Properly probably implies (at least) not assuming that everything is inherited via Mendelian single-gene systems.
How a single "Feebleminded" allele gave rise to bipolar, schizophrenia, autism, retardation, &c. while appearing spontaneously and at random made sense continues to escape me, though it's a question I've pondered for close to a decade.
I have it on good authority that smart economists figured out how big the stimulus had to be to bring unemployment down to around 5%, and then Republicans in congress forced them to compromise down to about 1/3 the minimum effective size. So now we're in debt, and we don't even have the jobs that would provide the taxes to pay off the debt (admittedly, it'd have been larger, but it would have been paid down faster).
At the risk of burning karma, disposing of perfectly functional items because they're a few years old and there's a fancier, flashier model seems to be the encouraged behavior with some Apple stuff anyway. They'd probably be wanting to junk it by the time the battery fails anyway.
Well, yeah. I had a 2007 Macbook Pro, and by 2009, the user-serviceable battery was thoroughly shot. We're talking the same battery life as an Evangelion unit, here. Come 2009, and I burned out a fourth GeForce 8600 with my gaming hobby (thermal pad issue), and they gave me a brand spankin' new 2009 model-year MBP with its sealed battery and no ExpressCard slot. I was worried about both. Turns out that most of the "SSDs" were either about a thousand bucks and intended for use in Sony HD movie cameras, or relying on the USB portion of the ExpressCard interface, and only now are they starting to suck less in 2012. But I can also get a MicroSD adapter that fills the SD card slot for always-in flash storage. (Also, the only thing I used the expresscard slot for was an SD card adapter, for what it's worth)
And the other part? It's now a battery at the same age as my failed 2007 machine. 614 load cycles, rated life span of 500. Guess how well it's holding up? 80% health. I'm probably going to retire this machine from its place of pride long before the battery goes. The new Macbook Air benchmarks within 5% of this one in graphics, and considerably higher elsewhere. I can't count on games running that well (or, really, at all) any more. "Junk it is probably too strong, but I can easily see myself retiring this to a spare machine, a home file server, or an HTPC now; the battery is no longer the slow-burning fuse it once was.
Because your method would exclude even more freaks.
Kleinfelter's, Turners, and 47,XYY syndrome folks would all be disqualified. Women with ovaries - and an XY genotype - who lack functional testosterone receptors, and developed as XY females.
And then there's people of normal genotypes who grow breasts and a willie. So do we run a division of hermaphrodites in each sport, or something?
That's two words, and modern stealth jets are designed to emit as little IR as possible. Low-light-level TV or "starlight scopes" are somewhat lacking in range for spotting aircraft 20 miles away, too.
That was either a Cray or a Connection Machine mainframe, neither of which is likely close to "lowest" bid, which would have been something like a bunch of Pentiums running Windows Server.
My answer would be, "When cloning intelligent predatory dinosaurs, consider having a kill squad equipped with attack helicopters and FLIR cameras on standby." The book's answer was a small RPG-like warhead launcher of some sort. The movie's answer was a Franchi SPAS-12. I like my answer a lot better, though.
FTFA, "For convenience, all magnetic rings allow firing of all modified guns." Not really "you and only you".
Also, only works with S&W. Fail.
Only works with S&W revolvers. Fail.
They do most of the S&W lineup, but not the X-frame, and no automatics. In this day and age, most people shoot automatics. And as far as I can tell, police don't like it since it's too fiddly, even given that most police officers who die in the line of duty are shot with their own gun.
I may not be the first to adopt smartgun technology when it's mature (it'll be expensive, no doubt), but I support its use. When it's mature. And not by compulsion.
The problem with that sort of modern scale mail is that all spots are not created equal.
Most shots will not strike a scale at a 90 angle, but some will.
Most shots will not strike a scale at a point where there is no overlap, but some will.
When both of those happen at the same time, the standard AK bullet just sails on through.
Also, Dragon Skin is 3 times heavier than the Interceptor system. It's not a bad system, but it's hard to test adequately, and poorly matched to the threat of the AK-47.
I only retired my Firewire drives from their position of primacy last year. Thunderbolt may be a worthy successor (DMA, doesn't load up my processor, faster than greased lightning), but it was actually being able to do things over wi-fi that weren't feasible before. Now I don't have to tether my laptop to my desk to run backups or print, for example. Firewire let me load up on USB devices without sacrificing bandwidth devoted to storage devices.
Well, about how much extra are we talking about? Will it drive you in the bankruptcy? Will you need to cut your food allowance significantly? Or is it a petty amount? Until some can estimate, the "sky is falling over CC on NetFlix" may as well be just a matter of "teabag-ims to extreme".
That's nice, but I should point out that your "petty amount" is my "I'm dropping Netflix". Economy sucks, my friend.
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Properly probably implies (at least) not assuming that everything is inherited via Mendelian single-gene systems.
How a single "Feebleminded" allele gave rise to bipolar, schizophrenia, autism, retardation, &c. while appearing spontaneously and at random made sense continues to escape me, though it's a question I've pondered for close to a decade.
They didn't have triclosan a couple thousand years ago. While you make a good point, it's ultimately a red herring.
/me glances at his palm
Aw, crap.
