...so if you have a fear, you avoid it like a frightened turtle hoping it will go away? Dear christ, why not just overcome your fear and deal with it? People are so bloody emotional in today's society of 'poor me' victimization. Force yourself to face your fears and GET OVER IT. It happened, yes, but that doesn't mean we should remove articles of history just because some assholes flew planes into them. Besides, wouldn't it be nice to see a good guy kicking ass on a site where we royally fucked up? Think about it.
As for being on topic, I think spiderman scaling the world trade center would have been very cool.:p
If by "bubblgum pop" you mean "Complete and utter trash that warps young girls into trashy whores and stifles imagination and independent thought," then yes, it is likely a big factor once one grows up.
According to netcraft, "The site www.cray.com is running Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6b on Solaris 8."
That has to be one crappy connection to divebomb solaris.
I look at it similarly
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I see a series of static shells, each representing a point in time, lined up like golf-balls in a row. Now, one could assume that time is linear, and that if you travel backward and eliminate your grandfather, then you have the paradox and you die. However, nothing in this world is really linear; evolution for example is almost certainly a bush... it branches out in all directions, forking wherever it feels. That is likely what time/space/dimensions are; forks at any turning point. So if you kill your grandfather, a brand new set of shells appear in a new direction in which you don't exist. Time travel and dimensional travel are, according to this hypothesis, one in the same, and that makes it all the more difficult.
Time travel wouldn't have to be a one-way trip, but it would most certainly be so if dimensional travel were not also harnessed somewhat.
Anonymous posting has been disabled due to advertiser's request? Are you insane?!?
Part of the beauty of slashdot is the ability to post your view without getting lambasted for it. I'm not a 'fp!' or 'you're a retard, Taco' kind of AC when I do, but sometimes I think things need to be said without my name attached.
Oh, and I guess you can't bash corporations anymore like you did. What's next, eliminating any poster who isn't in keeping with the various advertisers? God, shut slashdot down before subjecting it to this.
You're being a little mindless here. The company will take the cheapest option... this is the cheapest option if you go with Microsoft (and many companies want to upgrade anyway)
Linux would greatly reduce costs if Office ran on it and they didn't have to upgrade their OS after a set time period (least not via cost)
I don't have that much time, but: "Despite these facts of life, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new licensing scheme that forces organisations to upgrade products according to rigid timescales or pay higher prices."
Microsoft is allowed to have that kind of penalty imposed; all these OEMs needed to do was get together and contest various parts of the licence agreement.
I agree that they needed windows because of the demand, but that doesn't mean they take anything Microsoft demands without a whimper.
In the words of Blake, "Do not go gentle into that good night... Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Well, far be it for me, a biochemistry student, to argue with a dictionary that gives an overall definition of each word, but... you're wrong. Mutation is a genetic alteration at the cellular level; what these people are doing is training their bodies, in this case, their thumbs, in such a way that they have better control. You could technically paint with your toes as well (many people do it) but it's not a mutation. A mutation is a random alteration of one or more chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell resulting in different productions/responses. Nor is the parent of your comment correct, either; a mutation does NOT have to be in the germ line cells in order to be a mutation (in which case the mutation would be transmitted to offspring). Mutations can occur in standard mitotic cells and never be passed to offspring; Lemarkian inheritance has nothing to do with anything, but especially not with mitotic cells. I think we all know that a 'mutation' for the dexterity of the thumb is not occuring in the 'balls' of the 'gentlemen' who use technology and then father offspring.
The secret report, which was provided to Congress on Jan. 8, says the Pentagon needs to be prepared to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria.
I've got a lovely bunch of nuclears... there they are all standing in a row... big ones, small ones, ones the size of your head Give em a twist, a flick of the wrist, that's what that monkey said.
I have to ask... what has North Korea and Russia been doing lately to deserve this?
