My symphathies. I'm a biochemist too, and I am terminally fed up by this concurrent slashdot meme of scientist either a) not wanting to find cures because symptom treatments pay more or b) "doing it just for the funding". I am lucky enough not to have your family story to back up my position on this, but I find those accusations outright insulting.
Of course there are substances to be found in nature that have an effect on the body. In most cases, however, it is by a wide margin preferable to isolate those substances, or outright synthesize them to get controllable dosage and effect. There are interesting synergistic effects between multiple compounds in some natural remedies, though - just think of the certain herb, the effect of which is not always exactly proportional to its THC content but rather to the ration between THC and several THC metabolites in the herb. Oh, and stay off the Kava, do yourself that favour, it can, depending on the batch, exhibit significant liver toxicity - which is the problem with administering substances in herbal form.
The scary thing is that the GP will in all likelihood not profit from it. He just *hopes* that he will be among those coming out on top of the new order. The american dream, you see? From dishwasher to the one yielding the whip.
Indeed. Fondest memory of smoke detector false alarm was in my PhD days. I was working in the lab when the fire alarm went off. After it became a nuisance, I stuck my head out into the corridor to see what was going on, just to see 3 other lab doors open with guys screaming to shut off that damn racket, there are people trying to work here. So much for repeated false alerts.
Most of the maps that need that kind of accuracy are on a yearly update cycle anyway - for example aviation maps which also have the magnetic/geographic conversion numbers on them. I guess the military cartographers are very well aware of the problem and update accordingly. The drift within one year or whatever the upgrade cycle is shouldn't matter much.
Close but no cigar. The guy with the half cape was St. Martin, a roman soldier who made it to bishop of Tours. He's usually depicted with a red coat, too - but that's the roman legion's officer's cloak. He is celebrated on Nov. 11. The rest is correct, however.
As my former sysop used to say when i begged for more processing time on the local linux cluster - "there is no just queuing system, live with it, son."
No shit, data are processed? Did you pathetic little troll actually do anything remotely related to science once in your life, or do you think sleeping through CS101 makes you a scientist? And what the flaming fuck is with the mods rewarding this drivel with insightful mods?
The inherited memory angle definitely is interesting, however, I don't think I can extract that from the first two (in my view canonical) films. Do you have any in-universe evidence for that? Oh, please be extra convincing, I am you friendly neighbourhood biochemist, who really needs some strong arguments when it comes to inherited/racial memory....;)
Actually, if you posit that the false memories of humanity is what pisses the Big Aliens off, you are deep into Freudian therapy. I kinda envision Big Alien Mama on a couch, a white-bearded man in chair before it interviewing her about the phallic nature of the secondary jaws and the dripping slime....
Why should no humans be involved? The company knew that something was out there, something that could be weaponized. How? Why? That is what I want to see in a prequel.
1.) Aliens vs. battlemech battalions? Hmm... your newsletter, i want to subscribe. 2.) Why? The aliens are obviously at best semi-intelligent hive species. How would their home planet endanger us? If in doubt, well, nuke it from orbit, you know why.
While your questions are interesting, I'd rather see an exploration why the heck Weyland-Yutani knew about the crash and the aliens out there. The Nostromo got set up in Alien, after all. Someone had all the data beforehand. Who? Why? To your question - were those aliens created or found? Bioweapon on the loose or just bad luck for someone running into them? But that is secondary, in my opinion. What I'd like to see is some kind of dark corporate drama explaining how W-Y developed their plans regarding the aliens.
Well, I am between the chairs here myself. Just a note - as a European - "we" here do not have daily riots, a couple of states have. Interestingly, those are not the posterboys of eurosocialism. Ireland is crashing for the consequences of a quite right wing economical policy - slash taxes left and right and then wonder why you have no cash left. The mediterranean states are crashing because, frankly, they are corrupt shitholes and ever have been. They are just continuing their periodic crash cycle they are caught in since before the monetary union. Unfortunately, before the Euro, they would simply devalue their currency and go on. After the Euro, they can't, and that's why they go down so hard. The more socialist countries - the Scandinavian ones, Germany, France, for example - are not that bad off. In the end, economic policy should be fact-based, not ideological. I still can't see the overwhelming left-wing bias on slashdot that you posit - I mostly see libertarians round here. Well, confirmation bias on both sides, maybe.
And how shall the people do that? It takes days to write a grant application, it takes multiple hours to have it reviewed by an expert panel, and then you want to vote on it essentially by its title? I am all for programs such as this - but if anyone wants a certain grant to be denied, he should write up a 10+ page essay reasoning why this grant is not a good use of money. If that essay contains an informed opinion - well, fine, cut it.
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My symphathies. I'm a biochemist too, and I am terminally fed up by this concurrent slashdot meme of scientist either a) not wanting to find cures because symptom treatments pay more or b) "doing it just for the funding". I am lucky enough not to have your family story to back up my position on this, but I find those accusations outright insulting.
