I understood that this had been known to be an option for some time now. The issue at hand as I understand it is that these cells are potentially not as useful as embryonic stem cells. I assume beacuse they have already differentiated to a certain degree.
Not to say that this research is not of value but I don't know that it's safe to say that it solves the whole embryonic stem cell issue.
The software used to enhance the print is the same that some tabloid newspapers use to create seamless "photographs" of space aliens hanging out with celebrities. Time magazine used a similar program to alter a police mug shot of O.J. Simpson and make his complexion appear darker on its front page in 1994.
Heyer said that shows the software is not a scientific tool, but an unreliable art form that could be used to misrepresent reality or simply create things.
Just because it can be used as an "unreliable art form" (which is an amusing term in and of itself) doesn't mean it can't be used scientifically. Some other examples of multi-use devices come to mind, like say, oh I don't know the pencil maybe.
Granted, Photoshop (or any other digital enhancement tool) can be used to falsify evidence, however it can also be used to enhance existing evidence in a reliable fashion. To me this is not an issue of technology but one of process and procedure. It's not like before Photoshop it was impossible to fake evidence.
MSN took a different approach than AOL - while AOL focused on one single client to get them through the internet, the modern (v7 and 8) MSN has always focues on just getting you an internet connection. (Yeah, you could always use another browser in the backend once connected.)
Yeah, NOW that's what their approach is. But this is by no means what their original intention was. The original poster is correct. They tried to position MSN in opposition to the Internet and failed impressively. If I recall correctly the angle they were going for with MSN was a more "television like" experience.
Okay, I know we all love Wil Wheaton round these parts and it is certainly a bummer about the cuts and subsequent screwing at the premiere but come on. I doubt that his performance would have a great impact on the film either way.
The sparks flying from the computer terminals and such when they sustain damage is stupid yes, but it's hardly new. That's been in every Star Trek series and movie that I can think of. Yes it's silly, but who cares?
I could not agree with you more on this. I especially love it when the Queen actually uses hand gestures to communicate with some of the Borg drones. One collective mind! HELLLO!
I think the problem originated from the use of the word hive to describe the Borg collective. People automatically think hive ---> bee hive ---> queen bee. Without bother to consider how poor a metaphor it is.
It's really a shame because I enjoyed the movie other than that. Cromwell rocked.
Although I will say even in the series I found it a bit of a stretch that the Borg bothered abducting Picard to act as a figure head to communicate with the humans. Why would they bother? But it made for a good season finale/premeire so I can look the other way on that one, but First Contact went way too far.
You can set almost all of the UI changes back to Windows 2k style and the others are largely cosmetic (who cares what color the friggin start button is?)
As far as stability is concerned I've been running it for quite some time now and have found it to be every bit as stable as Win2k. I generally reboot every couple of weeks. I have also found it is better at detecting and installing hardware.
I must say that I also don't agree with the direction that Microsoft is going in terms of licensing and such but XP is a solid product and you do it wrong by saying otherwise with (apparently) no direct experience with it.
Perhaps. But I would hope that a doctor would take the time to advise a patient about the risks of over using antibiotics if they were truly concerned about the issue themselves.
I tend to think more of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of the doctors.
That Javascript chess game would certainly be a lot cooler if it didn't refresh the whole damn page each time you even click on the board.
Not to say that it's not impressive but it gets a little annoying having those graphics reload each time. I don't think it would've been that hard to make it work without reloads. Ah well.
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I understood that this had been known to be an option for some time now. The issue at hand as I understand it is that these cells are potentially not as useful as embryonic stem cells. I assume beacuse they have already differentiated to a certain degree.
Not to say that this research is not of value but I don't know that it's safe to say that it solves the whole embryonic stem cell issue.
Am I remembering incorrectly?
Um. Slashdot provides links to other news sites. That's what it does.
Why should they feel shame about this?
The software used to enhance the print is the same that some tabloid newspapers use to create seamless "photographs" of space aliens hanging out with celebrities. Time magazine used a similar program to alter a police mug shot of O.J. Simpson and make his complexion appear darker on its front page in 1994.
