The latest big finding on Neanderthals: Some 20% of caveman DNA made its way into the human genome thanks to mating between humans and Neanderthals, though people today typically have only 1% or 2% of the stuff. (People have different parts of the DNA, which collectively represent what's left of the Neanderthal genome.) The results come compliments of two studies. Standout details:
In one study of 1,004 people, Harvard researchers wanted to determine which populations have the most Neanderthal DNA; East Asians ranked ahead of Europeans, at 1.4% versus 1.1%, respectively, Reuters reports. (Africans essentially have no Neanderthal DNA, as Neanderthals never lived there.)
That backs up a 2013 study, notes Reuters, but the researchers went beyond previous findings with this observation: Though Neanderthals are thought to have died out on the Iberian peninsula 28,000 years ago, Spaniards exhibited some of the smallest amounts of Neanderthal DNA, at 1.07%.
As such, Neanderthals "are not fully extinct, if you will," a co-author of the Harvard study tells the Los Angeles Times. "They live on in some of us today—a little bit."
The second study also compared the genomes of Europeans (379 of them) and East Asians (286), and found a similar heavier "genetic signature of Neanderthals" among the latter. A co-author tells the LAT that might indicate a second series of matings happened. "It's a two-night-stand theory now."
The University of Washington geneticist also shared this observation: Based on the amount of our genome that comes from Neanderthals, he thinks the two species "mated perhaps 300 times about 50,000 years ago," per the LAT, though it's unclear whether that happened in one wave or over generations.
Both studies reached a shared conclusion: that natural selection smiled on the Neanderthal genes that make skin and hair tough (possibly providing thicker insulation), and they remain common in populations with Neanderthal genes today, the New York Times reports.
Web Trolls Winning As Incivility Increases. Posted by on Friday August 15, 2014 : The Internet may be losing the war against trolls. At the very least, it isn't winning. And unless social networks, media sites and governments come up with some innovative way of defeating online troublemakers, the digital world will never be free of the trolls' collective sway. That's the dismal judgment of the handful of scholars who study the broad category of online incivility known as trolling, a problem whose scope is not clear, but whose victims keep mounting. "As long as the Internet keeps operating according to a click-based economy, trolls will maybe not win, but they will always be present," said Whitney Phillips, a lecturer at Humboldt State University and the author of This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, a forthcoming book about her years of studying bad behavior online. "The faster that the whole media system goes, the more trolls have a foothold to stand on. They are perfectly calibrated to exploit the way media is disseminated these days." http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
It makes me wonder how teachers handle the frustration these days! i'm sure you've all noticed how youngsters speak today. Do teachers just continuously keep correcting the heck out of them all day long? (Because you know those kids will keep speaking that way no matter what.) It's almost impossible to unlearn the way they've grown up and how they were raised. Anything learned in school on Grammar is immediately dismissed the moment those kids exit the classroom. WHY do they even bother teaching "English" class anymore?
There's a device on the table to swipe your own credit card through for payment. Problem: It defaults on 12% tip!
TIP?
Tip for who? The servers will now be doing even less for the customers!
Seems to me Wikipedia is edited by children, biased spiteful children. They'll do a "Speedy Deletion" on you if they simply don't like the person or entity you're writing about, despite having valid references and significant information.
They themselves also "vandalize" in areas they think most Wikipedia officials may not notice.
Wiki claims there are no designated "editors" or "monitors" in the Wikipedia site. But you just try to add a new article or edit an existing one... At least a couple editors (who were watching) will jump all over you, practically call you names, change your article around (a lot), then even threaten you that you'd "better not violate the site's protocol" again or you'll be banned from making contributions. This has happened to me more than once. Note: My contributions were right on point and inoffensive in every way. (Then they dare to ask us for donations!)
The list. Out of the millions of animal species in history... Top 12 Smartest Animals ever on Earth:
12. Portia Labiata Jumping Spider 11. Raccoon 10. Rats 9. Ravens & Crows 8. Dogs (namely, The Border Collie) & Cats (namely, The American Shorthair) 7. Rhesus Macaque Monkey 6. North Pacific Giant Octopus 5. African Grey Parrot 4. Elephants 3. Capuchin Monkey 2. Dolphins (namely, Bottlenose) & Whales 1. Apes (namely, Chimpanzee and Gorilla... oh, and i guess also those pesky ole humans).
i didn't make it up. Google it.
Dolphin research has shown that the creatures are more intelligent than chimpanzees, they recognize their reflections in a mirror, and can even think about the future.
The scientists originally proposed the ten Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans two years ago at a conference in Helsinki. You can sign the petition at http://www.cetaceanrights.org/
A little depressing, since i grew up with those toons. But on the other hand...
YES! i like it. Entirely true. So long, TV. We won't miss you much!
The four greatest inventions of mankind that have forever changed the world for the better:
1) The Wheel.
2) The Plow.
3) The Printing Press.
4) The Internet.
When you have High Blood Pressure, you develop High Cholesterol. When you have High Cholesterol, you develop High Blood Pressure.
