When I was young I wrote a letter to 'Santa'. I received a reply!. I even saw him on TV!!!
I also wrote a letter to Donald Duck at Disneyland and received a reply too! He was also on TV!!!!!
Apparantly the Japanese have done something similar, but used a computer instead of a fake beard or crayons to do it. The principle is the same though. Can somebody explain to me why this is a big deal?
yep
Although drugs can improve your muscles, they won't improve tendons or muscle binding
So all these supa muscly muscles are going to do is rip themselves of the bone, leaving the 'athlete' paralyzed...
They managed to inject DNA containing biosynthesis genes for EPO so that rats were capable of running around endlessly with 3 times their body weight on their back. They were named 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' mice. In monkeys gene therapy had a similar effect.
It must however be noted that at least in monkeys it was found that the genes changed the blood to look like ketchup, with all the hazards that go along with that.
However, the problem with EPO etc etc is that although it does build muscle, it DOES NOT increase the muscle binding to the bone. So a;though you'll get 80 meters in 1 second, by that time all muscles are ripped off and you'll never finish your 100 meters on your own...
"They don't care it gives 5 frames more in Quake, when you've already got 40+ @ 1024x768. Then only know the Pentium and MMX buzzwords etc."
euh? As far as I know, Mr Joe knows the difference between 1GHZ and 1.1Ghz (more Hz = better). He probably also knows "Less Money = Good". Therefore all you need is a salesman who can tell Mr Joe that AMD is less $$ / Hz.
Let's compare this to the old VCR battle
Both Beta and V2000 were quite a lot better than VHS, but in the end VHS won it. Why? as far as V2000 is concerned you were able to get pr0n on VHS.
Pretty much the same here (although no pr0n). Joe Sixpack doesn't care about formats, and he doesn't care about money (really) as almost every home user gets his software illegally. But even if he did have to pay for it: Nowadays you can get MP3-walkmans, photocamera's etc etc. Nothing is there for Ogg Vorbis.
To make OV popular, you'll need to give it an advantage over MP3, that can be understood by Joe. Patents and 'free (as in speech) software' are no such things.
At the moment MP3 has all the advantages, and there's no reason why OV will take over.
From the article I can't really understand if these two projects are some sort of 'legal' napster (i.e. you download for money).
As I'm using Napster (Aimster Bearshare whatever) to get the songs that are simply no longer sold on CD, being able to -legally- create my won CD's from the archives of the record industry (meaning complete and high-quality songs) sounds quite nice. Of course, it should be costing more than about $1 a song, as I'm not getting the CD or the docs.
It took me towo pages to find that OS did not stand for Operating Sytem (as it usually does) but for Open Source.
It would be nice if articles that describe Operating Systems and Open Source at the same time find it usefull to be a bit more clear about it.
In all other sciences it is custom to explain abbreviations in the text at least once.
In Europe this pretty much doesn't give that much trouble as you will always need an authograph. Isn't it time digital authograps (PGP signatures or whatever) are necessary for online activities? Microsoft is in favour of it...
The good thing here is that it's water atoms colliding. Deuterated water is harmless. I don't really see why this setup would blow like an H-bomb (sure there's hot parts and high pressure, but those conditions are present in many industries).
I think the biggest problem is moving from this R&D setup (with 20 academics sitting on it twisting buttons all the time) to a large production model that has to perform 24/7.
Remeber this was just a test: it's not clear how long the test lasted, how it was terminated, and how many % times the thing works.
I doubt this very much. No organism uses aluminum for growth. Yet all organisms are sensitive to Al+++ because it replaces the working Cu or Fe atoms from enzymes which renders them useless. In other words: Aluminium is toxic. Fungus does not eat aluminium
Don't you get it?
It is not the format that is the problem. It is the carrier. In this case electronic media (get obsolete) or endles copying (too much work). Paper stays just fine as it is: therefor it is superior
You read Tim Flannary's 'The Future Eaters'. This will give you detailed information and evidence about the enormous influence man has (had) on the environment, and on the extinction of many many animal (and plant) species.
Is that a problem? I mean a *real* problem? Having my documents in unicode means my files get 18 times larger than 'normal' only for the off chance I want to put a funny character in.
