Thats funny, I'm 240 lb., and I never have any trouble when I kayak out to the sea for a week of random camping along the ocean (great way to drop some weight...). Kayaks themselves are VERY good at handling weight, and the rubber sphincter should be tight enough that water cannot get in.
I hope that these engineering features can be used to develop better salt-water kayaks as well, as it may make my trips a little faster, so I can get more of the East Coast in.
Apple announced several very cool features yesterday, almost all things I have third-party apps for, and yet retooled them into new things of beauty.
The virtual desktops seem easier to use, with greater functionality. Spotlight has now replaced quicksilver for a couple more tasks. The widget creators look fun. And time machine is a blessing, that might actually convince my neighbor that backups are easy, and worthwhile (instead of calling me after his hard drive dies)
And I do not doubt that come spring, Apple will release Leopard with even more great features. This might be the cream at the top, or not. But its not all. (even the mention of Spotlight being faster perked my interest...
All I wish is that they will move it back to Boston... And speaking of Boston, the WWDC did NOT have a Jobs keynote. Nor any expectation for a "Great" announcement. That has traditionally been saved for the spring. What we get in the late summer is great developer workshops, companies showing their wares, and being able to mingle with fellow Apple users. (As well as locating every Newton user, and comparing hacks)
The usability of this over, say, using WINE? I find that thanks to Darwine, and the new WINE release, I can run pretty much everything (save some games) on my mac. What benifits would all these programs have over WINE?
Not meaning to sound a troll, but if someone can explain to me the value of the program, then I may buy it. I am currently considering in investing in a copy of Crossover Mac. Would this be a better program?
On how much money you initially have to invest. If you start with 1,000, and have nothing to lose, I recomend buying biotech that has just gone public. If you research their claims to make sure its not snake oil, its a little safer then Russian roulette, with a higher payoff.
If you have 20k, and everything to lose, might I recommend a bank stock? Stable investment with a dividend. With some the divedend is close to 5% yearly. You could then use that money for the riskiest stocks you can find. If you lose, there is always next year.
If you have ten grand and nothing to lose, I recomend Russian roulette. Only really cocky individuals do the classic "gun to head" bit. Most people opt to shoot their foot. You could gain 100% return every go. Its about as risky as taking out a federal loan to gamble with the stock market without knowing anything about it....
You could also be frugle. Invest $200 into some decent brewing gear, and make your own beer. You can save a ton of money on a hombrew, have more flavor, and sell the rest to your friends. Use the profit for more beer gear, and repeat. Because in times of regression, alchol is always a safe investmend.
Well, given that neaderthal man had larger braincase, and either a same-size, to larger brain. And given that, given the shorter vocal box, and a larger nasal cavity, they had a higher, more nasal voice. And given that they were stockier , yet much stronger, then modern man...
What I see here is the rise of (possibly) highly intelligent, nasal, and strong individuals with thicker hair...
In all honesty, how do people have time to play MMO games and do anything fulfilling with their lives?
Well, lets see:
My girlfriend and I enjoy playing together, though in separate rooms of our apartment so the swearing is not a distraction for the other. We still have a full and healthy relationship. We fight, make-up, go out, cook, cry, watch t.v., screw, etc.
We plan our gaming time around our more important activities. Including work, the occasional college classes, and the like.
Sometimes we turn off and play "Hide the router", so only one person can play at a time, while the other reads or does something more "productive"
Every now and then one of us will take out all the fuses, so we can live without power for a week of technical vacation. Or we go to Maine and camp. (Good rock-hunting there)
Basically, all I am trying to say, is WoW is just a game. A horribly addictive, intensely fun, game. It takes an effort to make time for what is important for you. I enjoy buying a cheap classic, and reading that one book for weeks while camping out in the middle of nowhere. I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend. I enjoy eating something instead of Kim-Chi noodle bowls. Calligraphy. Chemistry experiments. Painting. Its all about just walking away from the game, and living life. And at the same time, I enjoy being one of 40 toons in a raid...
..you shouldn't be using the kinds of chemicals they were selling at home anyway.
Now, thats not fair. It should be up to the one ordering the chemical to determine what they need. They were supplying to many people, myself included. Have you ever had a budget in school for a lab experiment, had it run out, and go out to get the reagents needed?
