And perhaps more importantly, this finding goes a long way toward explaining why almost aliens in the universe look surprisingly identical to humans
I know this is tongue in cheek humor, but -- NO, IT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING OF THE SORT! DNA is chemical in origin and so goes, different chemical compositions of different planets would give rise to vastly different DNA compositions resulting in life nothing like our own.
The show creators admitted they made it up. It was a play on the use of the word "fab" by the mods in Britain in the 60s. But that hasn't stopped fans and Wikipedia Editors from concocting their own meaning.
As if the US Gov't cares about cheapening the value of anything. The Constitution is regarded by at least one former President as "just a piece of paper" -- one that you use to wipe your ass with.
First impression made by the color scheme was "rotten guacamole". What's worse is that the section landing page had a decidedly Web1.0 feel to it -- I was actually looking around the page for Geocities banner ads, blink tags and little monkeys to punch.
Shit layout, shit color scheme, completely unreadable, overly busy. Yahoo needs to lay off their entire design staff. They have obviously been cubicle squatting since the 90s and likely never been outside Yahoo HQ or to any other website other than Yahoo since then.
And W - T - F is up with their logo? It's like they are trying to cross brand a Fraternity with a Womens Lifestyle mag.
Depends on which "future" you are talking about. The future where the bulk of personal data is stored on the cloud to be shared across devices and with friends, family and authorized services is one I think is bound to come to fruition.
The future where Corporations put their core infrastructure into the Cloud is not one I ever recall anyone talking about.
While I am not obese, I am a bit overweight and have had a very hard time losing it. Do I eat out? Rarely and when I do, it's usually to nicer places that serve organically grown produce and free range cattle. I'm not a deserts guy and rarely eat sweets or drink soda. I usually cook at home and make most everything from scratch, straight from the produce isle, be it pasta sauces, salsas, soups, cheese (queso fresca) or bread. Hell, I even roast my own coffee. The only sugar I have around the house is brown sugar and a small box lasts quite a while. And for oil I use olive oil, while still a fat, is rather healthy.
So -- where is this excess amount of sugar coming from? Perhaps the rampant use of high sucrose syrup is not as culpable for the obesity epidemic as you may think.
Personally, I think it's aliens. It's always aliens, ancient or otherwise.
Actually, what I think NEEDS to be done would be branded TERRORISM. Same as what the Patriots did in the 1770's would now be called TERRORISM. Best case, it would b branded SEDITION.
What we need is a rising of the masses and some good old lynchings of those formerly in power responsible of gross crimes against the people.
Jefferson would have agreed. But the Federal Reserve and Congress say such people should be sent to Gitmo. I expect my flying privileges are now and forever more revoked.
What consequences exactly? The same consequences Congress faced when they were found to be engaged in RAMPANT insider-trading? The same consequences the Bankers faced when they purposefully bankrupted Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac? The same consequences we see any member of government facing for the NSA spying debacle?
Look guy, I hate to break it to you but the "America" you believed in never really existed and it's never going to exist. In generations past, we had the facade of that America and everyone tried their best to preserve that ideal. But the cat's been out of the bag for quite awhile now.
Fact is, Congress and the President are jointly focused on obtaining as much power and control over you as possible. It's no longer about liberty, it's about Federal might and majesty.
It's just a matter of time before the entirely of the Constitution is circumvented by Congress.
We let dogs die as quickly and painlessly as possible because they have no soul. A person, especially a good Christian must receive all the medical care possible to maximize your suffering, because it's clearly god's will that you are suffering and just letting you die would be a sin. You do know that if you take your own life you'll burn in hell forever, don't you? Anyway, if god doesn't want you to suffer, he would have seen to it that you don't -- so you must have done something to deserve it if you are dying a slow, agonizing death. Perhaps he's preparing you for eternal damnation or maybe you need to suffer to let Jesus in on your death bed. Anyway, it's all in god's perfect little plan.
Isn't religion grand? Mono-theism has brought so much enlightenment and prosperity to our world.
This is the phase where we put a giant "laser" on the Moon. As you know, the Moon rotates around the Earth like so *spins moon globe around earth globe*. When the Moon reaches it's appropriate Lunar alignment, it will destroy Washington DC. You see, I've turned the Moon into what I like to call a "Death Star". Anyway, the key to this is the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge physicist Dr. Parsons. Therefore we shall call it The Alan Parsons Project
but full and complete information oh how our government runs is something a "free" country would be expected to know in detail.
