It's a total waste of money buying in because the sort of people who'll follow everyone and care about the number of followers they have are generally idiots
Those people are the best targets for marketing campaigns.
Reports that build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus, with some invisible hand guiding everything and everyone... where have I heard that, before?
They bred tameness into the foxes, much different than curly tails.
Foxes in the domesticated population show an unusually high incidence of certain other changes, including (clockwise from top left) floppy ears, shortened legs and tails, tails curled upward like dogsâ(TM), and underbites and overbites. The rates of some common aberrations are compared in the table. In addition to the Stardepigmentation pattern, the increased incidence of doglike tail characteristics was most marked.
Right! They were breeding tameness (also t3h suck in t3h wild) and the curly tail is the most common side-effect.
Thanks for the link, now I can remember that correctly : )
4. Evolution works through mutation. Errrrgghh... I disagree with Stephen Hawking. Ok, mutation helps, but you know what? Evolution doesn't need it. Most mutations result in a f*kup, not something useful. Evolution just needs seperate populations and/or environments. Eventually populations diverge and become more suited to their environments.
I feel weird....
-Tony
And how do they diverge? Through mutations. Most get weeded out, some are kept, and as more and more add up, the populations diverge.
Ten thousand years is only 400 twenty-five year generations. That's not a lot of time for any significant alteration in how our evolution works...
Not true, at all. I recall reading about a study (in Russia, iirc) where scientists attempted to breed a specific trait into wild foxes. They went through a program of selective breeding and in _seven_ generations, they successfully altered the genetic traits of the animal. Seven. So, 400 generations is _PLENTY_ of time for evolution to alter our species in meaningful ways given that it can be accomplished (admittedly, in a controlled environment) in just 7.
IIRC that was a curly tail... which is not advantageous in nature. The point of natural selection is not "can you get a change in a few generations", the point is to get a change that is advantageous in the long run.
Hawking himself may be an example of this - no ability to waste time on sports, etc., but plenty of time to think about theoretical physics, and potentially lots of spare brain capacity that would otherwise have been learning how to hit a ball with a stick, etc.
Hawking himself has addressed this: It takes him so much time just to get dressed, or go to the bathroom, that this overcomes any time not "wasted" on sports.
Wait so it's Microsoft's fault that 3rd parties are developing on their OS only?
They're the ones buying out the companies that make good Mac games (Marathon -> Halo) and making their products Microsoft-compatible-only, and they're the one making avarious other backhanded deals to secure exclusivity of games on their platforms, so yes, it's their fault if their efforts achieve the desired result.
Ask "Joe the Plumber" who asked, are you trying to tax me out of my ambitions?" (Paraphrasing) and the media scrambled to learn everything about him, ratting him out to the local union house so he can't get a job there, and starting a media wave to make him look like some kind of hick.
He is some kind of hick, that was his whole shtick!
You know, a lot of Europeans probably think that U.S. reluctance to embrace the metric system is just another example of our arrogance. But a lot of Americans (like me) are genuinely interested in adopting this system. We even passed a law in 1975 trying to mandate it.
The real problem is that it is surprisingly hard to embrace a new system of measurement when you've spent your entire life thinking in different terms.
75, eh? Surprisingly hard, eh? So it's not that you're arrogant, it's just that both Canada and Mexico are better than you? They managed it in 75.
Hmm. Our economy is a disaster. We have two wars going on with no real plan to get out of either. We have a health care problem in this country that nobody has proposed a meaningful solution to. The national debt is increased every year with no end in sight. We have multiple states on the verge of financial ruin. Our national infrastructure is falling apart in many ways and places. Our education system is falling behind further every year.
And several critical countries around the world are increasingly unstable; including one that is developing nuclear weapons and ICBMs that could reach our country.
And for some reason marijuana is an important issue? Are you kidding me? I don't see how it could possibly be more relevant than any of the issues I already listed. If we could solve all of them, then I would be comfortable with our national government looking into this "marijuana issue" (whatever the hell the issue is). But until then I don't see why it merits the time of our government.
Exactly. The government has too many real problems to waste it's time prosecuting something that should be legal. STOP WASTING RESSOURCES JAILING POTHEADS, you can't even afford it.
