"Less well-endowed" groups? I knew that politicians traditionally have needed to be tall to win elections(at least in the US). I didn't know that phallus size had anything to do with it.
And yes, the above is a joke. I know you're referring to economic rather than physical endowment.
It is of note because the donor is from India, and the child is Pakistani. The two countries do not have a history of friendly relations. However, if you read the article, you'll notice the last paragraph says:
"Last year, a life-saving heart surgery was performed on two-year-old Pakistani girl Noor Fathima at a hospital in Bangalore, also in southern India. Since then a steady stream of Pakistani children has flocked to India seeking treatment for variety of ailments."
It may be that the Pakistanis will become increasingly dependant on India for medical care along with other social support services. This is increasingly likely as Pakistan remains fairly backwards and impoverished while India continues to modernize and grow in wealth.
If this trend does develop, and persist, Pakistan may be forced to improve its relationship with India for the express purpose of maintaining the availability of these services for its people.
The point is that stupid tourists with money to throw away will like it. I'm sure plenty of the tourists do arrive at the airport, but plenty more show up in tour busses or in automobiles.
Who cares about the people that actually live in Vegas? They aren't the cash cows. The tourists are.
Black Oil? Feh. It'd be more interesting if they had an encounter similar to the one in The Abyss.
Anyone find these gadgets to be useless?
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Legal or not, emulators do the work of the majority of old arcade machines out there. Pair them with the right controller/pad/what have you, and you get all of the old arcade experience, or at least most of it. You don't get the old, dimly-lit smoke-filled rooms with drug deals going on in the back, but still, it's damn close.
I'll be more interested when one of these devices offers a faithful emulation of Baby PacMan. I loved that game, and I always wanted to get good at it, but the machine at the Showbiz Pizza(the only place that had one around here) was almost always broken.
Few people, even geeks/nerds/what have you, will show much interest in a pile of dusty, poorly-organized machines from the past. These machines will do little to enlighten potential visitors about computing's past even when properly displayed.
A better museum would be one which had detailed technical layouts and histories of old computers of all types readily available for access at a number of computer terminals. They could even set up some sort of CAD-like system that could show museum-attendees the ins and outs of old computers, possibly by showing the viewer each component of the machine in a step-by-step construction sequence(which could be toggled forwards or backwards by the viewer). Let people see approximately how the machines were put together, piece by piece, and they'll definitely see what went into making them.
Couple that with another set of terminals running legacy operating systems via emulation. Let users mess around with virtual systems or even virtual networks of systems. Imagine if you had your own local simulation of the original ARPANET, or something along those lines.
But, who knows . . . all the hands-on displays in the world might not make the subject interesting to the public. All that is certain is that a junk-pile of old hardware, even one that is properly cleaned and organized, will not energize the public.
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I'll agree that there needs to be legal protection for non-GMO farmers who have crops that are cross-polinated by GMOs. This would be difficult to accomplish given the complications involved with proving that only cross-polination actually occurred(and that the victim non-GMO farmer wasn't actually pirating patented seeds). From a legal standpoint, it would be easiest to simply forbid the patenting of any organism(GMO or otherwise) which reproduces freely and sexually. In other words, this would allow firms to patent sterile or asexual organisms along with parts of organisms(vat-grown tissues, organs, etc).
As far as that Monsanto case goes, I find it rather unfortunate that the court's decision does not appear to be based on how the Roundup Ready canola plants got onto Schmeiser's property in the first place. That should have been the primary concern of the court.
Also, in regards to the rampant spread of GMOs into a wild environment, keep in mind that non-native species have been spreading for years, causing shifts in ecosystems all across the globe. Rats alone have caused enormous damage. We've also unleashed a few non-GMO hybrids, such as those lovely Africanized "killer" bees. Escaped GMOs will just add to the stew of organisms invading ecosystems worldwide, and I suspect that when they make their appearance on the scene, they'll have some stiff competition. If GMOs do have defects or liabilities(unknown or otherwse), they will very likely play a big role in their ability to spread. Never underestimate the ability of bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc to adapt to new prey in the wild. It won't take bio-crackers to engineer GMO-killing plagues. They'll emerge on their own.
