Really... how many people are going to watch this ripped version at home and be satisfied with it??? If they are, chances are they belong to the group of people that wouldn't bother going and seeing it anyway...
I feel that they'll still make more than their fair share of money off of it. I don't know of too many people that have their own movie theater, and if they did I doubt they'd settle for watching a ripped version of the movie. I doubt it makes a signifigant difference in the revenue of the movie.
I swear, everytime I check slashdot it seems like there is a timeline of _______ on there... I wonder if anyone is keeping track of this. Someday there'll be a story on here about "Now introucing the timeline of mentionings of timelins"
Re:Coqui, the only frogs with no tadpoles
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Do they have absolutely no tadpole stage, or do they have a tadpole stage that is greatly reduced and all takes place while they are still inside the eggs so they hatch out as "adults"?
Actually, rubbing anbesol and similar products on frogs heads is one common trick in herp (herps = reptiles and ambhibians collectively) photography.... Wash it off when you're through and they seem to do fine... Of course, many times the frogs are sacrificed for scientific collections afterwards so I doubt it really matters... the anbesol is nothing compared to the 1:4 saturated chloretone:water solution they will soon be dumped in.
Probably wouldn't work. If you've caught frogs before you might notice that calling males will usually quit calling when you get near and also burrow into the ground...
Holy shit! $75 per frog???? Do you have any literature to back this up? I could be a rich man...... (not only cathing them, but breeding them in captivity and taking in the captive ones for $$$)
Re:I thought amphibians were disappearing?
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Amphibians ARE on the decline. Take the golden toad for example... Everyone was a *little* worried when they were limited in numbers... then 500 calling males were all that were known, the next year, it was something like 3 frogs, and now there haven't been ANY of these seen for over 7 years.
When a frog like this is introduced somewhere where there are no predators, they will thrive.
You are right about some species being hardier than others... Some species have a high tolerance to various things, while others can die off from an abrupt change of humidity over a couple years.
I can personally vouch for several "mutant" frogs which are more and more common now... but the cause of these mutants cannot be pinned down... it varies from species to species, but is probably a number of things overall. That's why it is important to collect scientific vouchers of these specimens so we can see what is going on (when the population is around a few thousand, 5 or 6 animals isn't going to hurt the populations).
As far as the guy not being able to catch them... sounds kinda odd to me. As a student of herpetology, I can easily catch over 40 frogs on a good night. Sounds like they need a new specialist.
Good point... I have a permantly altered fingerprint on one of my fingers due to a venomous snake bite (yes, it's my field of work).
I guess it would depend on their recognition software. If it just recognized X number of familiar points it might still work even with a damaged print... Isn't it something like 8 unique markings on a fingerprint is all that is needed to make id admissable in court??? (I'm probably off on that number)
Very good point... Why waste time and money trying to decrypt something when you can buy someone out a lot cheaper and get the info from them after the decryption is done...
Yes, wild snake populations are predated by cats. However, these cats are the result of misplacement in non-native habitat by irresponsible cat owners. The cat owners put them there where they don't naturally occur.
By an animal in this situation predating on any native animal, it is participating in UNNATURAL selection. Why you try to bring this up as NATURAL selection puzzles me. The cats are a competition that are not needed, and they have no right to be there in the first place.
By the way, your definition sucks and you know very little of evolutionary biology and ecosystem management.
Bullshit... Why put a feral animal outside? If I put my snakes in your yard you wouldn't be happy would you? Well, you put your snakes in my yard and you won't be happy what I do to them:-)
They have NO reason to be in the outdoors freely like that, you dumbass.
How about if you can't watch your fucking cat then don't keep a cat?
Little do people know what cats do to populations of various animals (take song birds for example). Not only do they do this, but they compete with NATIVE wildlife for food resources.
I study wild snake populations, so you can just imagine how much I HATE feral cats. Basically, if you can't watch your cats 24/7, then don't keep the damn things. They have NO buisness running around in the wild like this. Many people would be displeased if I told what I did to feral cats (mind you I do what I do as humanely possible)... Cats are overpopulated as it is, so don't even begin to say "Try to find it a good home." Plus, finding it a home is not my concearn.
Am I being a little too anal about feral cats? Probably not. Cats kill wild animals, they do property damage (scratching cars while climing on them etc), displace NATURAL animals by competing for the same resources, etc. Cats may crawl up on one of our cars once, and they don't get the opportunity to do it a second time. Everyone around me knows that if they can't guarantee their cat will stay out of my yard then they shouldn't let it out.
I keep a large collection of reptiles, and have a particular interest with venomous snakes. I'm a responsible keeper, and keep all my captive animals in a escape-proof room, and all venomous species are locked in cages, and the door to the room itself is locked. That is an example of a responsible animal keeper (and no, I don't consider reptiles "pets", but that is a different story). I don't release snakes into their yards, so why should they release cats into mine? My nonvenomous snakes would probably like it in their yards, would probably be happy there, and pose no threat to them, but you know what? I keep them securly. Well, you might say that you just can't do that with a cat because they require more space... if that is the case then don't get one if you don't have the space, because my yard and my cars are NOT the spaces made for your overpopulated feral cats.
Just my two cents for what I think of idiots who allow cats to free roam.
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Bush can read?????
Really... how many people are going to watch this ripped version at home and be satisfied with it??? If they are, chances are they belong to the group of people that wouldn't bother going and seeing it anyway... I feel that they'll still make more than their fair share of money off of it. I don't know of too many people that have their own movie theater, and if they did I doubt they'd settle for watching a ripped version of the movie. I doubt it makes a signifigant difference in the revenue of the movie.
