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In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/

Apple is going to target the school marketplace with Mac OS 9 'Hello Kitty'.

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In article <chine.bleu-801AB6.22143815052012@news.x-privat.org>,
 "Chine Bleu, Russie Blanche, et Khmer Rouge" <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> 
> > http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> 
> Apple is going to target the school marketplace with Mac OS 9 'Hello Kitty'.

http://www.nobetterdeal.com/shop/ProductDisplay?storeId=11501&errorViewName=Produ
ctDisplayErrorView&catalogId=11101&urlRequestType=Base&parent_category_rn=37598&p
roductId=387868&categoryId=69051

Hello Kitty Limited Edition Samsung S5230 Unlocked GSM Cell Phone with 3MP 
Camera, MP3 Player, FM radio, Touch Screen, Bluetoot

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In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/

There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a fight 
almost any day.

<http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_do_you_think_would_win_in_a_fight_between_a_t
iger_and_a_lion>

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Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> writes:

> In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> 
> > http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> 
> There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a fight 
> almost any day.

Does this mean that people getting their news from xkcd are not as
well informed as people getting their news from The Daily Show?

In article <rm8vgrex2y.fsf@ethel.the.log>,
 Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> writes:
> 
> > In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > 
> > > http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> > 
> > There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a 
> > fight almost any day.
> 
> Does this mean that people getting their news from xkcd are not as well 
> informed as people getting their news from The Daily Show?

Only regarding lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

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On 2012-05-16 19:17:44 +0000, Michelle Steiner said:

> In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> 
>> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> 
> There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a fight
> almost any day.
> 
> <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_do_you_think_would_win_in_a_fight_between_a_t
> iger_and_a_lion>

They are on the same level in the directon of "who would win in a 
fight".  The lion, according to that chart, is superior only in the 
dimension of "coolness of name".

Of course, the "same level" bands in the "who would win in a fight" 
seem pretty broad and approximate.  And, of course, the "coolness of 
name" is just completely made-up...

In article <jp13oa$ej$1@reader1.panix.com>,
 Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> wrote:

> On 2012-05-16 19:17:44 +0000, Michelle Steiner said:
> 
> > In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> >  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > 
> >> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> > 
> > There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a fight
> > almost any day.
> > 
> > <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_do_you_think_would_win_in_a_fight_between_a_t
> > iger_and_a_lion>
> 
> They are on the same level in the directon of "who would win in a 
> fight".  The lion, according to that chart, is superior only in the 
> dimension of "coolness of name".
> 
> Of course, the "same level" bands in the "who would win in a fight" 
> seem pretty broad and approximate.  And, of course, the "coolness of 
> name" is just completely made-up...

The levels correspond to genuses.  The label on the left says that the 
genuses are ordered by fighting ability, not the species within them.  
So I guess it's intended to be an average for the genus.

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Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> writes:

> On 2012-05-16 19:17:44 +0000, Michelle Steiner said:
>
>> In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
>>
>> There's a major error in that chart:  A tiger would beat a lion in a fight
>> almost any day.
>>
>> <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_do_you_think_would_win_in_a_fight_between_a_t
>> iger_and_a_lion>
>
> They are on the same level in the directon of "who would win in a
> fight".  The lion, according to that chart, is superior only in the
> dimension of "coolness of name".
>
> Of course, the "same level" bands in the "who would win in a fight"
> seem pretty broad and approximate.  And, of course, the "coolness of
> name" is just completely made-up...

But a lion will beat a unicorn, all around the town...

-- 
Jim Janney

In article <Q_KdnWZgxczsui7SnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/

Based on what I hear people say about 10.7, "Mountain Vista" would be a 
good name for 10.8.

(The 10.7 upgrade at work is long over and it's still cursed several 
times a day for having an awful GUI, dangerous auto-save, bogging down 
on disk I/O, and being total waste of time.  It reminds many of forced 
Windows Vista upgrades.)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/

How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
out hope!
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jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) writes:
> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
>
> How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
> out hope!

They still rank higher than bears.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm

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Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) writes:
> > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> 
> >> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> >
> > How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
> > out hope!
> 
> They still rank higher than bears.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm

Now that's what I'm talking about!
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In article <1kka72z.1q83oh1xd7rzjN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
 jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) writes:
> > > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > 
> > >> http://www.xkcd.com/1056/
> > >
> > > How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
> > > out hope!
> > 
> > They still rank higher than bears.
> > 
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm
> 
> Now that's what I'm talking about!

I can't wait for Stephen Colbert to come back from vacation, so he can 
put that cat in his Threatdown segment.

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In article <barmar-4B40E7.21124217052012@news.eternal-september.org>,
 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> In article <1kka72z.1q83oh1xd7rzjN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
>  jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> 
> > Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) writes:
> > > >
> > > > How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
> > > > out hope!
> > > 
> > > They still rank higher than bears.
> > > 
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm
> > 
> > Now that's what I'm talking about!
> 
> I can't wait for Stephen Colbert to come back from vacation, so he can 
> put that cat in his Threatdown segment.

That would be a great Threatdown, but I'm guessing that he won't revive 
a six year old story, "Last Updated: Saturday, 10 June 2006, 17:17 GMT 
18:17 UK".
-- 
Dave

In article 
<kneeljung-5EE385.08111118052012@news.eternal-september.org>,
 Dave Allen <kneeljung@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <barmar-4B40E7.21124217052012@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > In article <1kka72z.1q83oh1xd7rzjN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> >  jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> > 
> > > Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > How does housecat get such a low ranking??? Damn it, I'm still holding
> > > > > out hope!
> > > > 
> > > > They still rank higher than bears.
> > > > 
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5067912.stm
> > > 
> > > Now that's what I'm talking about!
> > 
> > I can't wait for Stephen Colbert to come back from vacation, so he can 
> > put that cat in his Threatdown segment.
> 
> That would be a great Threatdown, but I'm guessing that he won't revive 
> a six year old story, "Last Updated: Saturday, 10 June 2006, 17:17 GMT 
> 18:17 UK".

Sigh, I was afraid of that, but didn't bother to check the date.  It 
turns out he DID pick up on it at the time:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/181966/june-13-200
6/feline-bravery

But he didn't put it in the Threatdown, he did it as an extra bit just 
before signing off.

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