Oligonicella - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Good. IndieGoGo should do it too (Score 0) 203

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:46PM (#47967785) Attached to: Kickstarter Lays Down New Rules For When a Project Fails

Used as road surfaces? Yes or no. That *is* the context.

Comment Re:In lost the will to live ... (Score 1) 795

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:36PM (#47967685) Attached to: How Our Botched Understanding of "Science" Ruins Everything

Apples and oranges. Pagans were/are not atheists.

Comment Re:Right... (Score 1) 478

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:35PM (#47967661) Attached to: Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75"

Yes it does. It just doesn't keep you at thirty.

Comment Re:Only 5 years of retirement (Score 1) 478

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:32PM (#47967629) Attached to: Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75"

If you think you have to wait for retirement for enjoyment in life you're doing it wrong. I spent fifteen years of my career using it to create, support and run a stunt show. Don't wait.

Comment Re:The WHO (Score 1) 478

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:29PM (#47967591) Attached to: Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75"

And you don't think their personal views are influenced by a disproportionate number of unhealthy older people? Most healthy older people don't visit the doctor with anything like the frequency of the infirm.

Comment Re:Cue "All we are is dust in the wind" (Score 1) 133

by Oligonicella on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:26PM (#47967555) Attached to: "Big Bang Signal" Could All Be Dust

This also goes for crystal rubbers and Gaea believers who trend leftward. Each side has its flakes.

Comment Re:"could help explain the origins of human confli (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:33AM (#47946053) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

Completely depends on the animal being studied. Many animals behave very differently if they know humans are watching.

Comment Re:Wake me when chimpanzees invent smelting (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:28AM (#47945969) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

You're still using sophistication as a yardstick. Some animals will modify a natural object to work better. Your specificity is merely a moved goal post.

Comment Re:"could help explain the origins of human confli (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:23AM (#47945909) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

If and only if said species is closely related. Socially motivated animal behaviorists have made claims about birds and then extrapolated them to humans. Very bogus.

Comment Re:Known for a long time (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:21AM (#47945885) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

Many people are of the opinion that they can read animals' minds and motivations. Same thing goes for humans. It's a common problem in Soc Sci and one good reason why it's not really science based.

Comment Re:No surprise (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:14AM (#47945783) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

Yes, but some people are so vested in the "for mating" meme that they will extrapolate until it's reached. You cannot mate if you do not survive is true, but the surviving is denominator enough on its own.

Comment Re:No surprise (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:08AM (#47945701) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

Some very smart people engage in violence because they want to or they find it profitable. It's a Soc Sci construct that violence is only a resort of be "forced into a corner".

Comment Re: No surprise (Score 1) 224

by Oligonicella on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:03AM (#47945647) Attached to: Study: Chimpanzees Have Evolved To Kill Each Other

All three of those can be used for right or wrong.

Comment Re:Ah well (Score 3, Insightful) 545

by Oligonicella on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:55PM (#47923111) Attached to: What To Expect With Windows 9

Changing a theme for the sake of changing a theme isn't moving forward, it's just remodeling the kitchen. I happen to like my older theme because it's become invisible to me now. That's what I want in an OS UI. Why change for the sake of? It's like comparing car styles. Meh.

Comment Re:Aero Or Go Home (Score 1) 545

by Oligonicella on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @08:48PM (#47923067) Attached to: What To Expect With Windows 9

That's just taste. I turned transparency off. Also that stupid window fall down animation. I don't want an "artistic" interface, I have programs for any art I want.

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