Like all things, the Vitamin D issue is only one component - there's also:
Oxygenation - studies have shown cancer cells thrive in parts of the body where there is low oxygen. Hence the current studies with hyperbaric oxygenation chambers, and the flushing the body with O2. How this is relevant to modern life and the cancers we get, I'm not sure - it may have to do with sedentary lifestyles, air quality, diet, or all of the above.
Acidity vs Alkalinity in the body - this is why broccoli and other legumes become known for preventing cancer. A better understanding of the acid/alkaline balances in our body is reportedly key as well - many people actively check to find out where they're at. Another diet and activity issue.
EM fields - we've all heard the stories about living near power lines, etc. I'm sure this is a mixture of valid science and a handful of Luddite hysteria, but low-frequency EM rad is still a little suspect.
And now that I'm blabbing about this off the top of my head, I'm sure I'll be beaten in the street for yakking about science I don't understand.
Then why isn't history filled with reports of Caucasians dying young from tumors that eat people from the skin down? Am I missing something here? Pale people who "should be" hiding from the sun have been around for quite a while now.
Seriously. I just picked up Timequake this morning - it was the only Kurt V. on my bookshelf since I moved recently - and I was reading the prologue:
Trout doesn't really exist. He has been my alter ego in several of my other novels. But most of what I have chosen to preserve from Timequake One has to do with his adventures and opinions. I have salvaged a few of the thousands of stories he wrote between 1931, when he was fourteen, and 2001, when he died at the age of eighty-four.
Got completely out of computers when I hit college, and then jumped back into it as a web developer later. Now I'm toying with PHP-GTK(2) apps and it's been quite fun, even though it's got a ways to go. C++ etc. just doesn't interest me - a language I knew from web dev had to hook me back into the desktop.
Since the Internet does allow an almost anarchic flow of information, that does create an atmosphere that - in our political context - is equated with "liberal bias".
But doesn't this reveal open, anarchic free speech as a natural state? Not as a "liberal" thing?
How could conservatives truly debate amongst themselves if they didn't have a "liberal" forum in which to do it?
Look, the browser is still a two-dimensional (I guess two and a half, if you count pop-ups) document navigation application. If Ajax and other schemes, by their very nature, break out of this linear document structure without the cooperation of the browser itself, then that's what you get.
I'm not dissing Ajax - I'm just saying it's best used in certain circumstances. The times when you don't WANT the user to have arbitrary control over navigation - such as a shopping cart checkout or CMS tools, in which they must be locked into a certain workflow for the sake of application structure, security, user hand-holding, or speed. Ajax is great for db-driven tools, especially when trying to get the speed and interactivity of a client application, plus greater control over navigation to avoid repeat POSTs, etc.
I can appreciate that everyone is trying to innovate a way around this problem, and it seems there are some possible solutions with compromises - that's what makes new waves of tech like Ajax come into existence in the first place. But sometimes you just have to remember there's a time and a place for a certain tool.
I ALMOST like this laptop (even though it's an Acer). ALMOST. And just because I want a bigger laptop.
But I agree with others - THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR A FULL-SIZE KEYBOARD ON THERE, YOU NICKELBAGS. Go flush to the edge and get rid of the damn touch-pad. The nerds that would really use a good powerful laptop like that HATE TOUCH PADS - can't count how many times I've seen developers making a scrunched up face jamming their thumb on the pad just trying to minimize a damn window, let alone done it myself. (Spare me a lecture about hotkeys please.) So much usable space there, wasted to make room for the touch pad.
Christ on a crutch, it pisses me off. I could easily pack a mouse or even a slim Wacom tablet with the thing and be very happy with the 20" screen.
In the case of the Bible, the license (from the Man Himself) allows anyone to publish or distribute the work, but prohibits one from changing the source to help prevent bugs from creeping in. A lot folks have ignored this restriction, resulting in much chaos, but that's another story.
How dare they change the Bible Code! Especially since it isn't commented with PHPDoc! Sacrilege!
The last few weeks, Windows Update was failing on everything - hadn't been able to figure out why, and hadn't sat down and manually downloaded all the patches yet. So of course my dev server at work got bitten badly.
Spent five hours yesterday playing Whack-A-Mole with virii and adware before I got a clean slate.
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And now that I'm blabbing about this off the top of my head, I'm sure I'll be beaten in the street for yakking about science I don't understand.
Then why isn't history filled with reports of Caucasians dying young from tumors that eat people from the skin down? Am I missing something here? Pale people who "should be" hiding from the sun have been around for quite a while now.
Australian Aborigines didn't exactly evolve under a rainforest canopy though...
