The bigger tipoff is that the bacteria survived in ice. It's not likely that a bacterium adapted to live in ice will also be able to live (and thrive) in humans.
Note, it survived in ice, not necessarily adapted to live in ice. Note that it did not replicate until it was incubated at 5C (41F). </nitpick> Though it was explicitly mentioned as non-pathogenic. I imagine cold-blooded creatures would have more to worry about.
First, you describe as a dichotomy something that is really a continuum. There are other points on that continuum that make more sense.
Second, imagine someone that works or commutes where there is no internet connection, WiFi or otherwise. That person uses the phone as a modem many hours a day every day. When he is not sitting down with his computer, or is not at work, then he uses the smart phone capabilities.
Basically, the point that the carriers are worried about is close to, but not quite, your number 2. It is people that will have a netbook or laptop handy a lot, but not most, of the time. And there are more people there than you might think.
Another possibility that occurs to me is that someone may use it as a primary home internet connection, which then is not needed when the person leaves home. And then that person will want the smart phone capabilities when not at home.
For those that don't know, tethering is when you tie your phone to your computer and hit it around the computer several times, until the phone brakes your computer screen.
This is useful, as one wants to slow down the screen as it flies out the window in a fit of anger.
Not to defend ogg vorbis too much, but it has actually achieved success in a few realms - it's the audio format of choice on Wikipedia, which is one of the web's most popular sites
Which makes WP sound inaccessible for almost everyone, as the proper codec is not installed on most machines. I know, I know, it's easy to install the right software, but most people will not get past the help page that is rather long. ogg will become widely usable in (not joking) the Year of Linux on the Desktop, because only then will there be a large enough installed base for the network effect to kick in.
a short efficient bubble sort.
One exists?
'If you're IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, your worst nightmare is now visible.'
I didn't realize they had merged.
Seriously though, how did she get a sample of her intestinal tissue? There are only two entry points to the intestines.
From her pathologist.
I think you meant "kids*"
In bash, if there are no files in the current directory that match kids*, then the glob is unexpanded.
I've noticed several design suggestions in your code.