Some people would argue that Linux is a superior OS to Windows. Not only that, it's also cheaper (free!) and is made for off-the-shelf computers. However, I don't see it beating out MS anytime in the near future.
it is just easier for me to buy from iTMS directly instead of having add files manually to my library after downloading them from emusic.
Actually, the most recent eMusic download manager (at least for OS X) automatically imports downloads into iTunes, artwork and all. I think it works with Media Player too, but I've never had opportunity/desire to find out.
And eMusic has been around long before 2003. I've been a subscriber since March 2000.
A slow painful death is not a certainty for HIV+ patients, at least not those receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). I've met several people who have been HIV+ for close to a decade and have not developed AIDS thanks to an effective drug regimen. All these people are "risking" is having to take these medications for the rest of their lives.
See the following for actual prognosis statistics for people with HIV:
May et al. Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients up to 5 years after initiation of HAART: collaborative analysis of prospective studies. AIDS. 2007 May 31;21(9):1185-97.
This data is over a year and a half old now, so probably a bit out of date, but does illustrate the point that being HIV+ is not a death sentence anymore, and does not necessarily warrant a very risky procedure for a possible cure. There are cases of multi-drug resistant HIV out there, especially in patients who acquired the infection through IV drug use, and in those people I can see a possible justification for this treatment. However, I can't see this as a reasonable treatment for all HIV+ patients.
Ok, I'll admit this sounds like a neat concept for curing someone with HIV, but wouldn't you just be trading all of the consequences of having HIV/AIDS for the consequences of being a bone marrow transplant recipient? One of the most feared complications of bone marrow transplantation is graft-versus-host disease. The treatment for GVHD is...immunosuppression. So HIV patients who receive this treatment would have to face the possibility of being no better off than they were pre-treatment and potentially much, much worse (graft vs-host is a horrible condition).
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Too bad this won't do anything for emphysema.
I prefer to think of Windows 7 as the Obama of operating systems.
The first African-American OS?
thank you obligatory snow crash reference man, you beat me to it.
It's Google Voice now. You may need to re-apply.
Some people would argue that Linux is a superior OS to Windows. Not only that, it's also cheaper (free!) and is made for off-the-shelf computers. However, I don't see it beating out MS anytime in the near future.
That's the truth. Just look at the Apple community's reaction to news that WalMart might start carrying Macs.
Didn't I read about this in "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson? I'm sure there are other scifi examples. Welcome to the future...
it is just easier for me to buy from iTMS directly instead of having add files manually to my library after downloading them from emusic.
Actually, the most recent eMusic download manager (at least for OS X) automatically imports downloads into iTunes, artwork and all. I think it works with Media Player too, but I've never had opportunity/desire to find out.
And eMusic has been around long before 2003. I've been a subscriber since March 2000.
Kinda like a Blackberry Storm, but actually good. Stupid clicking screen...
Or have holes in their heads.
Wow, now I have a justification for only sleeping 6 hours a night: I'm saving money!
A slow painful death is not a certainty for HIV+ patients, at least not those receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). I've met several people who have been HIV+ for close to a decade and have not developed AIDS thanks to an effective drug regimen. All these people are "risking" is having to take these medications for the rest of their lives.
See the following for actual prognosis statistics for people with HIV:
May et al. Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients up to 5 years after initiation of HAART: collaborative analysis of prospective studies. AIDS. 2007 May 31;21(9):1185-97.
This data is over a year and a half old now, so probably a bit out of date, but does illustrate the point that being HIV+ is not a death sentence anymore, and does not necessarily warrant a very risky procedure for a possible cure. There are cases of multi-drug resistant HIV out there, especially in patients who acquired the infection through IV drug use, and in those people I can see a possible justification for this treatment. However, I can't see this as a reasonable treatment for all HIV+ patients.
Ok, I'll admit this sounds like a neat concept for curing someone with HIV, but wouldn't you just be trading all of the consequences of having HIV/AIDS for the consequences of being a bone marrow transplant recipient? One of the most feared complications of bone marrow transplantation is graft-versus-host disease. The treatment for GVHD is...immunosuppression. So HIV patients who receive this treatment would have to face the possibility of being no better off than they were pre-treatment and potentially much, much worse (graft vs-host is a horrible condition).
From what I gather from one quote in the article, scientists always suspected these; it's the fact that it's not a constant connection that was news.
Dork also has an etymology that gives it a more negative connotation:
(from wordorigins.org):
The original sense of dork is penis. It is probably an alteration of dick, dating to the early 1960s.