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Via Stupid Evil Bastard, here's a great cartoon that points out the red flags that indicate most of the major red flags of quackery (click to embiggen and see the whole cartoon):
I have to admit. The main ones are all there.
One reason I (and most people involved in cancer research) don't like the frequently used term "cure for cancer." The reason is simple. Embedded within this term is the assumption that cancer is just one disease, when it is most definitely not. Rather, it is many diseases affecting many organs,…
More commentary on Tiktaalik roseae, this time from the Wichita Eagle (click image and you will be magically transported there). Do be sure to read the little sign on the lower left side, too.
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As you know, we just spent a few days at Itasca (see this for the meaning of the word "Itasca") where we saw some interesting wildlife. I thought I 'd share a few photos of the trip.
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I became cool unwittingly. A few years ago my computer died, and I needed another computer asap. I didn't have much money at the time. I went to Free Geek here and Portland. I bought a decent used computer for a cheep price that used Ubuntu. It took a little while to get used to it (but not much), and now I'd never go back to Microsoft.
In fact, later I bought another cheap backup computer loaded with Ubuntu as well.
Woulda been funnier if the girl's name was "Perl".
I just had the weird thought that this might be relevant to the fratricidal(/sororicidal?) tendencies of some "feminist" bloggers.
reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote:
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
@Warren: i thought "perl" too.
I assumed it was "perl" and they were being one order of subtle.
Play on words, maybe. However, Sid's little girl was a college grad with a fair bit of workplace experience in 2008 and Larry Wall brought the Perilously Eclectic Rubbish Lister into the world in 1987. Do the numbers.
Iliad is pretty good with details like that.
There is also a Ruby character in User Friendly.
@gruebait: Is Ruby an off-the-rails sort of character?
I've seen Linux on an awful lot of el-cheapo computers which run Winduhs. The machines appear to boot from flash memory and offer you a choice of an instant connection to the internet or booting Winduhs. I wish I could avoid Winduhs but I have to deal with too many people who use nothing but that.
MadScientist:
My most recent "just in case" computer was acquired from the dumpster where my neighbor laid it to rest. (Perfectly good hardware, totally borked Windoz. Runs just fine on Ubuntu.) That's el-cheapo.
Thankfully, I haven't needed anything Microsoft-ish since I retired, and I can plead incompetence when relatives need their windoz machines healed :-)
Almost no one I interact with in a documenty way uses Linux. Most use Windows or a Mac. My using Linux does not hamper them, me, or the interchange of information or documents.
In this sort of situation it is helpful to use OpenOffice and to set saving files in Word format as the default.
we're this far from nuking all of you....
the X-MAS vacuum cleaner for the atheists....
shermer, randi, myers, pz, dawkins, harris
thecoolgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/henry-desktop-vacuum1.jpg
youtube.com/watch?v=lz4R0GHfM-Y&
why does everyone always want to PUNCH you, shermer?
youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls&
take your meds, you little fckers...
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now we are going to bury you...
And the lesson from all of this? DOUBLE!
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What do you want, you little ****ers?
more of these idiots
youtube.com/watch?v=q4C5yzFmC80
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal
HOW N WON ALL THE PARANORMAL PRIZES!
THE HIGH PRICE OF REVOLUTION
youtube.com/user/xviolatex?feature=mhum
What does this have to do with Linux?
Comment 11 looks like mabus. Don't feed the troll.
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Personally, I avoid Linux; I like well-functioning computers, but I do not want them to actually evolve sentience when I am nearby.
You don't avoid Linux. You use it all the time. You are using it now as you read this web site.
I like Linux, especially Ubuntu and I use it on my personal computer. For work, it's all Microsoft though, all our business apps require it.
Maddening that Linux is still not granny-ready in 2010/11. Took me hours of studying the forums to figure out how to get SATA 3 disks to work.
Rorschach: Listen to yourself. Grandma does not install SATA disks. Grandma uses the computer with the OS it came with and the hardware it came with.
It happens I was just starting a post on Linux and grandma readiness, I may use your comment as a reference point!