Also the hairdos are a bit ridiculous. If more than a couple people do this, then wouldn't "the watchers" just flag anyone with preposterous hair for additional scrutiny?
Perhaps the citizen answer is to make bulky glasses fashionable... glasses that have big flanges at the bridge.
I don't think of caveman days as nostalgic; I just think there is value in treating our bodies like the animals they are.
Squirrels thrive on fatty nuts, and they hibernate. So in other words, they are designed to get obese off of pecans.
Yes, human lifespans have increased in the past 50 years despite highly chemical diets, but there are plenty of other factors. Medical technology has skyrocketed in that same time period. It seems at least as valid to say that lifespans have lengthened in spite of the increase in chemicals in the diet.
Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just tell people to model their behavior after other great apes.
Do gorillas spend all day on a couch? Do chimps eat hamburger? Do orangoutangs worry about their weight?
If we have a better picture of how pre-civilized humans lived, we would probably have a better idea of what's good for us.
Of course, there is a complication in that the stone age begins well before the advent of homo sapiens. So we actually have evolved since the time of basic civilization. But I imagine that some of our chemistry is a little slower than that. There are some things that seem pretty widespread among the animal kingdom. For example: how many obese wild animals do you see in the woods?
When working in IT, whenever I would encounter a weird networking problem that I couldn't immediately identify, I'd suggest maybe it had something to do with sunspot activity. This usually got the affected people scratching their heads long enough that I could concentrate on actually working on the problem instead of listening to them asking me what the problem was.
Casey Wong: On the international scene, the Amazon nuclear facility has blown its stack, irradiating the world's largest rain forest. Environmentalists are calling it a disaster. Jess Perkins: But don't they always.
Sure; I never claimed it actually was flame bait... only that it would be modded as such instantly if it were posted as a comment instead of an article.
Would it be terribly insulting to our intelligence to just link to the Wikipedia article? It would cost nothing to anyone, and, well, that's why Wikipedia is there in the first place.
Yes, I can do that search on my own... I guess I can compile all my own software too. But for some reason, some OSS projects actually compile it for me. Is that really so bad of them?
No, they decided to do it alphabetically. So they spent $13 million conducting market research in which they asked focus groups to name a country that starts with A and another that starts with B. After spending another $4 million running statistical analysis on the results (plus an additional $87 million trying to keep the analysis computers running, since after all they were Windows machines), they came to the conclusion that the ideal A country is Australia and the ideal B country is Brazil. Shortly they will be running a $150 million ad campaign depicting Kermit the Frog and Al Gore traveling from Australia to Brazil.
I went to this LAN Party and everyone was wearing togas and drinking alcoholic beverages and making out and... and I didn't even see any computers anywhere. It was very strange.
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At the moment, there are 237 comments on this thread. ;)
And I don't see a single reference to Skynet.
What's wrong with you people?
No, because glasses with a big flange at the bridge are noticeable too, and authorities would just look for those.
But if we can make it a fashion, then lots of people will have them.
Now... who on Slashdot is good at setting fashions? Oh. Dang.
This is the company that all but flat-out said they were tampering with a US election, right? And we trust them with... anything?
Also the hairdos are a bit ridiculous. If more than a couple people do this, then wouldn't "the watchers" just flag anyone with preposterous hair for additional scrutiny?
Perhaps the citizen answer is to make bulky glasses fashionable... glasses that have big flanges at the bridge.
As for the IR Hat, is that the new tinfoil?
1. But $100 violin, then claim it's a fake
2. Buy $5 violin, smash it up, send photo to PayPal
3. Profit!
I don't think of caveman days as nostalgic; I just think there is value in treating our bodies like the animals they are.
Squirrels thrive on fatty nuts, and they hibernate. So in other words, they are designed to get obese off of pecans.
Yes, human lifespans have increased in the past 50 years despite highly chemical diets, but there are plenty of other factors. Medical technology has skyrocketed in that same time period. It seems at least as valid to say that lifespans have lengthened in spite of the increase in chemicals in the diet.
Heh. Well, that kinda proves the point. The feeder skews the natural ecosystem. It's like you've set up a McSquirrelds out there. :)
Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just tell people to model their behavior after other great apes.
Do gorillas spend all day on a couch? Do chimps eat hamburger? Do orangoutangs worry about their weight?
If we have a better picture of how pre-civilized humans lived, we would probably have a better idea of what's good for us.
Of course, there is a complication in that the stone age begins well before the advent of homo sapiens. So we actually have evolved since the time of basic civilization. But I imagine that some of our chemistry is a little slower than that. There are some things that seem pretty widespread among the animal kingdom. For example: how many obese wild animals do you see in the woods?
When working in IT, whenever I would encounter a weird networking problem that I couldn't immediately identify, I'd suggest maybe it had something to do with sunspot activity. This usually got the affected people scratching their heads long enough that I could concentrate on actually working on the problem instead of listening to them asking me what the problem was.
Try it a few times: http://newtgingrich.com/
From the news:
Casey Wong: On the international scene, the Amazon nuclear facility has blown its stack, irradiating the world's largest rain forest. Environmentalists are calling it a disaster.
Jess Perkins: But don't they always.
(Wondering if you'll understand the joke here...)
You sure the Zune 2 won't be coming out any day now...?
I am currently on the fence trying to decide between Sprint and Verizon. I think Sprint just tipped me to their side with this.
Interesting that the NADs would be protecting me from beautiful women. Hm.
Sure; I never claimed it actually was flame bait... only that it would be modded as such instantly if it were posted as a comment instead of an article.
If I had posted the OP verbatim, it would be -1 flamebait faster than you can say "troll."
Ah well... should be an interesting thread.
Would it be terribly insulting to our intelligence to just link to the Wikipedia article? It would cost nothing to anyone, and, well, that's why Wikipedia is there in the first place.
Yes, I can do that search on my own... I guess I can compile all my own software too. But for some reason, some OSS projects actually compile it for me. Is that really so bad of them?
No, they decided to do it alphabetically. So they spent $13 million conducting market research in which they asked focus groups to name a country that starts with A and another that starts with B. After spending another $4 million running statistical analysis on the results (plus an additional $87 million trying to keep the analysis computers running, since after all they were Windows machines), they came to the conclusion that the ideal A country is Australia and the ideal B country is Brazil. Shortly they will be running a $150 million ad campaign depicting Kermit the Frog and Al Gore traveling from Australia to Brazil.
Don't knock 'em. Microsoft has a Big Brother reputation to uphold.
rstory, as the submitter of this question, you neglected to provide a link to yourself and your /. profile doesn't seem very informative.
Can you please give us a few details. Particularly, oh I dunno, maybe some info on where you like to park your car? Thanks!!
P.S. FYI, you can post stories as ac.
One???
No. RTFA yourself. It describes SOPA, but doesn't bother to say what it stands for.
Well then piss off, because every /. reader should know every acronym always.
I went to this LAN Party and everyone was wearing togas and drinking alcoholic beverages and making out and... and I didn't even see any computers anywhere. It was very strange.
Take yer data prease?