I just built a Linux computer for my parents (dad's an older guy in his 60's) instead of a windows machine... and it's precisely because of the software cost.
A little shuttle cube, duron processor, 512 of RAM, 160GB drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive... all for under 500 bucks. When he wanted windows, I informed him that his OS, office suite, and antivirus would almost double the cost of his computer... I did a quick assessment and realized he could do all the stuff he wanted on Linux (including utilize a USB printer and a USB scanner). I even set it up so I can administer it remotely via SSH (or even webmin tunneled over SSH if I'm feeling really lazy).
Needless to say, my mother and father are now big fans. I say good for Walmart if they want to market machines with linux and windows side-by-side... I'd like to see the sales numbers on that deal.
Ah, so I'm "closed-minded" am I? Closed-minded because I want to raise children who know right from wrong, are responsible, respect the positions of others while defending their own, and can think/reason for themselves? Because I want to mold how my children think and how they reason, I'm a bad parent who's stunting their intellectual growth? What would you substitute in place of a loving and involved parent? The TV? Their friends? The internet? Some kind of "it takes a village" claptrap?
I happen to think that hands-off parents are a major problem in our society... too busy with work, too busy with social climbing, too busy period to be involved in their childrens' lives. Is that what you want? Good lord, man... just because you have a beef with your parents doesn't invalidate the parental model. I get the impression that you feel stifled and confined, and that you want to "do your own thing" as quickly as possible. That's normal... but if you're still living at home, that's probably NOT going to fly. You'll be able to go your own way soon enough, but there's delayed gratification involved. Not to be patronizing, but the sooner you learn to delay gratification, the better off you'll be.
You still haven't said what you'd put in place of me. You've done a hatchet job on me as a parent (closed-minded, indoctrinated, neurotic... it's OK, I don't take it personally), but you have utterly failed to present any sort of worthy alternative to a caring, involved parent (Who, BTW, wants nothing more than intellectually mature and well-rounded kids).
I could have chosen a mental midget as a life's mate... someone I could dominate and would always agree with me.. but my wife is a terminally-degreed professional who can more than hold her own in a discussion. Ever date a woman who's beautiful, but a complete moron? I have, and holy smokes, talk about painful. My most feverent hope is that my kids are able to hold their own in a discussion, defend what they believe, and say "no" with conviction and authority.
I'm not interested in raising robots. Hell, if I wanted a family of those, I'd go buy a bunch of Aibos.
I may have given the wrong impression with my "big brother" comment. I'm not talking about a keyghost on every computer and hidden cameras... I'm talking about a simple proxy that keeps an eye on traffic, IPs, etc. The internet can be a pretty sick place, and I'd like to know if my kids are swimming in a cesspool. But to be fair, even the old BBS days had their share of the seedier side of life (the older posters here probably remember those days). That stuff has always been out there, the difference is that it's much easier to access via the net... a bona-fide shop of horrors is just a click away.
It's about earning trust. Reliability has to be proven and established, preferably via some kind of track record, or trial period (one the child may or may not know about). Give them one warning, just to let them know you are watching, then lower the boom, and for God's sake FOLLOW THROUGH.
My wife is a consenting adult, whom I trust completely. That trust has been built over a period of years, and is mutual. Having spent birthdays, holidays, etc apart due to miltary duties for months and months, we've both had ample opportunity to violate our marriage vows, and we have not. She can be hard-core, and is more than able to take care of herself (I've watched her shoot guys down... brutal.) I would never snoop on my wife, because we have built up that trust, and because she is MORE than capable of thinking and reasoning for herself.
That, my friend, is the difference between a consenting adult and a minor child. Why is there an age of consent? It's because younger children and teens generally don't have the ability, breadth of experience, or perspective to assent to certain activities. This is why slime like NAMBLA are so fundamentally wrong. A child cannot consent to activities like they advocate, because they cannot adequately appreciate and understand the ramifications of those activities.
My wife is of the same mind on this matter, by the way. I prefer to think of myself as a watchful guardian rather than a "snoop" (it's all semantics anyway). If I'm not there to help them interpret what they see, then who will be? Who will love them enough to help them understand? Who will address the tough questions with them? (and thanks to open communication and a little technology, I'll be able to anticipate some of those critical conversations).
It's all good, my young friend, and it's an absolutely beneficient effort with nothing less than their best interests at heart... A labor of love, if you will.
