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<0> It's a byproduct of the mechanism in a cultural species.
<1> so it's a feature
<0> Ignorance is usually not seen as a feature. Except in the special olypics.
<2> hi any shellcoder here?
<1> Natural Selection - Process by which the genotypes in a population that are best adapted to the environment increase in frequency relative to less well-adapted genotypes over a number of generations.
<3> can sombody help me with problem i am having with installing windows 2000 profesional
<3> i wrote zero's to the hardrive on an old computer
<1> So obviously, natural selection isn't breeding out stupidity.
<3> and i cannot install windows on it
<1> something horribly wrong with that
<4> Natural Selection does not "choose the best design", it chooses a design that isn't almost instantly fatal
<0> !zap
<0> !info zap
<1> Natural selection is the process in which some organisms live and reproduce and others die before reproducing. Some life forms survive and reproduce because they are better suited to environmental pressures, ensuring that their genes are perpetuated in the gene pool.
<1> The differential survival and reproduction of organisms with genetic characteristics that enable them to better utilize environmental resources
<4> yes, that's what I said
<1> The process by which new species evolve when influenced by selective pressure (Martin et al, 2000). Natural selection occurs when the natural factors of environmental resistance tend to eliminate those members of a population that are least well adapted to cope and thus, in effect, select those best adapted for survival and reproduction (Nebel et al, 1998)
<1> :)
<1> i was expounding
<0> DJ_Avalon: Often I see that difficulty occur when using a "dirty" hard disk -- one with info still in mbrs and boot sectors.
<4> but a lot of people seem to think evolution somehow "chooses" the best design
<5> it leaves the ebst design
<4> and wonder why humans are so sillily designed
<5> alone
<1> and again, I posit that natural selection is failing in the area of stupidity. that seems to be INcreasing rather than deminishing.
<4> well, the "best" can be horrible
<4> as long as it can survive to reproduce
<5> then there is ***isted selection
<4> like a soft fleshed biped
<1> Jet: hah!
<4> walking upright, exposing our soft belly to attack
<4> human beings are a bad design
<4> Which is an argument against "intelligent design"
<1> ahh but the selection of walking upright frees 2 appendages to better manipulate the environment, thus while not an optimal solution, it is an enhancement of the species to better manage and utilize it's environment
<0> Jet: "best" is a species trait -- what is best for the species as a whole, not for the benefit of individuals.
<6> XTR is best for my hole
<1> the other half of that equation is the increase in the use of the available brain power of the species to better manipulate that environment
<4> Tomomi: my point is, "best" when used in terms of natural selection is relative... that is, the "best" of a bad lot, as opposed to the "best" overall, absolute design (judged against some perfect design)
<1> unfortunately, abnormalities do occur along the way. insanity to name one
<4> Deryl: yes, humans have pretty much stopped their own evolution
<4> we now allow those who would have died out to live much longer
<4> and in some cases reproduce
<4> medical science saves people who do stupid things
<5> "I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect."
<7> Yes.
<5> quoted by Paula Hitler
<1> Jet: well, we've also increased our 'intelligence'. the next step will probably be a change to that current policy of allowing the gene pool to continue to remain polluted
<6> he was an architect
<4> "I have no idea what his malfunction was, but he was a ****ing nutcase" - Paula Hitler
<0> We as biased as observer are poor judges of "fitness of design" and such. We tend to favor traits we like, whether or not they lead to a successful species.
<1> the genome project should help us along the way there
<6> of their 3rd reich
<1> Tomomi: very true
<7> Do me.
<6> again?
<6> sheesh. I'm tire
<6> d
<7> :(
<1> my biggest worry is the continuation of the God Complex abnormality with it peaking at it's strength when we have the technology in place to really do some damage to our gene pool with regards to trait removals and cell manipulation on a m*** scale.
<5> just need to hide better as to not influence the subject matter by watching
<0> Deryl: But noone expects THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
<1> Tomomi: hahaha
<6> another wasted weekend.
<5> i bought a cindy crawford table
<4> i have to start the beef for spaghetti sauce tonight
<8> If I disconnect my slave drive, then wipe and reformat my master drive, reinstall windows, then reconnect the slave drive, will it work and my data still be readable?
<6> shouldn't have to disconnect it
<0> digiwork: It's more than that. We need to bring the escavator or anthropolist to the subject with head clear of biases -- an almost impossible feat.
<8> I know but I want to disconnect it just to be on the safe side.
