But the Palauan remains suggest these features may just be a consequence of insular dwarfism, a shrinking process that some scientists attribute to the stresses of a small island environment.
Stammbach, Eduard. (1988). "Group responses to specially skilled individuals in a Macaca fascicularis." Behaviour, 107 (December 1988), 241-266
Does the staggering wealth of particular engineers and programmers mean that there is any chance for nerds to rise socially?
Stammbach worked with a colony of longtailed macaques. In the paper cited above, the running header is "Responses to Specially Skilled Java Monkeys." Stammbach took the lowest-ranking macaque out of the society and taught him to operate a complex machine and obtain food. When the nerd monkey was reintroduced to the society, the higher ranking macaques stopped kicking him out of the way long enough for him to complete operation of the machine and obtain food for the community. I.e., society cooperated to create the conditions under which the nerd could toil for them. However, the monkey who acquired these special skills and provided for the society did not achieve any rise in his dominance status.
Of course, this it OT, but this is as good a time as any to quote why we must protect them. Courtesy of Dr. Strangelove.
Ripper: Mandrake?
Mandrake: Yes, Jack?
Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
Mandrake: Well, I can't say I have.
Ripper: Vodka, that's what they drink, isn't it? Never water?
Mandrake: Well, I-I believe that's what they drink, Jack, yes.
Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.
Mandrake: Oh, eh, yes. I, uhm, can't quite see what you're getting at, Jack.
Ripper: Water, that's what I'm getting at, water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this earth's surface is water. Why, do you realize that seventy percent of you is water?
Mandrake: Uh, uh, Good Lord!
Ripper: And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.
Mandrake: Yes. (he begins to chuckle nervously)
Ripper: Are you beginning to understand?
Mandrake: Yes. (more laughter)
Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol?
Mandrake: Well, it did occur to me, Jack, yes.
Ripper: Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water?
Mandrake: Uh? Yes, I-I have heard of that, Jack, yes. Yes.
Ripper: Well, do you know what it is?
Mandrake: No, no I don't know what it is, no.
Ripper: Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?
I saw a History Channel Modern Marvels episode in highway tech and one researcher was using computer models and he determined it only takes one car to fuck things up for the rest of us. Let me repeat that it only takes one car driving slower than the rest of us to cause congestion and traffic jams on the highway.
Not to belabor the obvious, the Navy didn't destroy the satellite to protect people from the hyrdazine that was their excuse. As for the formaldehyde laced trailers, I could blame the manufacturer, but who purchased them? FEMA. Who put people in them? FEMA. Has FEMA done anything to remedy the situation? No. They suppressed the danger posed by the formaldehyde and refused to study the issue nor has FEMA done anything meaningful to protect the health of those they place in those trailers. I could also blame the EPA for not having or enforcing regulations on the manufacturer of the trailers to make sure they didn't pose a long term health threat. But I'm sure industry lobbyists did the best they could to avoid or mitigate any regulation that might cut into their profits. So fuck FEMA.
If Bush is so concerned about exposing people to toxic chemicals like hydrazine, maybe he could get the Navy to blow all those formaldehyde laced FEMA trailers and the remaining bits will burn up on reentry into the atmosphere. Of course they'd have to launch those trailers into orbit first.
The insane restrictions of the IOC has really killed my interest in the Olympics. And along with the timeshifting the broadcast of events ruins my enjoyment.
The pre-Disney ABC coverage of the Olympics and their Wild World of Sports was the best coverage of the Olympics and no one is ever going to be that good again. Especially with the ironfisted control by the IOC. So fuck you, International Olympics Committee.
Yeah, as some other commenters have noted, the Republicans walked out because of the contempt vote. They were upset the House chose not to vote over telecom immunity. I'm pleased to see the Democrats finally showing they have a spine. It's only a baby step compared to what they should be doing, but after having let their spine atrophy for so long I guess it'll take a while before they actually do anything meaningful. I won't be holding my breath though.
If the Dems don't capitulate again, and that's a BIG IF, and Protect America Act expires tomorrow, we are still protected under the old FISA law. Not only that, had the Bush Administration used the old FISA law, the telecoms could have gotten immunity easily. So why didn't they? Oversight, which seems to be anathema to this administration.
Well for most people the house of the future will consist of corrugated sheet metal and cardboard. Running water will be from a nearby open sewage ditch when it rains.
You mean places where wildlife is currently allowed to congregate?
No. I suggest you listen to the interview. It's very good. What the author of the paper was referring to were lands already ruined by overfarming and no longer of any real agricultural value. He said studies using a mix of wild grasses and legumes like Indian grass and bluestem were the most productive and would put carbon back in the soil.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but biofuels are causing us to lose site [sic] of the bigger picture.
I couldn't agree more. The real problem is urban sprawl. Our cities need to be more compact with better public transportation. It has been suggested that the suburbs will be the ghettos of the not too distant future. Anyway it's all about finding sustainable solutions. And no one solution is going to be the answer. It'll have to be a mix of solar, wind, tidal, sustainable biofuels, and most important of saving energy.
I heard an interview with one of the authors on Science Friday. He said that if done wrong biofuels are bad, but if biofuels are grown on marginal land with the non-food crops it'll be a good thing. Their criticism was the way biofuels are being made now like from corn and soy and clearing forests for palm.
