I wouldn't be surprised to have my suspicion proven wrong... it's just my gut feeling that there are several different issues. I think we're getting closer to the point where we are altering natural systems to the point that a tiny nudge that would otherwise have no measurable impact on a healthy population ends up toppling some parts over the edge. We're getting better at identifying "safe and effective" levels in the lab, but those levels are only "safe and effective" in a controlled laboratory environment. Just like DDT was likely "proven" safe and effective, except we neglected the purely environmental reality of bioaccumulation.
The supposed fact (I haven't seen any published studies, so it's all hearsay and anecdotes so far) that organic bee farms don't experience CCD is quite important, except it doesn't tell which one of us is right. But it does suggest a course of action we would probably both agree on.
Technically, they weren't finding piles of dead bees. The initial presentation was often that the bees were simply missing.
But yeah, pedanticism aside, your main point still stands. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a pretty serious problem facing beekeeping and any agriculture that relies heavily on bees for fertilization, such as almonds. There are many many possibilities on what causes CCD. I personally have a feeling that it's going to end up being something like cancer where there isn't one type of CCD, but there are many different disorders with a similarly presenting outcome. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the collapses are multivariate, such as bee colony transport and exposure to crop pesticides reducing the bees immune system, which leads to infestation of mites, which is treated with more pesticides further stressing the bees to the point where they get a viral infection which then opens the door for secondary fungal or bacterial infections which actually kill the bees. It is thought that the hives are often found empty because if a bee "realizes" that it's sick, it will try to get away from the hive to prevent spread, but the widespread immune system impairment causes a full blown epidemic out of what would have been a couple of sick bees. Basically any of the individual stresses wouldn't be enough for the entire colony to collapse, but added up the bees don't stand a chance. Large problems like this never seem to have one magic pill that just fixes everything.
One of the assumptions is safe: low oxygen environment. This bacterium does not "eat" metallic iron, but reduces dissolved iron oxide which requires a reducing (I.E. anaerobic) environment. How the existing iron structure turns into iron oxide is another question. My brief poking around on the internet (I'm not going to call it research) seems to indicate that these bacteria live in conjunction with many other bacteria and fungi in an associated called a rusticle which only seems to form on wrought iron. Modern steel should not be affected by this particular association, and chances are anything exposed to open seawater probably would be naturally exposed to all of the component organisms needed. Weaponizing this phenomenon would probably end up being more like developing some sort of fertilizing agent that hastens the colonization and growth rate of the appropriate colonies of organisms and would likely either be so bulky as to be noticed during routine maintenance, or require multiple reapplications which would increase the likelihood of being discovered. I really don't foresee this being more effective than traditional sabotage methods.
Researching this phenomenon is probably far more likely to give us a more thorough understanding of oxidation and improvements in the rust resistance of steel.
Who knows... the whole thing seems to be speculation at this point. After a bit of digging I think I found the paper that is being referenced here. It looks like they isolated some organism and figured out its taxonomy using molecular techniques and very little research on the bacteria's actual metabolism. For all I know this particular bacteria could be simply feeding on those that are doing the actual oxidation and reduction. It looks like I'd be able to learn a bit more on the topic of bacterial mediated corrosion from this document. Maybe I'll have that digested by the time this article comes up as a dupe.
Maybe James Cameron would be a good idea. Considering his interest in underwater exploration, I'm surprised he hasn't done a film about the Titanic yet. I doubt Cameron would do anything as annoying as turn the event into a tragic love story like Bay did with Pearl Harbor.
Due to your fervent believe in choice, you would deprive others of the choice to use a walled garden "just works" device? Your ire is especially misguided considering that the CR48 (The only chrome device users have gotten their hands on yet... anything else would be mere speculation) can be set into developer mode with literallythe push of a button.
And once these are out on the market, it could actually reduce attempts at jailbreaking on the commercial offerings. Those who want to play with the system get their hands on a CR48 due to the ease of hacking.
And then next time, the crackers are a bit slower out the gate on the release. Possibly by long enough to beat the game and so forth.
Of course once the crackers get good at figuring out and bypassing this security, then developers will start using similar secondary DRM that doesn't activate until a couple days past the official release date.
Pretty much... which is why I used the phrase "may be" (granted, it was split by the word "indeed.") The possibility of multiple "universes" existing warrants naming the construct so it can be rationally discussed, and hopefully we can come to conclusions that allow for experiments which would support or refute given hypotheses allowing them to eventually come forward into the realm of law.
