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You are correct, from my understanding, in that a variety of factors from population density, to agriculture and animal domestication led to a greater spread of diseases. Even in analysis of native american populations before European contact we see that diseases increased when population density increased [1].

The other factor that hasn't been mentioned is that a disease can be deadlier when the population density is higher. The disease can find another host to infect before the original dies and still stay active. Whereas in a situation with spread apart populations the deadlier variant would die out once the small local population was killed.

The European diseases carried this much deadlier profile and thus were more effective in killing native americans than native american diseases were in killing americans.

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071659/

What was the Singapore book you used to re-teach your daughter mathematics if you don't mind me asking?

That's the system working as intended. This site isn't meant to be about rapid back-n-forth banter or quick retorts and small points.

If after an hour, what you meant to say isn't worth saying then it's clear it isn't worth having on the site.

I don't mean to be flippant, but so what, if 1024, 2048, etc... were inspired on Threes?

None of those games are exact copies, and even the Three's designers admit these others are "inferior" versions. Are they arguing that you can't make derivative works? If they are, then like I said, I don't support that argument because I do believe that derivative works provide value and should be protected.

But to be honest, I don't think that's the main gist. When reading the article the main point that came across was one of annoyance that the original work was not receiving as much attention as the derivative works. As if the world cared who came first, or that coming first actually provided some intrinsic benefit (as opposed to a situational or contextual benefit).

You don't have to work in a developed nation to work with developed nation clients.

Try and target yourself to those clients and avoid the local clients like a plague. It has been my experience that if you want to break into more profitable territory you need to break away from local clients completely.

To expand on what neotek said, none of this makes Three's a better game. All they are advocating is that it's a harder game that's so far been impossible to beat, and that they've tailored it to fit their tastes as game designers.

That's fine and all, but why do they expect the market to reward them for that? Do they assume the market will like what they like, and are bitter that the market didn't react how they expected? It doesn't always follow that an expert's opinion matches the marketplace or even the average user's desires.

2048 had easier and faster-paced gameplay, a lower barrier of entry, provided a better distribution model (just pass around the link) and it fostered a vibrant modding community. It seems to me like they are really missing the big picture behind what makes a game successful, if all they can come up with is: "2048 is too easy".

And it exploded just for those reasons. I sent the link around my company to all the gamers and pretty quickly I saw it crop up on everyone's screen.

The same can't be said for Three's, because there is greater resistance in spreading it and people trying it out. First, I probably wouldn't have tried Threes. Second, I wouldn't have been able to link it easily to people who might have been partially interested in it. Third, the variants and mods were what kept people coming back.

As many things, this is now a double-edge sword. As gluten-free is getting mixed signals as a fad diet and as a serious medical condition. For celiac's it's in their interest that it be viewed as a serious condition, that could be life threatening.

I've come across accounts of celiacs who are concerned that the rise of gluten-free options while expanding their menu options, has also raised their level of anxiety. Because some places might just be trying to adapt to a fad diet, but aren't taking enough precautions to avoid food cross-contamination, such as re-utilizing utensils to cook "gluten free" foods.

I think part of the concern is that "gluten intolerance" as a serious medical condition is getting overshadowed by the flaky diet mumbo jumbo.

No, it's not. That's one injury per population amount, so the lower the second number the less people you "need" to get one injury.

Assuming a fixed population size of 1 million, given the 1980 prevalence of injuries you'd expect about ~689 injuries. With the 2012 prevalence of injuries you'd expect about ~865 injuries. So it's actually an increase, not a drop.

I get charged a fee per SMS, but I just need an internet connection with WhatsApp. Even when I'm abroad and I switch my SIM card to a different provider contacts can still reach me.

I can have group chats in WhatsApp and send video, images and sound. Plus I like how it lets me know if messages have been delivered. It's also fast and doesn't drain my battery mercilessly. The times I've tried Skype on my mobile device I can see my battery meter go down as I type.

But mostly I use it because all of the people I generally interact with in real life are on it. All of my family, friends and acquaintances use it.