It would be a lot easier for me to say "sure, go ahead and do whatever the hell you want..." but I love them too much to do that. They may not appreciate it at the time (I certainly didn't), but God willing, they may eventually come to be thankful for all those hours and all that effort.
It took me until my late 20's to realize exactly how hard my parents had worked to make me a quality human being, and I feel that it's my parental obligation to return the favor with my own children.
I can't wait for my son to get old enough to try his first hack attempt on the home network. He'll probably think he's got m4d 5k1llz, but I was phreaking and wardialing decades before he ever touched a keyboard.
Might be an interesting contest... I'm kind of tickled by the thought... bring it on.
The guy made a statement about his control of the home network. You responded by personally attacking him, basically calling him a tight-assed bastard... shame on you. He makes a VERY important point... his hardware, his electricity, his rules; I happen to think he's got every right to do this.
Here's a point you're missing; he's responsible for that network.
That's right... his house, his hardware, his electricity, HIS RESPONSIBILITY, including legally. The last thing I want is the RIAA/MPAA/FBI coming to my door because I gave my teen a little too much freedom on his computer. How many thousands did that little girl's mother have to pay because she was downloading music? I know you know the story I'm talking about, discussed ad nauseum here on Slashdot.
I have no problem letting my kids learn. I let them fall, skin their knees (my wife has a little trouble with this), even occasionally burn themselves, after all, the two best teachers are pain and loss of money. What I will not do is sit back while they fill their minds with stuff they may or may not be ready to handle, or while they get chatted up by some pedophile. And don't even give me that "you're just a paranoid old man" crap... Until you've done the number of sexual assault exams I have (including pediatric), you can sit down and be quiet.
My kids have met "big brother," and he is me. I'm not overprotective, just watchful. If I see them access something inappropriate, I may not say anything; I may just watch to see what they do. They best measure of your personal ethos and integrity is what you do when you think nobody is watching.
Once your kids have proven themselves, consider turning them loose... but trust is EARNED, folks.
I'm using three different controllers, all 6000 series and up. One runs under windows (shoot me), and the others run under redhat. I make it a habit to use the latest firmware and drivers from 3ware's website (easy download), and I have not had a problem yet. I use very generic ribbon cables scavenged from a multitude of machines... nothing special there. The drives are all of identical sizes (for their respective arrays), but of various brands.
I don't recall saying it was a common problem; just a known weakness of land-line alarms, particularly for professionals (who are admittedly few... most burglaries are youths, or people looking for a quick score for some drug money). That said, you'd hate to be that one person frantically dialing for help, with the awful realization that you didn't have a backup plan.
As with many things, it pays to have a backup. Better to have it and not need it than vise-versa
- Raid rack-mount server chassis (space for 8 drives) - 3ware RAID controller (great linux support) - multiple 120gb drives in RAID-5 - dual-athlon MB, bunch of RAM - CrystalFontz LCD running LCD4Linux - Samba, Postfix, etc.
It has enough extra horsepower that I can run a counterstrike server along with providing network services, primarily huge storage, for all my other machines. It's full of high-bitrate oggs (reripped everything; it took weeks, even using Grip's auto-rip feature). Oh, let's not forget the high-quality DivX.
Apart from giving me room to grow, it's made me a huge fan of dualies. I've never worked on a machine that's as snappy and responsive.
I don't usually reply to ACs... but I'm slipping in my old age (from Webster's dictionary):
Paranoia:
1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
2 : a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others - paranoiac/-'noi-"ak, -'noi-ik/ also paranoic/-'noi(-i)k, -'nO-ik/ adjective or noun
I'd hardly call keeping a cell phone as a land-line backup irrational and/or excessive (you DO back up your data, don't you? Have any of your machines on UPSs?)... but as an old military buddy of mine aptly put it:
"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out there."
a burglar cuts your land line before hitting your house; oldest trick in the book. Cuts off the phone-home feature of most home alarm systems, particularly since the ones that do have a "cellular backup" feature charge big extra fees for that feature.
I like always having a cell phone available. If you suspect a home burglary and find that your phone doesn't work, you'll be damned glad you have that cell, because you're facing one of two kinds of opponents.
#1. A professional who has anticipated your alarm system.
#2. A stalker-type who has surveiled you, knows you are home, and has plans for you.
Our hospital is also an all-MS shop (this is dictated by the national company that owns our hospital)... I know most of the IT guys and they would LOVE to be able to use some linux, particularly in the server room. Alas, policy is policy.
