I though we all knew at this point there is no such thing as junk DNA- it's all used for something, whether it be patches supplied by bacteria, viruses, or who knows what.

Dave

I'm not sure how much I care about the ability to bend my books.

Yes, paper bends... As I turn a page it bends... But bendability isn't really something fundamental to the function of a book. A book's primary purpose is the display of information.

I mean... Is a magazine somehow better than a 500 page novel just because it's more bendable?

Are hardcover books somehow inferior to paperbacks, simply because they're less bendable?

I have a nook, and I read plenty of books on it. And I have never, ever found myself thinking you know what would make this ereader perfect? If I could just bend it...

I personally think its ridiculous that MS has to offer alternative browsers at all. An operating system is not just the kernel, but all the software bundled on top. IE8 is just a value add on top of windows; one you can easily replace. That some users are so incompetent (I say this with love) they could not install another browser is a testament to the reason why MS even bundled IE8 to start with. Windows is usually bundled with lots of software that have alternatives; from games, to notepad, to web servers. Why not give users a choice of Apache, Lighttpd, IIS, etc. when installing Windows? I say this as a guy who has been using primarily using Linux, both at home and work, for the past 8 or 9 years. I think I'd be very annoyed if Ubuntu required me to choose amongst alternatives for each large piece of software it installs by default.

Without the full text of the "Pigeons" article, I don't know what their experimental methods were, but it could be that they rewarded the pigeons for choosing drawings that the researchers themselves classified as "good" based on some consistent criteria that the pigeons were able to follow.

Silly as the article's title might sound, it turns out that pigeons are remarkably good at "reading" photographs and drawings. Something we might keep in mind when we dismiss these creatures as "dumb animals" (I'm referring here to pigeons, not scientists). Here's an example:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2J-494CHVR-C&_user=18704&_coverDate=01%2F30%2F2004&_rdoc=5&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%234920%232004%23999349998%23476623%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=4920&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=12&_acct=C000002018&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=18704&md5=fda3fc422365343df5668529b4fe708f

I guess you are comparing a DJ too much with a common jukebox.

A real DJ entertains his guests by throwing them a storyline of music. They mix the music so the public will be able to continue to move on their groove.

Nothing to do with royalties and all that; nothing with commercials; just plain mixing music in a way it doesn't disturb the dancing flow.

Radio Jockeys are quite the same; only they won't have their dancing crowd to attend but their listeners. The entertaining factor stays the same; wether the crowd is dancing or getting entertained by listening to 'm. A good DJ knows when to mix what on the right moment and will feel together with its audience. A Jukebox doesn't since it'll only play on command.

No, the AC was a public pisser which is treated the same as a child molester in some jurisdictions.

Because the reasonable form of banning something is regulating it, and saying that you want to regulate something gets you labeled as a psycho socialist.

Actually, I think this suit had to do more with control than artistic integrity. EMI has not treated its artists very well, which is why many have jumped ship (such as REM, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, et al). This is probably a way for Pink Floyd to stick it to the label. PF has never been overly label friendly anyway.

If this was about artistic integrity only, this suit would have been filed long ago. Singles are not just a 21st century invention. Pink Floyd have had many songs released as singles over the years. I have owned a few 45rmp by singles by Pink Floyd in my day. They have also made several compilation albums over the years with songs from their albums as a way of fulfilling contractual obligations. So this suit was clearly not just about artistic integrity.

Chef? Does he really think there's a chef in the TGIFridays kitchen? They reheat pre-made meals.

People need to learn how to take care of themselves for fucks sake.

Have one or two glasses of water accompany your dinner. There is a special device in your body specialized in excreting excess salt.

Salt not only has a flavour of its own, but enhances other flavours. Enjoy it.

Bert

Though, bizarrely, some people actually prefer to have the analog sticks in the wrong location.

Unfortunately, I cannot count my wife among those.

Ba-zing!

Other than hardware-based features (like GPS & compass) what new features do 3G/GS have that 2G does not? Have you updated your firmware lately?

Just because you fail to be able to do this does not mean an end user fails to comprehend descriptions of what these cables look like, what the shapes are, where they connect, possibly what color they are, etc. End users can be can be infuriatingly dense at times but it is up to you as the support professional to find a level at which they can communicate thier needs to you and you communicate the fix to them. If you cannot do this then you should not be in the support business.

Actually aspirin lost trademark status as part of the Treaty of Versailles following Germany's surrender after World War I. And only in certain countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin#Trademark_in_most_countries

"Until then, this is one more expensive quest for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. In the meantime, we could be practicing more energy efficiency."

Like we can'tr do both?

A little short sight there, aren't you?

Since most of our oil does NOT come from the mid east, and in fact it supplies China with more oil I find it hard to swallow the 'we are there for the oil' conspiracy.