Uh oh... I'm getting that "IHBT, IHL, HAND" feeling.
The argument is especially useless when you consider that our knowledge also changes. When we labeled everything we could see or study as the universe, we had insufficient reason to think there was anything else. That definition eventually came to pretty much mean everything that arose from the big bang that we can interact with. We have since come to the conclusion that there may indeed be more than just that which came from the big bang. Changing the definition of the word "universe" and then coming up with a term that encapsulates its current meaning causes more confusion than simply accepting the fact that the etymology may be imperfect, especially once you consider that there is a long legacy of papers, books, etc that use the term "universe" which would have to be corrected.
Unless you want to start arguing that we need to find a different name for the atom. You know, that which can not be divided.
Just like any issue... it's extremely frustrating how slow things move in the short term. It's absolutely amazing how much things can change in the long term.
Oh yeah, I forgot that there is irony in part of the mechanism behind how insulin shock leads to drowsiness. Insulin triggers uptake of a large number of amino acids into muscle tissue. One of the few amino acids whose uptake does not increase is... tryptophan. This leads to a higher ration of plasma tryptophan levels, so it is then preferentially transferred across the blood/brain barrier. This then allows higher than normal production of serotonin and melatonin, which then depresses the sympathetic nervous system leading to drowsiness. So, it is tryptophan that triggers the drowsiness, but not necessarily dietary intake.
Eating turkey or other high tryptophan foods within a moderate sized meal will not, however lead to drowsiness. The other amino acids contained in the food ensure that the relative ratio of tryptophan doesn't increase enough to cause drowsiness. Eating turkey by itself can cause enough of a spike to lead to drowsiness.
Of course the whole thing is probably even more complicated than that, and I'm sure you'll find that there is a perfect storm of factors involved that lead to thanksgiving post-prandial somnolence. Working hard all day to get things just right, travel, kids running around, rapidly declining sunlight levels, stress of upcoming shopping madness, eating by candlelight, a warm fire and heat turned up a little bit for guests would all add on to any dietary induced slumber. And then there's watching the Lions get beat yet again.
It's a half truth. Eating lots of turkey will indeed make you sleepy due to the tryptophan content. However, this only works if you don't eat any other proteins... and there is a fair amount in the rest of the food. As far as a Thanksgiving dinner in toto goes, it is indeed the overeating that makes you sleepy. A little bit from rerouting resources to digest those 3,000 calories (no really, that's the AVERAGE calorie load in an American Thanksgiving feast) and a fair amount due to insulin shock from all the carbs. Wine also contributes to the drowsiness, and I have read, although I can't find any sources now, that simply being around family may lead to an oxytocin release that could lead to drowsiness among males.
Oddly enough, it's obvious that you cheated because of something you did right: accent marks. It's possible that you are the exception and know the control characters, but more likely you just copied and pasted the name in from another source. Probably Wikipedia.
The ones I've talked to always seem to be in good spirits... I think that's because after a week you get used to the smell and realize what society forced you to forget when you were in about second grade: poop is funny.
I might go with veterinary technician at your local pound. Their job is pretty much to take care of abandoned pets for somewhere between a few days and a couple weeks. Make sure their medical needs are attended to. Advocate for individual animals to try to facilitate adoption... and in the end humanely euthanize about half the animals that come in the shelter. All while receiving derision from activists and the public at large, being attacked by the animals you are caring for, and making about as much money as someone on the Geek Squad. Oh, and that vet tech will also be cleaning up feces, looking at it through a microscope, and even learning to identify certain diseases by the smell. And then once summer comes... you start with the maggots and cuterebra larvae. And numerous litters of newborn kittens with no fosters available to feed them. And the countless extremely friendly, people pleasing, perfectly socialized dogs that will never be adopted because the media has spread the idea that pitbulls are inherently vicious.
Copyright is about whether or not a person has a right to make a copy of something. By downloading a song, you are creating a new copy. If you are not given the right to do this, it is copyright infringement.
Whether or not the concept of copyright is beneficial to society is a completely different argument, and I personally agree that the current limits on length of copyright need to be revisited. However, downloading music that is still under copyright without the copyright holder's permission is blatant copyright infringement, and a violation of the law.
And using the phrase "may not be enough to use IE" is a bit hyperbolic considering that IE is still used over 50% of the time. That's twice as much as the current second place browser, Firefox. Which has twice as much usage as the third place browser, Chrome.
