I think the PC is the most obvious and needs no explanation: it is the Troll.
A fisherman wouldn't be my first analogy for the PC, but I guess it works. Peaceful, hard working and responsible.
Peaceful? Tell that to all the fish.
Mike Hunt
or vagina.
Why ditch the best Windows version ever? Should have kept it alive with service packs. The UI thing, dialogs, cursors, menus, layouts, fonts... keep it intact.
Yeah and Find Files named X containing Y was a breeze and actually worked. I wish they'd put that interface back in Windows 7. I swear I've performed searches where it fails to find any results and I know files exist containing the search string, even though it's set to look everywhere. I end up resorting to findstr. I can't believe they thought it was a good idea to cripple such basic functionality. Anyone know what the search is like on Windows 8?
How about a Windows 8, Developer Edition? A version that doesn't have Metro, just the basic start menu and trimmed-down version of their operating system specifically designed for software developers and gamers who want power and efficiency, not pretty sliding menus. I would rather my computer's RAM be occupied by the far-odd blocks on Minecraft than a smooth windows frame for some gidget that I never wanted, nor will I ever use.
I like your thinking, but Microsoft want developers to code apps for Metro, so how would they test them if Metro wasn't included? They could have a sort of trimmed down test environment or even an emulator but I can't see them doing something like that either.
Forget the artificial womb, who's working on an artificial vagina?
or vagina - No! Wait.....!
ps Santa Clause is not real either, please get a clue
What?! Don't believe in Santa, huh? I know someone who's getting a lump of coal in their Xmas stocking this year! (Which nowadays with the price of eting your home is a pretty good gift!)
It's a legal term. The Santa Clause permits Santa Claus to legally enter people's houses uninvited.
Google tells me it was also a Tim Allen film.
...and it's fun unless you expect a James Bond movie.
FTFY.
To give an explanation, I think Craig is so far from the Fleming character and when introducting him they shouldn't have thrown out the good bits of the existing film canon.
Whether it would be the same "you" or not is another question, but really it wouldn't matter. It would be you in all ways that count.
"All the ways that count" are only the ways that matter to other people, if it's not the same you. In that case it no longer matters to the original "you" also as they are lost - but it certainly should matter to that original "you" before they step into the teleporter! Your argument implies that for hermit who has never and will never interact with another living thing, it does not "count" whether or not they commit suicide - just because no-one is aware afterwards of the effects if they do do it, themselves included - but it would matter to them - particularly before the event!
"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller than the both put together."