And as for danger, who here as a child didn't add iodine crystals (made with the instructions from the Golden Book of Chemistry) and add it to ammonia, take the brown sludge, and put it under lightswitches? Ah good Ol' Nitrogen Triiodide...
This argument drives me nuts. They're not selling you the paper on which the book was printed. They are selling you the entertainment/knowledge/whatever you derive from the content of the book. The lost sales argument aside, this is the problem I have with any music/movie pirates who justify it the way you did. "Well, I wouldn't buy that shit anyway, and I just made a copy, I didn't physically deprive them of anything." Well, 1) How pathetic must you be to waste your time downloading shit you don't value? Either that or you're lying, and enjoy getting something for free. And 2) If you delete a bunch of vital information on a company's server, would you use the defense that "I didn't physically destroy anything, I just realigned some bits on a hard drive"?
I am a college student, with depleted financial resources. I do not wish to spend money on a product, unless I find it useful/enjoyable. I am a pirate. I pirate movies, programs, and music. Everything I dislike will be deleted in under a month, because I cannot waste storage space on my hard drive. Everything I find highly useful, I buy. In the end, I buy more then my "streight-edge" friends. I own a legal copy of dreamweaver and flash - something I always scoffed at, but once using I fell in love. All of my DVD's were once pireted, and I now own all of my favorites (40 titles... Who needs food with all of the LOtR Special edition...) I even own porn on DVD, ones that I found myself watching again and again. (I dream of Jenna, DDDTR, DDD2000, Space nuts) And for music, I try an artist before I buy, I probably would never of bought half of the bands in my collecton without trying them first. I even pirated pages and keynotes, and after finding how easy and eye-catching they made my presintations, I ended up buying them (If I could of bought keynotes alone, I would of. I find LaTEX a better tool for reports.)
So, when it comes to "downloading shit I don't value", but that I hear lots of good things about, I end up trying before I buy. I want the product to earn my money. If you could of tried a disapointing game? Stopped yourself before selling 18 bucks to see "The Time Machine" in theaters, wouldn't you? Before picking up the new Opeth cd, only to discover it a steaming pile? Pirating thins the heard of bad movies, music, games, and software. In the end, a pirate develops a form of brand loyalty, and stays with a good product, buying it, and recomending it to co-workers. Pirates do not "waste" time downloading something they may not want: they are simply giving it a chance to be bought in the end. Does that not lead one to spend money where one would normally not? Does that not actually improve the earnings of the companies whos products you "stole"? Since Napster and the like, I have bought more music then I ever did before.
In the end, the only ones that do not get my money are those with truely horrid products. Rehashed movies, poor plots and forced acting in a movie, lackluster games, and sloppy software. Not to mention all of those pop bands that all sound the same. Explain to me how you can wate you money on seeing these? How can you waste you money on buying these?
I'm also wondering how you manage to diagnose toddlers as hypochondriacs.
Simple. The parent is a hypochondriac, and projects imagined conditions upon the child. Almost every parent with access to the internet and a baby with a bruise will jump to the thought of their child having an incurable disease that will steal them away...
And as for my inability to spell, that is the price of growing-up in the days of computers and spell-check. My ability to spell has diminished as it is no longer required. I do on the other hand have a "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" before me (inherited by my grandfather), a computer with a connection to the internet, and the ability to read...
As this disease is nothing more then a form of phycosis, I recomend that all those that are concerned in the panic generated over a non-existant pathogen, or the lack of reporting follow-through, send a complaint to the address above. With enough viewer complaints, hopefully this reporter will be terminated, a retraction aired, and a bunch of hypocondriacs can leave their appartments once again...
Finally, talking about mutation and function in this way is itself misinformed. Whether or not a mutation is "beneficial" or not depends a great deal on context. A particular mutation can have a negative effect in one context, and a positive effect in another one. There are certainly mutations that very clearly are better or worse than what came before in all contexts, but by and large there is no objective measure of whether a mutation is beneficial, neutral, or positive. It all depends on a lot of other factors and how it plays out.
A lot of families are starting to build up on "negative" mutations these days, given the better medical care. In my family (fathers side), the men tend to die of either suicide or a rare form of breast cancer.
And then there are the more common disorders: Depression, bi-polar disorder, and autism...
