Yes, because up until recently we thought that cell membranes kept all the environmental chemicals out except only the ones that are allowed in. Every year we're learning that cell membranes are much more permeable than we thought and that chemicals we used to think never entered cells are in fact binding to stuff inside cell nuclei (even more membranes to go through) and affecting genes directly. We used to think that anything that happened in the nucleus was strictly controlled by a cells own internal messaging mechanisms. Now we're not sure. Much more environmental interaction is allowed than what was previously believed.
Er no, I have a desktop. I only use my laptop when I travel which is not often. I haven't had a bad RAM chip in years - I research the companies I buy from. Your argument is pathetic. You must be an Apple user.
it comes with a free 12 month warranty. But oh no, whine about it on the internet instead. Asshole.
I'm not whining - it's not my computer. I build my own systems and they are rock solid. As for my daughter, well, she's 20 and can deal with the consequences of her decisions.
Who is going to clean up all the excrement when death-induced sphincter relaxation occurs in conjunction with high G's? Eww, I don't want to ride on that - regular coasters are bad enough.
Eh? Go back to your Battle for Wesnoth. How many times can you play that stupid game? I guess you could play FreeCiv or Tremulous too. But that's it, unless you feel like figuring out why a game isn't working with wine when everyone else swears that it does.
Well if you buy big box you're paying a premium anyway. You know there's this thing called the internet where you can buy things and have them shipped, usually for far less than "big box", right? Yeah ok once in a while big box might have some special offers with loss leaders, but today there is less excuse than ever to not shop around.
That's easy to do when interest rates are low and you can borrow lots of money easily. In fact that's the whole point of having said low interest rates in the first place. Governments see this as "stimulating the economy". Whether it's actual growth or just reckless behavior however remains to be seen.
They still don't get it. TV on != watching. I know a hell of a lot of people who just have it on to have background noise but are paying exactly zero attention to the television.
Yeah like my dad always tells me, those "3 extra years" you get from torturing yourself with diets and exercise are 3 more years in diapers, in an old age home, or running around trying to remember why you keep forgetting everything - not to mention 3 more years you have to try to live with no income.
And it just HAS to be an iPad. No cheaper, faster, better tablet will do. I am loving all these justifications we're seeing from different people as to why the iPad is the golden ticket they have been waiting for. Problem is no one is going to steal hard copy. People are going to steal iPads. No one will take hard copy home with them unless they absolutely have to (eugh who wants to do government work at home? I work from 9 to 5 only!). People will take iPads home with them, and they will be used by the wife and kids and family friends. Hard copy stays at the office, probably in a file somewhere. iPads will be traveling and vulnerable to being accessed by anyone - they seem to have a tendency to get left at bars.
And the government suddenly realized that it could do all this with $800 iPads but absolutely could NOT do it with $500 laptops. Just, wow. Tell me why we need government again?
How is that implied? I have not offended the person I was replying to and was merely offering my own point of view. Toonol disagreed with me, I clarified my position, and that's that. He doesn't have to accept it, or even like it. FYI having a different point of view is not "trolling". Having a discussion is not a "flamewar". You are reading a little more into my post than you should, in my opinion.
The transplant treatment itself, given only to late-stage cancer patients, kills up to 30% of patients.
Good for them if they have such a low mortality. I still don't see it being used regularly with that mortality rate. You are going to kill 1/3 of your patients?
Why, does one exclude the other? Shall we pretend he didn't exist? Do you react the same way if I say "Napoleon"? Clearly there is some propaganda at work here. Before you reject something offhand you must first know what you are rejecting. The man was evil and did unspeakable things, but he sure knew how to manipulate and even wrote about it. The knowledge is there and quite insightful, a few grains of truth scattered between ramblings. Don't be afraid, they are only words.
I believe that most intellectuals at the time embraced continuing to live rather than a bullet in the head, in both Germany and the Soviet Union.
The very high end is what I am talking about here. Perhaps my definition of moron is somewhat broader than yours, which makes me less tolerant than you.
The survival rate of a bone marrow transplant is around 40% even in the best hospitals in the world. That he had leukemia (probably chronic myeloid leukemia since that's the most common one that's transplanted) and by happy chance the transplant worked and also by happy chance this cured his HIV is great news for him. However this is not going to be used as standard therapy at all, you have better luck taking the drug regimen. What it might do however (hopefully) is continue to push to improve transplant protocols and thus success rates.
You should be comparing commute to shipping, not a weekend excursion to shipping
Why? That's part of the point. The trucks that cause all the damage are always working, turning the gears of the economy - when they are not working, they are parked. So you won't get any "weekend excursions" to compare them with.
Except with mainframes the mainframe belonged to the corporation/university/government and the order to lock it down came from the people responsible for buying it and maintaining it. At best what you did was lease it by paying for CPU time. But no one is forcing you to bend over backwards and drop your trousers so that Ballmer can rape you with a chair. Microsoft has to make a fuck-ton of money in order to justify any project because they are so bloated. If they end up grabbing say 15% market share this project will be shelved really quickly, just like Vista was. So vote with your wallet - it's the only power you have. But it's an improvement over the old way where it wasn't your mainframe and you had no power, it was do it this way or work somewhere else.
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No, if you eat a lot of junk food only your junk DNA is expressed...
Yes, because up until recently we thought that cell membranes kept all the environmental chemicals out except only the ones that are allowed in. Every year we're learning that cell membranes are much more permeable than we thought and that chemicals we used to think never entered cells are in fact binding to stuff inside cell nuclei (even more membranes to go through) and affecting genes directly. We used to think that anything that happened in the nucleus was strictly controlled by a cells own internal messaging mechanisms. Now we're not sure. Much more environmental interaction is allowed than what was previously believed.
