Also very good, and very funny, is Alton Brown and his book "I'm just here for the food". I believe Alton was actually interviewed on slashdot at some point, but I can't find the story. He focuses on the science behind cooking, and how the food cooks, rather than just recipes. He also has a show Good Eats on Food Network. I find that he occasionally contradicts himself, but overall is a very good resource, especially since the humor makes his book very easy to read, and his show very easy to watch.
Fair enough. Still, with the stakes as high as they are, shouldn't we have been a touch more careful? Even with '10 outstanding priors', the 'search warrant' was executed, and nothing was found. Is that reason enough to send our soldiers to war?
War and the justice system are orthogonal institutions. One has nothing to do with the other.
Maybe not in some countries, but as you may have noticed over the past few years, the legislative branch of the U.S. government has quite a bit to do with war. No, we should not have been required to unequivocally prove the existence of WMDs. Going to war shouldn't necessarily be held to the same standards - the stakes are a lot higher. But perhaps that means they should correspondingly be held to higher standards. IMHO, If we are going to go to war over something, have our soldiers die over something, have 'acceptable losses' of civilian lives, we ought to have made damn certain that it's true. Not this bait-and-switch of "WMDs!!! *waving hands* but look over here! Saddam was a horrible person!!"
The Vietnam war was a war with a DRAFT. That means that the government could forcibly send you to go fight and die. The Iraq war, while certainly with its faults, is a war being fought by people who signed up knowing the consequences of signing up. Everyone who is there is there because they chose to join an armed service.
Just wait a little while. Guess what's currently sitting in the committee on armed services:
Senate bill S89: A bill to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
That is to say, Mr. Bush can never have this war justified by finding WMDs. Opponents will just say that (1) America planted them there or (2) insurgents brought them in out of desperation after the war started.
Interesting conundrum for W. there, no?
Maybe i'm missing something, but shouldn't those WMDs have been found before dropping a bunch of bombs and killing a bunch of people, rather than after? anyone still remember that 'innocent until proven guilty' thing? it was at least at some point the cornerstone of our justice system?
I'm very sorry for your father. Diabetes truly is becoming an epidemic... fortunately, research related to curing both type 1 and 2 have increased accordingly. Hopefully a cure will come soon.
To respond, my experience includes both my type 1 diabetes and my parents' type 2. This, combined with keeping up with various medical journals and current research in the field, makes me knowledgable not only about diabetes in general, but the endocrine system relating to blood glucose levels. A type 1 diabetic is tasked with complete control of their insulin/glucose levels, and develops an intimate understanding of how various foods and activites affect them. I have had meals composed of nothing but fats and proteins; I experimented with the atkins diet (against the recommendation of my endocrinologist) for a few days. The biggest difference I noticed was a high sugar level through the night, due to the delayed effect of fats and proteins on blood glucose levels. I ended up taking insulin injections in the middle of the night to compensate.
One very important note about type 2 diabetes: it is a progressive degenerative disease, and cannot be reversed. It can be controlled, to an extent, through diet, exercise, etc. However, it cannot be cured, and as the disease progresses over time a type 2 diabetic will need to start insulin injections to maintain good health. You and your father's experiences may have given the appearance of "reversing" the diabetes, but essentially the symptoms were only being hidden by tightened glucose control (which the Atkins diet does, to an extent, provide, but not in a healthy manner).
Finally, let me reiterate this very important point, because it is common misinformation that can have a dramatic effect on a diabetic's life: fats and proteins DO have just as much of a cumulative effect on blood sugar levels as carbohydrates. It is merely spread out over more time.
I strongly feel this is important... don't get health information from slashdot... Medscape
is a very good source of information which is geared towards a more scientific-oriented crowd than sites such as WebMD. (Although Medscape was recently bought by WebMD, it existed previously as a source of information primarily for health care providers, thus of a more technical nature, and WebMD seems to have left it relatively alone).
This is exactly why the Atkins diet makes me cringe... I am a (type 1) diabetic, take insulin injections and check my blood glucose levels several times a day. Believe me, fat and protein do raise your blood glucose level. The raise is spread out over more time, but it seems to give a net raise to my glucose levels of about the same as the equivalent weight in sugar or starch.
To address the type 2 diabetes caused by fat consumption, there has been at least one recent study (fueled by the Atkins craze) showing that excessive fat consumption leads to increased free fatty acids in the blood stream, which subsequently does directly affect incidence of type 2 diabetes. There is only to my knowledge one or two studies, so not a great deal of evidence, but that is more due to research into this field being fairly new rather than an abundance of evidence to the contrary.