But along with these genetic horrors, we compensated with a long line of doctors, medical missionaries, proffessors, and cut-throat buisness men. In this day and age, so long as the person carries a genetic predisposition for greater intelligence, or even a genetic "drive", then they still have a great chance of passing a negative disorder down the line.
"From time to time, after hours, I kick back with my colleagues at Princeton to argue idly about which president really was the worst of them all."
Wow...sounds like a party.
Name a President, and his worst policy, take a shot. Do this cronologically... First person to make it to Taft, and still standing, wins...
Adult Swim has it down, being the only (segment?) on T.V where I do not skip the commercials. Not only do I respect the programming, but the messages in between the commercials are almost as entertaining as the shows themselves. It feels more interactive (I've seen my rants being poked at), and the commercials they show are A.) Are not repetitive, B.) Feels like they are actually aimed at myself as a consumer.
I feel that if networks do not start mimicing this brilliance soon, and make the audience engage with the time between the commercials, then a massive amount of revenue will be lost as the MythTV and TIVO generation grows.
As a socially aquard individual, my early teenage years were hell. The physical and emotional torture I suffered produced so many nurotic tendancies that I suffer to this day. Not that I would sue any of my tormentors, only because I had no physical proof to take them all to court. My expenses (such as psychotherapy - which in todays RX world is no longer covered by my medical insurance. I dislike medication, and opted for the harsh, and expensive treatment. ) Since it is a lifelong comitment, I will probably spend well over $300,000 (expecting inflation).
Since this kid has suffered to the point of psychological damage, and with proof of cause, if I were him I would sue as well. If only to offset the costs he will endure in the future. If it evolves into a neurosis that affects his ability to keep a job (Like agorophobia), then he will not only need a nest-egg for therapy costs, but also to suppliment his living expenses should a breakdown occur. His life has been severly altered for the worst. Don't preech that litigation is so bad, when it could be the only thing to keep him out of povery later in life.
The solution of many problems, by having a Windows partition on ones Macbook, does have a few issues that will both effect preformance, and ones comfort. With the GPU not having any drivers yet, the CPU is doing all the work. So slower animations, more heat (massive amounts) being generated, and an inability to play any games. Now, I am still glad that I have this partition, so I can use a lkot of "Windows only" software my work/school wants me to be able to run, but until the graphics chip is running, I don't think most benchmarkes will be really reliable. That and while running Windows, until a driver is written, I really recomend that you don't have the machine in your lap, unless its a really cold day...
Other issues that are less important are: *Trackpad does not work *That little camera doesn't work
From in vitro fertilization. You can also get these cells from theraputic cloning. Take a good cloning cell (hair folicle or gut work best. Basically cells that divide most often into themselves.), take an egg cell (Or, if your really good, some studies have shown you can get adult stem cells to become a reproductive cell. Though that technology is a bit far behind to work for this example. Ten years from now -or a week, can never tell when an advancement like that will be made- then you could get as many egg cells from your own body, regardless of sex, and for a lot less pain of finding a donor and injecting her with a shitload of hormones, then plunging a harvesting needle into her abdomen... And it would be a "true" clone, with the mitotic DNA being the same.) Make a slit in egg, remove nucleus. Make a slit in donor cell, remove nucleus. Put donor nucleus in egg cell. Apply a small shock to promote healing and division. Wait a few days. Now you have perfect embrionic stem cells that are a match to your own DNA. Do this a few times to ensure you get at least one healthy sample.
Now you can take these cells, and make new neural tissue, for treating diseases like parkinsons. Or fit into a mold for a new bladder (they managed to make this in dogs), or use the technology of the bladder example, advance it in a few years, and you could make genetically identicle livers and kidneys. Or a new pancreus, good for some insulin goodness, and help the adult onset diabeties.
I do not believe that gaming will be the decisive victory in the media wars. I believe that it will be the ability to have a powerful, yet easy, interface to link together all media aspects. Once with a sleek and sexy look, that would match todays slimform design preference.
And Apple so far has got that down to a science. With iTunes, the macmini, and if they forked MythTV into an iTunes miracle child, add a TV tuner card to the mini, and maintain the Apple identity, I can see this battle done.