Didn't you get the memo? On Sept 11th 2001 the US stopped being a "free" country and is now a "safe" country. So shut up about your worthless "freedom" and "constitution" and "rights" you terrorist defending traitor!
Santa Cruz is a nice place to spend a weekend but it's completely and utterly ISOLATED. It's a 45 minute drive from San Jose by way of the SR-17, which is a rally course set in a ravine. Every time I go through there, it's a stressful ride with a rock wall on one side, a concrete divider on the other and everyone wants to go 80 despite the 50mph limit. I'd probably enjoy the drive more if I had a Porsche or other low slung sports car, but not in my top heavy SUV careening through a narrow, curvy highway.
And that's the ONLY way to get there. There is no MassTransit Solution aside from possibly a bus. Being that the tech community is about CONNECTIVITY, Santa Cruz has no place in that culture because it is physically so unconnected. And don't lecture me about Skype and email etc -- we all know that's bullshit and for any real business to happen people will have to commute 45 minutes to an hour from SJ or 2 hours from SF to get there. And those without cars -- well, might as well leave the day before and get a hotel room because CalTrain + Bus will likely add up to 4 hours each way.
I think Starbucks uses slow consumer-grade DSL connections
No, they were probably using business class. I found out that AT&T Business class DSL has only about 1.3Mbps downstream, which is less than worthless and no higher speeds. This is because they want business class customers to go to Leased Lines, which is an absolute Joke.
Google really wants to fuck us, and they fuck us, then they pull out because they find out they are fucking us too hard, then they go back to fucking us again.
That's the "Google Way" -- we keep seeing this shit over and over and over again.
Really? So how do you explain squab and rabbit being on many menus in most metro cities in the US. Sure, squab and rabbit is not as common as New York Steak or Lamb Chops, but it's not exactly a rarity. I can tell you I see a lot more squab than I see mutton or venison.
So what do we place our hope for the future in now?
Global Resource shortages, Materials Science and 3D Printing.
When we can create most common goods and gadgets at home with freely shared designs created by people rather than corporations, then the current economic system will collapse, millions will die and many governments (chiefly the US Federal Government) will fall to the chaos.
Yes, it will be harsh and painful, and it might even set us back a few generations, but if we can retain out technology and knowledge through this period, then the world will emerge more socialized than ever or revert back to the dark ages. likely it will be a mix, dictated by the region you live in. The US would likely split to form some sort of militant theocracy and a socialist republic.
These are the actions of the Pegatron Group, a separate company from Apple that like FoxConn is a contractor. So why is it claimed that Apple that is mistreating workers? And why the exclusive focus on Apple when other high profile tech companies, including direct competitors who use these same companies with workers receiving the same treatment at those plants?
I suppose the most likely reason is because Apple is seen as the lead brand in consumer technology, and by slamming Apple in the press, they prompt Apple into action, but it also seems that by focusing on Apple, they unfairly saddle Apple with the cost of fixing this than the industry as a whole.
a terrorist could take over the navigation of a ship or even a plane,
Put a few dozen of these between LA and Long Beach and you can create traffic jams that will cripple a fundamental portion of the manufacturing supply chain to the US by sending tourists and GPS addicted drivers to the wrong off ramps, causing them to get back on, thereby blocking access to the main arterials and causing miles of gridlock and congestion preventing vital shipment from getting to and from the Ports in a timely manner. And just how long would it take for the DoT or local authorities to realize that a week long Carmageddon was maliciously manufactured?
That's behavior that most mammals do when they teethe due to physical discomfort.
Just give your puppy his own chew toys that he KNOWS are his and quickly correct him when he tries to chew on things not his and he'll soon learn what he can and can't chew on. Of course, different breeds are easier to train than others so YMMV.
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And perhaps more importantly, this finding goes a long way toward explaining why almost aliens in the universe look surprisingly identical to humans
I know this is tongue in cheek humor, but -- NO, IT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING OF THE SORT! DNA is chemical in origin and so goes, different chemical compositions of different planets would give rise to vastly different DNA compositions resulting in life nothing like our own.
