It is so debilitating that a substantial fraction of the victims commit suicide.
I didn't know that. I occasionally get bouts of labyrinthitis, but the first was by far the worst, and if I'd had to suffer like that for the rest of my life... The room wouldn't stop spinning and I vomitted six times on the first day, not knowing that actually all I had to do was lie on my other side and the symptoms would have abated, though I would still have been stuck in bed. Since then it has come and gone with decreasing frequency (and I no longer risk fairground rides) though I sometimes wonder if my brain has reduced its reliance on balance signals from the ears - I seem to find it much harder to keep my balance in the dark nowadays even if I'm not currently suffering an episode, but the smallest of visual cues seems to be enough to keep me on my feet, once I focus on it.
Biocompatible MEMS systems could be used to create an implantable prosthetic replacement for the balance sensors. (We already know the signal can be coupled to the nerves in question magnetically.) This could result in restoration of the balance function and thus an effective treatment.
Can the existing system be excised? No balance would seem to be the lesser of two evils, and I presume the brain has multiple other proprioceptive and visual cues it can fall back to.
There is no implication of falsity and no relation whatever to the presence or absence of evidence.
And my claim that there is "not much scientific evidence of this" does not mean there's no evidence either way, either, and I haven't inferred that it's false.
The scientific dolphin study is a definite, objective, presence of evidence, which I'd say makes it more worthy of attention than a reputation.
Just a series of nudges, which may well SLOW the bolts for half the time.
Why would it slow it down? The infrared detectors turn the coils off once the projectile gets to the centre, then the next coil turns on. What would cause the projectile to slow down?
While elephants are also reputed to have extremely long memories of up to 20 years, there is little scientific evidence of their abilities outside of family relationships.
In this research paper, the dolphins were able to remember family members as well as strangers.
I still think that's pretty unlikely for the reasons stated above - particularly that a) a time period isn't mentioned and b) the 77% for the new trap and the 23% for the old trap add up to 100% - not all that unlikely in the lab conditions depicted.
a new trap that has a 77% probability of capturing bed bugs
Well, what does that mean? If I have bedbugs, and I leave this out overnight, is there a 23% chance it'll be empty in the morning? Will it capture 77% of the total number of bugs? Over what time period? And so on...
The BBC article is a bit less vague:
In a laboratory setting, they found that their trap had a 77% probability of capturing bed bugs released, whereas the shallower trap only had a 23% probability.
Although this too could use a rewrite. Does it mean 77% of all the bugs were caught by the new trap, and 23% by the old? Makes sense, given that the probabilities add up to 100% (and the article's photo shows both traps in the test area at the same time). But if they are meant to be independent probabilities, then there's a 17.71% chance that any particular bug won't be caught at all*.
*obviously statistically speaking all bugs will all get caught eventually, another reason not to assume this second interpretation is correct, unless they were doing this a timed trial. Go bedbug, go!
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It is so debilitating that a substantial fraction of the victims commit suicide.
I didn't know that. I occasionally get bouts of labyrinthitis, but the first was by far the worst, and if I'd had to suffer like that for the rest of my life... The room wouldn't stop spinning and I vomitted six times on the first day, not knowing that actually all I had to do was lie on my other side and the symptoms would have abated, though I would still have been stuck in bed. Since then it has come and gone with decreasing frequency (and I no longer risk fairground rides) though I sometimes wonder if my brain has reduced its reliance on balance signals from the ears - I seem to find it much harder to keep my balance in the dark nowadays even if I'm not currently suffering an episode, but the smallest of visual cues seems to be enough to keep me on my feet, once I focus on it.
Biocompatible MEMS systems could be used to create an implantable prosthetic replacement for the balance sensors. (We already know the signal can be coupled to the nerves in question magnetically.) This could result in restoration of the balance function and thus an effective treatment.
Can the existing system be excised? No balance would seem to be the lesser of two evils, and I presume the brain has multiple other proprioceptive and visual cues it can fall back to.
http://xkcd.com/644/
That's nothing. I invented the motorway in 1976.