Thus far, the only known way to fight both at once is Fish Oil. Take three 1000mg pills per day (one every 8 hours). It's not a cure, but is sure helps...
"Microsoft Windows Store Is Polluted With Scamware And Microsoft Doesn't Seem To Care. Posted Monday, August 18, 2014 - by Rob Williams"
(How can he be posting stuff? i thought he died...)
'This is why you don't hire brilliant people for jobs like this. You hire smart people. Brilliant people get you in trouble.'
The truth is, he wasn't "brilliant", he was "crafty". He's a criminal.
What has Special Ed done that's "wrong"?:
1) Theft 2) False credentials 3) Tampering with national security 4) Placing all Americans at risk 5) International flight 6) Traveling on a voided passport 7) Bartering with items/information he doesn't legally own nor has personally created 8) Terroristic threats 9) Unethical treatment toward his employer 10) Misrepresentation 11) Perjury/breach of oath 12) Dereliction of duty 13) Failure to follow orders. 14) Impersonating known government officials. He's also flirting with, in fact, trying to set up the two main offenses: A) Assisting foreign powers B) Aiding the enemy.
Sure, the Constitution guarantees our freedom to share more information with the public, and the right to free speech is great... but NOT when it will cause a danger to National Security. The info Snowden likely possesses is probably EXACTLY the kind of stuff al Qaeda wants leaked out so they can learn better of how to successfully find ways to kill Americans at will. Not to mention, maybe names and locations of counter-terrorism spies that the U.S. has out in the field infiltrating the ranks of those would-be murderers.
People want to complain about the NSA and alleged "spying", but then they'll also complain about not feeling the government is doing enough to protect them from al Qaeda!
So the NSA is not "hiding" anything, but they'll be truly ineffective if EVERYONE knows what they're working on.
Has NOBODY stopped for a moment and asked "why" the NSA has been doing what they're doing? Did people think the authorities use magic to uncover terrorist plots?
http://www.newser.com/story/173411/eavesdropping-satellites-helped-us-catch-bin-laden.html
An employer WILL have the nerve to say to you: "Well, this isn't a good time. Could you stay on a little longer until we can find a replacement for you?" But if they're letting you go, could you say it's not a good time and you need to stay on? HA!
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The latest big finding on Neanderthals: Some 20% of caveman DNA made its way into the human genome thanks to mating between humans and Neanderthals, though people today typically have only 1% or 2% of the stuff. (People have different parts of the DNA, which collectively represent what's left of the Neanderthal genome.) The results come compliments of two studies. Standout details: In one study of 1,004 people, Harvard researchers wanted to determine which populations have the most Neanderthal DNA; East Asians ranked ahead of Europeans, at 1.4% versus 1.1%, respectively, Reuters reports. (Africans essentially have no Neanderthal DNA, as Neanderthals never lived there.) That backs up a 2013 study, notes Reuters, but the researchers went beyond previous findings with this observation: Though Neanderthals are thought to have died out on the Iberian peninsula 28,000 years ago, Spaniards exhibited some of the smallest amounts of Neanderthal DNA, at 1.07%. As such, Neanderthals "are not fully extinct, if you will," a co-author of the Harvard study tells the Los Angeles Times. "They live on in some of us today—a little bit." The second study also compared the genomes of Europeans (379 of them) and East Asians (286), and found a similar heavier "genetic signature of Neanderthals" among the latter. A co-author tells the LAT that might indicate a second series of matings happened. "It's a two-night-stand theory now." The University of Washington geneticist also shared this observation: Based on the amount of our genome that comes from Neanderthals, he thinks the two species "mated perhaps 300 times about 50,000 years ago," per the LAT, though it's unclear whether that happened in one wave or over generations. Both studies reached a shared conclusion: that natural selection smiled on the Neanderthal genes that make skin and hair tough (possibly providing thicker insulation), and they remain common in populations with Neanderthal genes today, the New York Times reports.
http://search.slashdot.org/sto...
Web Trolls Winning As Incivility Increases. Posted by on Friday August 15, 2014 : The Internet may be losing the war against trolls. At the very least, it isn't winning. And unless social networks, media sites and governments come up with some innovative way of defeating online troublemakers, the digital world will never be free of the trolls' collective sway. That's the dismal judgment of the handful of scholars who study the broad category of online incivility known as trolling, a problem whose scope is not clear, but whose victims keep mounting. "As long as the Internet keeps operating according to a click-based economy, trolls will maybe not win, but they will always be present," said Whitney Phillips, a lecturer at Humboldt State University and the author of This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, a forthcoming book about her years of studying bad behavior online. "The faster that the whole media system goes, the more trolls have a foothold to stand on. They are perfectly calibrated to exploit the way media is disseminated these days." http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
It makes me wonder how teachers handle the frustration these days! i'm sure you've all noticed how youngsters speak today. Do teachers just continuously keep correcting the heck out of them all day long? (Because you know those kids will keep speaking that way no matter what.) It's almost impossible to unlearn the way they've grown up and how they were raised. Anything learned in school on Grammar is immediately dismissed the moment those kids exit the classroom. WHY do they even bother teaching "English" class anymore?
