Weird, that the reply to this post got modded down to 0. He is right, though, the author should read some Dawkins (or read "on the origin of species" a bit better). Is there some hidden creationist society that visits/. on a regular basis;-) ?
Regarding the silliness of evolution: you think in big steps, and think about design by a Creator. Of course you're entitled to think in this way, but I think you are wrong.
It is quite common in nature that parasites use a host to reproduce in, and the evolutionary advantage is quite straightforward: free food for the larva!
Now all that needs to happen is one spider that gets confused by the [chemicals produced by the] larva, and starts building disorganised webs. That's not design, it's deviance from the default behaviour since the spider is in *big trouble*. When you feel sick as hell, do you feel like cleaning up the house and keeping everything neat and ordered? So there we have the riddle solved. The larva that reproduced in this spider will have a higher chance at survival, and thus will become more widespread in the population. Of course this doesn't happen in one big step (although it could, by chance), but probably in a series of smal incremental increases of "spider disorientation" by the larva.
Why doesn't the wasp-larva make it's own cocoon? Well simply because it's energetically more favourable to use a host when reproducing.
The above comment *is* a simplification, but illustrative enough to make the point clear to a layman like you. You really should do some reading and inform yourself better before commenting on these issues. With comments like these, you just cause darwinists [like myself] to take you less seriously, which is not good for an open and constructive dialog.
The second assumption here is that the result of downloading music is always equal or less sales. The Offspring publish MP3s (some) of their songs on the internet for free downloading, and their records are selling very well. Maybe MP3s can have a positive result on sales as a means of artist promotion?
the loss occurs when copies of copies etc are made, he states. the software you mention, just doublechecks the data read to eliminate read errors, caused by the drive.
A CD always has a few errors, and copies of copies of copies will accumulate these errors. With the software you mention, this process will be a slower one, but data loss will occur regardless.
it's okay to reflect on life and the choices you make once in a while, but it would be wise now to finish your education, get a job, and see how things go. this happens to over half of the people at the end of their education. what's next, what should i do, i don't want to do this the rest of my life, whaaaa.
life is boring, most of the time nothing happens. get over it, and just live and enjoy the scenery.
yeah yeah i know (Score:-1, Redundant). See if I care.
That could be an interesting point, if it were not wrong. MS is in trouble because people are not willing to spend tons of money on new hardware and upgrades to keep up with the lates&greatest MS marketing hype.
businesses are very reluctant to upgrade, and the majority haven't even upgraded to ME/2000 from 98/NT, let alone to XP. the same holds true for office XP.
i think you have to realize that the economy is in bad shape because people are scared. they don't want to buy stuff in insecure times.
Looking forward to his next chapter about the multinationals hijacking globalism. didn't they invent globalism, instead of hijacking it?
let's not over-hype this globalisation thing as the root of all evil or the promise of all good things to come. especially: i don't see the point in mentioning globalisation with fundamentalism and democracy as if they were coupled issues, just because progressive (democrates are relatively progressive compared to fundamentalists of course...) elements in society embrace "progress" (read: globalisation) more easily.
whatever. it's early in the morning (for me here in amsterdam) and my head isn't clear yet. i just get so bored by these stories. everyone has too many things to say about the 9-11 disasters, the world is filled with experts nowadays. i should probably shut up:-[
the one good thing about katz is that his level of writing is way above the average/. reader, which is good for the level of discussion over here;^)
(meta) moderators: read the original article. he's just repeating a post in the comments on the article, that's not a Score: 4 Informative, that's a Score: -1 Ripoff.
First, some corrections. Bacteria are unicellular. Not "many cells" as you state. Even if they would consist of many cells, the genome would be the same for every cell , so there's no difference in complexity in that respect. And btw, I would love to see a virus that can go through glass. I don't know who told you that, but I wouldn't trust that person anymore when it comes to biology-related subjects;-)
Once you have isolated the DNA (you know the stuff that carries the genome), the decoding principle is the same. Since a virus is less complex than a bacterium, it's probably easier to isolate DNA from virii. Furthermore a virus generally contains a much shorter genome than a bacterium.
Although I don't have any hands-on experience with virii, I can hardly imagine that sequencing the genome of a virus is more difficult than sequencing the genome of a bacterium.
