If a reversal increases the mutation rate, one could reasonably posit that it causes cancer.
Perhaps now the hyperactive supernannies in the United States who insist on warning labels on everything, will want a giant sign readable from space: "WARNING BY THE UN SURGEON GENERAL: Residing on Earth longer than 200,000 years may cause cancer. Use at own risk."
Makes me wonder how geomagnetic reversals coincide with the speciation and evolution of our ancestors (or any animals).
I imagine that the mix up caused confused ducks to fly to Alaska for the winter, instead of Florida... and so if a reversal were to occur today, with the little magnetic compasses in our grandparent's pristine 1972 Chevy Impalas pointing 180 degrees in the wrong direction, we'll find their frozen carcasses somewhere in the Yukon around late November, surrounded by baffled ducks.
Television is the modern opiate of the masses, and the masses have destroyed the SciFi channel by imposing the lowest common denominator upon geekdom. Is it any wonder that other scifi media, such as books, movies, magazines, are likewise diluted in content, form, and art?
This is why the likes of Firefly are cancelled.
> It's hard to afford computers and network access when 99.9% of your GDP goes to support your military and feed your people.
According to the CIA, North Korea only spends about 20% of its GDP on its military and 30% on food... but then again, perhaps NK hackers inserted this disinformation into the CIA website.
Interesting idea, sounds just like how people spread colds - I suggest we call this the "Planetary Sneeze Theory"
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"The one time he did a 17" screen, apparently he stood in the corner, eyes totally blank, licking his hand for almost 5min. Totally tuned out from everything.
Dude... this sounds like a problem that goes well beyond static discharge. Do they not have drug testing at your place of employment?
"If AOL can have 100's of CD's in every computer store, why can't Microsoft have their free service patch CD's in stores??"
Because AOL's carpetbomb into submission business model is incompatible with MS's burn, rape, & pillage business model. The former requires a steady stream of village idiots & court jesters to work, whereas the latter depends upon unprotected villagers and sheep.
"Wow, you really didn't get what it was all about, did you? One of the points of the Firefly universe, if I may be so bold, was that things wouldn't be too different from what they are here and now!"
Yeah, I hear anglos cursing in Chinese all the time down at the used spaceship lot.
"So is Serenity the movie adaptation of Firefly? Having never seen Firefly, I have to ask what the movie is about."
What?!?! I call shennanigans! How is it possible for a slashdotter, by definition a subset of the greater set "uber-geeks", is wholly ignorant of Firefly? Get thee hence to a Netflix subscription or Amazon DVD order page, you pseudo-geek, and prove thyself worthy!
This is proof that good ideas never die - if you know you have a viable concept, as long as you don't mess with the guts of it too much, you can keep it alive as long as you want.
I agree with your statement, to a certain extent... but visit most Civ3 discussions forums these days, and you'll find many, many disgrunted customers who feel ripped off after shelling out $35-50 for each "new, improved!" version of Civ, which they later discover are just rebranded products in a shiny new box.
... who modded the parent -1 flamebait? From the article:
Among the 50 illegal games, 26 are pirated game software including Age of Mythology: the Titans, The Sims 2, Manhunt, FIFA 2005, Battlefield Vietnam and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell. The remaining are illegally distributed foreign games including Conflict Vietnam, Vietcong: Fist Alpha and Devastation.
The parent was just restating what was in the article! AND it was informative!! (It made me go back and RTFA twice:)
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If a reversal increases the mutation rate, one could reasonably posit that it causes cancer. Perhaps now the hyperactive supernannies in the United States who insist on warning labels on everything, will want a giant sign readable from space: "WARNING BY THE UN SURGEON GENERAL: Residing on Earth longer than 200,000 years may cause cancer. Use at own risk."
if Mars isn't clothed behind its field, then it has been fully exposed - or "mooning" us - for the past several hundred years? For shame!
Tell that to the confused ducks who fly to Alaska for the winter every time a reversal happens
I imagine that the mix up caused confused ducks to fly to Alaska for the winter, instead of Florida... and so if a reversal were to occur today, with the little magnetic compasses in our grandparent's pristine 1972 Chevy Impalas pointing 180 degrees in the wrong direction, we'll find their frozen carcasses somewhere in the Yukon around late November, surrounded by baffled ducks.
Sounds like that vehicle will go as far on a full tank, as it does on a completely empty tank. Amazing!
I imagine Mickey, Donald, and Pluto will be very disappointed to hear this news.
high altitude weather balloons?
Thank you, Google calculator:
36.2073434 leagues
440,000 cubits
1,980,000 hand
1,000 furlongs
40,000 rods
1,000 stadia
What?!? Haven't you ever heard of "truth, justice, and the American Way?" It's not about jobs, or even us vs them -- it's about doing the right thing.
Television is the modern opiate of the masses, and the masses have destroyed the SciFi channel by imposing the lowest common denominator upon geekdom. Is it any wonder that other scifi media, such as books, movies, magazines, are likewise diluted in content, form, and art? This is why the likes of Firefly are cancelled.
According to the CIA, North Korea only spends about 20% of its GDP on its military and 30% on food... but then again, perhaps NK hackers inserted this disinformation into the CIA website.
Dunes?! Perhaps over several hundreds of generations, these microbes will morph into giant, toothed worms...
Interesting idea, sounds just like how people spread colds - I suggest we call this the "Planetary Sneeze Theory"
Dude... this sounds like a problem that goes well beyond static discharge. Do they not have drug testing at your place of employment?
Unless the poor IT guy's boss used one of the bad Thinkpads in the mid-90's.
Because AOL's carpetbomb into submission business model is incompatible with MS's burn, rape, & pillage business model. The former requires a steady stream of village idiots & court jesters to work, whereas the latter depends upon unprotected villagers and sheep.
"Wow, you really didn't get what it was all about, did you? One of the points of the Firefly universe, if I may be so bold, was that things wouldn't be too different from what they are here and now!" Yeah, I hear anglos cursing in Chinese all the time down at the used spaceship lot.
What?!?! I call shennanigans! How is it possible for a slashdotter, by definition a subset of the greater set "uber-geeks", is wholly ignorant of Firefly? Get thee hence to a Netflix subscription or Amazon DVD order page, you pseudo-geek, and prove thyself worthy!
Back on the farm, we called that a "cave".
Brings a whole new meaning to "pop-up ads on your computer"
In this situation, it stands for Dumb Noob Syndrome
I got stuck in the self-checkout line at Walmart once, behind a lady who had this same problem.
(... remember to let us know how it works)
I agree with your statement, to a certain extent... but visit most Civ3 discussions forums these days, and you'll find many, many disgrunted customers who feel ripped off after shelling out $35-50 for each "new, improved!" version of Civ, which they later discover are just rebranded products in a shiny new box.