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Re:BBC, no registration required!NPR News (National Public Radio) has a online broadcast on thier webpage http://www.npr.org
Real, WindowsMedia, and QuickTime.
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Try Public Networks
I have found both PBS and National Public Radio to be professional and complete in their coverage. (Both these are public US networks.) I don't know about unbiased, but not being biased is idealistic in the media. About all the media can do is to present as many sides of an issue as possible as accurately as possible.
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NPR & PRI
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NPR Commentary
Listen to the commentary. Transcript follows...
PETER FREUNDLICH:
All right, let me see if I understand the logic of this correctly. We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored. We're going to wage war to preserve the UN's ability to avert war. The paramount principle is that the UN's word must be taken seriously, and if we have to subvert its word to guarantee that it is, then by gum, we will. Peace is too important not to take up arms to defend. Am I getting this right?
Further, if the only way to bring democracy to Iraq is to vitiate the democracy of the Security Council, then we are honor-bound to do that too, because democracy, as we define it, is too important to be stopped by a little thing like democracy as they define it.
Also, in dealing with a man who brooks no dissension at home, we cannot afford dissension among ourselves. We must speak with one voice against Saddam Hussein's failure to allow opposing voices to be heard. We are sending our gathered might to the Persian Gulf to make the point that might does not make right, as Saddam Hussein seems to think it does. And we are twisting the arms of the opposition until it agrees to let us oust a regime that twists the arms of the opposition. We cannot leave in power a dictator who ignores his own people. And if our people, and people elsewhere in the world, fail to understand that, then we have no choice but to ignore them.
Listen. Don't misunderstand. I think it is a good thing that the members of the Bush administration seem to have been reading Lewis Carroll. I only wish someone had pointed out that "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" are meditations on paradox and puzzle and illogic and on the strangeness of things, not templates for foreign policy. It is amusing for the Mad Hatter to say something like, `We must make war on him because he is a threat to peace,' but not amusing for someone who actually commands an army to say that.
As a collector of laughable arguments, I'd be enjoying all this were it not for the fact that I know--we all know--that lives are going to be lost in what amounts to a freak, circular reasoning accident.
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NPR has live coverage
Without all the commercials, etc..
NPR. Click up top, Real, Windows Media, or Quicktime. Gotta love NPR.
More stuff on NPR about Iraq over here.
CSPAN is slashdotted, er, wardotted? err.. nevermind, CSPAN is dead.
And chances are, live protests in your local metro.
CBSNews has a big "WAR" picture that looks like an ad for a RTS. Thanks to the media for desensitizing us to war(or making it into a fun, enjoyable experience kind of like a game or a "faces of death" tv channel(gotta love duckman!) without the seriousness).
I hope this ends quick. The last thing Slashdot needs is a war vs. anti-war flamewar. We've already got BSD vs. Linux, Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby vs. Java vs. Everything Else, KDE vs. Gnome, etc... So I think we're good.
As an interesting note, CBSNews calls George Bush "Mr. Bush" in this article. -
NPR has live coverage
Without all the commercials, etc..
NPR. Click up top, Real, Windows Media, or Quicktime. Gotta love NPR.
More stuff on NPR about Iraq over here.
CSPAN is slashdotted, er, wardotted? err.. nevermind, CSPAN is dead.
And chances are, live protests in your local metro.
CBSNews has a big "WAR" picture that looks like an ad for a RTS. Thanks to the media for desensitizing us to war(or making it into a fun, enjoyable experience kind of like a game or a "faces of death" tv channel(gotta love duckman!) without the seriousness).
I hope this ends quick. The last thing Slashdot needs is a war vs. anti-war flamewar. We've already got BSD vs. Linux, Perl vs. Python vs. Ruby vs. Java vs. Everything Else, KDE vs. Gnome, etc... So I think we're good.
As an interesting note, CBSNews calls George Bush "Mr. Bush" in this article. -
Turn on your radio
Seriously. Go to any NPR station and have a listen for some intelligent input. I know that they are public-funded but for some reason they are always the most objective news source I can find. Avoid the flashy TV crap and have a listen.
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Re:Please say it ain't so!!
Stan Lee (Spiderman Creator) was interviewed last year on NPR's Fresh Air.
