Title of the article is "'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years".
Of course, the news is that we have just discovered it isn't new:-)
Here's a medical one
"It's the wild colour scheme that freaks me," said Zaphod whose love affair with this ship had lasted almost three minutes into the flight, "Every time you try to operate on of these weird black controls that are labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done it.
This was the thing that bugged me most about the "improved security": I get increased privacy but FB gets to pimp out my friends. I'll pay more attention to those pencils in future;-)
I have a friends list called "sandbox". It is possible to add "untrusted" friends to a list like that (my sandbox is empty). My sandbox has always had less information than my "public" profile page! It definitely does now, since FB decided to pimp out my friends by making my friend list public.
I remember meeting someone whose "typical" immune system didn't work properly but who was able to function pretty well with the help of an "older" one. I don't know biology but assume this is more of the same?
If the poster could have got the code working in all cases, rather than (apparently) some special case, do you not think he would have written the best possible code and not added a comment to say otherwise?
I think you are following a "false" (i.e. unlikely enough to be a bit absurd) argument here.
And hats off to the coder with humanity enough to make other coders' jobs easier if things should get to the point of having to fix said code: at least we know where to look first.
The reason why mainstream media is hyping Windows 7 so much is: imagine what would happen if it tanked?
Microsoft shares would start to fall in price, then there would be lots of "knock-on" effects - and maybe even panic selling of all kinds of (possibly unrelated) stocks. Microsoft share price has been one of the most reliable things on the stock exchange.
So we have to keep Microsoft share price up. Buy a new computer, if you have to.
I know it might be difficult, particularly if you have lost your job - but try to look at the bigger picture.
If share prices don't keep on rising, how will pension funds continue to make money?
Ok, so you don't have a job, so don't have a pension - but try to look at the bigger picture.
Pension Fund administrators have jobs and they could lose their pensions - or even their jobs!
And then what would we do?
BBC's sitcoms aren't great but they have loads of great "panel" shows: they're ostensibly quiz shows but participants are usually either comedians or victims.
Examples:
Have I Got News For You: the first of this type - now has a "rotating" host since the original one had to leave after a prostitute/cocaine scandal (well, of course he had to turn up for one more show so that everyone else could make fun of him). The regular panelists are getting a bit lazy now - but the show has been running for more than 15 years. Think "The Daily Show" with less substance or heart but better insults.
Mock The Week: a newer version of the same thing but with explicit stand-up parts because it's 100% comedians. Google "Frankie Boyle", is all I can say.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks: music-oriented show where participants insult pop stars, frequently face-to-face. Chair seems to be rotating for this one now, too.
Would I Lie To You: quite new, a bit better-behaved than the others - but still entertaining
I regularly watch all the above, even if they are "out-of-date"...
Oops - where did the link go? In fact, our decisions can be affected by the temperature of things that we touch! Really, check out that link if you have time!
Check this out - particularly part 2. In fact, check out part 2 first: it makes you wonder how much we lie to ourselves and post-rationalise. We need to do it.
We get a buzz out of making decisions: therefore there is always an emotional component in "rationality".
However, there is a danger of being lazy, letting others do the thinking and just experiencing the "rational" buzz second-hand.
People can tend to accept outlandish things when they are said in a "sensible" tone-of-voice...
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Title of the article is "'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years". Of course, the news is that we have just discovered it isn't new :-)
Here's a medical one
I woulda left out the "[,]" in "he did it[,] because it" because "because" is a conjunction.
Ok then: use the grid power to create Hydrogen, keep that in a tank until it's needed to re-generate electricity :-)
...or a plugin for same....
"It's the wild colour scheme that freaks me," said Zaphod whose love affair with this ship had lasted almost three minutes into the flight, "Every time you try to operate on of these weird black controls that are labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done it.
(from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Doesn't exactly sound like this was a new and unforseen problem
It certainly wasn't.
Changing things at random in the hope of fixing a problem is called the Las Vegas method of programming.
"If this bus goes below 150 dB, we're dead".
I suppose it'd be called "Volume", and the next one "Volume 2".
Extra Light Beer = mc^2 ?
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Er, how about a watch that is powered inductively from the keyboard?
We may have moved from one box into another...
He got caught with his pants down and egg on his face
Did anyone save a copy of that photo?
This was the thing that bugged me most about the "improved security": I get increased privacy but FB gets to pimp out my friends. ;-)
I'll pay more attention to those pencils in future
I have a friends list called "sandbox". It is possible to add "untrusted" friends to a list like that (my sandbox is empty). My sandbox has always had less information than my "public" profile page! It definitely does now, since FB decided to pimp out my friends by making my friend list public.
I remember meeting someone whose "typical" immune system didn't work properly but who was able to function pretty well with the help of an "older" one. I don't know biology but assume this is more of the same?
I think you are following a "false" (i.e. unlikely enough to be a bit absurd) argument here.
And hats off to the coder with humanity enough to make other coders' jobs easier if things should get to the point of having to fix said code: at least we know where to look first.
First they came for the project managers...
There seems to be both a glut and a shortage of executives, though...
Yes: with the money saved, we could afford to hire more techies.
Knock-on benefit: actually getting more done.
The reason why mainstream media is hyping Windows 7 so much is: imagine what would happen if it tanked?
Microsoft shares would start to fall in price, then there would be lots of "knock-on" effects - and maybe even panic selling of all kinds of (possibly unrelated) stocks. Microsoft share price has been one of the most reliable things on the stock exchange.
So we have to keep Microsoft share price up. Buy a new computer, if you have to.
I know it might be difficult, particularly if you have lost your job - but try to look at the bigger picture.
If share prices don't keep on rising, how will pension funds continue to make money?
Ok, so you don't have a job, so don't have a pension - but try to look at the bigger picture.
Pension Fund administrators have jobs and they could lose their pensions - or even their jobs!
And then what would we do?
Examples:
I regularly watch all the above, even if they are "out-of-date"...
...and read: "Microsoft tried to torpedo the success of the Japan Linux Symposium by launching their Windows 7 product that same day".
I hope that was as much of a joke as Linus posing for a photo there.
Even so, there are too many tongues in too many cheeks - I'm a bit worried about catching something...
Oops - where did the link go?
In fact, our decisions can be affected by the temperature of things that we touch! Really, check out that link if you have time!
Check this out - particularly part 2. In fact, check out part 2 first: it makes you wonder how much we lie to ourselves and post-rationalise. We need to do it.
We get a buzz out of making decisions: therefore there is always an emotional component in "rationality".
However, there is a danger of being lazy, letting others do the thinking and just experiencing the "rational" buzz second-hand.
People can tend to accept outlandish things when they are said in a "sensible" tone-of-voice...
Now we have web services: an extra slash is the least of our problems ;-)
certain parts of the text are required to have greater visual emphasis relative to the rest of the document, as they tend to be the important parts
Is this a legal requirement?