As for chimps using spears, I know they are capable of using teamwork to catch, kill and eat small monkeys and they occasionally use sticks as clubs in threat gestures, beating the ground. Don't know if they have learned to kill other animals with clubs and I think spears are something this particular group of animals learned from outside their society. Just my two cents worth.
But "goes on sale" is so bland. "Hitting the street" adds literary color and action and, being a well used expression, shouldn't be ambiguous to many and provides an opportunity to learn something new for others.
Well one of the factors in the smaller size of ammunition these days is that that the smaller rounds cause less immediate death and catastrophic injuries
Not exactly true. A.223 caliber bullet from an M-16 often causes much more damage than an 7.62mm bullet from an AK-47 because the.223 has a much higher muzzle velocity and, therefore, more energy. Of course, it depends on where on the body the bullet hits as well. A bullet striking bone causes more tissue damage and can be deflect causing further damage.
As a paramedic in an area with a lot of gangs,.22 cal wounds were very often more serious than those caused by larger calibers.
I was thinking the same thing. Or, perhaps a super-computer to track all M$ machines/networks that could bump them off the tubes at the first sign of a problem.
Anyone who reads Bob's blog knows he has been talking about these interrelated subjects for quite some time, e.g., TV networks/P2P/ISPs/bandwidth/Google Data Centers, and his most recent post is particularly relevant to this subject and Bill's statement. I guess Bill thought it was time to make it seem as thought it's his idea.
And when you get tired of doing work with emacs, you can play the built-in games such as Towers of Hanoi or even have a psychotherapy session with the emacs 'doctor'.
"We won't even give you tech support for the FreeDOS that comes in the package. All we'll do is replace your hardware if it breaks."
Gee, I wonder how much they'd take off of the price for no hardware support. Save more money and avoid having some parts changer mistreat my computer. I'd rather do it myself, use the best replacement for whatever is broken and I know I'd do a better job.
The parent was posted as a 'Reply' to and earlier post I submitted. I can't imagine how it became a new thread. I wonder what will happen to this post?
I'm not here to gather mod points, not that I think I have the writing ability to do so if I wanted to, and I can certainly understand that my post may not be interesting to anyone in particular but 'Redundant'? I think that's a stretch.
Earlier today, someone complained of the same thing but I'll be damned if I can find it; not that it really matters./.'s search function only covers 'posted' articles/comments; if by 'posted' they mean 'added to the database'. Firefox's 'Find' seems to have lost some of its functionality as well and routinely balks a large pages. Oh well, c'est la vie
This may be a step in the right direction but, as we have seen so many times, throwing more bureaucracy at a problem usually doesn't help much.
I simply don't understand the pigheaded stubbornness against using an open source operating system for voting machines. Voting is one of the key elements of our democracy and should be completely transparent. Sure, someone could/would/will find a way to cheat but openness in the process would at lest instill a little more confidence in the overall system.
I have a question for our Australian brothers and sisters. I know an open source operating system was written for voting machines there which was reported and discussed here on/. (I can't find the news item.). Has it been accepted and is it being used?
I'm sure the people of Denver and the Midwest would like some of their global warming.
Amen to that. Temps here in northeastern Oklahoma have been below freezing since Friday night along with up to 2" of ice on everything. I did a rough estimate of ~10+ tons of ice on my roof. 11:56:42 CST right now and 18F (-8C). NWS is saying we will make it up to 38F on Thursday; t-shirt weather for sure.
I should have added that MAP is a fine as talc and will adhere to any surface.
MAP is used in many brands of ABC ~ Dry Chemical fire extinguishers and is a major pain to clean up after use. For home use, I have pressurized water, CO2 and Halon fire extinguishers and have educated my family on which to use for various types of fires.
MAP has all of the characteristics of moon dust: abrasive, corrodes electrical equipment and is very irritating to the respiratory system. Mix with fine volcanic desert sand and, voilà, moon dust.