Type 2 diabetes is still a mysterious beast... although we have a decent understanding of it, it is far from complete. What we do know goes back to a very basic principal: to decrease your blood sugar levels (thus, decreasing risk of type 2 diabetes) you need to reduce caloric intake. Simple as that. A balanced diet is certainly preferable... although I disagree completely with the author's reasoning behind it, the "Zone" diet makes a lot of sense to me in the context of my experience as a type 1 diabetic. Balancing intake of the different types of calories results in far more stable blood glucose levels.
Not only is it designed for the type of women who would never open the hood, it is designed by the type of women who would never open the hood. Key excerpts from the article include:
The 'Your Concept Car' (YCC), on display for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, was designed by a team of women keen to change the way most cars are designed with male drivers in mind.
"Honestly, the only time I open the bonnet on my car is when I want to fill up washer fluid," said Tatiana Butovitsch Temm. "Do we need to have a one metre square hatch for that or could we do it in another way?
and
Volvo will never actually take this car into production, of course.
But many of the ideas hatched by the female think-tank may still appear in more conventional Volvos, as well as in other cars within the group.
So, no, Volvo does not think that the car's hood should be welded shut. Just someone who wants their seats to match their outfit for the day. Maybe all the women I know are just way too practical, but I don't know a single one who would go through all the hassle to do that.
The ISS and Mars have the forest. Hubble needs a tree.
The cost so far for this most recent mars mission is over $800 million. Budgeting through further missions is set to exceed $15 billion. The ISS outdoes even this, with an expected cost of near $30 billion to finish the station, and estimated operating costs of $1.5 billion a year once completed.
Hubble needs about $100 million for a single shuttle launch. $200 million in equipment has already been constructed and is only waiting in a warehouse for a mission.
I don't deny the importance of the ISS and Mars missions. All these projects have significant importance for science, technology, and society as a whole. Hubble is about far more than "getting to see a black hole". We have made dramatic advances in astrophysics with the help of the telescope. We have gained immense insight into the depths of our universe, to an extent that won't be possible again for a very long time.
Taking relative cost of the three projects into account, Hubble is by leaps and bounds the most effective. Do the math. Fixing the hubble will only take 0.2% of the cost of the ISS and Mars missions. Given the advances in science and technology we have extracted from Hubble, the return on this small investment is tremendous.
The downside being, if there was any chance of saving hubble before, it's gone now. I heard the story on NPR a few days ago... something like $200 million in parts are built and ready to go, just waiting on a shuttle mission that would extend hubble's lifespan beyond 2006. "safety concerns" were cited as the cause, but reduced budgeting due to mars' popularity is a far more likely reason. (listen to the audio stream of the program)
*sigh* The bell tolls for yet another victim of society's apathy.
It's quite possible that the morale benefits to the crew are more than worth the measly $20k (compared to the rest of the station) it might cost to send up the DVDs.
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My understanding of UCITA is that it has a profound effect on open source software in that the programmer of the software is now liable for the software; however, a shrink wrap license can remove this liability. since open source has no shrink wrap licensing, it's out of luck.
What about VA/MD residents?
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Is there anything that residents of VA or MD can do? Will buying software from a company in a state that has not passed UCITA protect us if the purchaser of the software lives in a state that has passed it?
Any editorial comments are welcome, send to cparson@megapipe.net... aside from that, tell your friends!
Hopefully we can get this nonsense thrown out.
Yes, AOL HQ is right down the street... I'm sure that has something to do with this (all the politicians practically creamed themselves when AOL moved in... ooh, we're SO technologically savvy, we have AOL in our county!) Also with AOL owning CNN and Microsoft owning NBC, its no surprise that this hasn't shown up on mass media.
Oh yeah? My yuppy parents have a white GMC suburban and a white volvo... the suburban is VA "GRT WHYT" and the volvo is VA "LTL WHYT". I of course get to drive the volvo. It's better than nothing, but you should see the looks i get from black people. I fear for my life.
Slashdot Mirror
Also very good, and very funny, is Alton Brown and his book "I'm just here for the food". I believe Alton was actually interviewed on slashdot at some point, but I can't find the story. He focuses on the science behind cooking, and how the food cooks, rather than just recipes. He also has a show Good Eats on Food Network. I find that he occasionally contradicts himself, but overall is a very good resource, especially since the humor makes his book very easy to read, and his show very easy to watch.
