thanks (to you and the post above) for clearing that one up for me , The article was rather light on details regarding this. I do remember back when i was in school , being taught that Pterosaurs were classified as dinosaurs . It is fascinating though , discovering more links in the common ancestry of animals
Well if dinosaurs were really the size of chickens , a Jurassic park remake would be in order. I can see it now "OH MY GOD , T-rex is nibbling on my shoelaces ".
Palaeontology is constantly in flux, with theories being thrown in left right and centre year on year. New discoveries and new analysis are constantly showing inconsistencies with previous research. If we look at the current views of dinosaurs even compared to 15 years ago, there is a near world of difference .
I read an interesting article a number of years ago , the basic premise was a theory that all dinosaurs were roughly the size of chickens . The only reason the bones we discover now are so large is due to absorption . Perhaps it was total bunkum , but an interesting theory non the less
But dinosaurs are not reptiles , are they ? I had thought they were most closely related to birds If I am right then which is it ? A Dinosaur or a Reptile
Thank you ; I would have no problem with anyone using my argument . At first it does seem a bit bizarre , but i do like to stay strong my views about personal freedoms . I may not think it is the best idea to let your children have access to some games when they are rather young , but it is not my place to decide .
Let people decide based on their own experiences , the knowledge they have of the development of their children. Advice and discussion is always welcome : it's restrictions that I have a problem with. Change a persons views with words , not by force.
Well it does restrict to a certain extent the rights of parents.If i want my Hypothetical children to buy Violent computer games , then that should be my right as a hypothetical parent to decided. Laws enforcing the right way to parent your children are a restriction .
Sure you could still go buy it for your child , but you are now not allowed to let your child have the responsibility to choose based on your parenting.
Who else has the right to say what is suitable for your child .
A schizophrenic only taking lithium would not really be stable either : Lithium is a treatment for bipolar disorder. anyway.. try the nightly builds of Firefox/Deerpark , they are an immense improvement on OS X.
Very much so , A hurricane could literally rip up the existing infrastructure causing immeasurable damage over a wide area.(think tens of thousands of broken lines and switch boxes) Even if it destroys every Wi-Max antenna in the area it would only take a matter of hours to replace them,plus it would be a hell of a lot cheaper.(think the man-hours , the cost of the street and cable repairs etc. Vs. the cost of a few servers and a few antennas )
BSE has caused (roughly there may be more and perhaps less , some of the cases can not be artibuted to BSE infected beef)140 cases of variant CJD world wide since 96 . Almost all of those cases were caused infected meat in the late 80's to early 90's(since the meat from those days has gone well past its use by date , and since the regulations have been tightened there is a little to no risk ) . FEMA in their infantile(not a typographical error of infinite) wisdom are making frankly idiotic decisions.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they rejected the Wi-Max deployment as it is a waste of resources.. Resources which are being supplied from an external source and would likely not hurt any other area. Wi-Max deployment could help co-ordinate rescue and recovery efforts immensely , also allow people to contact family members more easily.
I would definitely keep Ocarina of time (still number one on my list) , half life and GTA 3 .
The rest are very subjective , Starcraft was not a personal favourite , but i can see how it got listed .
The Sims may have done a lot for the Casual gamers , but it was dull as dishwate. Sim-city 3000 was far superior.4/10
Madden.. well... I did not enjoy the game.. may have been a cultural thing ( I played rugby).. but then i did really enjoy some other American football games. 5/10
Quake.. well it was very influential.. but the single player game was rather under par , though i have great respect for the online component . 7/10
Halo is one of the most over-rated games of the past 10 years.It was not a bad game , infact it was rather good.. just not as good as the hype made it out to be . 7/10
Everquest bored me silly . Again i can see that a lot of people enjoyed it , but if credit goes to any MMORPG of the past ten years it should be Ultima online . 5/10...
In the place of the other 7 i would have
Mario 64 . the game the legend 9/10 Unreal tournament , amazing fun.I prefer it over the sequels . 9/10 Deus Ex , Taking System shock to the next level 9/10 Thief 2 , Removing the Zombie levels was a great idea 9/10 Pokemon Gold/silver/crystal:Fashionable to hate,wonderful to play 9/10 GoldenEye 007 , Countless hours spent living the life of Bond 9/10 Gran-Turismo 3,I like Skylines 9/10(That or soul calibur)
These lists are very subjective , and as such these are just my opinion . I couldn't really do a top 10 properly , these are just a few from my top 50 list of games since Pong . it's in non specific order(bar ocarina of time which sits solidly at #1).
