Would you happen to have links to something I can read about "missing links" from a scientists point of view, particularly the abuse of the phrase? I would like to learn more about this issue.
I'm not that knowledgable about evolution but I do know that many keep saying that there really is no such thing as the "missing link" and people that keep refering to such an elusive idea do not fully understand. Why then, does slashdot, supposedly with a fairly intelligent readership, seem to keep posting articles with headlines containing "missing link" so often? Why keep talking about it like it has been found (again and again) if it really doesn't even need to exist in the first place? Sorry, I'm confused.
If it's a war they want, it's a war they'll get! I used to download movies and such on occasion to check out if they are going to be worth my while seeing, renting or buying. I really like the convenience of it. I have purchased MANY more music CDs since mp3s became so easily obtainable... all because I get to preview what the music will be, making all my music buying decisions be perfect because I know exactly what I'm getting. With all these attacks on file sharers, I think I will start making it my policy to ONLY download illegal media from the Internet. Why should I support industries that are just in it completely to make a buck and not caring about what's important to their customer? I hope all other will join me, and download everything illegally! Lets put the big media corps out of business! No more hollywood trash! The REAL artists with the REAL skills will continue to make their product and distribute it. Suck it, hollywood!
I start to hate the US a little bit more every day. I used to love the US. I don't live in the US, but I went to university there. What has happened to western society? What evil has come upon the once great land?
Probably more like 100%. Nobody will turn down a chance to do something that will benefit themselves, even if it's not perfectly legal, as long as they think that nobody will ever know about it. It's true. Human nature. I don't care if you a born-again super Christian or mother theresa or the pope, you still do bad things. Stop lying and admit it.
He has destroyed much IT innovation. He has fought (and continues to fight) open-source. If he is so humanitarian, why does he not work together with open-source and make things better for everyone? In the IT world, he is still a complete asshole to me and countless others.
PS: this does not mean I don't applaud him for giving so much to charity
It really is an injustice when someone so evil business-wise can now just leave it all behind and become admired for being a great humanitarian. I applaud him for giving away his money, but I won't really respect him until he makes MS stop fighting and trying to destroy open-source. He can keep pushing his lovely OS, but PLEASE PLEASE stop the bashing and FUD against Linux and anything that might be seen as possibly creating a dent in their money flow. Until MS changes it's ways, Bill Gates is an asshole to me.
Especially guilt for the Catholics. It is no wonder the Pope was afraid, he bases his entire existence on his guilt and fear... and actually believes in himself. The Pope is always one screwed up fellow, if he isn't when he starts, he will be very soon.
Protestant or Catholic, they both have two major components in common... guilt and fear. I was a pentecostal for over 20 years and I know guilt and fear. Sure, you're free when you accept Christ, but you never REALLY get over your fear of "what if I'm doing/did something wrong, I'll go to hell". Go ahead and brainwash yourself into requiring some super god character to absolve you from your "sins". Religion is a scam. I am now agnostic/athiest and am TRULY FREE!
Why would you allow group and world to write to your personal files? Would a "born-again" hacker be able to chmod his files 777 and make it into heaven even with the mark of the beast?
Have people forgotten about one of the biggest prophecies in the Bible? The mark of the beast! The person who gets ID 666 is the anti-christ and he will enslave humanity. Not saying that I believe any of that... but people do seem to be pushing in that direction a bit too much. Stop it.
Then I added an amazon affiliate link at the end of it. I earned $5 yesterday because somebody clicked on the link, then browsed to other items and purchased something. See, the link doesn't even necessarily need to be a related product, but obviously better if it is (otherwise you don't get modded up).
I don't know how long something like this could be sustained though... could somebody theoretically manage to work the entire day just posting plagerized content on slashdot with affiliate links and make a living doing so? What measures are in place (if any) on Slashdot to prevent this? Should it be prevented if it actually provides useful content?
If you've ever read anything about the sites history, you would know that it was very deliberately called "The Pirate Bay" to piss off the powers that hate P2P. They WERE asking for it. It's all part of the big plan.
It MIGHT not have been a scam by the seller
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There is the possibility (remote, yes, I know) that the seller did ship a working laptop which just broke on transit... OR the buyer has a grudge against the seller and the laptop works fine, he's just getting revenge for something else (but it's highly unlikely). See, this is why we have laws in place to deal with things instead of vigilante justice, because when people take matters into their own hands, they can never truly know the whole story or if they are acting properly instead of just out of emotion.
Re:Buyer's name is Thomas Sawyer, 23, from Exeter
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If the guy is really having a terrible time, just apologize already and refund the piddly amount of cash! What a loser!
Fuel cells electrochemically convert fuel into electricity, without bothering with the awkward combustion process that dooms regular engines to inefficiency.
The fuel that most currently workable fuel cells run on is hydrogen, which is a bit of a pain to store and transport. A device called a "reformer" can be used to convert methanol and water (much easier to store) into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, but reformer-based fuel cells aren't very efficient, and small models for portable electronic devices are less efficient still.
"Direct methanol" fuel cells (DMFCs), on the other hand, run from un-reformed methanol. DMFCs are the things most likely to end up in your laptop or mobile phone. Learn more about fuel cells.
I once got $50 from single post. BUT... it was close to Christmas and my list included affiliate links to amazon books and it got moderated +5 Interesting. I haven't been able to do that since... but I haven't really tried either. It was a fluke.
I meant to say "does NOT put in a nofollow tag if you post with karma bonus". And yup, it does appear my link does not have a nofollow tag. Learn something new everyday I guess.
Apparently Slashdot does put in a nofollow tag if you post with karma bonus!? Is this true? If I put a link to my site Desktop Linux At Home, does it not get a nofollow tag? I will post this and find out.
