If the brain does not receive visual stimuli as a child, then the visual centers never form properly, or at all. There is a certain time window, where the brain is plastic enough to learn the new input. After it has passed, then there are certain things the brain can not do, or do well - like learn new languages without an accent.
Bone is porous, so that the bone cells can live in them It's called a osteo conductive property of the substrate... Wood has a porous structure, and thus it is used, rather than say a solid block.
Hips have made excellent progress, with newer (metal on metal) and (ceramic on ceramic), or ceramic on metal, the wear rate is minimal, and many are thought to last a persons lifetime, if they avoid stressful things like running/jumping. So patients in their 30's are getting them now. Knees - not so good - still about 12-15 years
Total femur replacements usually take about 4 hours, but a routine hip can be done in 90 minutes.
Trust me, the implant manufacturers get way more money, than the average orthopaedic surgeon for, say a hip replacement. The surgeon gets around $1000 from insurance companies(or medicare) which includes 3 months follow up visits, while the implant manufacturer gets around $7000 for their artificial hip.
The biggest expense in most surgeries is from the implants. Why? - because of all the liability lawsuits, which require exhaustive testing, sterilization, rechecking, etc.
People love to sue anything with deep pockets, so you can go thank the ambulance chasers, and the good for nothing person who's "disabled" and can't work anymore, for your expensive medical bills.
I had a pet Doberman as a kid. She kept on getting outside the house, and we thought my lil brother was leaving doors open. Turned out she figured out how to open locked doors, and open screen doors. She also liked to sneak up behind people, and goose their butt with her nose.
Now I have a labby/Jindo (Korean dog) mix. He knows about 40 words so far, and learns new commands in 2 weeks. Best command yet was right and left lean, so that he doesn't fall over in my car, taking corners.
What really freaked me out was that he figured out that my call pager was important (I'm a doctor). He figured out BY HIMSELF, that when the pager went off, that I needed to get it. He kept on putting his head on my lap - which is his was of getting out attention, if I didn't hear it go off in another part of the house.
That was cool - except now I'm wishing he wasn't neutered - I want some pups of his eventually.
I've seen around 1000 bands or so play(punk, hardcore, deathmetal, noise), none came even close to the sonic bombardment of the MBV encore, except maybe Swans. Not Motorhead, not Godflesh, not Sunn O))) - I haven't seen KISS, so I can't compare.
And yes I concur - the F'ing drummer always sets the volume of the band. They just can't seem to play fast, without playing really loud (and vise-versa)
All the stuff on Dischord (Fugazi et al) sounds F'in great, and their setup cost no where near that, unless you count their group home. Besides, a good song is a goos song, even if it's a little scratchy, most people will listen to it.
I view the stuff emitted from their guns akin to ball lightning. A highly charged plasma that propagates through the air, and then something runs along the ionized air stream.
Maybe they can combine all the lasers and makes pictures that can be projected, and maybe even move.
No seriously, projectable high def video thiat should be visible in the daytime. This will probably pave the way for a whole new type of billboard and billboard regulations, which will pop up on any flat surface, hell even on non flat surfaces (clouds, etc)
this might wind up being obnoxious
Laser headlights for cars = less glare into oncoming cars.
the electrical spark can go right thru it, unlike the laser. I was thinking about having paired lasers that can clean each other, or having a cleaning cycle on the laser to burn off carbon.
Good point. What about having the laser occasionally re-aim it's target, or energy so that it hits the lens or covering, so that it ignites and cleans it. Or have two lasers that can be aimed at each other, and can clean each other.
Radiation affects cells typically with ionizing radiation, where the beam causes electrons to detach from some part of the cell - usually most destructive in the DNA of the nucleus. The resultant electrically charged particle (free radical) chemically recombines in an unfavorable way to the body, and results in either 1) short term cell death (resultant gut sloughing, hair loss), or 2) long term cancer. Other effects can be thermal in nature - i.e. burns on the body from the heat produced.