I don't remember the details, but Terri Gross asked him about changes in the movie, and this was one he brought up. I think in the end, he decided it didn't bother him very much. He figured that it would take up too much screen-time to go through the whole process of him inventing his web-shooters.
The interview can be heard at:
http://freshair.npr.org/guest_info_fa.jhtml?name=2 002/stanlee
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re: "loophole"
Politicians, surveys (loophole?) and charities are exempt from using the list.
I was listening to NPR months ago, and they went through the guidelines for what constitutes a "survey" and "charity" call. I got the impression they were very well defined.
Looking at the NPR site, I think this may be the article: http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfI d=883948. I can't check as I dont have RealPlayer, but if you have it, check it out. You can also order a transcript. -
Re:Not Echelon. COLD, HARD CASH.
Heard this on NPR from the anthropologist author of a new research study on suicide bombers:
"These people are fairly well educated, mostly from middle class and not acting at all in despair."
The original article is in Science magazine (sciencemag.com if you have a subscription)
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Re:and a ThirdWorlder on 28.8 dialup on C64 respon
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Eugenics vs. Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering != eugenics. They're two completely different ideas.
That may need a little elaboration, as the two touch on related areas.
Eugenics is a theory which holds that certain individuals are innately superior to others, and that the superior few are vastly outnumbered by the inferior many. If you accept these two premises, then it follows that the inferior many are sure to reproduce faster than the superior few, with the result that the characteristics of the superior individuals will be lost. Basically, a eugenicist sees the world in terms of a conflict between those with big brains and those with big dicks. In order to improve the species, therefore, a eugenicist will attempt to discourage the inferior from procreating, and encourage the superior.
The biggest problem with this theory is figuring out how to tell who's superior and who's inferior. The answer depends on how you ask the question, and on what your beliefs are about what would constitute a "superior" human being. The Nazis believed that a certain physical type was superior -- blond hair, blue eyes, extremely fair skin, what they called "Aryan". They conducted experiments attempting to further these characteristics; for example they would take a pair of brown-eyed twins, and inject chemicals into their eyes in an attempt to change the eye-color to blue. This particular study was carried out at Auschwitz by Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death.
If, on the other hand, you are an American eugenicist, what you do to separate the inferior and the superior is come up with the Intellectual Quotient Test and administer it to all schoolchildren. Those who do well are deemed fit, and allowed to do things like take college prep courses in high school. Those who are deemed unfit are only allowed to take classes in, say, technical arts, thereby preparing them for a lifetime working as drones in a factory. Also, you get laws passed in many states requiring the forced sterilization of any person below a certain IQ level who attempts to reproduce. You might also conduct studies such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments which were begun with the understanding that the subjects would be black because black men are naturally more lascivious than white men, and therefore more likely to have syphilis. These experiments were funded by Congress, continued for four decades, involved hideously painful procedures like spinal fluid taps, and worst of all the subjects were never told that they had syphilis. By the time they found out, it was far too late for any of them to seek treatment.
Eugenics is no longer an accepted theory. It depends on an arbitrary vision of what constitutes "superiority", and led to some truly barbaric practices, both in Germany and in the United States. I do not know how well the theory was received in other countries. I am, however, truly grateful that it is no longer accepted.
Genetic engineering, on the other hand, is a technique for the modification of living creatures by altering their genetic structure. It could very easily be used for eugenics, but has other more benign purposes as well.
There are two kinds of genetic engineering. One involves the modification of an existing organism. For example, take a child afflicted with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease which causes the lungs to fill with mucus, thereby making it extremely difficult to breathe. That child might be treated by inhaling a vapor of specially created viruses that insert themselves into the affected lung cells and alter their genetic code in such a way that they stop producing the mucus. This is also known as gene therapy.
The other form of genetic engineering involves modifying an organism before it starts growing. Thus you might take a fertilized egg and modify its DNA prior to its implantation in the wall of the mother's womb. Since all cells in the body ultimately derive from that egg, your modification would change the fundamental nature of the adult organism. Genetic modifications have been carried out on plants, for example to make them resistant to a particular disease, or to increase the per-acre yield of a food crop. You yourself have probably eaten such genetically modified food. It is quite common in America; less so in Europe, where there are a great many people who protest against it.