There can be no definitive top 10 list.It is all based on your personal opinions.
Police marksmen in the UK are trained to make single precise shots , they should be trained to incapacitate the target . This situation was a tragedy , caused by fear and incompetence : the man was unarmed,was not a wanted criminal , posed no threat,was already cornered and was not warned properly . This is not really a case of negligence it is a case of culpable homicide(manslaughter)
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I believe the logic is as follows. 1: find a piece of news 2: Start thinking piece of news is perhaps not that interesting 3: Put sensationalist spin on it in an effort to drive up readership 4: reap the rewards of bad journalism
You are correct , he shouldn't be modded troll . he should be marked as flamebait. If he does believe it , then stating it here in such a way as to attempt to ridicule evolution is bound to cause an argument here.
Even people that believe in Creationism as a science must know that
With a few modifications you could be a walking talking beat-em up character."Lighting bolt thrust"..."Spinning Electro kick".. no mugger could touch ***"Nine Volt Man*** That joke was shocking
"So you say that for anyone to have a discussion of evolution they must use your conventions of naming?"
if you shanty use rubber naming conventions , the boat point makes little cobra. this is bong we have mulling of words , so shark makes harpy
or to translate
if you wish to make a point about science , please use the proper terminology and correct words.if you start to misuse or make up words then things get rather silly. It is fine to argue against evolution , but be sure to do from a position of understanding , not misconceptions due to the wording (your understanding of them at least). Chances are you won't find a good counter theory to evolution(I very much doubt you have a degree in any school of biology , I stand corrected if you do) , but at least it will make sense
I would love an off switch on my logitech mouse . if it isn't in the charger it seems to continuasly drain the battery ; whether it is in use or not . Some more advanced power saving features would also be lovely .
Also even though it can go a few more hours when its on the red , The bloody flashing LED is so distracting that i have to put it on the charger.They have well designed mice , I really have no idea how such a glaring irritation slipped through.
Like all those iPod killers I guess. You can't really have a fair fight between a Desktop Enviroment and an Operating system : you can also use Gnome on OS X .
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Your numbers would be fine , but you forgot one thing . Suse defaults to KDE , atleast it did last time i used it . Gnome - 4047 (Ubuntu + Fedora) KDE - 4067 (Mandriva + MEPIS + SUSE) That is unless Suse switched to using Gnome since i last checked , then there are a hell of a lot more default gnomes
It's all about personal preferance , and there are as many Gnome trolls as there are KDE trolls. There are also about the same number of problems with each (dependant on personal taste of course) Don't look at me though I use fluxbox.(Que flamewar about how E17 is better than fluxbox )
For anyone who didn't pick up on it , my use of "gramatic" instead of grammatical was a joke. That was just to stave off one of the trolls , I'm sure you can find many more errors in my origional post to complain about (I hope you do , it would emphasise my point).
Those are informal correspondences , I'm sure their writings skills are up to par for offical documents(or perhaps that is why they got fired). Just like on slashdot I would say .
I am willing to put good money on one simple fact : the fact that most of the spelling and gramatic errors on Slashdot are more due to apathy than lack of skill (apathy due to the setting alone) . I am also willing to bet that if you looked at their formal writings , one would discover a disparate style(in relation to their informal works) .
People aparently get far too easily upset here on Slashdot:they tend to forget that this is only an internet forum.It would after all be a far more pleasant place if people would relax for once. What is important is the message after all .
"(warning: catfight fantasy spoiler link.)" You underestimate the perversion of the average male imagination... That just looks like a bad photo though, I am sure they are in reality pretty tasty *ducks in case the wife is reading this* and both bi-sexual.... and... I'm off for a cold shower.
You seem to forget that Americans (baring of course the native tribes ) are mostly bloody Europeans who moved over there , and not all European countries had slavery on the statutes,Sweden i believe had abolished it around 400 years before the colonisation of America , Europe is a continent and not a country.. hopefully soon it will be , but definitely was not then .