It makes complete sense once you look at the business model of convenience stores like 7-11. Look at the foods they prominently display and sell: greasy hot dogs on that heat roller, sausage biscuit type greasy breakfast foods, donuts, candy, chips, ice cream, frozen burritos: they make taco bell look healthy. Look at the real estate devoted to beverages: sugar and caffeine take on a lot of your view, and no grocery store has a slushy machine installed. Sure there's a bottle or two of skim milk, but you have to walk a bit further, look down to find it and then check the expiration date because it's not often someone goes to a convenience store for skim milk. Walk up to the counter and what do you see? Besides the penny tray there's nicotine, gambling and a little porn. Where allowed by law, they usually have beer and malt liquor. Oh yeah, and chap-stick.
Convenience stores largely sell addictive products. The word "convenience" in the title "convenience store" would be more accurately summed up with the phrase "HAVE to have it NOW!" The occasional newspaper, roll of toilet paper or bag of cat food can be found, but the vast majority of people at the counter are buying cigarettes, junk food, soda and/or coffee. Makes perfect sense that they'll partner with a game that's popular more because it's addictive than because it's fun.
How times they have changed. These days I could see protective services taking you away because Mom left you guys in the car unattended. Note that I'm not saying you have a bad mother... people did that all the time when I was a kid. Probably more-so in small one McDonald's towns if I read that map you linked to correctly.
I also recall a similar story when my family was camping another family in the group left their dogs in the minivan on a slope while we were eating. Dog got the transmission out of gear. Luckily that tree had the foresight to grow in the right place to stop the van from rolling too far.
I don't know of any personal automobiles that come standard with a dead man's switch. There are on some trains and specialized semi trucks, as well as some consumer recreational equipment (jetskis, treadmills) and power tools (chainsaws, lawnmores). But not on cars or pickup trucks. And very few of these have a dead man's switch with vigilance control.
Whether or not it would make sense and then how to increase the uptake of dead man's switches on automobiles would be a discussion full of flames not appropriate to this story.
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I wouldn't be surprised to have my suspicion proven wrong... it's just my gut feeling that there are several different issues. I think we're getting closer to the point where we are altering natural systems to the point that a tiny nudge that would otherwise have no measurable impact on a healthy population ends up toppling some parts over the edge. We're getting better at identifying "safe and effective" levels in the lab, but those levels are only "safe and effective" in a controlled laboratory environment. Just like DDT was likely "proven" safe and effective, except we neglected the purely environmental reality of bioaccumulation.
The supposed fact (I haven't seen any published studies, so it's all hearsay and anecdotes so far) that organic bee farms don't experience CCD is quite important, except it doesn't tell which one of us is right. But it does suggest a course of action we would probably both agree on.
Technically, they weren't finding piles of dead bees. The initial presentation was often that the bees were simply missing.
But yeah, pedanticism aside, your main point still stands. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a pretty serious problem facing beekeeping and any agriculture that relies heavily on bees for fertilization, such as almonds. There are many many possibilities on what causes CCD. I personally have a feeling that it's going to end up being something like cancer where there isn't one type of CCD, but there are many different disorders with a similarly presenting outcome. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the collapses are multivariate, such as bee colony transport and exposure to crop pesticides reducing the bees immune system, which leads to infestation of mites, which is treated with more pesticides further stressing the bees to the point where they get a viral infection which then opens the door for secondary fungal or bacterial infections which actually kill the bees. It is thought that the hives are often found empty because if a bee "realizes" that it's sick, it will try to get away from the hive to prevent spread, but the widespread immune system impairment causes a full blown epidemic out of what would have been a couple of sick bees. Basically any of the individual stresses wouldn't be enough for the entire colony to collapse, but added up the bees don't stand a chance. Large problems like this never seem to have one magic pill that just fixes everything.
One of the assumptions is safe: low oxygen environment. This bacterium does not "eat" metallic iron, but reduces dissolved iron oxide which requires a reducing (I.E. anaerobic) environment. How the existing iron structure turns into iron oxide is another question. My brief poking around on the internet (I'm not going to call it research) seems to indicate that these bacteria live in conjunction with many other bacteria and fungi in an associated called a rusticle which only seems to form on wrought iron. Modern steel should not be affected by this particular association, and chances are anything exposed to open seawater probably would be naturally exposed to all of the component organisms needed. Weaponizing this phenomenon would probably end up being more like developing some sort of fertilizing agent that hastens the colonization and growth rate of the appropriate colonies of organisms and would likely either be so bulky as to be noticed during routine maintenance, or require multiple reapplications which would increase the likelihood of being discovered. I really don't foresee this being more effective than traditional sabotage methods.
