thats true, but maybe they would write poems for other monkeys!
Your eyes are as brown as my poo, Don't you know that I love you?
They Yellowest banana in the bunch, Won't you go with me to lunch?
I love you more than you can see, Come climb with me, in this tree.
etc...
So maybe they will be concerned with monkey things, but I bet we could finally get that monkey-typewriter shakespeare that we have all been waiting for.
If they want to be thorough with all of this, they should really test their hypothesis.
They need to create some monkeys with a human version of FOXP2. Sure, all of middle class america will freak out about creating mutant monkeys, and environmentalists will try to make it illegal to do so, and the President will cut your funding.
BUT, we could scientifically prove that a sudden mutated change in FOXP2 can create the effect that they are claiming. Not to mention that a super-smart mutant monkey population would be so friggin cool.
Personally I have switched from Windows->Linux-> OSX, so let my bias be known.
Mac OSX is a BETTER desktop than Linux. I'm sorry, but it is. It is a better desktop than Solaris, or AIX or whatever-unix. That is why people talk about switching so much, you get unix an excellent desktop, and conveniences such as Office (yeah I know you hate Office, so do I, but it works), and other programs that aren't coming to Linux any time soon (meanwhile almost any open source favorite can be found on OSX). Thats not to say, of course that an individual might not prefer one of the other OSes to be running on his boxen.
This article should explain why Apple's market share isn't too important. But, that said, I think that Cringely is wrong about an Apple/Sun merger. Sun has the valuable asset of corporate respect and connections. When my father worked on wall street each trader used to have a Windows 2000 based desktop and a Solaris workstation. With a merger, the combined Apple/Sun could offer a G4 to replace both the old Sun and the Win2k machine. OSX is easy enough to use, and as a unix, the sun-specific apps shouldn't be too hard to port over to mac. Not to mention that the apps that ran on the Win2k box (office and netscape) are allready running on the mac platform. Apple could also benefit from Sun's server line.
Good point. Those Sun Enterprise servers (the ones that are bigger than a Honda Civic...) are major components in transaction processing systems on wallstreet. I toured the various technology installments at Merrill Lynch a few years back, and they seemed to rely on those big Sun Microsystems servers.
You know what. You are exactly right. I wasn't paying attention to what I was writing. I do know what an inverse relationship is, I just was a tad hasty when writing that. Sorry, I hope someone mods you up for that correction.
Actually I am a member of Mensa, and I can tell you that although there are members from every age group and walk of life, the most active members tend towards the over-40 crowd, who love chocolate, cats ans porn...
quite a shame really, but those weirdos scared me away, I don't think I will be renewing my membership when it comes due.
he cited article claims that when males are young, the show offs are actually the ones who are least likely to succeed later on. This causes a "revenge of the nerds effect:" the football players burn out but the nerds become sexy!"
Yes, but in Darwinian evolution, it doesn't matter when you get laid, it just matters that you get laid. In fact, gettin' it on, earlier in life, technically makes you more reproductively successful because any number of things could cause your early demise, the earlier onset of sexual activity would (assuming a condom-less world) pass on your genetic material to the next generation before the opportunity for premature death to occur.
Although it is an interesting fact. And in modern society, where human mating isn't random, etc. Its probably a good sign for the future of our species. I seem to recall reading about another study that showed an inverse relationship between the IQ of an individual and the age at which they first engaged in sexual activity. So if you are a 30 year old virgin, rejoice, and join Mensa!
Ok, so it sounds convenient right? People will be able to find you regardless of the mode of communication, right?
Right. BUT here are the problems.
1) Now the Government can also find me. 2) I'm pretty sure someone will use this to track you/your communications 3) Sometimes I want someone to have my email address but not my phone number, or vice versa, etc. 4) I don't like the idea of being labeled with a number.
I'm sure you call all add others. For me, those concerns weigh heavier than any conveniences.
During the last presidential election my personal website, (formerly uartland.net, but now dead) was listed as #2 for "Al Gore Quotes" or some similar search. I was baffled by this as I hardly got any hits (couple hundred total).
Long story short, a couple people sent me some nasty flames in response to the mentioned quotes.
The point of all that is that Google really can't always be 100% accurate.
A PowerMac + Cinema display also costs far more than a 12" Powerbook. Thats why I got one, I was originally looking at the G4 desktops, but once you factor in the cost of the display, etc. you are paying far more.
OTOH, a 12" PowerBook takes of far less desk real-estate than a Power Mac with a Cinema display. Why? because the Powermac requires me to have a fullsized keyboard and mouse on my desk, as well as the display.
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But in IRC, anyone can join your channel. In this program, you would be able to choose those 10 people.
Eh. Geeks will never rule the world... that is unless you want to help me lead the military/technological coup that will place us into power...
three weeks ago on tuesday... ;-)
She was also the original lorena bobbit. Poor Ouranos...
thats true, but maybe they would write poems for other monkeys!
Your eyes are as brown as my poo,
Don't you know that I love you?
They Yellowest banana in the bunch,
Won't you go with me to lunch?
I love you more than you can see,
Come climb with me, in this tree.
etc...
So maybe they will be concerned with monkey things, but I bet we could finally get that monkey-typewriter shakespeare that we have all been waiting for.