And I know many want gaming added to their media experience, but for that a PS2, Xbox, or other console is more than enough. I myself already have my old MacMini hooked up to my TV, for WoW, Itunes, and my MASSIVE collection of "downloaded" TV shows, movies, music, and porn. But IF I could have that with a better interface, one usable with a remote, I would be in heaven.
I started with an used Franklin Ace, then moved on to a used HP 110... I used that machine until 1996, and now I have a win2000 gaming box, and an Apple G4 powerbook, and a mac mini...
Still, I have fond memories of that Franklin ace...
Has anyone tried to get WINE to work on a new intel Macbook or Imac? Now that a processor emulation is no longer needed, will it be a simple recompile, or are there other hurdles to jump before I can run windows software on my mac?
... I just have a bunch of educational software my course gives me that I would like to run, but it does not have a mac version... That and the ocassional game would be nice (I know macs have games, but I have a seriouse backlog of classics I loved from my windows/DOS days)
Fully agree with this... I believe in full that NT (NeuroTypicals) are the ones with severe mental problems, whilst people with AS (or the "god" gene as I like to think of it...)are the ones closer the proper mental health. I always love this quote from a really fantastic essay (I have it on my comp. without the author, google a line to find it):
Neurotypicality is a pervasive developmental condition, probably present since birth, in which the affected person sees the world in a very strange manner. It is a puzzle; a enigma that traps those so affected in a lifelong struggle for social status and recognition. Neurotypical individuals almost invariably show a triad of impairments, consisting of inability to think independently of the social group, marked impairment in the ability to think logically or critically, and inability to form special interests (other than in social activity). It is my hope that this article will help us understand the very different world of the neurotypical.
It brings to mind the book "Clans of the Alpine Moon" by Phlip K. Dick, where the only 'normal' person proved to be the meth-insomniac that originally was planning to kill his wife... Just goes to show.
In recent years, looking at the direction New Labour have taken our government, I think the sooner we have a written constitution and a constitutional court above parliament and answerable only to the public, the better.
Well, as an U.S born Brit (nationalized myself a couple of years ago), I can say that i saw there are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons not to have a written constitution. Formost that any written document of supreme legislation can be reinterpreted by the corrupt, and supported with near religious zeolitism.
I personally am now relocating to either New Zealand or Canada, where the wonder of Common Law meets Common Sence.
Currently the freedom smells a bit better in British Colombia, but the weather is telling me to go New Zealand...
Can someone explaine to me why its not illegal for a company to punish a consumer for tinkering with a product that that consumer had purchased?
And why, if your going to be tinkering in the first place, you don't just remove the internet connection? Does it serve a purpose? Or is it more like the DirectTV systems, making sure your only getting what you paid for?
Remember that in the US fonts are explicitly not copyrightable to prevent even the potential of copyright being used to prevent free speech
I'm afraid to say it, but your wrong on this one. The English firm Monotype bought up the copyrights to every major font line, and at the time they went broke they owned every major font class. Now one of their major font libraries - the one with Ariel, Times New Roman, Courier, etc. Was bought up by Microsoft. The rest - Including the monotype name - Was bought by the new Monotype in the USA.
Through cross lisencing Microsoft and Monotype sell the ability to print a particular font to all those that need it: Printer developers and manufacturers, publishing houses, Film production studios, etc. Which means a chunk of the cost of your new printer was paid to one or both of these firms for the right to print a particular font. If you download a new font that is owned by either of these corperations, you will have to pay anywhere from $10 to $50.
Seriously, its an important field and you get to work with cutting edge gear. If you are intrested at all I recomend you bit your lip, walk into a trade school, and obtain a certificate in biotechnology. That plus a Master's is sure to impress. Boning up on your perl skills is also a must...
If you are worried that your "Reading List" would be 'flagged' by the FBI. I was doing a paper at one point on How and Why people followed some of what are considered to be, the most evil men in history. That meant reading up on all the literature that most people avoid: 1. Mein Kampf 2. Quotations from Chairman Mao 3. Das Kapital 4. Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche is actually very good for segway quotation) And a few others.
And when I checked all these books out, I had this unjustified worry that in just checking these books out something quite bad was going to happen, that some where sattilites were linking, my information was being bounced from one system to another, and that I was going to be blacklisted for life... 'Course now I think I was just being parinoid, but a system like this would of helped my worrying greatly.
