I guess you learn something everyday... I didn't know that the MPAA were the keepers of the Internet and have the power to decide who can and can't access the internet.
I'll have you know that this "radio carbon dating" thing that says the Earth is 4.5 billion years old is off by a couple years. The Earth is actually 6000 years old. Its a proven fact, look it up in Genesis!
And we all know what happens when scientists try to mix science and religion... they just end up pissing the priests off, and you don't want to see what happens when a priest gets pissed off... he takes it out on poor little Timmy, the church Alter Boy in a way that we don't want to see.
Umm is that the American definition of 1 trillion and 1 billion (1x10^12, 1x10^9 respectively) or the British definition of 1 trillion and 1 billion (1x10^18, 1x10^12 respectively)?
This could be the difference between ground breaking research and a black hole that swallows us up. Remember the infamous Mars probe that crashed because NASA couldn't convert betweem the Imperial and SI systems.
As a resident of Canada who has faithfully obtained the seasonal influenza vaccination nearly every year for the last 5 years, and the son of someone who works in the our provincial healthcare field, let me raise the following points about this study and the way vaccinations work in Canada, because it is entirely different that in the US or perhaps other areas of the world.
In Canada, it can be rather difficult to obtain the season influenza vaccination, since there tends to be a shortage every year. This means that people who are in at risk groups receive it first. These high risk groups include 1. Canadians aged 65 and over, 2. People with immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS, HIV, etc., 3. People with diseases such as cancer, and 4. People with chronic conditions/diseases such as asthma, etc.
Canadians under the age of 65 with normal immune systems, and no diseases do not as easy access to seasonal influenza. I find it exceedingly hard to believe that he sample space is 12 million people as there are only 33 million Canadians. You can't tell me that an combined number of 12 million Canadians have received the seasonal influenza vaccination and/or received swine flu to allow this study to be possible. I propose the following reasons for people who received the vaccination are twice as likely are for the same reasons some people in Canada get "first dibs" on getting the vaccination in the first place.
About 10 years ago I saw someone trying to steal a taxi, so I tried calling 911. My old Audiovox POS phone wouldn't allow me to dial 911. Kept telling me that emergency calls are disabled.
People seem to panic when they hear the word pandemic. What people are not realizing is the true definition of a pandemic. It is simply a disease or sickness that is prevalent around the globe. The swine flu can go panemic, and may not kill very many people.
It seems that most people (with the exception of the 1 child in Texas that was visiting from Mexico) show relatively mild symptoms, and recover fairly quickly from this. You need to ask yourself why numerous people in Mexico die from this, and virtual no one else outside of Mexico are affected other than a few mild symptoms? (My city has around 20 cases, all have recovered at home, or are recovering, nobody hospitalized). There are a few possibilities, 1. Mexico is a third world nation and doesn't have the level of health care that US, Canada, Europe, etc have, 2. The virus may have mutated to a more mild version, 3. Mexicans have a genetic weakness to this influenza.
The media and the WHO seem to be panicing over this, but if this is a more mild form and spreads easily, why not test our defences against a true pandemic such as H5N1 that kills virtually 100% of people who contract it? This is a great way to see if we're ready to battle a pandemic.
I for one am not scared... then again the first wave of the 1918 Spanish Flu was mild, 2nd and 3rd waves killed 100 million world wide...
For some reason, my skin looks, I don't know, pale green under CFLs. I'm sticking with incandescent lights in my bachelor pad. Can't look bad in front of the ladies...
What ladies? You read Slashdot and post to it. Therefore, you probably don't "get ladies". If you look pale green you could look like some kind of sci-fi alien.
Yes, here in America the staple source of starch is French Fries.
I was under the impression that the use of "French Fries" was outlawed back in 2001? I was under the impression that you Yanks changed the name to "Freedom Fries"?
Quagmire: Hey there sweetie, how old are you? Connie: 16. Quagmire: 18? You're first. Connie: Mom! Quagmire: I like where this is goin'! Giggidy, giggidy, gig-gi-dy!
Bell Canada has offered something similar for about a year and a half now. Its actually quite useless, and hard to watch TV on a little 1 inch screen... waste of money if you ask me... if you need TV that badly, you have problems.
TV over your POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) is nothing new. It is currently available here in Saskatchewan, Canada (SaskTel). It is a great system, works phenomenal, and has a channel line up every bit as good as the incumbent cable providers in this province. While SaskTel is not the first to offer TV over POTS, it is the largest such provider in the world, with Telus (BC/Alberta) and MTS (Manitoba) in hot pursuit. This new system has incumbent cable providers like Shaw and Access Communications running scared, and diversifying into other markets such as POTS of coax. All is good, compitition is good for the consumer and helps innovation.
