As to the "real thing", if I recall, the grandparent asked for a creature that looked similar to "a roadrunner" and not "the Roadrunner". Big difference as one refers to the actual bird and the other simply a cartoon character (regardless of intent of the writer). If something that looks like "a roadrunner" was good enough, what is wrong with an actual roadrunner. If he just wanted something that looked like "the Roadrunner", I would guess an ostrich or an emu would work.
I know I've given many posts a pass and I'm just picking on yours, but can we please stop using the terms "Pro-Life" and "Pro-Choice" in the abortion argument? Many extreme Anti-Abortion advocates support the death penalty and many extreme Pro-Abortion advocates oppose school vouchers.
The ban on stem cells is NOT due to a fear of creating a genetic monster, it is because a good portion of the population (somewhere around 55%) believe that life begins at conception. So, now you're dealing with a population that does not see an embryo as just a collection of cells, but as a living human being. You may call that rediculous, but then again conception is the only non-arbitrary point designated for the start of human life.
Personally, I don't know when human life begins, I just remember back to when people honestly and truely believed blacks weren't fully human.
Help. There were no deserts before the ice caps (or very few). The lock up of large ammounts of moisture and resulting weather patterns dried out Africa.
Got it wrong there. Yes, water is denser than ice, which is why ice floats. Once the ice has displaced it's mass of water, it stops sinking. So, since it has already displaced its mass, when it melts it will not raise the water level one bit. You can see this at home. Get a styrofoam cup (just so you don't have to deal with condensation) put a couple of ice cubes in it and fill it to the brim with water. Wipe off the cup and place it on the counter. Leave for a half hour and come back, you'll find the water level hasn't changed and the counter isn't wet.
Imagine the type of skilled labor you could obtain over 200 years
Of course, you're assuming the human brain has enough capacity that experiance doesn't cap out well before 200 years. It would kind of suck if, in order to learn anything new, you had to first forget something.
Uh, no. Voting not to recall Davis is not the same as voting for him. A whole lot of people will vote "no" not because they want Davis but because they don't like the recall itself regardless of the official it's targeting. In fact, if I were a Californian I would vote against recall, but from what I know of the guy I'd like just about anyone other than Davis in office.
And this can be justified fairly easily. The recall has been in place 90+ years and has been tried 100+ times, and only now that California is so economically screwed did it actually get anywhere. Seems to me the system is working so far, I just don't like the idea of no run-off election, but how else would Gary Coleman get into office?
Well, if a matter duplicator came out that could be owned and opperated by Joe Consumer, the economy would collapse as standards such as gold would now be completely worthless. It would not be surprising for CISCO, if it survived, to licenses plans for it's routers, which would have EULAs. Maybe you can only use the plans with your matter duplicator to create one router, or maybe you can only have one router at a time, but in case the first replication breaks you can still replicate a new one. You may even be allowed to resell the physical router, just you can't transfer or use the plans anymore. Anyway, if a matter duplicator ever permiated the market, the whole system would be turned on its head, so I wouldn't say it's beyond reason that you would have a EULA for hardware.
Considering i own the patents on "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u", you did infringe on my iP. i'm currently involved in a legal dispute with SCo over the capital letter versions.
The consonants in this post have been licensed from 3M.
Actually, the article seems to say the more artificial the light, the better. If you get a light that produces a greater spectrum, and thus more closely resembles natural light, you get problems, while narrow-spectrum lights are more easily ignored by biological systems.
It's still a "No". Basically it sounds like the Apple patent would have had a disc laid flat along the xy plane, and so would have been exactly like putting the four arrow buttons on the mouse. Microsoft takes the scroll wheel (which is along the yz plane) and gives it lateral movement. The functions of the two systems are the same, but the interface is different. Besides, at least Microsoft will actually MAKE the damn things, meanwhile Apple has yet to produce a mouse that does what's in its patent.
But if it is not taking then why would you need the government to ensure that the redistribution happens? If everyone agrees that John Q. Millionaire should give his money to the people, surely John Q. Millionaire, being part of that group, would part with his money without government intervention, right? Otherwise it would be done without John's permission, and would thus be taking.
Once redistribution has been codified into law, it can no longer be called "giving" no matter how that law got there, as you are now obligated to comply.
The concept was quite prevalent in Japanese Anime. For instance, E:FC came out in '97, by then Washu had been using her holographic interface in Tenchi for five years. E:FC just had fancy CGI to show it off.
With movies taking in more money every year and with DVD sales growing by leaps and bounds, if those thousands of Industry employees aren't getting enough money I would think the problem does not lie with illegal downloads.
Forgive my ignorance, but if there is a basic unit of time that would seem to imply that it could never be cut in half, thus you couldn't simply keep cutting a time frame in half infinitely, as you'd eventually get to the point where the situation becomes binary (either you're at tA-1 or you're at tA). Zeno's paradox seems to only work when there isn't a basic time unit, not the other way around. Am I missing something?
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Read "Jokester" by Isaac Asimov.
As to the "real thing", if I recall, the grandparent asked for a creature that looked similar to "a roadrunner" and not "the Roadrunner". Big difference as one refers to the actual bird and the other simply a cartoon character (regardless of intent of the writer). If something that looks like "a roadrunner" was good enough, what is wrong with an actual roadrunner. If he just wanted something that looked like "the Roadrunner", I would guess an ostrich or an emu would work.
So then cross a human with a roadrunner and paint it blue.
Or whatever's the closest living bird that resembles a roadrunner.
