So my mouse finger grows, and my eyes adapt to a blurry screen.:)
Seriously; if evolution were such a important factor in humans then it would reasonably be thought that as a change in environment for any creature from dung beetle to hamster that is maintained for a period of let us say... 1200 generations will indeed create a recognizable change. Far less generations are needed for mere animal husbandry changes such as variants in breeds for such as cattle or dog. Some changes so extreme that cross breeding is now impossible. This is not "science" it is common knowledge to any rancher or other fields. Now. May I point out the mummies of Peru, of the Chinese Gobi, and of Egypt? These are Bodies of human, of Homo Sapiens Sapiens from 1200 (or more) generations past that are recognizably human down to the DNA and if alive, could quite easily cross breed with a modern human. What I am saying is; in Ancient Egypt there was no watering hole with a fast predator to escape; there was a pottery cup, no difficult to climb tree to gain fruit, there was a stick to hit the tree and bring the fruit down. There was a roof to house, and clothing to wrap the body. No need for tough hide and hair. Knives to cut meat, little need for incisors.. And on and on. Evolution is reaction of species to environment. Fix the environment, you arrest evolution QED
I am not a scientist but, it seems pretty straight forward to me: Chimps live in nature, react to nature, and due to nature changing, evolve to meet nature. Human, uses brain plus opposable thumb to adapt nature, change nature, and basically shape the environment. Humans do not evolve or at least arrested evolution quite some while back.
that much money bought them 3 lobbysts and a magic marker, but they had to SHARE the magic marker.
In other news the Washington state legislature passed a bill that outlawed the most common casue of fire: Oxygen. The bill mandates that industry provide an alternative to this dangerous gas within the next 4 years. In a move seen by many as a landmark case Washington may well become the first Oxygen free state in the nation.
Yeah it was; I saw mine at Sandia Base Albuquerque.... The joke back then ( about the round Cray design and the fact that they kept getting smaller) was "we designed a Cray 5, but someone dunked it in their coffee;)
The Architecture for those beasts was WAY ahead of its time. One thing I always found interesting; the Macintosh was designed on a Cray (YMP I think) that about a year ago was sold on eBay, now, I can run a Cray YMP emulator on my Mac. The Circle of Life as it were...
agreed. I do not have an AppleTV, I saw no need sonce I already have an Elgato EyeHome and a Avel Linkplayer. Both of these devices stream data across etherent from PCs or Macs to the televison. Sound familiar? Since I have not watched commercial network televison since the early 1980s, these gadgets have finally made that big living room box WORTH somethign again. I can steam documentaries, College Lecture Series, and other media that interests ME. The danger of this sort of thing is that people might stop being a monolithic consumption model and start being INDIVIDUALS!
the L5 society as I recall proposed a permanant orbiter at the L5 location. They used the name High Orbital Mini-Earth or, as they said: "H.O.M.E. on LeGrange"
John Denver crashed due to a incorrect setting on the gas tank. I am not clear on the exact setting but, the crash report pointed to the cuase dealing with a tank behind his seat and a unclear direction for the "Which tank am I currently set to". Flight Ergonomics are a very well studied subject. example: guages on planes are designed so that All at 12 O'clock is good. meaning: you do not have a gas is full to the left, oil pressue is ok if that on is pointing a little to the right, engine temp in good range, it points down, etc. No, all in the same position means all is OK. And THAT was my point; changing controls radically practically insures improper use, and courts disaster. Non-knob controls fit this.
Knob. K.I.S.S. is by far the best aproach for controls. Ask any pilot. Example: a fuel control for the left tank...should the control point left up down or right when the engine is on the left tank? Ask John Denver. An Autromobile is a analog device, on an analog road controlled by a human being via analog controls. Design engineers should stick to pretty body changes and leave proven control designs ALONE.
I purchased my first new Mac in 2002. I have been in IT for some years having first worked on IBM Mainframes so being older, my opinion will be suspect:
PCs I have used since the 296 days; building them, upgrading, running various operating systems from GEMM and DOS to OS/2 and all flavors of Windows, BeOS and Linux ( Debian, RH, and Slackware so my distro experiences is somewhat limited, but RH 5.2 kernel 2 on a SCSI box was quite educational). Macs I never used, and through osmosis of my peers gained a disdain for them, a disdain born of my own ignorance and prejudice.
My Mac Experience began around 1999 when I was given a dumpster bound older 68k based Mac running OS 7.1. I thought the interface ugly, clunky and not as easy to modify as other opsys. Then I was given another, and another and another, then picked up a few more. Use increased understanding.
In the end I played with, modified, tinkered with, and eventually sent to dumpster heaven, almost every model of Mac there was up to around PPC 604 based machines.. My interest was as a hobby since I still work in IT on PC based systems. Learning this way; on discarded junk machines on obsolete operating systems, as versus on "working" machines doing real work, is a good way to do it; you are not constrained and can try things that might let the magic smoke out of things;) Anyway, I jumped from 604 to G4 buy actually buying a new Mac in 2002. By then I was hooked. The OS X interface worked, the addition of terminal allowed me to command line when needed, and the apps did everything I could do on the PC side with few constraints...and less issues. I now use a Mac as my primary (but hardly only) home box. Oh and that 2002 purchase is STILL up though now relegated to use as a media server for home entertainment.
