Mapping the genes is the easy part; figuring out what they do is the hard part.
I predict that as these functions are identified, genetic research companies will patent tests for specific genes (if not the genes themselves.)
As a result, actually getting the benefits of these tests - like early warnings for predicting diseases etc. - will cost way more than it otherwise would, in order to pay the license fees the patent holders will demand (kind of like how brand-name drugs cost more than generics.) People with insurance that covers such tests will be fine, but people will find it harder and harder to get insurance as companies begin raising rates based on the results of such tests.
Some European countries will pass laws preserving individual rights to privacy which will prevent such behavior from insurance companies, but in the US it will take abuse from HMO's and insurance companies before Congress passes laws providing a weaker form of protection.
Of course, my crystal ball may be on the fritz. Check back in a few years and we'll see if any of this comes true...;)
I've used this demo disk myself and was very impressed with what they got onto a floppy. I've downloaded some of the additional programs they mention - I think one of them is basically a shell, which was useful.
One drawback to the demo disk is the fact that every time you boot you have to re-enter your ISP settings if you plan to try to surf. I think the license explicitly prohibits tinkering with the disk image in order to hard-code those values; I guess that's one reason they call it a "demo disk"!
I don't know if the license prohibits copying the disk image to the start of a bootable partition of a hard disk. I'm not sure this would even work because I believe the OS on the demo disk doesn't have hard-drive support.
I think you could get lots farther with Linux/BSD where you have unlimited ability to modify things.
Maybe Hole and/or other "screw the man" type bands would want to perform music during the demonstration/cookout.
I'll bet you could get Ted Nugent to play at this. He's an avid bow-hunter and all-around badass, from what I've seen on VH1 (that's a pop-music oriented cable TV station for those out of range...)
One difference is speed. I don't know the details but I understand the problem is that VSS uses a more chatty protocol. I have an overseas colleague, and he found VSS unusable across a trans-Atlantic link. CVS works fine for him, though.
Our program is cross-platform (Win32/Solaris); I don't know if VSS clients are available for Solaris (or any non-Windows platform), but a nice thing is that the CVS command-line tools are the same on Unix or Windows. Some of us use WinCVS on Windows. It's even possible to integrate CVS with Developer Studio by customizing some menus. There's a page out there detailing this, if you're willing to search for it. Of course, CVS can be integrated into Emacs on either platform as well.
One nice thing we use is the webCVS interface, which allows browsing the CVS repository in just about any web browser. One handy feature is its ability to display color diffs of arbitrary revisions.
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I imagine that I was not the first person to see some behind the scenes conversation in an important word document, that I was never intended to see.
No, you're not. A reporter where I work broke a story based on such information that she found in a company press release. The company believed that their merger plans were a secret because they had deleted them from the release, but this reporter happened to stumble into this "preview changes" mode and saw the plans there. The company was pissed.
There was a guy on death row in Pennsylvania, convicted of murdering his wife (and since executed), with the same name as me. My brother originally pointed it out to me on an Amnesty Int'l web page and we had a little chuckle at the coincidence.
More recently, a long-lost friend tracking me down via a web-search came across the same information and became somewhat concerned until she found the real me.
I've never had any problems with this coincidence; I just wish I could use it to my advantage by convincing all those telemarketers that I've been executed and that they should stop trying to sell me newspaper subscriptions...
...caught by his own stupidity several months later.
That's exactly why they didn't want you - because they were afraid you'd not only be smart enough to steal like this guy did, but smart enough not to get caught.
The average recipient hasn't read RFC 821, and in fact doesn't know what RFCs are.
No doubt; that's what I was referring to with my parenthetical phrase "other than ignorance."
Remember that ignorance of the law is no excuse. I would imagine that works for victims as well. That is, if you incorrectly think that someone is perpetrating a crime against you, that doesn't make them a criminal.
I wouldn't advocate that every AOL user, for example, should read every RFC, just that nobody should assume that an email is really from the address shown in the From: line. You'd think that after all the media attention paid to the Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses, that a few more people would start waking up to this possibility. I guess not. Sigh...