For the first time ever, I picked up a game controller after repeated requests from my grand children a few days ago. I started out with Star Wars Battlefront II (PS2), instant action, to Battlefront I (PS2) and ended with Medal Of Honor ~ European Assault (PS2), Death Match and Capture the Flag. Man, do I suck! We played all the games in 'split screen' which, they told me, is more difficult.
My son, grandson and granddaughter all kicked my butt in Medal of Honor (being a combat veteran didn't help) but I found the Star Wars games to be a little easier. This "save the children from video game violence" is such BS but I will say, as Darth Maul, I did enjoy killing that little green rat Yoda.... and Luke and Hans and Leah and all those other mealy-mouthed, self centered, egotistical do-gooders.
My patented 'Wombat Wimax Relay Backpacks' will take care of this problem and our 'Wombat Relocation Program'(TM) will insure there are plenty of Wombats for the other six continents. We are still working on getting them to come out during daylight hours but our patented 'Ultra Female Wombat Estrus Scent' is showing great promise.
Maybe I confused you when I said 'Hill Country'. You were probably thinking around the Austin area but I'm talking about the Western Edwards Plateau on the Eastern edge of the Trans-Pecos.
The damn Mule deer population is really bad there and a night drive on a back road is quite an experience trying to avoid herds of 10 to 50 every few miles. Texas rats.
"Firefighters and investigators arrived at these conclusions through decades of observation. But those beliefs had never been given close scientific scrutiny, until an effort that began in the 1970s and continued through the 1980s".
Okay, I think I understand this now. Scientists, beginning in the '70's, studied and quantified what we firefighters already knew and was already in our IFSTA (International Fire Service Training Association) Fire Science manuals and then twenty years later the NFPA got around to writing a revolutionary guide for fire investigators thus changing the way arsonists are prosecuted, freeing those who were unjustly accused and scolding firefighters for their ignorance. Yeah, clear a soot.
My god. To think I wasted 24 years caring about nothing more than protecting life and property.
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Until you see Dinopis guatemalensis the Net Casting Spider which fashions a net, hangs by a silk with the net held in its legs and waits for supper to happen by.
As for chimps using spears, I know they are capable of using teamwork to catch, kill and eat small monkeys and they occasionally use sticks as clubs in threat gestures, beating the ground. Don't know if they have learned to kill other animals with clubs and I think spears are something this particular group of animals learned from outside their society. Just my two cents worth.
But "goes on sale" is so bland. "Hitting the street" adds literary color and action and, being a well used expression, shouldn't be ambiguous to many and provides an opportunity to learn something new for others.
Funny. I was thinking md5sum-1.
Not exactly true. A .223 caliber bullet from an M-16 often causes much more damage than an 7.62mm bullet from an AK-47 because the .223 has a much higher muzzle velocity and, therefore, more energy. Of course, it depends on where on the body the bullet hits as well. A bullet striking bone causes more tissue damage and can be deflect causing further damage.
As a paramedic in an area with a lot of gangs, .22 cal wounds were very often more serious than those caused by larger calibers.
I was thinking the same thing. Or, perhaps a super-computer to track all M$ machines/networks that could bump them off the tubes at the first sign of a problem.
From Knopper.net:
I haven't tried it myself but I've read comments from others who have and they say it works great.
Small correction for the US beer market:
Anyone who reads Bob's blog knows he has been talking about these interrelated subjects for quite some time, e.g., TV networks/P2P/ISPs/bandwidth/Google Data Centers, and his most recent post is particularly relevant to this subject and Bill's statement. I guess Bill thought it was time to make it seem as thought it's his idea.
And when you get tired of doing work with emacs, you can play the built-in games such as Towers of Hanoi or even have a psychotherapy session with the emacs 'doctor'.
Gee, I wonder how much they'd take off of the price for no hardware support. Save more money and avoid having some parts changer mistreat my computer. I'd rather do it myself, use the best replacement for whatever is broken and I know I'd do a better job.
The parent was posted as a 'Reply' to and earlier post I submitted. I can't imagine how it became a new thread. I wonder what will happen to this post?
