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Hibernation on Demand
Mr. Christmas Lights writes "Dr. Mark Roth at the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
has successfully
induced
a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice
which (no surprise) is
getting quite a bit of publicity.
Attempts in the past have used cooling techniques, but Dr. Roth
uses hydrogen sulfide (80 parts/million) to basically put the warm-blooded mice
into an advanced hibernated state, with a drop from the normal
120 breaths/minute to less than 10. Core body temperature also drops
as low as 11C (50F) to match the ambient room temperature. The mice recover in about two hours once normal air/temperatures are applied,
with no apparent ill effects - apparently there is a mice IQ/motor-skills test.
In addition to the obligatory reference to
Woody Allen's
Sleeper movie, this has applicability for emergency rooms as it
would be beneficial to in ER medicine as a way of "buying time"
while diagnosis is performed."
In further news, READ YOUR OWN FUCKING SITE once a day you stupid fuck.
If moderators can moderate comments why can't they verify if the claims are true and just delete the dumb fuck editor's story and save them further embarassment?
You could use your +2 account almost exclusively for trolling, like I've done for the past 2 years.
They are very popular articles. Just look how many replies they get. Sometimes they even more than the original article. Not only that but there is an outpouring of emotion. So much anger is spawned from just a few clicks of the keyboard (ok maybe they just copy paste from the original post. I really dunno) Most importantly though it is the one subject that ALL Slashdotters can agree upon. Dupes are TEH Suck.
Just a thought. How about the next obvious dupe that comes along nobody reply. See if we can it to get off the front page without a single reply. It'll never happen but a man can dream.
Im sick fed up of the constant row of "OMG DUPE yo idiotz" posts that follow. ....
a constant dupe of "this is a dupe" posts
People take your own advice and stop duping previous comments
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
I think it's time that there was an open discussion of dupes (This article is a dupe of one poasted last night).
There have been pro and against arguments. The pro argument have been that some people miss the original articles and have a second chance to post. The neutral argument has been that if one doesn't like the dupe, one should simpy ignore it. Both of these arguments make good sense.
However, slashdot is in some sense a commercial enterprise. The majority are, of course, not subscribers, but there must be quite a few all the same. Slashdot also gets paid by advertisers to get many hits. Advertisers could argue that they get less hits on dupe articles.
In these last two cases, it isn't exactly a shiny example of quality in a product (if one can look upin slashdot as a product) to see so many dupes. I know that the sheer number of dupes in slashdot would prevent me from subscribing as I see it as a problem of editors being disinterested in checking what they post.
I have something that can check dupes, its called "you-get-payed-stop-being-lazy-asses-and-fucking-r ead." However, it is very hard to master, and still in beta stages. Still, I think this product could be the solution.
Interesting? Are you people completely insane?
They just should moderate the submissions...
This would also prevent hoaxes and stories that are just ads.