You know what, fuck you... I have a severe case of asthma and have had MANY attacks out in public because I got too close to someone smoking. Smoking isn't just about the smoker's choice. It has an affect on the people around the smoke too.
I talk about average, but I don't gossip either. More often I'm sharing ideas that I'm having about life, the universe, and everything (including the book of the same name). As you can probably tell, one of my favorite topics is evolution and language:)
I'm not sure you can talk about intent in this case unless you want to claim some form of Intelligent Design. If that's your thing, ok. But I like Richard Dawkins' analogy that evolution is a blind watchmaker. Ultimately, life is just a chemical reaction that has kept going for a LONG time and the current forms that we see are the result of the reactions that occurred in such a way that the reaction could keep going. I know it's a tautology, but I think that can be reconciled by the fact that the whole system runs on a steady stream of sunlight. Take that away and there's no life.
You're right, instinct isn't the right word, but your conclusion I think is correct also. Instinct really is a bad word because what is really the case is more affinity than anything else. When our nervous systems interact with the environment we feel pleasure, pain or indifference as a response to the stimuli. Animals aren't hard-wired to just act a certain way, instead animals behave a certain way because their nervous systems reward them with endorphins for behaving certain ways if the response from the environment is conducive to the animal in some way (either as a reward for short term survival of the organism itself or as a reward for the long term survival of the animals genes. The latter providing the strongest rewards). It really is a bizarre way to propagate genes when you think about it this way, but it must be noted that only a subset of the animal kingdom uses this system.
As far as rising above these affinities, it's very hard for us to do, but I think being aware of it is the first step to rising above it. A certain amount of it can be done away with just by changing the environment. Take hunting for instance, ask any hunter that doesn't have to do it why they hunt and ultimately it will be because the feeling of the hunt is powerful. Having never hunted myself, I remain ignorant of this affinity and don't have a strong attraction to hunting. Same thing with the feeling of glory that soldiers get from slaughtering their enemies.
That being said, I think the attraction to certain affinities that have never been experienced can be a driving factor for an individuals behavior. I think it's a part of what we might consider curiosity. Obviously, some people are more curious about some things over other things and this isn't a function of environment. Who grows up in a serial killer household? And yet there are people who are curious about what it's like to engage in acts that the vast majority of us consider outrageous.
Studies have shown that 80-90% of everything that humans talk about is gossip. When you think about this from an evolutionary perspective it makes sense. We're highly social animals and our biggest competitors are other humans. Sharing information about the members of tribe is a HUGE advantage. Unfortunately, today we have the same brains that our tribal ancestors did and these brains seem to include celebrities in our tribes, so we eat up gossip about them. The implementation isn't terrible, it's just legacy:)
one side of the tech business is actively thinking "hmmm fossil fuels will be running out, WTF are we gonna do" whilst the other side goes "WOOOOOOOOOO! Wireless power! PARTY ON!"
Don't be a doofus, this is a prototype. It's not like they're releasing it for mass consumption. Besides, who says we can't have wireless green electricity. The only thing NOT green about this is where the electricity comes from. Who gives a shit if it wastes 1/5th of the power if all that power comes from solar panels. There are plenty of nasty false dichotomies in the public sphere (nature/nurture, democrat/republican) we don't need another one. Don't be a doofus.
Digsby developer "chris" has stated that CPU usage is limited to 75% for desktops, and 25% for laptops unless operating on battery power.
Does that sound like an insane amount of CPU usage for damn IM client to be using to anyone else? Why the hell would the embed plura into an IM client anyway? This whole thing seems too fishy to me.
Foreign governments have the right to decide whether their people would benefit or be hurt by this business deal. They have no authority to say "you can't do this", but they do have the right to say "if you do this you can't sell your products here" which is fine, it's the way things should be. If the merging of these two companies somehow creates a monopoly in Germany (this is hypothetical remember), then Germans will be harmed by the deal and Germans should have the right to say that this monopoly can't do business in Germany any more. What's wrong with that?
The problem with your test is that there were 8 years worth of Bush slams on flickr. At least 2 years or so of which were when his approval rating was below 40%. There hasn't been even a year of the Obama administration and AFAIK his approval rating has never dipped below 50%.
C++ is only the backend language for at least two of the sites you mentioned. Yahoo runs mainly on PHP hence Rasmus working there and Google, though I can't speak to what extent they use it felt it was in their best interest to bring on the creator of python.
Ummmm......Harrison played MANY guitars including Rickenbackers which typified the early sound of the Beatles. In fact, I don't believe I've ever seen a picture of him playing telecaster. Do an image search for "george harrison guitar".
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Nah, it's first words are going to be "Prolong your shlong and go all day long".
I am the the Carnie Mellon reader, I have discovered with this article that I am robot.
You seem to have learned written English just like it's exists on the web, typos and all
You must mean gave rise to placental mammals. Not all mammals have placentas (see marsupials and monotremes [which are way cool btw]).
Finally Linux gets a decent GUI!!! [ducks head]
And it would STILL be better than Vista!!!
Fuck everyone in the ass for their own gain' is a bit of a hyperbole, wouldn't you say?
Agreed, other people's asses don't enter into the equation until someone points out that their rump is exposed.
