Backups? Got destroyed in the blizzard of aught-six.
You reported the back-ups lost within 90 days of the blizzard, didn't you citizen? I'm sure you wouldn't want to spend 2 years in jail for forgetting to file the appropriate form...like it says right here in subsection 39 paragraph C part xii...
Next in the news, the letter "Z" is being sued by the number "2" for copyright infringement, saying that "Z" bears an unreasonably close likeness and is maliciously capitalizing on this fact.
to grant the right of a person who comes up with something great to profit from it.
Yes because clicking a mouse button in order to buy something is a fabulous idea - the inventor should earn 3.0 x 10^11 dollars for that.
someone would invent something and then die of starvation before seeing any kind of profit.
Yes because one click shopping is the only thing that made Amazon what it is today - if it wasn't for their patent on one click shopping, Amazon surely would have gone out of business by now.
While he is trying to produce his invention, some megacorp would take his idea and put it in mass production and beat him to his own market.
Yes, thank God that the "megacorps" don't steal/buy patent ideas for pennies on the dollar, and then put them into mass production, and use the threat of litigation to keep everyone else out of the market. Patents are used exclusively by the little guy to defend himself from these huge entities./sarcasm
HELLO? Exactly which world are you living in? Your points are completely invalid due to the very abuses of the patent system that need to be corrected. As it currently stands, the patent system is NOT doing its job but getting in the way of progress since you can't come up with something new without risking some sort of litigation from someone with ambiguous patent claims.
Perhaps getting rid of them all together WOULD be a step in the right direction. That way we go back to trade secrets - you have a great idea, you keep your mouth shut, develop it, and try to be better than the other guy when competition arrives.
Try researching the validity of 1.5 20 page technical documents for a field you have absolutely no expertise in a week.
Judging by the whole mess the patent system is in, one could make a case that they didn't bother doing any research during that week anyway...simply let the application sit for a while then stamped it "approved" so long as it wasn't something very silly (like a warp drive).
Of course people are predicatable. Life is generally quite routine and quotidian. There should be no surprise in that. However, what is not predictable are those extraordinary things in life.
So what you're saying is that people are predictable except for when they're not predictable? Yeah, uhhh, makes sense. Covering all the bases are we? You should try politics...
After one generation with zero exposure to the antibiotic they will not pass on the necessary genes.
Please explain how people become infected with resistant strains then...? If this were true why would we have to stop using an antibiotic for a whole year, as you suggested earlier? Surely if we stopped using it for a few days (and several dozen generations of bacteria) it would be enough?
There's a big difference between a laboratory situation and a real life situation!
MacLeod likens this process to stretching a person's skin until it ruptures, exposing the flesh underneath. That's the most horrifying scientific analogy I've ever heard.
Not to mention the stunning implications - that the Earth is suffering from pemphigus!
After one generation bacteria no longer hold their resistance
Where do you get THAT idea? Especially considering a "generation" of bacteria takes about 20 mins to 2 hours tops... bacteria pass on their genetic material and plasmids to their children, too!
I'm a physician and my friend who is an infectious disease doc happened to be next to me when I read your comment.
I'm a GP - so I won't argue with an infectologist. I'm also in the 3rd world. We barely have access to vanco in our (poor) public healthcare system - much less linezolid and the other new anti-staph drugs. If you have access to linezolid - great, I agree with you.
For us if we run into MRSA that patient is pretty much screwed, whereas with a gram negative - despite having to use two or more drugs like genta/clinda, we can usually do something for the patient. I'm by no means an infectologist however;)
Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't MRSA a blanket term for like 10 or 15 strains of resistant bacteria?
No, it's a specific term: Methicillin resistant Staph aureus. There are MANY multi-resistent bacteria in a hospital environment - both in the type of bacteria and the degree of resistance, but MRSA is quite specific.
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not the same as "flesh eating disease" - or necrotizing fasciitis. Flesh eating disease is usually caused by either Streptococcus pyogenes or Clostridium perfringens, two VERY different bugs.
MRSA usually causes extremely resistant infections (usually in the lungs or an iv catheter site) that progress to bateremia, sepsis and death. Not the same as "flesh eating disease" which is an infection that progresses rapidly along the fascia (usually in a limb) until it ends up compromising an important area (abdomen, thorax, etc).
I agree that this is a silly move on behalf of the FDA, however.
E. coli is not, and has never been the problem - gram negative bacilli are fairly easy to deal with - we have loads of antibiotic families for them. The BIG problem is the various form of Staphylococci - gram positive cocci - with their built in enzymes that inactivate antibiotics plus all their other enzymes that are just perfect for digesting tissue.
If I had to choose between a gram negative and gram positive infection, I'd choose the gram negative. Shoot me full of an aminoglucoside or a fluoroquinolone and I'll probably be ok. But gram positives... oops.
