I had never heard that argument, but even if it were true it would still be absurd. Compared to the horribly unsanitary conditions that exist on most factory farms, and the painful end in store for them at the slaughter house, I'd think a little arthritis would be the least of the animals' worries.

But all that aside, this is still not the "major con" to cloning. The big one that comes to mind is the susceptibility to disease due to lack of genetic diversity. All it takes is one mutation in some common disease, and not only is your herd / crop wiped out, but so is everyone's who bought the same clones.

I'm in a similar position at an NGO, except that we have offices in 4 other countries with 20 or more people each.

Here's what worked for us, your results may vary:

Laptops. We are frequently traveling, often to areas with little to no internet access, and being able to bring your data with you is a good thing. Mostly Macbooks, as they are reliable, easy to use, and integrate well with the rest of our systems.

We use Zimbra for authentication and user management. It also serves our email - IMAP and SMTP, shared calendars and task lists - synchronized over calDAV, and a web-based interface to all of the above.

Each office has an internal Linux server running Samba, authenticating over LDAP to Zimbra. Works equally well with Mac and Windows clients.

Are you sure about that? Do you have the bandwidth and a reliable enough connection? We went with a dedicated server hosted somewhere with multiple redundant connections.

Email and collaboration software?
Again we use Zimbra, and it integrates remarkably well with iCal on Mail on the Macs. Windows users can use Thunderbird + Lightning or the Zimbra desktop client.

Printing?
We run CUPS on the Linux server, so the Macs pick up the shared printers automatically. Windows users can print over Samba with click to install drivers.

Seriously? Just walk into just about any VW dealership, and say "I would like to buy a diesel Golf".
Or buy a used one like I did. The early 2000s models still get the best fuel economy, with many people seeing over 50 MPG combined highway/city.

We even have our own online clubs, where we share helpful tips on maintenance, repair, and improving your fuel economy and power: http://forums.tdiclub.com/

I know VW doesn't put a lot of marketing effort into the TDI line in the US, but damn... I'm amazed that someone who sounds genuinely interested in a fuel efficient vehicle doesn't even know they are available...

So if using Android is "like peeing in your pants to stay warm", what would be the appropriate urine-based analogy for this attempt to compete with Android?

Paying a million bums $10 each to pee on you, instead of in their own pants?

You're right that the comparison is confusing, but it may be you that has been confused.

What is being compared here is the market share of smart phone platforms, not particular devices. So when you read "iPhone vs. Android", think "iOS vs. Android". It just happens that iOS is only available on 4 phones at the moment, versus dozens of Android phones from different manufactures.

So why does it matter which platform wins?

Developers, developers, developers! /Balmer
The platform with the biggest market share will attract the most developers. More developers means more and better quality apps.

No, but it wants more (battery) life, f*cker.

Personally, I was waiting for the Nexus 6 model... it's seen things you people wouldn't believe.

8 bits are not enough to measure the awesomeness of this device.

At WVU we had Software Engineering, which was pretty much entirely about writing specs, and is required for all CS majors.

Most people think we're just a party school (which, for the most part, is true), but the more I hear about other universities, the more I realize that our computer science and engineering programs are probably some of the best in the country.

I didn't play it back when it was a mod, so I may be wrong... but I would assume they were distributing just the mod, and you had to get the Quake 3 binaries on your own. When the source was freed, they were then able to distribute the binaries as well.

I don't see how any of this would be illegal (illegatry?), or even a copyright violation, but even so, it was never based on Unreal.

Freetards indeed...

I just realized there is no way to moderate you as "-1 wrong", so I'll comment.

In addition to be wrong about Alien Swarm (if you can't RTFA, at least read the summary), you're wrong about Tremulous too. It's based the GPL Quake 3 source code.

"Adults are exposed to 1,200 times more dioxin than the EPA suggests is safe, mostly through eating meat, dairy, and shellfish."

So, couldn't you, uh, just not eat those things?

I can tell you for a fact that it's not impossible.

Cue pro/anti vegan flame war in 3,2,1...

I find this car analogy confusing... could someone explain it using another car analogy?

Just curious, but:

Have you looked at CiviCRM?

If so, in what areas did you find to be lacking? What are your criteria for a "great" CRM solution?

Your needs may vary, but for our organization, Civi turned out to be superior to the commercial solutions available.

I'm currently in the process of helping a medium sized international NGO migrate from Salesforce to CiviCRM.

During our requirements analysis we found that:

• Salesforce, while certainly powerful and flexible, is really designed with business users in mind, which leads to some ugly hacks when it comes to some basic things that non-profits need
• For the features we were interested in, CiviCRM was on par with Raiser's Edge
• CiviCRM came out ahead in online donation processing, ability to create custom web forms, and ease of use
• CiviCRM is tightly integrated with the Drupal content management system, which we were already using for several websites
• CiviCRM is Open Source, free of charge, and has great community and commercial support

Do yourself a favor, and give it a look.