There's a device on the table to swipe your own credit card through for payment. Problem: It defaults on 12% tip! TIP? Tip for who? The servers will now be doing even less for the customers!
This will generate a lot of competition and cause a lot of abortions!
Who do they think they are? They think they can "decide" what level of privacy an average person is allowed?
i'd rather just click on an icon!
That'll cost them big bucks too, as suggested by... http://www.newser.com/story/19...
Seems to me Wikipedia is edited by children, biased spiteful children. They'll do a "Speedy Deletion" on you if they simply don't like the person or entity you're writing about, despite having valid references and significant information. They themselves also "vandalize" in areas they think most Wikipedia officials may not notice. Wiki claims there are no designated "editors" or "monitors" in the Wikipedia site. But you just try to add a new article or edit an existing one... At least a couple editors (who were watching) will jump all over you, practically call you names, change your article around (a lot), then even threaten you that you'd "better not violate the site's protocol" again or you'll be banned from making contributions. This has happened to me more than once. Note: My contributions were right on point and inoffensive in every way. (Then they dare to ask us for donations!)
They just need to keep going after guys like this: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
The list. Out of the millions of animal species in history... Top 12 Smartest Animals ever on Earth: 12. Portia Labiata Jumping Spider 11. Raccoon 10. Rats 9. Ravens & Crows 8. Dogs (namely, The Border Collie) & Cats (namely, The American Shorthair) 7. Rhesus Macaque Monkey 6. North Pacific Giant Octopus 5. African Grey Parrot 4. Elephants 3. Capuchin Monkey 2. Dolphins (namely, Bottlenose) & Whales 1. Apes (namely, Chimpanzee and Gorilla... oh, and i guess also those pesky ole humans). i didn't make it up. Google it. Dolphin research has shown that the creatures are more intelligent than chimpanzees, they recognize their reflections in a mirror, and can even think about the future. The scientists originally proposed the ten Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans two years ago at a conference in Helsinki. You can sign the petition at http://www.cetaceanrights.org/
A little depressing, since i grew up with those toons. But on the other hand... YES! i like it. Entirely true. So long, TV. We won't miss you much! The four greatest inventions of mankind that have forever changed the world for the better: 1) The Wheel. 2) The Plow. 3) The Printing Press. 4) The Internet.
When you have High Blood Pressure, you develop High Cholesterol. When you have High Cholesterol, you develop High Blood Pressure. Thus far, the only known way to fight both at once is Fish Oil. Take three 1000mg pills per day (one every 8 hours). It's not a cure, but is sure helps...
http://www.seashepherd.org/
"Microsoft Windows Store Is Polluted With Scamware And Microsoft Doesn't Seem To Care. Posted Monday, August 18, 2014 - by Rob Williams" (How can he be posting stuff? i thought he died...)
i doubt we ever will
A bulletproof vest can't stop every and all bullets, but would you step into a gunfight without one?
Here is a great example: http://www.newser.com/
Some truths are just way too painful to hear for some people.
STAR fire.
'This is why you don't hire brilliant people for jobs like this. You hire smart people. Brilliant people get you in trouble.' The truth is, he wasn't "brilliant", he was "crafty". He's a criminal. What has Special Ed done that's "wrong"?: 1) Theft 2) False credentials 3) Tampering with national security 4) Placing all Americans at risk 5) International flight 6) Traveling on a voided passport 7) Bartering with items/information he doesn't legally own nor has personally created 8) Terroristic threats 9) Unethical treatment toward his employer 10) Misrepresentation 11) Perjury/breach of oath 12) Dereliction of duty 13) Failure to follow orders. 14) Impersonating known government officials. He's also flirting with, in fact, trying to set up the two main offenses: A) Assisting foreign powers B) Aiding the enemy. Sure, the Constitution guarantees our freedom to share more information with the public, and the right to free speech is great... but NOT when it will cause a danger to National Security. The info Snowden likely possesses is probably EXACTLY the kind of stuff al Qaeda wants leaked out so they can learn better of how to successfully find ways to kill Americans at will. Not to mention, maybe names and locations of counter-terrorism spies that the U.S. has out in the field infiltrating the ranks of those would-be murderers. People want to complain about the NSA and alleged "spying", but then they'll also complain about not feeling the government is doing enough to protect them from al Qaeda! So the NSA is not "hiding" anything, but they'll be truly ineffective if EVERYONE knows what they're working on. Has NOBODY stopped for a moment and asked "why" the NSA has been doing what they're doing? Did people think the authorities use magic to uncover terrorist plots? http://www.newser.com/story/173411/eavesdropping-satellites-helped-us-catch-bin-laden.html
JUST when i buy Windows 8...
An employer WILL have the nerve to say to you: "Well, this isn't a good time. Could you stay on a little longer until we can find a replacement for you?" But if they're letting you go, could you say it's not a good time and you need to stay on? HA!
Hmmm... Does anybody have an answer? Tough one, isn't it?