This stuff is a _BIG_ deal. Vets have been using Vancomycin on chicken farms for YEARS. The more antibiotic we put into the environment, the more we encourage resistant strains. There is no doubt that those strains eventually transmit their resistance genes to human pathogens.
They're just following the example of their president. In Corporate America, everything is legal so long as it screws the little guy. Welcome to the New World Order.
they want their exposure diminished for what exactly?
So that they can arbitrarily enforce copyright violations when they feel like it. Sheesh don't you get this MAFIAA mentality yet?
"Tony, haven't I given you everything over the years? Haven't I been like a brother to you, and a Godfather to your children? All I expected was your loyalty to the family. I'm sorry Tony, but I have no choice now... (to the FBI) Take him away, boys..."
As if the US educational system wasn't screwed up enough.
Oh yeah, let's get rid of homework because the poor kiddies are stressed out. In fact, coming to school at 8am or whatever is also a source of stress, maybe we shouldn't insist they show up on time. Math courses are also a great stressor, let's lose those. On second thoughts, why not get rid of school altogether? Then the kids can sit at home and play video games all day, and not have any stress..../sarcasm
I doubt very much that eliminating homework will reduce illicit drug use. It probably won't increase it, since most drug users blow off homework anyway, but reduce it? Why? I can't remember ever citing homework as a reason to use drugs in my teenage years... we did it because it was cool, because getting stoned felt good, and because it was illegal.
Homework is a way to teach responsibility - you have a deadline to meet, you have to take time to do something you don't necessarily enjoy, and pretty much figure it out on your own. It helps train your memory as you recall what you learned in class, and it teaches problem solving skills when you have to look stuff up, call your friends because you forgot how to do something, etc. It's a way to prepare kids for a responsible adult life. Welcome to the real world.
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Backups? Got destroyed in the blizzard of aught-six.
You reported the back-ups lost within 90 days of the blizzard, didn't you citizen? I'm sure you wouldn't want to spend 2 years in jail for forgetting to file the appropriate form...like it says right here in subsection 39 paragraph C part xii...
Imagine being able to use wifi and have negative latency! I'll really do some ass kicking with first person shooters then!
I thought this technology was already in the hands of most 13 year olds, or at least it seems that way... (mumbles you're gonna die THIS time, kid...)
161 Exabytes In 2006
Of course the burning question on everyone here is - exactly how much of this was slashdot dupes?
boohoo, we can't run an electable candidate. boohoo. wait till 2008 when you have the same problems, suckers.
Yeah we all know GWB won by a huge margin in the past 2 elections...
Father of the Internet Vint Cerf WHAT not Al Gore!?
I demand DNS testing!!!
This comment brought to you by the letter "Z"...
Next in the news, the letter "Z" is being sued by the number "2" for copyright infringement, saying that "Z" bears an unreasonably close likeness and is maliciously capitalizing on this fact.
to grant the right of a person who comes up with something great to profit from it.
/sarcasm
Yes because clicking a mouse button in order to buy something is a fabulous idea - the inventor should earn 3.0 x 10^11 dollars for that.
someone would invent something and then die of starvation before seeing any kind of profit.
Yes because one click shopping is the only thing that made Amazon what it is today - if it wasn't for their patent on one click shopping, Amazon surely would have gone out of business by now.
While he is trying to produce his invention, some megacorp would take his idea and put it in mass production and beat him to his own market.
Yes, thank God that the "megacorps" don't steal/buy patent ideas for pennies on the dollar, and then put them into mass production, and use the threat of litigation to keep everyone else out of the market. Patents are used exclusively by the little guy to defend himself from these huge entities.
HELLO? Exactly which world are you living in? Your points are completely invalid due to the very abuses of the patent system that need to be corrected. As it currently stands, the patent system is NOT doing its job but getting in the way of progress since you can't come up with something new without risking some sort of litigation from someone with ambiguous patent claims.
Perhaps getting rid of them all together WOULD be a step in the right direction. That way we go back to trade secrets - you have a great idea, you keep your mouth shut, develop it, and try to be better than the other guy when competition arrives.
Try researching the validity of 1.5 20 page technical documents for a field you have absolutely no expertise in a week.
Judging by the whole mess the patent system is in, one could make a case that they didn't bother doing any research during that week anyway...simply let the application sit for a while then stamped it "approved" so long as it wasn't something very silly (like a warp drive).
Yoda, "Work for USPTO I do."
Prove your worthiness you must, or deny your patent I shall...
I for one welcome our karma-whoring patent denying overlords...
Of course people are predicatable. Life is generally quite routine and quotidian. There should be no surprise in that. However, what is not predictable are those extraordinary things in life.
So what you're saying is that people are predictable except for when they're not predictable? Yeah, uhhh, makes sense. Covering all the bases are we? You should try politics...