I'm not here to gather mod points, not that I think I have the writing ability to do so if I wanted to, and I can certainly understand that my post may not be interesting to anyone in particular but 'Redundant'? I think that's a stretch.
/.'s search function only covers 'posted' articles/comments; if by 'posted' they mean 'added to the database'. Firefox's 'Find' seems to have lost some of its functionality as well and routinely balks a large pages. Oh well, c'est la vie
Earlier today, someone complained of the same thing but I'll be damned if I can find it; not that it really matters.
This may be a step in the right direction but, as we have seen so many times, throwing more bureaucracy at a problem usually doesn't help much.
/. (I can't find the news item.). Has it been accepted and is it being used?
I simply don't understand the pigheaded stubbornness against using an open source operating system for voting machines. Voting is one of the key elements of our democracy and should be completely transparent. Sure, someone could/would/will find a way to cheat but openness in the process would at lest instill a little more confidence in the overall system.
I have a question for our Australian brothers and sisters. I know an open source operating system was written for voting machines there which was reported and discussed here on
Seems the Bridge has been taken out by a Romulan Warbird.
Amen to that. Temps here in northeastern Oklahoma have been below freezing since Friday night along with up to 2" of ice on everything. I did a rough estimate of ~10+ tons of ice on my roof. 11:56:42 CST right now and 18F (-8C). NWS is saying we will make it up to 38F on Thursday; t-shirt weather for sure.
but I don't use it as a rule. ~Redd Foxx
I should have added that MAP is a fine as talc and will adhere to any surface.
MAP is used in many brands of ABC ~ Dry Chemical fire extinguishers and is a major pain to clean up after use. For home use, I have pressurized water, CO2 and Halon fire extinguishers and have educated my family on which to use for various types of fires.
MAP has all of the characteristics of moon dust: abrasive, corrodes electrical equipment and is very irritating to the respiratory system. Mix with fine volcanic desert sand and, voilà, moon dust.
Parton, that is. We could each have one, at any age of 18 or over, of course. Mmmm, big boobies. And, she'd be safe to eat.
For the first time ever, I picked up a game controller after repeated requests from my grand children a few days ago. I started out with Star Wars Battlefront II (PS2), instant action, to Battlefront I (PS2) and ended with Medal Of Honor ~ European Assault (PS2), Death Match and Capture the Flag. Man, do I suck! We played all the games in 'split screen' which, they told me, is more difficult.
.... and Luke and Hans and Leah and all those other mealy-mouthed, self centered, egotistical do-gooders.
My son, grandson and granddaughter all kicked my butt in Medal of Honor (being a combat veteran didn't help) but I found the Star Wars games to be a little easier. This "save the children from video game violence" is such BS but I will say, as Darth Maul, I did enjoy killing that little green rat Yoda
My patented 'Wombat Wimax Relay Backpacks' will take care of this problem and our 'Wombat Relocation Program'(TM) will insure there are plenty of Wombats for the other six continents. We are still working on getting them to come out during daylight hours but our patented 'Ultra Female Wombat Estrus Scent' is showing great promise.
No, I mean Mule deer
Maybe I confused you when I said 'Hill Country'. You were probably thinking around the Austin area but I'm talking about the Western Edwards Plateau on the Eastern edge of the Trans-Pecos.
The damn Mule deer population is really bad there and a night drive on a back road is quite an experience trying to avoid herds of 10 to 50 every few miles. Texas rats.
Man, that's smokin'. I think we should be asking you how you do that.
Okay, I think I understand this now. Scientists, beginning in the '70's, studied and quantified what we firefighters already knew and was already in our IFSTA (International Fire Service Training Association) Fire Science manuals and then twenty years later the NFPA got around to writing a revolutionary guide for fire investigators thus changing the way arsonists are prosecuted, freeing those who were unjustly accused and scolding firefighters for their ignorance. Yeah, clear a soot.
My god. To think I wasted 24 years caring about nothing more than protecting life and property.