So since there is zero chance that these cells can become a human being at any point during the process in which the cells are cultivated and harvested since at no point does the environment approach anything remote feasible for developing them into a human being, there's no problem. Glad you cleared that up.
Yeah, it's just like that, except not like that at all. Maybe you should be working on those political cartoons where everything is conveniently labeled while you're at it.
Not for trying to collude in secret with one another, because that's been the status quo of business since some better-than-thou jackass decide that "manager" should be synonymous with "boss" rather than with "secretary." No, this fail because they just illustrated just how irrelevant they've become. I can't get a lick of investigative journalism out of these crusty old outlets other than that spoon-fed to them by their chosen benefactors in government or industry, but I heard about this little gathering of goofballs just fine using these silly Intarwebs.
Why should I pay a bunch of jokers to hunt down sources when those sources are having a grand old time posting everything they see direct to the world, often with full color photos or even video from the convenient little cameras that so many people carry in their pockets these days. Sorry Jimmy Olsen, I know you dream of roaming the streets capturing your Pulitzer, but most of us have found a nifty way to pass information to one another without needing you to play middleman.
That's my problem with Windows 7. It'll be good enough to have to suck it up and deal with all of the additional applications and bullshit being packed into an "operating system." Applications that should otherwise run fine due to being developed using standard APIs won't run because Microsoft will prohibit those APIs from running in Windows XP or earlier. Instead they keep doling out bigger and messier operating systems that only provide additional value over earlier iterations by the fact that newer applications are not allowed to run on the smaller, more streamlined versions. I haven't upgraded Windows for the sake of a better experience since Windows 2000; since then it has been simply for the sake of concessions. If you have to justify purchasing a product by calling it "good enough" then it really isn't good enough.
There's a damned good reason why the vast majority of knives in the world aren't designed like Swiss Army Knives. If they really want to include all of that unneeded and unwanted bullshit with every disk then they can provide an option to leave it on the disk for those of us who aren't looking for a prepackaged computing experience and just want to run the applications that we give a crap about.
LOL. I did my first couple of years at a community college. Many of my instructors actually worked during the day in the fields that they taught and brought incredibly valuable insights and experience. The students were older on average and often worked for a living, so there wasn't a lot of grab-assing and many of us were genuinely engaged.
Then I went to a university for a couple of years. Droves of kids with a sense of entitlement that rivaled the Egyptian monarchs. Massive auditoriums where people would never shut the fuck up until you put some fear into them, when they bothered to show up. Teachers who have been stuck in the ivory tower for most of their lives.
Yeah, some of my upper level courses were fantastic as the class sizes were small and the students were truly interested in the material, but my overall community college experience was overwhelmingly superior to my university experience. About the only thing that the university had over the community college was a better-than-thou attitude.
I'm still dying to know this mythological nation that can successfully invade the United States. China? OK, they send a couple of million troops over 7,000 miles, which is a massive undertaking that takes days, at best, to get going. Those troops have to be fed and supplied, and the vehicles fueled and repaired. Three small nukes, two for primary supply depots and one somewhere near the front of the advance just to create a chaotic clusterfuck that consumes supplies without advancement for a couple days. Suddenly two million troops are stranded and starving all for the cost of three small nuclear missiles.
That conventional shit is all fine and good when the US is off performing one of its "humanitarian missions" or "nation building" or whatever other dumbassed colloquialism is being used that day. When the nation is actually being threatened with invasion? That's when you start reminding people that one billion people can burn just as easily as one thousand in this day and age. The only actual threat to the United States in this world is a full scale nuclear attack by a nation that is capable, which we can't do shit about anyway.
God I wish. If Microsoft actually wants me to buy one of their operating systems again, they should rebuild Windows 98 SE with the capability to support their latest APIs (NOT ALREADY INSTALLED, just capable of supporting) and run a bit more reliably. Less than 1GB installed, a memory footprint of jack shit, and responsive as all hell. Admittedly I am one of those weird people who installs an operating system for the sole purpose of running other applications, so I'm not looking for an all-in-one fully comprehensive work, entertainment, and home security powerhouse with shiny transparent shit that I'll never see since I'm actually using my computer for other things than staring at the border of my windows. I'd rather just install that crap as I go along while leaving most of it completely off of my hard drive altogether. Yeah, Windows 7 is great... compared to Windows Vista. Still a downgrade from Windows XP, which was a downgrade from Windows 98 SE.