I don't think linux is bad on the desktop... heck, I use it for my desktop about 50% of the time. For what you're talking about (simple web-based apps), linux is just as good a client platform as MS, and probably better, if only for the security concerns you already mentioned.
Personally, I'm just a physician who would like to be left alone so I can take care of my patients. I'm not a politico or lobbyiest, and I'd rather not have to deal with this nasty political fight. Unfortunately, it's become a matter of survival for some of us. Most doctors don't give a damn about politics... we're too busy; I don't know any physician who hasn't been dragged kicking and screaming into this mess.
Penicillin was originally derived from the Penicillium mold... the streptomycins were similarly developed from other microbes (which species escapes me at the moment). Such naturally-occuring antibiotics are produced by bacteria to inhibit the growth of other nearby bacteria, thereby opening up living space for the original bug.
It's pretty nifty... there is a certain elegance in taking advantage of such natural inter-microbe competition for our own benefit.
but nice try at turning a complicated issue into a cheap political shot at the intelligence of "US citizens (and Republicans)."
Malpractice lawsuits have nothing to do with the increase in premiums? Please... losses directly affect premiums in virtually any insurance arena, though not always in the short term. Notably, my state has seen its total number of malpractice insurers drop from 15-20 to only 3 in the last ten years.
Also, state law where I practice limits the amount of assets an insurance company can place in the stock market. They are required by law to keep certain amounts liquid and available to settle claims, while much of the remainder of their assets goes into the much-less-volatile bond market. This state also prevents insurers from recouping investment losses via premium hikes, thus discouraging any sort of wild futures trading, or risky investment nonsense. Many insurers used to resell policies, much like banks resell loans... but the worldwide reinsurance market has also taken a beating in the last five years, preventing insurers from reshuffling some of their exposure.
It's a complicated problem... but that doesn't mean malpractice caps are not useful. Unless, of course, you are a med-mal attorney, in which case your self-interest is obvious. My personal preference would have been to institute some form of loser-pays, or a malpractice review board made up of laymen, attorneys, and physicians of various specialties to vet lawsuits for merit BEFORE they go to trial.
Blaming it soley on evil corporations losing money in the stock market makes you sound like a ABA lobbiest.
it's not necessarily different by country... it even varies by state. My state, for instance, just passed malpractice caps on noneconomic damages... and even despite that, I'm in the process of losing my malpractice insurance (despite having NO claims against me). They are dropping me like a bad habit, and if I want to stayed insured, it's going to cost me double what it was before (that's if I can even get insured).
Most of these unlabeled uses of drugs/viruses/devices are done under compassionate use protocols of one type or another. There is also "emergency use," which can even be done before clinical trials... try this link for some more info.
Even so, you should read the fine print. Even for emergency use, you still have to consult your IRB (that's "institutional review board" for you non-medical folks... they can veto what you want to do), and at least one other physician before submitting the paperwork... and who knows how long before your approval comes back? I've not personally submitted one of these (I am not an oncologist), so I won't speculate on the time frame, though I'd hope they would bypass the usual beauracratic delays.
Compassionate use protocols for some drugs... for people who are terminally ill and have nothing to lose by trying risky, untested drugs.
They've been using this in HIV patients for years. The only reason I could see them being more hesitant to treat cancer patients in a like manner is this: there ARE treatments for cancer that are curative... most all the treatments for HIV simply buy time... they do not eliminate the disease. Chemo is extraordinarily unpleasant, but it does have a proven track record...
How much truth is there to the statement that increased links equal increased google rank?
This article implies that all these postings are an effort to stack the google rankings, in order to place spam sites near the top. I'm not a google wizard... is this actually a usable loophole in google's ranking system?
Slashdot Mirror
You aren't kidding.
I just built a Linux computer for my parents (dad's an older guy in his 60's) instead of a windows machine... and it's precisely because of the software cost.
A little shuttle cube, duron processor, 512 of RAM, 160GB drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive... all for under 500 bucks. When he wanted windows, I informed him that his OS, office suite, and antivirus would almost double the cost of his computer... I did a quick assessment and realized he could do all the stuff he wanted on Linux (including utilize a USB printer and a USB scanner). I even set it up so I can administer it remotely via SSH (or even webmin tunneled over SSH if I'm feeling really lazy).
