If you wanted these three, you had two choices; UNIX or Windows NT[1].
Or OS/2, on the last two. A third-party whose name escapes me had a great multi-user add-on. Regardless, you did have file system ACLs with HPFS386-- you just didn't have a system logon.
Let's face it: the classic OS didn't hold up well against a preemptively multitasking Windows 95 or OS/2 2.x (with the OO GUI). But before 1992, it was king.
You can prove quite easily that you can only see two dimensions of space. Simply place a cube on a table, lower and center your vision so it's pinpointed right in the center of one side, and note that you see a square, not a cube. Without the angles to suggest depth, you're not capable of perceiving three dimensions at all.
BTW, "improved color vision" is relative. Birds have receptors for four colors rather than three. Early mammals lost two of the four, which is why your dog is "color blind". Our lineage re-gained a third, though not the same as either of the two that our ancestors had lost.
Why would losing a color receptor constitute an evolutionary advantage?
But on the other hand if you could choose otherwise, there would be a price you might not be so happy to pay: without death children are not born, illness and suffering does not end.
In Genesis 2, God says that he will "greatly increase" woman's pain in childbearing. Clearly, children were being conceived and born in Eden. Also, Eden is the definition of Utopia, and no trace of illness or suffering are to be found. Perhaps you do not find eternal life to be palatable, but the entire Judeo-Christian theology revolves around it (save for the Sadducees, whose position Jesus soundly refuted).
Our way of looking at these stories, Genesis in particular, has been diminished by religious ideology. To the point that those of us raised in the Judeo-Christian tradition think nothing is more natural than to hate and revile snakes.
No kidding! After last week's fellowship, we all ran into the woods and started beating the suckers with sticks! Evil little beasties!
Use the phrase "bible-thumpers" in your post on a scientific topic and you're sure to be modded up insightful!
Scientist 1: How'd you like my paper on "Impact of herpetological influence on anthropological evolution?"
Scientist 2: Bad news, dude! The "bible-thumpers" have glommed off your hypothesis! Something in Genesis about chicks stomping on snakes. Sounds fetishy. Anyway, we can't afford to lend these cretins any legitimacy. You'll have to think of something else.
Scientist 1: Crap! Back to the drawing board. How about 'gators? They're hella scary!
What happens in a fist/knife fight? You can fight, or you can run (well, most of the time). What happens in a gun fight? You let the bullets fly. Shooting first is best, as every cowboy western duel has taught us. Guns are almost a 100% guarantee that more situations will come down to an actual fight, and that more people will be hurt.
Any police officer or trained security officer could tell you that this is totally untrue. I'll give you my friend's email or AIM if you don't believe me. He has worked in armed security for years and has a wall of certificates (OC, firearms, etc) to prove his expertise.
The world has moved on since the Dark Ages. Your (or any other witnesses) cell phone is a more powerful tool than the gun in almost every situation. There are really extremely few situations where you would have time to pull out a gun, and where the gun would be more efficient than the police. Either you have no time at all and would be shot, or you have run off, barricaded or hidden yourself somewhere and the police will arrive in time.
You mean the police can outrun a bullet? Incredible.
Insightful? I didn't realize that we'd "colonized" Hezbollah and Al Qaeda! Or imposed unreasonable taxes without representation! Do we need to allow Al Qaeda to send delegates to Congress before they'll stop killing people?
In this particular case he didn't actually see a gun, he only thought it felt like a gun. Presumably there wasn't one involved because only a complete loon would chase after the muggers.
if the american gun lobby is so sure that giving the general population guns will stop the government misbehaving, why isnt anyone storming the whitehouse with uzis, taking out the unelected emperor that stole control of their country 7 years ago?
Because the average gun-owning American is better informed and more level headed than the average Slashdot troll.
Our embargo of the country is one of the prime reasons why the Cuban black market sees less expansion than most socialist/communist countries. Because of the US embargo, much of the world refuses to trade with Cuba.
This makes so sense. By definition, a black market is an illegal or unsactioned one and the players work without regard for the law. I tire of hearing pro-Castro apologists place the blame on the USA, which has rightfully placed sanctions on a regime which oppresses its people. If the USA had never taken any action against Cuba, the left would be criticizing us for ignoring human rights violations just miles off our own shores.
Try charging less to a poor patient than you charge the State -- you'll go to jail (the US government has an entire office dedicated to finding doctors that charge less than they charge Medicare).
Well, yes-- because that's fraudulent. The doctor is making an extra profit off Medicare.
On a side note-- has anyone noticed how the quality of Matchbox has decreased since Mattel acquired it? The cars are made in China and I notice the lack of detail. Things like headlights and bumpers used to be separate chromed pieces of plastic and now they are just painted on with grey paint!
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Hopefully this was a while ago-- he'd better learn how to read before entering school at five because (unless he goes to private) he sure won't learn there.
The government there ensures absurdly cheap petrol
You obviously have no idea how many taxes are laid on petroleum products here. Gasoline is still relatively cheap because we drill and refine most of it here.
I really hope Ford and GM crash and burn soon for encouraging "gas-guzzlers".
That's very kind of you. Japanese automakers have been building gas-guzzling SUVs for many years now, too. Would you like them to crash and burn as well? What about Ford's hybrid and E85 vehicles? Don't they count for anything?
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Let's face it: the classic OS didn't hold up well against a preemptively multitasking Windows 95 or OS/2 2.x (with the OO GUI). But before 1992, it was king.
Consider this post modded +1, Fantastic.
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Scientist 1: How'd you like my paper on "Impact of herpetological influence on anthropological evolution?"
Scientist 2: Bad news, dude! The "bible-thumpers" have glommed off your hypothesis! Something in Genesis about chicks stomping on snakes. Sounds fetishy. Anyway, we can't afford to lend these cretins any legitimacy. You'll have to think of something else.
Scientist 1: Crap! Back to the drawing board. How about 'gators? They're hella scary!
Didn't you notice that all the hipsters are wearing TITANIUM hats now? Tinfoil is so last week!
We're not helping the situation by pointing the finger at one particular party. After all, Jimmy Carter was beholden to the cardigan sweater industry!
Insightful? I didn't realize that we'd "colonized" Hezbollah and Al Qaeda! Or imposed unreasonable taxes without representation! Do we need to allow Al Qaeda to send delegates to Congress before they'll stop killing people?
So what? Double jeopardy is prohibited by the constitution, so "not guilty" means not guilty-- permanently.
On a side note-- has anyone noticed how the quality of Matchbox has decreased since Mattel acquired it? The cars are made in China and I notice the lack of detail. Things like headlights and bumpers used to be separate chromed pieces of plastic and now they are just painted on with grey paint!
Hopefully this was a while ago-- he'd better learn how to read before entering school at five because (unless he goes to private) he sure won't learn there.
Humans have free will, or else we would just be puppets.
I don't agree with you, but I find it ridiculous that every unpopular opinion gets modded down by the Slashdot thought police.
But they taste pretty damn good!