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thanks (to you and the post above) for clearing that one up for me , The article was rather light on details regarding this.
I do remember back when i was in school , being taught that Pterosaurs were classified as dinosaurs .
It is fascinating though , discovering more links in the common ancestry of animals
Well if dinosaurs were really the size of chickens , a Jurassic park remake would be in order.
I can see it now "OH MY GOD , T-rex is nibbling on my shoelaces ".
Palaeontology is constantly in flux, with theories being thrown in left right and centre year on year.
New discoveries and new analysis are constantly showing inconsistencies with previous research.
If we look at the current views of dinosaurs even compared to 15 years ago, there is a near world of difference .
I read an interesting article a number of years ago , the basic premise was a theory that all dinosaurs were roughly the size of chickens . The only reason the bones we discover now are so large is due to absorption .
Perhaps it was total bunkum , but an interesting theory non the less
But dinosaurs are not reptiles , are they ?
I had thought they were most closely related to birds
If I am right then which is it ?
A Dinosaur or a Reptile
Thank you ; I would have no problem with anyone using my argument .
At first it does seem a bit bizarre , but i do like to stay strong my views about personal freedoms .
I may not think it is the best idea to let your children have access to some games when they are rather young , but it is not my place to decide .
Let people decide based on their own experiences , the knowledge they have of the development of their children. Advice and discussion is always welcome : it's restrictions that I have a problem with.
Change a persons views with words , not by force.
Well it does restrict to a certain extent the rights of parents .If i want my Hypothetical children to buy Violent computer games , then that should be my right as a hypothetical parent to decided.
Laws enforcing the right way to parent your children are a restriction .
Sure you could still go buy it for your child , but you are now not allowed to let your child have the responsibility to choose based on your parenting.
Who else has the right to say what is suitable for your child .
A schizophrenic only taking lithium would not really be stable either : Lithium is a treatment for bipolar disorder. .. try the nightly builds of Firefox/Deerpark , they are an immense improvement on OS X.
anyway
"Can Microsoft Out-Google Google"
Can Microsoft imitate google properly ?
So can Microsoft muscle into this market .
Very much so , A hurricane could literally rip up the existing infrastructure causing immeasurable damage over a wide area .(think tens of thousands of broken lines and switch boxes) ,plus it would be a hell of a lot cheaper .(think the man-hours , the cost of the street and cable repairs etc. Vs. the cost of a few servers and a few antennas )
Even if it destroys every Wi-Max antenna in the area it would only take a matter of hours to replace them
BSE has caused (roughly there may be more and perhaps less , some of the cases can not be artibuted to BSE infected beef)140 cases of variant CJD world wide since 96 . Almost all of those cases were caused infected meat in the late 80's to early 90's(since the meat from those days has gone well past its use by date , and since the regulations have been tightened there is a little to no risk ) . FEMA in their infantile(not a typographical error of infinite) wisdom are making frankly idiotic decisions.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they rejected the Wi-Max deployment as it is a waste of resources.. Resources which are being supplied from an external source and would likely not hurt any other area.
Wi-Max deployment could help co-ordinate rescue and recovery efforts immensely , also allow people to contact family members more easily.
I would definitely keep Ocarina of time (still number one on my list) , half life and GTA 3 .
The rest are very subjective , Starcraft was not a personal favourite , but i can see how it got listed .
The Sims may have done a lot for the Casual gamers , but it was dull as dishwate. Sim-city 3000 was far superior
Madden
Quake
Halo is one of the most over-rated games of the past 10 years
Everquest bored me silly . Again i can see that a lot of people enjoyed it , but if credit goes to any MMORPG of the past ten years it should be Ultima online . 5/10
In the place of the other 7 i would have
Mario 64 . the game the legend 9/10
Unreal tournament , amazing fun
Deus Ex , Taking System shock to the next level 9/10
Thief 2 , Removing the Zombie levels was a great idea 9/10
Pokemon Gold/silver/crystal
GoldenEye 007 , Countless hours spent living the life of Bond 9/10
Gran-Turismo 3
These lists are very subjective , and as such these are just my opinion .
I couldn't really do a top 10 properly , these are just a few from my top 50 list of games since Pong .
it's in non specific order(bar ocarina of time which sits solidly at #1).
