Neanderthals aren't disabled human beings, they're a completely different type of hominid. Now there's some debate about speciation (whether they're truly a different species than h. sapiens), but calling a neanderthal disabled *human* doesn't make sense. It would be like saying coyotes are disabled wolves.
But yeah, there are certainly ethical concerns about cloning a hominid.
A genetic bottleneck is one way to look at it, but diseases that developed in one isolated population can wreak havoc in a different isolated population regardless of the 2nd groups genetic diversity. Look at what happened when Central Asian plague reached Europe in the middle ages... a huge portion of the European population had no resistance and got wiped out.
So: bottlenecked low-diversity population, or isolated population with no exposure to the pathogen?
It would only be treason if the spy had been a US citizen. You can't commit treason against a foreign country.
TFA doesn't specify the guy's current citizenship status, only that he was says the guy was originally born in China. He's also 74 years old and in poor health. A 15 year sentence is pretty close to a death sentence at that rate.
Me too. I figured Microsoft simply grafted.NET junk on top of FORTRAN. It's actually a pleasant surprise to find out this F# is actually some kind of functional programming.
Makes you wonder how observant the parents really are. A good parent would notice that precious Suzie and Billy can't read, spell or do math, yet they're pulling down straight A's.
Maybe. Although more likely I suspect the failed students don't understand *any* type of grammar, traditional or otherwise. Inability to use proper English indicates the students are poorly read and have little experience writing English. University educations require reading modern literature which, last time I checked, was written in English rather than omgwtfbbq.
Name just 1 scholarly journal thats writaen n txt spk then maybe u got a point.
If you can't pass a basic English test, you shouldn't be admitted to university. TFA says professors are reduced to teaching basic grammar, which undermines the value of a university education. Degrees are earned, not sprinkled out like parmesan cheese (or commas.)
Agreed. Police blotters may be "public record", but they're often not available unless you go down to the courthouse in person and dig them up. Local papers sometimes publish excerpts, but that information is edited and often locked behind a paywall.
Putting the arrest archives online for all too see would also help keep the police honest. It's hard to cover up inconsistent and false arrests when the full archives are available to anyone.
You're absolutely right. If only the broadband providers were truthful in advertising what their oversubscription rates were. Might as well be up front about it.
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Neanderthals aren't disabled human beings, they're a completely different type of hominid. Now there's some debate about speciation (whether they're truly a different species than h. sapiens), but calling a neanderthal disabled *human* doesn't make sense. It would be like saying coyotes are disabled wolves. But yeah, there are certainly ethical concerns about cloning a hominid.
A genetic bottleneck is one way to look at it, but diseases that developed in one isolated population can wreak havoc in a different isolated population regardless of the 2nd groups genetic diversity. Look at what happened when Central Asian plague reached Europe in the middle ages... a huge portion of the European population had no resistance and got wiped out. So: bottlenecked low-diversity population, or isolated population with no exposure to the pathogen?
Ahh, thank you. I thought it actually stood for something, but it was just a goofy product name with caps lock stuck in the awesome position.
They detected water.... in the ice? OMG!
Would it kill you to spell out the damn acronym at least once in the article summary?
Maybe they should.
It would only be treason if the spy had been a US citizen. You can't commit treason against a foreign country.
TFA doesn't specify the guy's current citizenship status, only that he was says the guy was originally born in China. He's also 74 years old and in poor health. A 15 year sentence is pretty close to a death sentence at that rate.
Me too. I figured Microsoft simply grafted .NET junk on top of FORTRAN. It's actually a pleasant surprise to find out this F# is actually some kind of functional programming.
I would shoot myself in the foot, but it's dark and the tritium seems to have leaked out of my gun sights....
Cool. If it works with Moonlight and has decent performance, I'll be more impressed.
Makes you wonder how observant the parents really are. A good parent would notice that precious Suzie and Billy can't read, spell or do math, yet they're pulling down straight A's.
Maybe. Although more likely I suspect the failed students don't understand *any* type of grammar, traditional or otherwise. Inability to use proper English indicates the students are poorly read and have little experience writing English. University educations require reading modern literature which, last time I checked, was written in English rather than omgwtfbbq.
Name just 1 scholarly journal thats writaen n txt spk then maybe u got a point.
If you can't pass a basic English test, you shouldn't be admitted to university. TFA says professors are reduced to teaching basic grammar, which undermines the value of a university education. Degrees are earned, not sprinkled out like parmesan cheese (or commas.)
Every $EVIL_GOVERNMENT has laws, too. Doesn't make them right.
That's not a gravity anomaly. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
But showers involve liquids. Lots of liquids. WAY more than 3 ounces. What if Al Qaeda piped liquid explosives into your shower?
[citation needed]
Yep. The firecracker/explosive lighting jackass is lucky he made it off the plane alive.
@MindlessAutomata plus drunk tweeting is even less cool than doing it sober. #loltwitterisdumb
Agreed. Police blotters may be "public record", but they're often not available unless you go down to the courthouse in person and dig them up. Local papers sometimes publish excerpts, but that information is edited and often locked behind a paywall.
Putting the arrest archives online for all too see would also help keep the police honest. It's hard to cover up inconsistent and false arrests when the full archives are available to anyone.
2009 is not the year of Santa on the desktop. At least, not for Linux users :(
Yeah, because providing a link to download a KML file is much harder than embedding fullblown Google Earth as a browser plugin.
You're absolutely right. If only the broadband providers were truthful in advertising what their oversubscription rates were. Might as well be up front about it.
IVV under NDA. Independed validation and verification under non-disclosure agreement.
That is, if anyone in private industry bothers to buy source and have it independently audited.
Gee, if the source were available someone could have built those configurations already.