Genetic engineering is a field which has enormous potential for good -- the elimination of genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis. If two people are aware that their child might suffer from CF, they could perform an artificial insemination of an egg which had been "fixed", or avoid the disease simply by choosing an egg that wasn't affected in the first place. On the other hand, genetic engineering also has a staggering potential for abuse. A genetic engineer could not only cure diseases, but also create entirely new ones. The new disease might be used in biological warfare. It is conceivable (though currently not possible) that genetic engineering might be able to create a contagious mutagen -- a virus that would spread throughout the population, and make a particular modification within the bodies of the victims. Imagine if the Nazis had been able to create a virus that would alter the eggs and testicles of those who contracted it. They could have ensured that the next generation would be blond and blue-eyed, against the will of the parents.
Then, of course, there is the danger that we might screw up. We know a lot about genetics now, but there's even more that's not well understood. Sequencing out a full human gene doesn't mean that we understand how all the parts interact with another. There are large portions of the genome that don't seem to do anything (introns) . . . but then again maybe they do, and we just haven't figured it out quite yet. Then there's the fact that one sequence of DNA might control or contribute to three or four different finished structures. If you alter it to give a child green eyes, you might also cause the child to be bald. (That's just an example, I have no idea if the sequences controlling hair production and eye color are at all related.)
Basically, we don't know enough at this point to engage in wholesale manipulation of human genetics. We should not outlaw it -- the genie is out of the bottle, and if we tried outlawing it, the research would merely be undertaken by unethical scientists with little or no oversight. On the other hand, we should NOT perform modifications of human beings without a clear idea of what we're doing and a damn good reason to do it. Giving your kid a particular eye color is NOT a good reason for genetic engineering. Avoiding cystic fibrosis is acceptable. Engineering for more abstract qualities -- musical talent, mathematical skill, linquistic ability -- should be avoided at all costs until we have some idea what the hell we're doing. We don't even know if those qualities are controlled by genes; in the process of trying it out we might very well screw up and make some truly horrible mistakes. Note that many autistic people are also extremely good at math.
Then there are the social issues. Genetic engineering is expensive. If we're not careful, it could become a way for the wealthy to reinforce their dominance over world affairs. It is natural to want to give your child every advantage in life that you can; but doing so can simultaneously disadvantage other people's children.
In short, genetic engineering of humans is problematic. It could provide some unparalleled benefits to the human species . . . but it is also an ethical minefield, and could easily be turned to selfish or downright evil purposes. -
Re:big problem here...
"Let's say I steal a $500 stereo. The government might spend $10,000 investigating my crime and imprisoning me. By your argument, "the authorities and lawmakers" would be better off leaving me alone. "
first off, that's NOT what he's talking about. If I read his post correctly, he's talking about collateral damage. It'd be more like if there was a criminal in the house next door to yours, and the government bulldozing your house to erect a barrier around the criminal. Damage was done to others in the name of the investigation by the government. This is a problem. We haven't even gotten into what the investigation itself cost...
" You disgust me. IT'S A CRIME. While you may look at it as a fairly innocent, no harm done crime, it is the law that distributing copyrighted material without the owners permission is illegal. We don't get to choose which laws we obey. Before getting a warrant, police don't think 'I wonder what the negative consequences of this warrant will be?" They think "Someone is breaking the law. I should stop them.'"
Have you looked at the music industry much? Popular musicians have albums go platinum and the industry, selling CDs for $17.95 each, says that the album isn't profitable and barely pays the musician anything. It's to the point that musicians like Moby are going on to talkshows on NPR and telling people that he'd rather them 'steal' his music and listen to it if they aren't going to pay the RIAA for it, rather than it go unheard. Others have come out and directly asked where the money is that the RIAA has asked Congress for regarding pirate-able media taxes, since the artists themselves haven't seen a dime from it, yet the RIAA said it was for the artists' benefit. The entire system is screwed to a pooch, and if the music industry in general isn't willing to adapt itself to meet new demands or new paradigms, it should die.
If you want to compenate a musician for their contribution to society, attend a concert of theirs, or send them a check for $20 or something as gratuity. Don't pay the RIAA any more for their stupid practices. -
Re:It Won't Last Long
In fact, radio today pretty much sucks unless you really like "Top 40" music.
