But you would think- at least I would -that for a lynchpin turn in the evolutionary progress of a species that one could dig up more than just one sample, look at it and point "missing link!". After all, it was a successful natural selection and should therefor be fairly wide spread.
I guess my question is why aren't we tripping all over these damn things instead of busting our asses finding just ONE, especially given the copious amount of fossil record we do find. I find it hard to believe that preservation is THAT hostile.
But then, I'm not the sort to hang all my Evolutionary hopes and dreams on exactly one sample either, like half the slashnot scientists here.
1. Not if you insist on determining a rational cause and effect. 2. Or they could have just washed ashore one day like Gilligan's Island. Fact is, you don't know any better than anybody else. 3. Ah, the joys of being a slashnot scientist...
"Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down... That's why a company like Apple has such an easier time of innovation.'"
And in the process has a consumer base several magnitudes larger than Apple will ever see? I mean come on, let's tell the whole story here. Just who are these people that think Windows is too slow? Obviously not the few million world wide who don't care enough either way to switch. Ok, take Apple for example... This comparison means what again in light of the formentioned fact? What, exactly has that alleged edge in innovation done for them? Sure as hell hasn't put them on top of the market place.
Maybe... Just maybe that backwards compatibility has helped MS some. Maybe even decided the tradeoff in performance was an acceptable loss in light of what the marketplace gain. But feel free to mention unfair business practices and all that. One of these days you'll realize it's not the sum total of M$'s success.
Many people overlook the benefit of engineering giant, semi-intelligent organic robots piloted angst ridden teens to combat the ethereal extra dimensional presence that is undoubtably melting the Antartic AS WE SPEAK, and will undoubtably attack mankind in the near future. I propose this project be located somewhere in Japan, as they are the obvious leaders in not only organic giant robotic technology, but fitting teen girls into skin tight piloting suits.
"Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities"
Now I'm the first one to rag on Google for being 'the good guy company' or to flame China's wonderful human rights, but before we all get too uppity, this could have easily happened in your country too. File this one under the "suddenly news department".
Agreed. Much better than wearing a old school deoderant brand, IMO. Of course, it does have a certain appeal in the slang. Maybe you could call these people "k-lined" or something. You know... Ed was K-Lined with a pacemaker. Come on... Klined. BANned... IRC... Wireless...
"Major benefits to matter in a superfluid state include superconductivity, a state where electrons would flow freely with no resistance, thus preserving the most amount of electrical charge during passage and providing the ability to save billions of dollars in 'lost electricity'."
And how much electricity does it take to keep this stuff at absolute zero? Just curious, because, y'know, there'd have to be an aweful lot of 'lost energy' gained to make up for the drain that process creates.
"but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have warned."
Oh, you mean more embrassing than finding cookies and cached images from pr0n sites and the like? Unless you're considering self comments like "he's so hawt! I'd so tap that!" Not that you that most people's surfing already involuntarily discloses their personal data like a sieve.
I'd be less concerned about people appending credit card numbers and such to files, not embrassement.
"'The Texas attorney general said on Wednesday that he added a new claim to a lawsuit charging Sony BMG Music Entertainment with violating the state's laws on deceptive trade practices by hiding 'spyware' on its compact discs"
Anybody else making the connection between this DRM tactic and those of the PSP, where Sony has plans to continuously update the DRM of the PSP with every new game release whether you like it or not. I'm sensing a disturbing trend- actually, it's been going on for quite some time now -in Sony's insistance on reguulating the hardware you already own contrary to your wishes.
Thankfully, their foothold on the PC industry is far less pervasive than it is in the console industry.
"About time that someone gives the recording industry the middle finger."
"...The initial bill's detractors who pushed for this amendment want a tax for author rights to be paid by everyone on the ISP fees."
Frankly, this is dealing with the devil to pay Paul before curiosity killed the cat...Ok, nevermind that, but this ammendment assumes everybody is guilty of usurping copyrighted material. In fact, you will be taxed no matter what the content of your file tranfers, even if you have never used P2P software in your life.
Look, I'm all for "sticking it to the man", but this is a fine, fine example of playing off a hot issue to make easy money. I feel sorry for anybody who actually supports this legislative spam in France, thinking it's a good deal or they're "sticking it to the man" when they're in reality sticking it to themselves and their friends.
"The ground-breaking technology could eventually lead to robots able to express emotions."
