What the hell do I care? Y'know how expensive this will be? For the home user it'll be quite some time before they'll be able to take advantage of this new spec.
My son asked me last night (he's 7) why people went to the moon. I told him the answer was "Becauase it's there."
NASA probably should not delay this mission. Some clear pics of Pluto and Charon would be nice.
However, what scientific value is there in going to Pluto?? A simple "because it's there" explanation won't work here when the money could be spent on better things - like Mars. Or homelessness for that matter.
Pull your head out of your ass. Rodents are used because they are very close to humans in several aspects: digestion, excretion, immune response, physiology, anatomy etc. Rodents are used because they're CHEAP. And, you can do studies with sucessive generations. So, you see, it's a damn good thing they don't live as long as humans. If they did, they wouldn't be used for experimentation. Where do you think half the drugs developed came from? They don't test new things on people right away - they use mice/rats.
"Besides, what causes cancer in rats doesn't necessarily cause cancer in humans".
I bet'cha all 226 of those were carcinogenic to humans - ranging from mild to severe. Remember, we're all mammals. Physiology is physiology. Ever notice how they group animals together? Birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals... All mammals have a liver, a brain, etc.
The fact that you can irradiate a rat is a good thing. You can simulate YEARS of exposure over a course of a couple weeks.
The study should not be criticized for its use of rats or mice. You need to look at the scientific process. Examine their methodology. Perhaps someone messed up the statistics? Was it a controlled environment? Are there confounding variables? Example: to do this properly, they would need to expose the rats/mice over the course of their lifetime with comparable doses of radiation that a human would recieve.
OK. They're not collecting personal information here folks. Frankly, if it helps refine the search(es) that I perform, I'm all for it.
Example:
A friend of mine was working at a provincial park last summer. He was working on the park's web site and decided he needed a picture of a Black Bear. On to Yahoo! and Lycos he goes, enters the search "black bear". Guess how many porn sites he got back? Try this search now on google, and you actually get "Black Bear" information. NOT porn. Anything to refine the database is fine with me.
...if they found an intact skull. Sure, the teeth, jaw and femur can paint a picture of which genus this specimen *may* fall under. The skull would enable scientists to place this find in relation to "Lucy" or any of the other "early man" finds. They would also be able to predict earlier or latter stages of evolution - if they had the skull.
Got that? Every grad student has a mentor/advisor. These advisors help the student with everything from spell checking/proof-reading to contributing/refining ideas for the paper. Your thesis is not entirely YOUR work. Yes, you do MOST of the work, but not all.
The advisor/mentor is almost ALWAYS a university/institution employee. Therefore, the work is not yours. You are entitled to put your name on it, and publish it as is the university/institution and the advisor/mentor.
Don't like it? Don't use your good ideas for your thesis.
"Those sirry Americans. They waste 5 birrion dorrars on erection. They stir don't know who won erection. Stupid Americans. They shourd be rike China - kirr arr who oppose. Run over with tanks. Probrem sorved."
Frankly, I won't use the internet to glean a glimpse of election results. I'll be watching ABC or NBC for up to the minute analysis and commentary by experts. Granted, you can get the same thing on the net, but why? I won't be frustrated because my page(s) aren't loading fast enough. Sorry, you can't beat TV for live coverage - yet.
What I will use the 'net for is post-election coverage. I'll be able to get what information I want, when I want it. In this case, coverage will be far more comprehensive, and I don't have to listen to boring guys with toupees. (once is enough)
Opting out of taking parental responsibility?? Are you mad?
This is an exccellent example of providing parental responsibility! You have to actively interview the said "daycare" to see if it is right for your child. Daycare workers have degrees in Developmental Psychology, Early childhood education, etc. etc. etc. If anything, they're more qualified than YOU are to raise a kid.
You make it sound as if we're dropping our kids off at "Less's Crack House/Daycare Centre"
What exactly do you think Kindergarten is? Glorified daycare. Daycare provides a child with something you cannot. Socialization skills. You can't provide that in the home - unless you're a Mormon with an enormous family - that would explain the "parental responsibility" comment.
Some people simply can't afford to not work. We were fortunate enough to have my wife take 2 years off. What about the single mothers? Single fathers? Unless, of course, you're happy with welfare...