The show creators admitted they made it up. It was a play on the use of the word "fab" by the mods in Britain in the 60s.
But that hasn't stopped fans and Wikipedia Editors from concocting their own meaning.
Fully Acknowledged and Briefed! Thunderbirds Are Go!
... that would just cheapen the word
As if the US Gov't cares about cheapening the value of anything. The Constitution is regarded by at least one former President as "just a piece of paper" -- one that you use to wipe your ass with.
First impression made by the color scheme was "rotten guacamole". What's worse is that the section landing page had a decidedly Web1.0 feel to it -- I was actually looking around the page for Geocities banner ads, blink tags and little monkeys to punch.
Shit layout, shit color scheme, completely unreadable, overly busy. Yahoo needs to lay off their entire design staff. They have obviously been cubicle squatting since the 90s and likely never been outside Yahoo HQ or to any other website other than Yahoo since then.
And W - T - F is up with their logo? It's like they are trying to cross brand a Fraternity with a Womens Lifestyle mag.
Depends on which "future" you are talking about. The future where the bulk of personal data is stored on the cloud to be shared across devices and with friends, family and authorized services is one I think is bound to come to fruition.
The future where Corporations put their core infrastructure into the Cloud is not one I ever recall anyone talking about.
And so it has begun. A Jobs is now as to CEOs as a Volkswagen Beetle is to physical size or Library of Congress is to Download Speed.
ask any Winklevoss you meet
*ahem* I believe the correct term is Winklevi
While I am not obese, I am a bit overweight and have had a very hard time losing it. Do I eat out? Rarely and when I do, it's usually to nicer places that serve organically grown produce and free range cattle. I'm not a deserts guy and rarely eat sweets or drink soda. I usually cook at home and make most everything from scratch, straight from the produce isle, be it pasta sauces, salsas, soups, cheese (queso fresca) or bread. Hell, I even roast my own coffee. The only sugar I have around the house is brown sugar and a small box lasts quite a while. And for oil I use olive oil, while still a fat, is rather healthy.
So -- where is this excess amount of sugar coming from? Perhaps the rampant use of high sucrose syrup is not as culpable for the obesity epidemic as you may think.
Personally, I think it's aliens. It's always aliens, ancient or otherwise.
Actually, what I think NEEDS to be done would be branded TERRORISM.
Same as what the Patriots did in the 1770's would now be called TERRORISM.
Best case, it would b branded SEDITION.
What we need is a rising of the masses and some good old lynchings of those formerly in power responsible of gross crimes against the people.
Jefferson would have agreed. But the Federal Reserve and Congress say such people should be sent to Gitmo.
I expect my flying privileges are now and forever more revoked.
What consequences exactly?
The same consequences Congress faced when they were found to be engaged in RAMPANT insider-trading?
The same consequences the Bankers faced when they purposefully bankrupted Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac?
The same consequences we see any member of government facing for the NSA spying debacle?
Look guy, I hate to break it to you but the "America" you believed in never really existed and it's never going to exist.
In generations past, we had the facade of that America and everyone tried their best to preserve that ideal.
But the cat's been out of the bag for quite awhile now.
Fact is, Congress and the President are jointly focused on obtaining as much power and control over you as possible.
It's no longer about liberty, it's about Federal might and majesty.
It's just a matter of time before the entirely of the Constitution is circumvented by Congress.
Except that we all know he's actually talking about the PEOPLE being made more transparent, NOT the Government.
We let dogs die as quickly and painlessly as possible because they have no soul. A person, especially a good Christian must receive all the medical care possible to maximize your suffering, because it's clearly god's will that you are suffering and just letting you die would be a sin. You do know that if you take your own life you'll burn in hell forever, don't you? Anyway, if god doesn't want you to suffer, he would have seen to it that you don't -- so you must have done something to deserve it if you are dying a slow, agonizing death. Perhaps he's preparing you for eternal damnation or maybe you need to suffer to let Jesus in on your death bed. Anyway, it's all in god's perfect little plan.
Isn't religion grand? Mono-theism has brought so much enlightenment and prosperity to our world.
