You're smuggling what?

BlueChainsawMan · 2012-05-24T21:38:29.358352+00:00

I'm not sure where Carrollton is, but the Central Flyway goes right through Texas, and it's a very big migration route for birds.

undapants · 2012-05-24T21:26:55.988051+00:00

Flags like those

Rectangular?

speckz · 2012-05-24T16:30:01.195945+00:00

Why can't Oracle go the way of SCO? Oracle has run so much of Sun into the ground, or away from their own hands, if they won this case they would have killed Java off themselves. That and they way they extort businesses for MySQL support is so outlandish.

If they appeal, hopefully it goes to a Judge who is knowledgeable on such things as much as Alsup is.

oldspicerolldadice · 2012-05-24T16:08:27.412505+00:00

We also don't talk about West Virginia...

996hurt · 2012-05-24T15:32:56.234880+00:00

Because the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has a $30 something billion endowment. MS may be evil, but Bill Gates has given an astonishing amount of his money philanthropically. He's given billions of his own money not only to that foundation, but to other organizations.

And this is coming from an open source advocate.

MrPrestige · 1 day

Cheers.

Dunkeal · 1 day

Serifs are so much easier to read for typeface, especially the smaller the font size.

MrPrestige · 1 day

That does sound better. I read it as saying "people who complain about not being able to find a job aren't working hard at it," instead of "people who aren't working hard at it use that as an excuse," which sounds to me like what you intended.

MrPrestige · 1 day

Who said I was being bitter? I found your statement exaggerated. I didn't ever complain about it, but I find it egregious to hear people say if you don't find a job, you aren't putting enough effort into it. It's insulting.

I'm only 27, but the only friends I know who had an easy time finding jobs were those who graduated a year before me. Everyone else spent 6 months to a year to find a job in their field, whether it was finance, marketing, or sciences. Engineering was the exception. I absolutely love what I do now, and I worked my ass off to get where I am. I spent a year commuting an hour to the only job I could find so I could afford to look for jobs that I wanted. During that time out of most likely about a hundred applications, I only had two interviews, one call back. Luckily something did eventually come through. I'm glad you found a job you liked, and quickly, but don't think that the people who aren't so lucky aren't putting effort into it.

MrPrestige · 1 day

Most people graduating college can find a job in whatever their particular field is if they just put enough effort into doing it.

Thanks for making me laugh, you should go on the road with this bit. TIL I'm lazy because it took me a year to find a job, which was unrelated to my degree, then went to grad school because that job sucked so much.

SocialChameleon · 1 day

Have you gone to Moogfest? Went last year, and plan on it again this year.

Sugar_Skull · 1 day

There's a very good reason that Fark has a Florida tag. This is a prime example.

hampusheh · 2 days

The only anger I've encountered from feminists is when somehow I get blamed for past deeds of the male sex. It's very frustrating, and makes me not want to hear a word coming out of their mouths.

When someone has a rational discussion, it's not an issue at all, because what do you know!? Turns out we agree.

shoothershoother · 2 days

Find something you like, and alter it, and see if there are papers on it. See if there is an effect of anthropogenic impacts (heavy metals, organic pollutants, nutrient loading, etc.) on wetlands and their ability to act as carbon sinks.

Almost everyone goes through this when writing proposals. Find something you are interested in, try to expand on that hypothesis, just jot down some thoughts, read papers and expand on those papers.

Good luck.

Mind_Virus · 2 days

Sounds a lot like the Terrence Huff illegal search, with the cop making the dog give a false alert.

Mind_Virus · 2 days

"common people do not carry this much U.S. currency."

Old people would beg to differ.

Mind_Virus · 2 days

The cops, DEA, asked me if I had drugs or over $10,000 in cash on me.

Curious, are you compelled to answer if you have that much cash in your car? What would you say to prevent them from doing that? Although in their eyes, not answering is their bullshit reasonable suspicion.

Mind_Virus · 2 days

But the Monterey officer drew up a damning affidavit, citing his own training that "common people do not carry this much U.S. currency."

Apparently he's not familiar with old people. All my grandma carries is cash.

Secret4gentMan · 3 days

I believe most of the problem was thought to be from systemic insecticides, specifically those using neonicotinoids. An extremely popular one of those is Thiamethoxam, which is made by Sygenta. Bayer has a lot of work with those types of insecticides too. France, I believe, already banned a lot of systemic insecticides, and the EU may follow suit.

Last I heard it's a complex of factors, the two most important being contamination of food from insecticides, and the constant attack from pathogens and parasites. It isn't my field, but I don't believe there is a complete consensus on what is going to happen to bee populations. The worst case scenario is that there will be a drastic drop in food crops that require pollination. There may just be a relatively minor drop in pollination, and increased food prices. As for other ecological effects, local flora and fauna may also suffer.

A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees

Our study clearly demonstrates that exposure of foragers to nonlethal but commonly encountered doses of thiamethoxam can affect forager survival, with potential contributions to collapse risk. Furthermore, the extent to which exposures affect forager survival appears dependent on the landscape context and the prior knowledge of foragers about this landscape. Higher risks are observed when the homing task is more challenging. As a consequence, impact studies are likely to severely underestimate sublethal pesticide effects when they are conducted on honey bee colonies placed in the immediate proximity of treated crops. This study raises important issues concerning exposed solitary bee species, whose population dynamics are probably less resilient to forager disappearance than are honey bee colonies.

Pesticide exposure in honey bees results in increased levels of the gut pathogen Nosema

MostAwesomeUsername · 3 days

You mean Google Earth isn't real time?

chesterriley · 4 days

If you want to send your blood pressure through the roof, watch Inside Job.

My favorite was from Glenn Hubbard, with his "give it your best shot" braggadocio.

Justgot_here · 5 days

Here are those stamps you ordered.

Patton Oswalt

jonsweethearts · 5 days

Have you ever copyright infringed a tree?

FTFY

jonsweethearts · 5 days

I was trying to remember where I heard this, thanks. The story is quite sad.

Orangutan · 5 days

So what they're saying is facts aren't good enough, we want to be able to lie again.

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