Ok, let's say you're an elected member of congress. How would your constituents like you to prioritize the following:
A. Fight Terrorists Wow... like there weren't terrorists before. Don't tell me the United States government's desire for a blank cheque on war is truly a priority for anyone but them and their own self interests. B. Fix Economy That is not the government's job. They are supposed to regulate it, which they aren't doing. C. Teach Our Children ...and when did teachers and parents stop existing? D. Fight Crime Finally, something remotely within their realm... wait, don't cops do this from municiple taxes? E. Cut Taxes Why don't they just improve services with the taxes they have, then cut them, instead of going on a roller coaster. Regardless, tax cutting isn't going to spend all of the money. F. Reduce deficit/Debt Reduction ...they're doing this now? C'mon... don't tell me you believe that. G. Explore Mars Try putting this below "Personal Gain, Personal Debt to Corporations, Congress-wide vacation packages, etc"
Assuming you don't have enough money for everything, what do you leave out? Well, in this case, I would suppose your brain.
I disagree. FF7 was wonderfully complete compared to FF5 and FF4. FF10 apparently is on par. FF6 was my personal favourite, yes on SNES, but playstation has so much potential. Chrono cross was also very good. Nintendo makes kiddie crap; I much prefer the more mature playstation approach.
Many corporations don't. Pepsi paid a total of $0 either last year or the year before (and I'm not going to claim for the others since I don't know, but I suspect the same). All their tax dollars go into bribing the politicians... and then the IRS comes after the little guy for a menial 2 grand. Don't tell me it's a democracy. It's only a democracy if you have money.
That's what the scientific method is all about. Disprove, disprove, disprove until a theory stands up to all tests... then take it down some more.
Einstein's theory is likely far from correct, so we need to create a new one. Why must scientists hold to 'truths' that they know aren't? We're just getting closer to the truth as allow for more and more variables. We learn, theories improve.
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So close your eyes during that part of movie; don't ruin it for the rest of us
Here is the WTC spiderman trailer, which fucking rules.
...so if you have a fear, you avoid it like a frightened turtle hoping it will go away?
:p
Dear christ, why not just overcome your fear and deal with it?
People are so bloody emotional in today's society of 'poor me' victimization.
Force yourself to face your fears and GET OVER IT. It happened, yes, but that doesn't mean we should remove articles of history just because some assholes flew planes into them.
Besides, wouldn't it be nice to see a good guy kicking ass on a site where we royally fucked up? Think about it.
As for being on topic, I think spiderman scaling the world trade center would have been very cool.
If by "bubblgum pop" you mean "Complete and utter trash that warps young girls into trashy whores and stifles imagination and independent thought," then yes, it is likely a big factor once one grows up.
According to netcraft,
"The site www.cray.com is running Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6b on Solaris 8."
That has to be one crappy connection to divebomb solaris.
I see a series of static shells, each representing a point in time, lined up like golf-balls in a row. Now, one could assume that time is linear, and that if you travel backward and eliminate your grandfather, then you have the paradox and you die.
However, nothing in this world is really linear; evolution for example is almost certainly a bush... it branches out in all directions, forking wherever it feels. That is likely what time/space/dimensions are; forks at any turning point. So if you kill your grandfather, a brand new set of shells appear in a new direction in which you don't exist.
Time travel and dimensional travel are, according to this hypothesis, one in the same, and that makes it all the more difficult.
Time travel wouldn't have to be a one-way trip, but it would most certainly be so if dimensional travel were not also harnessed somewhat.
Bush signed the Kyoto Agreement and is personally pleging 20 thousand to the wildlife federation in Alaska
*phew*
Anonymous posting has been disabled due to advertiser's request? Are you insane?!?
Part of the beauty of slashdot is the ability to post your view without getting lambasted for it. I'm not a 'fp!' or 'you're a retard, Taco' kind of AC when I do, but sometimes I think things need to be said without my name attached.
Oh, and I guess you can't bash corporations anymore like you did. What's next, eliminating any poster who isn't in keeping with the various advertisers? God, shut slashdot down before subjecting it to this.
You're being a little mindless here.
The company will take the cheapest option... this is the cheapest option if you go with Microsoft (and many companies want to upgrade anyway)
Linux would greatly reduce costs if Office ran on it and they didn't have to upgrade their OS after a set time period (least not via cost)
I don't have that much time, but:
"Despite these facts of life, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new licensing scheme that forces organisations to upgrade products according to rigid timescales or pay higher prices."
http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1127149
Well, perhaps it will save him in a few years when Microsoft DEMANDS that he/she upgrade to the newest OS based on the EULA.
