No, I don't think it would be as easy as all that. Unless you are going to custom-tailor a virus based on the 0.00001% or so of DNA that makes the clone different from all other humans, you will end up with an outrageous amount of co-lateral damage among the surrounding populace, or worse, among YOUR troops. You also have the problem of mutation rates in your newly created virus. Could you guarantee that the release of said pathogen will not mutate in nature and kill all primates?
Every time I read a ZiffDavis [eweek] article, I am amazed that they so blatantly put a pro-Micro$oft/Anti-Linux spin on it.
For example, a recent article says CERT issued 29 alerts, 16 of which were for Linux/Open Source apps, and only 9 for M$'s bloated crashing system. It doesn't say that most of the alerts for Linux were for local vulnerabilities except for OpenSSH and Apache, and that most of the M$ alerts were for remote exploits like scripting vulnerabilities in IIS, Outlook, IExplore...
Your essay on American/Canadian relations was very enlightening if not complete. We take a perverse pleasure in bashing our southern cousins too. We are so damned smug about our righteousness in all matters both great and small that we will couch our own ignorance in silly little anti-american jokes just to try to justify the idea that our "unique" Canadian culture is something both special and new in the world. It's not.
Our kids are able to travel freely in the world, throwing their chocolate wrappers and soda cans in the streets and pissing on the monuments of their host countrys, knowing that as long as they have a Canadian flag sewn onto their backpack they are safe from the dangers imposed upon our American brothers and sisters.
In Canada we wear Nike shoes, made by slave labour; we use computer parts made by slave labour; almost all of our wealth and privlege comes from slave labour. Same as in America.
The reason behind this self-immolation? So that perhaps the smug bastards on both sides of the 49th will give their stupid, ignorant heads a shake and see what our arrogance is doing to the rest of the world.
Considering what they have done to this guy and others, it's not surprising that ICANN would fillibuster our elected board member's rights to look at the books, and then dump him at the first opportunity. ICANN has shown that they care not one iota for either common sense or common law unless you have at least a billion dollar market-cap.
I think it's more than just a coincidence that the sighting of this giant bird perfectly coincides with this year's harvest of the world-famous Alaskan Thunderfuck.
Settle the fuck down! There's no fucking need to use that sort of fucking language around here. If the stupid fucker wants to use fsck instead of a good old fashioned fuck, then let him. The cyber-nanny on his mommy's fucking computer probably won't let him send anything with the word fuck in it anyway.
Besides, what the fuck does his post have to do with you anyway, asshat?
Not AC Clark. He's got science on his side mostly. I can't remember who it is and I have put the novel into a box in the bottom of my storage shed so I don't know his name.
I'm pretty sure that the book was called "Colony" but I can't be sure. Rest assured that it was a waste of time and money.
More fiction and speculation has been written on this subject than you could throw a stick at.
K.S. Robinson blew the counterweight off of his space elevator in his awesome mars series, and it encircled the equator almost three times. By the time it was almost completely down, the heat from re-entry and pressure of impact caused the carbon whiskers to turn into pure diamond and bucky-balls (Buckminster Fullerenes).
Now, sure I know that it is only fiction, but so was 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea' when it was written.
I also read a crappy book that placed the elevator on the polar axis instead of on the equator. It was written by some famous British guy who had written piles of stuff for Dr. Who and Red Dwarf among others. It answered the nagging question as to why I hate TV Science Fiction; There's virtually no science involved at all.
Now children, play nice and I'll bring you both out to bash some Window$ later, OK?
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"Look at it at every way, Canada is an American state."
Actually we're a virtual protectorate.
"I mean, what have you got that is special to you, other than "eh" and the pesky french?"
Lots and lots of oil and gas, lumber, water, maple syrup, freedom, basic medical care [and honest, it works], ores, diamonds, moose meat, ptarmigan, almost all of your hockey players, and lots of other stuff that I seem to have forgotten due to the superior quality of our electric lettuce.
That said, most of us canadians would agree that the US is like the Skipper and Canada is Gilligan, his little buddy.
Or else if we made ourselves as characters in The Godfather:
Papa: The United Kingdom Mama: France Sonny: The United States Connie: Saudi Arabia Freido: Isreal Micheal: China Tom: Canada
Oh, wait. I have to go. In Canada they shut down electricity and water services after 8:30pm.
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No, I don't think it would be as easy as all that. Unless you are going to custom-tailor a virus based on the 0.00001% or so of DNA that makes the clone different from all other humans, you will end up with an outrageous amount of co-lateral damage among the surrounding populace, or worse, among YOUR troops. You also have the problem of mutation rates in your newly created virus. Could you guarantee that the release of said pathogen will not mutate in nature and kill all primates?
When I say "you" I mean the collective "we".
Skuncle
6.) Galeon
7.) GQView
8.) ABIWord
9.) Emacs
10.) NmapFE
And there's more, much more...
Of The Bloodhound Gang, Jesus [pronounced 'Hay-Zeus'] is a guy they know who steals hubcaps from cars.