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Thats funny, I'm 240 lb., and I never have any trouble when I kayak out to the sea for a week of random camping along the ocean (great way to drop some weight...). Kayaks themselves are VERY good at handling weight, and the rubber sphincter should be tight enough that water cannot get in.
I hope that these engineering features can be used to develop better salt-water kayaks as well, as it may make my trips a little faster, so I can get more of the East Coast in.
Apple announced several very cool features yesterday, almost all things I have third-party apps for, and yet retooled them into new things of beauty.
The virtual desktops seem easier to use, with greater functionality. Spotlight has now replaced quicksilver for a couple more tasks. The widget creators look fun. And time machine is a blessing, that might actually convince my neighbor that backups are easy, and worthwhile (instead of calling me after his hard drive dies)
And I do not doubt that come spring, Apple will release Leopard with even more great features. This might be the cream at the top, or not. But its not all. (even the mention of Spotlight being faster perked my interest...
All I wish is that they will move it back to Boston... And speaking of Boston, the WWDC did NOT have a Jobs keynote. Nor any expectation for a "Great" announcement. That has traditionally been saved for the spring. What we get in the late summer is great developer workshops, companies showing their wares, and being able to mingle with fellow Apple users. (As well as locating every Newton user, and comparing hacks)
The usability of this over, say, using WINE? I find that thanks to Darwine, and the new WINE release, I can run pretty much everything (save some games) on my mac. What benifits would all these programs have over WINE?
Not meaning to sound a troll, but if someone can explain to me the value of the program, then I may buy it. I am currently considering in investing in a copy of Crossover Mac. Would this be a better program?
On how much money you initially have to invest. If you start with 1,000, and have nothing to lose, I recomend buying biotech that has just gone public. If you research their claims to make sure its not snake oil, its a little safer then Russian roulette, with a higher payoff.
If you have 20k, and everything to lose, might I recommend a bank stock? Stable investment with a dividend. With some the divedend is close to 5% yearly. You could then use that money for the riskiest stocks you can find. If you lose, there is always next year.
If you have ten grand and nothing to lose, I recomend Russian roulette. Only really cocky individuals do the classic "gun to head" bit. Most people opt to shoot their foot. You could gain 100% return every go. Its about as risky as taking out a federal loan to gamble with the stock market without knowing anything about it....
You could also be frugle. Invest $200 into some decent brewing gear, and make your own beer. You can save a ton of money on a hombrew, have more flavor, and sell the rest to your friends. Use the profit for more beer gear, and repeat. Because in times of regression, alchol is always a safe investmend.
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Well, given that neaderthal man had larger braincase, and either a same-size, to larger brain. And given that, given the shorter vocal box, and a larger nasal cavity, they had a higher, more nasal voice. And given that they were stockier , yet much stronger, then modern man...
What I see here is the rise of (possibly) highly intelligent, nasal, and strong individuals with thicker hair...
I for one welcome our new Jock-Nerd overloards...
In all honesty, how do people have time to play MMO games and do anything fulfilling with their lives?
Well, lets see:
My girlfriend and I enjoy playing together, though in separate rooms of our apartment so the swearing is not a distraction for the other. We still have a full and healthy relationship. We fight, make-up, go out, cook, cry, watch t.v., screw, etc.
We plan our gaming time around our more important activities. Including work, the occasional college classes, and the like.
Sometimes we turn off and play "Hide the router", so only one person can play at a time, while the other reads or does something more "productive"
Every now and then one of us will take out all the fuses, so we can live without power for a week of technical vacation. Or we go to Maine and camp. (Good rock-hunting there)
Basically, all I am trying to say, is WoW is just a game. A horribly addictive, intensely fun, game. It takes an effort to make time for what is important for you. I enjoy buying a cheap classic, and reading that one book for weeks while camping out in the middle of nowhere. I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend. I enjoy eating something instead of Kim-Chi noodle bowls. Calligraphy. Chemistry experiments. Painting. Its all about just walking away from the game, and living life. And at the same time, I enjoy being one of 40 toons in a raid...
..you shouldn't be using the kinds of chemicals they were selling at home anyway.
Now, thats not fair. It should be up to the one ordering the chemical to determine what they need. They were supplying to many people, myself included. Have you ever had a budget in school for a lab experiment, had it run out, and go out to get the reagents needed?
