Seriously, I've seen the same problems near my in-laws' home in central Texas. We saw one old tick-covered deer lying beside the road dying in a high-end neighborhood where several herds of 15-20 deer lie around on people's lawns. Very disturbing conditions.
I still think human extinction is a great plan though.
More importantly - an armed populace makes it much harder for a government to take it's natural course toward totalitarianism. Consider the context of the US constitution. Those people had successfully revolted against what they considered an oppressive government because the populace was well armed.
>...I agree even less with letting a consumer organism grow out of control until they consume their entire food supply in the region (which is currently happening). So, shoot them (responsibly , not to extinction) and get it over with...
You are referring to humans there aren't you? I have to disagree with the part about not driving them to extinction though.
Think of all the new opportunities in Washington: Computer Weapon Control lobby Computer Weapon Registration lobby The NCA (National Computer Association)
Plus all the new laws about carrying concealed computers, computer weapon training courses, no more computers in federal buildings...
>will they even bother to count provisional ballots after a candidate has conceded?
Yes, they will. The election board employees I've ever met are absolute fanatics about doing this stuff to the letter. They seem to take their work very seriously.
No point in auditing Oklahoma anyway. We have a voting system that actually works. But when anyone does want a recount it provides a dual paper trail to simplify the process.
Hey. I'll sleep a lot better knowing that all of those terrorists and rogue states can't use their highly developed satellite systems to - um - do - uhh - stuff to me.
God didn't say that, the writer of Genesis said that, and he doesn't attribute it as a quote from God. You're already taking man's word on that one. The second "law" is already facing problems from cosmology so it's not a great argument for anything. Let's face it, even if nature does have laws, we don't know most of them. Sadly you're pretty much right about evolution, and much of the rest of science, being treated like religion by many people who should know better.
Because they live in water and need better light gathering ability. Humans don't have the best of any physical attributes. We're just a compromise that allows for incredible adaptability. Not an argument for or against anything, just an answer to your rhetorical question.
I disagree with the "fundamentally wrong" part of your statement. For those who use evolution in their day-to-day work the broad, general theories provide a valuable and reliable framework.
The biggest problem with evolution theories is incompleteness. They really don't provide a picture that is a whole lot deeper than what's offered in Genesis.
In Paleontology classes one of the basic things we learned was that evolution theory in it's current state is full of holes. It actually appears to be fundamentally right, but only fundamentally. Unfortunately, that turns out to be the case for a lot of the important theories in Earth Science.
After all, there will always be a finite amount that we know, and an infinite amount that we don't know.
I remember reading a review of it in some PC rag several years ago. The reviewer was convinced that it actually worked, albeit not well or easily. As I recall he was able to do a little less than reported in this article.
Most people can got to the park and play a real game of football. Some can't. So then I guess the question is whether the physically-limited-sports-loving market is big enough to support development.
That really wouldn't work. Assuming the isotopic signatures are different (which I never heard in geology school) then you would be filtering out all of the volcanic emissions, not just the current ones. That would take out all of the CO2 contributed by the volcano, and probably many other sources. And trying to monitor ALL of the places where a volcano vents would be a full-time job for a lot of people.
Add to all of that the fact that the 'Guardian' is not recognized as a bastion of reliable scientific reporting.
So you've never seen a '69 Chevelle sitting at a red light smoking the rears while the fronts held? Or, conversely, dragging the fronts screeching through the intersection because the rears hooked up?
Lots of engine/transmission combinations can overpower brakes/tires, just not so much in newer cars.
So think a minute: 1) Machines sold with Linux are cheaper than machines sold with XP. 2) Later post says that in Latin Amer XP can be bought on the street for about $4. 3) Just makes sense for a lot of people to buy a cheap Linux box and put cheap XP on it. 4) Over time the emerging markets (high PC sales areas) MAY be selling lots and lots of "Linux" desktops that will never run Linux.
Note: Their prediction probably only holds true if you read "machines"="desktops".
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Seriously, I've seen the same problems near my in-laws' home in central Texas. We saw one old tick-covered deer lying beside the road dying in a high-end neighborhood where several herds of 15-20 deer lie around on people's lawns. Very disturbing conditions.
I still think human extinction is a great plan though.
More importantly - an armed populace makes it much harder for a government to take it's natural course toward totalitarianism.
Consider the context of the US constitution. Those people had successfully revolted against what they considered an oppressive government because the populace was well armed.