Interesting observations, but how sure are we that the "Black Death" is caused by Y. pestis, and not by a viral agent (as pointed out in a previous post)? Without that presumption, the whole argument of Y. pestis, and HIV using the same cells to attack the host (human macrophages) is invalid.
But let's stay positive and hope this little far-fetched theory turns out to be true. Tell me, how are you going to cure AIDS with it? Targeted gene replacement of CCR5 in macrophages? That's SciFi, and won't happen in the next 10 yrs IM-not-so-HO. Also, it's not very cost-effective: it only works as a defence when you get infected by someone in the earlier stages of HIV infection, so the use is to limited. Plus, I don't see how the genome of Y.pestis would help to understand the HIV-macrophage virus-host interaction better, but maybe I'm prejudiced towards the use of genomics. I wouldn't bet my money on this being the cure for aids.
Okay let's stop here. I've lost the average/. user already, so there's no karma in this one, unless the moderator is a molecular biologist or something;-)
not sure whether you're trolling, or not. if so: very smart!
if not: think twice. there's two aspects to this story.
1. genomics - to understand pathogens such as Y. pestis, genomics is a very powerful tool. One can ask questions such as: what make Y.pestis different form a relatively harmless bacteria, and start to explain (perhaps previously unknown) how Y. pestis is able to infect its host (human). this is very valuable information, and could provide clues to fight other pathogenic bacteria as well.
2. ethics. diseases may be banned in the "civilised" western world, but this might not be true for other, less "developed" regions in the world. i'm not stating this is true for bubonic plague (don't know and don't feel like looking it up;-) ). this is certainly true for other diseases --> they are mostly a third world problem.
[slightly offtopic rant]
don't get me started on aids, the only reason so much money is thrown at aids research, is that it affects our "civilised society" so much. aids doesn't discriminate and is hard to eliminate. if it would've been a problem confined to 3rd world countries, no pharmaceutical (or governmental) funding would be available, it's not an attractive market since they can't afford your medicine.
[/slightly offtopic rant]
Meneer de Koekepeer
Ha! Flamebait? Insightful? Troll? Figure it out;-)
an athlon at 1gig outperforms a p3 at 1gig by miles. i bet if you would underclock the athlon to perform as slow as the pentium, the athlon would use as much power as the p3, and perhaps even less....
Show me some real life expamples where starcalc fails to give a correct answer when calculating. I mean real life.Show me a link to a site that shows the failure of starcalc and then I'll accept your argument.
Please, I'm not trying to start a war here, but I hear this kind of thing all the time "we tried this and that and application xyz didn't do it correctly". When these kind of things are stated by M$, we call that FUD, when Slashdot users post them we think it's a valid argument.
Sorry about the rant but it's the lack of nuance that drives me further and further away from the comments on/. , I just read the headlines now and follow the links, since discussions seemingly lead to nowhere nowadays. And it didn't get beter with the moderation system, but I won't start on that since my adrenalin is already at an all time high now.
Can you tell?;)
(relax now, ease back, easy... easy... phew that was close)
mod me down i don't care, just had a BAD day
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hehe,
macosx follows the same strategy and is generally considered ubercool...
meneer de koekepeer
offtopic:you're warned
what's the troube with your voodooo5? i'm now using it at 1152xwhatever 16bpp, no problem. it's slow at q3a though, maybe you're referring to that?
regards
meneer de koekepeer
Weird, that the reply to this post got modded down to 0. He is right, though, the author should read some Dawkins (or read "on the origin of species" a bit better). Is there some hidden creationist society that visits /. on a regular basis ;-) ?
Regarding the silliness of evolution: you think in big steps, and think about design by a Creator. Of course you're entitled to think in this way, but I think you are wrong.
It is quite common in nature that parasites use a host to reproduce in, and the evolutionary advantage is quite straightforward: free food for the larva!
Now all that needs to happen is one spider that gets confused by the [chemicals produced by the] larva, and starts building disorganised webs. That's not design, it's deviance from the default behaviour since the spider is in *big trouble*. When you feel sick as hell, do you feel like cleaning up the house and keeping everything neat and ordered? So there we have the riddle solved. The larva that reproduced in this spider will have a higher chance at survival, and thus will become more widespread in the population. Of course this doesn't happen in one big step (although it could, by chance), but probably in a series of smal incremental increases of "spider disorientation" by the larva.