There are better ways for this. Why not just put a language directive in the header of a HTTP file?
Go outside, wait for some clouds to show up.
Usually we recognise all kinds of shapes in these clouds (animals, trees, faces etc).
This is not because there's the secret cloud people sending us messages. It is simply our imagination, and our mind that 'maps' random images to known images, that makes us think we see a known structure. In the same line of reasoning, our mind maps the random rock formations to known structures as well.
Besides that, if there is enough random information (rock structures on mars), there is bound to be some that resembles a known figure. It would be more of a surprise we we *wouldn't* be able to see structure-like formations.
It should also be added that (a) germline cells have a verly long lifespan and therefore have more time to mutate. And (b) there is no redundancy in germline cells (one cell makes one organism, whereas one kidney cell doesn't really define life and death for the whole kidney). Plus (c) if a skin cells start getting mutations in a gene thats only used in a liver cell, it is still a great skin cell. If a germline cell gets any mutation at all, it will have an effect, as every cell in the resulting organism (i.e. child) descends from this germ cell. So far lessons in biology
"These results indicate that low doses of radiation can induce multiple changes in human germline DNA."
Mammals (including humans) have 'special' cells that have very low degradation in DNA. Normal cells are mutated all the time. This is not a problem as the DNA can take an enormous amount of mutations without changing its function (in fact, in a gene every third base can pretty much be changed at random without the gene product changing one bit). So, you don't want to make new organisms out of skin cells. Therefore the germline cells are there, packed with chemicals that prevent mutations (antioxidants for instance). Most of this is to *prevent* mutations that occur through malicious chemicals. Radiation doesn't really work that way. It will just penetrate through and nock of some basepares from the DNA. Remember: once a basepair is changed, the cell can never again figure out what the correct base was! Anyway, if you are exposed to a large amount of radiation, it can only be expected that the germline is effected as well.
Considering australia, where there is hardly any cable, all you really can provide is dial-in services (maybe DSL?)
I guess what you really need first is lots of money. All the major players now are huge companies that can afford expensive hardware, helpdesk etc etc. You won't be able to stir the pond unless you start off at a similar level as your competitors.
And then you should hope it won't end like the australian airlines. Here the government introduced a third airline (next to anzett and Quantas) to increase competition. All that happened was the release of a price war, the 'new' company went bankrupt a few time, and everything went back to 'normal'.
To avoid such a scenario, you realy need to point out to your customers you have something to offer. Don't try to be cheaper because you will most likely lose out
So now when we *find* Atlantis...
we can kill everyone inside and steal the gold
But seriously: water-warfare sounds like a 'relatively' good idea (if you forget that warfare sucks etc etc) as it minimises 'colateral damage' (i.e. innocent people getting hurt).
Are you sure this is not another april fools joke?
The modification was made to mitochondrial (not nuclear) DNA so only the girls (if there were any) will be able to pass this on.
This is incorrect. Recent (5-10 years ago) it has been shown that mitochondria do migrate from father to child. How? A sperm cell is basically a protein capsule with DNA in it, and a tail on the back end. However, around this tail there's an enormeous amount of mitochondria present, which create energy for the tail to function.
When an eg is fertilised, the sperm cell head fuses with the egg cell. In a number of occasions this fusion also includes part of the tail, and with the tail these mitochondria.
Even if the amount of mitochondria present is very small compared to those provided by the mother, they can get the upperhand if they are 'fitter' (e.g. multiply faster)
Therefore, genetically modified boys (because the mother can get a boy) can pass on the modified genes. Although in this case no genes were modified, but just recombined.
NASA uses old computers because they know how they work (they've had years of experience). When you change to new hardware you also change to new hardware problems (i.e. the pentium floating point bug). It is therefore a lot safer to stick to obsolete (but familiar) stuff than to keep on getting the hottest new hardware all the time
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When I was young I wrote a letter to 'Santa'. I received a reply!. I even saw him on TV!!!
I also wrote a letter to Donald Duck at Disneyland and received a reply too! He was also on TV!!!!!
Apparantly the Japanese have done something similar, but used a computer instead of a fake beard or crayons to do it. The principle is the same though. Can somebody explain to me why this is a big deal?
yep
Although drugs can improve your muscles, they won't improve tendons or muscle binding
So all these supa muscly muscles are going to do is rip themselves of the bone, leaving the 'athlete' paralyzed...