What if one was to invent a compass that doesn't work, patent it, and then wait for the thousand or so years without a magnetic field...
During this period where no compasses would work, sue the crap out of all of the compass manufacturers for patent violation!
PROFIT!
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster running with these things????????
1) create kick-ass hard drive
2) put it in a cluster
3) ???
4) Profit!
This time around they are just going to ban markers.
They are a device that can be used to circumvent a copy protection device, so they have to be illegal.
WHOHOOO, first post
I swear, everytime I check slashdot it seems like there is a timeline of _______ on there... I wonder if anyone is keeping track of this. Someday there'll be a story on here about "Now introucing the timeline of mentionings of timelins"
Will they charge for the in-transit movies?
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things????!!!???
(Sorry, had to do it)
Second Post!
Do they have absolutely no tadpole stage, or do they have a tadpole stage that is greatly reduced and all takes place while they are still inside the eggs so they hatch out as "adults"?
Actually, rubbing anbesol and similar products on frogs heads is one common trick in herp (herps = reptiles and ambhibians collectively) photography.... Wash it off when you're through and they seem to do fine... Of course, many times the frogs are sacrificed for scientific collections afterwards so I doubt it really matters... the anbesol is nothing compared to the 1:4 saturated chloretone:water solution they will soon be dumped in.
Probably wouldn't work. If you've caught frogs before you might notice that calling males will usually quit calling when you get near and also burrow into the ground...
Okay, ignore previous post.. I'm dumb..
Holy shit! $75 per frog???? Do you have any literature to back this up? I could be a rich man...... (not only cathing them, but breeding them in captivity and taking in the captive ones for $$$)
Amphibians ARE on the decline. Take the golden toad for example... Everyone was a *little* worried when they were limited in numbers... then 500 calling males were all that were known, the next year, it was something like 3 frogs, and now there haven't been ANY of these seen for over 7 years.
When a frog like this is introduced somewhere where there are no predators, they will thrive.
You are right about some species being hardier than others... Some species have a high tolerance to various things, while others can die off from an abrupt change of humidity over a couple years.
I can personally vouch for several "mutant" frogs which are more and more common now... but the cause of these mutants cannot be pinned down... it varies from species to species, but is probably a number of things overall. That's why it is important to collect scientific vouchers of these specimens so we can see what is going on (when the population is around a few thousand, 5 or 6 animals isn't going to hurt the populations).
As far as the guy not being able to catch them... sounds kinda odd to me. As a student of herpetology, I can easily catch over 40 frogs on a good night. Sounds like they need a new specialist.
Good point... I have a permantly altered fingerprint on one of my fingers due to a venomous snake bite (yes, it's my field of work).
I guess it would depend on their recognition software. If it just recognized X number of familiar points it might still work even with a damaged print... Isn't it something like 8 unique markings on a fingerprint is all that is needed to make id admissable in court??? (I'm probably off on that number)
Very good point... Why waste time and money trying to decrypt something when you can buy someone out a lot cheaper and get the info from them after the decryption is done...
Yes, wild snake populations are predated by cats. However, these cats are the result of misplacement in non-native habitat by irresponsible cat owners. The cat owners put them there where they don't naturally occur. By an animal in this situation predating on any native animal, it is participating in UNNATURAL selection. Why you try to bring this up as NATURAL selection puzzles me. The cats are a competition that are not needed, and they have no right to be there in the first place. By the way, your definition sucks and you know very little of evolutionary biology and ecosystem management.
Bullshit... Why put a feral animal outside? If I put my snakes in your yard you wouldn't be happy would you? Well, you put your snakes in my yard and you won't be happy what I do to them :-)
They have NO reason to be in the outdoors freely like that, you dumbass.
How about if you can't watch your fucking cat then don't keep a cat?
Little do people know what cats do to populations of various animals (take song birds for example). Not only do they do this, but they compete with NATIVE wildlife for food resources.
I study wild snake populations, so you can just imagine how much I HATE feral cats. Basically, if you can't watch your cats 24/7, then don't keep the damn things. They have NO buisness running around in the wild like this. Many people would be displeased if I told what I did to feral cats (mind you I do what I do as humanely possible)... Cats are overpopulated as it is, so don't even begin to say "Try to find it a good home." Plus, finding it a home is not my concearn.
Am I being a little too anal about feral cats? Probably not. Cats kill wild animals, they do property damage (scratching cars while climing on them etc), displace NATURAL animals by competing for the same resources, etc. Cats may crawl up on one of our cars once, and they don't get the opportunity to do it a second time. Everyone around me knows that if they can't guarantee their cat will stay out of my yard then they shouldn't let it out.
I keep a large collection of reptiles, and have a particular interest with venomous snakes. I'm a responsible keeper, and keep all my captive animals in a escape-proof room, and all venomous species are locked in cages, and the door to the room itself is locked. That is an example of a responsible animal keeper (and no, I don't consider reptiles "pets", but that is a different story). I don't release snakes into their yards, so why should they release cats into mine? My nonvenomous snakes would probably like it in their yards, would probably be happy there, and pose no threat to them, but you know what? I keep them securly. Well, you might say that you just can't do that with a cat because they require more space... if that is the case then don't get one if you don't have the space, because my yard and my cars are NOT the spaces made for your overpopulated feral cats.
Just my two cents for what I think of idiots who allow cats to free roam.
With it being that large, it could be a European in Africa