I have it on good authority that smart economists figured out how big the stimulus had to be to bring unemployment down to around 5%, and then Republicans in congress forced them to compromise down to about 1/3 the minimum effective size. So now we're in debt, and we don't even have the jobs that would provide the taxes to pay off the debt (admittedly, it'd have been larger, but it would have been paid down faster).
At the risk of burning karma, disposing of perfectly functional items because they're a few years old and there's a fancier, flashier model seems to be the encouraged behavior with some Apple stuff anyway. They'd probably be wanting to junk it by the time the battery fails anyway.
Well, yeah. I had a 2007 Macbook Pro, and by 2009, the user-serviceable battery was thoroughly shot. We're talking the same battery life as an Evangelion unit, here. Come 2009, and I burned out a fourth GeForce 8600 with my gaming hobby (thermal pad issue), and they gave me a brand spankin' new 2009 model-year MBP with its sealed battery and no ExpressCard slot. I was worried about both. Turns out that most of the "SSDs" were either about a thousand bucks and intended for use in Sony HD movie cameras, or relying on the USB portion of the ExpressCard interface, and only now are they starting to suck less in 2012. But I can also get a MicroSD adapter that fills the SD card slot for always-in flash storage. (Also, the only thing I used the expresscard slot for was an SD card adapter, for what it's worth)
And the other part? It's now a battery at the same age as my failed 2007 machine. 614 load cycles, rated life span of 500. Guess how well it's holding up? 80% health. I'm probably going to retire this machine from its place of pride long before the battery goes. The new Macbook Air benchmarks within 5% of this one in graphics, and considerably higher elsewhere. I can't count on games running that well (or, really, at all) any more. "Junk it is probably too strong, but I can easily see myself retiring this to a spare machine, a home file server, or an HTPC now; the battery is no longer the slow-burning fuse it once was.
Because your method would exclude even more freaks.
Kleinfelter's, Turners, and 47,XYY syndrome folks would all be disqualified. Women with ovaries - and an XY genotype - who lack functional testosterone receptors, and developed as XY females.
And then there's people of normal genotypes who grow breasts and a willie. So do we run a division of hermaphrodites in each sport, or something?
That's two words, and modern stealth jets are designed to emit as little IR as possible. Low-light-level TV or "starlight scopes" are somewhat lacking in range for spotting aircraft 20 miles away, too.
That was either a Cray or a Connection Machine mainframe, neither of which is likely close to "lowest" bid, which would have been something like a bunch of Pentiums running Windows Server.
My answer would be, "When cloning intelligent predatory dinosaurs, consider having a kill squad equipped with attack helicopters and FLIR cameras on standby." The book's answer was a small RPG-like warhead launcher of some sort. The movie's answer was a Franchi SPAS-12. I like my answer a lot better, though.
At night the airplane's black, and so is the sky.
And it makes sense, why would someone not want to join a site where all your friends are?
Actually, maybe only a third of my friends are on Facebook, and most of them only use it to send people invitations.
He provides the ecosystem that keeps people interested in what the producers are selling.
FTFA, "For convenience, all magnetic rings allow firing of all modified guns." Not really "you and only you".
Also, only works with S&W. Fail.
Only works with S&W revolvers. Fail.
They do most of the S&W lineup, but not the X-frame, and no automatics. In this day and age, most people shoot automatics. And as far as I can tell, police don't like it since it's too fiddly, even given that most police officers who die in the line of duty are shot with their own gun.
I may not be the first to adopt smartgun technology when it's mature (it'll be expensive, no doubt), but I support its use. When it's mature. And not by compulsion.
The problem with that sort of modern scale mail is that all spots are not created equal.
Most shots will not strike a scale at a 90 angle, but some will. Most shots will not strike a scale at a point where there is no overlap, but some will.
When both of those happen at the same time, the standard AK bullet just sails on through.
Also, Dragon Skin is 3 times heavier than the Interceptor system. It's not a bad system, but it's hard to test adequately, and poorly matched to the threat of the AK-47.
"I swear officer, I was shooting at his rifle!"
What the hell happened to whistleblower protections?
I'd have modded him "+5, Someone Had To Say It"
That would be great, but by the time they get around to doing that, my hypothetical career would be irreparably destroyed.
For an anonymous comment, this is really good. Bumping for karma.
For the record, I've chosen to do without intimacy.
I only retired my Firewire drives from their position of primacy last year. Thunderbolt may be a worthy successor (DMA, doesn't load up my processor, faster than greased lightning), but it was actually being able to do things over wi-fi that weren't feasible before. Now I don't have to tether my laptop to my desk to run backups or print, for example. Firewire let me load up on USB devices without sacrificing bandwidth devoted to storage devices.
"Whipple shield" - look it up sometime.
I prefer this model, but I think that's mostly because I'd want the Boxee remote, twice the ram, and Ice Cream Sandwich.
If you consider requiring them to backport from natively 64 bit everything with ugly hax "artificial", I suppose.
That's nice, but I should point out that your "petty amount" is my "I'm dropping Netflix". Economy sucks, my friend.
I'm not the only person who thinks we're living in the cyberpunk future Gibson warned us about, am I?
We even have chromed-out cybernetics, though they're fairly fashion-over-function these days.
Try that with a CZ-52, and I hope you have a box of spare firing pins.
The Czechs can handle some crazy awesome high-powered ammo, but the firing pins were crap.