That said, assuming you don't bite somebody or have some kind of crazy infectious disease, you'd probably be better off not being classified as human. Sure, you could be considered property like a slave, but you wouldn't have to pay taxes or be responsible for a whole variety of crimes. Heck, PETA would probably make sure you had more rights than humans.
Anyone who's seen a neanderthal skull knows that something different was going on there. Humans just don't look like that. The bone structures are all quite different.
Now, obviously it's going to be close, closer than us and the chimpanzees, but there will be some differences there. If there weren't, it wouldn't disprove evolution, it would disprove genetics.
It can definitely be frustrating. There's a street near my house where I grew up that is complete on every online map I've ever seen, but the truth is it's actually two dead ends that don't meet up. I've seen other mistakes as well. Unfortunately the same bad data keeps getting recycled everywhere, because companies are too lazy to verify things. I'm all for an open source mapping project, or at the very least better ways of reporting errors.
Yeah, I've looked at the Adwords information pages and it should only be giving you a cookie if you click on certain ad links. It's quite certainly your browser's fault.
Yeah, google's text ads are perfectly reasonable, and those flash-based ones are atrocities. What's kind of interesting is how people pretty much block them out subconsciously after a while, especially if they become used to the site after visiting it numerous times. I guess that's why web ad companies suggest people move them around and try to make them look as much like actual content as possible.
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I've been wondering where all the AMD fanboys went off to lately. I used to see a lot of people railing against Intel and hailing AMD as the greatest company ever. But now it seems the only time I ever hear about AMD is when folks talk about ATI graphics cards.
It comes down to a simple choice, made all the more easier by the fact that global warming, as it's defined, will take thousands of years to cause us any trouble. Either: a) Spend trillions, ruin our economy, and come up with solutions to a problem we don't know anything about, including whether it actually exists or what's causing it. b) Spend a few million, help our long-term economy, and come up with useful science to help us make reasonable decisions and along the way come up with theories that may have useful applications in other areas.
I prefer b, let's get some real science here and adequate review. Most of the people whining about global warming in the it'll-kill-you-tomorrow camp seem to be politicians, the media, and scientists with expertise in what would happen *if* there is climate change (biologists, etc.), not scientists with expertise in what can cause climate change.
Do you have any idea how much energy the sun puts out?
Why I'm sure we're not causing so much damage is because humans haven't been around all that long. The industrial revolution is only pretty recent, and back when we were just getting started as a species (thousands of years before the first factory or automobile was ever made), we were in the tail end of an ice age. Things have been warming up since then, without us having any reasonable way of causing it. I also know that where I live now in a nice temperate zone, a few million years ago it was a lot hotter, like, tropics hotter. The planet goes through cycles, this is a scientific fact. It's been doing this since the planet started cooling down from its molten state at the start of the solar system. Are we going to blame the dinosaurs for global warming back when they were around enjoying the heat?
Furthermore, the theory of global warming I've always heard about from scientists is a lot different from what seems to be the typical use by most in the media and politics. A few degrees over thousands of years, is what they claim, not "oh noes, we're all going to die in 10 years when the seas rise 50 feet all of a sudden".
Lastly, it's just common sense. You look at other planets around here like Venus and Mars. Venus somehow got a runaway greenhouse effect, having once been supposedly rather Earth-like. Were there humans there screwing everything up, or just bad luck with some natural forces? What about Mars, and reports of decreasing polar caps over several years, corresponding almost directly with the same thing here on Earth?
I'm pretty excited as well. I'm definitely in the camp that says our little species can't affect major global changes so easily, and I like to point to all the global warming and cooling that's been going on for millions of years. I also like to point out that when you change your methods and instruments for collecting data, you can't accurately form conclusions from them across methods. The more we study our sun and other stars, the more we can make an informed decision about what, if anything, is going on.
I think ultimately, my choice in who to vote for in the general election will be based largely on privacy issues. If there's any supreme court nominees to be had, I want them to have my privacy in mind in the future world of the internet and genetics.
Vista was delayed so long anyway, would another dozen years really make a difference? I should think an OS that's not ready is worse for investor confidence than delays people are already used to.
Did you not enjoy learning all those things? There's plenty of stuff I know that's obsolete now, but I enjoyed learning it all. I guess if you haven't enjoyed it, or feel it was a waste of time, you should definitely quit and do something else.
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You know, you had a funny post there, but then I think you took it too far. Nobody wants to taste Ballmer sweat.
It's successful if people buy Vista, then buy a copy of XP afterwards. Two OS sales for one computer, that's a win in Microsoft's financial books.
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I haven't really cared up to this point, but since I'm up late wasting time anyway, what's good in IE 8? Is it finally standards-friendly?
