"The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, while the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck to be made by this particular first duck anyway, and certainly not while it, the second duck, was busy flying." http://goo.gl/mfJhi
See, I feel that way about the current DC lineup, the new DC lineup, the DC lineup from 20 years ago, the DC lineup that will be 20 years from now, Marvel's lineup, Darkhorse, Mangas..... IT'S ALL FUCKING BORING AS HELL.
If I want a story, I'll read a book or watch a movie. I can't make myself care about a story crammed into tiny speech bubbles and narrator boxes.
Babies NEVER have the say. Parents, who can either decide that a healthy baby is their top priority, or that it is not, ALWAYS have the say. (Unless government gets involved; but it's still not the baby's decision there, either.)
First, you have not given any valid argument against the middle sentence of my post. An infant, whether breastfed or bottlefed or starved to death, has no way to express disagreement about anything, other than to cry, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. A consumer of manufactured products is in exactly the same situation.
Secondly, "99% of teat-sucking babies" (I might ask where you get your statistics) are nurtured by mothers who have the baby's welfare as their highest priority and who choose to keep harmful substances out of the feedstock: tobacco, alcohol, medical and environmental poisons. The remainder of babies are not so fortunate. http://www.drugs.com/cg/effects-of-smoking-alcohol-and-medicines-on-breastfeeding.html
Just to belabor the point: blair1q has a positive image of breastfeeding, perhaps because (s)he is a parent and feels that breastfeeding is a positive way to nurture a child. I won't argue that it isn't, just that it is totally the parent's decision, and the infant has almost zero input or influence.
An infant on a teat is completely vulnerable to whatever substances the mother decides to consume, whatever schedule the mother decides to feed the baby on, whatever position and environment the mother decides is appropriate. An infant on a teat has no way to express disagreement about any of these issues except to cry, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. An infant on a teat is a TOTALLY appropriate metaphor for a locked-in brand dependent consumer.
Sometimes there's only one IT guy working at the site. To force him to eat lunch with management, or even administrative staff, with whom he has nothing in common, is cruel.
Okay, that sounds elitist the way it came out. It's meant to be the opposite. My experience was that the non-IT folks looked down on ME, and when I was forced to eat lunch with them, I could see them talking down to me, struggling for conversation topics. We were all relieved when I started going out to lunch by myself.
Some internet users (albeit at least one of them an Anonymous Coward) hijacked a thread about paper folding to pass judgement on college degrees, college academic programs and similar topics. This has nothing to do with social programs
This was Claude Shannon's "outguessing machine" ported to BASIC; I remember seeing it in Creative Computing. It built a Markov matrix from your entries (yes, this is the "table" you're thinking of) but it's much quicker to follow the Markov machine than to search a table.
Humans (when awake) judge the distance to objects in several ways, including the effort required to focus, binocular parallax, and comparison with nearby objects. I'm saying that if we had a frickin' laser or two attached to our heads, we could use interference fringes too.
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"The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, while the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck to be made by this particular first duck anyway, and certainly not while it, the second duck, was busy flying."
http://goo.gl/mfJhi
Except for banks. Many banks notoriously limit you to 8 characters, sometimes even requiring them all to be alphanumeric!
Try this image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Kc_simulation.jpg/220px-Kc_simulation.jpg
See, I feel that way about the current DC lineup, the new DC lineup, the DC lineup from 20 years ago, the DC lineup that will be 20 years from now, Marvel's lineup, Darkhorse, Mangas ..... IT'S ALL FUCKING BORING AS HELL.
If I want a story, I'll read a book or watch a movie. I can't make myself care about a story crammed into tiny speech bubbles and narrator boxes.
Because I don't. I've been trying for ten minutes to care and I just can't.
I have too much exposure to social work cases, not to mention veterinary cases, to believe all mammals are good mothers.
Babies NEVER have the say. Parents, who can either decide that a healthy baby is their top priority, or that it is not, ALWAYS have the say. (Unless government gets involved; but it's still not the baby's decision there, either.)
First, you have not given any valid argument against the middle sentence of my post. An infant, whether breastfed or bottlefed or starved to death, has no way to express disagreement about anything, other than to cry, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. A consumer of manufactured products is in exactly the same situation.
Secondly, "99% of teat-sucking babies" (I might ask where you get your statistics) are nurtured by mothers who have the baby's welfare as their highest priority and who choose to keep harmful substances out of the feedstock: tobacco, alcohol, medical and environmental poisons. The remainder of babies are not so fortunate. http://www.drugs.com/cg/effects-of-smoking-alcohol-and-medicines-on-breastfeeding.html
Just to belabor the point: blair1q has a positive image of breastfeeding, perhaps because (s)he is a parent and feels that breastfeeding is a positive way to nurture a child. I won't argue that it isn't, just that it is totally the parent's decision, and the infant has almost zero input or influence.
An infant on a teat is completely vulnerable to whatever substances the mother decides to consume, whatever schedule the mother decides to feed the baby on, whatever position and environment the mother decides is appropriate. An infant on a teat has no way to express disagreement about any of these issues except to cry, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. An infant on a teat is a TOTALLY appropriate metaphor for a locked-in brand dependent consumer.
My impression is that the ultimate limit of the life of the pacemaker is not its battery or electronics, but its leads.
Furthermore, with pacemaker tech improving every year, do you really want to keep trusting your heart to something 15 years old?
Unless they make it illegal to opt out of owning a cellphone, this is meaningless.
It was SUCH a good movie until they dragged in the requisite evil monster from hell that all SF movies seem to need these days. FUCK.
Oh, and somebody tell Boyle that you don't freeze just by being in shadow. Even in space.
Yeah, that's pretty much what Apple is saying to Samsung.
Sometimes there's only one IT guy working at the site. To force him to eat lunch with management, or even administrative staff, with whom he has nothing in common, is cruel.
Okay, that sounds elitist the way it came out. It's meant to be the opposite. My experience was that the non-IT folks looked down on ME, and when I was forced to eat lunch with them, I could see them talking down to me, struggling for conversation topics. We were all relieved when I started going out to lunch by myself.
Reasonable people tend to NOT FUCKING CARE about internet debate. Instead they concentrate on their lives.
Use Pidgin, attached to your skype account -- skype needs to be running too, but it will be invisible -- and customize which windows make noise.
Some internet users (albeit at least one of them an Anonymous Coward) hijacked a thread about paper folding to pass judgement on college degrees, college academic programs and similar topics. This has nothing to do with social programs
Rest assured, your webcam WAS recording. Just not to your hard drive.
You must have a lot of faith in Slashdot's anonymity. More than I would have.
This was Claude Shannon's "outguessing machine" ported to BASIC; I remember seeing it in Creative Computing. It built a Markov matrix from your entries (yes, this is the "table" you're thinking of) but it's much quicker to follow the Markov machine than to search a table.
Gevo's organism is not natural, it is recombinant. At least according to the patent suit report linked by GP.
Where do you get vegetable oil at $1 per gallon?
Isn't this just a variant on Claude Shannon's outguessing machine, which I think was developed in 1953?
Humans (when awake) judge the distance to objects in several ways, including the effort required to focus, binocular parallax, and comparison with nearby objects. I'm saying that if we had a frickin' laser or two attached to our heads, we could use interference fringes too.