I work as a research coordinator on Alzheimer's clinical trials. On the one hand this has been a hard year with the announcement of the failures of Dimebond and Semagacestat. On the other hand it looks like biomarkers like PET imaging and cerebral spinal fluid proteins will help us catch the disease earlier.
The Alzheimer's Association has a new service TrialMatch (1-800-272-3900) that can put you in touch with local clinical trials. Volunteering a great way to get information about the illness, potentially help yourself and others.
A real coup for Apple would be if they do not add Vista support to Boot Camp. Then, as Vista only apps and games come out, there would be an install base of XP that is "stuck" with the older version of Windows.
The poster failed to mention that this virus was NOT created as part of bio-weapons research. Rather is was created as part of basic science research into immmunity. It's 100% lethality was a surprize to the researches and not an intended effect at all.
I would have expected the Slashdot crowd to have a more mature perspective on the unpredictablity of results from research.
His plegde is as good as the paper it's written on. Twin forces guarantee that no matter how sincere this man is, your information is not safe in his system. They are incompetence and mean-spiritedness.
Seroiusly, this is why we have the Constitution, so that the powers of government are clearly circumscribed. His "word of honor" is not sufficient, and he should know better. When the developer of the system describes it as scary, you better damn watch out.
Nature magazine had an article about this recently. Radio astronomers have been lobbying against it since they predict that it would make ground based radio observations impossible and also screw up satelite imagery. In the past they've had good luck at keeping certain bands free, but now it's the common good of science investigation against saving human lives, and it looks like they might lose this one.
Re:Strattera (atomoxetine) as an alternative
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We've used Strattera with several adult patients here at our clinic with good results.
One thing to keep in mind, it seems to take a week or two to "kick in" and long term studies show that its effects increase with length of time taken. So you have to give it some time before you see results, unlike Ritalin which works right away.
Resin kits (little statues that you assemble and paint) are a niche in anime fandom. There are only a couple stores in my city that sell them.
And good luck finding an original kit, they're almost all recast. Resin kits are a bit different from DVD's or CD's in that if you want to find an original CD or DVD you probably can, however resin kits are usually only cast in small runs of between 100 and 1000 pieces, so sometimes the original in simply not available.
For anyone who cares, however, I offer the following tips on finding the "real deal."
Materials Recast (pirate) resin kits are often made from different materials that the Japanese originals. Japanese kits are usually cast in white resin which is quite soft (you can score it with your fingernail) and oily. If the kit is heavy, hard and brittle (like porcelain) then it is probably a "cold cast" recast. If the kit is yellowish and brittle (check to see if any fingers snapped off) then it may be "golden cake" and also a recast.
Also, original Japanese kits will be higher quality all around (few bubbles, minimal mold lines, part seams will match better).
Packaging Original Japanese packaging can vary quite a bit but usually there is a sketch of the kit on the box. If the box contains a photo of the painted kit, or photocopied assembly instructions then it is definitely a recast. By the same token if there is a photo/color copy pasted to the box then it is a recast.
Cost An original Japanese kit will usually cast between $60 and $200, depending on the size, complexity, and scarcity. A recast will cost between $15 and $60.
Provenance If the kit is on E-Bay and the seller is from Hong Kong, Singapore, or Thailand, then it is probably a recast. Original kits are easiest to find over the Internet. There are a number of Japanese shops that will do business with gringos. I recommend Hobby Link Japan as starting place.
As for me, all the kits I buy are recast. This is due to cost and scarcity. If I had to choose between plunking down $120 for a little unpainted statue or not making resin kits at all, I would pick the latter. Also, check out Hobby Link Japan's in-stock selection (easily the largest I've found) you still will find most of the kits listed are out of stock and will never be in stock again.
I appreciate the need of sculptors to get paid for their work, but they have to make a good-faith effort to insure supply and price are reasonable.
If you're thinking about building a recast resin kit, however, I should warn you that cleaning up and assembling a poor quality recast is a major headache. There are some reliable suppliers of reasonably high quality recasts though. I recommend Hobby Fan as a start.
for an injunction preventing the Slashdot "Karma" system from modding this post down.
In addition I want Slashdot to post all source code related.... Oh wait, never mind.
Re:Time for some highly unpopular opinion...
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I think the issue between the "we deserve it" and the "they're just jealous" groups is that some see international relations from an idealistic perspective and some from a pragmatic perspective. Both views have their strengths and weaknesses.
The idealistic perspective believes in fair play and morally just wars, an olive branch in one hand and a sword in the other. Surely there is some truth to this perspective, as actions, ideas, and policies do have consequences, the chickens come back to roost. Unfortunately, the idealistic perspective often fails to deal with the complexities of human motivation, and it is easily exploited.