There are the "laws of the land", and there are the "laws of the net", or RFC's. The way I see it, he didn't violate RFC 821, which specifies how SMTP works. Furthermore, I would claim that the sysops at Market Vision are somewhat negligent in having an open relay on the public internet.
Finally, given that SMTP makes no guarantees about the validity of the "From:" address, I see no reason (other than ignorance) for anyone to have any expectation of its validity. I don't know about the "law of the land" when it comes to fraud, but I would imagine that the recipient's expectation of validity plays an important role in proving fraud.
It's funny you mention Knuth's TAOCP and then have a footnote explaining your use of the term "concrete mathematics", since that's the title of another Knuth book, co-authored with Ronald Graham and Oren Patashnik. Its preface states that its purpose is to teach the mathematics that are necessary for reading TAOCP.
Patients at Advanced Aesthetic Dermatology in Campbell who want wrinkles and other signs of aging removed frequently list staying competitive in the workplace among their reasons for wanting to look younger, said physician's assistant Liz Papp.
``As a society I think that we do subconsciously prejudge people if they have wrinkles,'' Papp said.
Before I read the article, I wondered how much of this was a Vally-specific problem. After seeing the bit I quoted above, it makes me think that the values of Southern California (LA/Hollywood's obsession with image) have migrated North.
I live and work (program) in New York City, and I haven't seen any evidence of age discrimination in the industry. Then again, I'm 32; check back with me in 8 years.
Posting content like this is undeniably useful when a server gets Slashdotted, but I can see it now: FeedMag joins Microsoft in suing Slashdot for hosting posts that they claim are copyrighted material...
On a related note, how about if we modify the Samba code to include an HTTP transaction with Microsoft's server that simulates the process of downloading the "MSKerberos" spec and clicking the "I Agree" button? After a few weeks of getting hammered by Samba servers, Microsoft would surely back down on their licensing requirements...
A while ago I collaborated on a system that is used to send news stories into a proprietary system. I wanted my error replies to have an official feel, so I consulted the "Theory of Reply Codes" (appendix E) in Jon Postel's RFC 821.
One condition I wanted to report was colloquially described as "News is on fire" so I checked the appendix.
The 4xy series is for "Transient Negative Completion reply", i.e. errors which are temporary, indicating the client can try again.
The x5y series is for "These replies indicate the status of the receiver (mail) system vis-a-vis the requested transfer or other (mail) system action."
Since it was the first error in this series, I arrived at error 451, which gave me a chuckle...
I just read the f ollowing article that says that McDonald's is cutting its French fry cooking time from 210 to 65 seconds, but wouldn't provide any details about their new system.
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I predict that as these functions are identified, genetic research companies will patent tests for specific genes (if not the genes themselves.)
As a result, actually getting the benefits of these tests - like early warnings for predicting diseases etc. - will cost way more than it otherwise would, in order to pay the license fees the patent holders will demand (kind of like how brand-name drugs cost more than generics.) People with insurance that covers such tests will be fine, but people will find it harder and harder to get insurance as companies begin raising rates based on the results of such tests.
Some European countries will pass laws preserving individual rights to privacy which will prevent such behavior from insurance companies, but in the US it will take abuse from HMO's and insurance companies before Congress passes laws providing a weaker form of protection.
Of course, my crystal ball may be on the fritz. Check back in a few years and we'll see if any of this comes true... ;)
One drawback to the demo disk is the fact that every time you boot you have to re-enter your ISP settings if you plan to try to surf. I think the license explicitly prohibits tinkering with the disk image in order to hard-code those values; I guess that's one reason they call it a "demo disk"!
I don't know if the license prohibits copying the disk image to the start of a bootable partition of a hard disk. I'm not sure this would even work because I believe the OS on the demo disk doesn't have hard-drive support.
I think you could get lots farther with Linux/BSD where you have unlimited ability to modify things.
I have the recipe. I'll sell it to you for $250, which includes the recipe for Nieman-Marcus chocolate-chip cookies.
I'll bet you could get Ted Nugent to play at this. He's an avid bow-hunter and all-around badass, from what I've seen on VH1 (that's a pop-music oriented cable TV station for those out of range...)
It's not leftover from the Big Bang; it's a sugar buzz!