I was beginning to worry that I might actually be able to spend the remainder of the money that that the government lets me keep each payday without having them take more from me. I'm so glad that they're working hard to prevent that from happening.
At least it isn't dictated to occur by law, nor to most people find it acceptable, even if there isn't enough done to combat it. Meanwhile, there are plenty of people who are more than happy to see the non-violent drug offender deprived of their freedom and thrown into that cage with the convicted rapists and murderers. 8th Amendment to the US Constitution be damned, I suppose.
Is this the definition of copyright according to your reference book, "Making Shit Up?" The very first right granted by copyright is the "exclusive" right to "reproduce" the work. That is the very basis of the word "copyright," you know, the right to copy, and there is no clause that says anything to the effect of, "except when you download it from the Intarwebs." In fact, original content on a website can also be protected by copyright despite being made publicly available for anyone with a web browser to view. You can even register your online content with the US Copyright Office in case you're paranoid about someone stripping your site to use for themselves and then claiming that they wrote it. If the copyright holder does not grant you explicit permission to copy a protected work then you are breaking the law.
Just because you think that the law is bullshit doesn't mean that you get to magically change the law or the meaning of the English language to suit your personal interest. Otherwise, yes, there is nothing illegal about posting a review of the material, although it's still a stupid idea not only because you red-flag yourself to your employer but also to the copyright holder (same parent company, in this case) and to law enforcement.
Yeah, more crap that I'll never use. I wonder if there's any chance that Microsoft will ever release an operating system, as I really have no interest in getting yet another bloated application suite wrapped around an operating system. Just a kernel and a disk full of APIs and drivers would be fine. I'll install whatever I need as prerequisites for the applications that I actually use and call it good. A least Linux distros let you uncheck the vast amount of crap that they try to install by default these days.
Bingo. I got into my current dream job by busting my ass for a couple of years in my previous position coming up with new operating procedures and tools while taking ownership of existing processes, to the point where I was stretched thin holding it together. I then focused on documenting the hell out of everything and training the junior members of my team so that they could take over on those tasks. When my current position became available, not only had I established a great track record going into the interview process but I had ensured that my former team would be able to shoulder the additional burdens that had been my primary resposibility. As a bonus, I had everything tight enough that the transition only took a couple of weeks, far less than originally projected when they made the offer to me.
For those who aspire for more than what you've got right now: Don't let the folks in this thread who have decided to let their bad experiences dictate the course of their entire careers steer you off. Despite the plethora of bad companies and the douches who populate them, there are some fantastic oppotunities for those who stand out with some great companies. But we don't have time to coddle those who would prefer to drag ass because we're actually trying to make things happen so get your head in the game and focus on what you can do to make the business you work for succeed. Even if your current place of employment is an idiot farm, the accomplishments that you achieve will make for great resume fodder and vital anecdotes when you finally leave that dump and head for greener pastures, and us pros will welcome those useful skills with open arms.
And all of that practice in writing quality documentation is not only going to help score that next gig with a better outfit but will make the rest of your career easier by equipping you with another vital skill outside of your specialty. As a bonus, the ability to write solid documentation will set you up to excel when you do hit that quality company that isn't incapable of recognizing someone who provides significant value.
If you are doing the same thing over and over every year then you aren't building up experience; you are killing time. There's nothing wrong with "staying in tech" for your entire career, as long as you continue to evolve your skillset to technologies that are relevant for the future. Putting all of your attention into applications that have become well established means that you will inevitably be phased out as the technology becomes a commodity, unless you happen to provide the commodity that made everyone else in that field a waste of payroll.
Getting older doesn't make you exempt from basic supply and demand. I'm sure hammering plates of iron into body armor is fun and personally rewarding, but I don't see a lot of knights wandering around.
The drive of the Japanese was, and still is, admirable, but no amount of dedication can change some simple economic realities. Far more than most other nations, Japan is extremely reliant on economic relations. Its core food and energy supplies are mostly imported while its exports are primarily convenience goods. They are fairly well diversified which helps but still walk a high-wire act by supporting a high-tech, incredibly dense, and almost entirely urban population in a country which simply does not have the resources to sustain it. Therefore, Japan is prone to being incredibly vulnerable to major market events.
