It's not evolution anymore than if some freak disease killed off all the green eyed people in the world.
That is evolution. If a freak disease that kills green eyed people kills all the green eyed people in the world, then no one in the remaining population will be vulnerable to the disease. As Peter Watts notes in this humorous presentation, evolution does not mean the "survival of the fittest". It is the "survival of the least inadequate".
A) The submachine gun, specifically the AK-47 developed in Russia. The submachine gun has allowed guerrila militaries to turn children into effective warriors: small, nimble, controllable, and able to kill large numbers of people.
B) The tank, developed by the British during World War I.
Wow. I never really got the hang of the French subjunctive, and although I've tried to use it, I've always been confused about it.
From what you've said, it sounds like the modern French subjunctive is useless. It will probably go out of style before long - a year ago, actually, a Parisian family visited my French class, and their 8 year old son did not use the subjonctif. Their 11 year old daughter knew about the subjunctive and used it, but not nearly so much as her parents.
I think that the use of the subjunctive in your example sentence makes the sentence stronger (than "They mandated that I am to be shot for installing Gentoo on a production server"). Is the purpose of the subjunctive in modern English to strengthen sentences?
I am sure that there is more to the subjunctive than that; or at least that there was more to the old subjunctive. Perhaps it is only because I know of the subjunctive through French, but I had believed that when stating something as only your opinion, you also used the subjunctive.
Oh, and in the sentence where you stated that many people mistakenly believe that they ought to replace "was" with "were" whenever they use a conditional, you wrote "was" and "were" in the wrong places. Giggle.
On the other hand we have people like Jared Diamond who write books to introduce scientific knowledge to everybody.
Guns, Germs and Steel is a vast simplification of human history, but that does not make it any less of an incredibly informative and interesting text, nor does it mean that Jared Diamond failed to answer the question of why some societies succeed where others fail.
The classic Encyclopedie was written by a group of French philosophers (led by Denis Diderot) who wanted to write a book that contained the vastness of human knowledge. They wrote articles on everything they could; from steam engines to the operations of farm equipment to Enlightenment-era philosophy.
This (original?) encyclopedia was banned by the authoritive sources of the day, specifically the Church. --
Actually, as I recall, it was only one friend of Feynman's whose locks were set to combinations from the transcendental numbers like pi and i. He realized this after seeing that the guy's secretary had written "pi = 3.14159" on a margin.
Most of the passwords were actually much less creative. It wasn't until after Feynman had left and come back to Los Alamos that he learned from another safecracker that many people left their combination locks set to the factory defaults (including the lieutenant with his huge safe). The story is that, at this time, he walked around Los Alamos and 2 or 3 fifths of the locks opened when he tried the factory defaults, which were 25-0-25 and 50-0-50.
I want to write an insanely clever and informative post and answer Milo's question in a way which would cause the calculating hordes of Slashdot moderaters to moderate my post to Score:5, Astounding!
Unfortunately, I've never used C++ before in my life. (except for a "Hello World!" back in High School)
Do the 1045-Hours-Free CDs do more damage than the older 720-Hours-Free CDs?
No. I have tested this. It all depends upon the flick of the wrist, the angle you throw it at, and where you hit them. Distance is relevent too, because sometimes they can get out of the way.
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The next few sentences in that paragraph clarifies what he said:
... no one who cares about computers uses Microsoft's anyway."
"All the computer people use Macs or Linux now
It's not evolution anymore than if some freak disease killed off all the green eyed people in the world.
That is evolution. If a freak disease that kills green eyed people kills all the green eyed people in the world, then no one in the remaining population will be vulnerable to the disease. As Peter Watts notes in this humorous presentation, evolution does not mean the "survival of the fittest". It is the "survival of the least inadequate".
Actually, p values are a measure of uncertainty: anything less than 0.05 is usually considered reliable.
Two more possibilities:
A) The submachine gun, specifically the AK-47 developed in Russia. The submachine gun has allowed guerrila militaries to turn children into effective warriors: small, nimble, controllable, and able to kill large numbers of people.