Just a disclaimer for the sarcastically challenged out there.
That's pretty much the whole internet.
Er no, I have a desktop. I only use my laptop when I travel which is not often. I haven't had a bad RAM chip in years - I research the companies I buy from. Your argument is pathetic. You must be an Apple user.
it comes with a free 12 month warranty. But oh no, whine about it on the internet instead. Asshole.
I'm not whining - it's not my computer. I build my own systems and they are rock solid. As for my daughter, well, she's 20 and can deal with the consequences of her decisions.
Apple is security! By the way, my daughter's Mac Book Pro stopped working yesterday after four months. Not bad for a $1700 computer.
Who is going to clean up all the excrement when death-induced sphincter relaxation occurs in conjunction with high G's? Eww, I don't want to ride on that - regular coasters are bad enough.
No, but it sure as hell isn't your browser, spreadsheet or your word processor that requires a 3+GHz 64 bit processor and oodles of RAM...
Eh? Go back to your Battle for Wesnoth. How many times can you play that stupid game? I guess you could play FreeCiv or Tremulous too. But that's it, unless you feel like figuring out why a game isn't working with wine when everyone else swears that it does.
Well if you buy big box you're paying a premium anyway. You know there's this thing called the internet where you can buy things and have them shipped, usually for far less than "big box", right? Yeah ok once in a while big box might have some special offers with loss leaders, but today there is less excuse than ever to not shop around.
That's easy to do when interest rates are low and you can borrow lots of money easily. In fact that's the whole point of having said low interest rates in the first place. Governments see this as "stimulating the economy". Whether it's actual growth or just reckless behavior however remains to be seen.
Or sustained fusion to happen.
and people looking to get away from the increasingly all-encompassing Google have a second choice.
When did they get rid of Yahoo, Alta Vista and Lycos?
They still don't get it. TV on != watching. I know a hell of a lot of people who just have it on to have background noise but are paying exactly zero attention to the television.
Yeah like my dad always tells me, those "3 extra years" you get from torturing yourself with diets and exercise are 3 more years in diapers, in an old age home, or running around trying to remember why you keep forgetting everything - not to mention 3 more years you have to try to live with no income.
xoom oh wait no it has to be apple
And it just HAS to be an iPad. No cheaper, faster, better tablet will do. I am loving all these justifications we're seeing from different people as to why the iPad is the golden ticket they have been waiting for. Problem is no one is going to steal hard copy. People are going to steal iPads. No one will take hard copy home with them unless they absolutely have to (eugh who wants to do government work at home? I work from 9 to 5 only!). People will take iPads home with them, and they will be used by the wife and kids and family friends. Hard copy stays at the office, probably in a file somewhere. iPads will be traveling and vulnerable to being accessed by anyone - they seem to have a tendency to get left at bars.
And the government suddenly realized that it could do all this with $800 iPads but absolutely could NOT do it with $500 laptops. Just, wow. Tell me why we need government again?
How is that implied? I have not offended the person I was replying to and was merely offering my own point of view. Toonol disagreed with me, I clarified my position, and that's that. He doesn't have to accept it, or even like it. FYI having a different point of view is not "trolling". Having a discussion is not a "flamewar". You are reading a little more into my post than you should, in my opinion.
The transplant treatment itself, given only to late-stage cancer patients, kills up to 30% of patients.
Good for them if they have such a low mortality. I still don't see it being used regularly with that mortality rate. You are going to kill 1/3 of your patients?
You say that even as you mention Hitler?
Why, does one exclude the other? Shall we pretend he didn't exist? Do you react the same way if I say "Napoleon"? Clearly there is some propaganda at work here. Before you reject something offhand you must first know what you are rejecting. The man was evil and did unspeakable things, but he sure knew how to manipulate and even wrote about it. The knowledge is there and quite insightful, a few grains of truth scattered between ramblings. Don't be afraid, they are only words.
I believe that most intellectuals at the time embraced continuing to live rather than a bullet in the head, in both Germany and the Soviet Union.
The very high end is what I am talking about here. Perhaps my definition of moron is somewhat broader than yours, which makes me less tolerant than you.
The survival rate of a bone marrow transplant is around 40% even in the best hospitals in the world. That he had leukemia (probably chronic myeloid leukemia since that's the most common one that's transplanted) and by happy chance the transplant worked and also by happy chance this cured his HIV is great news for him. However this is not going to be used as standard therapy at all, you have better luck taking the drug regimen. What it might do however (hopefully) is continue to push to improve transplant protocols and thus success rates.
You should be comparing commute to shipping, not a weekend excursion to shipping
Why? That's part of the point. The trucks that cause all the damage are always working, turning the gears of the economy - when they are not working, they are parked. So you won't get any "weekend excursions" to compare them with.
Someone should tell them that if they released Windows 7 licenses for $10, everyone in the world would buy at least one.
Apple Power User - oh wait... let me go ask the geniuses.
Except with mainframes the mainframe belonged to the corporation/university/government and the order to lock it down came from the people responsible for buying it and maintaining it. At best what you did was lease it by paying for CPU time. But no one is forcing you to bend over backwards and drop your trousers so that Ballmer can rape you with a chair. Microsoft has to make a fuck-ton of money in order to justify any project because they are so bloated. If they end up grabbing say 15% market share this project will be shelved really quickly, just like Vista was. So vote with your wallet - it's the only power you have. But it's an improvement over the old way where it wasn't your mainframe and you had no power, it was do it this way or work somewhere else.