Furthermore, embryonic stem cell research was never actually banned. The federal government just wasn't willing to pay for embryonic stem cell research, which seems like a fair response to morally questionable research
When you look at how research is funded, withholding federal funds might as well be a ban. Meanwhile all those stem cells end up in an incinerator instead of potentially yielding knowledge. That's not morally questionable, that's flat out wrong.
They claim that Regenexx is solely used as a part of their medical practice, only within the state of Colorado
If the Supreme Court can rule that a man growing and consuming wheat entirely on his own property is covered by the Interstate Commerce Clause, then everything is. The FDA will have no problem asserting jurisdiction here.
$25 million, roughly 100 million all year. Are you kidding? The financial industry extorted hundreds of billions of dollars from the tax payer in 2009. If this is the cybercrime menace we're supposed to be afraid of, I'm not. I'm much more worried about legalized theft by men in suits.
Is PhysX just an API or is there hardware underneath supporting it? If it's hardware, then I'd say PhysX would be the better option practically. i.e. turning PhysX on would essentially be free in terms of resource usage. If it's just software then turning it on would take resources away from the rest of the rendering.
In any case, I've played a few games with PhysX. It's pretty fucking cool. Not cool enough to make a shitty game worth playing, but it makes a good game that much better.
I wouldn't be surprised if most game devs wouldn't implement PhysX if not for a subsidy. Only half the market is going to be able to take advantage of it after all. It may not be that they don't want it, just that it's not an economical use of their time otherwise.
Sometimes I miss the old days of internet search. Sure, you had to hunt through half a dozen pages of results to find the information you were looking for. But half the fun is in the search. The other half is ending up in places you never would have thought to go on your own. These days you can find what you're looking for in a few clicks. Somehow that makes the internet feel smaller.
Oh you misunderstand me. I wish more (many more) academics were appointed to positions of power. I just don't think this is a position of power. You can say that you're for openness, transparency, etc. and get the political benefits without really changing anything by appointing these guys to commissions that have no real power.
Look at what Elizabeth Warren has been doing. She has been blowing the whistle constantly for the past couple years. She's been entirely ignored. What reason do i have to believe that Tufte won't be completely ignored too?
Just another feel good appointment of an academic to a position where they can't really do anything. Meanwhile Obama staffs his cabinet with wall street insiders. If Obama really wants transparency and accountability, he should fire Geithner and replace him with Elizabeth Warren. But no, he won't do that.
I have a copy of the Annotated Alice, by Martin Garnder (who wrote Mathematical Games in Scientific American for many years). There's probably as much annotation in that thing as actual text. There's several pages that are nothing but annotations. Great reading.
Wine developers have a lot of work to do. Getting the version number correct is the least you could do. Submitting the bug to wine's bugzilla and not the AppDB is also very important. The AppDB is for the benefit of end users. Developers don't necessarily read the AppDB, they do keep up with the bugzilla.
I can almost guarantee that if you submit a bug in the right place in the right format, you'll get a response. That response will almost certainly be a request for a regression test. It doesn't take much skill, so better to have users do it than busy, highly skilled devlopers. When I have done this I have had very good results getting regressions fixed. Sometimes even in the same day.
I love how everyone bashes DRM without thinking of the consequences of not using any.
What exactly would be the consequences? Anyone who wants to pirate can pirate, easily. In fact, it's easier to pirate than to play an uncracked game. So logically, the consequences of removing DRM would be no change in the number of people who pirate, and an increase in legit users.
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Everything is healthy in reasonable portions.
I'm aware of all that, and I still think that fetal stem cells shouldn't be used.
You'd rather the stem cells end up in an incinerator instead of a lab?
Furthermore, embryonic stem cell research was never actually banned. The federal government just wasn't willing to pay for embryonic stem cell research, which seems like a fair response to morally questionable research
When you look at how research is funded, withholding federal funds might as well be a ban. Meanwhile all those stem cells end up in an incinerator instead of potentially yielding knowledge. That's not morally questionable, that's flat out wrong.