The pragmatic perspective believes only in might, where it be military, economic, diplomatic, or any other leverage that can be used to control the behavior of others(including ideals as they suit the situation). America has, by heritage, a pragmatic culture. This approach has the benefit of avoiding rigidity when novel problems are encountered. The pragmatic perspective is weak from the perspective of international relations since the the response to any given situation will be unpredictable. This makes us come acrosed as arbitrary, irresolute and, yes, as a bully.
Does any one have any ideas on how these two perspectives can be harmonized?
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Opps! The US never gave any support to Noriega.... I fact we funded and trained an army to fight him. Try Somoza. Your point still stands but please don't go slinging names around with out thinking.
I agree with the points listed above. I remember taking a summer camp class in computers when I was 10, and remember learning a lot and having a good time.
As the post above points out, give time to explore. We were using Macs to create little paint pictures. It amazing how much you can learn about cut/paste, modality (which tool are you using?, what does the computer think you want to do?), and the memory buffer. As a contrast, my dad is very uncomfortable with computers because he is afraid of massively breaking his system and doesn't want to take the time to explore the functionality in the programs he uses. So to repeat give kids time to explore and allow them to make mistakes, so they'll see that computer crashes are routine and not the end of the world (also teaches the painful lesson of "save often").
In the summer school class we also used a Mac program called HyperCard which allowed us to get our hands dirty doing some simple programming after which we had slick little multimedia programs with animations, sound events, popup boxes, etc. Obviously this can then create a context for teaching linking/targeting and some basic programming/debugging concepts. I don't now if there is a similar program for Windows. You might think about letting the kids lose on a WYSIWYG web page builder. I bet they'd be really psyched if they could show their work to others on the internet.
While Alex Chui's reasoning errors are legion and well documented in other posts, I find his willingness to label and dehumanize those who don't agree with him to be chilling.
Labeling people as "traitors" and "antichrists" is an important step in justifying their annihilation, to which Mr. Chui would seem to gladly agree. I don't have a problem with people airing their views, nor do I believe that labels necessarily determine one's view of a group of people, but I do believe that someone who is willing to dehumanize others is also capable of committing any atrocity. See McVeigh's "casualties" in the recent news.
I can only hope that his views are not representative of those of the Chinese people at large, but his rhetoric has the tone of indoctrination. He was no doubt taught to belittle Tibetans in school.
How to make Linux a real cancer.
Create a CD which boots the Xbox to Linux. This CD should contain a nice GUI and some office productivity apps (spreadsheet, email, ect.). Distribute the CD for free.
In May 2001
DDOS was beginning.
^b0ss^: What happen ?
IRC: Somebody set up us the chat.
IRC: We get signal.
^b0ss^: What !
IRC: Main screen turn on.
^b0ss^: It's You !!
Gibson: How are you gentlemen !!
Gibson: All your bot are belong to us.
Giboson: You are on the way to prison.
^b0ss^: What you say !!
Gibson: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Gibson: HA HA HA HA....
^b0ss^: Take off every 'bot' !!
^b0ss^: You know what you doing.
^b0ss^: Move 'bot'.
^b0ss^: Oh great crap.
Porn is unethical because it violates the Categorical Imperative. That is, the principle of action for porn can not be wished as a universal law.
The principle of porn is not "the naked human form" or "the human mating process" as some posts claim. To claim so is to be willfully naive. The principle of porn is exploitation, and this is why it can not be wished as a universal law. To state it another way, porn does not treat people as ends in themselves but rather as means, to be exploited.
The vast majority of porn is not artful but degrading. It portrays a degraded view of human intimacy. Relationships as portrayed in porn are "push button" events between one dimensional persons, which I don't believe is an accurate portrayal of humanity or anything worth while about our relating.
People are unlikely to become well- functioning, independent-minded adults and responsible citizens if they are raised in an intellectual bubble.
This is not correct. People do become well-functioning and responsible when raised in an intellectual bubble. They may however be maladapted to your bubble.
I notice in may posts references to basic liberties.
It bears repeating that there are no basic liberties or rights. A society must keep it members safe, and this is what the citizens want from the society. In our US society our safety is primarily insured by the expectation and practice of "commom decency." Namely, you can do what you like just so as you don't harm others.
When the "common decency" breaks down, ultimately the society will "violate" the basic rights of citizens in order to keep them safe. Our rights are not fundamentaly irrevocable, they are privleges. If you disagree, then answer the question, to whom or to what do you turn when you have been harmed? What would you do is such harm were commom place?
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Social vs mechanical reasoning may be programmed at birth.
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/21571/1/Psychosis%20and%20autism%20as%20diametrical%20disorders%20of%20the%20social%20brain%20(LSERO).pdf
I work as a research coordinator on Alzheimer's clinical trials. On the one hand this has been a hard year with the announcement of the failures of Dimebond and Semagacestat. On the other hand it looks like biomarkers like PET imaging and cerebral spinal fluid proteins will help us catch the disease earlier.
