I grew up near Michoacan and used to ride to the Paricutin at least once a year (on our way to Patzcuaro). Definitely worth the couple of hours, if one is visiting.
I am amazed at how W/A is continuously compared to existing engines, such as Google or Wikipedia. Mainly because it does not intend to be a clone or even a "search engine killer" but also because such comments do not take into account that if Google and Wikipedia didn't already have massive databases, containing all sorts of erroneous information (yes, that's particularly targeted at Wikipedia), they wouldn't fare any better than W/A, which is in the toddler stages of its development.
And no, it wasn't intended for bloggers. And no, it's not going to predict football scores. And no, it's not intended for ego-searching either. You do realize W/A stems from the same people who do Mathematica, right? And you most certainly wouldn't purchase Mathematica to solve your first grade math assignments, would you?
I'm very surprised to find a post like this on Neatorama. Although some entries (perhaps even most) are mainly accurate, quite a few are prejudiced and entirely preposterous. In some instances it reads like a "I want my son to grow up a MAN" list jutted down by some hick.
I sure as hell hope my children learn to respect, not disregard women - and that they'll never own (and thus need to learn how to use) guns.
The list does not make for a sounder, safer world. It just attempts to perpetuate a rather insufficient system (and tells you to "suck it up" or "ignore it").
I'm not so sure that's what the girls wanted / needed. A dog that's potty and stand / sit down when they do trained... How will it take to their wishes, their tricks?
As is, it's a political accessoire, not a pet. My 2 cents.
Well, I don't think it was ever claimed the leaning tower of Pisa is the most tilted. Particularly seeing as the church tower of Suurhusen in Germany is a lot more tilted, with a tilt of 5.19° (as registered by the Guinness society). In comparison, the leaning tower of Pisa only has a tilt of 3.97°.
> This is pretty sad. That’s not what beavers do > if they’re okay. He’s obviously disoriented, > distressed, possibly sick. In any case, there’s > clearly something wrong with him–not funny, not cute
Yes, of course there is. He's on the middle of a highway, freaked out by the massive number of incredibly quick animals of disproportionate size zooming past him.
@Andrew G: thanks for the info, I was wondering about that (not that you'd dubbed it, that was pretty obvious, but the _actual_ story behind the whole thing. I'm glad someone stopped for the poor thing - and saddened by the fact that no one else did.
http://www.deklei.com/mexikofotos/Der_Altar_der_vom_Paricutin_zerst_rten_Kirche_800.jpg
I grew up near Michoacan and used to ride to the Paricutin at least once a year (on our way to Patzcuaro). Definitely worth the couple of hours, if one is visiting.
Here's another one of the tower:
http://www.deklei.com/mexikofotos/Und_nochmal_die_Kirche__der_Paricutin_ist_ein_Vulk3.jpg
The pictures are from our holidays in 2006 (moved to Europe in 2000).
And no, it wasn't intended for bloggers. And no, it's not going to predict football scores. And no, it's not intended for ego-searching either. You do realize W/A stems from the same people who do Mathematica, right? And you most certainly wouldn't purchase Mathematica to solve your first grade math assignments, would you?
I sure as hell hope my children learn to respect, not disregard women - and that they'll never own (and thus need to learn how to use) guns.
The list does not make for a sounder, safer world. It just attempts to perpetuate a rather insufficient system (and tells you to "suck it up" or "ignore it").
As is, it's a political accessoire, not a pet. My 2 cents.
Tower homepage: http://www.kirche-suurhusen.de/
> if they’re okay. He’s obviously disoriented,
> distressed, possibly sick. In any case, there’s
> clearly something wrong with him–not funny, not cute
Yes, of course there is. He's on the middle of a highway, freaked out by the massive number of incredibly quick animals of disproportionate size zooming past him.
@Andrew G: thanks for the info, I was wondering about that (not that you'd dubbed it, that was pretty obvious, but the _actual_ story behind the whole thing. I'm glad someone stopped for the poor thing - and saddened by the fact that no one else did.