Heyer said that shows the software is not a scientific tool, but an unreliable art form that could be used to misrepresent reality or simply create things.
Just because it can be used as an "unreliable art form" (which is an amusing term in and of itself) doesn't mean it can't be used scientifically. Some other examples of multi-use devices come to mind, like say, oh I don't know the pencil maybe.
Granted, Photoshop (or any other digital enhancement tool) can be used to falsify evidence, however it can also be used to enhance existing evidence in a reliable fashion. To me this is not an issue of technology but one of process and procedure. It's not like before Photoshop it was impossible to fake evidence.
These types of things are only mildly amusing when they are done well.
And suffice it to say, these were not even mildly amusing.
It's offtopic, but here's some more geeky Onion fun:
Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics
Video-Game Character Wondering Why Heartless God Always Chooses 'Continue'
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Granted, they're not forced to take them, but as the article says do you really want to be competing with others who are taking amphetamines.
Yeah, NOW that's what their approach is. But this is by no means what their original intention was. The original poster is correct. They tried to position MSN in opposition to the Internet and failed impressively. If I recall correctly the angle they were going for with MSN was a more "television like" experience.
Don't forget to get a few of IBM's "Self-Healing" servers as well.
No way! What about 2? That's the one I use to remember.
And I'm sorry, I liked First Contact but I just can't get over the Borg Queen bullshit.
Okay, I know we all love Wil Wheaton round these parts and it is certainly a bummer about the cuts and subsequent screwing at the premiere but come on. I doubt that his performance would have a great impact on the film either way.
The sparks flying from the computer terminals and such when they sustain damage is stupid yes, but it's hardly new. That's been in every Star Trek series and movie that I can think of. Yes it's silly, but who cares?
I could not agree with you more on this. I especially love it when the Queen actually uses hand gestures to communicate with some of the Borg drones. One collective mind! HELLLO!
I think the problem originated from the use of the word hive to describe the Borg collective. People automatically think hive ---> bee hive ---> queen bee. Without bother to consider how poor a metaphor it is.
It's really a shame because I enjoyed the movie other than that. Cromwell rocked.
Although I will say even in the series I found it a bit of a stretch that the Borg bothered abducting Picard to act as a figure head to communicate with the humans. Why would they bother? But it made for a good season finale/premeire so I can look the other way on that one, but First Contact went way too far.
Actually, homophone I believe..
Yeah, or the pagans.
Well, they do want to sell the book...
It is doubtful that any truly intelligent computer will not be able to learn by itself and I see no reason to believe that this will not be possible.
And if it can learn on its own then why would it be unable to exceed the intelligence of its creator?
What evidence do you have to support that claim?
Of course his lame accent in that movie was worse than any rapping he's done.
Wow, posting VB pseudo-code on Slashdot. You are a brave man.
Probably because of the amount of computing power required to do speech-to-text.
It's not worth the extra money and battery power.
Nonsense. XP and 2000 are extremely similar.
You can set almost all of the UI changes back to Windows 2k style and the others are largely cosmetic (who cares what color the friggin start button is?)
As far as stability is concerned I've been running it for quite some time now and have found it to be every bit as stable as Win2k. I generally reboot every couple of weeks. I have also found it is better at detecting and installing hardware.
I must say that I also don't agree with the direction that Microsoft is going in terms of licensing and such but XP is a solid product and you do it wrong by saying otherwise with (apparently) no direct experience with it.
I would like very much to see a link for this.
I find it extremely difficult to believe that these kids did anything normally with 90% of their brains missing.
What a remarkable coincidence.
Perhaps. But I would hope that a doctor would take the time to advise a patient about the risks of over using antibiotics if they were truly concerned about the issue themselves.
I tend to think more of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of the doctors.
That Javascript chess game would certainly be a lot cooler if it didn't refresh the whole damn page each time you even click on the board.
Not to say that it's not impressive but it gets a little annoying having those graphics reload each time. I don't think it would've been that hard to make it work without reloads. Ah well.