Brain cancer? Do you have references on this? I used to work occasionally in a vinyl chloride manufacturing facility, and was aware of cases of angiosarcoma of the liver, a rare form of liver cancer that was believed to be the result of exposure to vinyl chloride. I have never heard of vinyl chloride being linked to brain cancer.
I think that the number of class A chemical carcinogens, non-radiactive, non-biological substances (like vinyl chloride) that are accepted to be actual causitive agents for human cancers is quite small, perhaps 10.
My bet is that the cancers were caused by a biological agent, possibly viral. There are many known carcinogenic virii, and probably a lot more unknown.
Cancers due to ionizing radiation exposure are known to follow a linear model. So in this case the equivalence of a high dose for a short period vs. a low dose for a long time is pretty likely.
As far as SAR equivalence, remember that with a cell phone you are holding the transmitter right up against your skull. Even though the tower might be emitting a lot more radiation, it is also a lot further away.
The problem with the statement 'consistent with radiation' is that the Doctor means ionizing radiation, and a cell tower emits non-ionizing radiation. BIG difference.
Text as images has so many problems that there is no excuse for it. Anyone with any kind of disability has problems with it, the images are far slower to download, and making the text dynamic is nearly impossible.
The main culprit as far as I have seen is people working as web designers who started as print designers. They are used to having their design rendered exactly as they envisioned it, but that is not how html works so they try to force it to the detriment of all concrned.
Font size is the easiest thing there is for the end user to adjust to their preference if the page is designed correctly. My eyes are not at all good, but a couple of taps on ctrl+ made this page quite easy to view.
What REALLY ticks me off about working with some designers is when they want to place text on a page in the form of images so they can force the user to look at the design exactly the way they want it shown.
The reason to build your own PC is choice, not about saving money - you get to pick each and every component that goes into the machine, and you end up with exactly the machine you want, rather than having to select from a limited list of options. The result is a machine that meets your needs much more closely than a pre-built machine, and that translates to a machine that is a great value.
What makes.xxx a farce is that you would never be able to enforce step 2, and the meaning of 'questionable' is highly subjective. I think ICANN is right to reject the idea of the.xxx TLD, it is a ludicrous idea.
You can think of the process of communicating between the two parts of the system in terms of connection overhead, and data passing overhead. In most cases the process of communicating between two subsystems becomes inefficient when there are a lot of small messages rather than a smaller number of large messages. This is where I think a lot of the problems with microkernel architecture lie - insufficient attention to the connection overhead part of the process.
Yes, you did miss the point. ODF supporting applications are weak on accessability compared to MS applications. If you adopt ODF which isn't supported by MS, you lock out some disabled users.
Eminent domain isn't about seizing property. For that you have to pay fair value to the owners. And in American law bill of attainder is any taking without compensation. You didn't read the wikipedia article very carefully.
The same cable companies fight like hell to keep local franchising and other impediments to competition in place. I'd say that so long as they recieve these sorts of protections price regulation is necessary. If they are willing to go for an unregulated environment, then fine, they can be free to set their prices in what manner they want.
It really is OK to not give out free customer support to people, even if they're friends or family.
True enough, although I would never say no to my parents. Cleaning out their spyware is a very small return on their investment. You'll feel better for it too, unless you are a totally hopeless person.
Come on - marketing costs on the internet ? For already known, established artists ?
And how do you think those artists got to be known and estabilished? Big bucks, that is how. And it takes money albiet not as much as it took to get them established to keep them there.
But don't worry - outlets like Wal-Mart are pushing back hard on the music industry to reduce CD prices. There have been a number of stories about them demanding $10 CDs. This along with what happened with ITunes makes me feel that strong distribution channels are going to be what brings prices down.
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It wouldn't be so bad if it were actually vim installed on those UNIX boxes. But NOOoooOOO, it is usualy some pre-historic truly craptacular version of vi puke puke.
Ultimately good writing comes from two practices, reading lots of well-written material, and then writing with a sensitivity to the quality of the product.
Unfortunately the modern experience of passive, predigested video-based entertainment does not lead people down this path.
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Unfortunatly there is only one living Ninja, and he is 76 years old.
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Brain cancer? Do you have references on this? I used to work occasionally in a vinyl chloride manufacturing facility, and was aware of cases of angiosarcoma of the liver, a rare form of liver cancer that was believed to be the result of exposure to vinyl chloride. I have never heard of vinyl chloride being linked to brain cancer.
