We have transitional forms. Plenty of them. Any person with a subscription to National Geographic would know that (and why they are so, most importantly).
The origin of life itself is not part of evolutionary theory, I don't know why you bring this topic here (nevertheless educated guesses can be made: we know how Earth's atmosphere was back then, the composition of the early seas and what may work as a catalyst for organic compounds to become more complex).
There is plenty of evidence about how simpler life has branched out as you call it. Specialized organs in our bodies have cells that behave like unicellular organisms with similar characteristics, but with the added cooperation characteristics that make them function as fully functioning organs.
Your analysis can't be objective if you lack such vast track of knowledge regarding the topic you are trying to discuss.
Given its niche nature, labels big and small have not tried the DRM crap in classical music lovers as far as I can see. I have still to find a classical music CD encumbered with idiotic DRM protection.
In the other hand, some other more mainstream stuff I bought was DRM crippled. The CD found its way back to the shop as a defective item in very little time.
The shop assistant told me in one occasion that this copy protecting mechanism was necessary to stop people copying the CD, to which I replied, "OK, how do I play it on my computer then", he wasn't going to give me a method to go around the pointless "copy protection", so he had to take back the defective product.
Once you get your head around that simple, basic fact, all falls in place and you can lead a happy, positive life.
Or don't, it does not really matter at the end.
Just think about this: if tomorrow planet Earth was obliterated Jesus, Hitler, Beethoven, Julius Cesar, Picasso and Alexander the Great would be completely forgotten (actually they all eventually will be forgotten anyway. in 10 million years time very few of us, if anybody, will be remembered).
We are nothing, we matter nothing, there is no reason for anything.
Simple but true, but the enormity of the truth scares most people, specially because our genes makes us see this as counterintuitive (we are always trying to preserve and reproduce ourselves, no wonder the emphasis about sexual conduct in most religions).
If you have a one year old baby and my 99 year old great grand dad hit by a bus tomorrow, the average life expectancy is still 50 between both of them.
What you are saying is stating the bleeding obvious....
Sorry, but I don't see the rationale behind what you are saying.
Even if the solution is proprietary, it would be protected by copyright, and what the heck, it should be licensed with a free license as far as I am concerned.
The relaxed natural position of the palm is parallel to your body, when you raise the arm bending 90degress, the palm remains parallel to your body, i.e. 90 degrees against the desk. If that is not the case you are either rotating unconsciously your wrist or you have a major anomaly in how your wrist is built....
We can make inferences 99% of other animals can't.
We can make moral judgements, I wonder if chimps, elephants or dolphins can.
We can transmit culture and knowledge, modify it and improve it. Chimps can't, or at least not at the same pace, most other animals, please, don't make me laugh.
Those that are broadcast and that you can record with a VCR or PVR?
Those that we, the UK taxpayers, paid to produce?
I do not want the BBC to "protect their assets", as far as I am concerned any company producing work for the BBC should be told in no uncertain terms that programmes will be distributed widely and freely. I am sure many production companies would jump to the opportunity.
IT people in big corps know that the gem in town is Red Hat, SuSE and perhaps Mandriva or Ubuntu depending on the situation.
Smaller companies that will provide their own in house support can opt for Debian or perhaps Slackware.
Anybody else should be free to try anything that is being produced, but it is a false economy not to have options. The last thing I want to see is freedom of choice killed in Linux.
Slashdot Mirror
We have transitional forms. Plenty of them. Any person with a subscription to National Geographic would know that (and why they are so, most importantly).
The origin of life itself is not part of evolutionary theory, I don't know why you bring this topic here (nevertheless educated guesses can be made: we know how Earth's atmosphere was back then, the composition of the early seas and what may work as a catalyst for organic compounds to become more complex).
There is plenty of evidence about how simpler life has branched out as you call it. Specialized organs in our bodies have cells that behave like unicellular organisms with similar characteristics, but with the added cooperation characteristics that make them function as fully functioning organs.
Your analysis can't be objective if you lack such vast track of knowledge regarding the topic you are trying to discuss.
Given its niche nature, labels big and small have not tried the DRM crap in classical music lovers as far as I can see. I have still to find a classical music CD encumbered with idiotic DRM protection.
In the other hand, some other more mainstream stuff I bought was DRM crippled. The CD found its way back to the shop as a defective item in very little time.
The shop assistant told me in one occasion that this copy protecting mechanism was necessary to stop people copying the CD, to which I replied, "OK, how do I play it on my computer then", he wasn't going to give me a method to go around the pointless "copy protection", so he had to take back the defective product.
