There is absolutely NO NEED to use genetic modification to control these fish. Why go through all of the dangers of releasing a genetically engineered organism when there is such a simple alternative.
If the Australians really want to get rid of the ability of the male fish to reproduce, simply give them all computers and/. subscriptions. They'll never mate again...
First of all, look very carefully... did I ever defend pirating music?
I am upset that a lobbying group can buy a law that sets such a high price on copyright infringement, but in a civil case, we have set the value of two human lives at 12.5 million. Our government suggests that those that died on 9/11 can be substituted for with 1.4 to 1.6 million dollars. Heck, it costs me only about seventy dollars a month to sponsor four children. How much could 165,000,000 dollars do?
The importance we attach to property and the value we assign to it seems way out of whack anymore. I rememer reading a few months back about a hospital in Uganda fighting an outbreak of Ebola. They were washing and re-using rubber gloves because they didn't have enough money to buy new. In that same issue, there was an article about the ultimate portable lab for scientists doing research in the field. It cost five million dollars. And what did you get for that? A Humvee with an espresso machine and satellite communications.
Like I said, I'm glad we've got our priorities straight...
The surviviors of each victim of the 9/11 attacks are entitled to around 1.4 million dollars compensation. So we have set a value on each life that means that we would need around 115 lives to equal the fine this girl could legally have imposed on her.
Somehow, I have a hard time believing that 1100 songs are worth 115 people's lives.
I was using the Simpson example as a way of pointing out that there is a value we attach to people's lives. The fact that our laws place a much higher value on these pirated songs is morally repugnant.
I understand that SCO claims that these trees are actually branches of their UNIX tree and anyone that grows one of these will have to pay a $699 fee, except in Australia...
I would be very careful about hiring anyone from SCO that saw SYS V source. Given SCO's track record, I might be setting myself up as a target for a lawsuit.
Jantiors and receptionists are a different matter, but code monkeys from SCO are going to be tainted for a while.
Actually, the last RPC patch blew my Win 2K home machine away. After a week and a half, I finally tracked it down to a confilct between the patch and the UMAX SCSI driver. Since I was left with a choice of no scanner or no patch, I removed the scanner.
At work, I use this product You can set up paramemters for what machines get what level of patches and when; scan machines for vulnerabilities, and set up a sweep for your network to catch unpatched machines. The updates come to us, we push them as we decide, and set our own schedule to do so. St Bernard software has been doing this for years and it seems to work fine.
Oh how witty! What a clever retort. I am sure that your charming personality is exceeded only by your waistline.
Then again, I expect dialogue this brilliant from someone defending M$. How much are they paying you to sit around and look for any mention of them on \.
If you truly did find this funny, I will only point out that all great humor is founded on simple truth.
I don't know about the software or hardware being at fault. My computers crash when I throw them off the fifth floor because they blue screened again...
Actually, no. I am a font of useless trivia, especially when it comes to geography, explorers and naval history. I am a voracious reader, subscribe to Discover, and Scientific America and am a member of the National Geographic Society.
In other words, I'm a geek with broad interests.
A point about Google (much rather Dogpile-- get all the engines at once). What would it matter if I had used it? As I tell my kids all the time, the point isn't knowing all the answers, but knowing how to find them. Whether you use the web or the library, the point is to learn by looking for the answers, not learning facts by rote. I know the stuff I know because I find it interesting, such as Victoria and Victory, or why standard rail gauge is standard rail gauge.
Everest, Edmund Hillary, along with a Sherpa guide named Tenzing Norgay.
South Pole, Amundsen. Norwegian, he and his sled-dog eating party beat out Scott and his "We're British, we don't eat dogs." team.
North Pole, Peary or Cook, take your pick. I know there was some dispute about this, but as much as pack ice moves, I'm willing to give them both credit.
The first man to circumnavigate the world is, I think, a trick question. The normal answer would be Magellan, but he died in the Phillipines on the way. I can't remember the names of the eighteen men that did make it, but their ship was the Victoria
And gee! Guess what-- I'm a product of an American public school education. I highly doubt that "Most non-Americans know the answer to your question..." Your bias is showing through quite strongly. I would argue that most people in the world do not know the answers to your questions.
I normally don't reply to people that cannot stand by their convictions enough to sign their name, but this deserves comment.
I am a geek. I have a home computer network, a website, more friends that I know through email than in person and I make my living administering a network.
I also volunteer at a local food bank, have helped build three houses with Habitat, worked as an independent poll watcher here in Florida and sponsor two children in Peru.
I have a wife, two kids a house and parents that are older and need my help.
Yet, with all of this, I can find the time to try and save what I believe to be intelligent television, even if it will help someone else earn a living.
I even have time to watch some Star Trek once in a while...
But maybe you're right and a TV show can't be saved...