HAH! I was going to do that too, but I figured biochem would be more useful.
This might keep linux in the running for a good long time; Office keeps most of the corporate world from using it.
Eh, I've had a long day :op
Yes, it is Dylan Thomas, for everyone else who wishes to bitch that I'm wrong.
Microsoft is allowed to have that kind of penalty imposed; all these OEMs needed to do was get together and contest various parts of the licence agreement.
I agree that they needed windows because of the demand, but that doesn't mean they take anything Microsoft demands without a whimper.
In the words of Blake, "Do not go gentle into that good night... Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Fight for what you believe in, or you deserve it.
Well, far be it for me, a biochemistry student, to argue with a dictionary that gives an overall definition of each word, but... you're wrong.
Mutation is a genetic alteration at the cellular level; what these people are doing is training their bodies, in this case, their thumbs, in such a way that they have better control. You could technically paint with your toes as well (many people do it) but it's not a mutation.
A mutation is a random alteration of one or more chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell resulting in different productions/responses.
Nor is the parent of your comment correct, either; a mutation does NOT have to be in the germ line cells in order to be a mutation (in which case the mutation would be transmitted to offspring). Mutations can occur in standard mitotic cells and never be passed to offspring; Lemarkian inheritance has nothing to do with anything, but especially not with mitotic cells. I think we all know that a 'mutation' for the dexterity of the thumb is not occuring in the 'balls' of the 'gentlemen' who use technology and then father offspring.
The secret report, which was provided to Congress on Jan. 8, says the Pentagon needs to be prepared to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria.
I've got a lovely bunch of nuclears...
there they are all standing in a row...
big ones, small ones, ones the size of your head
Give em a twist, a flick of the wrist, that's what that monkey said.
I have to ask... what has North Korea and Russia been doing lately to deserve this?
Ok, let's say you're an elected member of congress. How would your constituents like you to prioritize the following:
A. Fight Terrorists
Wow... like there weren't terrorists before. Don't tell me the United States government's desire for a blank cheque on war is truly a priority for anyone but them and their own self interests.
B. Fix Economy
That is not the government's job. They are supposed to regulate it, which they aren't doing.
C. Teach Our Children
...and when did teachers and parents stop existing?
D. Fight Crime
Finally, something remotely within their realm... wait, don't cops do this from municiple taxes?
E. Cut Taxes
Why don't they just improve services with the taxes they have, then cut them, instead of going on a roller coaster. Regardless, tax cutting isn't going to spend all of the money.
F. Reduce deficit/Debt Reduction
...they're doing this now? C'mon... don't tell me you believe that.
G. Explore Mars
Try putting this below "Personal Gain, Personal Debt to Corporations, Congress-wide vacation packages, etc"
Assuming you don't have enough money for everything, what do you leave out?
Well, in this case, I would suppose your brain.
I disagree. FF7 was wonderfully complete compared to FF5 and FF4.
FF10 apparently is on par.
FF6 was my personal favourite, yes on SNES, but playstation has so much potential.
Chrono cross was also very good.
Nintendo makes kiddie crap; I much prefer the more mature playstation approach.
Many corporations don't. Pepsi paid a total of $0 either last year or the year before (and I'm not going to claim for the others since I don't know, but I suspect the same).
All their tax dollars go into bribing the politicians... and then the IRS comes after the little guy for a menial 2 grand.
Don't tell me it's a democracy. It's only a democracy if you have money.
You're a moron. :p
How can they reproduce if they're sterile
Just my congrats.
Very cute way of doing it on this valentines.
That's what the scientific method is all about. Disprove, disprove, disprove until a theory stands up to all tests... then take it down some more.
Einstein's theory is likely far from correct, so we need to create a new one. Why must scientists hold to 'truths' that they know aren't? We're just getting closer to the truth as allow for more and more variables. We learn, theories improve.
Someone moderate +1 troll to the poster of the article!