If you look hard enough, you should be able to develop a class. I know the big subjects should be 1) early computing (i.e. ENIAC and the like) 2) Xerox PARC and the early Net 3) Early hacking and how it developed the modern PC culture and 4) The current underground scene, where I cut my teeth. If you cover those 4 subheadings well, the rest will sort itself out.
To be truthful, it's a little bit of both. There are some genes which are common across life, including humans, so we have a general idea of what they do already. Even if we don't know the exact function of the gene, if we know it's similar enough to another gene, it's a decent start.
For example, I just did a project for a class where I had to analyze all of these different gene sequences. Though the exact product of one of the genes was not known, it was easy to deduce from other data. Therefore, in a weird way, if you have a vague idea of what a gene does, you can design experiments to find exact what it does. Also, this capability extends across organisms. If I know a gene in humans is similar to a gene of a known function in A. thaliana, I could design an experiment to find out more specifically what it might do in humans. I hope this clarifies stuff.
Simply put, with finding out what whole genomes do, you get a pretty precise roadmap of what's going on. Not only that, if you can't zoom in too much on one part of the map, you can go find another map that has a similar part and zoom in on that. Got it?
OK, this post is so full of half-truths, propaganda and outright lies that it's going to take a while to sort through it all. Let's begin at the beginning...
Smoking dope is just as bad for you or worse than smoking tobacco as far as your heart and lungs care.
First of all, THC has been proven to have no effects on the cardiovascular system so that's a lie. The statement about the lungs is a bit trickier, but glosses over a lot of details. Without going to much into the particulars, not only will you have to pretty much chain-smoke marijuana for the next 40 years to have comparable effects, you must also smoke it through either a pipe, a joint or a blunt. If you smoke weed through a bong or a THC vaporizer, the lung cancer risk is essentially nil.
Oh yeah, I forgot addiction.
This is the dumbest argument against addiction. While it is true that marijuana is stastically proven to be slightly more addictive than marijuana, I'm going to blow a hole in that logic. Tobacco has a 99% addiction rate, about 10 times that of alcohol, 8 times that of marijuana, and it is perfectly legal! In fact, it's easier to get addicted to nicotine that crack. Based on that logic, crack should be legal and cigarettes should be illegal.
Why do so many people think that you need anything more than friends and or novel situations to have a good time?
How about freedom of choice buddy! In a perfect world, your statement would be absolutely true. In fact, most would describe my usage as extremely occasional, and I can party with or without it. It's like deciding whether I want McDonalds or KFC. It's a personal choice. Who died and made you king of everyone's thoughts and feelings?
Blaming the police for drug violence is like blaming shippers for piracy.
Well, when you have to pretty much shit on the constitution to get drug arrests 9 times out of 10, you actually expect people to be peaceful? NEXT!
You never know what your really have, and always run the risk of being exposed to something far more serious than you bargained for.
I'd doubt you'd buy, say, cold medicine from someone you didn't know or trust. If someone violated your trust with NyQuil, they'd be out of business right? The same thing with illegal drugs. You have to take care to get stuff from people you trust. You would trust some unknown cold drug from a company you never heard of. Same thing with weed.
Drugs are a Global Industry of the worst kind!...Bribery, intemidation and murder are it's normal business practices.
Doesn't that describe Al Capone and his bootlegging boys in the 20s? Based on that logic, we should bring back prohibition!:)
Now I'm not saying that drugs should be sold to those under 18 (that should stay illegal) or that driving under the influence of pot should be legal either. That being said, pot should be otherwise legal and subject to the same social restrictions put on tobacco and alcohol. Peace
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Actually, according to this, [nytimes.com], the part of the bill involving actual children was upheld.
That is a good thing. The real kids will be left alone, while the only kids being harmed will exist only in the minds of sickos.
If you look hard enough, you should be able to develop a class. I know the big subjects should be 1) early computing (i.e. ENIAC and the like) 2) Xerox PARC and the early Net 3) Early hacking and how it developed the modern PC culture and 4) The current underground scene, where I cut my teeth. If you cover those 4 subheadings well, the rest will sort itself out.
To be truthful, it's a little bit of both. There are some genes which are common across life, including humans, so we have a general idea of what they do already. Even if we don't know the exact function of the gene, if we know it's similar enough to another gene, it's a decent start.
For example, I just did a project for a class where I had to analyze all of these different gene sequences. Though the exact product of one of the genes was not known, it was easy to deduce from other data. Therefore, in a weird way, if you have a vague idea of what a gene does, you can design experiments to find exact what it does. Also, this capability extends across organisms. If I know a gene in humans is similar to a gene of a known function in A. thaliana, I could design an experiment to find out more specifically what it might do in humans. I hope this clarifies stuff.
Simply put, with finding out what whole genomes do, you get a pretty precise roadmap of what's going on. Not only that, if you can't zoom in too much on one part of the map, you can go find another map that has a similar part and zoom in on that. Got it?
Oh, and please feel free to trash my gene analysis program code. http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~tbghtown/code :)
OK, this post is so full of half-truths, propaganda and outright lies that it's going to take a while to sort through it all. Let's begin at the beginning...
Smoking dope is just as bad for you or worse than smoking tobacco as far as your heart and lungs care.First of all, THC has been proven to have no effects on the cardiovascular system so that's a lie. The statement about the lungs is a bit trickier, but glosses over a lot of details. Without going to much into the particulars, not only will you have to pretty much chain-smoke marijuana for the next 40 years to have comparable effects, you must also smoke it through either a pipe, a joint or a blunt. If you smoke weed through a bong or a THC vaporizer, the lung cancer risk is essentially nil.
Oh yeah, I forgot addiction.This is the dumbest argument against addiction. While it is true that marijuana is stastically proven to be slightly more addictive than marijuana, I'm going to blow a hole in that logic. Tobacco has a 99% addiction rate, about 10 times that of alcohol, 8 times that of marijuana, and it is perfectly legal! In fact, it's easier to get addicted to nicotine that crack. Based on that logic, crack should be legal and cigarettes should be illegal.
Why do so many people think that you need anything more than friends and or novel situations to have a good time?How about freedom of choice buddy! In a perfect world, your statement would be absolutely true. In fact, most would describe my usage as extremely occasional, and I can party with or without it. It's like deciding whether I want McDonalds or KFC. It's a personal choice. Who died and made you king of everyone's thoughts and feelings?
Blaming the police for drug violence is like blaming shippers for piracy.Well, when you have to pretty much shit on the constitution to get drug arrests 9 times out of 10, you actually expect people to be peaceful? NEXT!
You never know what your really have, and always run the risk of being exposed to something far more serious than you bargained for.I'd doubt you'd buy, say, cold medicine from someone you didn't know or trust. If someone violated your trust with NyQuil, they'd be out of business right? The same thing with illegal drugs. You have to take care to get stuff from people you trust. You would trust some unknown cold drug from a company you never heard of. Same thing with weed.
Drugs are a Global Industry of the worst kind!Doesn't that describe Al Capone and his bootlegging boys in the 20s? Based on that logic, we should bring back prohibition! :)
Now I'm not saying that drugs should be sold to those under 18 (that should stay illegal) or that driving under the influence of pot should be legal either. That being said, pot should be otherwise legal and subject to the same social restrictions put on tobacco and alcohol. Peace
Save_your_time.__When_ask_about_DeCSS_at_a_campaig n_rally_yesterday,_he_seemed_completely_ clueless.__I_don't_think_he's_that_well_versed_in_ technology_issues.
Damn_I_have_it_when_space_bars_don't_work._;-)