6. There is no rule 6.
Heh. I set up my PC to use Netscape as the default browser; now the icons on IE's "Links" toolbar are Netscape icons.
Our program is cross-platform (Win32/Solaris); I don't know if VSS clients are available for Solaris (or any non-Windows platform), but a nice thing is that the CVS command-line tools are the same on Unix or Windows. Some of us use WinCVS on Windows. It's even possible to integrate CVS with Developer Studio by customizing some menus. There's a page out there detailing this, if you're willing to search for it. Of course, CVS can be integrated into Emacs on either platform as well.
One nice thing we use is the webCVS interface, which allows browsing the CVS repository in just about any web browser. One handy feature is its ability to display color diffs of arbitrary revisions.
No, you're not. A reporter where I work broke a story based on such information that she found in a company press release. The company believed that their merger plans were a secret because they had deleted them from the release, but this reporter happened to stumble into this "preview changes" mode and saw the plans there. The company was pissed.
More recently, a long-lost friend tracking me down via a web-search came across the same information and became somewhat concerned until she found the real me.
I've never had any problems with this coincidence; I just wish I could use it to my advantage by convincing all those telemarketers that I've been executed and that they should stop trying to sell me newspaper subscriptions...
That's exactly why they didn't want you - because they were afraid you'd not only be smart enough to steal like this guy did, but smart enough not to get caught.
There could be trouble if they encrypt porn files this way, unless you always type with one hand...
I wonder what's going to happen in 2038 when 32-bit time_t runs out...
Until someone gets a patent through...
...is his domain name. What a great way to get back all those nice, short domain names! Too bad underscores aren't legal.
No doubt; that's what I was referring to with my parenthetical phrase "other than ignorance."
Remember that ignorance of the law is no excuse. I would imagine that works for victims as well. That is, if you incorrectly think that someone is perpetrating a crime against you, that doesn't make them a criminal.
I wouldn't advocate that every AOL user, for example, should read every RFC, just that nobody should assume that an email is really from the address shown in the From: line. You'd think that after all the media attention paid to the Melissa and ILOVEYOU viruses, that a few more people would start waking up to this possibility. I guess not. Sigh...
Finally, given that SMTP makes no guarantees about the validity of the "From:" address, I see no reason (other than ignorance) for anyone to have any expectation of its validity. I don't know about the "law of the land" when it comes to fraud, but I would imagine that the recipient's expectation of validity plays an important role in proving fraud.
Disclaimers: IANAL, IANAS (Sysop).
It's funny you mention Knuth's TAOCP and then have a footnote explaining your use of the term "concrete mathematics", since that's the title of another Knuth book, co-authored with Ronald Graham and Oren Patashnik. Its preface states that its purpose is to teach the mathematics that are necessary for reading TAOCP.
``As a society I think that we do subconsciously prejudge people if they have wrinkles,'' Papp said.
Before I read the article, I wondered how much of this was a Vally-specific problem. After seeing the bit I quoted above, it makes me think that the values of Southern California (LA/Hollywood's obsession with image) have migrated North.
I live and work (program) in New York City, and I haven't seen any evidence of age discrimination in the industry. Then again, I'm 32; check back with me in 8 years.
On a related note, how about if we modify the Samba code to include an HTTP transaction with Microsoft's server that simulates the process of downloading the "MSKerberos" spec and clicking the "I Agree" button? After a few weeks of getting hammered by Samba servers, Microsoft would surely back down on their licensing requirements...
One condition I wanted to report was colloquially described as "News is on fire" so I checked the appendix.
The 4xy series is for "Transient Negative Completion reply", i.e. errors which are temporary, indicating the client can try again.
The x5y series is for "These replies indicate the status of the receiver (mail) system vis-a-vis the requested transfer or other (mail) system action."
Since it was the first error in this series, I arrived at error 451, which gave me a chuckle...
If HP refunds the four bits, does that mean they owe their customers fifty cents each?
Also I figure that if I'm tethered to my computer by a serial cable, why not just surf with the computer, anyway?
What I do instead is use the pc to sync my email and AvantGo to read on the train or whereever.
This web server explains alot...
Think Judy Blume would register areyouthere.god?