What's wrong with using an actual roadrunner and not something that just resembles it?
I know I've given many posts a pass and I'm just picking on yours, but can we please stop using the terms "Pro-Life" and "Pro-Choice" in the abortion argument? Many extreme Anti-Abortion advocates support the death penalty and many extreme Pro-Abortion advocates oppose school vouchers.
Jeeze! Ever hear of rounding? Take the stick out of yer ass, you'll feel better.
The ban on stem cells is NOT due to a fear of creating a genetic monster, it is because a good portion of the population (somewhere around 55%) believe that life begins at conception. So, now you're dealing with a population that does not see an embryo as just a collection of cells, but as a living human being. You may call that rediculous, but then again conception is the only non-arbitrary point designated for the start of human life.
Personally, I don't know when human life begins, I just remember back to when people honestly and truely believed blacks weren't fully human.
Help. There were no deserts before the ice caps (or very few). The lock up of large ammounts of moisture and resulting weather patterns dried out Africa.
Got it wrong there. Yes, water is denser than ice, which is why ice floats. Once the ice has displaced it's mass of water, it stops sinking. So, since it has already displaced its mass, when it melts it will not raise the water level one bit. You can see this at home. Get a styrofoam cup (just so you don't have to deal with condensation) put a couple of ice cubes in it and fill it to the brim with water. Wipe off the cup and place it on the counter. Leave for a half hour and come back, you'll find the water level hasn't changed and the counter isn't wet.
Well, since Republicans aren't in the habit of giving out cash to individuals (corporations, on the other hand...)
R:I'll give you defense and take $4 and your 4th and 14th Amendments
D:I'll pay you $10 and take $15 and your 1st and 2nd Amendments
Imagine the type of skilled labor you could obtain over 200 years
Of course, you're assuming the human brain has enough capacity that experiance doesn't cap out well before 200 years. It would kind of suck if, in order to learn anything new, you had to first forget something.
Uh, no. Voting not to recall Davis is not the same as voting for him. A whole lot of people will vote "no" not because they want Davis but because they don't like the recall itself regardless of the official it's targeting. In fact, if I were a Californian I would vote against recall, but from what I know of the guy I'd like just about anyone other than Davis in office.
And this can be justified fairly easily. The recall has been in place 90+ years and has been tried 100+ times, and only now that California is so economically screwed did it actually get anywhere. Seems to me the system is working so far, I just don't like the idea of no run-off election, but how else would Gary Coleman get into office?
I my area the grungy storefront has the unfortunate name of "Crash Electronics."
Well, if a matter duplicator came out that could be owned and opperated by Joe Consumer, the economy would collapse as standards such as gold would now be completely worthless. It would not be surprising for CISCO, if it survived, to licenses plans for it's routers, which would have EULAs. Maybe you can only use the plans with your matter duplicator to create one router, or maybe you can only have one router at a time, but in case the first replication breaks you can still replicate a new one. You may even be allowed to resell the physical router, just you can't transfer or use the plans anymore. Anyway, if a matter duplicator ever permiated the market, the whole system would be turned on its head, so I wouldn't say it's beyond reason that you would have a EULA for hardware.
very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people
Proof that contact with the masses dumbs you down. ^_^
Considering i own the patents on "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u", you did infringe on my iP. i'm currently involved in a legal dispute with SCo over the capital letter versions. The consonants in this post have been licensed from 3M.
Considering species of animals are not vanishing forever at a rapid rate, what's the point of your post?
Haha! Got it down below five megs WITHOUT ditching Solitare. The boy sure does have his priorities straight ^_^
Actually, the article seems to say the more artificial the light, the better. If you get a light that produces a greater spectrum, and thus more closely resembles natural light, you get problems, while narrow-spectrum lights are more easily ignored by biological systems.
It's still a "No". Basically it sounds like the Apple patent would have had a disc laid flat along the xy plane, and so would have been exactly like putting the four arrow buttons on the mouse. Microsoft takes the scroll wheel (which is along the yz plane) and gives it lateral movement. The functions of the two systems are the same, but the interface is different. Besides, at least Microsoft will actually MAKE the damn things, meanwhile Apple has yet to produce a mouse that does what's in its patent.
Christianity doesn't say you'll face eternal damnation if you don't. Ask a theologin about faith versus works.
But if it is not taking then why would you need the government to ensure that the redistribution happens? If everyone agrees that John Q. Millionaire should give his money to the people, surely John Q. Millionaire, being part of that group, would part with his money without government intervention, right? Otherwise it would be done without John's permission, and would thus be taking.
Once redistribution has been codified into law, it can no longer be called "giving" no matter how that law got there, as you are now obligated to comply.
Christianity wants you to give everything, Socialism lets the government take everything. There's a choice involved in Christianity.
The concept was quite prevalent in Japanese Anime. For instance, E:FC came out in '97, by then Washu had been using her holographic interface in Tenchi for five years. E:FC just had fancy CGI to show it off.
With movies taking in more money every year and with DVD sales growing by leaps and bounds, if those thousands of Industry employees aren't getting enough money I would think the problem does not lie with illegal downloads.
Forgive my ignorance, but if there is a basic unit of time that would seem to imply that it could never be cut in half, thus you couldn't simply keep cutting a time frame in half infinitely, as you'd eventually get to the point where the situation becomes binary (either you're at tA-1 or you're at tA). Zeno's paradox seems to only work when there isn't a basic time unit, not the other way around. Am I missing something?