That's why I listen to public radio almost exclusively now, and they have even turned me on to some really good music that is not top40.
Most of my music listening in the last couple of years has centered on replacing my old vinyl with CD's and making MP3's out of the old vinyl that is no longer available or will never be released on CD.
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Re:point/counterpoint
The easiest radio network to find on the dial in your average area is NPR. They've always been aligned with the Democratic party. Their timely show, Talk of the Nation, uses leading questions, interrupts the speakers giving answers they're not looking for, and tries to stick to guests who are heavily into Bush-bashing.
Apparently, if you're a Democrat, it's currently hip to inflate the negative aspects, and downplay the positive aspects, of anything Bush does or says. -
NPR bit
NPR had a nice bit a few weeks ago interviewing the guy setting this up. NPR story
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Here it is (NPR 2/10/03)
NPR link ("State and local officials buy electronic voting machines in hopes of avoiding the low-tech messiness of pencil marks on paper ballots and so-called "hanging chads." But some computer scientists say vote-counting computers are inaccurate. NPR's Dan Charles reports.")
Now, "inaccurate" isn't quite the right word. Unreliable? Not robust? The problem being tampering, accident, or oversight, not the machines' native ability to add accurately.
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Good for you, to have written.
The thing is that they need a hook of some sort. I don't think they're going to understand how important it is, unfortunately, until there is a tragedy. Similarly, you wouldn't have been able to get them to do a story on your criticisms of Space Shuttle heat shielding until, well, know. We wouldn't even be dumping punchcard ballors en masse -- and switching to electonic systems of questionable pedigree -- if not for Election 2000.
What would be wonderful, if it could be done, would be a comparison of actual voter intent with vote tallies. I know they do test runs (sometimes) but what the public would find compelling is a concrete "you screwed up this election" result. Kind of like the first time DNA shows we executed the worng person.
The errors made with electronic system, more often innocent than malicious, have been amusing so far. When something ugly happens, will we even catch it, let alone see it coming? -
Re:Covered on NPR earlier this week?
I don't know which day it was, so here's a link to their archived shows for this month.
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Re:maybe OT: Guy that plays with telemarketers?
Here is the interview I heard... I think he is the same guy.
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Errata.. not every stationClear Channel does not own every radio station in the States
I am not American but according to Andy Patrizio at Byte.com, Clear Channel stations all basically play the same songs and are full of ads?
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Errata..
Clear Channel (owner of every radio station in America)
They do not own all the radio stations.. even by their own admission.
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And according to this Byte article they are not even that good. Too many advertisements, the same dull chart songs everywhere. Apparently they have real competition in the satellite radio market too, but I am not American so this is just all hearsay to me
There is always NPR too!
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NPR story
There was a story on NPR a couple of days ago (Jan 31st) that discussed the use os credit checks by empoyees. It might offer some insight.
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Something worth noting...
Okay, two things. 1) This was covered in National Public Radio's recent series [NPR] on debt in America.
and per that series 2) An employer is required to disclose to you if your credit was a factor in denying you a job, in addition to providing you the name and address of the reporting agency. -
More information about companies checking credit
I recently heard on NPR about more and more companies doing the sme thing. More information can be found here. I seem to remember that it was against the law for a company to deny emplyment soley on the bais of ones credit history.
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NPR Story
NPR All Things Considered recently did a story about this (search their audio archives). The bottom line is that it's within an employer's rights to perform a background check on new employees as a condition of employment, including obtaining a credit report. If, based on the credit report, they decide not to hire you, then they have to provide you with a copy of the report.
Good luck!
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NPR Story
National Public Radio had a story about this a couple days ago.
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Let 'em
They have the right, but, by law (in the USA) if they make a negative decision because of the credit report, they have to inform you of that. This is often overlooked. There was a report on this on NPR recently (Jan 31st, All Things Considered).
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Re:The first israeli astronaut: Some Details
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"Israeli media reports say that during his career as an air force pilot, Ramon took part in the 1981 raid that destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor. Halbertal says the affable Ramon stirs many Israelis' patriotic feelings." - NPR
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Re:Just curious...
There is NPR which provides mostly excellent programming. If you live in or near a college town, you can probably get a campus radio station. These can be hit-or-miss, but they ARE competition.