Gaia is the greco-roman earth goddess. She was married to Ouranos (sky god) and gave birth to the Titans.
If they want to be thorough with all of this, they should really test their hypothesis.
They need to create some monkeys with a human version of FOXP2. Sure, all of middle class america will freak out about creating mutant monkeys, and environmentalists will try to make it illegal to do so, and the President will cut your funding.
BUT, we could scientifically prove that a sudden mutated change in FOXP2 can create the effect that they are claiming. Not to mention that a super-smart mutant monkey population would be so friggin cool.
i dunno about that though, i mean we don't know what either of their sizes was. But her clothes certainly would have been uncomfortable.
Personally I have switched from Windows->Linux-> OSX, so let my bias be known.
Mac OSX is a BETTER desktop than Linux. I'm sorry, but it is. It is a better desktop than Solaris, or AIX or whatever-unix. That is why people talk about switching so much, you get unix an excellent desktop, and conveniences such as Office (yeah I know you hate Office, so do I, but it works), and other programs that aren't coming to Linux any time soon (meanwhile almost any open source favorite can be found on OSX). Thats not to say, of course that an individual might not prefer one of the other OSes to be running on his boxen.
This article should explain why Apple's market share isn't too important. But, that said, I think that Cringely is wrong about an Apple/Sun merger. Sun has the valuable asset of corporate respect and connections. When my father worked on wall street each trader used to have a Windows 2000 based desktop and a Solaris workstation. With a merger, the combined Apple/Sun could offer a G4 to replace both the old Sun and the Win2k machine. OSX is easy enough to use, and as a unix, the sun-specific apps shouldn't be too hard to port over to mac. Not to mention that the apps that ran on the Win2k box (office and netscape) are allready running on the mac platform. Apple could also benefit from Sun's server line.
Good point. Those Sun Enterprise servers (the ones that are bigger than a Honda Civic...) are major components in transaction processing systems on wallstreet. I toured the various technology installments at Merrill Lynch a few years back, and they seemed to rely on those big Sun Microsystems servers.
You know what. You are exactly right. I wasn't paying attention to what I was writing. I do know what an inverse relationship is, I just was a tad hasty when writing that. Sorry, I hope someone mods you up for that correction.
Offense Taken!
jk
Actually I am a member of Mensa, and I can tell you that although there are members from every age group and walk of life, the most active members tend towards the over-40 crowd, who love chocolate, cats ans porn...
quite a shame really, but those weirdos scared me away, I don't think I will be renewing my membership when it comes due.
oops. that first block of text should me italic, or in quotes, or something. My bad. Please treat it as such.
he cited article claims that when males are young, the show offs are actually the ones who are least likely to succeed later on. This causes a "revenge of the nerds effect:" the football players burn out but the nerds become sexy!"
Yes, but in Darwinian evolution, it doesn't matter when you get laid, it just matters that you get laid. In fact, gettin' it on, earlier in life, technically makes you more reproductively successful because any number of things could cause your early demise, the earlier onset of sexual activity would (assuming a condom-less world) pass on your genetic material to the next generation before the opportunity for premature death to occur.
Although it is an interesting fact. And in modern society, where human mating isn't random, etc. Its probably a good sign for the future of our species. I seem to recall reading about another study that showed an inverse relationship between the IQ of an individual and the age at which they first engaged in sexual activity. So if you are a 30 year old virgin, rejoice, and join Mensa!
Ok, so it sounds convenient right? People will be able to find you regardless of the mode of communication, right?
Right. BUT here are the problems.
1) Now the Government can also find me.
2) I'm pretty sure someone will use this to track you/your communications
3) Sometimes I want someone to have my email address but not my phone number, or vice versa, etc.
4) I don't like the idea of being labeled with a number.
I'm sure you call all add others. For me, those concerns weigh heavier than any conveniences.
During the last presidential election my personal website, (formerly uartland.net, but now dead) was listed as #2 for "Al Gore Quotes" or some similar search. I was baffled by this as I hardly got any hits (couple hundred total).
Long story short, a couple people sent me some nasty flames in response to the mentioned quotes.
The point of all that is that Google really can't always be 100% accurate.
Yup I got my SparcStation 20 for free too, K,V&M included, and i got a cool mouspad too...
If only I had a use for it.
A PowerMac + Cinema display also costs far more than a 12" Powerbook. Thats why I got one, I was originally looking at the G4 desktops, but once you factor in the cost of the display, etc. you are paying far more.
OTOH, a 12" PowerBook takes of far less desk real-estate than a Power Mac with a Cinema display. Why? because the Powermac requires me to have a fullsized keyboard and mouse on my desk, as well as the display.
Eh, they sell 2600 at my local Barnes and Noble. I'm not really too concerned with anyone "busting" me for buying it.
Now there is a great idea... if only they taught brewing in my college chem class, then I might have to switch my major....
mmm Corona and corn-flakes..
Breakfast of champions indeed!
i read it, i was just hoping to piss you off...
don't forget Goatse.cx /humor
You really think it will take you 3 months to hack his webserver? I know you can do better than that ;-)
Physiologically speaking though, Heroin definitely packs a better punch than any orgasm...