No. Now get back to work, you goddamn code monkeys.
There is no implication of falsity and no relation whatever to the presence or absence of evidence.
And my claim that there is "not much scientific evidence of this" does not mean there's no evidence either way, either, and I haven't inferred that it's false.
The scientific dolphin study is a definite, objective, presence of evidence, which I'd say makes it more worthy of attention than a reputation.
Bullets are made from turned-down nails
What's a "turned-down nail"?
While elephants are also reputed to have extremely long memories of up to 20 years
"Reputed" implies that there's not much scientific evidence of this at all, with regard to either family or strangers.
Why do this? You could make anything with a 3D printer, what does it say about you that you only want to make weapons?
Weapons are fun ("science fiction" weapons doubly so), and actually can be enjoyed without turning the user into a homicidal maniac.
Just a series of nudges, which may well SLOW the bolts for half the time.
Why would it slow it down? The infrared detectors turn the coils off once the projectile gets to the centre, then the next coil turns on. What would cause the projectile to slow down?
In my experience,
So not a scientific experiment performed by professional scientists under carefully controlled conditions, then...
I've known parrots to make such calls after years of separation.
How many years?
Alex the parrot lived 31 years. I bet he never forgot a grad student, and that data showing that are buried in Pepperberg's work.
I bet he did forget. I can't be bothered to go and check either, though.
I could be wrong about this
You probably are.
While elephants are also reputed to have extremely long memories of up to 20 years, there is little scientific evidence of their abilities outside of family relationships. In this research paper, the dolphins were able to remember family members as well as strangers.
People think science is unemotionalbut
Charnia an other ancient extremophiles
t’s definitely possible...
...a “new continent” in the Indian Ocean [full stop goes here]
VOILAno one told them that.
So, I ask youwhat’s in that other 90%?
I’m not a shark expertbut I have lots of friends that are
Sharks play and incredibly important role
its something I always keep in mind
Yes, that's what that means.
I still think that's pretty unlikely for the reasons stated above - particularly that a) a time period isn't mentioned and b) the 77% for the new trap and the 23% for the old trap add up to 100% - not all that unlikely in the lab conditions depicted.
I have seen the SIGNS!
Yah, me too, but I preferred the Close Encounters eh?
a new trap that has a 77% probability of capturing bed bugs
Well, what does that mean? If I have bedbugs, and I leave this out overnight, is there a 23% chance it'll be empty in the morning? Will it capture 77% of the total number of bugs? Over what time period? And so on...
The BBC article is a bit less vague:
In a laboratory setting, they found that their trap had a 77% probability of capturing bed bugs released, whereas the shallower trap only had a 23% probability.
Although this too could use a rewrite. Does it mean 77% of all the bugs were caught by the new trap, and 23% by the old? Makes sense, given that the probabilities add up to 100% (and the article's photo shows both traps in the test area at the same time). But if they are meant to be independent probabilities, then there's a 17.71% chance that any particular bug won't be caught at all*.
*obviously statistically speaking all bugs will all get caught eventually, another reason not to assume this second interpretation is correct, unless they were doing this a timed trial. Go bedbug, go!
They're still using Tolkien Ring networks.
Thankyouverymuch!
"Sun goes dark" would also be an apocalyptic scenario.
I wonder if they thought to make the solar panels attachable by cable so you can at least take the thing inside while it's charging.
Dude. You just got old.
Why, because a slashdot story told you so?
I was trying to subtly indicate how humourously ambiguous the phrasing of that particular sentence fragment is.
the use of lead ammunition against scientists and environmental organizations
That's pretty extreme, even by the NRA's standards.
The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox
Stop using Firefox (this particular version, on Windows) surely?
Sounds like someone at TOR was hankering for an excuse to rail against Windows.
It's still trivial to break: https://gist.github.com/Glyxbaer/4564489
don't you think they fixed it? it sounds trivial to fix.
Their website's examples are still zero-padded, so it seems not.
Administration Seeks To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony
Which administration would that be?
For the sense-of-humour impaired, I'm being facetious.