@nightantilli: Evolution is a change in the nature of the population over the course of generations. Since it took 3 generations for the majority of the population to be able to survive cold water, when in the original generation only a few could manage to survive, evolution has occured.
You are correct in stating that an individual organism adapting to a new environment is not evolution, but that is not the case here.
You are correct in stating that an individual organism adapting to a new environment is not evolution, but that is not the case here.
@fughedaboudit: Why would I want to cover my nice looking device in a clunky and unsightly case? If it needs a sold separate case or accessory to function properly, then it's defective by design.
@ddhboy: It's the best idea they've ever had, they should have done this with all the movies. Have you even read the books?
@Tamírki: Living longer almost always involves a slowed aging process. The physical signs of age aren't there for show or to be a mild nuisance, all those wrinkles and problems are the signs and symptoms that you are dying.
@Dane Martin: Most people who use iTunes only use it because they have an iPhone. If I was free of my iPhone, I would abandon iTunes entirely.
Why do you use it if you have no need of itunes since you don't have an iphone, since you have so many complaints about the program?
Why do you use it if you have no need of itunes since you don't have an iphone, since you have so many complaints about the program?
@nutbastard: Agreed. If anything pain complicates any heart problems. It would create extra stress and the release of adrenaline which would spike your heartrate.
This test has no scientific basis whatsoever to replicate the real world conditions someone being tased would experience. The sheep don't know wtf is happening, but a person would be terrified and running to escape the police.
@The_Sporean_Bob: I was so upset when they changed it. That was one of my favorite rides as a little kid. Yeah it scared the hell out of everyone, but that's the point! It's not like people didn't ride it, it always had a line.
@mattycakes: Texas is also a huge center for medical research, especially San Antonio. A very large chunk of our city, called the "Medical Center," is nothing but hospitals and medical research/educational facilities. I went to a public magnet high school right in the middle of the medical center called "Health Careers High School" and got to intern at the nearby hospitals my junior year.
You know the mesh stints that save atherosclerotic fatties when their arteries collapse? Invented in San Antonio. (Which is probably just as well since we're one of the most obese cities.)
Also, were the US ever to be involved in an endgame Nuclear War, San Antonio would be one of the first targets. We're a huge center for military infrastructure and personnel. The Air Force is one our city's largest employers. We're always getting reports of UFO's and stuff in the area because of our air force bases running weird missions.
@Zantor: I don't know why io9 didn't mention it, but aside from guest starring, i don't think Eve Myles or John Barrowman will be in the American version. Torchwood is being renewed for a fourth season in the UK, so this will likely be a branch show with a different cast that exists within the same Who universe, albeit in America this time.
@MacJedi: I wasn't ever excited about e-ink until I finally used a nook. The sharp contrast, crisp lines, and easy readability were amazing. I'd much rather read on e-ink than an LCD screen, especially since it so closely simulates the actual experience of reading on paper. It feels/looks more real and tangible as opposed to virtual, which to this internet raised 19 year old is surprisingly refreshing.
@balls187: I'm hoping in the near future someone will come up with an amazing, previously unimagined way to produce color E-ink screens. Who knows?
OMG WANT! Thank you!!! ^^
Sonic was the first video game I played at 3 years of age! /drool
@otko: It's because AT&T and Apple share the same corporate philosophies about closed software and hardware, exclusivity, and anti-competitive, pro-monopolistic, anti-innovative practices. They make good bedfellows.
@beatledud: "No HDMI Out:
So Un-Apple...I don't get it."
" Adapters, Adapters, Adapters:
Why not just include USB3?"
"A Closed App Ecosystem:
Not a deal breaker but still frustrating and disappointing. But since this is essentially an iPhone OS, it's not surprising."
I'm actually not surprised by these at all and I believe it follows an increasingly vile and anti-competitive habit of stifling innovation I've seen from Apple.
They don't have HDMI Out or USB3 because they want you to use their own countless proprietary and prohibitively expensive adapters and connections to be able to do anything, instead of using third-party hardware like you can with PC's.
And like the author says, why offer HDMI-out when they already offer an AppleTV box?
I believe Apple has become arrogant and overconfident in their position as a tech company, and believe they will continue to beat competition because of their brand image and "cool/hip" factor, instead of actually innovating and giving consumers what they want. They think their cult will continue, but I adamantly believe they're mistaken.
@Trai_Dep: But the Vulcan science council had determined that time travel was illogical, and therefor impossible. They do like their micro singularities however.
@Lincolnsbeard33: How could you possibly know what the terminal velocity of the arrows is just from looking at it, or that they were moving faster than their terminal velocity?
When something is dropped from a resting position, it does not immediately reach terminal velocity. It will accelerate until which point the rate of increase per unit velocity of drag it experiences due to wind resistance increases faster and past the force applied to the object from acceleration due to gravity.
It takes time to reach terminal velocity, and furthermore, terminal velocity is different for different objects. As mass increases, terminal velocity increases, but as drag increases, terminal velocity decreases.
Because arrows by their nature are designed to be aerodynamic, they are capable of very high terminal velocities.
And like I said before, yes the arrows were ineffective before, but the last time was a different situation with different forces at play.
And I did watch it again, I watched it twice. They looked like javelins more than arrows. I find it not at all difficult to believe that they could pierce the windshields in the aerial battle. It was perfectly believable to me, and I'm an Earth & Space Exploration major (it mixes earth science, physics, astronomy, biology, mathematics, and engineering).
I assure you terminal velocity had no role to play here.
@Lincolnsbeard33: That fact that the humans said the na'vi weapons are useless doesn't actually mean they're useless. Just because the humans said it, it's not "word of god" true. They probably wrote that into the script to emphasize the arrogance and conceit of the humans, and that the capabilities of the na'vi were severely underestimated.
About the gravity's effect, it does make a difference because they were working with gravity the second time and not against it like the first time.
And you ineffectually addressed only one small part of my reply, ignoring the rest of my explanation, which does not prove they're magical arrows.
@Jestermeister: lack of creativity unfortunately
@infmom: I'm gay, and whenever I get hit on by a girl I'm very flattered. But I always feel sad that I have to inform them I'm not interested in their lady parts :(
@Lincolnsbeard33: Well the way I accepted that part of the movie was that the arrows the shot at the end did appear much larger and sturdier. Maybe they made them especially for this fight, giving them much more mass, which imparts enough kinetic force to the tip of the arrow to penetrate the glass.
Also, you can't forget how much bigger the na'vi are than us, those bows and arrows they used look huge in comparison to themselves, to us they're practically spears or javelins.
Finally in the first scene the arrows were shot upwards from a standing position, making them work against gravity and only rely on the force of the bowstring imparted to them. In the final battle the na'vi were swooping down at the aircraft at what appeared to be high velocities (greatly increasing the arrows' kinetic energy) and shooting the apparently larger and heavier arrows downwards, only benefiting from the added acceleration due to gravity.
I believe its reasonable to believe that all these things taken together is enough to allow for the situation to be different enough the second time, to cause the arrows (javelins) to penetrate.
Not magic, simple physics. (floating mountains disregarded)
