As a BioNerd I couldn't agree more. Slashdot has great coverage of Linux, Patents, etc. but everytime biology is brought up I get hazy visions of 1980's OMNI articles.
The inverse fuzzy, meaningless Bionerd to Compunerd question would be something like this:
How do I use the WWW to learn about Electrical Engineering? Electrical Engineering is undoubtedly going to change the world in the years to come. Movies like 2001, Hackers, and You've Got Mail examine these thorny issues, but do not go into the details of how these technologies operate. I have gone to my local BD Dalton and could not find any Electrical Engineering texts. The web searches for "+electrical +engineering +cyborg +tyranny" did not yield any detailed info.
(Seriously, check out the links of the above poster for more information, but if you really want to learn more, get a textbook from the local U and read the relevant chapters. Most first or second year genetics texts are fairly informative, if not as up to date. Knowing the stats of how many genes are sequenced without knowing what a gene is doesn't do you much good. The web is not the best place to start.)
Larry is diabolically nice and will probably conquer the world one day. Besides, who else could make a talk about Unicode fun? I doubt anyone discussed on this forum thus far could use the money personally. Most of the candidates will probably donate the money to a favorite charity in any case. Are there any candidates with legal problems who could use the money? Simplexton
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As a BioNerd I couldn't agree more. Slashdot has great coverage of Linux, Patents, etc. but everytime biology is brought up I get hazy visions of 1980's OMNI articles.
The inverse fuzzy, meaningless Bionerd to Compunerd question would be something like this:
How do I use the WWW to learn about Electrical Engineering? Electrical Engineering is undoubtedly going to change the world in the years to come. Movies like 2001, Hackers, and You've Got Mail examine these thorny issues, but do not go into the details of how these technologies operate. I have gone to my local BD Dalton and could not find any Electrical Engineering texts. The web searches for "+electrical +engineering +cyborg +tyranny" did not yield any detailed info.
(Seriously, check out the links of the above poster for more information, but if you really want to learn more, get a textbook from the local U and read the relevant chapters. Most first or second year genetics texts are fairly informative, if not as up to date. Knowing the stats of how many genes are sequenced without knowing what a gene is doesn't do you much good. The web is not the best place to start.)
Congrats and consolations guys.
Larry is diabolically nice and will probably conquer the world one day. Besides, who else could make a talk about Unicode fun? I doubt anyone discussed on this forum thus far could use the money personally. Most of the candidates will probably donate the money to a favorite charity in any case. Are there any candidates with legal problems who could use the money? Simplexton