Exactly, and at $4,000/month you would have to be conscious about your money spending habits, else that income will quickly disappear. Sure, you can stretch that amount to provide you ample comforts but you'll be making specific decisions to cut back on certain things or perks to provide a high enough standard of living in other areas.

When I think of "living like a king" I don't particularly imagine "14th century royalty", but I do imagine being able to buy the latest laptop with ample memory and an SSD, for example, without having to think twice about the expense.

I think the previous poster's point is that being well-off is really not much of a net benefit to a partner if said resources are of no consequence to the relationship or the partner. If you're both at a good economic situation yet going 50/50 the fact that you are also well off doesn't mean much to her and might even register negatively due to social conventions and expectations.

You mention several qualities that are generally perceived in a positive light, but one of these is also a willingness to to share resources, especially in a male/female relationship, as far as I understand it.

Another example was when Anonymous decided to start outing Cartel members. They kidnapped one of the people involved and Anonymous declared a truce to get that person released.

source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/member-anonymous-relea...

IANAL, and I'm just taking a stab in the dark here... But might it have to do with the work contract not being made in good faith?

That is in my basic understanding of contracts it is assumed as part of the contract that there is good will between both parties to fulfill what is set out in the contract. Practices such as these would indicate that the company has no actual intention of hiring the employee and is using the hire as an additional filter.

I suppose if the contract stipulated that there was a trial period or some such it might be a way to wiggle out of it. From a quick google search it seems you can either sue for Fraud (they advertised a permanent position and that wasn't the case, or they didn't make it explicit that the position was temporary) or Breach of Contract if they didn't specify that you were in a trial period.

Would love to hear from someone with better grasp of the situation.

On the other hand my father has been consistently using his Apple TV non-stop since last christmas. I didn't even have to instruct him on how to use it aside from a 5 minute intro course.

I've heard similar rave reviews from 3 people over 60 about how great the Apple TV is. None of which I would position as tech-savvy.

No, but sometimes it does take them a while to re-group and reach mass due to competing markets and segmentation.

Maybe a winning black market site skyrockets rapidly, or maybe this causes trepidation in users and vendors who try to approach things more carefully, test driving many sites instead of flocking en mass to one particular site.

I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that a Silk Road replacement in terms of size and volume will appear in the vacuum; eventually yes, but I'm sure it's probably bought them a few months or years of disruption.

Which doesn't solve much because who then controls the spending? And in addition the spending would have to be audited and controlled in some manner that's equitable for both parties.

For example, a defense lawyer could offer reduced hourly rates but include a bonus payment at the end to skew the 1:1 comparison.

In addition, party A can affect the spending of party B, which is part of what's being complained about. Because motions filed by party A can cause party B's costs to rise significantly to the point where their operation is hindered. So it most likely then becomes a race to the top, which once again will benefit the party with the larger war chest up until all assets are used up.

A set percentage of assets would feel better in my opinion, though in extreme cases it would probably still be a pretty penny.

One theory is that people are continually told to follow their dreams/passion/desire. If you have no passion for computers, programming, math, etc... Why would they choose programming if they've been raised to think 1. they can do anything and that the recipe for success is to follow your passion and dreams?

Besides, there are several other fields of study and careers that are pretty good at this time. Most of them engineering fields though. And from a pure money-making perspective there are other choices, granted many of which are lotteries; but probably attract a large number of adherents.

If you only look at individual console you might get that impression, but if you take the generation's totals you'll still see an upward trend.

The Playstation 2 for example was king of the hill and dwarfed its competition (Gamecube/Xbox) but still overall you're looking at about ~200 million units. However, with the current generation you're looking at Wii, PS3, X360 all sharing an about even share with PS3 and X360 very closely tied, but the total is around ~250 million units.

So we're still seeing growth in that area, and one part that's not reflected is the added value in each platform in terms of revenue for each network (PSN, Xbox Live) as well as the growing list of peripherals (Kinect, Move) that are part of each platform.

Not only that, but PS3 and X360 had higher prices on their consoles, some even coming close to doubling the price (a top of the line PS3 at launch was $600 vs a $300 PS2).