I have a child. Day care in my area ranges from 250 - 600 bucks a month. Let's say you have to be at work at 8:00. Get up at 6:00, get yourself, the kid etc. packed, leave for work at 7:00 to get the kid to day care - rush to work. At the end of the day - rush to day care (you have to pick up your kid by 5:30 - 6, or they sell 'em) pick up the kid, get the wife, go home. *whew*.
I would *LOVE* to have day care where I work. EVERY employee would take advantage of it. Hell, with the amount of money that I'd save each month, I could pay for my own cell phone, internet access, and gym membership. This is something that would free up time from my already busy day, and reduce stress.
You'd be a fool to turn this benefit down if it was ever offered. Don't have kids yet? When you do you'll wish you had day care on the job. You'll see...
OK, Ok. I'll volunteer to go up in the space shuttle, drill a hole in this thing and blow it apart. There are, however, a couple of conditions:
1. I want the new Athlon 5.5 GHz with 1.2M RAM
2. I want the new 8 TB optical HD. (no Zoltrix)
3. Someone has to pay my $2400/month Napster fee
4. I don't want to pay anymore taxes.
5. Hookers.
6. Split up Microsoft.
This is surprising?!? Broadband, hockey, BEER, moose, snow - what's not to love about CANADA!
All you Americans are formally invited to my ski hill this coming July - in southern Ontario. Bring those skis and toques (that's a hat to keep your head warm), c'mon up, enjoy some broadband, beer and boobies. We've got it all! Your one American dollar will buy you 2 Honda Civics, a case of beer, and 4 lap dances. What's not to love? If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of a polar bear.
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What the hell do I care? Y'know how expensive this will be? For the home user it'll be quite some time before they'll be able to take advantage of this new spec.
Besides, SCSI is still better...
My son asked me last night (he's 7) why people went to the moon. I told him the answer was "Becauase it's there."
NASA probably should not delay this mission. Some clear pics of Pluto and Charon would be nice.
However, what scientific value is there in going to Pluto?? A simple "because it's there" explanation won't work here when the money could be spent on better things - like Mars. Or homelessness for that matter.
g
"Rodent studies are essentially useless"
Pull your head out of your ass. Rodents are used because they are very close to humans in several aspects: digestion, excretion, immune response, physiology, anatomy etc. Rodents are used because they're CHEAP. And, you can do studies with sucessive generations. So, you see, it's a damn good thing they don't live as long as humans. If they did, they wouldn't be used for experimentation. Where do you think half the drugs developed came from? They don't test new things on people right away - they use mice/rats.
"Besides, what causes cancer in rats doesn't necessarily cause cancer in humans".
I bet'cha all 226 of those were carcinogenic to humans - ranging from mild to severe. Remember, we're all mammals. Physiology is physiology. Ever notice how they group animals together? Birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals... All mammals have a liver, a brain, etc.
The fact that you can irradiate a rat is a good thing. You can simulate YEARS of exposure over a course of a couple weeks.
The study should not be criticized for its use of rats or mice. You need to look at the scientific process. Examine their methodology. Perhaps someone messed up the statistics? Was it a controlled environment? Are there confounding variables? Example: to do this properly, they would need to expose the rats/mice over the course of their lifetime with comparable doses of radiation that a human would recieve.
"...just one instance in which devices manufactured with modern techniques aren't as good as devices manufactured with traditional techniques"
Furniture. Couches, chairs, cabinets, bookshelfs etc. etc. etc.
I'll take old hand-made furniture ANY day. MUCH better than that pre-fab shit that falls apart - You know, the stuff with the particle board backs?
(have some Amish folk make you a kitchen table, then go buy one from Leon's or Furniture Barn - you tell ME the difference).
How can this be a redundant post if it's #2 ?
Go moderators, go!
Sheesh.
here:
http://www.teletranslator.com:8080/
handy little web site.
Now quit yer' bitchin'.
oops. here:
http://www.teletranslator.com:8080/
handy little web site.
Now quit yer' bitchin'.
OK. They're not collecting personal information here folks. Frankly, if it helps refine the search(es) that I perform, I'm all for it.
Example:
A friend of mine was working at a provincial park last summer. He was working on the park's web site and decided he needed a picture of a Black Bear. On to Yahoo! and Lycos he goes, enters the search "black bear". Guess how many porn sites he got back? Try this search now on google, and you actually get "Black Bear" information. NOT porn. Anything to refine the database is fine with me.
The point was, that MAC addresses are unique.