There can be no definitive top 10 list
Police marksmen in the UK are trained to make single precise shots , they should be trained to incapacitate the target . ,was not a wanted criminal , posed no threat ,was already cornered and was not warned properly .
This situation was a tragedy , caused by fear and incompetence : the man was unarmed
This is not really a case of negligence it is a case of culpable homicide(manslaughter)
I believe the logic is as follows.
1: find a piece of news
2: Start thinking piece of news is perhaps not that interesting
3: Put sensationalist spin on it in an effort to drive up readership
4: reap the rewards of bad journalism
You are correct , he shouldn't be modded troll . he should be marked as flamebait.
If he does believe it , then stating it here in such a way as to attempt to ridicule evolution is bound to cause an argument here.
Even people that believe in Creationism as a science must know that
With a few modifications you could be a walking talking beat-em up character ."Lighting bolt thrust" ..."Spinning Electro kick".. no mugger could touch ***"Nine Volt Man***
That joke was shocking
"So you say that for anyone to have a discussion of evolution they must use your conventions of naming?"
.if you start to misuse or make up words then things get rather silly.
if you shanty use rubber naming conventions , the boat point makes little cobra.
this is bong we have mulling of words , so shark makes harpy
or to translate
if you wish to make a point about science , please use the proper terminology and correct words
It is fine to argue against evolution , but be sure to do from a position of understanding , not misconceptions due to the wording (your understanding of them at least).
Chances are you won't find a good counter theory to evolution(I very much doubt you have a degree in any school of biology , I stand corrected if you do) , but at least it will make sense
" If he was so stupid, how did he get into Yale?"
His parents are very very rich : his father was and still is very very influential .
Tell Rupert that he has accidentally paid for the site twice.
I would love an off switch on my logitech mouse . if it isn't in the charger it seems to continuasly drain the battery ; whether it is in use or not . Some more advanced power saving features would also be lovely .
.They have well designed mice , I really have no idea how such a glaring irritation slipped through.
Also even though it can go a few more hours when its on the red , The bloody flashing LED is so distracting that i have to put it on the charger
Like all those iPod killers I guess.
You can't really have a fair fight between a Desktop Enviroment and an Operating system : you can also use Gnome on OS X .
Your numbers would be fine , but you forgot one thing . Suse defaults to KDE , atleast it did last time i used it .
.(Que flamewar about how E17 is better than fluxbox )
Gnome - 4047 (Ubuntu + Fedora)
KDE - 4067 (Mandriva + MEPIS + SUSE)
That is unless Suse switched to using Gnome since i last checked , then there are a hell of a lot more default gnomes
It's all about personal preferance , and there are as many Gnome trolls as there are KDE trolls.
There are also about the same number of problems with each (dependant on personal taste of course)
Don't look at me though I use fluxbox
For anyone who didn't pick up on it , my use of "gramatic" instead of grammatical was a joke.
That was just to stave off one of the trolls , I'm sure you can find many more errors in my origional post to complain about (I hope you do , it would emphasise my point).
Those are informal correspondences , I'm sure their writings skills are up to par for offical documents(or perhaps that is why they got fired).
:they tend to forget that this is only an internet forum .It would after all be a far more pleasant place if people would relax for once.
Just like on slashdot I would say .
I am willing to put good money on one simple fact : the fact that most of the spelling and gramatic errors on Slashdot are more due to apathy than lack of skill (apathy due to the setting alone) .
I am also willing to bet that if you looked at their formal writings , one would discover a disparate style(in relation to their informal works) .
People aparently get far too easily upset here on Slashdot
What is important is the message after all .
"(warning: catfight fantasy spoiler link.)" ... .... and ... I'm off for a cold shower.
You underestimate the perversion of the average male imagination
That just looks like a bad photo though, I am sure they are in reality pretty tasty *ducks in case the wife is reading this* and both bi-sexual
You seem to forget that Americans (baring of course the native tribes ) are mostly bloody Europeans who moved over there , and not all European countries had slavery on the statutes ,Sweden i believe had abolished it around 400 years before the colonisation of America , .. hopefully soon it will be , but definitely was not then .
Europe is a continent and not a country