Creepy.
Got completely out of computers when I hit college, and then jumped back into it as a web developer later. Now I'm toying with PHP-GTK(2) apps and it's been quite fun, even though it's got a ways to go. C++ etc. just doesn't interest me - a language I knew from web dev had to hook me back into the desktop.
OMG that's exactly what I learned from watching The Secret!
...to 20 hz, considering our recent advances in water logic gates.
6 253.shtml
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/02/16/04
In LA, they even wear it! How decadent!
You haven't played Where In The World Is Rachel Corrie?
Learn about other cultures, solve mysteries, burn flags, and end up flat under a bulldozer.
It's coming to XBOX soon I heard.
Since the Internet does allow an almost anarchic flow of information, that does create an atmosphere that - in our political context - is equated with "liberal bias".
But doesn't this reveal open, anarchic free speech as a natural state? Not as a "liberal" thing?
How could conservatives truly debate amongst themselves if they didn't have a "liberal" forum in which to do it?
"Mom!" "What is it dear?" "Bathroom!" "What?" "BATHROOM!"
*mom appears with a bedpan*
You can guess what happens next.
And the cutaways to the evil PKer nerd made me scream with laughter.
Does anyone know if there was some cooperation with Blizzard on this episode?
Interestingly, you'll notice all the section graphics are some natural reference to the Golden ratio or Fibonacci numbers...
This could either be psuedo-science...
OR A CLUE.
GET CRACKING, NERDS!
Would a technology company dedicated to creating free energy use ASP.NET on their web site?
I don't think so.
I CALL PLANET-SIZED TROLL
Even better, there's the http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Prod uctDisplay?catalogId=10103&storeId=12&langId=-1&pr oductId=51601Galant desk with an electric adjustable height button. My mother bought one because she was having back problem being at her desk all day. Now she works standing or sitting based on how she feels - she thought it was a miracle.
Maybe they could throw out the 25-foot ban on smoking as well.
This state has become one of the most unreasonable in the country, almost as bad as Utah.
Look, the browser is still a two-dimensional (I guess two and a half, if you count pop-ups) document navigation application. If Ajax and other schemes, by their very nature, break out of this linear document structure without the cooperation of the browser itself, then that's what you get.
I'm not dissing Ajax - I'm just saying it's best used in certain circumstances. The times when you don't WANT the user to have arbitrary control over navigation - such as a shopping cart checkout or CMS tools, in which they must be locked into a certain workflow for the sake of application structure, security, user hand-holding, or speed. Ajax is great for db-driven tools, especially when trying to get the speed and interactivity of a client application, plus greater control over navigation to avoid repeat POSTs, etc.
I can appreciate that everyone is trying to innovate a way around this problem, and it seems there are some possible solutions with compromises - that's what makes new waves of tech like Ajax come into existence in the first place. But sometimes you just have to remember there's a time and a place for a certain tool.
I ALMOST like this laptop (even though it's an Acer). ALMOST. And just because I want a bigger laptop.
But I agree with others - THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR A FULL-SIZE KEYBOARD ON THERE, YOU NICKELBAGS. Go flush to the edge and get rid of the damn touch-pad. The nerds that would really use a good powerful laptop like that HATE TOUCH PADS - can't count how many times I've seen developers making a scrunched up face jamming their thumb on the pad just trying to minimize a damn window, let alone done it myself. (Spare me a lecture about hotkeys please.) So much usable space there, wasted to make room for the touch pad.
Christ on a crutch, it pisses me off. I could easily pack a mouse or even a slim Wacom tablet with the thing and be very happy with the 20" screen.
I went to the PB blog and got this:
/var/tracker/www/blog.php on line 98
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in
THE AUTHORITIES CONFISCATED ALL OF THEIR @ SYMBOLS! CORRUPTION!
Unfortunately my wizard costume got eaten by vorpal moths.
LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!
SLEEP!
How dare they change the Bible Code! Especially since it isn't commented with PHPDoc! Sacrilege!
Please use the Adobe Gamma Wizard applet in your neural net interface.
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Just when I was losing faith in NASA...
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THE HUBBLE VIEWMASTER
http://www.worldwideslides.com/View-Master/sp.htm
[AOL VOICE]
You've got a tumor!
[/AOL VOICE]
I honestly expected the article link to go to The Onion.
Yeah, I screwed up.
The last few weeks, Windows Update was failing on everything - hadn't been able to figure out why, and hadn't sat down and manually downloaded all the patches yet. So of course my dev server at work got bitten badly.
Spent five hours yesterday playing Whack-A-Mole with virii and adware before I got a clean slate.