China, on the other hand, has a population that is still mostly rural with a fairly low density considering the sheer quantity of people that live there. Food production is a non-issue as they are a net exporter. While they don't produce as much energy as they would like to sustain their targeted growth and therefore import oil stocks, they do produce plenty enough that they can get by just fine without imports. They have a strong central government that is far less susceptible to the will of the people than Japan and are much less reliant on international relations for basic survival. Yeah, China can and is getting slapped by the economic downturn as well, but they are a hell of a lot better prepared for extended pain then most other industrialized countries, especially Japan.
Besides, I couldn't understand why Japan was regarded as being such a threat back then and still don't. Despite their strengths, they have become far too vulnerable to go it alone anymore, which means that they became the little guy on the prison block. Regardless of the talents that he can provide in manufacturing hooch and tattoo needles, if the big boys decide they don't like him anymore then he's going to get fucked. China, on the other hand, is that vato street gang that a quarter of the inmates belong to. You can refuse to deal with them and even take out a member on occasion, but they're going to continue to hold it down and bide their time even after the big guys are lying in the showers in a pool of blood.
Ummm, don't you think that perhaps you have a bit of a say in this part?
My stack of generic form letters from various politicians over the years has been trying to convince me otherwise, but I like to keep telling myself that I do.;)
Your the bigger country here fella's. Maybe, just maybe, China is offering a service that you are buying. No gun at your head or anything, this is free-trade capatalism pure and simple.
Not sure what your point is here relative to what I said, so I don't really know what to tell you.
If it is not really in US long-term interest is a second point we could debate, but even if this trade is detrimental to the US why is that China's problem to worry about and not yours?
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was implying that this is a problem for China or that the United States should not be worrying about it. As far as I can tell, for China it is more of an opportunity. They gain financial leverage over the United States while maintaining the production capacity that we ourselves have forsaken to outsourcing in exchange for a service-based economy. As you mentioned in the previous point, this arrangement suits the aims of both parties. The citizens of the United States should be worrying about this potential problem but we think in far too short timeframes to adequately address the matter.
Portal puzzles can be actively worked through rather than just idly stared at, though. You walk around the level, determine what the next step is, and then figure out what chain of events would need to occur in order to accomplish that step. Often, some trial and error experimentation was needed to determine what was feasible and to lock down the positioning and timing. Rarely did any single step ever require the player to be idle for more than a few seconds, and even when they did it was for a specific purpose, such as to demonstrate a new game dynamic to the player.
If the submitter, or anyone else interested in game design, really wants to learn some great strategies for created compelling and effective game content, then pick up Portal, play it through a couple of times, and then go through it a third time listening to all of the interactive commentaries. They go into some depth about the design decisions that were made throughout Portal.
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Stop making all of our crap for us while retaining all of that massive production capability filled with experienced manufacturing personnel for servicing internal production and other countries of their choosing, I would guess. But in the meantime, they'll continue to increase our reliance on them while ensuring that they can completely obliterate our credit at any time that they choose simply by calling in their markers. Being suddenly cut off from the rest of the world probably sounds like a wonderful fantasy to many insular Americans, but we'll see how well that works out for a country that has relied on deficit spending and operated in a trade deficit for decades.
The Chinese think long-term better than any other people on the planet. Last I heard, the general plan was to be the most powerful nation on Earth in 50 years. At the rate that we westerners are undermining our future for the sake of short-term bolstering, I'd say that the 50 year estimate is highly conservative.
Yeah, I have two cats that we recovered at different times and places as strays, but both were about a week old when we found them. One is the most useless cat on the planet (my buddy, though:)). He actually had a rat drop on his back that I was trying to grab off of a shelf above him in this shithole we used to live in, and he froze up and then ran like hell. My other cat is the sweetest, furriest, most affection begging little bastige you'd ever meet, but she is an absolute killing machine when something is stupid enough to get her attention. Hell, the night that we found her, she was rubbing all over our ankles until this big, fat raccoon came rolling out of the dark, at which point she rose up on that raccoon like it was about a tenth her size, instead of the actual opposite case.
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But the moon is only a little over a quarter of the diameter of Earth, so it's like a 24 mile high explosion! ;)
"of or pertaining to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies."
Uh, yeah, Christianity is, by definition, occult.