Needless to say, my mother and father are now big fans. I say good for Walmart if they want to market machines with linux and windows side-by-side... I'd like to see the sales numbers on that deal.
Ah, so I'm "closed-minded" am I? Closed-minded because I want to raise children who know right from wrong, are responsible, respect the positions of others while defending their own, and can think/reason for themselves? Because I want to mold how my children think and how they reason, I'm a bad parent who's stunting their intellectual growth? What would you substitute in place of a loving and involved parent? The TV? Their friends? The internet? Some kind of "it takes a village" claptrap?
I happen to think that hands-off parents are a major problem in our society... too busy with work, too busy with social climbing, too busy period to be involved in their childrens' lives. Is that what you want? Good lord, man... just because you have a beef with your parents doesn't invalidate the parental model. I get the impression that you feel stifled and confined, and that you want to "do your own thing" as quickly as possible. That's normal... but if you're still living at home, that's probably NOT going to fly. You'll be able to go your own way soon enough, but there's delayed gratification involved. Not to be patronizing, but the sooner you learn to delay gratification, the better off you'll be.
You still haven't said what you'd put in place of me. You've done a hatchet job on me as a parent (closed-minded, indoctrinated, neurotic... it's OK, I don't take it personally), but you have utterly failed to present any sort of worthy alternative to a caring, involved parent (Who, BTW, wants nothing more than intellectually mature and well-rounded kids).
I could have chosen a mental midget as a life's mate... someone I could dominate and would always agree with me.. but my wife is a terminally-degreed professional who can more than hold her own in a discussion. Ever date a woman who's beautiful, but a complete moron? I have, and holy smokes, talk about painful. My most feverent hope is that my kids are able to hold their own in a discussion, defend what they believe, and say "no" with conviction and authority.
I'm not interested in raising robots. Hell, if I wanted a family of those, I'd go buy a bunch of Aibos.
Sir, you have so completely indicted yourself with that post that I can't think of anything to add.
I may have given the wrong impression with my "big brother" comment. I'm not talking about a keyghost on every computer and hidden cameras... I'm talking about a simple proxy that keeps an eye on traffic, IPs, etc. The internet can be a pretty sick place, and I'd like to know if my kids are swimming in a cesspool. But to be fair, even the old BBS days had their share of the seedier side of life (the older posters here probably remember those days). That stuff has always been out there, the difference is that it's much easier to access via the net... a bona-fide shop of horrors is just a click away.
It's about earning trust. Reliability has to be proven and established, preferably via some kind of track record, or trial period (one the child may or may not know about). Give them one warning, just to let them know you are watching, then lower the boom, and for God's sake FOLLOW THROUGH.
Consider the alternatives...
My wife is a consenting adult, whom I trust completely. That trust has been built over a period of years, and is mutual. Having spent birthdays, holidays, etc apart due to miltary duties for months and months, we've both had ample opportunity to violate our marriage vows, and we have not. She can be hard-core, and is more than able to take care of herself (I've watched her shoot guys down... brutal.) I would never snoop on my wife, because we have built up that trust, and because she is MORE than capable of thinking and reasoning for herself.
That, my friend, is the difference between a consenting adult and a minor child. Why is there an age of consent? It's because younger children and teens generally don't have the ability, breadth of experience, or perspective to assent to certain activities. This is why slime like NAMBLA are so fundamentally wrong. A child cannot consent to activities like they advocate, because they cannot adequately appreciate and understand the ramifications of those activities.
My wife is of the same mind on this matter, by the way. I prefer to think of myself as a watchful guardian rather than a "snoop" (it's all semantics anyway). If I'm not there to help them interpret what they see, then who will be? Who will love them enough to help them understand? Who will address the tough questions with them? (and thanks to open communication and a little technology, I'll be able to anticipate some of those critical conversations).
It's all good, my young friend, and it's an absolutely beneficient effort with nothing less than their best interests at heart... A labor of love, if you will.
It would be a lot easier for me to say "sure, go ahead and do whatever the hell you want..." but I love them too much to do that. They may not appreciate it at the time (I certainly didn't), but God willing, they may eventually come to be thankful for all those hours and all that effort.
It took me until my late 20's to realize exactly how hard my parents had worked to make me a quality human being, and I feel that it's my parental obligation to return the favor with my own children.
You may disagree, of course.
I can't wait for my son to get old enough to try his first hack attempt on the home network. He'll probably think he's got m4d 5k1llz, but I was phreaking and wardialing decades before he ever touched a keyboard.
