Harvesting stem-cells from embryos is more akin to taking the horn of a rhino that was already killed for some unrelated reason. I'm not advocating fertilizing eggs for the sole purpose of harvesting stem-cells, I'm advocating using the fertilized cells that are already slated to be destroyed (i.e. the extras from IV fertilization, or those that have been aborted, etc)
Well, since "cyborg" means "cybernetic organism", and Webster defines "cybernetics" as "the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communication systems)", I'd say that joint replacement doesn't count (unless that joint somehow communicates with the brain)
So, IMHO, the only of your examples that counts as cybernetic is the cochlear implant.
If someone sells me a product and tells me that procedure X is the one and only way to use the product, and I follow procedure X to the letter, and it doesn't work, then the product is defective. plain and simple.
You can't "turn the volume to 104db". When you turn the volume all the way up, the iPod is capable of making a 104db sound, that doesn't mean that all of the sounds are 104db. A soft note at 104db is just as loud as a loud note at 104db, is just as loud as a fart at 104db, is just as... You can't have one 104db sound that is quieter than any other 104db sound.
You haven't got the slightest idea about what you're saying. The screensaver on MacOSX is [b]not[/b] an X11 application. It (like most OSX apps) use Apple's Quartz window server, which (as of 10.2) only allows connections from the local machine, and only from root and the user currently logged in to the GUI.
... other than the fact that it says Peanut Butter on the label. If someone's too stupid to figure out that a jar marked "Peanut Butter" might contain peanuts, then they deserve to be removed from the gene pool. I, myself, am allergic to bee venom, and you can bet that if I opened a bottle marked "bee venom", and ate/drank it, it would be my own damn fault if I died
This is completely different from putting such a warning label on products that might contain peanuts, but isn't readily obvious. For example, plain M&M's can contain some peanut in the chocolate, I have no problem with a warning on plain M&M packets stating that they may contain peanuts, but I don't thing that such a label should be needed on peanut M&Ms
Already where I come from (Wales, UK) the local police use helecopters with an infrared camera to fly over houses, searching for high heat output, the reason being it 'aids and assists in catching people growing cannabis in lofts and attics'.
Someone needs to help all these pot growers by selling them equipment to pump that excess heat back into their hot water heater, or into the ground... bingo, no suspicious heat emissions
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Face it, more than 70% of American middle aged women are going to walk though, just to have the official ask her 'Please could you lift up your sagging stomach fat, so we can see if you have a huge bomb hidden under the rolls of fat'.
I just wish I was there to see the reactions:)
I'd love to se the scene caused by that exchange. Just picture some fat woman getting so upset that she ends up striking the screener, and getting dragged away while screaming something about "fat people's rights".
The whole point of backscatter x-ray machines is that the x-rays are not just stopped by your skin, they're reflected as well. That is, the emitter and the detector are on the same side of the target, so the photons have to bounce off the target to be detected. On the other hand, with a doctor's x-ray machine, where the emitter and the detector are on opposite sides of the target, the x-rays have to pass completely through the target to be detected.
Actually, after reading the license at the link you posted, I'm not sure you read it. Nowhere does it say that you forfiet the rights to your modifications, or that they become the property of Apple.
The only real ristrictions I see are that modifications to APSL code must also be APSL (that's no worse than GPL), You must make your changes public, (that's the idea of "free" as in speech code), and you must allow Apple to distribute your modifications.
Now, sure, I *could* get a similarly optimized 970 compiler for comparison.... if one existed, that is. It looks like right now, GCC is the best you can get on a 970. It doesn't do a buyer any good to know that IN PRINCIPLE a more optimized compiler could be written.
More optimized compilers for PPC *do* exist. Codewarrior for one produces much better code than gcc, and IBM has their own compilers for their chips, which are also produce much better code than gcc.
But still... the "GCC is the common element stuff is pretty darn bogus."
No, it isn't. If they had used Intel's compiler on x86 vs. CodeWarrior or IBM's compilers on PPC, they would be testing the ability of those compilers to optimize, as well as the hardware itself. In order to test only the hardware, and not the compiler, they used the same compiler on both platforms.
Firewire 400 is so you can plug your 400 devices into that and your 800 ones into the other one. Otherwise an 800 firewire hub has all it's devices slowed down to 400 as soon as you put a 400 device into it. This is exactly the same as the current models.
