupidity gene, meaning all stupid people will be rendered sterile and unable to reproduce.
I believe GaIM/Pidgin did this. It would pop up with the message "You feel a disturbance in the force...". And I agree, great for creeping people out:)
Could also have to do with life expectancy being much shorter - from what I can tell, average life expectancy 5000 years ago was between 20 and 25, so there would be much less time for dental problems to develop (or any health problems, really, aside from ones like "being murdered by opposing tribe" or the favourite "getting eaten by a sabertooth" which plagued many of that era).
The free market is what people do when some guy isn't holding a gun to their head to force them to do something else. Obviously it 'works' because otherwise we'd still be living in caves and fighting over yak bones.
We've just changed what we live in and what we fight over. Does that truly indicate that it works?
It's not for the 90% that the capital costs are high. Further north, NorthwesTel has to cover the entirety of the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut with these services. Many, if not the majority, of the communities in these territories have no all-year road access. The capital costs for these places is huge. Everything is run through satellite connections (phone, TV, internet), and all the infrastructure must either be brought in by barge or by air. In addition, due to mandates about allowed downtime per year, maintenance costs are very high (imagine flying in technicians and supplies every time internet service goes down). While I'm not saying the costs of these is comparable to the cost of the infrastructure required for the millions living along the borders, the cost per individual is higher by several orders of magnitude.
I'm confused by this statement. Are you implying there is a type of screen with which PuTTY doesn't look abysmal?
(For the record, I love PuTTY. But let's be honest...)
Not sure why this is modded Troll... Unfortunately, it's quite true. While not blatantly stupid as FOX News, the National Post does use its fair share of twisted facts. In addition, it's well-known as the more right-wing national newspaper in Canada (the Globe and Mail being more left wing), and would therefore be more inclined to present facts in a right-wing-friendly way. Got to love the "free" press.
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".
That'll show me to do my research. Checked up on the Radeon HD 3300 (which is not part of the HD 3000 series...?). True enough, it does look pretty damned good. However, I will refer to my point above that although this may be enough for some, even most people, there are still those of us who either require or desire more power than even that particular set has to offer.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series of discrete graphics allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".
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I don't speak entish because it's too much like barking.
It would also take you a very, long, time, to say it.
I'm still waiting for them to do to human genes what seed companies do to their patented crops: Render them sterile so they can't reproduce. That might actually make gene patents worth it.
I will patent the stupidity gene, meaning all stupid people will be rendered sterile and unable to reproduce.
You're welcome, humanity.
I'm not sure whether your name applies perfectly to that comment, or vice versa...
I believe GaIM/Pidgin did this. It would pop up with the message "You feel a disturbance in the force...". And I agree, great for creeping people out :)
Seems like the most important part was excluded - the download counter! http://www.opera.com/
Currently, more people have downloaded Opera 11.50 than have disliked Rebecca Black!
Could also have to do with life expectancy being much shorter - from what I can tell, average life expectancy 5000 years ago was between 20 and 25, so there would be much less time for dental problems to develop (or any health problems, really, aside from ones like "being murdered by opposing tribe" or the favourite "getting eaten by a sabertooth" which plagued many of that era).
While I agree that there's probably not much left of him, he was killed May 2nd, so he's barely been down 6 weeks...
Michael Palin, is that you?
Finally, somebody that knows the difference between French and string instruments! Thank you!
Wow, you sound remarkably similar to me, except replace all the past tense verbs with future tense :)
... that when the summary refers to "musical instruments made from dead animals", it is referring to springbok horns, and not zebra wood.
The malware only activates when you receive one of these "phone call" things - and when was the last time you received one of those?
Yes, and apparently Google is closely related (98%!) to kratom, a medicinal leaf from Southeast Asia! http://correlate.googlelabs.com/search?e=google&t=weekly#
I agree with parent's sarcasm - while this is pretty cool, I can't help but feel that it's more of a toy than a tool...
The free market is what people do when some guy isn't holding a gun to their head to force them to do something else. Obviously it 'works' because otherwise we'd still be living in caves and fighting over yak bones.
We've just changed what we live in and what we fight over. Does that truly indicate that it works?
It's not for the 90% that the capital costs are high. Further north, NorthwesTel has to cover the entirety of the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut with these services. Many, if not the majority, of the communities in these territories have no all-year road access. The capital costs for these places is huge. Everything is run through satellite connections (phone, TV, internet), and all the infrastructure must either be brought in by barge or by air. In addition, due to mandates about allowed downtime per year, maintenance costs are very high (imagine flying in technicians and supplies every time internet service goes down). While I'm not saying the costs of these is comparable to the cost of the infrastructure required for the millions living along the borders, the cost per individual is higher by several orders of magnitude.
I realize I wasn't particularly clear. As long as we're on the same page now :)
Yes, they support open-source, but they are by no means supporters of openness. They certainly aren't "liberating" users by going against Flash.
Wait, wait, wait. You're praising Apple for helping get rid of something closed-source? Really? Apple?
He was probably feeling pretty untouchable up to that point after coming out unscathed from the other little upset they had a while back.
Good choice of words.
my matte screen at work makes putty look abysmal
I'm confused by this statement. Are you implying there is a type of screen with which PuTTY doesn't look abysmal? (For the record, I love PuTTY. But let's be honest...)
Presumably, the same things that keep our cars from flying: time and money.
Where Asimo was made, four feet three inches is human-sized ;)
Not sure why this is modded Troll... Unfortunately, it's quite true. While not blatantly stupid as FOX News, the National Post does use its fair share of twisted facts. In addition, it's well-known as the more right-wing national newspaper in Canada (the Globe and Mail being more left wing), and would therefore be more inclined to present facts in a right-wing-friendly way. Got to love the "free" press.
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".
That'll show me to do my research. Checked up on the Radeon HD 3300 (which is not part of the HD 3000 series...?). True enough, it does look pretty damned good. However, I will refer to my point above that although this may be enough for some, even most people, there are still those of us who either require or desire more power than even that particular set has to offer.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series of discrete graphics allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play
From here. Perhaps this is the wrong chipset, if so, please correct me. If not, emphasis on the word "discrete".