>...I agree even less with letting a consumer organism grow out of control until they consume their entire food supply in the region (which is currently happening). So, shoot them (responsibly , not to extinction) and get it over with...
You are referring to humans there aren't you? I have to disagree with the part about not driving them to extinction though.
Think of all the new opportunities in Washington:
Computer Weapon Control lobby
Computer Weapon Registration lobby
The NCA (National Computer Association)
Plus all the new laws about carrying concealed computers, computer weapon training courses, no more computers in federal buildings...
It's a job creation goldmine!
You have an amazing grasp of the obvious.
>The sun and wind aren't going away any time soon
Funny, that's exactly what they said about forests, coal, oil, peat bogs...
>will they even bother to count provisional ballots after a candidate has conceded?
Yes, they will. The election board employees I've ever met are absolute fanatics about doing this stuff to the letter. They seem to take their work very seriously.
No point in auditing Oklahoma anyway. We have a voting system that actually works.
But when anyone does want a recount it provides a dual paper trail to simplify the process.
He WAS a terrible candidate, but he was the INCUMBENT terrible candidate which will always beat a terrible challenger.
A halfway decent incumbent would have won by a landslide.
Hey. I'll sleep a lot better knowing that all of those terrorists and rogue states can't use their highly developed satellite systems to - um - do - uhh - stuff to me.
Funny thing about those commercials - I never hear anyone answer.
If you like to point that out often then I bet you don't get invited to many good parties.
God didn't say that, the writer of Genesis said that, and he doesn't attribute it as a quote from God. You're already taking man's word on that one.
The second "law" is already facing problems from cosmology so it's not a great argument for anything. Let's face it, even if nature does have laws, we don't know most of them.
Sadly you're pretty much right about evolution, and much of the rest of science, being treated like religion by many people who should know better.
Because they live in water and need better light gathering ability.
Humans don't have the best of any physical attributes. We're just a compromise that allows for incredible adaptability.
Not an argument for or against anything, just an answer to your rhetorical question.
I disagree with the "fundamentally wrong" part of your statement. For those who use evolution in their day-to-day work the broad, general theories provide a valuable and reliable framework.
The biggest problem with evolution theories is incompleteness. They really don't provide a picture that is a whole lot deeper than what's offered in Genesis.
In Paleontology classes one of the basic things we learned was that evolution theory in it's current state is full of holes. It actually appears to be fundamentally right, but only fundamentally. Unfortunately, that turns out to be the case for a lot of the important theories in Earth Science.
After all, there will always be a finite amount that we know, and an infinite amount that we don't know.
No, thanks to font and resolution settings on my laptop that's what I first read. I couldn't even imagine where that story was going!
When was the last time that /. posted an article that wasn't pure flamebait?
They've expanded the definition of zero. It now includes "quite a lot as long as it can be buried".
I bet our presidential candidates could make good use of this new zero.
I remember reading a review of it in some PC rag several years ago. The reviewer was convinced that it actually worked, albeit not well or easily. As I recall he was able to do a little less than reported in this article.
Most people can got to the park and play a real game of football. Some can't. So then I guess the question is whether the physically-limited-sports-loving market is big enough to support development.
If the Earth had half a brain it would get rid of us altogether.
Can you even comprehend what a truly awesome planet this would be without people?
That really wouldn't work. Assuming the isotopic signatures are different (which I never heard in geology school) then you would be filtering out all of the volcanic emissions, not just the current ones. That would take out all of the CO2 contributed by the volcano, and probably many other sources. And trying to monitor ALL of the places where a volcano vents would be a full-time job for a lot of people.
Add to all of that the fact that the 'Guardian' is not recognized as a bastion of reliable scientific reporting.
Even better with limited-slip diff. Both rear wheels spinning :) Very impressive, but requires a lot of low-end to break em loose.
So you've never seen a '69 Chevelle sitting at a red light smoking the rears while the fronts held? Or, conversely, dragging the fronts screeching through the intersection because the rears hooked up?
Lots of engine/transmission combinations can overpower brakes/tires, just not so much in newer cars.
Still, the article does sound fishy.
So think a minute:
1) Machines sold with Linux are cheaper than machines sold with XP.
2) Later post says that in Latin Amer XP can be bought on the street for about $4.
3) Just makes sense for a lot of people to buy a cheap Linux box and put cheap XP on it.
4) Over time the emerging markets (high PC sales areas) MAY be selling lots and lots of "Linux" desktops that will never run Linux.
Note: Their prediction probably only holds true if you read "machines"="desktops".