This is wrong (you may be thinking of USB). Plugging a FW400 device into a FW800 device will not slow down the FW800 device. Just as plugging a FW200 or FW100 device (some old Sony cameras) into a FW400 device will not slow down the FW400 device.
Actually, both of you are correct. The FSB for a PPC 970 is 1/4 the speed of the chip, but it is DDR (double data-rate). This means that it is effectively 1/2 the speed of the chip.
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Harvesting stem-cells from embryos is more akin to taking the horn of a rhino that was already killed for some unrelated reason. I'm not advocating fertilizing eggs for the sole purpose of harvesting stem-cells, I'm advocating using the fertilized cells that are already slated to be destroyed (i.e. the extras from IV fertilization, or those that have been aborted, etc)
Well, since "cyborg" means "cybernetic organism", and Webster defines "cybernetics" as "the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communication systems)", I'd say that joint replacement doesn't count (unless that joint somehow communicates with the brain)
So, IMHO, the only of your examples that counts as cybernetic is the cochlear implant.
If, by "prices approximate", you mean "totally made up, then yes. BTW, the eMac is $799 US ($1100 Canadian)
If someone sells me a product and tells me that procedure X is the one and only way to use the product, and I follow procedure X to the letter, and it doesn't work, then the product is defective. plain and simple.
You can't "turn the volume to 104db". When you turn the volume all the way up, the iPod is capable of making a 104db sound, that doesn't mean that all of the sounds are 104db. A soft note at 104db is just as loud as a loud note at 104db, is just as loud as a fart at 104db, is just as ... You can't have one 104db sound that is quieter than any other 104db sound.
Wait, you meant to tell me that 3.75 is less than 4, and that 0.9375 is about 1? Get outta here!
He said that they were American traditions he didn't say that they were exclusively American traditions
IBM makes the G3's that Apple currently uses (i.e. in the iBooks), Motorola makes the G4's.
Whether or not it "works" is irrelevant, it still invokes undefined behavior.
They could drive *through* a warehouse, launching the cargo out of the side of the truck as they pass through. :)
Prove it :)
j/k
Except that
(C++)++ invokes undefined behavior, because you're altering the same variable twice before the next sequence point.
Just FYI, Macs did have fat binaries for the 68k to PPC transition.
You haven't got the slightest idea about what you're saying. The screensaver on MacOSX is [b]not[/b] an X11 application. It (like most OSX apps) use Apple's Quartz window server, which (as of 10.2) only allows connections from the local machine, and only from root and the user currently logged in to the GUI.
... other than the fact that it says Peanut Butter on the label. If someone's too stupid to figure out that a jar marked "Peanut Butter" might contain peanuts, then they deserve to be removed from the gene pool. I, myself, am allergic to bee venom, and you can bet that if I opened a bottle marked "bee venom", and ate/drank it, it would be my own damn fault if I died
This is completely different from putting such a warning label on products that might contain peanuts, but isn't readily obvious. For example, plain M&M's can contain some peanut in the chocolate, I have no problem with a warning on plain M&M packets stating that they may contain peanuts, but I don't thing that such a label should be needed on peanut M&Ms
But that would discriminate against the stupid!
Put anything you don't want seen into a lead safe.
Someone needs to help all these pot growers by selling them equipment to pump that excess heat back into their hot water heater, or into the ground ... bingo, no suspicious heat emissions
.I'd love to se the scene caused by that exchange. Just picture some fat woman getting so upset that she ends up striking the screener, and getting dragged away while screaming something about "fat people's rights".
RTFSig, Notice that he reversed "freedom" and "security".
The whole point of backscatter x-ray machines is that the x-rays are not just stopped by your skin, they're reflected as well. That is, the emitter and the detector are on the same side of the target, so the photons have to bounce off the target to be detected. On the other hand, with a doctor's x-ray machine, where the emitter and the detector are on opposite sides of the target, the x-rays have to pass completely through the target to be detected.
Actually, after reading the license at the link you posted, I'm not sure you read it. Nowhere does it say that you forfiet the rights to your modifications, or that they become the property of Apple.
The only real ristrictions I see are that modifications to APSL code must also be APSL (that's no worse than GPL), You must make your changes public, (that's the idea of "free" as in speech code), and you must allow Apple to distribute your modifications.
Actually, both of you are correct. The FSB for a PPC 970 is 1/4 the speed of the chip, but it is DDR (double data-rate). This means that it is effectively 1/2 the speed of the chip.