You know what, fuck you... I have a severe case of asthma and have had MANY attacks out in public because I got too close to someone smoking. Smoking isn't just about the smoker's choice. It has an affect on the people around the smoke too.
Wasn't that an episode of Stargate SG-1?
The original intent of the program is completely different from how we use it now.
I talk about average, but I don't gossip either. More often I'm sharing ideas that I'm having about life, the universe, and everything (including the book of the same name). As you can probably tell, one of my favorite topics is evolution and language :)
I'm not sure you can talk about intent in this case unless you want to claim some form of Intelligent Design. If that's your thing, ok. But I like Richard Dawkins' analogy that evolution is a blind watchmaker. Ultimately, life is just a chemical reaction that has kept going for a LONG time and the current forms that we see are the result of the reactions that occurred in such a way that the reaction could keep going. I know it's a tautology, but I think that can be reconciled by the fact that the whole system runs on a steady stream of sunlight. Take that away and there's no life.
You're right, instinct isn't the right word, but your conclusion I think is correct also. Instinct really is a bad word because what is really the case is more affinity than anything else. When our nervous systems interact with the environment we feel pleasure, pain or indifference as a response to the stimuli. Animals aren't hard-wired to just act a certain way, instead animals behave a certain way because their nervous systems reward them with endorphins for behaving certain ways if the response from the environment is conducive to the animal in some way (either as a reward for short term survival of the organism itself or as a reward for the long term survival of the animals genes. The latter providing the strongest rewards). It really is a bizarre way to propagate genes when you think about it this way, but it must be noted that only a subset of the animal kingdom uses this system.
As far as rising above these affinities, it's very hard for us to do, but I think being aware of it is the first step to rising above it. A certain amount of it can be done away with just by changing the environment. Take hunting for instance, ask any hunter that doesn't have to do it why they hunt and ultimately it will be because the feeling of the hunt is powerful. Having never hunted myself, I remain ignorant of this affinity and don't have a strong attraction to hunting. Same thing with the feeling of glory that soldiers get from slaughtering their enemies.
That being said, I think the attraction to certain affinities that have never been experienced can be a driving factor for an individuals behavior. I think it's a part of what we might consider curiosity. Obviously, some people are more curious about some things over other things and this isn't a function of environment. Who grows up in a serial killer household? And yet there are people who are curious about what it's like to engage in acts that the vast majority of us consider outrageous.
Anyway, enough rambling, back to work...
Studies have shown that 80-90% of everything that humans talk about is gossip. When you think about this from an evolutionary perspective it makes sense. We're highly social animals and our biggest competitors are other humans. Sharing information about the members of tribe is a HUGE advantage. Unfortunately, today we have the same brains that our tribal ancestors did and these brains seem to include celebrities in our tribes, so we eat up gossip about them. The implementation isn't terrible, it's just legacy :)
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.stripper(): slowly removes the CSS to reveal the nasty xxxhtml underneath.
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I agree completely. It MUST be your fault my boss is Zap Brannigan in a Hawaiian shirt.
NSFW NSFW NSFW -- there had to say it because the abbreviation of your comment didn't show that you did.
A complaint to the FCC took care of my issue with Comcast pretty quickly when they tried double billing me for an old address.
one side of the tech business is actively thinking "hmmm fossil fuels will be running out, WTF are we gonna do" whilst the other side goes "WOOOOOOOOOO! Wireless power! PARTY ON!"
Don't be a doofus, this is a prototype. It's not like they're releasing it for mass consumption. Besides, who says we can't have wireless green electricity. The only thing NOT green about this is where the electricity comes from. Who gives a shit if it wastes 1/5th of the power if all that power comes from solar panels. There are plenty of nasty false dichotomies in the public sphere (nature/nurture, democrat/republican) we don't need another one. Don't be a doofus.
Digsby developer "chris" has stated that CPU usage is limited to 75% for desktops, and 25% for laptops unless operating on battery power.
Does that sound like an insane amount of CPU usage for damn IM client to be using to anyone else? Why the hell would the embed plura into an IM client anyway? This whole thing seems too fishy to me.
You seem to be leaving out that the European Union grew out of the European Economic Community.
Foreign governments have the right to decide whether their people would benefit or be hurt by this business deal. They have no authority to say "you can't do this", but they do have the right to say "if you do this you can't sell your products here" which is fine, it's the way things should be. If the merging of these two companies somehow creates a monopoly in Germany (this is hypothetical remember), then Germans will be harmed by the deal and Germans should have the right to say that this monopoly can't do business in Germany any more. What's wrong with that?
The problem with your test is that there were 8 years worth of Bush slams on flickr. At least 2 years or so of which were when his approval rating was below 40%. There hasn't been even a year of the Obama administration and AFAIK his approval rating has never dipped below 50%.
C++ is only the backend language for at least two of the sites you mentioned. Yahoo runs mainly on PHP hence Rasmus working there and Google, though I can't speak to what extent they use it felt it was in their best interest to bring on the creator of python.
Ummmm... ...Harrison played MANY guitars including Rickenbackers which typified the early sound of the Beatles. In fact, I don't believe I've ever seen a picture of him playing telecaster. Do an image search for "george harrison guitar".