So since there is zero chance that these cells can become a human being at any point during the process in which the cells are cultivated and harvested since at no point does the environment approach anything remote feasible for developing them into a human being, there's no problem. Glad you cleared that up.
Yeah, it's just like that, except not like that at all. Maybe you should be working on those political cartoons where everything is conveniently labeled while you're at it.
Not for trying to collude in secret with one another, because that's been the status quo of business since some better-than-thou jackass decide that "manager" should be synonymous with "boss" rather than with "secretary." No, this fail because they just illustrated just how irrelevant they've become. I can't get a lick of investigative journalism out of these crusty old outlets other than that spoon-fed to them by their chosen benefactors in government or industry, but I heard about this little gathering of goofballs just fine using these silly Intarwebs.
Why should I pay a bunch of jokers to hunt down sources when those sources are having a grand old time posting everything they see direct to the world, often with full color photos or even video from the convenient little cameras that so many people carry in their pockets these days. Sorry Jimmy Olsen, I know you dream of roaming the streets capturing your Pulitzer, but most of us have found a nifty way to pass information to one another without needing you to play middleman.
Possibly not, but it is still nice to see a proof of concept actually carried out for a theory. Now if only the detractors would do the same.
Apparently you are only free to compete until you do a really good job of it and your competitors fail at it, at which point you get sued and fined.
That's my problem with Windows 7. It'll be good enough to have to suck it up and deal with all of the additional applications and bullshit being packed into an "operating system." Applications that should otherwise run fine due to being developed using standard APIs won't run because Microsoft will prohibit those APIs from running in Windows XP or earlier. Instead they keep doling out bigger and messier operating systems that only provide additional value over earlier iterations by the fact that newer applications are not allowed to run on the smaller, more streamlined versions. I haven't upgraded Windows for the sake of a better experience since Windows 2000; since then it has been simply for the sake of concessions. If you have to justify purchasing a product by calling it "good enough" then it really isn't good enough.
There's a damned good reason why the vast majority of knives in the world aren't designed like Swiss Army Knives. If they really want to include all of that unneeded and unwanted bullshit with every disk then they can provide an option to leave it on the disk for those of us who aren't looking for a prepackaged computing experience and just want to run the applications that we give a crap about.
LOL. I did my first couple of years at a community college. Many of my instructors actually worked during the day in the fields that they taught and brought incredibly valuable insights and experience. The students were older on average and often worked for a living, so there wasn't a lot of grab-assing and many of us were genuinely engaged.
Then I went to a university for a couple of years. Droves of kids with a sense of entitlement that rivaled the Egyptian monarchs. Massive auditoriums where people would never shut the fuck up until you put some fear into them, when they bothered to show up. Teachers who have been stuck in the ivory tower for most of their lives.
Yeah, some of my upper level courses were fantastic as the class sizes were small and the students were truly interested in the material, but my overall community college experience was overwhelmingly superior to my university experience. About the only thing that the university had over the community college was a better-than-thou attitude.
I'm still dying to know this mythological nation that can successfully invade the United States. China? OK, they send a couple of million troops over 7,000 miles, which is a massive undertaking that takes days, at best, to get going. Those troops have to be fed and supplied, and the vehicles fueled and repaired. Three small nukes, two for primary supply depots and one somewhere near the front of the advance just to create a chaotic clusterfuck that consumes supplies without advancement for a couple days. Suddenly two million troops are stranded and starving all for the cost of three small nuclear missiles.
That conventional shit is all fine and good when the US is off performing one of its "humanitarian missions" or "nation building" or whatever other dumbassed colloquialism is being used that day. When the nation is actually being threatened with invasion? That's when you start reminding people that one billion people can burn just as easily as one thousand in this day and age. The only actual threat to the United States in this world is a full scale nuclear attack by a nation that is capable, which we can't do shit about anyway.
God I wish. If Microsoft actually wants me to buy one of their operating systems again, they should rebuild Windows 98 SE with the capability to support their latest APIs (NOT ALREADY INSTALLED, just capable of supporting) and run a bit more reliably. Less than 1GB installed, a memory footprint of jack shit, and responsive as all hell. Admittedly I am one of those weird people who installs an operating system for the sole purpose of running other applications, so I'm not looking for an all-in-one fully comprehensive work, entertainment, and home security powerhouse with shiny transparent shit that I'll never see since I'm actually using my computer for other things than staring at the border of my windows. I'd rather just install that crap as I go along while leaving most of it completely off of my hard drive altogether. Yeah, Windows 7 is great... compared to Windows Vista. Still a downgrade from Windows XP, which was a downgrade from Windows 98 SE.