Might be an interesting contest... I'm kind of tickled by the thought... bring it on.
The guy made a statement about his control of the home network. You responded by personally attacking him, basically calling him a tight-assed bastard... shame on you. He makes a VERY important point... his hardware, his electricity, his rules; I happen to think he's got every right to do this.
Here's a point you're missing; he's responsible for that network.
That's right... his house, his hardware, his electricity, HIS RESPONSIBILITY, including legally. The last thing I want is the RIAA/MPAA/FBI coming to my door because I gave my teen a little too much freedom on his computer. How many thousands did that little girl's mother have to pay because she was downloading music? I know you know the story I'm talking about, discussed ad nauseum here on Slashdot.
I have no problem letting my kids learn. I let them fall, skin their knees (my wife has a little trouble with this), even occasionally burn themselves, after all, the two best teachers are pain and loss of money. What I will not do is sit back while they fill their minds with stuff they may or may not be ready to handle, or while they get chatted up by some pedophile. And don't even give me that "you're just a paranoid old man" crap... Until you've done the number of sexual assault exams I have (including pediatric), you can sit down and be quiet.
My kids have met "big brother," and he is me. I'm not overprotective, just watchful. If I see them access something inappropriate, I may not say anything; I may just watch to see what they do. They best measure of your personal ethos and integrity is what you do when you think nobody is watching.
Once your kids have proven themselves, consider turning them loose... but trust is EARNED, folks.
is the HUGE Business Software Alliance banner ad that greeted me when I opened their webpage.
I don't know what to say...
I'm using three different controllers, all 6000 series and up. One runs under windows (shoot me), and the others run under redhat. I make it a habit to use the latest firmware and drivers from 3ware's website (easy download), and I have not had a problem yet. I use very generic ribbon cables scavenged from a multitude of machines... nothing special there. The drives are all of identical sizes (for their respective arrays), but of various brands.
Dunno... anybody else have some insight?
I don't recall saying it was a common problem; just a known weakness of land-line alarms, particularly for professionals (who are admittedly few... most burglaries are youths, or people looking for a quick score for some drug money). That said, you'd hate to be that one person frantically dialing for help, with the awful realization that you didn't have a backup plan.
As with many things, it pays to have a backup. Better to have it and not need it than vise-versa
but I admittedly went a little over the top...
- Raid rack-mount server chassis (space for 8 drives)
- 3ware RAID controller (great linux support)
- multiple 120gb drives in RAID-5
- dual-athlon MB, bunch of RAM
- CrystalFontz LCD running LCD4Linux
- Samba, Postfix, etc.
It has enough extra horsepower that I can run a counterstrike server along with providing network services, primarily huge storage, for all my other machines. It's full of high-bitrate oggs (reripped everything; it took weeks, even using Grip's auto-rip feature). Oh, let's not forget the high-quality DivX.
Apart from giving me room to grow, it's made me a huge fan of dualies. I've never worked on a machine that's as snappy and responsive.
I don't usually reply to ACs... but I'm slipping in my old age (from Webster's dictionary):
/-'noi-"ak, -'noi-ik/ also paranoic /-'noi(-i)k, -'nO-ik/ adjective or noun
Paranoia:
1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
2 : a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others
- paranoiac
I'd hardly call keeping a cell phone as a land-line backup irrational and/or excessive (you DO back up your data, don't you? Have any of your machines on UPSs?)... but as an old military buddy of mine aptly put it:
"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out there."
a burglar cuts your land line before hitting your house; oldest trick in the book. Cuts off the phone-home feature of most home alarm systems, particularly since the ones that do have a "cellular backup" feature charge big extra fees for that feature.
I like always having a cell phone available. If you suspect a home burglary and find that your phone doesn't work, you'll be damned glad you have that cell, because you're facing one of two kinds of opponents.
#1. A professional who has anticipated your alarm system.
#2. A stalker-type who has surveiled you, knows you are home, and has plans for you.
Either way... I'll keep my cell AND land line.
Our hospital is also an all-MS shop (this is dictated by the national company that owns our hospital)... I know most of the IT guys and they would LOVE to be able to use some linux, particularly in the server room. Alas, policy is policy.
I don't think linux is bad on the desktop... heck, I use it for my desktop about 50% of the time. For what you're talking about (simple web-based apps), linux is just as good a client platform as MS, and probably better, if only for the security concerns you already mentioned.