And as for danger, who here as a child didn't add iodine crystals (made with the instructions from the Golden Book of Chemistry) and add it to ammonia, take the brown sludge, and put it under lightswitches? Ah good Ol' Nitrogen Triiodide...
This argument drives me nuts. They're not selling you the paper on which the book was printed. They are selling you the entertainment/knowledge/whatever you derive from the content of the book. The lost sales argument aside, this is the problem I have with any music/movie pirates who justify it the way you did. "Well, I wouldn't buy that shit anyway, and I just made a copy, I didn't physically deprive them of anything." Well, 1) How pathetic must you be to waste your time downloading shit you don't value? Either that or you're lying, and enjoy getting something for free. And 2) If you delete a bunch of vital information on a company's server, would you use the defense that "I didn't physically destroy anything, I just realigned some bits on a hard drive"?
I am a college student, with depleted financial resources. I do not wish to spend money on a product, unless I find it useful/enjoyable. I am a pirate. I pirate movies, programs, and music. Everything I dislike will be deleted in under a month, because I cannot waste storage space on my hard drive. Everything I find highly useful, I buy. In the end, I buy more then my "streight-edge" friends. I own a legal copy of dreamweaver and flash - something I always scoffed at, but once using I fell in love.
All of my DVD's were once pireted, and I now own all of my favorites (40 titles... Who needs food with all of the LOtR Special edition...) I even own porn on DVD, ones that I found myself watching again and again. (I dream of Jenna, DDDTR, DDD2000, Space nuts) And for music, I try an artist before I buy, I probably would never of bought half of the bands in my collecton without trying them first. I even pirated pages and keynotes, and after finding how easy and eye-catching they made my presintations, I ended up buying them (If I could of bought keynotes alone, I would of. I find LaTEX a better tool for reports.)
So, when it comes to "downloading shit I don't value", but that I hear lots of good things about, I end up trying before I buy. I want the product to earn my money. If you could of tried a disapointing game? Stopped yourself before selling 18 bucks to see "The Time Machine" in theaters, wouldn't you? Before picking up the new Opeth cd, only to discover it a steaming pile? Pirating thins the heard of bad movies, music, games, and software. In the end, a pirate develops a form of brand loyalty, and stays with a good product, buying it, and recomending it to co-workers. Pirates do not "waste" time downloading something they may not want: they are simply giving it a chance to be bought in the end. Does that not lead one to spend money where one would normally not? Does that not actually improve the earnings of the companies whos products you "stole"? Since Napster and the like, I have bought more music then I ever did before.
In the end, the only ones that do not get my money are those with truely horrid products. Rehashed movies, poor plots and forced acting in a movie, lackluster games, and sloppy software. Not to mention all of those pop bands that all sound the same. Explain to me how you can wate you money on seeing these? How can you waste you money on buying these?
I'm also wondering how you manage to diagnose toddlers as hypochondriacs.
Simple. The parent is a hypochondriac, and projects imagined conditions upon the child. Almost every parent with access to the internet and a baby with a bruise will jump to the thought of their child having an incurable disease that will steal them away...
And as for my inability to spell, that is the price of growing-up in the days of computers and spell-check. My ability to spell has diminished as it is no longer required. I do on the other hand have a "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" before me (inherited by my grandfather), a computer with a connection to the internet, and the ability to read...
http://cbs2.com/contact
As this disease is nothing more then a form of phycosis, I recomend that all those that are concerned in the panic generated over a non-existant pathogen, or the lack of reporting follow-through, send a complaint to the address above. With enough viewer complaints, hopefully this reporter will be terminated, a retraction aired, and a bunch of hypocondriacs can leave their appartments once again...
Finally, talking about mutation and function in this way is itself misinformed. Whether or not a mutation is "beneficial" or not depends a great deal on context. A particular mutation can have a negative effect in one context, and a positive effect in another one. There are certainly mutations that very clearly are better or worse than what came before in all contexts, but by and large there is no objective measure of whether a mutation is beneficial, neutral, or positive. It all depends on a lot of other factors and how it plays out.
A lot of families are starting to build up on "negative" mutations these days, given the better medical care. In my family (fathers side), the men tend to die of either suicide or a rare form of breast cancer.
And then there are the more common disorders: Depression, bi-polar disorder, and autism...