Whoa, whoa, the 4th Amendment still applies here. Make it Alien 4.
That's why you try to sign up for the most popular classes. They get hosted in the big lecture halls with the comfier seats. :)
I was beginning to worry that I might actually be able to spend the remainder of the money that that the government lets me keep each payday without having them take more from me. I'm so glad that they're working hard to prevent that from happening.
At least it isn't dictated to occur by law, nor to most people find it acceptable, even if there isn't enough done to combat it. Meanwhile, there are plenty of people who are more than happy to see the non-violent drug offender deprived of their freedom and thrown into that cage with the convicted rapists and murderers. 8th Amendment to the US Constitution be damned, I suppose.
Is this the definition of copyright according to your reference book, "Making Shit Up?" The very first right granted by copyright is the "exclusive" right to "reproduce" the work. That is the very basis of the word "copyright," you know, the right to copy, and there is no clause that says anything to the effect of, "except when you download it from the Intarwebs." In fact, original content on a website can also be protected by copyright despite being made publicly available for anyone with a web browser to view. You can even register your online content with the US Copyright Office in case you're paranoid about someone stripping your site to use for themselves and then claiming that they wrote it. If the copyright holder does not grant you explicit permission to copy a protected work then you are breaking the law.
Just because you think that the law is bullshit doesn't mean that you get to magically change the law or the meaning of the English language to suit your personal interest. Otherwise, yes, there is nothing illegal about posting a review of the material, although it's still a stupid idea not only because you red-flag yourself to your employer but also to the copyright holder (same parent company, in this case) and to law enforcement.
Yeah, more crap that I'll never use. I wonder if there's any chance that Microsoft will ever release an operating system, as I really have no interest in getting yet another bloated application suite wrapped around an operating system. Just a kernel and a disk full of APIs and drivers would be fine. I'll install whatever I need as prerequisites for the applications that I actually use and call it good. A least Linux distros let you uncheck the vast amount of crap that they try to install by default these days.
Bingo. I got into my current dream job by busting my ass for a couple of years in my previous position coming up with new operating procedures and tools while taking ownership of existing processes, to the point where I was stretched thin holding it together. I then focused on documenting the hell out of everything and training the junior members of my team so that they could take over on those tasks. When my current position became available, not only had I established a great track record going into the interview process but I had ensured that my former team would be able to shoulder the additional burdens that had been my primary resposibility. As a bonus, I had everything tight enough that the transition only took a couple of weeks, far less than originally projected when they made the offer to me.
For those who aspire for more than what you've got right now: Don't let the folks in this thread who have decided to let their bad experiences dictate the course of their entire careers steer you off. Despite the plethora of bad companies and the douches who populate them, there are some fantastic oppotunities for those who stand out with some great companies. But we don't have time to coddle those who would prefer to drag ass because we're actually trying to make things happen so get your head in the game and focus on what you can do to make the business you work for succeed. Even if your current place of employment is an idiot farm, the accomplishments that you achieve will make for great resume fodder and vital anecdotes when you finally leave that dump and head for greener pastures, and us pros will welcome those useful skills with open arms.
And all of that practice in writing quality documentation is not only going to help score that next gig with a better outfit but will make the rest of your career easier by equipping you with another vital skill outside of your specialty. As a bonus, the ability to write solid documentation will set you up to excel when you do hit that quality company that isn't incapable of recognizing someone who provides significant value.
If you are doing the same thing over and over every year then you aren't building up experience; you are killing time. There's nothing wrong with "staying in tech" for your entire career, as long as you continue to evolve your skillset to technologies that are relevant for the future. Putting all of your attention into applications that have become well established means that you will inevitably be phased out as the technology becomes a commodity, unless you happen to provide the commodity that made everyone else in that field a waste of payroll.
Getting older doesn't make you exempt from basic supply and demand. I'm sure hammering plates of iron into body armor is fun and personally rewarding, but I don't see a lot of knights wandering around.
