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If a big cat could use The Force, would it be a lightsabre tooth tiger?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have a bad feline about this!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Gives one paws for thought.
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A purrfect way to start the new year!
/ravi
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Purrhaps, but we've barely scratched the surface.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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You're kitten me, right!?
/ravi
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The same way that my cats are no longer French... They are de-Claud
Hogan
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Darth Brij 
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To directly answer your question, @OriginalGriff: NO!
Here's scientific proof the the cat had not The Force:
Saber-Toothed Cat Had Wimpy Bite ~ article link[^]
"For all its reputation, Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed tiger) had a wimpy bite," said study team member Stephen Wroe, a paleontologist at the University of New South Wales.
Wroe, lead author Colin McHenry of the University of Newcastle and colleagues used fossils to digitally reconstruct the skulls of a Smilodon and a lion (Panthera leo).
"We simulated the forces you might expect if each one was taking large prey," McHenry said. The "computerized crash tests" showed if the prey was still on its feet and struggling, the saber-tooth's skull didn't hold up to the associated forces, while the lion's skull did fine.
McHenry likens these forces to a person chomping down on a raging bull. "Imagine biting onto something like a bull at a rodeo while it's trying to buck you off," McHenry told LiveScience. "Imagine the forces that would go through your skull as it's trying to throw you off. The lion skull actually copes with those [forces] really well, but the saber-cat skull doesn't."
The results show the saber-toothed cat had a less-powerful bite compared with the lion, which the scientists suggest is partially due to Smilodon's relatively small lower jaw (a feature that makes space for the cat's lengthy sabers).
modified 4-Jan-16 12:49pm.
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Raw power is the Dark Side, the Force is the subtle version.
Sabre tooth tigers probably used their teeth in much the same way that cat do now - to sever the spinal cord rather than bite through the whole neck, or through bone.
Watch how a cat kills a mouse and there isn't a deep powerful bite, it's a small puncture to paralyze the victim.
Watch a dog, and it's shorter, blunter teeth are used to bite and tear instead.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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While, yes, Raw Power of the Dark Side was employed, The Force was never with the Cat.
Thus, with no Force, there would never be a LightSabre-Toothed Cat!
(more from the article...)
Kill style
In order to avoid a butt-whipping but still come away with a meal, the giant cat must have had a different killing style than lions.
"Smilodon was an awesome beast, and what it lacked in bite force it more than made up for elsewhere," Wroe said.
They suggest Smilodon used its powerful forelimbs and oversized claws to take down a prey and restrain the animal before deploying its devastating canine teeth.
"The saber-cat had an immensely powerful body, perfect for wrestling large prey to the ground, and our models show that it needed to do this before trying a bite," McHenry explained. "Killing was more likely applied to the prey's throat, because it is easier to restrain the prey this way. Once the bite was done, the prey would have died almost instantly."
The result would be an ambush followed by a quick kill, the researchers say. In contrast, lions often hold a bite for many minutes to suffocate their large prey.
The Dark Side always got a butt-whipping regardless of how much Raw Power it invoked.
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This is a leap year so we all get an extra day at work (for free).
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That's it - I'm going back to bed.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You shouldn't leave it before 10 in any case  ...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If you spend ~4mins. more per day sleeping it will make up for that extra day, unless you just want to get it out of the way now.
New version: WinHeist Version They all laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same. Kurt Cobain
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That's nothing - in the Jewish calendar there is an extra month this year (for free too)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Oy vey!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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That extra day, 29 Feb, Monday, being a meeting day, is ...
... a paid holiday in the office 
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My brother will be happy - he gets a birthday this year
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Is he old enough to be allowed into the pub yet?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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It will be his 13th
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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It gets worse, Christmas and New Year are in weekends too... 
I'm starting to feel sick and it feels like I'll need a full year to recover... 
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installed. 
Seems ok; miss a few Win7 bits and bobs but not enough to revert. Took about an hour from start to finish and then I blatted Windows.old - no going back without a full install!
I both love and hate Edge. I love the clean interface though not noticed any great speed increase. However, I like to see all of my bookmarks pinned to the left. There appears to be no way to do this in Edge. The favorites sidebar is there but will not persist and can't be dragged. Shame - I'll stay with IE11 until they fix it.
I have noticed that start up seems slower than Win7 bit not really a big deal.
Overall, so far, so good. Now to put it on the laptop and see what happens!!!
Happy new year to you all.
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Slower than Win7 ouch, I went to Win8.1 for the speed, seems like I'll still have to wait for SP#/Win10.1 until getting it.
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