A scenario akin to that which you mentioned in White Death could potentially occur using techniques more primitive than genetic engineering. Again, just take a look at Africanized bees.
This article indicates that the dual-core cpus will carry the P4 name. I remember seeing some roadmaps for this somewhere, but I can't find them at the moment. As to whether or not the dual-core cpus will carry Dothan cores or cores based on its successor, I do not precisely know. I only know that they will likely be cores based on whatever is the current Pentium-M at the time of release.
Am I the only one here who's goign to ignore everything Intel releases until they start releasing dual-core Dothan-based P4s?
Here's Tom's Hardware's take on the new LGA 775 architecture, along with copious comparitive CPU/platform benchmarks.
Anandtech has their own entry here.
In both cases, the combination of new architectures, cpus, features, etc don't add up to much of an advancement in performance. What you get are a lot of features of questionable value and/or features that have been touted by platforms such as nForce/nForce2 for some time now. Please wake me when the Dothan P4s start coming out.
Would someone explain to me how this is a troll? Are you assuming that the poster in question wants to take pornographic pictures of his son? That is not even implied in his post. What if he wants to take pictures of his son in a little-league baseball game? What if he wants to examine his batting stance from multiple angles?
Silly moderators. This is a perfectly innocent post. Please do not punish the fellow for being curious about 3-d photography. Not everyone who takes pictures of their own children is a pervert or molester.
Given the poster's recent moderation history, I'm guessing that this guy's post is not filled with nefarious intent(in jest or otherwise).
1). At what point did intelligence begin conveying firm morals/ethics to those who bore it? I've known many intelligent people with all the ethics of a corrupted banana-slug(not very ethical by any measure!). Are you familiar with a fellow named Bill Gates?
2). "The world" isn't run by anyone. There is no "current way of running things". There are governments and so forth, but curiously enough, there are a lot of them, and they're not all the same. Why, they're even sovereign in many cases. If you live in the right place, you may even be able to live in a total state of anarchy(for awhile anyway. You won't live long that way).
3). Some "hoops" are, sadly, necessary. You could think of the scientific method as being full of "hoops" that might impede an individual scientist's pursuit of a theory that he'd rather not document using accepted practices. It would be all well and good to abandon scientific method until the time at which you attempted to communicate your results to anyone else. What a mess that would be.
And, being a homeowner, I have come to realize that there are many menial and boring tasks associated with home-ownership that are not put here by anyone in particular. There are dirty dishes to wash, floors to clean, dust to . . . um, dust, and so forth, and so on. I suppose you could dispense with the notion that one must keep one's home clean. That'll only lead to a filthy home.
On the contrary, having a talent for "being nice to people" can land you some very nice work in a capitalist society. Those who have the ability to display kindness to others can land jobs ranging from marketting to customer service to child care and beyond.
Rise to the top of those professions, and you'll have a healthy salary, many subordinates, and scads of opportunities to make a positive impact in your field of choice. Charisma and charm can take you a long way in the US of A, and don't you forget it. Why, just look at that Reagan fellow. He did fairly well, I should think.
Furthermore, what in his question specifically smacks of "capitalist darwinistic me-me-me anti-enlightenment bullshit"? He doesn't even sound terribly selfish compared to anyone else his age. He certainly isn't part of any "ruling elite". He sounds as if he doesn't even have much luck ruling himself.
In fact, I don't think the fellow even really wants societal recognition, per se. He's merely got a lot of options in front of him, is overwhelmed by the variety, and is perhaps a little worried about the rigors and pitfalls of the college life.
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"Less well-endowed" groups? I knew that politicians traditionally have needed to be tall to win elections(at least in the US). I didn't know that phallus size had anything to do with it.
And yes, the above is a joke. I know you're referring to economic rather than physical endowment.
Hmm, sounds like the Eye of Vecna to me.
It is of note because the donor is from India, and the child is Pakistani. The two countries do not have a history of friendly relations. However, if you read the article, you'll notice the last paragraph says:
"Last year, a life-saving heart surgery was performed on two-year-old Pakistani girl Noor Fathima at a hospital in Bangalore, also in southern India. Since then a steady stream of Pakistani children has flocked to India seeking treatment for variety of ailments."