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If either Micro$oft or News Corpse buys Yahoo! I'm canceling the email I have with them.
No doubt Larry had read Clarke's short story "The Star".
So what happens when the Apple Reality Distortion Field meets the Pauli Effect?
Argh! Now I'm envisioning a large breasted moose in a miniskirt with a blonde wig, lipstick and fishnet stockings.
Reminds me of the dwarf mammoth bones (dated to 1700BC) found on Wrangel Island in the Arctic. The also mentions fossils found on Sardinia and the Channel Islands of the coast of California.
he wants to lower his chances of getting laid.
Of course, this it OT, but this is as good a time as any to quote why we must protect them. Courtesy of Dr. Strangelove.
Ripper: Mandrake?
Mandrake: Yes, Jack?
Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
Mandrake: Well, I can't say I have.
Ripper: Vodka, that's what they drink, isn't it? Never water?
Mandrake: Well, I-I believe that's what they drink, Jack, yes.
Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.
Mandrake: Oh, eh, yes. I, uhm, can't quite see what you're getting at, Jack.
Ripper: Water, that's what I'm getting at, water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this earth's surface is water. Why, do you realize that seventy percent of you is water?
Mandrake: Uh, uh, Good Lord!
Ripper: And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.
Mandrake: Yes. (he begins to chuckle nervously)
Ripper: Are you beginning to understand?
Mandrake: Yes. (more laughter)
Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol?
Mandrake: Well, it did occur to me, Jack, yes.
Ripper: Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water?
Mandrake: Uh? Yes, I-I have heard of that, Jack, yes. Yes.
Ripper: Well, do you know what it is?
Mandrake: No, no I don't know what it is, no.
Ripper: Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?
The Ted Stevens Memorial Intertubes
Boobies.
Dick Cheney.
That industry didn't learn their lesson from the Betamax-VHS war.
I saw a History Channel Modern Marvels episode in highway tech and one researcher was using computer models and he determined it only takes one car to fuck things up for the rest of us. Let me repeat that it only takes one car driving slower than the rest of us to cause congestion and traffic jams on the highway.
But how will we stop all those virtual Mexicans now?
"My God! It's full of cheese!"
Actually, no. "Harder, faster, deeper." sounds like the tagline for a porn movie. Yeah, NASA.
I hear that Mike Gravel is looking for a Vice Presidency.
Not to belabor the obvious, the Navy didn't destroy the satellite to protect people from the hyrdazine that was their excuse. As for the formaldehyde laced trailers, I could blame the manufacturer, but who purchased them? FEMA. Who put people in them? FEMA. Has FEMA done anything to remedy the situation? No. They suppressed the danger posed by the formaldehyde and refused to study the issue nor has FEMA done anything meaningful to protect the health of those they place in those trailers. I could also blame the EPA for not having or enforcing regulations on the manufacturer of the trailers to make sure they didn't pose a long term health threat. But I'm sure industry lobbyists did the best they could to avoid or mitigate any regulation that might cut into their profits. So fuck FEMA.
If Bush is so concerned about exposing people to toxic chemicals like hydrazine, maybe he could get the Navy to blow all those formaldehyde laced FEMA trailers and the remaining bits will burn up on reentry into the atmosphere. Of course they'd have to launch those trailers into orbit first.
The insane restrictions of the IOC has really killed my interest in the Olympics. And along with the timeshifting the broadcast of events ruins my enjoyment.
The pre-Disney ABC coverage of the Olympics and their Wild World of Sports was the best coverage of the Olympics and no one is ever going to be that good again. Especially with the ironfisted control by the IOC. So fuck you, International Olympics Committee.
Yeah, as some other commenters have noted, the Republicans walked out because of the contempt vote. They were upset the House chose not to vote over telecom immunity. I'm pleased to see the Democrats finally showing they have a spine. It's only a baby step compared to what they should be doing, but after having let their spine atrophy for so long I guess it'll take a while before they actually do anything meaningful. I won't be holding my breath though.
If the Dems don't capitulate again, and that's a BIG IF, and Protect America Act expires tomorrow, we are still protected under the old FISA law. Not only that, had the Bush Administration used the old FISA law, the telecoms could have gotten immunity easily. So why didn't they? Oversight, which seems to be anathema to this administration.
Well for most people the house of the future will consist of corrugated sheet metal and cardboard. Running water will be from a nearby open sewage ditch when it rains.
You mean places where wildlife is currently allowed to congregate?
No. I suggest you listen to the interview. It's very good. What the author of the paper was referring to were lands already ruined by overfarming and no longer of any real agricultural value. He said studies using a mix of wild grasses and legumes like Indian grass and bluestem were the most productive and would put carbon back in the soil.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but biofuels are causing us to lose site [sic] of the bigger picture.
I couldn't agree more. The real problem is urban sprawl. Our cities need to be more compact with better public transportation. It has been suggested that the suburbs will be the ghettos of the not too distant future. Anyway it's all about finding sustainable solutions. And no one solution is going to be the answer. It'll have to be a mix of solar, wind, tidal, sustainable biofuels, and most important of saving energy.
I heard an interview with one of the authors on Science Friday. He said that if done wrong biofuels are bad, but if biofuels are grown on marginal land with the non-food crops it'll be a good thing. Their criticism was the way biofuels are being made now like from corn and soy and clearing forests for palm.