In rats and monkeys that is.
They managed to inject DNA containing biosynthesis genes for EPO so that rats were capable of running around endlessly with 3 times their body weight on their back. They were named 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' mice. In monkeys gene therapy had a similar effect.
It must however be noted that at least in monkeys it was found that the genes changed the blood to look like ketchup, with all the hazards that go along with that.
However, the problem with EPO etc etc is that although it does build muscle, it DOES NOT increase the muscle binding to the bone. So a;though you'll get 80 meters in 1 second, by that time all muscles are ripped off and you'll never finish your 100 meters on your own...
Why not write the whole thing in Delphi, which is -apparently- source-code compatible with Kylix. All you need to do then is recompile...
tsk
First our sysadmin told me het 'hated windows',
now he's complaining he hasn't got any.
Some people are never satisfied...
"They don't care it gives 5 frames more in Quake, when you've already got 40+ @ 1024x768. Then only know the Pentium and MMX buzzwords etc."
euh? As far as I know, Mr Joe knows the difference between 1GHZ and 1.1Ghz (more Hz = better). He probably also knows "Less Money = Good". Therefore all you need is a salesman who can tell Mr Joe that AMD is less $$ / Hz.
There you go
Let's compare this to the old VCR battle
Both Beta and V2000 were quite a lot better than VHS, but in the end VHS won it. Why? as far as V2000 is concerned you were able to get pr0n on VHS.
Pretty much the same here (although no pr0n). Joe Sixpack doesn't care about formats, and he doesn't care about money (really) as almost every home user gets his software illegally. But even if he did have to pay for it: Nowadays you can get MP3-walkmans, photocamera's etc etc. Nothing is there for Ogg Vorbis.
To make OV popular, you'll need to give it an advantage over MP3, that can be understood by Joe. Patents and 'free (as in speech) software' are no such things.
At the moment MP3 has all the advantages, and there's no reason why OV will take over.
From the article I can't really understand if these two projects are some sort of 'legal' napster (i.e. you download for money).
As I'm using Napster (Aimster Bearshare whatever) to get the songs that are simply no longer sold on CD, being able to -legally- create my won CD's from the archives of the record industry (meaning complete and high-quality songs) sounds quite nice. Of course, it should be costing more than about $1 a song, as I'm not getting the CD or the docs.
It took me towo pages to find that OS did not stand for Operating Sytem (as it usually does) but for Open Source.
It would be nice if articles that describe Operating Systems and Open Source at the same time find it usefull to be a bit more clear about it.
In all other sciences it is custom to explain abbreviations in the text at least once.
In Europe this pretty much doesn't give that much trouble as you will always need an authograph. Isn't it time digital authograps (PGP signatures or whatever) are necessary for online activities? Microsoft is in favour of it...
"Now, MS is going to effectively block java-based ads for 95% of the browsing market; this will not go unnoticed. "
hmmm.. Lynx does not display pictures. therefore it does not display GIF ads. Should we sue them now for filtering banner ads?
get real dude
The good thing here is that it's water atoms colliding. Deuterated water is harmless. I don't really see why this setup would blow like an H-bomb (sure there's hot parts and high pressure, but those conditions are present in many industries).
I think the biggest problem is moving from this R&D setup (with 20 academics sitting on it twisting buttons all the time) to a large production model that has to perform 24/7.
Remeber this was just a test: it's not clear how long the test lasted, how it was terminated, and how many % times the thing works.
When you apply Moore's law (processor speed doubling every 18 months) you'll find that we won't be hitting 210GHz until July 3th 2022.
I doubt this very much. No organism uses aluminum for growth. Yet all organisms are sensitive to Al+++ because it replaces the working Cu or Fe atoms from enzymes which renders them useless. In other words: Aluminium is toxic. Fungus does not eat aluminium
Don't you get it?
It is not the format that is the problem. It is the carrier. In this case electronic media (get obsolete) or endles copying (too much work). Paper stays just fine as it is: therefor it is superior
You read Tim Flannary's 'The Future Eaters'. This will give you detailed information and evidence about the enormous influence man has (had) on the environment, and on the extinction of many many animal (and plant) species.