That said, assuming you don't bite somebody or have some kind of crazy infectious disease, you'd probably be better off not being classified as human. Sure, you could be considered property like a slave, but you wouldn't have to pay taxes or be responsible for a whole variety of crimes. Heck, PETA would probably make sure you had more rights than humans.
Anyone who's seen a neanderthal skull knows that something different was going on there. Humans just don't look like that. The bone structures are all quite different. Now, obviously it's going to be close, closer than us and the chimpanzees, but there will be some differences there. If there weren't, it wouldn't disprove evolution, it would disprove genetics.
My guess is that line had something to do with crowbars being used to break into places and steal stuff. Is the crowbar company culpable? Not really.
A million dollars is nothing if you can use mind control at the stock exchange.
Yeah... I have no idea why this is news, I've been hearing that this is how the world will end for a long time.
For those not familiar with military culture, they love their acronyms.
It can definitely be frustrating. There's a street near my house where I grew up that is complete on every online map I've ever seen, but the truth is it's actually two dead ends that don't meet up. I've seen other mistakes as well. Unfortunately the same bad data keeps getting recycled everywhere, because companies are too lazy to verify things. I'm all for an open source mapping project, or at the very least better ways of reporting errors.
Well, it's still 7 Tbits more than there used to be.
Yeah, I've looked at the Adwords information pages and it should only be giving you a cookie if you click on certain ad links. It's quite certainly your browser's fault.
Yeah, google's text ads are perfectly reasonable, and those flash-based ones are atrocities. What's kind of interesting is how people pretty much block them out subconsciously after a while, especially if they become used to the site after visiting it numerous times. I guess that's why web ad companies suggest people move them around and try to make them look as much like actual content as possible.
It's these guys: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/12/2037223
I've been wondering where all the AMD fanboys went off to lately. I used to see a lot of people railing against Intel and hailing AMD as the greatest company ever. But now it seems the only time I ever hear about AMD is when folks talk about ATI graphics cards.
It comes down to a simple choice, made all the more easier by the fact that global warming, as it's defined, will take thousands of years to cause us any trouble.
Either:
a) Spend trillions, ruin our economy, and come up with solutions to a problem we don't know anything about, including whether it actually exists or what's causing it.
b) Spend a few million, help our long-term economy, and come up with useful science to help us make reasonable decisions and along the way come up with theories that may have useful applications in other areas.
I prefer b, let's get some real science here and adequate review. Most of the people whining about global warming in the it'll-kill-you-tomorrow camp seem to be politicians, the media, and scientists with expertise in what would happen *if* there is climate change (biologists, etc.), not scientists with expertise in what can cause climate change.
Do you have any idea how much energy the sun puts out?
Why I'm sure we're not causing so much damage is because humans haven't been around all that long. The industrial revolution is only pretty recent, and back when we were just getting started as a species (thousands of years before the first factory or automobile was ever made), we were in the tail end of an ice age. Things have been warming up since then, without us having any reasonable way of causing it. I also know that where I live now in a nice temperate zone, a few million years ago it was a lot hotter, like, tropics hotter. The planet goes through cycles, this is a scientific fact. It's been doing this since the planet started cooling down from its molten state at the start of the solar system. Are we going to blame the dinosaurs for global warming back when they were around enjoying the heat?
Furthermore, the theory of global warming I've always heard about from scientists is a lot different from what seems to be the typical use by most in the media and politics. A few degrees over thousands of years, is what they claim, not "oh noes, we're all going to die in 10 years when the seas rise 50 feet all of a sudden".
Lastly, it's just common sense. You look at other planets around here like Venus and Mars. Venus somehow got a runaway greenhouse effect, having once been supposedly rather Earth-like. Were there humans there screwing everything up, or just bad luck with some natural forces? What about Mars, and reports of decreasing polar caps over several years, corresponding almost directly with the same thing here on Earth?
Occam's Razor folks, it's probably Sol's fault.
I'm pretty excited as well. I'm definitely in the camp that says our little species can't affect major global changes so easily, and I like to point to all the global warming and cooling that's been going on for millions of years. I also like to point out that when you change your methods and instruments for collecting data, you can't accurately form conclusions from them across methods. The more we study our sun and other stars, the more we can make an informed decision about what, if anything, is going on.
I think ultimately, my choice in who to vote for in the general election will be based largely on privacy issues. If there's any supreme court nominees to be had, I want them to have my privacy in mind in the future world of the internet and genetics.
That's... rather insane. No wonder they're pissed off at him now.
I'd say it's a nice marketing gimmick, but not much more.
Vista was delayed so long anyway, would another dozen years really make a difference? I should think an OS that's not ready is worse for investor confidence than delays people are already used to.
Waving your arms around worked pretty well for the EyeToy.
Did you not enjoy learning all those things? There's plenty of stuff I know that's obsolete now, but I enjoyed learning it all. I guess if you haven't enjoyed it, or feel it was a waste of time, you should definitely quit and do something else.