Of course there are substances to be found in nature that have an effect on the body. In most cases, however, it is by a wide margin preferable to isolate those substances, or outright synthesize them to get controllable dosage and effect. There are interesting synergistic effects between multiple compounds in some natural remedies, though - just think of the certain herb, the effect of which is not always exactly proportional to its THC content but rather to the ration between THC and several THC metabolites in the herb. Oh, and stay off the Kava, do yourself that favour, it can, depending on the batch, exhibit significant liver toxicity - which is the problem with administering substances in herbal form.
I am Spartacus!
That would have been George Santayana in "The Life of Reason".
Seriously, happy new year from Munich!
The scary thing is that the GP will in all likelihood not profit from it. He just *hopes* that he will be among those coming out on top of the new order. The american dream, you see? From dishwasher to the one yielding the whip.
Indeed. Fondest memory of smoke detector false alarm was in my PhD days. I was working in the lab when the fire alarm went off. After it became a nuisance, I stuck my head out into the corridor to see what was going on, just to see 3 other lab doors open with guys screaming to shut off that damn racket, there are people trying to work here. So much for repeated false alerts.
Seriously, just write a script to tip them off about everyone in the phone book. DDOS the fuckers.
Don't worry, your constant panicking about your health will kill you by way of high blood pressure and stroke long before the cancer can get you.
Atari Jihad? Dirty heathen swine! The Holy Amiga Legions will bury you!
Most of the maps that need that kind of accuracy are on a yearly update cycle anyway - for example aviation maps which also have the magnetic/geographic conversion numbers on them. I guess the military cartographers are very well aware of the problem and update accordingly. The drift within one year or whatever the upgrade cycle is shouldn't matter much.
Close but no cigar. The guy with the half cape was St. Martin, a roman soldier who made it to bishop of Tours. He's usually depicted with a red coat, too - but that's the roman legion's officer's cloak. He is celebrated on Nov. 11. The rest is correct, however.
As my former sysop used to say when i begged for more processing time on the local linux cluster - "there is no just queuing system, live with it, son."
It's the new hipsterism - "I only watch it in the original infrared".
No shit, data are processed? Did you pathetic little troll actually do anything remotely related to science once in your life, or do you think sleeping through CS101 makes you a scientist? And what the flaming fuck is with the mods rewarding this drivel with insightful mods?
Your script is failing. You used to be grammatically correct. You should that have checked out.
I am still not sure if he is for real or a horribly failed AI experiment. He could be replaced with a very small shellscript, however...
What's Klingon for 'get a life?'
tlhap yIn!
Actually, if you posit that the false memories of humanity is what pisses the Big Aliens off, you are deep into Freudian therapy. I kinda envision Big Alien Mama on a couch, a white-bearded man in chair before it interviewing her about the phallic nature of the secondary jaws and the dripping slime....
Why should no humans be involved? The company knew that something was out there, something that could be weaponized. How? Why? That is what I want to see in a prequel.
1.) Aliens vs. battlemech battalions? Hmm... your newsletter, i want to subscribe. 2.) Why? The aliens are obviously at best semi-intelligent hive species. How would their home planet endanger us? If in doubt, well, nuke it from orbit, you know why.
While your questions are interesting, I'd rather see an exploration why the heck Weyland-Yutani knew about the crash and the aliens out there. The Nostromo got set up in Alien, after all. Someone had all the data beforehand. Who? Why? To your question - were those aliens created or found? Bioweapon on the loose or just bad luck for someone running into them? But that is secondary, in my opinion. What I'd like to see is some kind of dark corporate drama explaining how W-Y developed their plans regarding the aliens.
Well, I am between the chairs here myself. Just a note - as a European - "we" here do not have daily riots, a couple of states have. Interestingly, those are not the posterboys of eurosocialism. Ireland is crashing for the consequences of a quite right wing economical policy - slash taxes left and right and then wonder why you have no cash left. The mediterranean states are crashing because, frankly, they are corrupt shitholes and ever have been. They are just continuing their periodic crash cycle they are caught in since before the monetary union. Unfortunately, before the Euro, they would simply devalue their currency and go on. After the Euro, they can't, and that's why they go down so hard. The more socialist countries - the Scandinavian ones, Germany, France, for example - are not that bad off. In the end, economic policy should be fact-based, not ideological. I still can't see the overwhelming left-wing bias on slashdot that you posit - I mostly see libertarians round here. Well, confirmation bias on both sides, maybe.
How's that persecution complex these days?
And how shall the people do that? It takes days to write a grant application, it takes multiple hours to have it reviewed by an expert panel, and then you want to vote on it essentially by its title? I am all for programs such as this - but if anyone wants a certain grant to be denied, he should write up a 10+ page essay reasoning why this grant is not a good use of money. If that essay contains an informed opinion - well, fine, cut it.