The Alzheimer's Association has a new service TrialMatch (1-800-272-3900) that can put you in touch with local clinical trials. Volunteering a great way to get information about the illness, potentially help yourself and others.
Our cheif weapon is strings, strings and objects. Our TWO weapons are strings, objects, and JIT bite code.
.NET objects is the ever popular System.String,....."
"Amongst the vast array of
Nobody expects the command line!
A real coup for Apple would be if they do not add Vista support to Boot Camp. Then, as Vista only apps and games come out, there would be an install base of XP that is "stuck" with the older version of Windows.
I have discovered a truely remarkable proof for this compression algorithim, which this reply is too small to contain.
The stem cells from his umbilcal cord have a limited ability to diferenciate. Whereas the cell from early embryos can form any tissue.
The poster failed to mention that this virus was NOT created as part of bio-weapons research. Rather is was created as part of basic science research into immmunity. It's 100% lethality was a surprize to the researches and not an intended effect at all.
I would have expected the Slashdot crowd to have a more mature perspective on the unpredictablity of results from research.
His plegde is as good as the paper it's written on. Twin forces guarantee that no matter how sincere this man is, your information is not safe in his system. They are incompetence and mean-spiritedness.
Seroiusly, this is why we have the Constitution, so that the powers of government are clearly circumscribed. His "word of honor" is not sufficient, and he should know better. When the developer of the system describes it as scary, you better damn watch out.
Maybe it's time for a privacy ammendment.
How is it that, because it's digital it cost nothing to produce?
If it cost nothing then why don't you just make your own music?
....and how exactly do they have momentum without mass?
Nature magazine had an article about this recently. Radio astronomers have been lobbying against it since they predict that it would make ground based radio observations impossible and also screw up satelite imagery. In the past they've had good luck at keeping certain bands free, but now it's the common good of science investigation against saving human lives, and it looks like they might lose this one.
We've used Strattera with several adult patients here at our clinic with good results.
One thing to keep in mind, it seems to take a week or two to "kick in" and long term studies show that its effects increase with length of time taken. So you have to give it some time before you see results, unlike Ritalin which works right away.
I should clarify, a color photo that shows the kit at a convetion or with a price tag, ect.
Good point, some original kits come with photos as well as "soft focus" photos on the box.
Resin kits (little statues that you assemble and paint) are a niche in anime fandom. There are only a couple stores in my city that sell them.
And good luck finding an original kit, they're almost all recast. Resin kits are a bit different from DVD's or CD's in that if you want to find an original CD or DVD you probably can, however resin kits are usually only cast in small runs of between 100 and 1000 pieces, so sometimes the original in simply not available.
For anyone who cares, however, I offer the following tips on finding the "real deal."
Materials
Recast (pirate) resin kits are often made from different materials that the Japanese originals. Japanese kits are usually cast in white resin which is quite soft (you can score it with your fingernail) and oily. If the kit is heavy, hard and brittle (like porcelain) then it is probably a "cold cast" recast. If the kit is yellowish and brittle (check to see if any fingers snapped off) then it may be "golden cake" and also a recast.
Also, original Japanese kits will be higher quality all around (few bubbles, minimal mold lines, part seams will match better).
Packaging
Original Japanese packaging can vary quite a bit but usually there is a sketch of the kit on the box. If the box contains a photo of the painted kit, or photocopied assembly instructions then it is definitely a recast. By the same token if there is a photo/color copy pasted to the box then it is a recast.
Cost
An original Japanese kit will usually cast between $60 and $200, depending on the size, complexity, and scarcity. A recast will cost between $15 and $60.
Provenance
If the kit is on E-Bay and the seller is from Hong Kong, Singapore, or Thailand, then it is probably a recast. Original kits are easiest to find over the Internet. There are a number of Japanese shops that will do business with gringos. I recommend Hobby Link Japan as starting place.
As for me, all the kits I buy are recast. This is due to cost and scarcity. If I had to choose between plunking down $120 for a little unpainted statue or not making resin kits at all, I would pick the latter. Also, check out Hobby Link Japan's in-stock selection (easily the largest I've found) you still will find most of the kits listed are out of stock and will never be in stock again.
I appreciate the need of sculptors to get paid for their work, but they have to make a good-faith effort to insure supply and price are reasonable.
If you're thinking about building a recast resin kit, however, I should warn you that cleaning up and assembling a poor quality recast is a major headache. There are some reliable suppliers of reasonably high quality recasts though. I recommend Hobby Fan as a start.
for an injunction preventing the Slashdot "Karma" system from modding this post down.
In addition I want Slashdot to post all source code related.... Oh wait, never mind.