<0> anthropologist*
<1> yes, you'll just have to remove any old IDs that aren't regisered in the new install (those are changed with each install) but you should not have to remove it anyways
<1> just tell windows installer to USE the first drive
<1> your user name is really like DNS. a human recognizable name matched to a SID (system ID) per user and group
<8> ok but the only thing im worried about is that i'll be using a disk wiper program to wipe the disk clean... and i have a bunch of partitions and im not sure which ones belong to what drive so I want to disconnect them so that I can only wipe the master drive so I dont have to to go the trouble of backing everything up on the slave drive
<1> the primary partition (first one on the drive) is very most likely to be your C:\ drive
<6> Deryl: what in the world are you going on about? :-)
<6> did he say it had shares or anything?
<6> maybe I missed that
<1> Baracuda^: No, but if he had any groups or users with specific permissions on the other partitions, those IDs aren't going to be the same
<1> Security portion, not the Sharing portion :)
<9> When you increase font size on the desktop without changing the resolution does the native font size for games change as well?
<6> you're going overboard on the ***umptions :)
<1> don't see how, but ok.
<0> right-click on a partition/volume, in the second sheet of properties, it should list what physical device it is using (which hard disk).
<6> ok hehe
<0> stauber71: Designers choice. Some games will take their sizing from the windows global property, others will insist on using their own font and display sizing.
<9> Do you know what WOW does?
<0> No, I don't.
<5> i just woke up
<5> should id rink a beer?
<5> iof course i layed down at noon
<5> these internal struggles of mine
<10> ok
<10> reboot and prayer
<10> bbl
<1> mmm, peanut buttered toast. nummy
<11> on a 98 win. machine, what's the lightest weight decent firewall that comes to mind? ;)
<0> I didn't realize they came in weights. Anway, I use kerio pf4 (personal firewall). You may have to do some searching, as they were in the process of being eaten by another company last I checked.
<11> cool
<6> I'd use a 10-w-30 firewall
<0> Oh wait. kpf doesn't run on 98. Nevermind.
<11> yeah they do some in weights, some are really fat and eventually turn to diet plans ;p
<11> 10w30? that real? ;)
<0> sygate has been recommended by others in here. Might be something to look into.
<6> only if you're looking for lubrication
<12> How about that Zone Alarm firewall that "protects all the way down to the operating system"?
<12> :D
<11> ZA aint that bad
<12> They've been doing some really pathetic ads on XM Radio.
<11> TINY is the best
<11> but i just need somethin light weight for this malnuturist 98 box. suffering from a lack of ram resource
<12> Zone's XM Radio commercials has caused me to lose trust in them.
<0> That can be fixed, usually. Only way I see to get out of the memory issue is to use a dedicated box for a small linux firewall (firewalls on a floppy).
<12> Use a hardware firewall.
<13> how do i lookup the value of error #'s returned by GetLastError() ?
<9> Could getting lower than normal fps when compared to other people mean that i have a cruddy version of my graphics card that is possibly damaging my pc?
<14> why is the Playback button greyed out in the audio volume for "bluetooth audio"?
<0> POONTANGS: Return Values
<0> The return value is the calling thread's last-error code.
<0> The Return Value section of the documentation for each function that sets the last-error code notes the conditions under which the function sets the last-error code. Most functions that set the thread's last-error code set it when they fail. However, some functions also set the last-error code when they succeed. If the function is not documented to set the last-error code, the value returned by this function is simply the most recent last-error code to have
<0> More @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/debug/base/getlasterror.asp
<13> thanks nigg
<13> im trying to find the values of error code #s for FindFIrstUrlCacheEntry()
<12> !country si
<15> Country name for .SI is Slovenia
<6> thanks nigg? wdf
<13> !country %x%n
<15> Country name for .%X%N is Stupid Beach :P
<13> !country <script>alert("Hi!\n")</script>
<15> Country name for .<SCRIPT>ALERT("HI!\N")</SCRIPT> is Pineapple Land :P
<12> You stupid beach.
<13> go back to your government cubicle
<12> Er. What?
<6> who is POONTANGS and why is he allowed to stay here?
<0> I MIGHT LIKE YOU BETTER IF WE SLEPT TOGETHER, BUT SOMETHING IN YOUR EYE SAYS NEVER NEVER FOR EVER.
<12> Which eye?
<16> heh, my hard drives aren't spinning
<0> eyes can refer to a singular object or to multiple objects.
<16> It's actually pretty quiet when they're not running.
<17> BROWNEYE
<0> Mine in my workstation are quiet even running. The system was built to ooze quiet.
<0> Ouch. Looks like my 19" monitor will be making a trip to the factory soon.
<12> It wants a tour?
<0> It wants a full body enema.
<12> ouch.
<0> I degu***ed it and it seems stable no; wonder how long that will last.
<12> You must have something nearby that is disturbing it.
<0> Only another monitor. And the symptoms it is displayin aren't consistent with a gaussian interference.
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