Anyway, ionizing radiation needs a oxygenated environment(cells are metabolically active) to produce its damage -so if some chemical can nullify the free radical before it chemically combines with some other important part of the cell (DNA for example), then the damage is abated.
Knowing how radiation produces its damage, I say it is very possible that something like this can work.
If you plan on driving your truck for 300k miles@ 20 MPG, then that's 15,000 gallons of fuel - which is pretty good for a "truck". You are really paying less than $2 per gallon? Gas seems to average around $2.75 and to be fair, it will probably only increase in price. So I'll call it an even $3/gallon, which will make fuel coasts around $45,000 for 300K if you were to buy your truck now. Unless your truck is a diesel, then some major engine repair/ maintenance costs would be probably fair to also add in, as well as transmission repairs/replacements.
Powerline costs on an electric car will be changing the battery at 100,000 miles and will cost $12,000 , so 300k miles would have operating costs around $24,000 +$3,000(electricity). Not too bad. The electric motor/transmission should not need ANY repairs during that time. I imagine significant R&D and economy of scale will tend to drive this price down significantly by then.
I can see these popping up, or else just taking a little break for 15 min. Honestly, 200 miles takes about 3 hours to drive in a car. A 10 minute quick charge is no big deal to wait.
It just means overweight - from EITHER too much muscle or too much fat - you weigh more than the norm. People are getting bent out of shape, 'cause they associate overweight with being fat - but BMI doesn't say that.
Why - because it looks at actuarial tables and predicts who survives the longest. So yes, while you are "in shape" with a BMI of 28, your heart still has to pump blood for all that extra tissue, and it just might, on average, tend to crap out earlier than in a thinner persons . By your reasoning, what about those ridiculous body builder guys - they have lots of muscle, work out a lot, etc - are they healthy?. Remember that people used to think a dark tan was healthy too- before we learned about skin cancer.
It pays to be within the norm - not too tall, not too short, not too overweight (ie muscular OR fat), etc.
This study is looking at elderly people in Canada, and not the young. Geriatric patients also tend to lose weight before they die. The paper is flawed in that it should probably exclude peoples weight for a year or two before they die A comparison would be nice to look at say a thinner population (Japanese, some Europeans), and compare life expectancy with BMI between the groups.
Being a musician myself, I can tell the difference between various types of recordings. You, being a violinist, are used to hearing what a violin sounds like recorded via analog, and are probably happy with the way it sounds, since you like playing violin. Something that sounds new or different, might not sound as familiar, or pleasant to you. The opposite would be the warm reminiscent feeling of listening to an old scratchy recording of a Louis Armstrong record - there are emotional feelings attached to the scratches and pops, because it evokes other memories.
A fairer test would be a neutral tone, such as pink noise, and to see which was more "faithful" in reproducing it. Then again, in any study, you will have some people who will prefer the analog recording (let's call them acoustic luddites ), because it is what they are used to, and not necessarily the most accurate.
There are lots of different kinds - human slave labor, entertainment, livable space, etc. Hell - maybe they'll use Earth as a factory to make all sorts of toxic crap, so their homeworld won't be polluted. Having another planet will almost never be a bad thing.
Intelligence doesn't have to be measured in physical inventions (but I likely think it would manifest that way). Maybe the squids have the most awesome philosophy, stories, poems, songs, dance whatever.
Intelligence species don't necessarily have to care about other species - humans can't put on a good chemi-lumescent light show for beans, and maybe that makes us look F-ing retarded and boring to them - get the idea?
Other lifeforms might be so weird and alien to us, that we may never communicate effectively with them or want to because there might never be anything interesting to either of us . For God sakes, the West has a tough enough time trying to communicate with the Middle East, let alone Ceti-Alpha 6 sand bug colonies.
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If the brain does not receive visual stimuli as a child, then the visual centers never form properly, or at all. There is a certain time window, where the brain is plastic enough to learn the new input. After it has passed, then there are certain things the brain can not do, or do well - like learn new languages without an accent.
Bone is porous, so that the bone cells can live in them It's called a osteo conductive property of the substrate... Wood has a porous structure, and thus it is used, rather than say a solid block.