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If the Australians really want to get rid of the ability of the male fish to reproduce, simply give them all computers and /. subscriptions. They'll never mate again...
I thought Atlantis took off from there once or twice...
10 is ten in decimal and 10 is two in binary.
He wasn't storing it. He was writing it in a post. It does not represent stored bits, he was writing the number two in binary form.
Get your head out of your posterior... your're displaying the same understanding I expect from SCO.
That depends, how do you feel about alter boys?
I think you mean "How do you feel altar boys?"
One "...commie mods" cannot push an article off the page.
I am upset that a lobbying group can buy a law that sets such a high price on copyright infringement, but in a civil case, we have set the value of two human lives at 12.5 million. Our government suggests that those that died on 9/11 can be substituted for with 1.4 to 1.6 million dollars. Heck, it costs me only about seventy dollars a month to sponsor four children. How much could 165,000,000 dollars do?
The importance we attach to property and the value we assign to it seems way out of whack anymore. I rememer reading a few months back about a hospital in Uganda fighting an outbreak of Ebola. They were washing and re-using rubber gloves because they didn't have enough money to buy new. In that same issue, there was an article about the ultimate portable lab for scientists doing research in the field. It cost five million dollars. And what did you get for that? A Humvee with an espresso machine and satellite communications.
Like I said, I'm glad we've got our priorities straight...
I'd bet my paycheck to your research grant that I've given more than you have.
If you ask me, the people are undervalued and the songs overvalued.
The surviviors of each victim of the 9/11 attacks are entitled to around 1.4 million dollars compensation. So we have set a value on each life that means that we would need around 115 lives to equal the fine this girl could legally have imposed on her.
Somehow, I have a hard time believing that 1100 songs are worth 115 people's lives.
I was using the Simpson example as a way of pointing out that there is a value we attach to people's lives. The fact that our laws place a much higher value on these pirated songs is morally repugnant.
This fifteen year old is accused of illegally distributing music and faces a fine of up to 165,000,000 dollars.
Glad to see we have our priorities straight...
Check out the IMDB page on Shrek 2. Lithgow is doing Farquaad again. And Larry King is the ugly stepsister. That's great!
You talking about Earthstation 5 or the computers it runs on?
I understand that SCO claims that these trees are actually branches of their UNIX tree and anyone that grows one of these will have to pay a $699 fee, except in Australia...
Can't do that... it would violate SCO's IP/Patents/Copyrights/Contracts, depending on which day it is...
against Linux servers. They were SCO press releases...
Jantiors and receptionists are a different matter, but code monkeys from SCO are going to be tainted for a while.
At work, I use this product You can set up paramemters for what machines get what level of patches and when; scan machines for vulnerabilities, and set up a sweep for your network to catch unpatched machines. The updates come to us, we push them as we decide, and set our own schedule to do so. St Bernard software has been doing this for years and it seems to work fine.
Then again, I expect dialogue this brilliant from someone defending M$. How much are they paying you to sit around and look for any mention of them on \.
If you truly did find this funny, I will only point out that all great humor is founded on simple truth.
It's time to ban the ACs again.
I don't know about the software or hardware being at fault. My computers crash when I throw them off the fifth floor because they blue screened again...
God, I love Slashdot...
In other words, I'm a geek with broad interests.
A point about Google (much rather Dogpile-- get all the engines at once). What would it matter if I had used it? As I tell my kids all the time, the point isn't knowing all the answers, but knowing how to find them. Whether you use the web or the library, the point is to learn by looking for the answers, not learning facts by rote. I know the stuff I know because I find it interesting, such as Victoria and Victory, or why standard rail gauge is standard rail gauge.
South Pole, Amundsen. Norwegian, he and his sled-dog eating party beat out Scott and his "We're British, we don't eat dogs." team.
North Pole, Peary or Cook, take your pick. I know there was some dispute about this, but as much as pack ice moves, I'm willing to give them both credit.
The first man to circumnavigate the world is, I think, a trick question. The normal answer would be Magellan, but he died in the Phillipines on the way. I can't remember the names of the eighteen men that did make it, but their ship was the Victoria
And gee! Guess what-- I'm a product of an American public school education. I highly doubt that "Most non-Americans know the answer to your question..." Your bias is showing through quite strongly. I would argue that most people in the world do not know the answers to your questions.
I am a geek. I have a home computer network, a website, more friends that I know through email than in person and I make my living administering a network.
I also volunteer at a local food bank, have helped build three houses with Habitat, worked as an independent poll watcher here in Florida and sponsor two children in Peru.
I have a wife, two kids a house and parents that are older and need my help.
Yet, with all of this, I can find the time to try and save what I believe to be intelligent television, even if it will help someone else earn a living.
I even have time to watch some Star Trek once in a while...
But maybe you're right and a TV show can't be saved...