The way the system works, is it piggy backs on DSL via multi-cast packets. This system works great, as SaskTel has a "DSL Cabinet" on every corner, sitting beside the SAC. The system is flawless for most customers, but some do have pixelation, but some customers get that on digital cable too. All in all, great system, great price, works great. Another option is using one cable pair for DSL internet (up to 7mb/s currently) and one for DIV (the television portion) by double barrel shotgunning the modems. So, its nothing new, has been available since 2002, and was in working development form in 2000. New for 2005? Nope, was already done... (Bell, NBTel, etc did it 5-6 years ago as well).
So what you're saying is France has never had a leader who was "french" who had any balls? Even better. "American's, how we hate you. OHHHH the Germans are coming. America, we looooove you!".
I don't think France has a contingency plan for war with the US. They would simply run and hide in their cellars like they did when Hitler rolled in to France in WWII. The last Frenchman with any balls died at the battle of Waterloo. (Ok, maybe he died a number of years later in exile). As for the Germans, the last Kraut with any balls died in 1945 as the Russians were rolling into Berlin, so no, they don't have a contingency plan either.
I agree 100%... Sony Store is soooo expensive... But you're saying they know all the buzzwords eh.... well, so do the retards at FutureShop... just ask them what MOSFET stands for when you're shopping for a car stereo... they'll make up something like, "Mean Over Sampling Frequency Effects and Timing"... ummm no... its "Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor"... anyhow... thats my experience with FutureShop... oh I'm forgetting the guy who told me I'd need "Digital" wires for my DVD player... ya thanks buddy... Take care man...
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I guess you learn something everyday... I didn't know that the MPAA were the keepers of the Internet and have the power to decide who can and can't access the internet.
I, for one, welcome our new Internet Overlords!
you wouldn't be reading Slashdot, and thus wouldn't be able to answer the question of "what would you do if you were there"...
By the penis is his pants...
I'll have you know that this "radio carbon dating" thing that says the Earth is 4.5 billion years old is off by a couple years. The Earth is actually 6000 years old. Its a proven fact, look it up in Genesis!
And we all know what happens when scientists try to mix science and religion... they just end up pissing the priests off, and you don't want to see what happens when a priest gets pissed off... he takes it out on poor little Timmy, the church Alter Boy in a way that we don't want to see.
Kudos to Steve. We don't need people jerking off in public dammit. Go home and jerk off at your computer for a change.
You can travel anywhere in Canada... just don't head south of the 49th.
Umm is that the American definition of 1 trillion and 1 billion (1x10^12, 1x10^9 respectively) or the British definition of 1 trillion and 1 billion (1x10^18, 1x10^12 respectively)?
This could be the difference between ground breaking research and a black hole that swallows us up. Remember the infamous Mars probe that crashed because NASA couldn't convert betweem the Imperial and SI systems.
Nope, its Canadian football fields -- 150 yards (including endzones) x 65 yards wide. We're all screwed! Damn Canadians!!!!!
As a resident of Canada who has faithfully obtained the seasonal influenza vaccination nearly every year for the last 5 years, and the son of someone who works in the our provincial healthcare field, let me raise the following points about this study and the way vaccinations work in Canada, because it is entirely different that in the US or perhaps other areas of the world.
In Canada, it can be rather difficult to obtain the season influenza vaccination, since there tends to be a shortage every year. This means that people who are in at risk groups receive it first. These high risk groups include 1. Canadians aged 65 and over, 2. People with immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS, HIV, etc., 3. People with diseases such as cancer, and 4. People with chronic conditions/diseases such as asthma, etc.
Canadians under the age of 65 with normal immune systems, and no diseases do not as easy access to seasonal influenza. I find it exceedingly hard to believe that he sample space is 12 million people as there are only 33 million Canadians. You can't tell me that an combined number of 12 million Canadians have received the seasonal influenza vaccination and/or received swine flu to allow this study to be possible. I propose the following reasons for people who received the vaccination are twice as likely are for the same reasons some people in Canada get "first dibs" on getting the vaccination in the first place.
About 10 years ago I saw someone trying to steal a taxi, so I tried calling 911. My old Audiovox POS phone wouldn't allow me to dial 911. Kept telling me that emergency calls are disabled.
Can you put this acoustic black hole around my girlfriend so I don't have to listen to her bitch at me anymore?