Why doesn't the wasp-larva make it's own cocoon? Well simply because it's energetically more favourable to use a host when reproducing.
The above comment *is* a simplification, but illustrative enough to make the point clear to a layman like you. You really should do some reading and inform yourself better before commenting on these issues. With comments like these, you just cause darwinists [like myself] to take you less seriously, which is not good for an open and constructive dialog.
Regards,
Meneer de Koekepeer
The second assumption here is that the result of downloading music is always equal or less sales. The Offspring publish MP3s (some) of their songs on the internet for free downloading, and their records are selling very well. Maybe MP3s can have a positive result on sales as a means of artist promotion?
Just another option...
Regards,
Meneer de Koekepeer
the loss occurs when copies of copies etc are made, he states. the software you mention, just doublechecks the data read to eliminate read errors, caused by the drive.
A CD always has a few errors, and copies of copies of copies will accumulate these errors. With the software you mention, this process will be a slower one, but data loss will occur regardless.
Anyway, this is *way* off-topic, let's close it.
Regards,
Meneer de Koekepeer
there's strength in numbers.
given enough monkeys and typewriters...
hehe
meneer de koekepeer
tiny? teeny is open for ambiguous interpretation ;-) hehe
meneer de koekepeer
it's okay to reflect on life and the choices you make once in a while, but it would be wise now to finish your education, get a job, and see how things go. this happens to over half of the people at the end of their education. what's next, what should i do, i don't want to do this the rest of my life, whaaaa.
life is boring, most of the time nothing happens. get over it, and just live and enjoy the scenery.
yeah yeah i know (Score:-1, Redundant). See if I care.
meneer de koekepeer
teeny revision?
That could be an interesting point, if it were not wrong. MS is in trouble because people are not willing to spend tons of money on new hardware and upgrades to keep up with the lates&greatest MS marketing hype.
businesses are very reluctant to upgrade, and the majority haven't even upgraded to ME/2000 from 98/NT, let alone to XP. the same holds true for office XP.
i think you have to realize that the economy is in bad shape because people are scared. they don't want to buy stuff in insecure times.
just an opinion...
meneer de koekepeer
you're right those are wrong things to do.
but please separate issues here, and focus on the thread. i would mod this flamebait given a chance.
meneer de koekepeer
but why should the usa be the one dividing the pie?
meneer de koekepeer
PS no flaming, i'm serious.
couldn't agree more.
:-[
/. reader, which is good for the level of discussion over here ;^)
Looking forward to his next chapter about the multinationals hijacking globalism. didn't they invent globalism, instead of hijacking it?
let's not over-hype this globalisation thing as the root of all evil or the promise of all good things to come. especially: i don't see the point in mentioning globalisation with fundamentalism and democracy as if they were coupled issues, just because progressive (democrates are relatively progressive compared to fundamentalists of course...) elements in society embrace "progress" (read: globalisation) more easily.
whatever. it's early in the morning (for me here in amsterdam) and my head isn't clear yet. i just get so bored by these stories. everyone has too many things to say about the 9-11 disasters, the world is filled with experts nowadays. i should probably shut up
the one good thing about katz is that his level of writing is way above the average
meneer de koekepeer
Aiming for (Score:5, Redundant)
(meta) moderators: read the original article. he's just repeating a post in the comments on the article, that's not a Score: 4 Informative, that's a Score: -1 Ripoff.
Mod me down, I don't care about karma
Meneer de Koekepeer
LOL penisbird, that's a good one, have to remember!
in the meantime: relax, lean back, drink some coffee, and get on with yer life..
pffff... take it easy man.