It could also eventially lead them to be made of blue cheese, or using humans as living batteries....OR it could be nothing more than a silly programming trick as to where the robot is programmed to recognize its own movement. So in reality, what we have here is yet another form of image recoginition with a few lines of code added in to compensate for movement.
Yeah, we're really on the road to self-awareness here...
"He found the prefect irritating sound by experimenting on his children."
I saw the same effect at a local mcDonalds a few years back in downtown Seattle. They started to play country music on the outside speakers and you wouldn't believe how fast some of the seedier teen traffic cleared out... To across the street, but hey, it worked:p
Everybody knows that this problem can be solved by boiling your Xbox.
The obvious solution aside, I'm surpried that people are actually taking this story seriously, at least this early on. Does the overheating Xbox story of the last launch ring any bells? Exactly how over-hyped was that again? I'm holding off on buying a 360 myself, but not for this reason.
And for every dollar donated, each kid will recieve the new iPod white 2006 Fruit Fucker! Ok, maybe not, but hats off to 'em for doing this sort of thing. It's an easy thing these days to take the money and run when it comes to internet profit.
Well let's see, these people only helped create a system that has not only impacted millions of people worldwide, but changed the nature of information dissemination and business commerce for you, your kids and their kids. You tell me if this is news worthy. On second thought, let me tell you. It's nothing short of revolutionary. Then you go about discrediting an example of another award, as if it somehow makes this any less newsworthy or deserving of recognition when it really has nothing to do with anything.
Yeah, some people will find the shit in anything if it's labelled Microsoft, Bush or [insertyourfavoritenamebrandehere], regardless of how deserving it is.. I thought we marked crap like this 'trolls'...
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Let's not forget... an overpriced bright white box.
But you would think- at least I would -that for a lynchpin turn in the evolutionary progress of a species that one could dig up more than just one sample, look at it and point "missing link!". After all, it was a successful natural selection and should therefor be fairly wide spread.
I guess my question is why aren't we tripping all over these damn things instead of busting our asses finding just ONE, especially given the copious amount of fossil record we do find. I find it hard to believe that preservation is THAT hostile.
But then, I'm not the sort to hang all my Evolutionary hopes and dreams on exactly one sample either, like half the slashnot scientists here.
1. Not if you insist on determining a rational cause and effect.
2. Or they could have just washed ashore one day like Gilligan's Island. Fact is, you don't know any better than anybody else.
3. Ah, the joys of being a slashnot scientist...
Which, ironically, doesn't make the question any less valid.
"Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down ... That's why a company like Apple has such an easier time of innovation.'"
And in the process has a consumer base several magnitudes larger than Apple will ever see? I mean come on, let's tell the whole story here. Just who are these people that think Windows is too slow? Obviously not the few million world wide who don't care enough either way to switch. Ok, take Apple for example... This comparison means what again in light of the formentioned fact? What, exactly has that alleged edge in innovation done for them? Sure as hell hasn't put them on top of the market place.
Maybe... Just maybe that backwards compatibility has helped MS some. Maybe even decided the tradeoff in performance was an acceptable loss in light of what the marketplace gain. But feel free to mention unfair business practices and all that. One of these days you'll realize it's not the sum total of M$'s success.
No, I don't care that it's a tower.
Many people overlook the benefit of engineering giant, semi-intelligent organic robots piloted angst ridden teens to combat the ethereal extra dimensional presence that is undoubtably melting the Antartic AS WE SPEAK, and will undoubtably attack mankind in the near future. I propose this project be located somewhere in Japan, as they are the obvious leaders in not only organic giant robotic technology, but fitting teen girls into skin tight piloting suits.
" Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista"
But I still haven't seen a real reason to actually buy windows yet... I mean, as opposed to, well, y'know...
"Yahoo Allegedly Sells Reporter Out to Chinese Authorities"
Now I'm the first one to rag on Google for being 'the good guy company' or to flame China's wonderful human rights, but before we all get too uppity, this could have easily happened in your country too. File this one under the "suddenly news department".
"The results are a good deal less impressive than Steve's boast"
Whoa, now. Not that that's ever happened before.
Er, yeah. you know. The new patch :p
Yeah, I noticed that too after I hit the submit button.
Speak for yourself. I'm keeping my talent points at 31/00/21 for nightfall and shadow burn.
...Eh, nevermind. You would have had to have been there.
"I prefer Personal Area Network (PAN), myself."