I think that the number of class A chemical carcinogens, non-radiactive, non-biological substances (like vinyl chloride) that are accepted to be actual causitive agents for human cancers is quite small, perhaps 10.
My bet is that the cancers were caused by a biological agent, possibly viral. There are many known carcinogenic virii, and probably a lot more unknown.
Cancers due to ionizing radiation exposure are known to follow a linear model. So in this case the equivalence of a high dose for a short period vs. a low dose for a long time is pretty likely.
As far as SAR equivalence, remember that with a cell phone you are holding the transmitter right up against your skull. Even though the tower might be emitting a lot more radiation, it is also a lot further away.
Radon is usually linked to lung cancer, not brain cancer.
Not all of the people who were afflicted were working on the top floor of the building.
The problem with the statement 'consistent with radiation' is that the Doctor means ionizing radiation, and a cell tower emits non-ionizing radiation. BIG difference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizing_radiation
Text as images has so many problems that there is no excuse for it. Anyone with any kind of disability has problems with it, the images are far slower to download, and making the text dynamic is nearly impossible.
The main culprit as far as I have seen is people working as web designers who started as print designers. They are used to having their design rendered exactly as they envisioned it, but that is not how html works so they try to force it to the detriment of all concrned.
Font size is the easiest thing there is for the end user to adjust to their preference if the page is designed correctly. My eyes are not at all good, but a couple of taps on ctrl+ made this page quite easy to view.
What REALLY ticks me off about working with some designers is when they want to place text on a page in the form of images so they can force the user to look at the design exactly the way they want it shown.
The reason to build your own PC is choice, not about saving money - you get to pick each and every component that goes into the machine, and you end up with exactly the machine you want, rather than having to select from a limited list of options. The result is a machine that meets your needs much more closely than a pre-built machine, and that translates to a machine that is a great value.
What makes .xxx a farce is that you would never be able to enforce step 2, and the meaning of 'questionable' is highly subjective. I think ICANN is right to reject the idea of the .xxx TLD, it is a ludicrous idea.
Nah, before you send it, dip the package in cocaine and you will be good to go.
No wonder delivery of my Netfix discs has been slow with a couple that never arrived.
You can think of the process of communicating between the two parts of the system in terms of connection overhead, and data passing overhead. In most cases the process of communicating between two subsystems becomes inefficient when there are a lot of small messages rather than a smaller number of large messages. This is where I think a lot of the problems with microkernel architecture lie - insufficient attention to the connection overhead part of the process.
Yes, you did miss the point. ODF supporting applications are weak on accessability compared to MS applications. If you adopt ODF which isn't supported by MS, you lock out some disabled users.
Here is another explination of 'Bills of Attainder'
http://home.earthlink.net/~founders/billofa.htm
Eminent domain isn't about seizing property. For that you have to pay fair value to the owners. And in American law bill of attainder is any taking without compensation. You didn't read the wikipedia article very carefully.
The same cable companies fight like hell to keep local franchising and other impediments to competition in place. I'd say that so long as they recieve these sorts of protections price regulation is necessary. If they are willing to go for an unregulated environment, then fine, they can be free to set their prices in what manner they want.
and then take it away from these greedy pinheads
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You will need a Constitutional Amendment first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder#Am
It really is OK to not give out free customer support to people, even if they're friends or family.
True enough, although I would never say no to my parents. Cleaning out their spyware is a very small return on their investment. You'll feel better for it too, unless you are a totally hopeless person.
Star Wars Kid? You have got to be joking. This is a 2 minutes of fame fad on the same level as hampster dance. Not even the full 15 minutes.
If you are going to drink Bill's Kool-Aid, you shouldn't be surprised if there are undesirable side effects.
Come on - marketing costs on the internet ? For already known, established artists ?
And how do you think those artists got to be known and estabilished? Big bucks, that is how. And it takes money albiet not as much as it took to get them established to keep them there.
But don't worry - outlets like Wal-Mart are pushing back hard on the music industry to reduce CD prices. There have been a number of stories about them demanding $10 CDs. This along with what happened with ITunes makes me feel that strong distribution channels are going to be what brings prices down.
It wouldn't be so bad if it were actually vim installed on those UNIX boxes. But NOOoooOOO, it is usualy some pre-historic truly craptacular version of vi puke puke.
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So what about cost of producing mp3s
Small. But then there is the marketing costs which are not small.
Ultimately good writing comes from two practices, reading lots of well-written material, and then writing with a sensitivity to the quality of the product.
Unfortunately the modern experience of passive, predigested video-based entertainment does not lead people down this path.