After one generation with zero exposure to the antibiotic they will not pass on the necessary genes.
Please explain how people become infected with resistant strains then...? If this were true why would we have to stop using an antibiotic for a whole year, as you suggested earlier? Surely if we stopped using it for a few days (and several dozen generations of bacteria) it would be enough?
There's a big difference between a laboratory situation and a real life situation!
Someone is going to use this as evidence of humans causing global warming in 5...4...3...2...
MacLeod likens this process to stretching a person's skin until it ruptures, exposing the flesh underneath.
That's the most horrifying scientific analogy I've ever heard.
Not to mention the stunning implications - that the Earth is suffering from pemphigus!
After one generation bacteria no longer hold their resistance
Where do you get THAT idea? Especially considering a "generation" of bacteria takes about 20 mins to 2 hours tops... bacteria pass on their genetic material and plasmids to their children, too!
I'm a physician and my friend who is an infectious disease doc happened to be next to me when I read your comment.
;)
I'm a GP - so I won't argue with an infectologist. I'm also in the 3rd world. We barely have access to vanco in our (poor) public healthcare system - much less linezolid and the other new anti-staph drugs. If you have access to linezolid - great, I agree with you.
For us if we run into MRSA that patient is pretty much screwed, whereas with a gram negative - despite having to use two or more drugs like genta/clinda, we can usually do something for the patient. I'm by no means an infectologist however
Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't MRSA a blanket term for like 10 or 15 strains of resistant bacteria?
No, it's a specific term: Methicillin resistant Staph aureus. There are MANY multi-resistent bacteria in a hospital environment - both in the type of bacteria and the degree of resistance, but MRSA is quite specific.
MRSA, or flesh-eating disease...
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not the same as "flesh eating disease" - or necrotizing fasciitis. Flesh eating disease is usually caused by either Streptococcus pyogenes or Clostridium perfringens, two VERY different bugs.
MRSA usually causes extremely resistant infections (usually in the lungs or an iv catheter site) that progress to bateremia, sepsis and death. Not the same as "flesh eating disease" which is an infection that progresses rapidly along the fascia (usually in a limb) until it ends up compromising an important area (abdomen, thorax, etc).
I agree that this is a silly move on behalf of the FDA, however.
some invincible strain of ecoli
E. coli is not, and has never been the problem - gram negative bacilli are fairly easy to deal with - we have loads of antibiotic families for them. The BIG problem is the various form of Staphylococci - gram positive cocci - with their built in enzymes that inactivate antibiotics plus all their other enzymes that are just perfect for digesting tissue.
If I had to choose between a gram negative and gram positive infection, I'd choose the gram negative. Shoot me full of an aminoglucoside or a fluoroquinolone and I'll probably be ok. But gram positives... oops.
This stuff is a _BIG_ deal. Vets have been using Vancomycin on chicken farms for YEARS. The more antibiotic we put into the environment, the more we encourage resistant strains. There is no doubt that those strains eventually transmit their resistance genes to human pathogens.
Isn't this exactly what HD-DVD / Blu-Ray players need to prevent the AACS keys from being stolen?
If the player can read it, I can read it.
Most people are just leeches who take what they can get.
I noticed you haven't subscribed to slashdot...
How is that possibly legal?
They're just following the example of their president. In Corporate America, everything is legal so long as it screws the little guy. Welcome to the New World Order.
they want their exposure diminished for what exactly?
So that they can arbitrarily enforce copyright violations when they feel like it. Sheesh don't you get this MAFIAA mentality yet?
"Tony, haven't I given you everything over the years? Haven't I been like a brother to you, and a Godfather to your children? All I expected was your loyalty to the family. I'm sorry Tony, but I have no choice now... (to the FBI) Take him away, boys..."
The Internet broadcasters have two choices:
The US Internet broadcasters...
As if the US educational system wasn't screwed up enough.
/sarcasm
Oh yeah, let's get rid of homework because the poor kiddies are stressed out. In fact, coming to school at 8am or whatever is also a source of stress, maybe we shouldn't insist they show up on time. Math courses are also a great stressor, let's lose those. On second thoughts, why not get rid of school altogether? Then the kids can sit at home and play video games all day, and not have any stress....
I doubt very much that eliminating homework will reduce illicit drug use. It probably won't increase it, since most drug users blow off homework anyway, but reduce it? Why? I can't remember ever citing homework as a reason to use drugs in my teenage years... we did it because it was cool, because getting stoned felt good, and because it was illegal.
Homework is a way to teach responsibility - you have a deadline to meet, you have to take time to do something you don't necessarily enjoy, and pretty much figure it out on your own. It helps train your memory as you recall what you learned in class, and it teaches problem solving skills when you have to look stuff up, call your friends because you forgot how to do something, etc. It's a way to prepare kids for a responsible adult life. Welcome to the real world.