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Would you happen to have links to something I can read about "missing links" from a scientists point of view, particularly the abuse of the phrase? I would like to learn more about this issue.
I'm not that knowledgable about evolution but I do know that many keep saying that there really is no such thing as the "missing link" and people that keep refering to such an elusive idea do not fully understand. Why then, does slashdot, supposedly with a fairly intelligent readership, seem to keep posting articles with headlines containing "missing link" so often? Why keep talking about it like it has been found (again and again) if it really doesn't even need to exist in the first place? Sorry, I'm confused.
If it's a war they want, it's a war they'll get! I used to download movies and such on occasion to check out if they are going to be worth my while seeing, renting or buying. I really like the convenience of it. I have purchased MANY more music CDs since mp3s became so easily obtainable... all because I get to preview what the music will be, making all my music buying decisions be perfect because I know exactly what I'm getting. With all these attacks on file sharers, I think I will start making it my policy to ONLY download illegal media from the Internet. Why should I support industries that are just in it completely to make a buck and not caring about what's important to their customer? I hope all other will join me, and download everything illegally! Lets put the big media corps out of business! No more hollywood trash! The REAL artists with the REAL skills will continue to make their product and distribute it. Suck it, hollywood!
I start to hate the US a little bit more every day. I used to love the US. I don't live in the US, but I went to university there. What has happened to western society? What evil has come upon the once great land?
Probably more like 100%. Nobody will turn down a chance to do something that will benefit themselves, even if it's not perfectly legal, as long as they think that nobody will ever know about it. It's true. Human nature. I don't care if you a born-again super Christian or mother theresa or the pope, you still do bad things. Stop lying and admit it.
PS: this does not mean I don't applaud him for giving so much to charity
It really is an injustice when someone so evil business-wise can now just leave it all behind and become admired for being a great humanitarian. I applaud him for giving away his money, but I won't really respect him until he makes MS stop fighting and trying to destroy open-source. He can keep pushing his lovely OS, but PLEASE PLEASE stop the bashing and FUD against Linux and anything that might be seen as possibly creating a dent in their money flow. Until MS changes it's ways, Bill Gates is an asshole to me.
I need to pick me up a few of these if they are going for cheap. Underground black market rules!
Especially guilt for the Catholics. It is no wonder the Pope was afraid, he bases his entire existence on his guilt and fear... and actually believes in himself. The Pope is always one screwed up fellow, if he isn't when he starts, he will be very soon.
Protestant or Catholic, they both have two major components in common... guilt and fear. I was a pentecostal for over 20 years and I know guilt and fear. Sure, you're free when you accept Christ, but you never REALLY get over your fear of "what if I'm doing/did something wrong, I'll go to hell". Go ahead and brainwash yourself into requiring some super god character to absolve you from your "sins". Religion is a scam. I am now agnostic/athiest and am TRULY FREE!
He has been trying to figure out how to get into her pants, but the answer has eluded him!
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Why would you allow group and world to write to your personal files? Would a "born-again" hacker be able to chmod his files 777 and make it into heaven even with the mark of the beast?
Have people forgotten about one of the biggest prophecies in the Bible? The mark of the beast! The person who gets ID 666 is the anti-christ and he will enslave humanity. Not saying that I believe any of that... but people do seem to be pushing in that direction a bit too much. Stop it.
That's on DSL... I'm certainly not complaining. You are getting ripped.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=187119&cid=154 38203
Then I added an amazon affiliate link at the end of it. I earned $5 yesterday because somebody clicked on the link, then browsed to other items and purchased something. See, the link doesn't even necessarily need to be a related product, but obviously better if it is (otherwise you don't get modded up).
I don't know how long something like this could be sustained though... could somebody theoretically manage to work the entire day just posting plagerized content on slashdot with affiliate links and make a living doing so? What measures are in place (if any) on Slashdot to prevent this? Should it be prevented if it actually provides useful content?
If you've ever read anything about the sites history, you would know that it was very deliberately called "The Pirate Bay" to piss off the powers that hate P2P. They WERE asking for it. It's all part of the big plan.
There is the possibility (remote, yes, I know) that the seller did ship a working laptop which just broke on transit... OR the buyer has a grudge against the seller and the laptop works fine, he's just getting revenge for something else (but it's highly unlikely). See, this is why we have laws in place to deal with things instead of vigilante justice, because when people take matters into their own hands, they can never truly know the whole story or if they are acting properly instead of just out of emotion.
If the guy is really having a terrible time, just apologize already and refund the piddly amount of cash! What a loser!
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=187087&cid=154 37669
I'm not a Karma whore, I don't care about it.
Fuel cells electrochemically convert fuel into electricity, without bothering with the awkward combustion process that dooms regular engines to inefficiency. The fuel that most currently workable fuel cells run on is hydrogen, which is a bit of a pain to store and transport. A device called a "reformer" can be used to convert methanol and water (much easier to store) into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, but reformer-based fuel cells aren't very efficient, and small models for portable electronic devices are less efficient still. "Direct methanol" fuel cells (DMFCs), on the other hand, run from un-reformed methanol. DMFCs are the things most likely to end up in your laptop or mobile phone. Learn more about fuel cells.
I once got $50 from single post. BUT... it was close to Christmas and my list included affiliate links to amazon books and it got moderated +5 Interesting. I haven't been able to do that since... but I haven't really tried either. It was a fluke.
I meant to say "does NOT put in a nofollow tag if you post with karma bonus". And yup, it does appear my link does not have a nofollow tag. Learn something new everyday I guess.
Apparently Slashdot does put in a nofollow tag if you post with karma bonus!? Is this true? If I put a link to my site Desktop Linux At Home, does it not get a nofollow tag? I will post this and find out.