I would say that gaming over all is becoming more mainstream to the point that the consoles are no longer the realm of hardcore gamers, because they wouldn't have kept those numbers up while people were buying iPads, iPhones and DS3's in such massive quantities if they were really a complete gaming replacement.

It's very hard not to mistake your position as being pro-police when the owner was not capable, despite his intentions to properly constrain his dog within the vehicle.

To me it all sounds like a bully taking a kids hand and using it to punch the kid's face all while saying: "Stop hitting yourself! What are you stupid? Stop hitting yourself!"

First off, it seems you've made X arbitrary large, when for the OP it seems to have been a carefully defined set of beliefs that are attached to their identity. In other words it does not follow they'll believe literally "anything".

Besides I don't see what would prohibit the OP from changing his identity or evolving it. Unless we've somehow established identity is unchangeable, of which I'm not convinced.

Given the resources available to the US they'd probably just have a fuel carrier divert its route and do an inflight refueling, an operation which Air Force One is very capable of.

Well, it somewhat worked with religious martyrs of various denominations. I'm thinking of Christian martyrs and Islamic ones for example, where the act of resisting was in itself a way to transcend death.

I think in the end it's all a matter of how you sell it. There wasn't a unifying story for all those enslaved africans to rally behind. In the end there needs to be a narrative that pushes people into openly rebelling against the status quo.

No, the fault lies entirely with the police and their policies. The police failed, and it's clear to most people who happen on this story.

I'm not even sure that's a problem. When faced with increased cost on their side governments generally just shift that cost back onto the individuals complicating matters for them.

Look at drugs, the government isn't losing much sleep over that, they just add more trials, requisites and regulations that drug companies have to jump in order to bring their products to market.

At any rate, like patio11 said it's no different than trying to trace cash only transactions. The bigger problem with Bitcoin is that since these are electronic transactions they're a bit easier to trace/log and store than those occurring in meat space, as evidenced by the NSA programs and others.

More often than not the voting is based on opinion in addition to fact. Often the top answer is not only correct but cleaner, more elegant or adheres to some aesthetic quality that's valued by those people voting up the answer.

In software there's many ways to achieve a goal, not a single unique factual answer, thus many answers are context-sensitive and not absolute truths. Sure we can determine to some extent the correctness of the answers, but many of them are contextual and based on factors that are based on opinion/experience.

The voting system in and of itself encourages users to infuse answers with opinion.

Does it even matter if you read or comprehend the material? IANAL. As far as I'm aware knowledge of the law does not preclude it from affecting you. It's not a contract they're giving you, they don't need your consent.

From my understanding they just notify you and it's up to you to make heads or tails of it.

I would be surprised if a definite case could be made that scientists are completely unvested in their theories. I think it's a lofty ideal to strive for, but it's often the case we'd like to have our intuitions and theories proved correct.

Like the GP post said, the intentions or motivations (emotional or intellectual) are of little concern as long as the scientist changes their views/theories based on experimentation. I could be emotionally invested in what I believe to be a life-saving cure for cancer, and I'll be emotionally pre-disposed to see the medical trials prove that, but that won't mean I'll fix the results to prove that.

At no point in time did I ever see a concrete effort of the administrative or judicial to protect Snowden and not do anything but seek the harshest punishment against him. In fact, most rhetoric supported the NSA's actions and demanded justice in what they saw as a criminal act.

Perhaps, the court of popular opinion might have swayed the forces that be into thinking different. Looking at other whistleblowers like Manning would only lead a foolish person to believe that likely.

As a result, I firmly believe Snowden used this as his get out of jail card to gain sympathy from Hong Kong residents. The US and its citizens already failed him, why would he place his life in their hands? He very clearly stated he was going to place his life in the hands of Hong Kong and its rule of law, not the US.

Given it was just his girlfriend, why would you expect the level of commitment that would even strain a marriage?

The guy basically made himself target #1 of one of the world's super powers and he's on the run. Why would he force anyone to tag along with him, just based off some temporary notion of companionship? If they were married, with children or had some undying level of commitment, I could see some bewilderment.

So far it just seems incredibly logical and reasonable she would stay behind, on both their parts.