You just need to read the reviews of the "experts" in the filed to realize this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_inductio n
Note how induction can be used to probe stuff for n != 0
But in any case, biological phenomena are not probable by mathematical induction, so although your comparison is interesting it holds no water.
Once you get your head around that simple, basic fact, all falls in place and you can lead a happy, positive life.
Or don't, it does not really matter at the end.
Just think about this: if tomorrow planet Earth was obliterated Jesus, Hitler, Beethoven, Julius Cesar, Picasso and Alexander the Great would be completely forgotten (actually they all eventually will be forgotten anyway. in 10 million years time very few of us, if anybody, will be remembered).
We are nothing, we matter nothing, there is no reason for anything.
Simple but true, but the enormity of the truth scares most people, specially because our genes makes us see this as counterintuitive (we are always trying to preserve and reproduce ourselves, no wonder the emphasis about sexual conduct in most religions).
You take your time, you need to adapt to the ways of the locals...
And children are not human or what?
If you have a one year old baby and my 99 year old great grand dad hit by a bus tomorrow, the average life expectancy is still 50 between both of them.
What you are saying is stating the bleeding obvious....
Sorry, but I don't see the rationale behind what you are saying.
Even if the solution is proprietary, it would be protected by copyright, and what the heck, it should be licensed with a free license as far as I am concerned.
Chimps have been stuck with twigs as the height of technological advancement for 6 million years at the very least, and they are the closest to us.
Clearly our intelligence is unique in the animal kingdom, no matter which way you want to spin it.
We have trebled our population in less than 80 years.
If the bugs are winning, your definition of winning is a very strange one.
The relaxed natural position of the palm is parallel to your body, when you raise the arm bending 90degress, the palm remains parallel to your body, i.e. 90 degrees against the desk. If that is not the case you are either rotating unconsciously your wrist or you have a major anomaly in how your wrist is built....
In Mexico, since elections are clean, you have a representative of each party and candidate on each locality where voting is taking place.
These people witness that the count is fair and accurate as well as ensuring no tricks are played.
..... cured with the passing of time. You know what is a problem with bad positions when sitting? Very often it *feels* very comfortable.
Why to pay attention to ergonomic specialists, doctors, etc. regarding how to work in a desk if *I* know better?
Good luck to your back, it is going to need it.
Their legal department passed around some very tasty Kool-Aid...
But rewriting history is not away to convince other people of the saving graces of your favourite product.
Sorry, but to compare Picasso's oeuvre to that of a monkey can be done only by somebody mentally deficient or deeply ignorant.
Your plants example is flawed. The plant doe not chose to release chemicals, they are just programmed to do it.
A moral being in a dangerous situation would make reasoned value judgments and sometimes may decide not to warn fellow beings.
We can make inferences 99% of other animals can't.
We can make moral judgements, I wonder if chimps, elephants or dolphins can.
We can transmit culture and knowledge, modify it and improve it. Chimps can't, or at least not at the same pace, most other animals, please, don't make me laugh.
Those that are broadcast and that you can record with a VCR or PVR?
Those that we, the UK taxpayers, paid to produce?
I do not want the BBC to "protect their assets", as far as I am concerned any company producing work for the BBC should be told in no uncertain terms that programmes will be distributed widely and freely. I am sure many production companies would jump to the opportunity.
Patching is a nightmare of unintended consequences, the GUI is very often on the way of what the machines hould be really doing.
Bizarre dependencies.
Applications locking up the machine.
Sorry, but that just does not happen in Linux and UNIX land.
And there is a fundamental difference there.
You forgot to add "poor and powerless" to number 1.
Also in my original comment I did not mention that democracy has to be abolished.
The problem is that some people in Europe confuse petty regionalism with freedom, forgetting that democracy is about compromises.
If Europeans want to be bit players in world affairs the other geopolitical regions are not going to stop you falling on your own sword.
The herd is already thin enough.
IT people in big corps know that the gem in town is Red Hat, SuSE and perhaps Mandriva or Ubuntu depending on the situation.
Smaller companies that will provide their own in house support can opt for Debian or perhaps Slackware.
Anybody else should be free to try anything that is being produced, but it is a false economy not to have options. The last thing I want to see is freedom of choice killed in Linux.
.... there is a fundamental difference between being silly and being dangerous.
The 2nd list seems definitely second rate :-)