Wait, if you cut a worm in two, it grows into two seperate beings? I'm doubtful (although what I've read on the net does suggest it's accurate), but assuming it's true (I can't be bothered looking it up in a book), I wonder how that would work in a smarter animal, such a mouse or a dog. Would anything the creature had learned, remain? COULD such a gene ever be placed into a more complex animal? The possibilities (and ramifications) could be astounding.
I keep a wishlist in a personal database. That way instead of going "oh, well I can remember that big hit novel by X" I can take a look at the list of novels I -really- want, with the things that might not be as famous as that BIG NOVEL, but I might be more interested in.
I'd keep it as a "wish list" at one particular site (and did for a while), but it didn't keep all the data I wanted. Besides which, no single website I buy from has all the books I want.
MS can of course ship any extension to any standard they feel like, except where limited by contract, as in the case of how they buggered Java.
And then get accused of not following standards. They try to work through a standards body this time and everyone says "But Microsoft's extensions can never ever become a standard. Why? Well, simply because we don't like Microsoft."
Right. So anytime Microsoft looks to add to an open-standard (you know, the thing open standards are meant to enable) they shouldn't be allowed? Wow, talk about openness. It's open for everyone, except those we dislike.
Yes, Microsoft does have a habit of destroying standards by extending them. But they're going to do this regardless. They might as well work through a standards committee, and there isn't any indication that this will result in a proprietry product becoming part of the standard. Is there any reason other then "Cause Microsoft is evil" to not consider adding this extension to the standard?
It is a fashion accesory, too. Just like the swiss-army knife wore coming out of the back pocket. Or a purse. Or a digital camera pouch. People buy cellphones because of teir color, or looks, _and_ its features, just like cars.
See, funny old me, I buy knives because of their utility, and would do the same for a purse if I brought one, along with digital cameras. I also buy cars (well, one at the moment, but it looked strange) based on how well it can get me from A to B, and how much it is likely to cost me to run.
Wow, get over yourself. Most English speakers have a male bias in their speech. Deal. It's this sort of political correction that drives me up the wall.
I expected the mesasgeboards there to be filled with "I disagree with what Jerk says, but I respect his right to say it in a fair way",
I disagree with what Jerk says, I don't respect what he says or how he says it. But I do respect his right to say it.
Having said that, I respect the people who review his content to have the right to say what they want to, in reviewing the content.
criticizing the guy for asking for amazon to play by its own rules.
I don't know what rules these are, or how well they're enforced (for example, is it okay to write a "review" when your the author with the express purpose of flaming everyone else? I don't know, but Anne Rice did it). I expect Amazon's rules to be enforced as well in this case, as they do without the threat of a lawuit. But I think you'd find not everyone here is aware of Amazon's review rules or how well they're enforced. Besides which, a lot of the tags associated with his book are fair.
Hey, everyone knows only lawyers win from lawsuits and never lose, right? Perhaps someone should inform Mr Thomspon that is only the case for lawyers who aren't their own clients as well.
Gees, first Jack Thompson takes on Penny Arcade, and loses.
Then he takes on VG Cats, and loses.
He also took on a news reporting website, and lost (I forgot the name).
If history is any indicator on how successful he's going to be with this "lawsuit" (and I'll beleive it when I see it, this guy is a known liar after all) as he was with Penny Arcade.
Give me a nice case, a shiny disk, good sleeve notes and nice music all at a reasonable price and I am perfectly happy
Wow, I never knew that crap that comes with music was actually valuable to some people. Guess you don't like software that, you know, only has the CD (or I guess you REALLY love that cover and case the software comes with).
Thankfully though you're an unreasonable generation that is dying out. Sometime in the near future people will laugh at your mentality. Hell, I'm doing it now.
Bullshit glomph. I can use any OS I choose, on any hardware I choose, via the internet service of my choice to get to slashdot to read your inane statement.
