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7787. arkymalarky - 3/24/2010 11:07:18 AM I'm thinking about getting a motorola droid. Anyone know anything about them? This phone's getting worn out and I just don't want to get an iphone. For one thing, it's a much bigger social obligation than I want, best I can tell from Bpb and Mose. 7788. arkymalarky - 3/26/2010 6:50:12 PM Looked at one yesterday. Contract's not up until august, so someone had better talk me down by then. I have just developed a prejudice about iphones. I don't like how proprietary apple's getting, and in their feud with google I side with google. I'm probably wrong, but I think apple's making the same mistake it did with MS years ago. Anyway, I don't want to be a pod person and I really like the droid phone. 7789. vonKreedon - 3/26/2010 9:17:36 PM My son has a G1, which uses the Droid OS, and he likes it ALOT. 7790. arkymalarky - 3/26/2010 9:30:16 PM Living in the boonies and not liking satellite internet, I've resigned myself to the fact that my cellphone is my connection to the internet. Using it as a modem out here is super slow, so I want to get as much as I can directly from the phone. Iphone is very appealing in that way, but I think I would like a droid better and it seems a lot more flexible. 7791. alistairConnor - 3/30/2010 4:34:05 PM Muons, gluons, leptons and hardons aplenty as CERN fires up the very sexy LHC, after eighteen months of repairs.
Higgs Boson, come here, I want you.
A live synoptic of the darn great thing. 7792. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 1:22:14 AM With my new Droid I can now view Wiz's stuff! 7793. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 2:32:53 AM Way cool universe video, Wiz! 7794. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 2:32:55 AM Way cool universe video, Wiz! 7795. alistairConnor - 4/2/2010 4:08:00 PM Congratulations on the Droid!
Heh heh. I bet you can't get the LHC synoptic on it.
(Or maybe you can. Does Droid do Shockwave?) 7796. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 6:29:30 PM It said flash when I clicked. This phone will have it because Adobbe is just wrapping up a compatible this phone in particular is designed to support Flash. Apple said they have their own and won't do Flash. Ever. 7797. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 6:39:43 PM Pros so far: 3G,video, wifi, big screen, will have flash
Cons (some I'll figure out):
Not as good email, hyper -sensitive keyboard , not as intuitive
All compared to my bb, which I love. 7798. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 6:43:51 PM There's more, but I have to get used to this keyboard before I say it. 7799. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 7:17:00 PM BB' s battery is way better. 7800. arkymalarky - 4/2/2010 7:17:03 PM BB' s battery is way better. 7801. HCaulfield - 4/12/2010 4:36:58 PM My local Kroger put up a sign, "H1N1 shots here". But because of the font, I read "HINI (hiney) shots here". I passed. 7802. arkymalarky - 4/12/2010 9:53:56 PM Haha! Great to see you, HC! 7803. alistairConnor - 5/9/2010 10:57:02 AM Neanderthals R us
They cracked the Neanderthal genome, and it looks like we (Eurasians) have a touch of the tar brush...
Either during the overlap period in Europe, forty thousand years ago, or, more controversially, earlier in the Middle East, it seems there was some inter-species nookie. Raising the question as to whether they (we) were distinct species anyway.
The full Science paper, for pedants
7804. alistairConnor - 5/9/2010 11:01:07 AM "oopsie, try again
Neanderthals R us
They cracked the Neanderthal genome, and it looks like we (Eurasians) have a touch of the tar brush...
Either during the overlap period in Europe, forty thousand years ago, or, more controversially, earlier in the Middle East, it seems there was some inter-species nookie. Raising the question as to whether they (we) were distinct species anyway.
The full Science paper, for pedants
'Thal hoodie hits on hot Cro Magnon chick
I'm thinking how excited my dad would have been about this. And how much I regret not visiting Lascaux with him, when we could have. 7805. magoseph - 5/10/2010 9:51:39 PM Ali--you found me--hooray for you! 7806. vonKreedon - 5/11/2010 3:54:10 PM I thought that Neaderthals were already classified as sub-species of Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis vs. Homo Sapiens sapien. Looking around it appears that this wasn't quite settled science as some taxonomies have them as Homo Neanderthalensis and others as Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis. At any rate, given how much they appear to have appeared like us, and given that men will have sex with sheep, it would be a surprise indeed if Sapiens sapien had NOT had sex with Sapiens neanderthalensis.
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