It may be that the Pakistanis will become increasingly dependant on India for medical care along with other social support services. This is increasingly likely as Pakistan remains fairly backwards and impoverished while India continues to modernize and grow in wealth.
If this trend does develop, and persist, Pakistan may be forced to improve its relationship with India for the express purpose of maintaining the availability of these services for its people.
The point is that stupid tourists with money to throw away will like it. I'm sure plenty of the tourists do arrive at the airport, but plenty more show up in tour busses or in automobiles.
Who cares about the people that actually live in Vegas? They aren't the cash cows. The tourists are.
I don't think WotC wants to put any of their products under the GPL.
Huh! Guess I hadn't been paying enough attention to pinball emulation. Thanks to you and antdude.
All I can say is . . . wewt! Thanks.
Black Oil? Feh. It'd be more interesting if they had an encounter similar to the one in The Abyss.
Legal or not, emulators do the work of the majority of old arcade machines out there. Pair them with the right controller/pad/what have you, and you get all of the old arcade experience, or at least most of it. You don't get the old, dimly-lit smoke-filled rooms with drug deals going on in the back, but still, it's damn close.
I'll be more interested when one of these devices offers a faithful emulation of Baby PacMan. I loved that game, and I always wanted to get good at it, but the machine at the Showbiz Pizza(the only place that had one around here) was almost always broken.
Any word on whether or not hotmail is infected? That could be ugly.
This fuel cell is the perfect addition to the Internet Fart Chair.
*cough*RAMBUS*cough*
Those bastards.
Few people, even geeks/nerds/what have you, will show much interest in a pile of dusty, poorly-organized machines from the past. These machines will do little to enlighten potential visitors about computing's past even when properly displayed.
A better museum would be one which had detailed technical layouts and histories of old computers of all types readily available for access at a number of computer terminals. They could even set up some sort of CAD-like system that could show museum-attendees the ins and outs of old computers, possibly by showing the viewer each component of the machine in a step-by-step construction sequence(which could be toggled forwards or backwards by the viewer). Let people see approximately how the machines were put together, piece by piece, and they'll definitely see what went into making them.
Couple that with another set of terminals running legacy operating systems via emulation. Let users mess around with virtual systems or even virtual networks of systems. Imagine if you had your own local simulation of the original ARPANET, or something along those lines.
But, who knows . . . all the hands-on displays in the world might not make the subject interesting to the public. All that is certain is that a junk-pile of old hardware, even one that is properly cleaned and organized, will not energize the public.
I'll agree that there needs to be legal protection for non-GMO farmers who have crops that are cross-polinated by GMOs. This would be difficult to accomplish given the complications involved with proving that only cross-polination actually occurred(and that the victim non-GMO farmer wasn't actually pirating patented seeds). From a legal standpoint, it would be easiest to simply forbid the patenting of any organism(GMO or otherwise) which reproduces freely and sexually. In other words, this would allow firms to patent sterile or asexual organisms along with parts of organisms(vat-grown tissues, organs, etc).
As far as that Monsanto case goes, I find it rather unfortunate that the court's decision does not appear to be based on how the Roundup Ready canola plants got onto Schmeiser's property in the first place. That should have been the primary concern of the court.
Also, in regards to the rampant spread of GMOs into a wild environment, keep in mind that non-native species have been spreading for years, causing shifts in ecosystems all across the globe. Rats alone have caused enormous damage. We've also unleashed a few non-GMO hybrids, such as those lovely Africanized "killer" bees. Escaped GMOs will just add to the stew of organisms invading ecosystems worldwide, and I suspect that when they make their appearance on the scene, they'll have some stiff competition. If GMOs do have defects or liabilities(unknown or otherwse), they will very likely play a big role in their ability to spread. Never underestimate the ability of bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc to adapt to new prey in the wild. It won't take bio-crackers to engineer GMO-killing plagues. They'll emerge on their own.