B) The tank, developed by the British during World War I.
Of course, there were countless people who are willing to tell you anything, including flat-out lies, to take your money.
See? There ARE drawbacks to Americanizing the whole world!
Wow. I never really got the hang of the French subjunctive, and although I've tried to use it, I've always been confused about it.
From what you've said, it sounds like the modern French subjunctive is useless. It will probably go out of style before long - a year ago, actually, a Parisian family visited my French class, and their 8 year old son did not use the subjonctif. Their 11 year old daughter knew about the subjunctive and used it, but not nearly so much as her parents.
I think that the use of the subjunctive in your example sentence makes the sentence stronger (than "They mandated that I am to be shot for installing Gentoo on a production server"). Is the purpose of the subjunctive in modern English to strengthen sentences?
I am sure that there is more to the subjunctive than that; or at least that there was more to the old subjunctive. Perhaps it is only because I know of the subjunctive through French, but I had believed that when stating something as only your opinion, you also used the subjunctive.
Oh, and in the sentence where you stated that many people mistakenly believe that they ought to replace "was" with "were" whenever they use a conditional, you wrote "was" and "were" in the wrong places. Giggle.
On the other hand we have people like Jared Diamond who write books to introduce scientific knowledge to everybody.
Guns, Germs and Steel is a vast simplification of human history, but that does not make it any less of an incredibly informative and interesting text, nor does it mean that Jared Diamond failed to answer the question of why some societies succeed where others fail.
I can't help but notice that you are not Chris Drake, the person originally credited with this comment.
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I'm innocent, and nobody saw me do it.
Aha! That's the reason for all the excitement!
Someone saw him do it!
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The classic Encyclopedie was written by a group of French philosophers (led by Denis Diderot) who wanted to write a book that contained the vastness of human knowledge. They wrote articles on everything they could; from steam engines to the operations of farm equipment to Enlightenment-era philosophy.
This (original?) encyclopedia was banned by the authoritive sources of the day, specifically the Church.
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No... at fifty cents per song, they'll only make half a buck.
Definitely not the way to go.
... but no Osama bin Laden.
I take it you haven't tried Linux/Dillo?
Man, this article came just in time! I've been sitting here all morning, thinking "hmmmm... I need a major."
Now I've found a place I can go to be productive to society!
Actually, as I recall, it was only one friend of Feynman's whose locks were set to combinations from the transcendental numbers like pi and i. He realized this after seeing that the guy's secretary had written "pi = 3.14159" on a margin.
Most of the passwords were actually much less creative. It wasn't until after Feynman had left and come back to Los Alamos that he learned from another safecracker that many people left their combination locks set to the factory defaults (including the lieutenant with his huge safe). The story is that, at this time, he walked around Los Alamos and 2 or 3 fifths of the locks opened when he tried the factory defaults, which were 25-0-25 and 50-0-50.
I want to write an insanely clever and informative post and answer Milo's question in a way which would cause the calculating hordes of Slashdot moderaters to moderate my post to Score:5, Astounding!
Unfortunately, I've never used C++ before in my life. (except for a "Hello World!" back in High School)
This story has been viewed 16586 times.
Either it's not static, or it is static and some gremlin has changed it to accomodate for the expectations of having been slashdotted.
Hey! The guy working for Arsys has a GREY hat!
For more information, remember that Microsoft did the same thing not too long ago.
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How do we metamoderate this to "-6, National Security" ?
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Who are the criminals here, the people violating our civil rights by using this thing or the former drug trafficer heading its development?
Oh, don't worry about that. So what if he used to be a drug trafficker, he was never arrested or charged, and that makes it okay.
Didn't you think to check the Dictionary?
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Do the 1045-Hours-Free CDs do more damage than the older 720-Hours-Free CDs?
No. I have tested this. It all depends upon the flick of the wrist, the angle you throw it at, and where you hit them. Distance is relevent too, because sometimes they can get out of the way.