But along with these genetic horrors, we compensated with a long line of doctors, medical missionaries, proffessors, and cut-throat buisness men. In this day and age, so long as the person carries a genetic predisposition for greater intelligence, or even a genetic "drive", then they still have a great chance of passing a negative disorder down the line.
"From time to time, after hours, I kick back with my colleagues at Princeton to argue idly about which president really was the worst of them all."
Wow...sounds like a party.
Name a President, and his worst policy, take a shot. Do this cronologically... First person to make it to Taft, and still standing, wins...
Recomended Prizes: A liver
Adult Swim has it down, being the only (segment?) on T.V where I do not skip the commercials. Not only do I respect the programming, but the messages in between the commercials are almost as entertaining as the shows themselves. It feels more interactive (I've seen my rants being poked at), and the commercials they show are
A.) Are not repetitive,
B.) Feels like they are actually aimed at myself as a consumer.
I feel that if networks do not start mimicing this brilliance soon, and make the audience engage with the time between the commercials, then a massive amount of revenue will be lost as the MythTV and TIVO generation grows.
As a socially aquard individual, my early teenage years were hell. The physical and emotional torture I suffered produced so many nurotic tendancies that I suffer to this day. Not that I would sue any of my tormentors, only because I had no physical proof to take them all to court. My expenses (such as psychotherapy - which in todays RX world is no longer covered by my medical insurance. I dislike medication, and opted for the harsh, and expensive treatment. ) Since it is a lifelong comitment, I will probably spend well over $300,000 (expecting inflation).
Since this kid has suffered to the point of psychological damage, and with proof of cause, if I were him I would sue as well. If only to offset the costs he will endure in the future. If it evolves into a neurosis that affects his ability to keep a job (Like agorophobia), then he will not only need a nest-egg for therapy costs, but also to suppliment his living expenses should a breakdown occur. His life has been severly altered for the worst. Don't preech that litigation is so bad, when it could be the only thing to keep him out of povery later in life.
The solution of many problems, by having a Windows partition on ones Macbook, does have a few issues that will both effect preformance, and ones comfort. With the GPU not having any drivers yet, the CPU is doing all the work. So slower animations, more heat (massive amounts) being generated, and an inability to play any games. Now, I am still glad that I have this partition, so I can use a lkot of "Windows only" software my work/school wants me to be able to run, but until the graphics chip is running, I don't think most benchmarkes will be really reliable. That and while running Windows, until a driver is written, I really recomend that you don't have the machine in your lap, unless its a really cold day...
Other issues that are less important are:
*Trackpad does not work
*That little camera doesn't work
From in vitro fertilization. You can also get these cells from theraputic cloning. Take a good cloning cell (hair folicle or gut work best. Basically cells that divide most often into themselves.), take an egg cell (Or, if your really good, some studies have shown you can get adult stem cells to become a reproductive cell. Though that technology is a bit far behind to work for this example. Ten years from now -or a week, can never tell when an advancement like that will be made- then you could get as many egg cells from your own body, regardless of sex, and for a lot less pain of finding a donor and injecting her with a shitload of hormones, then plunging a harvesting needle into her abdomen... And it would be a "true" clone, with the mitotic DNA being the same.) Make a slit in egg, remove nucleus. Make a slit in donor cell, remove nucleus. Put donor nucleus in egg cell. Apply a small shock to promote healing and division. Wait a few days. Now you have perfect embrionic stem cells that are a match to your own DNA. Do this a few times to ensure you get at least one healthy sample.
Now you can take these cells, and make new neural tissue, for treating diseases like parkinsons. Or fit into a mold for a new bladder (they managed to make this in dogs), or use the technology of the bladder example, advance it in a few years, and you could make genetically identicle livers and kidneys. Or a new pancreus, good for some insulin goodness, and help the adult onset diabeties.
I do not believe that gaming will be the decisive victory in the media wars. I believe that it will be the ability to have a powerful, yet easy, interface to link together all media aspects. Once with a sleek and sexy look, that would match todays slimform design preference.
And Apple so far has got that down to a science. With iTunes, the macmini, and if they forked MythTV into an iTunes miracle child, add a TV tuner card to the mini, and maintain the Apple identity, I can see this battle done.