I tried and tried to solve that maddening little cube... ended up taking it apart.
OK, I cheated. I'm a bad person. Happy now?
I always thought Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman bore a slight resemblance to Hawking.
I wouldn't want to play him though; I get Pwn3d enough as it is...
You are citing a "consumer advocacy" site that just happens to be affiliated with a personal-injury/med-mal law firm? Did you even read the links at the bottom of the page?
I call BS on your BS, sir.
Here's a study from the Govt.
and a presentation from the American College of Surgeons
Personally, I'm just a physician who would like to be left alone so I can take care of my patients. I'm not a politico or lobbyiest, and I'd rather not have to deal with this nasty political fight. Unfortunately, it's become a matter of survival for some of us. Most doctors don't give a damn about politics... we're too busy; I don't know any physician who hasn't been dragged kicking and screaming into this mess.
Penicillin was originally derived from the Penicillium mold... the streptomycins were similarly developed from other microbes (which species escapes me at the moment). Such naturally-occuring antibiotics are produced by bacteria to inhibit the growth of other nearby bacteria, thereby opening up living space for the original bug.
It's pretty nifty... there is a certain elegance in taking advantage of such natural inter-microbe competition for our own benefit.
but nice try at turning a complicated issue into a cheap political shot at the intelligence of "US citizens (and Republicans)."
Malpractice lawsuits have nothing to do with the increase in premiums? Please... losses directly affect premiums in virtually any insurance arena, though not always in the short term. Notably, my state has seen its total number of malpractice insurers drop from 15-20 to only 3 in the last ten years.
Also, state law where I practice limits the amount of assets an insurance company can place in the stock market. They are required by law to keep certain amounts liquid and available to settle claims, while much of the remainder of their assets goes into the much-less-volatile bond market. This state also prevents insurers from recouping investment losses via premium hikes, thus discouraging any sort of wild futures trading, or risky investment nonsense. Many insurers used to resell policies, much like banks resell loans... but the worldwide reinsurance market has also taken a beating in the last five years, preventing insurers from reshuffling some of their exposure.
It's a complicated problem... but that doesn't mean malpractice caps are not useful. Unless, of course, you are a med-mal attorney, in which case your self-interest is obvious. My personal preference would have been to institute some form of loser-pays, or a malpractice review board made up of laymen, attorneys, and physicians of various specialties to vet lawsuits for merit BEFORE they go to trial.
Blaming it soley on evil corporations losing money in the stock market makes you sound like a ABA lobbiest.
it's not necessarily different by country... it even varies by state. My state, for instance, just passed malpractice caps on noneconomic damages... and even despite that, I'm in the process of losing my malpractice insurance (despite having NO claims against me). They are dropping me like a bad habit, and if I want to stayed insured, it's going to cost me double what it was before (that's if I can even get insured).
Most of these unlabeled uses of drugs/viruses/devices are done under compassionate use protocols of one type or another. There is also "emergency use," which can even be done before clinical trials... try this link for some more info.
Even so, you should read the fine print. Even for emergency use, you still have to consult your IRB (that's "institutional review board" for you non-medical folks... they can veto what you want to do), and at least one other physician before submitting the paperwork... and who knows how long before your approval comes back? I've not personally submitted one of these (I am not an oncologist), so I won't speculate on the time frame, though I'd hope they would bypass the usual beauracratic delays.
Compassionate use protocols for some drugs... for people who are terminally ill and have nothing to lose by trying risky, untested drugs.
They've been using this in HIV patients for years. The only reason I could see them being more hesitant to treat cancer patients in a like manner is this: there ARE treatments for cancer that are curative... most all the treatments for HIV simply buy time... they do not eliminate the disease. Chemo is extraordinarily unpleasant, but it does have a proven track record...
How much truth is there to the statement that increased links equal increased google rank?
This article implies that all these postings are an effort to stack the google rankings, in order to place spam sites near the top. I'm not a google wizard... is this actually a usable loophole in google's ranking system?
l337 m4d pr0p5 to Bill Gates!!
Hmmm... just doesn't quite roll off the tongue like I thought it would...
Uh, never mind.
Big difference between the two. You post would imply a lonely girl crying in her room... a "sexually DEPRIVED" girl.
Sexually "Depraved" implies something very different (though not necessarily bad...)
Positron Emission Tomography.
Don't be bringing that weak stuff up in here.