If he was carrying over $10,000 they could have reminded him of his legal obligation to file a CMIR. (...) from or to a place outside the United States
It was a domestic flight.
That just makes the TSA doubly wrong. I pointed out the CMIR regulation because IF he was traveling internationally and IF he was carrying over $10,000 the TSA might have a reason to get involved. Neither condition existed.
They're just acting out on the DEA guidelines: Anyone with more than a few bills in cash is a drug dealer (arrest them so we can their their stuff!).
If he was carrying over $10,000 they could have reminded him of his legal obligation to file a CMIR. (...) from or to a place outside the United States
I'm afraid if you want change, it has to come from within. The Iranian people will have to rise up and displace their government, by force if necessary. Chatting about it on the net won't help, and the US is not going to at all be interested in forcing change at this point. As with pretty much any real change in life, at has to come from within. If this really matters to the people of Iran, then they have the power to change it.
As others have pointed out in this thread already: 1953, operation AJAX.
They had a democracy, the US and the Brits killed it.
Now, if they can just treat the movies as non-canon, all will be right with the world. New Futurama is always welcome.
The end of Green Yonder has them SPOILER move into another universe/SPOILER, with just the ship and crew. They can therefore ignore pretty much everything done before.
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It's a total waste of money buying in because the sort of people who'll follow everyone and care about the number of followers they have are generally idiots
Those people are the best targets for marketing campaigns.
Reports that build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus, with some invisible hand guiding everything and everyone... where have I heard that, before?
There's that, and also this: http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/print.html
They bred tameness into the foxes, much different than curly tails.
Foxes in the domesticated population show an unusually high incidence of certain other changes, including (clockwise from top left) floppy ears, shortened legs and tails, tails curled upward like dogsâ(TM), and underbites and overbites. The rates of some common aberrations are compared in the table. In addition to the Stardepigmentation pattern, the increased incidence of doglike tail characteristics was most marked.
Right! They were breeding tameness (also t3h suck in t3h wild) and the curly tail is the most common side-effect.
Thanks for the link, now I can remember that correctly : )
If Hawking is saying our evolution is now dependent on our (for most people) public education system... we're fucked.
Pack your bags, it's Idiocracy time.
That movie was missing the Morlocks. All we ever saw were the Eloi.
4. Evolution works through mutation.
Errrrgghh... I disagree with Stephen Hawking. Ok, mutation helps, but you know what? Evolution doesn't need it. Most mutations result in a f*kup, not something useful. Evolution just needs seperate populations and/or environments. Eventually populations diverge and become more suited to their environments.
I feel weird....
-Tony
And how do they diverge? Through mutations.
Most get weeded out, some are kept, and as more and more add up, the populations diverge.
Ten thousand years is only 400 twenty-five year generations. That's not a lot of time for any significant alteration in how our evolution works...
Not true, at all. I recall reading about a study (in Russia, iirc) where scientists attempted to breed a specific trait into wild foxes. They went through a program of selective breeding and in _seven_ generations, they successfully altered the genetic traits of the animal. Seven. So, 400 generations is _PLENTY_ of time for evolution to alter our species in meaningful ways given that it can be accomplished (admittedly, in a controlled environment) in just 7.
IIRC that was a curly tail... which is not advantageous in nature.
The point of natural selection is not "can you get a change in a few generations", the point is to get a change that is advantageous in the long run.
Hawking himself may be an example of this - no ability to waste time on sports, etc., but plenty of time to think about theoretical physics, and potentially lots of spare brain capacity that would otherwise have been learning how to hit a ball with a stick, etc.
Hawking himself has addressed this: It takes him so much time just to get dressed, or go to the bathroom, that this overcomes any time not "wasted" on sports.
Wait so it's Microsoft's fault that 3rd parties are developing on their OS only?
They're the ones buying out the companies that make good Mac games (Marathon -> Halo) and making their products Microsoft-compatible-only, and they're the one making avarious other backhanded deals to secure exclusivity of games on their platforms, so yes, it's their fault if their efforts achieve the desired result.
anticipate a greater resistive effect from thee air on multiple smal grains of sannd
For someone making so much sense, you sure type like a retard :)
Ask "Joe the Plumber" who asked, are you trying to tax me out of my ambitions?" (Paraphrasing) and the media scrambled to learn everything about him, ratting him out to the local union house so he can't get a job there, and starting a media wave to make him look like some kind of hick.