Researching this phenomenon is probably far more likely to give us a more thorough understanding of oxidation and improvements in the rust resistance of steel.
Who knows... the whole thing seems to be speculation at this point. After a bit of digging I think I found the paper that is being referenced here. It looks like they isolated some organism and figured out its taxonomy using molecular techniques and very little research on the bacteria's actual metabolism. For all I know this particular bacteria could be simply feeding on those that are doing the actual oxidation and reduction. It looks like I'd be able to learn a bit more on the topic of bacterial mediated corrosion from this document. Maybe I'll have that digested by the time this article comes up as a dupe.
Maybe James Cameron would be a good idea. Considering his interest in underwater exploration, I'm surprised he hasn't done a film about the Titanic yet. I doubt Cameron would do anything as annoying as turn the event into a tragic love story like Bay did with Pearl Harbor.
Due to your fervent believe in choice, you would deprive others of the choice to use a walled garden "just works" device? Your ire is especially misguided considering that the CR48 (The only chrome device users have gotten their hands on yet... anything else would be mere speculation) can be set into developer mode with literally the push of a button.
They're replacing it with a "search" key. Probably works just like the magnifying glass button on an Android phone.
And once these are out on the market, it could actually reduce attempts at jailbreaking on the commercial offerings. Those who want to play with the system get their hands on a CR48 due to the ease of hacking.
What...? He wants all the libertarians to stand patiently in a line. At the end of the day, isn't that what we all really want?
And then next time, the crackers are a bit slower out the gate on the release. Possibly by long enough to beat the game and so forth.
Of course once the crackers get good at figuring out and bypassing this security, then developers will start using similar secondary DRM that doesn't activate until a couple days past the official release date.
Gynoid.
Pretty much... which is why I used the phrase "may be" (granted, it was split by the word "indeed.") The possibility of multiple "universes" existing warrants naming the construct so it can be rationally discussed, and hopefully we can come to conclusions that allow for experiments which would support or refute given hypotheses allowing them to eventually come forward into the realm of law.
Uh oh... I'm getting that "IHBT, IHL, HAND" feeling.
The argument is especially useless when you consider that our knowledge also changes. When we labeled everything we could see or study as the universe, we had insufficient reason to think there was anything else. That definition eventually came to pretty much mean everything that arose from the big bang that we can interact with. We have since come to the conclusion that there may indeed be more than just that which came from the big bang. Changing the definition of the word "universe" and then coming up with a term that encapsulates its current meaning causes more confusion than simply accepting the fact that the etymology may be imperfect, especially once you consider that there is a long legacy of papers, books, etc that use the term "universe" which would have to be corrected.
Unless you want to start arguing that we need to find a different name for the atom. You know, that which can not be divided.
Just like any issue... it's extremely frustrating how slow things move in the short term. It's absolutely amazing how much things can change in the long term.
Oh yeah, I forgot that there is irony in part of the mechanism behind how insulin shock leads to drowsiness. Insulin triggers uptake of a large number of amino acids into muscle tissue. One of the few amino acids whose uptake does not increase is... tryptophan. This leads to a higher ration of plasma tryptophan levels, so it is then preferentially transferred across the blood/brain barrier. This then allows higher than normal production of serotonin and melatonin, which then depresses the sympathetic nervous system leading to drowsiness. So, it is tryptophan that triggers the drowsiness, but not necessarily dietary intake.
Eating turkey or other high tryptophan foods within a moderate sized meal will not, however lead to drowsiness. The other amino acids contained in the food ensure that the relative ratio of tryptophan doesn't increase enough to cause drowsiness. Eating turkey by itself can cause enough of a spike to lead to drowsiness.
Of course the whole thing is probably even more complicated than that, and I'm sure you'll find that there is a perfect storm of factors involved that lead to thanksgiving post-prandial somnolence. Working hard all day to get things just right, travel, kids running around, rapidly declining sunlight levels, stress of upcoming shopping madness, eating by candlelight, a warm fire and heat turned up a little bit for guests would all add on to any dietary induced slumber. And then there's watching the Lions get beat yet again.
