True. And the new kids on the block (Vivisimo.org and teoma.com) that were supposed to snipe at Google's heels are not packing in that much of a bite...
I foresee a good short to mid term future for Google
Britain Approves Human Cloning February 28, 2002 8:10 CDT
The scientific community in Britain scored a huge victory on February 27th. A very influential and powerful committee in the House of Lords ruled that embryo cloning should be allowed to proceed-but only under strict conditions. The United States currently has ban on all forms of human cloning.
Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, chaired the committee making the historic decision. He said that cells extracted from embryos within two weeks of fertilization could prove to be critical for researchers in finding a cure for such degenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. They could not in clear conscience cut off any avenue of research that might aid science in curing these diseases, he said.
Britain is no stranger to the human cloning controversy. Last year, they became the first country to explicitly allow the creation of embryos as a source of stem cells. These amazing cells are known as "master cells", and can morph into other cell types and become almost anything the brain needs. They are considered integral to finding cures for a wide range of neuro-degenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries, as well as those with acquired brain injuries.
Although this earlier ruling was hotly contested in court, it was eventually upheld by Parliament in that it was not officially revoked. The controversy was so severe that in essence it was effectively "on hold" pending the decision of the committee this past Wednesday. Critics of the whole idea are still outraged and adamant that this it tantamount to reproductive cloning and a short trip down a very slippery moral and ethical slope. The British Medical Association said they were thrilled with the committee's decision and the resulting hope that their action would bring to the families of patients who could benefit from the new technology.
The committee's decision was far from a cart-blanche approval for cloning. One of their conditions for granting a research license to clone human embryos was that it should only be done on the condition that any resulting cell line generated from it must be deposited in a stem cell bank. Future license seekers would first have to allow heath officials to make sure that there were no existing and appropriate cells lines already present in the bank's supply before proceeding.
The Medical Research Council applauded the Lords' suggestion to establish a stem cell registry, saying that it would allow researchers to explore the enormous potential of stem-cell research in a controlled environment. Actor Christopher Reeve was among those thrilled with the recent decision. Paralyzed since a horse-riding accident in 1995, he stated in an interview with the BBC that he would gladly travel anywhere in the world in order to receive "safe and appropriate treatment" that could aid in his recovery and help him accomplish his goal of walking again.
All the reaction has not been so glowingly positive. Critics are horrified at what they see as the evil potential of such a ruling. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children insists that the entire committee was stacked with supporters of human cloning and that many members on the committee have a vested financial interest in embryo research going forward, making the entire ruling "a farce".
The independent watchdog Human Genetics Alert pleaded that a moratorium on embryo cloning should be put in place, "at least until there is a ban on reproductive cloning in place."
SIP (rfc2543) provides the means to negotiate how the multimedia data is exchanged -- typically using embedded SDP (session description protocol rfc2843... I think) . If the IMs were to agree to an extension of SDP to include FTP locations... then the file transfer congestion controls would kick. SIMPLE does not have a problem. SIP messages, the signalling protocol, can go on UDP while the media it is controlling can go on other transports/protocols.
The title is too frightening for a relatively simple article.
FTP uses TCP. The end-to-end signalling and short message sending may have been established using SIP (which uses UDP by default) which possesses some means to get through NATs and Firewalls. Now for FTP you need to do the jumping through hoops again...
Slashdot Mirror
http://hpux.students.engr.scu.edu/~snataraj/377/kn uth%20talk.txt
has the speech as far as I could follow.
The first RoboDeminer Contest (RDC2002) will be held 19-21 Aug 2002 in
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.
They do not sound like the axis of evil they are made out to be.
Something like this .... simputer.org.
True. And the new kids on the block (Vivisimo.org and teoma.com) that were supposed to snipe at Google's heels are not packing in that much of a bite ...
I foresee a good short to mid term future for Google
Britain Approves Human Cloning
February 28, 2002 8:10 CDT
The scientific community in Britain scored a huge victory on February 27th. A very influential and powerful committee in the House of Lords ruled that embryo cloning should be allowed to proceed-but only under strict conditions. The United States currently has ban on all forms of human cloning.
Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, chaired the committee making the historic decision. He said that cells extracted from embryos within two weeks of fertilization could prove to be critical for researchers in finding a cure for such degenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. They could not in clear conscience cut off any avenue of research that might aid science in curing these diseases, he said.
Britain is no stranger to the human cloning controversy. Last year, they became the first country to explicitly allow the creation of embryos as a source of stem cells. These amazing cells are known as "master cells", and can morph into other cell types and become almost anything the brain needs. They are considered integral to finding cures for a wide range of neuro-degenerative diseases and spinal cord injuries, as well as those with acquired brain injuries.
Although this earlier ruling was hotly contested in court, it was eventually upheld by Parliament in that it was not officially revoked. The controversy was so severe that in essence it was effectively "on hold" pending the decision of the committee this past Wednesday. Critics of the whole idea are still outraged and adamant that this it tantamount to reproductive cloning and a short trip down a very slippery moral and ethical slope. The British Medical Association said they were thrilled with the committee's decision and the resulting hope that their action would bring to the families of patients who could benefit from the new technology.
The committee's decision was far from a cart-blanche approval for cloning. One of their conditions for granting a research license to clone human embryos was that it should only be done on the condition that any resulting cell line generated from it must be deposited in a stem cell bank. Future license seekers would first have to allow heath officials to make sure that there were no existing and appropriate cells lines already present in the bank's supply before proceeding.
The Medical Research Council applauded the Lords' suggestion to establish a stem cell registry, saying that it would allow researchers to explore the enormous potential of stem-cell research in a controlled environment. Actor Christopher Reeve was among those thrilled with the recent decision. Paralyzed since a horse-riding accident in 1995, he stated in an interview with the BBC that he would gladly travel anywhere in the world in order to receive "safe and appropriate treatment" that could aid in his recovery and help him accomplish his goal of walking again.
All the reaction has not been so glowingly positive. Critics are horrified at what they see as the evil potential of such a ruling. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children insists that the entire committee was stacked with supporters of human cloning and that many members on the committee have a vested financial interest in embryo research going forward, making the entire ruling "a farce".
The independent watchdog Human Genetics Alert pleaded that a moratorium on embryo cloning should be put in place, "at least until there is a ban on reproductive cloning in place."
Source: Reuters
Cosmiverse Staff Writer
Well, if Google knows about the two pages: they will never be more than two degrees away, no?
SIP (rfc2543) provides the means to negotiate how the multimedia data is exchanged -- typically using embedded SDP (session description protocol rfc2843 ... I think) . If the IMs were to agree to an extension of SDP to include FTP locations ... then the file transfer congestion controls would kick. SIMPLE does not have a problem. SIP messages, the signalling protocol, can go on UDP while the media it is controlling can go on other transports/protocols.
The title is too frightening for a relatively simple article.
FTP uses TCP. The end-to-end signalling and short message sending may have been established using SIP (which uses UDP by default) which possesses some means to get through NATs and Firewalls. Now for FTP you need to do the jumping through hoops again ...