If you believe this, then you believe that Apple stopped making Macs in 2006, because no Intel Mac uses Open Firmware; the use the Extensible Firmware Interface instead.
"Leadership is mostly a power over imagination, and never more so than in combat. The bravest man alone can only be an armed lunatic. The real strength lies in the ability to get others to do your work."
Lois McMasters Bujold, _Shards of Honor_ (Captain Aral Vorkosigan)
From which I can deduce that you pronounce "BeOS" as "bee-oss" and not "bee-oh-ess" (the latter is how the BeOS FAQ says it should be pronounced (http://testou.free.fr/www.beatjapan.org/mirror/www.be.com/support/qandas/faqs/faq-0407.html)).
Don't underestimate India's capacity for Internet censorship
Just wait until India gets the right to take action against websites anywhere that post the actual border with Pakistan. Hoo boy, that's gonna be a sh*tstorm, and no mistake (and for that matter, Pakistan as well. In *either* country, if any representation is made that all of Kashmir doesn't belong to *them*, the government screams like a banshee).
have you heard of truly random number generator? No!
Of course I have. Not a software one, of course; you can't get a true random generator from a deterministic process. But hardware ones based on quantum phenomena can be had for a few hundred dollars.
Do you base it on sex organs? Genetic tests, which may not match sex organs? Levels of certain hormones in the blood?
Genetic tests, because it comes the closest to always providing an unambiguous answer. As others have mentioned, there are cases were even such tests might not work, but they would be exceedingly rare; I wouldn't be surprised if the Olympic testing committee never encountered one.
Try Lydia Fairchild she gave birth to three children that were hers biologically, but blood tests showed she was unrelated to
Not quite right. The blood tests said she was not the mother, but they were related. The genome they attempted to match was in fact the aunt of the children (and the results showed that degree of relatedness) because her two chimeric genomes were fraternal twins (which is generally how this rare condition works).
While exceptions to just about anything can be found, like chimerism or double-Y syndrome, the fact is that 99.9% (at least) of humans have a well defined genetic gender based on having a 23rd chromosome pair that is either XX or XY. Transgendered people are still biologically the gender of their DNA, although that, to my mind, doesn't deny them the right to live their lives the way they choose. Olympic (and other gender-divided) sports are a little trickier. Idealistically, you could say that we should simply leave behind such divisions, but I don't think these sports are quite ready for that yet.
Crazy Taxi. ChuChu Rocket. Soul Calibur I. Space Channel 5. Shenmue. Jet Grind Radio. Skies of Goddamn Arcadia! Yep, Dreamcast didn't have any decent games at all...
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Thanks, apg, for providing the answers for those questions. Question and answers go in an encrypted password store (I use Password Gorilla, myself).
If you believe this, then you believe that Apple stopped making Macs in 2006, because no Intel Mac uses Open Firmware; the use the Extensible Firmware Interface instead.
Not when you write haiku in the japanese, as a matter of fact. Syllables are very well defined in Japanese and you can't fudge it.
And when the more and bigger guns decide they like your money more than you, what then?
"Leadership is mostly a power over imagination, and never more so than in combat. The bravest man alone can only be an armed lunatic. The real strength lies in the ability to get others to do your work."
Lois McMasters Bujold, _Shards of Honor_ (Captain Aral Vorkosigan)
From which I can deduce that you pronounce "BeOS" as "bee-oss" and not "bee-oh-ess" (the latter is how the BeOS FAQ says it should be pronounced (http://testou.free.fr/www.beatjapan.org/mirror/www.be.com/support/qandas/faqs/faq-0407.html)).
This is very true. The question is, will the market be regulated out of existence or not?
Obligatory xkcd.
Really? Is that a fact?
Just wait until India gets the right to take action against websites anywhere that post the actual border with Pakistan. Hoo boy, that's gonna be a sh*tstorm, and no mistake (and for that matter, Pakistan as well. In *either* country, if any representation is made that all of Kashmir doesn't belong to *them*, the government screams like a banshee).
And the answer would be: the US isn't very good at it, but the UN would be much, much worse.
Not just the London Olympics. In fact, not new at all. The Olympics have been corrupted beyond belief for decades now.
Of course I have. Not a software one, of course; you can't get a true random generator from a deterministic process. But hardware ones based on quantum phenomena can be had for a few hundred dollars.
Maybe you do, bunkie. Some of us know how to type.
Gotta love Slashdot's total inability to handle UTF. I have no idea how to make actually display the correct katakana.
In case you were wondering, the Japanese page is indeed filed under "MegaDrive" (or rather, "ãfããfãf©ããf-").
Goshers, the English edition of Wikipedia refers to the Sega Megadrive/Genesis by the name most native English-speakers called it! That's an outrage!
Lab whose entire existence depends on solar energy says solar energy is better than sex!
Genetic tests, because it comes the closest to always providing an unambiguous answer. As others have mentioned, there are cases were even such tests might not work, but they would be exceedingly rare; I wouldn't be surprised if the Olympic testing committee never encountered one.
Not quite right. The blood tests said she was not the mother, but they were related. The genome they attempted to match was in fact the aunt of the children (and the results showed that degree of relatedness) because her two chimeric genomes were fraternal twins (which is generally how this rare condition works).
While exceptions to just about anything can be found, like chimerism or double-Y syndrome, the fact is that 99.9% (at least) of humans have a well defined genetic gender based on having a 23rd chromosome pair that is either XX or XY. Transgendered people are still biologically the gender of their DNA, although that, to my mind, doesn't deny them the right to live their lives the way they choose. Olympic (and other gender-divided) sports are a little trickier. Idealistically, you could say that we should simply leave behind such divisions, but I don't think these sports are quite ready for that yet.
Gundam? Honestly, it looked more like a Dougram to me.
Crazy Taxi. ChuChu Rocket. Soul Calibur I. Space Channel 5. Shenmue. Jet Grind Radio. Skies of Goddamn Arcadia! Yep, Dreamcast didn't have any decent games at all...
...on whether they did in fact hate Weird Al's ringtone...