If there is life on Mars, what rights do we have to colonize it?
Actually, I'd like to get people on Mars first too. We'd probably find life sooner with people there, even if colonizing takes a while. Just make very, very sure the planet isn't contaminated in the process.
what if we can just flip a few genetic switches in some sponges in a lab and have them start growing these things by the miles? Or even better, we learn how they make the glass, and duplicate it industrially
I dunno, the first one sounds better to me. Instead of a manufacturing plant you could have a sponge farm. It would be great for field trips. Pet the baby sponges! Or should that be "Rub the baby sponges all over your naked body"?
Xouvert is named after the ancient Babylonian goddess of open windows, wooden digging implements, and moonlight. A notorious ritual among the higher levels of Freemasonry has kept her memory alive until now. Xouvert, awake!
I was really surprised when I realized that jocks beating up geeks were an actual frequent occurance. I had seen it in movies, sure, but I thought it was like 'the good guy always wins' or 'cars blow up when you shoot at them'.
For comparison, here in Norway you don't get beat up after the age of 12. There is some bullying, but I suppose, but not many beatings (atleast not that I've noticed). There is very little school organized sport schools get funded even if they just educate (no jocks or cheerleaders) and no popular vs unpopular separation.
If the teen series really are true, then I really feel sorry for you americans.
Personally, I think that a Symbian OS based phone would be the way to go.
I agree. Most phones (apart from the very newest) don't have a java api for makings calls, sending sms, looking up things in the address book, things like that. You'd also have to implement your own menus if you ever got that far.
I don't know Symbian, but judging from the parent it seems like a much better fit.
And make sure they know the difference between the world wide web and the Internet (parent got it right).
Every time a person is taught to open the Internet by double clicking the blue E, a poor employee on a tech support team is driven a little closer to madness.
Actually I think you got a decent stream from the Netherlands, since Iran didn't have the connections. Working out of the Netherlands was also what enabled the industry to shut it down.
You don't buy a Ford and then complain that the engine is proprietary and that you should be able to put a Honda engine in it because of increased fuel efficiency.
You don't buy chicken and then complain that it is full of salmonella and that you should be able to cut both it and the lettuce without getting sick!
Nah. I'm a vegetarian, so I just like to mention diseases in meats. Never mind.
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You don't put your feet on the table in other peoples' homes, do you?
What if they, for example, wore air tight space suits?
Hey, that's my address! What did I ever do to you?!
Actually, I'd like to get people on Mars first too. We'd probably find life sooner with people there, even if colonizing takes a while. Just make very, very sure the planet isn't contaminated in the process.
Nope, still not old!
But I suppose we could encurrage them to develope some 18 year old robots instead.
I dunno, the first one sounds better to me. Instead of a manufacturing plant you could have a sponge farm. It would be great for field trips. Pet the baby sponges! Or should that be "Rub the baby sponges all over your naked body"?
We should research AI first, otherwise the portables won't have a will to kill people at.
Partial credit :p
What kind of a name is Xouvert?
Xouvert is named after the ancient Babylonian goddess of open windows, wooden digging implements, and moonlight. A notorious ritual among the higher levels of Freemasonry has kept her memory alive until now. Xouvert, awake!
For comparison, here in Norway you don't get beat up after the age of 12. There is some bullying, but I suppose, but not many beatings (atleast not that I've noticed). There is very little school organized sport schools get funded even if they just educate (no jocks or cheerleaders) and no popular vs unpopular separation.
If the teen series really are true, then I really feel sorry for you americans.
And in some countries, pharmaceutical companies produce pharmaceuticals rather than the highest possible surplus.
Yes. All commercial uses of Linux kernel 2.4 and later need to be properly licensed.
Hah, joke's on you! I run Debian Stable! Oh wait...
I agree. Most phones (apart from the very newest) don't have a java api for makings calls, sending sms, looking up things in the address book, things like that. You'd also have to implement your own menus if you ever got that far.
I don't know Symbian, but judging from the parent it seems like a much better fit.
And was your signature perl? I thought the article was corrupted :p
Crap, did I just admit to using VB?
Oh, never mind.
I know! Life is so much easier when you don't have to show up in court all the time for doing it locally in your underwear.
And make sure they know the difference between the world wide web and the Internet (parent got it right).
Every time a person is taught to open the Internet by double clicking the blue E, a poor employee on a tech support team is driven a little closer to madness.
IIRC, that is.
Half of the slashdot crowd would starve if it wasn't for mom's cooking! The joke's on you, SCO, you pathetic losers... Oh wait.
Ach! That joke was on the tip of my tongue!
I'm sick of paying through the nose for web services. Atleast with micropayments, my nostrils wouldn't bleed.
They should never have put in that red "Off"-light.
You don't buy chicken and then complain that it is full of salmonella and that you should be able to cut both it and the lettuce without getting sick!
Nah. I'm a vegetarian, so I just like to mention diseases in meats. Never mind.
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