My comment on Slashdot being a closed system stands I think. You have to connect to their servers, use their account system. A truly open system would allow registration from any website and allow the comments to be displayed on any website.
Yeah, it probably just ate something that was eating grass.
Scoff if you will, but this isn't that far-fetched. It wasconfirmed that grass existed when the dinosaurs were around. But it could have been a mammal (they existed when the dino's did) that ate the grass. However it was found in a titanosaur's (a herbivore) shit. They didn't go around munching on mammals.
And this is where Slashdotters get their scientific information from. And slashdotters frequently post on Wikipedia. And people wonder why wikipedia isn't a trustworthy source of information.
I'm sorry, but this is pathetic. This fawning over Google is completely unfounded. Yahoo, MSN Search, Google and Amazon's A9 all produce the same results with very little variation for most searches (I've actively tested them out and found that there is only a 5 website difference between any of the search engines, and that difference didn't really put any search engine over the other).
Had your post replaced google with "search engines" then you would have had a point. As it stands, your merely worshipping Google mindlessly.
"English-language manga" have artwork. "Comics" are a collection of bad drawings that attempt to instill some originality into spandex wearing muscled guys and buxom babes.
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Wait, if you cut a worm in two, it grows into two seperate beings? I'm doubtful (although what I've read on the net does suggest it's accurate), but assuming it's true (I can't be bothered looking it up in a book), I wonder how that would work in a smarter animal, such a mouse or a dog. Would anything the creature had learned, remain? COULD such a gene ever be placed into a more complex animal? The possibilities (and ramifications) could be astounding.
Well I for one welcome our genetically stilted quarter-inch long worms.
I keep a wishlist in a personal database. That way instead of going "oh, well I can remember that big hit novel by X" I can take a look at the list of novels I -really- want, with the things that might not be as famous as that BIG NOVEL, but I might be more interested in.
I'd keep it as a "wish list" at one particular site (and did for a while), but it didn't keep all the data I wanted. Besides which, no single website I buy from has all the books I want.
Except that most people don't use Atom. I don't blame Microsoft for going for the de facto standard to try to build upon.
MS can of course ship any extension to any standard they feel like, except where limited by contract, as in the case of how they buggered Java.
And then get accused of not following standards. They try to work through a standards body this time and everyone says "But Microsoft's extensions can never ever become a standard. Why? Well, simply because we don't like Microsoft."
Right. So anytime Microsoft looks to add to an open-standard (you know, the thing open standards are meant to enable) they shouldn't be allowed? Wow, talk about openness. It's open for everyone, except those we dislike.
Yes, Microsoft does have a habit of destroying standards by extending them. But they're going to do this regardless. They might as well work through a standards committee, and there isn't any indication that this will result in a proprietry product becoming part of the standard. Is there any reason other then "Cause Microsoft is evil" to not consider adding this extension to the standard?
It is a fashion accesory, too.
Just like the swiss-army knife wore coming out of the back pocket. Or a purse. Or a digital camera pouch.
People buy cellphones because of teir color, or looks, _and_ its features, just like cars.
See, funny old me, I buy knives because of their utility, and would do the same for a purse if I brought one, along with digital cameras. I also buy cars (well, one at the moment, but it looked strange) based on how well it can get me from A to B, and how much it is likely to cost me to run.
But I'm strange like that.
Dude, it's a fucking ring tone. Use the default for crying out loud. How is a little tune to tell you someone has called you worth $2.50 US?
Will words that aren't notable be put up for AFD, like at Wikipedia? Funny, someone predicted that just yesterday
Except Sony will probably pay off the debt by donating truckloads of excess Mariah Carey CDs to Texas libraries, estimated value $20/per.
How will paying libraries $20 per Mariah Carey CD pay off their debt? Or will a portion of that $20 be to pay off the debt?
Wow, get over yourself. Most English speakers have a male bias in their speech. Deal. It's this sort of political correction that drives me up the wall.