Meneer de Koekepeer
pretty useless comments. havoc pennington should know what it means in the gnome situation, right?
regards
Meneer de Koekepeer
(Score: -15 Cynical)
First, some corrections. Bacteria are unicellular. Not "many cells" as you state. Even if they would consist of many cells, the genome would be the same for every cell , so there's no difference in complexity in that respect. And btw, I would love to see a virus that can go through glass. I don't know who told you that, but I wouldn't trust that person anymore when it comes to biology-related subjects ;-)
Once you have isolated the DNA (you know the stuff that carries the genome), the decoding principle is the same. Since a virus is less complex than a bacterium, it's probably easier to isolate DNA from virii. Furthermore a virus generally contains a much shorter genome than a bacterium.
Although I don't have any hands-on experience with virii, I can hardly imagine that sequencing the genome of a virus is more difficult than sequencing the genome of a bacterium.
Regards,
Meneer de Koekepeer
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to raise the quality of life for ALL people (not just middle-class white Americans)
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Indeed. You are so right, MyMarty. It can't be repeated enough! Tel them brother, tell them!
Meneer de Koekepeer
Aiming for (Score: -1 Flamebait)
Interesting observations, but how sure are we that the "Black Death" is caused by Y. pestis, and not by a viral agent (as pointed out in a previous post)? Without that presumption, the whole argument of Y. pestis, and HIV using the same cells to attack the host (human macrophages) is invalid.
/. user already, so there's no karma in this one, unless the moderator is a molecular biologist or something ;-)
But let's stay positive and hope this little far-fetched theory turns out to be true. Tell me, how are you going to cure AIDS with it? Targeted gene replacement of CCR5 in macrophages? That's SciFi, and won't happen in the next 10 yrs IM-not-so-HO. Also, it's not very cost-effective: it only works as a defence when you get infected by someone in the earlier stages of HIV infection, so the use is to limited. Plus, I don't see how the genome of Y.pestis would help to understand the HIV-macrophage virus-host interaction better, but maybe I'm prejudiced towards the use of genomics. I wouldn't bet my money on this being the cure for aids.
Okay let's stop here. I've lost the average
Regards,
Meneer de Koekepeer
wish i could meta-moderate this one. that was NOT funny!
Meneer de Koekepeer
not sure whether you're trolling, or not. if so: very smart!
;-) ). this is certainly true for other diseases --> they are mostly a third world problem.
;-)
if not: think twice. there's two aspects to this story.
1. genomics - to understand pathogens such as Y. pestis, genomics is a very powerful tool. One can ask questions such as: what make Y.pestis different form a relatively harmless bacteria, and start to explain (perhaps previously unknown) how Y. pestis is able to infect its host (human). this is very valuable information, and could provide clues to fight other pathogenic bacteria as well.
2. ethics. diseases may be banned in the "civilised" western world, but this might not be true for other, less "developed" regions in the world. i'm not stating this is true for bubonic plague (don't know and don't feel like looking it up
[slightly offtopic rant]
don't get me started on aids, the only reason so much money is thrown at aids research, is that it affects our "civilised society" so much. aids doesn't discriminate and is hard to eliminate. if it would've been a problem confined to 3rd world countries, no pharmaceutical (or governmental) funding would be available, it's not an attractive market since they can't afford your medicine.
[/slightly offtopic rant]
Meneer de Koekepeer
Ha! Flamebait? Insightful? Troll? Figure it out
listen up boy,
an athlon at 1gig outperforms a p3 at 1gig by miles. i bet if you would underclock the athlon to perform as slow as the pentium, the athlon would use as much power as the p3, and perhaps even less....
and let's not forget windows vs. mac (or, as mac users say: dos vs mac, and they're right dammit!)
Show me some real life expamples where starcalc fails to give a correct answer when calculating. I mean real life.Show me a link to a site that shows the failure of starcalc and then I'll accept your argument.
/. , I just read the headlines now and follow the links, since discussions seemingly lead to nowhere nowadays. And it didn't get beter with the moderation system, but I won't start on that since my adrenalin is already at an all time high now.
;)
Please, I'm not trying to start a war here, but I hear this kind of thing all the time "we tried this and that and application xyz didn't do it correctly". When these kind of things are stated by M$, we call that FUD, when Slashdot users post them we think it's a valid argument.
Sorry about the rant but it's the lack of nuance that drives me further and further away from the comments on
Can you tell?
(relax now, ease back, easy... easy... phew that was close)
mod me down i don't care, just had a BAD day
what was the purpose of this post?