And I know many want gaming added to their media experience, but for that a PS2, Xbox, or other console is more than enough. I myself already have my old MacMini hooked up to my TV, for WoW, Itunes, and my MASSIVE collection of "downloaded" TV shows, movies, music, and porn. But IF I could have that with a better interface, one usable with a remote, I would be in heaven.
I started with an used Franklin Ace, then moved on to a used HP 110... I used that machine until 1996, and now I have a win2000 gaming box, and an Apple G4 powerbook, and a mac mini...
Still, I have fond memories of that Franklin ace...
Has anyone tried to get WINE to work on a new intel Macbook or Imac? Now that a processor emulation is no longer needed, will it be a simple recompile, or are there other hurdles to jump before I can run windows software on my mac?
... I just have a bunch of educational software my course gives me that I would like to run, but it does not have a mac version... That and the ocassional game would be nice (I know macs have games, but I have a seriouse backlog of classics I loved from my windows/DOS days)
Fully agree with this... I believe in full that NT (NeuroTypicals) are the ones with severe mental problems, whilst people with AS (or the "god" gene as I like to think of it...)are the ones closer the proper mental health. I always love this quote from a really fantastic essay (I have it on my comp. without the author, google a line to find it):
Neurotypicality is a pervasive developmental condition, probably present since birth, in which the affected person sees the world in a very strange manner. It is a puzzle; a enigma that traps those so affected in a lifelong struggle for social status and recognition. Neurotypical individuals almost invariably show a triad of impairments, consisting of inability to think independently of the social group, marked impairment in the ability to think logically or critically, and inability to form special interests (other than in social activity). It is my hope that this article will help us understand the very different world of the neurotypical.
It brings to mind the book "Clans of the Alpine Moon" by Phlip K. Dick, where the only 'normal' person proved to be the meth-insomniac that originally was planning to kill his wife... Just goes to show.
In recent years, looking at the direction New Labour have taken our government, I think the sooner we have a written constitution and a constitutional court above parliament and answerable only to the public, the better.
Well, as an U.S born Brit (nationalized myself a couple of years ago), I can say that i saw there are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons not to have a written constitution. Formost that any written document of supreme legislation can be reinterpreted by the corrupt, and supported with near religious zeolitism.
I personally am now relocating to either New Zealand or Canada, where the wonder of Common Law meets Common Sence.
Currently the freedom smells a bit better in British Colombia, but the weather is telling me to go New Zealand...
Can someone explaine to me why its not illegal for a company to punish a consumer for tinkering with a product that that consumer had purchased?
And why, if your going to be tinkering in the first place, you don't just remove the internet connection? Does it serve a purpose? Or is it more like the DirectTV systems, making sure your only getting what you paid for?
Remember that in the US fonts are explicitly not copyrightable to prevent even the potential of copyright being used to prevent free speech
I'm afraid to say it, but your wrong on this one. The English firm Monotype bought up the copyrights to every major font line, and at the time they went broke they owned every major font class. Now one of their major font libraries - the one with Ariel, Times New Roman, Courier, etc. Was bought up by Microsoft. The rest - Including the monotype name - Was bought by the new Monotype in the USA.
Through cross lisencing Microsoft and Monotype sell the ability to print a particular font to all those that need it: Printer developers and manufacturers, publishing houses, Film production studios, etc. Which means a chunk of the cost of your new printer was paid to one or both of these firms for the right to print a particular font. If you download a new font that is owned by either of these corperations, you will have to pay anywhere from $10 to $50.
Seriously, its an important field and you get to work with cutting edge gear. If you are intrested at all I recomend you bit your lip, walk into a trade school, and obtain a certificate in biotechnology. That plus a Master's is sure to impress. Boning up on your perl skills is also a must...
If you are worried that your "Reading List" would be 'flagged' by the FBI. I was doing a paper at one point on How and Why people followed some of what are considered to be, the most evil men in history. That meant reading up on all the literature that most people avoid:
1. Mein Kampf
2. Quotations from Chairman Mao
3. Das Kapital
4. Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche is actually very good for segway quotation)
And a few others.
And when I checked all these books out, I had this unjustified worry that in just checking these books out something quite bad was going to happen, that some where sattilites were linking, my information was being bounced from one system to another, and that I was going to be blacklisted for life... 'Course now I think I was just being parinoid, but a system like this would of helped my worrying greatly.