The drive of the Japanese was, and still is, admirable, but no amount of dedication can change some simple economic realities. Far more than most other nations, Japan is extremely reliant on economic relations. Its core food and energy supplies are mostly imported while its exports are primarily convenience goods. They are fairly well diversified which helps but still walk a high-wire act by supporting a high-tech, incredibly dense, and almost entirely urban population in a country which simply does not have the resources to sustain it. Therefore, Japan is prone to being incredibly vulnerable to major market events.
China, on the other hand, has a population that is still mostly rural with a fairly low density considering the sheer quantity of people that live there. Food production is a non-issue as they are a net exporter. While they don't produce as much energy as they would like to sustain their targeted growth and therefore import oil stocks, they do produce plenty enough that they can get by just fine without imports. They have a strong central government that is far less susceptible to the will of the people than Japan and are much less reliant on international relations for basic survival. Yeah, China can and is getting slapped by the economic downturn as well, but they are a hell of a lot better prepared for extended pain then most other industrialized countries, especially Japan.
Besides, I couldn't understand why Japan was regarded as being such a threat back then and still don't. Despite their strengths, they have become far too vulnerable to go it alone anymore, which means that they became the little guy on the prison block. Regardless of the talents that he can provide in manufacturing hooch and tattoo needles, if the big boys decide they don't like him anymore then he's going to get fucked. China, on the other hand, is that vato street gang that a quarter of the inmates belong to. You can refuse to deal with them and even take out a member on occasion, but they're going to continue to hold it down and bide their time even after the big guys are lying in the showers in a pool of blood.
Ummm, don't you think that perhaps you have a bit of a say in this part?
My stack of generic form letters from various politicians over the years has been trying to convince me otherwise, but I like to keep telling myself that I do. ;)
Your the bigger country here fella's. Maybe, just maybe, China is offering a service that you are buying. No gun at your head or anything, this is free-trade capatalism pure and simple.
Not sure what your point is here relative to what I said, so I don't really know what to tell you.
If it is not really in US long-term interest is a second point we could debate, but even if this trade is detrimental to the US why is that China's problem to worry about and not yours?
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was implying that this is a problem for China or that the United States should not be worrying about it. As far as I can tell, for China it is more of an opportunity. They gain financial leverage over the United States while maintaining the production capacity that we ourselves have forsaken to outsourcing in exchange for a service-based economy. As you mentioned in the previous point, this arrangement suits the aims of both parties. The citizens of the United States should be worrying about this potential problem but we think in far too short timeframes to adequately address the matter.
Portal puzzles can be actively worked through rather than just idly stared at, though. You walk around the level, determine what the next step is, and then figure out what chain of events would need to occur in order to accomplish that step. Often, some trial and error experimentation was needed to determine what was feasible and to lock down the positioning and timing. Rarely did any single step ever require the player to be idle for more than a few seconds, and even when they did it was for a specific purpose, such as to demonstrate a new game dynamic to the player.
If the submitter, or anyone else interested in game design, really wants to learn some great strategies for created compelling and effective game content, then pick up Portal, play it through a couple of times, and then go through it a third time listening to all of the interactive commentaries. They go into some depth about the design decisions that were made throughout Portal.
Stop making all of our crap for us while retaining all of that massive production capability filled with experienced manufacturing personnel for servicing internal production and other countries of their choosing, I would guess. But in the meantime, they'll continue to increase our reliance on them while ensuring that they can completely obliterate our credit at any time that they choose simply by calling in their markers. Being suddenly cut off from the rest of the world probably sounds like a wonderful fantasy to many insular Americans, but we'll see how well that works out for a country that has relied on deficit spending and operated in a trade deficit for decades.
The Chinese think long-term better than any other people on the planet. Last I heard, the general plan was to be the most powerful nation on Earth in 50 years. At the rate that we westerners are undermining our future for the sake of short-term bolstering, I'd say that the 50 year estimate is highly conservative.
Yeah, I have two cats that we recovered at different times and places as strays, but both were about a week old when we found them. One is the most useless cat on the planet (my buddy, though :)). He actually had a rat drop on his back that I was trying to grab off of a shelf above him in this shithole we used to live in, and he froze up and then ran like hell. My other cat is the sweetest, furriest, most affection begging little bastige you'd ever meet, but she is an absolute killing machine when something is stupid enough to get her attention. Hell, the night that we found her, she was rubbing all over our ankles until this big, fat raccoon came rolling out of the dark, at which point she rose up on that raccoon like it was about a tenth her size, instead of the actual opposite case.