Fair enough. Still, with the stakes as high as they are, shouldn't we have been a touch more careful? Even with '10 outstanding priors', the 'search warrant' was executed, and nothing was found. Is that reason enough to send our soldiers to war?
War and the justice system are orthogonal institutions. One has nothing to do with the other.
Maybe not in some countries, but as you may have noticed over the past few years, the legislative branch of the U.S. government has quite a bit to do with war.
No, we should not have been required to unequivocally prove the existence of WMDs. Going to war shouldn't necessarily be held to the same standards - the stakes are a lot higher. But perhaps that means they should correspondingly be held to higher standards. IMHO, If we are going to go to war over something, have our soldiers die over something, have 'acceptable losses' of civilian lives, we ought to have made damn certain that it's true. Not this bait-and-switch of "WMDs!!! *waving hands* but look over here! Saddam was a horrible person!!"
The Vietnam war was a war with a DRAFT. That means that the government could forcibly send you to go fight and die. The Iraq war, while certainly with its faults, is a war being fought by people who signed up knowing the consequences of signing up. Everyone who is there is there because they chose to join an armed service.
Just wait a little while. Guess what's currently sitting in the committee on armed services:
Senate bill S89: A bill to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
House bill HR163: (same)
That is to say, Mr. Bush can never have this war justified by finding WMDs. Opponents will just say that (1) America planted them there or (2) insurgents brought them in out of desperation after the war started.
Interesting conundrum for W. there, no?
Maybe i'm missing something, but shouldn't those WMDs have been found before dropping a bunch of bombs and killing a bunch of people, rather than after? anyone still remember that 'innocent until proven guilty' thing? it was at least at some point the cornerstone of our justice system?
interesting conundrum, indeed.
so, computer generated music sounds like... well... computer generated music.
;)
or maybe like a four year old banging on a keyboard.
although, does that mean the program has intelligence equivalent with a four year old human?
I'm very sorry for your father. Diabetes truly is becoming an epidemic... fortunately, research related to curing both type 1 and 2 have increased accordingly. Hopefully a cure will come soon.
To respond, my experience includes both my type 1 diabetes and my parents' type 2. This, combined with keeping up with various medical journals and current research in the field, makes me knowledgable not only about diabetes in general, but the endocrine system relating to blood glucose levels. A type 1 diabetic is tasked with complete control of their insulin/glucose levels, and develops an intimate understanding of how various foods and activites affect them. I have had meals composed of nothing but fats and proteins; I experimented with the atkins diet (against the recommendation of my endocrinologist) for a few days. The biggest difference I noticed was a high sugar level through the night, due to the delayed effect of fats and proteins on blood glucose levels. I ended up taking insulin injections in the middle of the night to compensate.
One very important note about type 2 diabetes: it is a progressive degenerative disease, and cannot be reversed. It can be controlled, to an extent, through diet, exercise, etc. However, it cannot be cured, and as the disease progresses over time a type 2 diabetic will need to start insulin injections to maintain good health. You and your father's experiences may have given the appearance of "reversing" the diabetes, but essentially the symptoms were only being hidden by tightened glucose control (which the Atkins diet does, to an extent, provide, but not in a healthy manner).
Finally, let me reiterate this very important point, because it is common misinformation that can have a dramatic effect on a diabetic's life: fats and proteins DO have just as much of a cumulative effect on blood sugar levels as carbohydrates. It is merely spread out over more time.
I strongly feel this is important... don't get health information from slashdot... Medscape
is a very good source of information which is geared towards a more scientific-oriented crowd than sites such as WebMD. (Although Medscape was recently bought by WebMD, it existed previously as a source of information primarily for health care providers, thus of a more technical nature, and WebMD seems to have left it relatively alone).
This is exactly why the Atkins diet makes me cringe... I am a (type 1) diabetic, take insulin injections and check my blood glucose levels several times a day. Believe me, fat and protein do raise your blood glucose level. The raise is spread out over more time, but it seems to give a net raise to my glucose levels of about the same as the equivalent weight in sugar or starch.
To address the type 2 diabetes caused by fat consumption, there has been at least one recent study (fueled by the Atkins craze) showing that excessive fat consumption leads to increased free fatty acids in the blood stream, which subsequently does directly affect incidence of type 2 diabetes. There is only to my knowledge one or two studies, so not a great deal of evidence, but that is more due to research into this field being fairly new rather than an abundance of evidence to the contrary.