Hips have made excellent progress, with newer (metal on metal) and (ceramic on ceramic), or ceramic on metal, the wear rate is minimal, and many are thought to last a persons lifetime, if they avoid stressful things like running/jumping. So patients in their 30's are getting them now.
Knees - not so good - still about 12-15 years
Total femur replacements usually take about 4 hours, but a routine hip can be done in 90 minutes.
Many implants are only coated at the ends to avoid this problem. Check out the compress system by biomet - bone actually grows with time.
Trust me, the implant manufacturers get way more money, than the average orthopaedic surgeon for, say a hip replacement. The surgeon gets around $1000 from insurance companies(or medicare) which includes 3 months follow up visits, while the implant manufacturer gets around $7000 for their artificial hip.
The biggest expense in most surgeries is from the implants. Why? - because of all the liability lawsuits, which require exhaustive testing, sterilization, rechecking, etc.
People love to sue anything with deep pockets, so you can go thank the ambulance chasers, and the good for nothing person who's "disabled" and can't work anymore, for your expensive medical bills.
I had a pet Doberman as a kid. She kept on getting outside the house, and we thought my lil brother was leaving doors open. Turned out she figured out how to open locked doors, and open screen doors. She also liked to sneak up behind people, and goose their butt with her nose.
Now I have a labby/Jindo (Korean dog) mix. He knows about 40 words so far, and learns new commands in 2 weeks. Best command yet was right and left lean, so that he doesn't fall over in my car, taking corners.
What really freaked me out was that he figured out that my call pager was important (I'm a doctor). He figured out BY HIMSELF, that when the pager went off, that I needed to get it. He kept on putting his head on my lap - which is his was of getting out attention, if I didn't hear it go off in another part of the house.
That was cool - except now I'm wishing he wasn't neutered - I want some pups of his eventually.
I've seen around 1000 bands or so play(punk, hardcore, deathmetal, noise), none came even close to the sonic bombardment of the MBV encore, except maybe Swans. Not Motorhead, not Godflesh, not Sunn O))) - I haven't seen KISS, so I can't compare.
And yes I concur - the F'ing drummer always sets the volume of the band. They just can't seem to play fast, without playing really loud (and vise-versa)
All the stuff on Dischord (Fugazi et al) sounds F'in great, and their setup cost no where near that, unless you count their group home.
Besides, a good song is a goos song, even if it's a little scratchy, most people will listen to it.
I view the stuff emitted from their guns akin to ball lightning. A highly charged plasma that propagates through the air, and then something runs along the ionized air stream.
Maybe they can combine all the lasers and makes pictures that can be projected, and maybe even move.
No seriously, projectable high def video thiat should be visible in the daytime. This will probably pave the way for a whole new type of billboard and billboard regulations, which will pop up on any flat surface, hell even on non flat surfaces (clouds, etc)
this might wind up being obnoxious
Laser headlights for cars = less glare into oncoming cars.
the electrical spark can go right thru it, unlike the laser. I was thinking about having paired lasers that can clean each other, or having a cleaning cycle on the laser to burn off carbon.
Good point. What about having the laser occasionally re-aim it's target, or energy so that it hits the lens or covering, so that it ignites and cleans it. Or have two lasers that can be aimed at each other, and can clean each other.
Radiation affects cells typically with ionizing radiation, where the beam causes electrons to detach from some part of the cell - usually most destructive in the DNA of the nucleus. The resultant electrically charged particle (free radical) chemically recombines in an unfavorable way to the body, and results in either 1) short term cell death (resultant gut sloughing, hair loss), or 2) long term cancer.
Other effects can be thermal in nature - i.e. burns on the body from the heat produced.
Anyway, ionizing radiation needs a oxygenated environment(cells are metabolically active) to produce its damage -so if some chemical can nullify the free radical before it chemically combines with some other important part of the cell (DNA for example), then the damage is abated.
Knowing how radiation produces its damage, I say it is very possible that something like this can work.
weird ass bed
LOL it's a twin sized bed
What girl will be over "sleeping"o in that thing with him. Wow, talk about excluding yourself from any chance of mating..