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Re:But, gosh...
Seriously, folks, does anyone still listen to the radio?
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See "Devil's Playground"
If you want to see a film that attempts to make sense of some of this see Devil's Playground. It's about the period in an Amish youth's life called Rumspringa. It's when 16 year old Amish kids walk on the wild side.
The Amish believe that a person should be baptised only after choosing the Amish church. They also believe that this decision should only be made freely by an informed adult. Rumspringa results in a crazy part of Amish life which is fascinating. These seemingly naive, bonnet wearin', buggy drivin' kids party like rock stars. The outcome is equally as fascinating. Each year these kids battle with harsher and more adicting drugs and more tempting technology but the return rate has never been higher.
I got to see the director's Q&A session at Sundance last year and it was incredible to see this young, intelegent, well educated, beautiful woman talk about her feelings towards the Amish. On one hand she saw them as opressive yet on the other hand she saw a life of loving and belonging that she never saw anyplace else. -
NPR's Talk of the Nation discussed this todayToday, 28 Jan 2003, NPR's Talk of the Nation did a program on this. The second hour of the two hour program is when they discussed it.
TOTN can be streamed (Real Audio) here: http://www.npr.org/totn3.smil
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NPR All Things Considered this afternoon
I heard a piece, including some sound clips, this afternoon on ATC. The story and a few selections are here. It is an excellent project. The copyright limitations are disappointing, however.
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Interview and History on NPRA little while ago NPR did a nice story on this--very interesting.
Here's the link to the interview with the author... http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wf
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NPR morning edition story
NPR had a story about this on Morning Edition today (01/21). Here is a link directly to the real audio stream of the story.
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NPR morning edition story
NPR had a story about this on Morning Edition today (01/21). Here is a link directly to the real audio stream of the story.
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NPR morning edition story
NPR had a story about this on Morning Edition today (01/21). Here is a link directly to the real audio stream of the story.
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Re:Support Public Radioextreme right-wing organization that features Alan Colmes and that fellow from the extreme left-wing group, FAIR?
Alan Colmes is the Token Liberal(tm) on Fox. Consider who owns the network (Mr. Murdoch), and the fact that Roger Ailes is still involved with it. Fair and balanced my ass.
My beef with CNN, MSNBC, and Fox in particular is that it's really just talk radio and caters to the lowest common denominator. Political discourse for the Springer generation, or for those who find "Hee-Haw" too challenging. I'd kill for a dedicated BBC News channel on my cable system.
Having said that, let's stop bitching and start the revolution. Don't like the "liberal bias" of NPR? Then write already; your letter will probably make it to the air (unless like most Fox News viewers, you use Crayolas).
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Re:Why not fix FM while we are at it?I don't want to sound all 'against the flow' here, but I've been turning to public radio more and more to get away from the constant commercial bombardment of ClearChannel.
I actually became a member of my local public radio station, which plays music by independent and classical artists most of the time, and in the morning and evening rush hours, plays news content from the local area as well as great Nation Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts.
All of us here on Slashdot say we want to get rid of the RIAA's stranglehold on music. Here's one way to help!
Check out http://www.npr.org! ljfrench
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Support Public Radio
NPR is the best thing in radio today, as far as I'm concerned. I know that most of the public radio stations in existence are classical programming, but out of Peoria and Bloomington, IL I can get a superb jazz station. Five days a week I get news during rush hour and jazz in the morning and most of the evenings, plus blues and a little more variety on the weekends. The classical NPR station nearby plays jazz programming on the weekends as well. And except during their biannual fundraising drives, they're commercial-free. It's not like XM where I have dozens of choices of formats, but at least it's the one format I enjoy the most. I'd much rather pay them my $10/month than XM, if only because they're that much more likely to be around three years from now.
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They're going into music...
Follow the link: Vienna Teng. I guess that if I could sing like her, I wouldn't be doing this either. Listen to the link, you'll be delighted.
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NPR talked a bit about this
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All I want is...
I want is a little Cappuccino PC with WiFi(54MBps, please), a TV-OUT(RCA preferably) and something to hook it up to my speakers(Again, RCA preferably). Oh, and NFS support. Then I want to use a pre-programmed (or program one myself) interface, hook it up to the X10 remote(the silver bullet I think they call it, one of their nice ones, err, their only nice one), and be done with it.