A scenario akin to that which you mentioned in White Death could potentially occur using techniques more primitive than genetic engineering. Again, just take a look at Africanized bees.
This article indicates that the dual-core cpus will carry the P4 name. I remember seeing some roadmaps for this somewhere, but I can't find them at the moment. As to whether or not the dual-core cpus will carry Dothan cores or cores based on its successor, I do not precisely know. I only know that they will likely be cores based on whatever is the current Pentium-M at the time of release.
Am I the only one here who's goign to ignore everything Intel releases until they start releasing dual-core Dothan-based P4s? Here's Tom's Hardware's take on the new LGA 775 architecture, along with copious comparitive CPU/platform benchmarks. Anandtech has their own entry here. In both cases, the combination of new architectures, cpus, features, etc don't add up to much of an advancement in performance. What you get are a lot of features of questionable value and/or features that have been touted by platforms such as nForce/nForce2 for some time now. Please wake me when the Dothan P4s start coming out.
Humor always has been, is, and always will be subjective.
example:
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, story ends YOU!
That Saturn V is just screaming for a giant latex-colored tarp to be draped over it, emblazoned with the Trojan logo.
Bigger is better, after all . . .
They use the DNA to make a clone of you. They then use it as an extra in an episode of one of the Law & Order shows.
Presumably, the clone would play the role of a wrongly-accused felon.
Would someone explain to me how this is a troll? Are you assuming that the poster in question wants to take pornographic pictures of his son? That is not even implied in his post. What if he wants to take pictures of his son in a little-league baseball game? What if he wants to examine his batting stance from multiple angles?
Silly moderators. This is a perfectly innocent post. Please do not punish the fellow for being curious about 3-d photography. Not everyone who takes pictures of their own children is a pervert or molester.
Given the poster's recent moderation history, I'm guessing that this guy's post is not filled with nefarious intent(in jest or otherwise).
"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!"
1). At what point did intelligence begin conveying firm morals/ethics to those who bore it? I've known many intelligent people with all the ethics of a corrupted banana-slug(not very ethical by any measure!). Are you familiar with a fellow named Bill Gates?
2). "The world" isn't run by anyone. There is no "current way of running things". There are governments and so forth, but curiously enough, there are a lot of them, and they're not all the same. Why, they're even sovereign in many cases. If you live in the right place, you may even be able to live in a total state of anarchy(for awhile anyway. You won't live long that way).
3). Some "hoops" are, sadly, necessary. You could think of the scientific method as being full of "hoops" that might impede an individual scientist's pursuit of a theory that he'd rather not document using accepted practices. It would be all well and good to abandon scientific method until the time at which you attempted to communicate your results to anyone else. What a mess that would be.
And, being a homeowner, I have come to realize that there are many menial and boring tasks associated with home-ownership that are not put here by anyone in particular. There are dirty dishes to wash, floors to clean, dust to . . . um, dust, and so forth, and so on. I suppose you could dispense with the notion that one must keep one's home clean. That'll only lead to a filthy home.
On the contrary, having a talent for "being nice to people" can land you some very nice work in a capitalist society. Those who have the ability to display kindness to others can land jobs ranging from marketting to customer service to child care and beyond.
Rise to the top of those professions, and you'll have a healthy salary, many subordinates, and scads of opportunities to make a positive impact in your field of choice. Charisma and charm can take you a long way in the US of A, and don't you forget it. Why, just look at that Reagan fellow. He did fairly well, I should think.
Furthermore, what in his question specifically smacks of "capitalist darwinistic me-me-me anti-enlightenment bullshit"? He doesn't even sound terribly selfish compared to anyone else his age. He certainly isn't part of any "ruling elite". He sounds as if he doesn't even have much luck ruling himself.
In fact, I don't think the fellow even really wants societal recognition, per se. He's merely got a lot of options in front of him, is overwhelmed by the variety, and is perhaps a little worried about the rigors and pitfalls of the college life.
It costs 3 red mana to play and is a 6/1 trampler that can attack the turn on which you summon it. Pretty good card overall.
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moderation total: -1 Incredibly lame
It's nice to see that the UK is finally kicking its POTS habit.