Hope this answers your question.
Skuncle
he's dead, Jim.
No, wait...That's just his career!
Every time I read a ZiffDavis [eweek] article, I am amazed that they so blatantly put a pro-Micro$oft/Anti-Linux spin on it.
For example, a recent article says CERT issued 29 alerts, 16 of which were for Linux/Open Source apps, and only 9 for M$'s bloated crashing system. It doesn't say that most of the alerts for Linux were for local vulnerabilities except for OpenSSH and Apache, and that most of the M$ alerts were for remote exploits like scripting vulnerabilities in IIS, Outlook, IExplore...
Makes ya wonder.
Ahh. Touche`
A slashdotter having a girlfriend? And actually screwing her??
Now I've heard everything.
Ahh, my southern neighbour...
We call the war of 1812 the war of 1812.
Your essay on American/Canadian relations was very enlightening if not complete. We take a perverse pleasure in bashing our southern cousins too. We are so damned smug about our righteousness in all matters both great and small that we will couch our own ignorance in silly little anti-american jokes just to try to justify the idea that our "unique" Canadian culture is something both special and new in the world. It's not.
Our kids are able to travel freely in the world, throwing their chocolate wrappers and soda cans in the streets and pissing on the monuments of their host countrys, knowing that as long as they have a Canadian flag sewn onto their backpack they are safe from the dangers imposed upon our American brothers and sisters.
In Canada we wear Nike shoes, made by slave labour; we use computer parts made by slave labour; almost all of our wealth and privlege comes from slave labour. Same as in America.
The reason behind this self-immolation? So that perhaps the smug bastards on both sides of the 49th will give their stupid, ignorant heads a shake and see what our arrogance is doing to the rest of the world.
- Skuncle being grumpy.
Considering what they have done to this guy and others, it's not surprising that ICANN would fillibuster our elected board member's rights to look at the books, and then dump him at the first opportunity. ICANN has shown that they care not one iota for either common sense or common law unless you have at least a billion dollar market-cap.
I think it's more than just a coincidence that the sighting of this giant bird perfectly coincides with this year's harvest of the world-famous Alaskan Thunderfuck.
Settle the fuck down! There's no fucking need to use that sort of fucking language around here. If the stupid fucker wants to use fsck instead of a good old fashioned fuck, then let him. The cyber-nanny on his mommy's fucking computer probably won't let him send anything with the word fuck in it anyway.
Besides, what the fuck does his post have to do with you anyway, asshat?
No...
Not AC Clark. He's got science on his side mostly. I can't remember who it is and I have put the novel into a box in the bottom of my storage shed so I don't know his name.
I'm pretty sure that the book was called "Colony" but I can't be sure. Rest assured that it was a waste of time and money.
More fiction and speculation has been written on this subject than you could throw a stick at.
K.S. Robinson blew the counterweight off of his space elevator in his awesome mars series, and it encircled the equator almost three times. By the time it was almost completely down, the heat from re-entry and pressure of impact caused the carbon whiskers to turn into pure diamond and bucky-balls (Buckminster Fullerenes).
Now, sure I know that it is only fiction, but so was 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea' when it was written.
I also read a crappy book that placed the elevator on the polar axis instead of on the equator. It was written by some famous British guy who had written piles of stuff for Dr. Who and Red Dwarf among others. It answered the nagging question as to why I hate TV Science Fiction; There's virtually no science involved at all.
Just my $0.02
OK! Just wondering after all.
I don't mean to be a maroon but you spelled 'knoll' wrong yet in your .sig you got 'anthropomorphized' right. What does this mean?
Now children, play nice and I'll bring you both out to bash some Window$ later, OK?
It's unfortunate that our stuff wears out, but apart from a quick and useless fix like putting an Obus-forme on your chair, your best bet is to bite the bullet and replace your chair every couple of years. And don't skimp. Scoop one with adjustable height, tilt, and lumbar support. You can get a pretty decent chair for about $300CAD, which is cheap considering that we're talking about your back here.
ASSHAT???
I have gotta remember that one.
You had pennies?
I guess that he was just lucky to have a cell tower on top of that mountain, eh?
"Look at it at every way, Canada is an American state."
Actually we're a virtual protectorate.
"I mean, what have you got that
is special to you, other than "eh" and the pesky french?"
Lots and lots of oil and gas, lumber, water , maple syrup, freedom, basic medical care [and honest, it works], ores, diamonds, moose meat, ptarmigan, almost all of your hockey players, and lots of other stuff that I seem to have forgotten due to the superior quality of our electric lettuce.
That said, most of us canadians would agree that the US is like the Skipper and Canada is Gilligan, his little buddy.
Or else if we made ourselves as characters in The Godfather:
Papa: The United Kingdom
Mama: France
Sonny: The United States
Connie: Saudi Arabia
Freido: Isreal
Micheal: China
Tom: Canada
Oh, wait. I have to go. In Canada they shut down electricity and water services after 8:30pm.
Skuncle
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