It's a half truth. Eating lots of turkey will indeed make you sleepy due to the tryptophan content. However, this only works if you don't eat any other proteins... and there is a fair amount in the rest of the food. As far as a Thanksgiving dinner in toto goes, it is indeed the overeating that makes you sleepy. A little bit from rerouting resources to digest those 3,000 calories (no really, that's the AVERAGE calorie load in an American Thanksgiving feast) and a fair amount due to insulin shock from all the carbs. Wine also contributes to the drowsiness, and I have read, although I can't find any sources now, that simply being around family may lead to an oxytocin release that could lead to drowsiness among males.
Oddly enough, it's obvious that you cheated because of something you did right: accent marks. It's possible that you are the exception and know the control characters, but more likely you just copied and pasted the name in from another source. Probably Wikipedia.
The ones I've talked to always seem to be in good spirits... I think that's because after a week you get used to the smell and realize what society forced you to forget when you were in about second grade: poop is funny.
I might go with veterinary technician at your local pound. Their job is pretty much to take care of abandoned pets for somewhere between a few days and a couple weeks. Make sure their medical needs are attended to. Advocate for individual animals to try to facilitate adoption... and in the end humanely euthanize about half the animals that come in the shelter. All while receiving derision from activists and the public at large, being attacked by the animals you are caring for, and making about as much money as someone on the Geek Squad. Oh, and that vet tech will also be cleaning up feces, looking at it through a microscope, and even learning to identify certain diseases by the smell. And then once summer comes... you start with the maggots and cuterebra larvae. And numerous litters of newborn kittens with no fosters available to feed them. And the countless extremely friendly, people pleasing, perfectly socialized dogs that will never be adopted because the media has spread the idea that pitbulls are inherently vicious.
I meant to get first post, but something more important came up.
Oh, yeah. I forgot the context.
Individual recipes are not protected under copyright in the United States. The question becomes how much has to be added to a recipe to make it copyrightable... and that's where you'd need a good lawyer.
Copyright is about whether or not a person has a right to make a copy of something. By downloading a song, you are creating a new copy. If you are not given the right to do this, it is copyright infringement.
Whether or not the concept of copyright is beneficial to society is a completely different argument, and I personally agree that the current limits on length of copyright need to be revisited. However, downloading music that is still under copyright without the copyright holder's permission is blatant copyright infringement, and a violation of the law.
And using the phrase "may not be enough to use IE" is a bit hyperbolic considering that IE is still used over 50% of the time. That's twice as much as the current second place browser, Firefox. Which has twice as much usage as the third place browser, Chrome.
It makes complete sense once you look at the business model of convenience stores like 7-11. Look at the foods they prominently display and sell: greasy hot dogs on that heat roller, sausage biscuit type greasy breakfast foods, donuts, candy, chips, ice cream, frozen burritos: they make taco bell look healthy. Look at the real estate devoted to beverages: sugar and caffeine take on a lot of your view, and no grocery store has a slushy machine installed. Sure there's a bottle or two of skim milk, but you have to walk a bit further, look down to find it and then check the expiration date because it's not often someone goes to a convenience store for skim milk. Walk up to the counter and what do you see? Besides the penny tray there's nicotine, gambling and a little porn. Where allowed by law, they usually have beer and malt liquor. Oh yeah, and chap-stick.
Convenience stores largely sell addictive products. The word "convenience" in the title "convenience store" would be more accurately summed up with the phrase "HAVE to have it NOW!" The occasional newspaper, roll of toilet paper or bag of cat food can be found, but the vast majority of people at the counter are buying cigarettes, junk food, soda and/or coffee. Makes perfect sense that they'll partner with a game that's popular more because it's addictive than because it's fun.
How times they have changed. These days I could see protective services taking you away because Mom left you guys in the car unattended. Note that I'm not saying you have a bad mother... people did that all the time when I was a kid. Probably more-so in small one McDonald's towns if I read that map you linked to correctly.
I also recall a similar story when my family was camping another family in the group left their dogs in the minivan on a slope while we were eating. Dog got the transmission out of gear. Luckily that tree had the foresight to grow in the right place to stop the van from rolling too far.
But insurance discounts for installing a dead man's switch with vigilance control would make sense.
I don't know of any personal automobiles that come standard with a dead man's switch. There are on some trains and specialized semi trucks, as well as some consumer recreational equipment (jetskis, treadmills) and power tools (chainsaws, lawnmores). But not on cars or pickup trucks. And very few of these have a dead man's switch with vigilance control.
Whether or not it would make sense and then how to increase the uptake of dead man's switches on automobiles would be a discussion full of flames not appropriate to this story.