He is some kind of hick, that was his whole shtick!
Reaching adulthood and then preserving the body of a 20-year-old forever is one thing.
And that thing is necrophilia.
I think the adoption of metric is ultimately just another statist thing. If you ask me, every country should have its own unit of measurement.
Why stop there? Ever PERSON should have their own set of measurements! AND those should change according to time of day and weather.
If you're going to cause a civilization-stopping boondoggle, go for broke!
Fahrenheit is one of the few units I prefer over the metric counterpart. At least when talking about weather
Because having 0 as the freezing point is much, MUCH too clear, precise and concise?
You know, a lot of Europeans probably think that U.S. reluctance to embrace the metric system is just another example of our arrogance. But a lot of Americans (like me) are genuinely interested in adopting this system. We even passed a law in 1975 trying to mandate it.
The real problem is that it is surprisingly hard to embrace a new system of measurement when you've spent your entire life thinking in different terms.
75, eh? Surprisingly hard, eh? So it's not that you're arrogant, it's just that both Canada and Mexico are better than you? They managed it in 75.
How would they actually achieve stable flight though?
Current technology requires computers to keep designs like this stable in the air.
The Horten Bros. actually flew many all-wing crafts, including the glider prototype for this wonderweapon.
Check out Dave Power's (cool name, eh?) efforts to build an RC replica of a flat NASA prototype http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-5ctTWQODk&feature=channel_page
Says who?
Typical Marijuana Side Effects:
* Enhanced cancer risk
That's not even true. Stop spreading FUD, you tool.
Hmm. Our economy is a disaster. We have two wars going on with no real plan to get out of either. We have a health care problem in this country that nobody has proposed a meaningful solution to. The national debt is increased every year with no end in sight. We have multiple states on the verge of financial ruin. Our national infrastructure is falling apart in many ways and places. Our education system is falling behind further every year.
And several critical countries around the world are increasingly unstable; including one that is developing nuclear weapons and ICBMs that could reach our country.
And for some reason marijuana is an important issue? Are you kidding me? I don't see how it could possibly be more relevant than any of the issues I already listed. If we could solve all of them, then I would be comfortable with our national government looking into this "marijuana issue" (whatever the hell the issue is). But until then I don't see why it merits the time of our government.
Exactly. The government has too many real problems to waste it's time prosecuting something that should be legal. STOP WASTING RESSOURCES JAILING POTHEADS, you can't even afford it.
But, once they use up all the wind, how will I fly my kite?
The Geordie Way: Find an unattended windmill, and reverse the polarity!
A lot of video producers like to rely on the fact that Flash makes it difficult to download videos to your hard drive.
A lot of video producers don't know about FlashGot.
If he was carrying over $10,000 they could have reminded him of his legal obligation to file a CMIR. (...) from or to a place outside the United States
It was a domestic flight.
That just makes the TSA doubly wrong. I pointed out the CMIR regulation because IF he was traveling internationally and IF he was carrying over $10,000 the TSA might have a reason to get involved. Neither condition existed.
They're just acting out on the DEA guidelines: Anyone with more than a few bills in cash is a drug dealer (arrest them so we can their their stuff!).
If he was carrying over $10,000 they could have reminded him of his legal obligation to file a CMIR. (...) from or to a place outside the United States
It was a domestic flight.
Get off the fence and start sharing.
A lack of sharing is pretty clearly responsible for the success of the attacks on 9/11.
Which lead to ther budget DOUBLING.
Watching thousands of people die was very good for their expense accounts.
I'm afraid if you want change, it has to come from within. The Iranian people will have to rise up and displace their government, by force if necessary. Chatting about it on the net won't help, and the US is not going to at all be interested in forcing change at this point. As with pretty much any real change in life, at has to come from within. If this really matters to the people of Iran, then they have the power to change it.
As others have pointed out in this thread already: 1953, operation AJAX.
They had a democracy, the US and the Brits killed it.
Now, if they can just treat the movies as non-canon, all will be right with the world. New Futurama is always welcome.
The end of Green Yonder has them SPOILER move into another universe /SPOILER, with just the ship and crew.
They can therefore ignore pretty much everything done before.
And I don't know where I am...