Agreed. Much better than wearing a old school deoderant brand, IMO. Of course, it does have a certain appeal in the slang. Maybe you could call these people "k-lined" or something. You know... Ed was K-Lined with a pacemaker. Come on... Klined. BANned... IRC... Wireless...
Ok, I'll shut up now.
"though how it works and how it is installed remains something of a mystery."
And what part about "boil your xbox" don't you understand again?
"Major benefits to matter in a superfluid state include superconductivity, a state where electrons would flow freely with no resistance, thus preserving the most amount of electrical charge during passage and providing the ability to save billions of dollars in 'lost electricity'."
And how much electricity does it take to keep this stuff at absolute zero? Just curious, because, y'know, there'd have to be an aweful lot of 'lost energy' gained to make up for the drain that process creates.
"but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have warned."
Oh, you mean more embrassing than finding cookies and cached images from pr0n sites and the like? Unless you're considering self comments like "he's so hawt! I'd so tap that!" Not that you that most people's surfing already involuntarily discloses their personal data like a sieve.
I'd be less concerned about people appending credit card numbers and such to files, not embrassement.
"'The Texas attorney general said on Wednesday that he added a new claim to a lawsuit charging Sony BMG Music Entertainment with violating the state's laws on deceptive trade practices by hiding 'spyware' on its compact discs"
Anybody else making the connection between this DRM tactic and those of the PSP, where Sony has plans to continuously update the DRM of the PSP with every new game release whether you like it or not. I'm sensing a disturbing trend- actually, it's been going on for quite some time now -in Sony's insistance on reguulating the hardware you already own contrary to your wishes.
Thankfully, their foothold on the PC industry is far less pervasive than it is in the console industry.
"Microsoft Set To Be Fined $2.4M a Day"
That's what those bastards get for shutting down New York with that transit strike.... Oh, wait...
"About time that someone gives the recording industry the middle finger."
...Ok, nevermind that, but this ammendment assumes everybody is guilty of usurping copyrighted material. In fact, you will be taxed no matter what the content of your file tranfers, even if you have never used P2P software in your life.
"...The initial bill's detractors who pushed for this amendment want a tax for author rights to be paid by everyone on the ISP fees."
Frankly, this is dealing with the devil to pay Paul before curiosity killed the cat
Look, I'm all for "sticking it to the man", but this is a fine, fine example of playing off a hot issue to make easy money. I feel sorry for anybody who actually supports this legislative spam in France, thinking it's a good deal or they're "sticking it to the man" when they're in reality sticking it to themselves and their friends.
"The ground-breaking technology could eventually lead to robots able to express emotions."
...OR it could be nothing more than a silly programming trick as to where the robot is programmed to recognize its own movement. So in reality, what we have here is yet another form of image recoginition with a few lines of code added in to compensate for movement.
It could also eventially lead them to be made of blue cheese, or using humans as living batteries.
Yeah, we're really on the road to self-awareness here...
"He found the prefect irritating sound by experimenting on his children."
:p
I saw the same effect at a local mcDonalds a few years back in downtown Seattle. They started to play country music on the outside speakers and you wouldn't believe how fast some of the seedier teen traffic cleared out... To across the street, but hey, it worked
Everybody knows that this problem can be solved by boiling your Xbox.
The obvious solution aside, I'm surpried that people are actually taking this story seriously, at least this early on. Does the overheating Xbox story of the last launch ring any bells? Exactly how over-hyped was that again? I'm holding off on buying a 360 myself, but not for this reason.
"Second, and this is key, they won't have to worry about anybody trying to pirate the first Blu Ray disc because nobody will want it :)"
Yes, because just everybody has the abilitiy to read bluray and burn it, chortle-chortle.
And for every dollar donated, each kid will recieve the new iPod white 2006 Fruit Fucker! Ok, maybe not, but hats off to 'em for doing this sort of thing. It's an easy thing these days to take the money and run when it comes to internet profit.
"This is newsworthy?"
Well let's see, these people only helped create a system that has not only impacted millions of people worldwide, but changed the nature of information dissemination and business commerce for you, your kids and their kids. You tell me if this is news worthy. On second thought, let me tell you. It's nothing short of revolutionary. Then you go about discrediting an example of another award, as if it somehow makes this any less newsworthy or deserving of recognition when it really has nothing to do with anything.
Yeah, some people will find the shit in anything if it's labelled Microsoft, Bush or [insertyourfavoritenamebrandehere], regardless of how deserving it is.. I thought we marked crap like this 'trolls'...