I think the issue between the "we deserve it" and the "they're just jealous" groups is that some see international relations from an idealistic perspective and some from a pragmatic perspective. Both views have their strengths and weaknesses.
The idealistic perspective believes in fair play and morally just wars, an olive branch in one hand and a sword in the other. Surely there is some truth to this perspective, as actions, ideas, and policies do have consequences, the chickens come back to roost. Unfortunately, the idealistic perspective often fails to deal with the complexities of human motivation, and it is easily exploited.
The pragmatic perspective believes only in might, where it be military, economic, diplomatic, or any other leverage that can be used to control the behavior of others(including ideals as they suit the situation). America has, by heritage, a pragmatic culture. This approach has the benefit of avoiding rigidity when novel problems are encountered. The pragmatic perspective is weak from the perspective of international relations since the the response to any given situation will be unpredictable. This makes us come acrosed as arbitrary, irresolute and, yes, as a bully.
Does any one have any ideas on how these two perspectives can be harmonized?
Opps! The US never gave any support to Noriega.... I fact we funded and trained an army to fight him. Try Somoza. Your point still stands but please don't go slinging names around with out thinking.
See Typing of the Dead for the Dreamcast.
Gun down zombies with your mad typing skillz.
I agree with the points listed above. I remember taking a summer camp class in computers when I was 10, and remember learning a lot and having a good time.
As the post above points out, give time to explore. We were using Macs to create little paint pictures. It amazing how much you can learn about cut/paste, modality (which tool are you using?, what does the computer think you want to do?), and the memory buffer. As a contrast, my dad is very uncomfortable with computers because he is afraid of massively breaking his system and doesn't want to take the time to explore the functionality in the programs he uses. So to repeat give kids time to explore and allow them to make mistakes, so they'll see that computer crashes are routine and not the end of the world (also teaches the painful lesson of "save often").
In the summer school class we also used a Mac program called HyperCard which allowed us to get our hands dirty doing some simple programming after which we had slick little multimedia programs with animations, sound events, popup boxes, etc. Obviously this can then create a context for teaching linking/targeting and some basic programming/debugging concepts. I don't now if there is a similar program for Windows. You might think about letting the kids lose on a WYSIWYG web page builder. I bet they'd be really psyched if they could show their work to others on the internet.
While Alex Chui's reasoning errors are legion and well documented in other posts, I find his willingness to label and dehumanize those who don't agree with him to be chilling.
Labeling people as "traitors" and "antichrists" is an important step in justifying their annihilation, to which Mr. Chui would seem to gladly agree. I don't have a problem with people airing their views, nor do I believe that labels necessarily determine one's view of a group of people, but I do believe that someone who is willing to dehumanize others is also capable of committing any atrocity. See McVeigh's "casualties" in the recent news.
I can only hope that his views are not representative of those of the Chinese people at large, but his rhetoric has the tone of indoctrination. He was no doubt taught to belittle Tibetans in school.
How to make Linux a real cancer. Create a CD which boots the Xbox to Linux. This CD should contain a nice GUI and some office productivity apps (spreadsheet, email, ect.). Distribute the CD for free.
In May 2001 ....
DDOS was beginning.
^b0ss^: What happen ?
IRC: Somebody set up us the chat.
IRC: We get signal.
^b0ss^: What !
IRC: Main screen turn on.
^b0ss^: It's You !!
Gibson: How are you gentlemen !!
Gibson: All your bot are belong to us.
Giboson: You are on the way to prison.
^b0ss^: What you say !!
Gibson: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Gibson: HA HA HA HA
^b0ss^: Take off every 'bot' !!
^b0ss^: You know what you doing.
^b0ss^: Move 'bot'.
^b0ss^: Oh great crap.
Porn is unethical because it violates the Categorical Imperative. That is, the principle of action for porn can not be wished as a universal law.
The principle of porn is not "the naked human form" or "the human mating process" as some posts claim. To claim so is to be willfully naive. The principle of porn is exploitation, and this is why it can not be wished as a universal law. To state it another way, porn does not treat people as ends in themselves but rather as means, to be exploited.
The vast majority of porn is not artful but degrading. It portrays a degraded view of human intimacy. Relationships as portrayed in porn are "push button" events between one dimensional persons, which I don't believe is an accurate portrayal of humanity or anything worth while about our relating.
I notice in may posts references to basic liberties. It bears repeating that there are no basic liberties or rights. A society must keep it members safe, and this is what the citizens want from the society. In our US society our safety is primarily insured by the expectation and practice of "commom decency." Namely, you can do what you like just so as you don't harm others. When the "common decency" breaks down, ultimately the society will "violate" the basic rights of citizens in order to keep them safe. Our rights are not fundamentaly irrevocable, they are privleges. If you disagree, then answer the question, to whom or to what do you turn when you have been harmed? What would you do is such harm were commom place?