This is the phase where we put a giant "laser" on the Moon. As you know, the Moon rotates around the Earth like so *spins moon globe around earth globe*. When the Moon reaches it's appropriate Lunar alignment, it will destroy Washington DC. You see, I've turned the Moon into what I like to call a "Death Star". Anyway, the key to this is the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge physicist Dr. Parsons. Therefore we shall call it The Alan Parsons Project
but full and complete information oh how our government runs is something a "free" country would be expected to know in detail.
Didn't you get the memo? On Sept 11th 2001 the US stopped being a "free" country and is now a "safe" country.
So shut up about your worthless "freedom" and "constitution" and "rights" you terrorist defending traitor!
Santa Cruz is a nice place to spend a weekend but it's completely and utterly ISOLATED. It's a 45 minute drive from San Jose by way of the SR-17, which is a rally course set in a ravine. Every time I go through there, it's a stressful ride with a rock wall on one side, a concrete divider on the other and everyone wants to go 80 despite the 50mph limit. I'd probably enjoy the drive more if I had a Porsche or other low slung sports car, but not in my top heavy SUV careening through a narrow, curvy highway.
And that's the ONLY way to get there. There is no MassTransit Solution aside from possibly a bus.
Being that the tech community is about CONNECTIVITY, Santa Cruz has no place in that culture because it is physically so unconnected.
And don't lecture me about Skype and email etc -- we all know that's bullshit and for any real business to happen people will have to commute 45 minutes to an hour from SJ or 2 hours from SF to get there. And those without cars -- well, might as well leave the day before and get a hotel room because CalTrain + Bus will likely add up to 4 hours each way.
I think Starbucks uses slow consumer-grade DSL connections
No, they were probably using business class. I found out that AT&T Business class DSL has only about 1.3Mbps downstream, which is less than worthless and no higher speeds. This is because they want business class customers to go to Leased Lines, which is an absolute Joke.
Google really wants to fuck us, and they fuck us, then they pull out because they find out they are fucking us too hard, then they go back to fucking us again.
That's the "Google Way" -- we keep seeing this shit over and over and over again.
MIT didn't do anything at all.
Who are we to try to influence the DoJ? It's not our job.
Really? So how do you explain squab and rabbit being on many menus in most metro cities in the US.
Sure, squab and rabbit is not as common as New York Steak or Lamb Chops, but it's not exactly a rarity.
I can tell you I see a lot more squab than I see mutton or venison.
So what do we place our hope for the future in now?
Global Resource shortages, Materials Science and 3D Printing.
When we can create most common goods and gadgets at home with freely shared designs created by people rather than corporations, then the current economic system will collapse, millions will die and many governments (chiefly the US Federal Government) will fall to the chaos.
Yes, it will be harsh and painful, and it might even set us back a few generations, but if we can retain out technology and knowledge through this period, then the world will emerge more socialized than ever or revert back to the dark ages. likely it will be a mix, dictated by the region you live in. The US would likely split to form some sort of militant theocracy and a socialist republic.
These are the actions of the Pegatron Group, a separate company from Apple that like FoxConn is a contractor. So why is it claimed that Apple that is mistreating workers? And why the exclusive focus on Apple when other high profile tech companies, including direct competitors who use these same companies with workers receiving the same treatment at those plants?
I suppose the most likely reason is because Apple is seen as the lead brand in consumer technology, and by slamming Apple in the press, they prompt Apple into action, but it also seems that by focusing on Apple, they unfairly saddle Apple with the cost of fixing this than the industry as a whole.
I agree -- let me be the first to make one:
M-O-O-N, that spells moon
a terrorist could take over the navigation of a ship or even a plane,
Put a few dozen of these between LA and Long Beach and you can create traffic jams that will cripple a fundamental portion of the manufacturing supply chain to the US by sending tourists and GPS addicted drivers to the wrong off ramps, causing them to get back on, thereby blocking access to the main arterials and causing miles of gridlock and congestion preventing vital shipment from getting to and from the Ports in a timely manner. And just how long would it take for the DoT or local authorities to realize that a week long Carmageddon was maliciously manufactured?
That's behavior that most mammals do when they teethe due to physical discomfort.
Just give your puppy his own chew toys that he KNOWS are his and quickly correct him when he tries to chew on things not his and he'll soon learn what he can and can't chew on. Of course, different breeds are easier to train than others so YMMV.