On the Amazon page it has this beneath the book details:
Better Together
Buy this book with The World Is Flat
Yup, I agree. Those who buy the Jack Thompson book would definitely like a book called "The World is Flat."
I expected the mesasgeboards there to be filled with "I disagree with what Jerk says, but I respect his right to say it in a fair way",
I disagree with what Jerk says, I don't respect what he says or how he says it. But I do respect his right to say it.
Having said that, I respect the people who review his content to have the right to say what they want to, in reviewing the content.
criticizing the guy for asking for amazon to play by its own rules.
I don't know what rules these are, or how well they're enforced (for example, is it okay to write a "review" when your the author with the express purpose of flaming everyone else? I don't know, but Anne Rice did it). I expect Amazon's rules to be enforced as well in this case, as they do without the threat of a lawuit. But I think you'd find not everyone here is aware of Amazon's review rules or how well they're enforced. Besides which, a lot of the tags associated with his book are fair.
Hey, everyone knows only lawyers win from lawsuits and never lose, right? Perhaps someone should inform Mr Thomspon that is only the case for lawyers who aren't their own clients as well.
Gees, first Jack Thompson takes on Penny Arcade, and loses.
Then he takes on VG Cats, and loses.
He also took on a news reporting website, and lost (I forgot the name).
If history is any indicator on how successful he's going to be with this "lawsuit" (and I'll beleive it when I see it, this guy is a known liar after all) as he was with Penny Arcade.
He should just do what Anne Rice does, and beat people who say bad stuff about him to a pulp both online and offline. I'd also like to go on record as saying that if Anne Rice ever comes to Australia, I love her Jesus book. However if she doesn't ever come here, I wouldn't use it to wipe my ass.
Give me a nice case, a shiny disk, good sleeve notes and nice music all at a reasonable price and I am perfectly happy
Wow, I never knew that crap that comes with music was actually valuable to some people. Guess you don't like software that, you know, only has the CD (or I guess you REALLY love that cover and case the software comes with).
Thankfully though you're an unreasonable generation that is dying out. Sometime in the near future people will laugh at your mentality. Hell, I'm doing it now.
Bullshit glomph. I can use any OS I choose, on any hardware I choose, via the internet service of my choice to get to slashdot to read your inane statement.
My comment on Slashdot being a closed system stands I think. You have to connect to their servers, use their account system. A truly open system would allow registration from any website and allow the comments to be displayed on any website.
Skype and Vonage are both crap in my perspective, because they are closed systems that insist on controlling all ends of the transaction.
Guess you think Slashdot is crap merely because it is a closed system that insists on controlling all ends of the transaction.
Were Titanosaurs carnivores? (Rhetorical question).
Yeah, it probably just ate something that was eating grass.
Scoff if you will, but this isn't that far-fetched. It wasconfirmed that grass existed when the dinosaurs were around. But it could have been a mammal (they existed when the dino's did) that ate the grass. However it was found in a titanosaur's (a herbivore) shit. They didn't go around munching on mammals.
And this is where Slashdotters get their scientific information from. And slashdotters frequently post on Wikipedia. And people wonder why wikipedia isn't a trustworthy source of information.
Blah blah blah
I'm sorry, but this is pathetic. This fawning over Google is completely unfounded. Yahoo, MSN Search, Google and Amazon's A9 all produce the same results with very little variation for most searches (I've actively tested them out and found that there is only a 5 website difference between any of the search engines, and that difference didn't really put any search engine over the other).
Had your post replaced google with "search engines" then you would have had a point. As it stands, your merely worshipping Google mindlessly.
"English-language manga" have artwork. "Comics" are a collection of bad drawings that attempt to instill some originality into spandex wearing muscled guys and buxom babes.
I included both Melonpool and Real Life in my list. Guess you didn't read my post too closely.
Here's a couple I enjoy.
One of the newer ones I especially enjoy is Where Am I Now?