That way, I can watch MPEGs, AVI, and whatever else Mplayer supports. I can listen to my MP3's, My OGG's, and whatever else. I can get on my computer and add favorite streams to the box. That way I can listen to Absolute Pitch downstairs, every Sunday. That way I can listen to other streams. I need Real Audio on it so I can listen to NPR every now and then. Hell, set up Hourly News as a favorite button or something. That'd be nice.
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Re:Foreign students
Direct link to NPR interview:
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Your missing the point
The fact that they have these types of social interactions is not new, what is new is that distinct geographically isolated populations have different ways of accomplishing the same thing.
NPR ran a nice piece on this today, and used the example of a fruit which one population eats by getting it open with a stick (a picture is included in the MSNBC article). A neighboring population seperated by a river, either eats the fruit by bashing it on rocks (much more inneficient) or by ignoring it as too hard to bother with. i.e. one population has learned to use a tool for specific task and has passed that information on the other Orangs in the community. Its the passing on of this knowledge, and the fact that it couldn't be passed to the neighboring population that makes this 'culture'.
From a SlashDot perspective, one could speculate that on the one side of the river, the solution for eating the fruit has been open sourced. But on the other side of the river, the solution was either never discovered, or if it was found, was closed source and died with its dicoverer(s).
Other examples given are a Kiss-Squeek gesture & sound, and "snag riding" a demonstration of male virility of breaking off trees and holding on to them while they fall, jumping off before they hit the ground (Orang candidates for the Darwin Awards perhaps?).
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That's one for NPR ...A few weeks ago, a bioethicist on Morning Edition predicted that, sometime in 2003, a scientist or organization (having explicitly mentioned the Raelians) would make an unverified, unsubstantiated claim of a cloned human birth. Good call, neh?
The problem, as has been pointed out elsewhere here, is that clones are susceptible to serious health problems -- their genotype may be identical, but their phenotype is radically altered. Although some work at Hawaii and Rockefeller University in New York suggests that clones can be created without the kinds of health and aging problems that plagued Dolly, those studies are far from definitive.
There's also the question of success rates. To get a viable human clone, you will have to make perhaps hundreds of attempts, all of which will take time, and many of which will end up in miscarriages and, potentially, the deaths of donor mothers. At this point in our understanding, the ethical and technological hurdles to successful cloning are substantial.
In any case, I'll believe it when I see the independently verified protocols and proof.
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They used Reamweaver
They used a program called Reamweaver which is designed to "instantly 'funhouse-mirror' anyone's website, copying the real-time "look and feel" but letting you change any words, images, etc. that you choose."
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Tidbit from the History of Snow in Movies
The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" won a special Academy Award (Oscar) for its invention of a new way to make realistic looking snow for the movies (a kind of plastic/foam used by fire departments).
Before that, movie productions used cornflakes painted white. They were loud, leading to sound problems that required redubbing. Moreover, they caused rodent infestation problems.
I wonder if these potato starch snowflakes are going to cause problems simialr to ones the corn flakes caused?
BTW, I learned this from an interview on the Motley Fool radio show last night:
A conversation with film historian Jeanine Basinger about the business behind the Frank Capra holiday classic. (14:40)
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Tidbit from the History of Snow in Movies
The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" won a special Academy Award (Oscar) for its invention of a new way to make realistic looking snow for the movies (a kind of plastic/foam used by fire departments).
Before that, movie productions used cornflakes painted white. They were loud, leading to sound problems that required redubbing. Moreover, they caused rodent infestation problems.
I wonder if these potato starch snowflakes are going to cause problems simialr to ones the corn flakes caused?
BTW, I learned this from an interview on the Motley Fool radio show last night:
A conversation with film historian Jeanine Basinger about the business behind the Frank Capra holiday classic. (14:40)
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Boeing Pelican: big, slow, and cheap
Maybe Boeing is just going to concentrate on turning the Pelican into a commercial aircraft. The Pelican is twice the size of the 747 (you could play a game of arena football inside it) and is designed to fly cheap, slow, and low --just above sea level. Right now, it's in development for the military, but there are obvious commercial airliner possibilities.