They claim that Regenexx is solely used as a part of their medical practice, only within the state of Colorado
If the Supreme Court can rule that a man growing and consuming wheat entirely on his own property is covered by the Interstate Commerce Clause, then everything is. The FDA will have no problem asserting jurisdiction here.
$25 million, roughly 100 million all year. Are you kidding? The financial industry extorted hundreds of billions of dollars from the tax payer in 2009. If this is the cybercrime menace we're supposed to be afraid of, I'm not. I'm much more worried about legalized theft by men in suits.
so many people get the shaft when going to those e-tailors we all love to hate.
I would never recommend getting a suit fitted over the internet.
every compact florescent is marked as "60W bulb equvalent" or something simular,
Which is still a lie. I replaced the 60W bulbs in my basement with 60W equivalent and now I can't see for shit.
Gee, if only there were a bunch of people who needed jobs who could do this for us.
For as long as there's been a tab for it in the task manager. Get off your low horse.
Is PhysX just an API or is there hardware underneath supporting it? If it's hardware, then I'd say PhysX would be the better option practically. i.e. turning PhysX on would essentially be free in terms of resource usage. If it's just software then turning it on would take resources away from the rest of the rendering.
In any case, I've played a few games with PhysX. It's pretty fucking cool. Not cool enough to make a shitty game worth playing, but it makes a good game that much better.
I wouldn't be surprised if most game devs wouldn't implement PhysX if not for a subsidy. Only half the market is going to be able to take advantage of it after all. It may not be that they don't want it, just that it's not an economical use of their time otherwise.
Sometimes I miss the old days of internet search. Sure, you had to hunt through half a dozen pages of results to find the information you were looking for. But half the fun is in the search. The other half is ending up in places you never would have thought to go on your own. These days you can find what you're looking for in a few clicks. Somehow that makes the internet feel smaller.
It failed in ways no one predicted.
The modesty of academics aside, it's an even worse idea to appoint industry insiders to such a role. The fox guarding the hen house and all.
Oh you misunderstand me. I wish more (many more) academics were appointed to positions of power. I just don't think this is a position of power. You can say that you're for openness, transparency, etc. and get the political benefits without really changing anything by appointing these guys to commissions that have no real power.
Look at what Elizabeth Warren has been doing. She has been blowing the whistle constantly for the past couple years. She's been entirely ignored. What reason do i have to believe that Tufte won't be completely ignored too?
I think someone in favor of more regulation and not less would be best for the job.
Just another feel good appointment of an academic to a position where they can't really do anything. Meanwhile Obama staffs his cabinet with wall street insiders. If Obama really wants transparency and accountability, he should fire Geithner and replace him with Elizabeth Warren. But no, he won't do that.
I have a copy of the Annotated Alice, by Martin Garnder (who wrote Mathematical Games in Scientific American for many years). There's probably as much annotation in that thing as actual text. There's several pages that are nothing but annotations. Great reading.
How glorious have they ever sounded? I think the word you're looking for is "cheesy".
I'd rather go back to the BBS days of the 1980s than the upcoming mega-corp controlled clusterfuck the internet is turning into.
So, did you press charges?
Wine developers have a lot of work to do. Getting the version number correct is the least you could do. Submitting the bug to wine's bugzilla and not the AppDB is also very important. The AppDB is for the benefit of end users. Developers don't necessarily read the AppDB, they do keep up with the bugzilla.
I can almost guarantee that if you submit a bug in the right place in the right format, you'll get a response. That response will almost certainly be a request for a regression test. It doesn't take much skill, so better to have users do it than busy, highly skilled devlopers. When I have done this I have had very good results getting regressions fixed. Sometimes even in the same day.
Without pirates, DRM would not be required
Why is DRM required? What is it required for? We know for a fact that it does not stop piracy. So what is the function of DRM that makes it necessary?
I love how everyone bashes DRM without thinking of the consequences of not using any.
What exactly would be the consequences? Anyone who wants to pirate can pirate, easily. In fact, it's easier to pirate than to play an uncracked game. So logically, the consequences of removing DRM would be no change in the number of people who pirate, and an increase in legit users.
Better that they fuck than fight.