I live in Los Angeles, and have AT&T, and rarely if ever, have dropped calls. I get good coverage everywhere.
Now what are we supposed to do with this anecdotal data? The question seems poorly thought out.
If you plan on driving your truck for 300k miles@ 20 MPG, then that's 15,000 gallons of fuel - which is pretty good for a "truck". You are really paying less than $2 per gallon? Gas seems to average around $2.75 and to be fair, it will probably only increase in price. So I'll call it an even $3/gallon, which will make fuel coasts around $45,000 for 300K if you were to buy your truck now. Unless your truck is a diesel, then some major engine repair/ maintenance costs would be probably fair to also add in, as well as transmission repairs/replacements.
Powerline costs on an electric car will be changing the battery at 100,000 miles and will cost $12,000 , so 300k miles would have operating costs around $24,000 +$3,000(electricity). Not too bad. The electric motor/transmission should not need ANY repairs during that time. I imagine significant R&D and economy of scale will tend to drive this price down significantly by then.
I can see these popping up, or else just taking a little break for 15 min. Honestly, 200 miles takes about 3 hours to drive in a car. A 10 minute quick charge is no big deal to wait.
It just means overweight - from EITHER too much muscle or too much fat - you weigh more than the norm.
People are getting bent out of shape, 'cause they associate overweight with being fat - but BMI doesn't say that.
Why - because it looks at actuarial tables and predicts who survives the longest. So yes, while you are "in shape" with a BMI of 28, your heart still has to pump blood for all that extra tissue, and it just might, on average, tend to crap out earlier than in a thinner persons . By your reasoning, what about those ridiculous body builder guys - they have lots of muscle, work out a lot, etc - are they healthy?. Remember that people used to think a dark tan was healthy too- before we learned about skin cancer.
It pays to be within the norm - not too tall, not too short, not too overweight (ie muscular OR fat), etc.
This study is looking at elderly people in Canada, and not the young. Geriatric patients also tend to lose weight before they die. The paper is flawed in that it should probably exclude peoples weight for a year or two before they die A comparison would be nice to look at say a thinner population (Japanese, some Europeans), and compare life expectancy with BMI between the groups.
Being a musician myself, I can tell the difference between various types of recordings. You, being a violinist, are used to hearing what a violin sounds like recorded via analog, and are probably happy with the way it sounds, since you like playing violin. Something that sounds new or different, might not sound as familiar, or pleasant to you. The opposite would be the warm reminiscent feeling of listening to an old scratchy recording of a Louis Armstrong record - there are emotional feelings attached to the scratches and pops, because it evokes other memories.
A fairer test would be a neutral tone, such as pink noise, and to see which was more "faithful" in reproducing it. Then again, in any study, you will have some people who will prefer the analog recording (let's call them acoustic luddites ), because it is what they are used to, and not necessarily the most accurate.
There are lots of different kinds - human slave labor, entertainment, livable space, etc. Hell - maybe they'll use Earth as a factory to make all sorts of toxic crap, so their homeworld won't be polluted.
Having another planet will almost never be a bad thing.
Intelligence doesn't have to be measured in physical inventions (but I likely think it would manifest that way). Maybe the squids have the most awesome philosophy, stories, poems, songs, dance whatever.
Intelligence species don't necessarily have to care about other species - humans can't put on a good chemi-lumescent light show for beans, and maybe that makes us look F-ing retarded and boring to them - get the idea?
Other lifeforms might be so weird and alien to us, that we may never communicate effectively with them or want to because there might never be anything interesting to either of us
. For God sakes, the West has a tough enough time trying to communicate with the Middle East, let alone Ceti-Alpha 6 sand bug colonies.
0-60 4.7 sec top speed 174 - that's right an SUV that goes 174.
no bloody freaking governor either.
What would happen, if say I took my street legal GT3 to the track with this thing on it? Would it shut me down on the track?
This thing sounds like it will be too much of a legal nightmare to do in America - thank God.