> You mean that THEORY OF EVOLUTION? you know that theory not fact just theorized?
Yes.
Most people accept the unproven theory of relativity to beyond a reasonable doubt. The theory of evolution might not be fact, but there is relatively good evidence to support it.
With the lack of all knowledge, very little can actually shown to be fact; I can say you exist, but perhaps your a figment of a of my imagination, I can say red appears red, but maybe red actually appears green and everyone is colour blind.
Evolution is not a fact, but it's the scientific consensus, has a far stronger evidence supporting it, and is a more (scientifically) plausible than any of the alternatives.
I wouldn't consider transplanting human organs into an animal a chimera. When they can put human DNA and make human organs grow naturally in an animal, then we'll have a chimera (and a little problem on our hands).
As far as I know Benny Hill has not aired on UK tv in decades, which would suggest that they in fact don't like him, so STFU. Please stop spreading anti-[any country that isn't US-of-A] propaganda.
Oh wait, you say you like Benny Hill -- sorry, I didn't realise you where such a fucking retard, I wouldn't have bothered correcting you.
The QVC sales guy says this will run Duke Nukem Forever, this is fucking awesome!
It will take a NVIDIA GeForce 6600, right?
This will be my last comment on./ from my decrepit AMD Athlon(TM) 64 box (which I'm about to trash). My next comment will be from my super-ultra-modern-high-tech Commadore!!!!!!!111
I know people who still use NS4. [...] but you stiil have to force people to change.
And, it's not just people who haven't bothered (or are unable) to upgrade, some to this day are intentionally inflicting such an atrocity upon themselves.
It's not just themselves their inflicting such pain, it's also the the web development community trying to push web standards, their biggest opposition being NS4 users.
No one wants hosted crap. Recurring fees, no applications if you are somewhere w/o an Internet connection, you never really "have" the software, etc. Its frickin rent-a-center.
What about the future? When hosted solutions can rival or equal OS based applications, and an internet connection is considered as standard IO device as a keyboard.
Its frickin rent-a-center.
And being forced to upgrade your OS, and applications just to keep up with current software demands and document types isn't?
... but it's still nice to see someone prepared to take them on. Go Google! Go Firefox! Go Linux (And go anything and everyone else that is undermining their monopoly)
From article: Microsoft launched an Internet browser toolbar that blocks pop-up ads and enables search, years after Google had created its own.
Get a clue Microsoft! The Google Toolbar supplements basic lack of features in IE (such as auto-complete, search box, and pop blocker). When it's your product, you don't need to add a toolbar extension, you just add the features to to the goddamn browser itself!
[...] you are stealing bandwidth and content without also viewing the means for which the web site creates enough revenue for the web site to sustain itself
What about the bandwidth they steal from me, when the serve ads I don't want?
> Maybe site owners will start moving or demanding text-based ads (like Google's)?
This won't make a big difference if Google (for instance) was compromised, a virus could replace the innocent text-ads (which are dynamically inserted client side via JavaScript in Google's case) with whatever malicious code it may desire.
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> You mean that THEORY OF EVOLUTION? you know that theory not fact just theorized?
Yes.
Most people accept the unproven theory of relativity to beyond a reasonable doubt. The theory of evolution might not be fact, but there is relatively good evidence to support it.
With the lack of all knowledge, very little can actually shown to be fact; I can say you exist, but perhaps your a figment of a of my imagination, I can say red appears red, but maybe red actually appears green and everyone is colour blind.
Evolution is not a fact, but it's the scientific consensus, has a far stronger evidence supporting it, and is a more (scientifically) plausible than any of the alternatives.
> Gives a whole new meaning to "code monkey"....
As the old proverb goes:
Given half a dozen monkeys with half a dozen computers, they'll eventually (about a week) code the entire Longhorn OS.
> no species has ever been shown to evolve into another species.
Absolutely, that whole "evolution" thing, WTF is that about.
Should I stop my Monkey-Man experiments then?
> I want my monkey man!
You could buy Koko!
These things aren't new, they've been posting on /. for years!
Please take a moment to reflect:
He mocked, and stereotyped an entire country.
Because (and only because) I took offense at his comments; I critized him, for being a fan of a seriously lowbrow, unfunny (IMHO) comedian.
Seriously, which do you thing is the worst prejudice of the two?
I really meant to post this AC, please mod me down as you wish (I deserve it). I still stand by my argument though.
> Then again, British people like Benny Hill.
As far as I know Benny Hill has not aired on UK tv in decades, which would suggest that they in fact don't like him, so STFU. Please stop spreading anti-[any country that isn't US-of-A] propaganda.
Oh wait, you say you like Benny Hill -- sorry, I didn't realise you where such a fucking retard, I wouldn't have bothered correcting you.
I've been thinking about upgrading.
./ from my decrepit AMD Athlon(TM) 64 box (which I'm about to trash). My next comment will be from my super-ultra-modern-high-tech Commadore!!!!!!!111
The QVC sales guy says this will run Duke Nukem Forever, this is fucking awesome!
It will take a NVIDIA GeForce 6600, right?
This will be my last comment on
> £50 ($75)
It's about $100 actually
I'm in the UK, it works for me usually.
> BrainPort Allows People To Reclaim Damaged Senses
Can it give slashdot trolls their sense of dignity back?
> their != they're or, to be complete: their != they're != there
I'm aware of this, yet it's a bad habit I can't seem to brake
And, it's not just people who haven't bothered (or are unable) to upgrade, some to this day are intentionally inflicting such an atrocity upon themselves.
It's not just themselves their inflicting such pain, it's also the the web development community trying to push web standards, their biggest opposition being NS4 users.
> Does this mean that grandma can now knit me a bullet proof vest?
If your grandma is a scientist working in Nano technology, yes.
What about the future? When hosted solutions can rival or equal OS based applications, and an internet connection is considered as standard IO device as a keyboard.
Its frickin rent-a-center.
And being forced to upgrade your OS, and applications just to keep up with current software demands and document types isn't?
Go Microsoft?
Look at the beautiful design for Firefox, and then compare it with the crappy one for IE, says alot about what Google thinks of IE*, doesn't it?
*In actual fact the page for IE was designed for use in the IE search pane, where as the Firefox page is obviously designed to be set as the homepage.
Get a clue Microsoft! The Google Toolbar supplements basic lack of features in IE (such as auto-complete, search box, and pop blocker). When it's your product, you don't need to add a toolbar extension, you just add the features to to the goddamn browser itself!
the company best known for its wildly popular search engine
That's what Google do! I've always wandered.
> If you did that, then he wouldn't be homeless anymore, now would he?
Does this make sense to you?
"I'm going to eat a chocolate bar"
It does? I thought so.
But wait a minute, by your logic; if I ate the chocolate, how can I eat it?
Do you see where your logic falls apart?
What about the bandwidth they steal from me, when the serve ads I don't want?
> If your computer is waiting for itself to respond to itself, some pages will never be displayed
Not in XP! in XP the chances are you already have a trojan-server running on 127.0.0.1:80 so it should respond instantly!
> Maybe site owners will start moving or demanding text-based ads (like Google's)?
This won't make a big difference if Google (for instance) was compromised, a virus could replace the innocent text-ads (which are dynamically inserted client side via JavaScript in Google's case) with whatever malicious code it may desire.