No it's not
Lawsuits cost money. They get their money from selling their products. If everyone keeps on suing each other, only the public will pay the price.
Is that a problem? I mean a *real* problem? Having my documents in unicode means my files get 18 times larger than 'normal' only for the off chance I want to put a funny character in.
There are better ways for this. Why not just put a language directive in the header of a HTTP file?
Go outside, wait for some clouds to show up.
Usually we recognise all kinds of shapes in these clouds (animals, trees, faces etc).
This is not because there's the secret cloud people sending us messages. It is simply our imagination, and our mind that 'maps' random images to known images, that makes us think we see a known structure. In the same line of reasoning, our mind maps the random rock formations to known structures as well.
Besides that, if there is enough random information (rock structures on mars), there is bound to be some that resembles a known figure. It would be more of a surprise we we *wouldn't* be able to see structure-like formations.
It should also be added that (a) germline cells have a verly long lifespan and therefore have more time to mutate. And (b) there is no redundancy in germline cells (one cell makes one organism, whereas one kidney cell doesn't really define life and death for the whole kidney). Plus (c) if a skin cells start getting mutations in a gene thats only used in a liver cell, it is still a great skin cell. If a germline cell gets any mutation at all, it will have an effect, as every cell in the resulting organism (i.e. child) descends from this germ cell. So far lessons in biology
This is the important bit:
"These results indicate that low doses of radiation can induce multiple changes in human germline DNA."
Mammals (including humans) have 'special' cells that have very low degradation in DNA. Normal cells are mutated all the time. This is not a problem as the DNA can take an enormous amount of mutations without changing its function (in fact, in a gene every third base can pretty much be changed at random without the gene product changing one bit). So, you don't want to make new organisms out of skin cells. Therefore the germline cells are there, packed with chemicals that prevent mutations (antioxidants for instance). Most of this is to *prevent* mutations that occur through malicious chemicals. Radiation doesn't really work that way. It will just penetrate through and nock of some basepares from the DNA. Remember: once a basepair is changed, the cell can never again figure out what the correct base was! Anyway, if you are exposed to a large amount of radiation, it can only be expected that the germline is effected as well.
Considering australia, where there is hardly any cable, all you really can provide is dial-in services (maybe DSL?)
I guess what you really need first is lots of money. All the major players now are huge companies that can afford expensive hardware, helpdesk etc etc. You won't be able to stir the pond unless you start off at a similar level as your competitors.
And then you should hope it won't end like the australian airlines. Here the government introduced a third airline (next to anzett and Quantas) to increase competition. All that happened was the release of a price war, the 'new' company went bankrupt a few time, and everything went back to 'normal'.
To avoid such a scenario, you realy need to point out to your customers you have something to offer. Don't try to be cheaper because you will most likely lose out
So now when we *find* Atlantis...
we can kill everyone inside and steal the gold
But seriously: water-warfare sounds like a 'relatively' good idea (if you forget that warfare sucks etc etc) as it minimises 'colateral damage' (i.e. innocent people getting hurt).
Are you sure this is not another april fools joke?
The modification was made to mitochondrial (not nuclear) DNA so only the girls (if there were any) will be able to pass this on.
This is incorrect. Recent (5-10 years ago) it has been shown that mitochondria do migrate from father to child.
How? A sperm cell is basically a protein capsule with DNA in it, and a tail on the back end. However, around this tail there's an enormeous amount of mitochondria present, which create energy for the tail to function.
When an eg is fertilised, the sperm cell head fuses with the egg cell. In a number of occasions this fusion also includes part of the tail, and with the tail these mitochondria.
Even if the amount of mitochondria present is very small compared to those provided by the mother, they can get the upperhand if they are 'fitter' (e.g. multiply faster)
Therefore, genetically modified boys (because the mother can get a boy) can pass on the modified genes. Although in this case no genes were modified, but just recombined.
It's not worse
NASA uses old computers because they know how they work (they've had years of experience). When you change to new hardware you also change to new hardware problems (i.e. the pentium floating point bug). It is therefore a lot safer to stick to obsolete (but familiar) stuff than to keep on getting the hottest new hardware all the time