The new 2011 Hummer now comes with happy ending!
People seem to panic when they hear the word pandemic. What people are not realizing is the true definition of a pandemic. It is simply a disease or sickness that is prevalent around the globe. The swine flu can go panemic, and may not kill very many people.
It seems that most people (with the exception of the 1 child in Texas that was visiting from Mexico) show relatively mild symptoms, and recover fairly quickly from this. You need to ask yourself why numerous people in Mexico die from this, and virtual no one else outside of Mexico are affected other than a few mild symptoms? (My city has around 20 cases, all have recovered at home, or are recovering, nobody hospitalized). There are a few possibilities, 1. Mexico is a third world nation and doesn't have the level of health care that US, Canada, Europe, etc have, 2. The virus may have mutated to a more mild version, 3. Mexicans have a genetic weakness to this influenza.
The media and the WHO seem to be panicing over this, but if this is a more mild form and spreads easily, why not test our defences against a true pandemic such as H5N1 that kills virtually 100% of people who contract it? This is a great way to see if we're ready to battle a pandemic.
I for one am not scared... then again the first wave of the 1918 Spanish Flu was mild, 2nd and 3rd waves killed 100 million world wide...
For some reason, my skin looks, I don't know, pale green under CFLs. I'm sticking with incandescent lights in my bachelor pad. Can't look bad in front of the ladies...
What ladies? You read Slashdot and post to it. Therefore, you probably don't "get ladies". If you look pale green you could look like some kind of sci-fi alien.
Yes, here in America the staple source of starch is French Fries.
I was under the impression that the use of "French Fries" was outlawed back in 2001? I was under the impression that you Yanks changed the name to "Freedom Fries"?
So basically we could say that if Fermilab finds the Higgs Boson, the Large Hardon Collider will remain flacid and unused?
Seriously now... all you're going to do is piss the "God" particle off and it will smite us with a black hole. Think Mc Fly Think!
Quagmire: Hey there sweetie, how old are you?
Connie: 16.
Quagmire: 18? You're first.
Connie: Mom!
Quagmire: I like where this is goin'! Giggidy, giggidy, gig-gi-dy!
Bell Canada has offered something similar for about a year and a half now. Its actually quite useless, and hard to watch TV on a little 1 inch screen... waste of money if you ask me... if you need TV that badly, you have problems.
What they don't say is the forementioned study has a 33% chance of being a bunch of crap too...
TV over your POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) is nothing new. It is currently available here in Saskatchewan, Canada (SaskTel). It is a great system, works phenomenal, and has a channel line up every bit as good as the incumbent cable providers in this province. While SaskTel is not the first to offer TV over POTS, it is the largest such provider in the world, with Telus (BC/Alberta) and MTS (Manitoba) in hot pursuit. This new system has incumbent cable providers like Shaw and Access Communications running scared, and diversifying into other markets such as POTS of coax. All is good, compitition is good for the consumer and helps innovation.
The way the system works, is it piggy backs on DSL via multi-cast packets. This system works great, as SaskTel has a "DSL Cabinet" on every corner, sitting beside the SAC. The system is flawless for most customers, but some do have pixelation, but some customers get that on digital cable too. All in all, great system, great price, works great. Another option is using one cable pair for DSL internet (up to 7mb/s currently) and one for DIV (the television portion) by double barrel shotgunning the modems. So, its nothing new, has been available since 2002, and was in working development form in 2000. New for 2005? Nope, was already done... (Bell, NBTel, etc did it 5-6 years ago as well).
So what you're saying is France has never had a leader who was "french" who had any balls? Even better. "American's, how we hate you. OHHHH the Germans are coming. America, we looooove you!".
I don't think France has a contingency plan for war with the US. They would simply run and hide in their cellars like they did when Hitler rolled in to France in WWII. The last Frenchman with any balls died at the battle of Waterloo. (Ok, maybe he died a number of years later in exile). As for the Germans, the last Kraut with any balls died in 1945 as the Russians were rolling into Berlin, so no, they don't have a contingency plan either.
I agree 100%... Sony Store is soooo expensive... But you're saying they know all the buzzwords eh.... well, so do the retards at FutureShop... just ask them what MOSFET stands for when you're shopping for a car stereo... they'll make up something like, "Mean Over Sampling Frequency Effects and Timing"... ummm no... its "Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor"... anyhow... thats my experience with FutureShop... oh I'm forgetting the guy who told me I'd need "Digital" wires for my DVD player... ya thanks buddy... Take care man...