Type 2 diabetes is still a mysterious beast... although we have a decent understanding of it, it is far from complete. What we do know goes back to a very basic principal: to decrease your blood sugar levels (thus, decreasing risk of type 2 diabetes) you need to reduce caloric intake. Simple as that. A balanced diet is certainly preferable... although I disagree completely with the author's reasoning behind it, the "Zone" diet makes a lot of sense to me in the context of my experience as a type 1 diabetic. Balancing intake of the different types of calories results in far more stable blood glucose levels.
parent frantically types out SMS message on cel phone, waits in agony for response...
To quote JA:
"Tell what you liked, didn't like, would like to see more or less of, whatever is on your mind."
Guestbook here.
I did a bit of research into NASA's most recent budget (under the Bush plan)... Here is a link to my findings, posted under a previous story.
Not only is it designed for the type of women who would never open the hood, it is designed by the type of women who would never open the hood. Key excerpts from the article include:
The 'Your Concept Car' (YCC), on display for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, was designed by a team of women keen to change the way most cars are designed with male drivers in mind.
"Honestly, the only time I open the bonnet on my car is when I want to fill up washer fluid," said Tatiana Butovitsch Temm.
"Do we need to have a one metre square hatch for that or could we do it in another way?
and
Volvo will never actually take this car into production, of course.
But many of the ideas hatched by the female think-tank may still appear in more conventional Volvos, as well as in other cars within the group.
So, no, Volvo does not think that the car's hood should be welded shut. Just someone who wants their seats to match their outfit for the day. Maybe all the women I know are just way too practical, but I don't know a single one who would go through all the hassle to do that.
The ISS and Mars have the forest. Hubble needs a tree.
The cost so far for this most recent mars mission is over $800 million. Budgeting through further missions is set to exceed $15 billion. The ISS outdoes even this, with an expected cost of near $30 billion to finish the station, and estimated operating costs of $1.5 billion a year once completed.
Hubble needs about $100 million for a single shuttle launch. $200 million in equipment has already been constructed and is only waiting in a warehouse for a mission.
I don't deny the importance of the ISS and Mars missions. All these projects have significant importance for science, technology, and society as a whole. Hubble is about far more than "getting to see a black hole". We have made dramatic advances in astrophysics with the help of the telescope. We have gained immense insight into the depths of our universe, to an extent that won't be possible again for a very long time.
Taking relative cost of the three projects into account, Hubble is by leaps and bounds the most effective. Do the math. Fixing the hubble will only take 0.2% of the cost of the ISS and Mars missions. Given the advances in science and technology we have extracted from Hubble, the return on this small investment is tremendous.
That's why I sigh.
The downside being, if there was any chance of saving hubble before, it's gone now. I heard the story on NPR a few days ago... something like $200 million in parts are built and ready to go, just waiting on a shuttle mission that would extend hubble's lifespan beyond 2006. "safety concerns" were cited as the cause, but reduced budgeting due to mars' popularity is a far more likely reason. (listen to the audio stream of the program)
*sigh* The bell tolls for yet another victim of society's apathy.
It's quite possible that the morale benefits to the crew are more than worth the measly $20k (compared to the rest of the station) it might cost to send up the DVDs.
My understanding of UCITA is that it has a profound effect on open source software in that the programmer of the software is now liable for the software; however, a shrink wrap license can remove this liability. since open source has no shrink wrap licensing, it's out of luck.
Is there anything that residents of VA or MD can do? Will buying software from a company in a state that has not passed UCITA protect us if the purchaser of the software lives in a state that has passed it?
same reason they should care if i got shot
The UCITA affects Open Source/GPL/etc. software as well. Check out this article by Stallman:
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/15948.html
A friend and I (both of us live in Ashburn) have just created a website to try to get the general public involved:
http://adiemus.org/ucita.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cparson/ucita.html
(Both pages are the same)
Any editorial comments are welcome, send to cparson@megapipe.net... aside from that, tell your friends!
Hopefully we can get this nonsense thrown out.
Yes, AOL HQ is right down the street... I'm sure that has something to do with this (all the politicians practically creamed themselves when AOL moved in... ooh, we're SO technologically savvy, we have AOL in our county!) Also with AOL owning CNN and Microsoft owning NBC, its no surprise that this hasn't shown up on mass media.
folks, it's up to us.
Oh yeah? My yuppy parents have a white GMC suburban and a white volvo... the suburban is VA "GRT WHYT" and the volvo is VA "LTL WHYT". I of course get to drive the volvo. It's better than nothing, but you should see the looks i get from black people. I fear for my life.
-parcel