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Comment Not sustainable (Score 1) 100

All moral concerns aside, it is also not sustainable.
If you sell a kidney in your youth, you will probably have kidney problems further in life and need a kidney transplant, in addition to all the other cases not related with early donation.
The demand will be higher than supply in a matter of decades.

Comment Weapons, Military Advantage, War? (Score 5, Interesting) 109

After reading TFA there is one thing that leaves me mighty confused.
The only hypothesis made for these artifacts is that they were weapons or parts of bigger weapons, and that they led to a military advantage over neanderthals.
TFA doesn't even consider any other possibile use for the bladelets, like being tools for skinning, carving or sculpting. Even the requirement of having developed complex language is secondary to the craftsmanship necessary for the bladelets.

I've seen it is common among some anthropologists to consider the history of humanity in the same terms as the most recent history (last 6.000 years): in terms of war and contending parties. Is there anyone informed enough (more than me) about this topic that can tell if it is actually a trait of human history or an ideological bias?
Thanks in advance.

Comment 8 is NOT a replacement to 7 (Score 1) 396

They are different target oses.

8 is clearly not a multitasking os, the UI focuses on one application at a time. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, it matches a tipical use of a tablet, for example. If you want to multitask, the desktop is still there, but it's not the main focus.
If on the other hand you need to do complex work, just go with traditional Win7.
I presonally think they both will live side-by-side and happily ever after.

Or just switch to Mint/Android.

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