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Re:Costly and dangerousYou might be right in this particular instance. As I said, Merck is a business, not a bunch of angels. However, I still cannot shake the idea that this "suppressed evidence" was flimsy at best. It might have been a judgement call more that a criminal conspiracy. The trials are going to be a snow job on both sides, of course, because that's the way it goes in court. The truth is safely tucked away and is irrelevant at this point.
Regardless, the bottom line is that all these scientists and researchers are going to have to find another job if Merck is slammed. And unfortunately, it's not like the world is crawling with drug research labs right now.
When you see the huge difference in the medicine history that a single scientist can produce in a good lab, I shudder at the though of a few hundreds of them having to go teach undergrads how to dissect frogs.
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Re:Ummm... ok....."
um... is dental hygiene not important enough for you? Americans spent nearly $68 billion on dental services in 2002.
We'll benefit from it, practically every technology for military use has filtered down to civilian use. Ever heard of the microwave? Cell phone? How about GPS?
If this only cost a few million I think this is money well spent!
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From what I understand Adobe photoshop and Canon brand copiers already refuse to allow you to scan and/or print US banknotes http://www.inventionandtechnology.com/xml/2005/1/
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Re:Electrical and carpentry ability?Can't read? Here let me help.
A commercial firm has named its product "Duck Tape," harkening back to the original name for this adhesive tape...
It was originally called duck tape because of its water proofing, but has since been used in duct work, so the colour was changed and people now call it duct tape. There were two links.
Incidentally, it seems that its poor at sealing duct work. From near the bottom of this article "Duct Tape It's not for ducts any more. In fact, it never was."Studies by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California suggest that even top-of-the-line duct tapes are poor at sealing ducts
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Invention & TechnologyInvention & Technology, which is put out by the national inventor's hall of fame. They run detailed stories on the history of technologies ranging from mid-air refueling to the bra. All of them are well-written and interesting. I'd recommend checking it out. Maybe we could lift it from obscurity?
It is only quarterly, and even with a subscription it is $4.00 an issue, but I love it.
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Invention & TechnologyInvention & Technology, which is put out by the national inventor's hall of fame. They run detailed stories on the history of technologies ranging from mid-air refueling to the bra. All of them are well-written and interesting. I'd recommend checking it out. Maybe we could lift it from obscurity?
It is only quarterly, and even with a subscription it is $4.00 an issue, but I love it.
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Re:Trouble for the Wrights?
The latest issue of American Heritage of Invention & Technology Magazine has a couple of great articles about their first flights. They did it more than once and under different conditions and they made it public only after they felt that it would be clear to all that it was a real powered flight. Interestingly it turns out (according to the 2nd article which is not online) that they patented their control system and tried to prevent anyone from making a plane that could be controlled in 3 axes (or something like that, it wasn't the most intereseting part) after something like 5 years they got out of the airplaine bussines, but they kept prducing the engines. Their company was later bought by their archrival Glen Curtiss.
How can you not love a magazine that has a whole article on the story of the Phillips screwdriver? -
Re:Trouble for the Wrights?
The latest issue of American Heritage of Invention & Technology Magazine has a couple of great articles about their first flights. They did it more than once and under different conditions and they made it public only after they felt that it would be clear to all that it was a real powered flight. Interestingly it turns out (according to the 2nd article which is not online) that they patented their control system and tried to prevent anyone from making a plane that could be controlled in 3 axes (or something like that, it wasn't the most intereseting part) after something like 5 years they got out of the airplaine bussines, but they kept prducing the engines. Their company was later bought by their archrival Glen Curtiss.
How can you not love a magazine that has a whole article on the story of the Phillips screwdriver? -
Re:Trouble for the Wrights?
The latest issue of American Heritage of Invention & Technology Magazine has a couple of great articles about their first flights. They did it more than once and under different conditions and they made it public only after they felt that it would be clear to all that it was a real powered flight. Interestingly it turns out (according to the 2nd article which is not online) that they patented their control system and tried to prevent anyone from making a plane that could be controlled in 3 axes (or something like that, it wasn't the most intereseting part) after something like 5 years they got out of the airplaine bussines, but they kept prducing the engines. Their company was later bought by their archrival Glen Curtiss.
How can you not love a magazine that has a whole article on the story of the Phillips screwdriver?