...if they found an intact skull. Sure, the teeth, jaw and femur can paint a picture of which genus this specimen *may* fall under. The skull would enable scientists to place this find in relation to "Lucy" or any of the other "early man" finds. They would also be able to predict earlier or latter stages of evolution - if they had the skull.
g
No "Backstreet Boys"?? No "N'Sync"???!?
I'm out...
Let's just build more Resource controllers and collectors. Oh...wait...never mind.
Got that? Every grad student has a mentor/advisor. These advisors help the student with everything from spell checking/proof-reading to contributing/refining ideas for the paper. Your thesis is not entirely YOUR work. Yes, you do MOST of the work, but not all.
The advisor/mentor is almost ALWAYS a university/institution employee. Therefore, the work is not yours. You are entitled to put your name on it, and publish it as is the university/institution and the advisor/mentor.
Don't like it? Don't use your good ideas for your thesis.
At least I post with my user id - not AC.
"Those sirry Americans. They waste 5 birrion dorrars on erection. They stir don't know who won erection. Stupid Americans. They shourd be rike China - kirr arr who oppose. Run over with tanks. Probrem sorved."
This of course, is a derivative of:
"640K ought to be enough for anybody..." Bill Gates - 1984(?).
You forgot Play-Doh. Mmmmm....play doh...sOOO salty...
Frankly, I won't use the internet to glean a glimpse of election results. I'll be watching ABC or NBC for up to the minute analysis and commentary by experts. Granted, you can get the same thing on the net, but why? I won't be frustrated because my page(s) aren't loading fast enough. Sorry, you can't beat TV for live coverage - yet.
What I will use the 'net for is post-election coverage. I'll be able to get what information I want, when I want it. In this case, coverage will be far more comprehensive, and I don't have to listen to boring guys with toupees. (once is enough)
grOo
Opting out of taking parental responsibility?? Are you mad?
This is an exccellent example of providing parental responsibility! You have to actively interview the said "daycare" to see if it is right for your child. Daycare workers have degrees in Developmental Psychology, Early childhood education, etc. etc. etc. If anything, they're more qualified than YOU are to raise a kid.
You make it sound as if we're dropping our kids off at "Less's Crack House/Daycare Centre"
What exactly do you think Kindergarten is? Glorified daycare. Daycare provides a child with something you cannot. Socialization skills. You can't provide that in the home - unless you're a Mormon with an enormous family - that would explain the "parental responsibility" comment.
Some people simply can't afford to not work. We were fortunate enough to have my wife take 2 years off. What about the single mothers? Single fathers? Unless, of course, you're happy with welfare...
I have a child. Day care in my area ranges from 250 - 600 bucks a month. Let's say you have to be at work at 8:00. Get up at 6:00, get yourself, the kid etc. packed, leave for work at 7:00 to get the kid to day care - rush to work. At the end of the day - rush to day care (you have to pick up your kid by 5:30 - 6, or they sell 'em) pick up the kid, get the wife, go home. *whew*.
I would *LOVE* to have day care where I work. EVERY employee would take advantage of it. Hell, with the amount of money that I'd save each month, I could pay for my own cell phone, internet access, and gym membership. This is something that would free up time from my already busy day, and reduce stress.
You'd be a fool to turn this benefit down if it was ever offered. Don't have kids yet? When you do you'll wish you had day care on the job. You'll see...
Yeah, that was supposed to be a "G" oops
OK, Ok. I'll volunteer to go up in the space shuttle, drill a hole in this thing and blow it apart. There are, however, a couple of conditions:
1. I want the new Athlon 5.5 GHz with 1.2M RAM
2. I want the new 8 TB optical HD. (no Zoltrix)
3. Someone has to pay my $2400/month Napster fee
4. I don't want to pay anymore taxes.
5. Hookers.
6. Split up Microsoft.
Deal?
I AM groo
Yes, but - when these games are designed, they're meant to be run on a tv. That's on 300 lines of resolution. It'll look like sh*t on your monitor.
This is surprising?!? Broadband, hockey, BEER, moose, snow - what's not to love about CANADA!
All you Americans are formally invited to my ski hill this coming July - in southern Ontario. Bring those skis and toques (that's a hat to keep your head warm), c'mon up, enjoy some broadband, beer and boobies. We've got it all! Your one American dollar will buy you 2 Honda Civics, a case of beer, and 4 lap dances. What's not to love? If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of a polar bear.
I AM groo
as soon as a company mentions Linux in a positive way, regardless of how insignificant, the slashdot.org crowd throws a virtual equivalent of Mardi Gras