Speaking as a PC user who tried a Mac, worked with it, and grew to prefer it. Macs may not be for everyone; but I contend they are still the best machine for Joe User at home. Also, the more Joe Users there are with Macs, the less zombies there are out there attacking my net.
No robot.txt insured that a spider, a simple program would at least look at her page as it was so bad no human with the power of reason would be likely to./me stands on a crowded sidewalk in the buff screaming at the top of lungs DON'T LOOK AT ME!!! then sues each of the surounding thousands who casually look his way..
ever note that when asked; the creators of the 47 forms, worksheets and the like needed to fill out your taxes will tell you that incomprehensible pile of pencil pusher purgatory was "designed with you the citizen in mind" Opression is always labeled as good for you.
So the gaping holes in Microsoft products, that any 16 year old with a few hours reading of a VB manual could exploit has nothing to do with it? Submarine one: "We are sinking because we are the most popular submarine. Submarine two: "uh, guy.. Try shutting your hatch"
in Rome it was called "Bread and Circus". Read of the Dinari Augustus spread around to the populi to gain favor; look at the grain that was a citizen's due (Rome invented the welfare state).
And do a poor job of it; Trade journals though provide information to those who can understand them. An educated read of janes.com for example yields far more info then any paper. Specialized journals in metalurgy, chemistry, building materials, textiles, etc especially when cross refrenced with let contracts that are "By Law" published in the Congressional Record. I also have a job, but, I find such far more entertaining then televison, which is why I have the time.
If you really want to know about this subject the best place to look is not the splash press releases, the sensational science reporters, the cool art work and "artist's conceptions". The best place to look is the loading dock. Check the procurements of various contractors, check the announced developments, and, check the one greatest security leak in America: The Congressional Record.
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So my mouse finger grows, and my eyes adapt to a blurry screen. :)
Seriously; if evolution were such a important factor in humans then it would reasonably be thought that as a change in environment for any creature from dung beetle to hamster that is maintained for a period of let us say... 1200 generations will indeed create a recognizable change. Far less generations are needed for mere animal husbandry changes such as variants in breeds for such as cattle or dog. Some changes so extreme that cross breeding is now impossible. This is not "science" it is common knowledge to any rancher or other fields. Now. May I point out the mummies of Peru, of the Chinese Gobi, and of Egypt? These are Bodies of human, of Homo Sapiens Sapiens from 1200 (or more) generations past that are recognizably human down to the DNA and if alive, could quite easily cross breed with a modern human. What I am saying is; in Ancient Egypt there was no watering hole with a fast predator to escape; there was a pottery cup, no difficult to climb tree to gain fruit, there was a stick to hit the tree and bring the fruit down. There was a roof to house, and clothing to wrap the body. No need for tough hide and hair. Knives to cut meat, little need for incisors.. And on and on. Evolution is reaction of species to environment. Fix the environment, you arrest evolution QED
I am not a scientist but, it seems pretty straight forward to me: Chimps live in nature, react to nature, and due to nature changing, evolve to meet nature. Human, uses brain plus opposable thumb to adapt nature, change nature, and basically shape the environment. Humans do not evolve or at least arrested evolution quite some while back.
that much money bought them 3 lobbysts and a magic marker, but they had to SHARE the magic marker.
In other news the Washington state legislature passed a bill that outlawed the most common casue of fire: Oxygen. The bill mandates that industry provide an alternative to this dangerous gas within the next 4 years. In a move seen by many as a landmark case Washington may well become the first Oxygen free state in the nation.
Yeah it was; I saw mine at Sandia Base Albuquerque.... ;)
The joke back then ( about the round Cray design and the fact that they kept getting smaller) was "we designed a Cray 5, but someone dunked it in their coffee
The Architecture for those beasts was WAY ahead of its time. One thing I always found interesting; the Macintosh was designed on a Cray (YMP I think) that about a year ago was sold on eBay, now, I can run a Cray YMP emulator on my Mac. The Circle of Life as it were...
Actually, fluid cooling of circuits has been around quite a while. Oil is a silly choice though. The Cray II had cooling stacks that pumped a liquid coolant through the machine core. Looked kinda futuristic and cool too: http://www.spikynorman.dsl.pipex.com/CrayWWWStuff/ Criscan/Cray2cascade.jpg
agreed. I do not have an AppleTV, I saw no need sonce I already have an Elgato EyeHome and a Avel Linkplayer. Both of these devices stream data across etherent from PCs or Macs to the televison. Sound familiar? Since I have not watched commercial network televison since the early 1980s, these gadgets have finally made that big living room box WORTH somethign again. I can steam documentaries, College Lecture Series, and other media that interests ME. The danger of this sort of thing is that people might stop being a monolithic consumption model and start being INDIVIDUALS!
or Helium? http://www.xenite.org/edgar_rice_burroughs/barsoom _chronicles/rebels_of_mars.html
the L5 society as I recall proposed a permanant orbiter at the L5 location. They used the name High Orbital Mini-Earth or, as they said: "H.O.M.E. on LeGrange"
But what of Global Calming?
Cursor's Foiled AGAIN!
Arne Saknussemm; where are you now that we need you?
Isn't that the classic 3 bodies problem?
John Denver crashed due to a incorrect setting on the gas tank. I am not clear on the exact setting but, the crash report pointed to the cuase dealing with a tank behind his seat and a unclear direction for the "Which tank am I currently set to". Flight Ergonomics are a very well studied subject. example: guages on planes are designed so that All at 12 O'clock is good. meaning: you do not have a gas is full to the left, oil pressue is ok if that on is pointing a little to the right, engine temp in good range, it points down, etc. No, all in the same position means all is OK. And THAT was my point; changing controls radically practically insures improper use, and courts disaster. Non-knob controls fit this.
Knob. K.I.S.S. is by far the best aproach for controls. Ask any pilot. Example: a fuel control for the left tank...should the control point left up down or right when the engine is on the left tank? Ask John Denver. An Autromobile is a analog device, on an analog road controlled by a human being via analog controls. Design engineers should stick to pretty body changes and leave proven control designs ALONE.
though Windows does this with flying (Blue) colors, I would nominate DRM. it screwed music and spurred development of P2P
I purchased my first new Mac in 2002. I have been in IT for some years having first worked on IBM Mainframes so being older, my opinion will be suspect:
;)
PCs I have used since the 296 days; building them, upgrading, running various operating systems from GEMM and DOS to OS/2 and all flavors of Windows, BeOS and Linux ( Debian, RH, and Slackware so my distro experiences is somewhat limited, but RH 5.2 kernel 2 on a SCSI box was quite educational). Macs I never used, and through osmosis of my peers gained a disdain for them, a disdain born of my own ignorance and prejudice.
My Mac Experience began around 1999 when I was given a dumpster bound older 68k based Mac running OS 7.1. I thought the interface ugly, clunky and not as easy to modify as other opsys. Then I was given another, and another and another, then picked up a few more. Use increased understanding.
In the end I played with, modified, tinkered with, and eventually sent to dumpster heaven, almost every model of Mac there was up to around PPC 604 based machines.. My interest was as a hobby since I still work in IT on PC based systems. Learning this way; on discarded junk machines on obsolete operating systems, as versus on "working" machines doing real work, is a good way to do it; you are not constrained and can try things that might let the magic smoke out of things
Anyway, I jumped from 604 to G4 buy actually buying a new Mac in 2002. By then I was hooked. The OS X interface worked, the addition of terminal allowed me to command line when needed, and the apps did everything I could do on the PC side with few constraints...and less issues.
I now use a Mac as my primary (but hardly only) home box. Oh and that 2002 purchase is STILL up though now relegated to use as a media server for home entertainment.
Speaking as a PC user who tried a Mac, worked with it, and grew to prefer it.
Macs may not be for everyone; but I contend they are still the best machine for Joe User at home. Also, the more Joe Users there are with Macs, the less zombies there are out there attacking my net.
One could say the glove is off now...or not
let me first say: My absolute apologies but you forced this:
You Don't Mean to say.........
Your Cursor's Foild Again!?
No robot.txt insured that a spider, a simple program would at least look at her page as it was so bad no human with the power of reason would be likely to. /me stands on a crowded sidewalk in the buff screaming at the top of lungs DON'T LOOK AT ME!!! then sues each of the surounding thousands who casually look his way..
ever note that when asked; the creators of the 47 forms, worksheets and the like needed to fill out your taxes will tell you that incomprehensible pile of pencil pusher purgatory was "designed with you the citizen in mind" Opression is always labeled as good for you.
So the gaping holes in Microsoft products, that any 16 year old with a few hours reading of a VB manual could exploit has nothing to do with it?
Submarine one: "We are sinking because we are the most popular submarine.
Submarine two: "uh, guy.. Try shutting your hatch"
A billion here, a billion there, after a while you're talkin real money! -Evert Dirksen
in Rome it was called "Bread and Circus". Read of the Dinari Augustus spread around to the populi to gain favor; look at the grain that was a citizen's due (Rome invented the welfare state).
And do a poor job of it; Trade journals though provide information to those who can understand them. An educated read of janes.com for example yields far more info then any paper. Specialized journals in metalurgy, chemistry, building materials, textiles, etc especially when cross refrenced with let contracts that are "By Law" published in the Congressional Record. I also have a job, but, I find such far more entertaining then televison, which is why I have the time.
If you really want to know about this subject the best place to look is not the splash press releases, the sensational science reporters, the cool art work and "artist's conceptions". The best place to look is the loading dock. Check the procurements of various contractors, check the announced developments, and, check the one greatest security leak in America: The Congressional Record.