Repeat after me. Science and Religion are not opposites.
It is not a dichotomy.
When someone says they are religious, they are not attacking your belief in science. Just as when someone says they are a scientist, it does not mean they are a 'god-hating if he were to actually exist, but he doesn't' athiest.
When you define yourselves in terms of an opposite point of view, you only strengthen the opposition. You give them meaning, and something to rally against. In a true dichotomy, discussion is impossible. That doesn't need to be the case in science/religion.
Unless you really need something to vent against when you get home. In that case, carry on.
I've got an account on Yahoo where I've received their 'special' yahoo marketing mail, with a reminder that if I don't want to receive this, I should go to their marketing page. I've done so, been informed that it might take 5 days to process (by hand no doubt, in triplicate). That was about a month and a half ago, and every week, I still receive marketing email from them. Anyone else had this problem?
Yes, I have double checked my marketing preferences. -Mezz
I don't put much faith in innovation as an economic advantage these days. The world has become too small. There is an old saying, previously applied to the 'Big M', "Its much easier to imitate than to innovate."
If you come up with a product, and maintain your work base in the US, it can and will be done more cheaply elsewhere. You may begin with a six month lead, if you're lucky, but your competitors will soon close that lead and undercut you.
Not sure if 'Made in the US' is a viable option these days. And I don't know if theres a decent solution that will allow them to maintain their current standard of living.
This is the finest fantasy series I have read. I really liked the ideas, and the characters are wonderfully well elaborated. Be warned... Martin is not afraid to kill 'main' characters as well, which only enhances the storyline. The only part about this series that I don't like is the wait over the past year and a half for the next book, but I've heard its coming out this fall.
Its funny that not a lot of people have heard about this series, but thats changing. I saw a Kiosk in B&N the other day advertising these books.
Wild cards was okay as well. Some interesting Ideas, some decent stories, some not so much. Martin is the editor for those books. They are written by a number of authors.
One of the coolest things about C. Elegans is that scientists are able to, using a laser, kill single neurons in a living worm. They then can watch the effects of that missing single neuron on the rest of the pathway and on the worm as a whole.
Daniel, do you know if they've determined whether the other neurons compensate for killed neurons cells yet? I've been out of the game for a while.
Its obviously a conspiracy launched by the danish illuminati to breed superworms to rule us all! They can already survive a fall from space. Would it be a leap to suggest that they already control the worlds missile defense systems and energy grids. I think not!
Stop them before its too late. Send a letter to your congressperson. Or if you've got a finnish friend, shoot them a dirty 'I know what you're up to' look sometime this week.
As the above poster said, you can't be 'infected' by these worms. C. Elegans is extremely common throughout the entire world. If you were to pick up a handful of soil from the ground, your hands would be covered in the worm. They're too small to see, and feed on bacteria in the soil.
They're similar to humans in that nearly all the genes they have are analogous to what we have. There are certain chemical and biological pathways that many creatures share. Studying these in C. Elegans is used as a proxy for studying these in humans.
But there are some differences as well. Over the past few years, several researchers have made a bunch of noise (and probably gotten a lot of funding too) over worms that live twice as long as normal. Well, the argument went, if worms are so analagous to humans, lets find this 'long life' gene and see what makes us age. It turns out that a number of these were related to a hibernatory stage (called the dauer stage) that the worms might go through, but doesn't really apply to humans.
Creatures just mutate. Radiation can make it happen faster. Haven't seen anything about antigravity.
Most viruses that we catch (new ones anyway) come from creatures that are closer to us than worms. (Pigs, Apes, etc) and come from areas where people are in close, crowded contact with these creatures.
If you have any interest in reading all those agct's, or just think you have what it takes to create a superworm of your own, there's more information here
Maybe the coolest thing about worms as a science tool is the reletively few number of neurons they have. (~300, I think. Its been a while)
This allows researchers to use a laser to kill single neuron, and watching the effects on the whole pathway.
Sounds like they were pretty well contained. I worked on C. Elegans in the past. They are not heat resistant at all. They can go into an alternate life stage called the 'Dauer' stage, which is essentially a toughened hibernatory stage, but still not heat resistant.
Sounds like the container they were in just got lucky.
Anyone know what type of process will be used to get 65 nm lines? They make a vague reference to a process designed by three or four companies. I figure that at 65nm we're beyond DUV. EUV maybe? How small can traditional laser lithography get us?
I have come to grips with the exporting of the american software industry. We do live in a global economy, and it will be done, whether or not tariffs are introduced. The real question, I suppose, is what is the future of american industry. During the Great Manufacturing Exodus, the argument was, "Well, this will allow for cheaper products for customers, and future jobs in America will be well paid cutting edge jobs requiring a highly educated workforce." Now, those technical jobs are moving. So here's the question I have for slashdotters... What is the future of industry in America? And here's a second question that will get a lot of flak from the 'Tough Buttons' crowd. What can America do to maintain its leadership in the world economy?
I've lived in the U.S. all my life and understand how lucky I've been to enjoy the quality of life that I do. I very much want that to continue, but don't think that tariffs are the answer. Any ideas?
Huh. Dan just signed off of the west coast. Instead we get...
"Survivor".
I can hear the conversation now. "Sorry Dan. We're cutting off the west coast. We know theres a story afoot, but America is dying to know whether Cindi or Jen is going to get kicked out this week."
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Yeah. After the Vietnam war, returning troops were scorned by the country that put them in that mess in the first place. I think that 'Support our Troops' started largely as a slogan meant to disarm any arguments against a military action. Its still used that way today, by and large, although you often see signs in protests that say 'Support our Troops, Bring them Home.'
To me, it means 'Whether or not I agree with the action you're being ordered to do, we're not going to hang you out to dry or hold it against you once you get back.'
Good luck. Hope all goes well. I'm curious, what is your job in the armed forces? How long have you been in the (Air Force)?
Who was in the initial bunker...
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I thought this was interesting... On CBS they were interviewing some expert, speculating on who this surgical strike was directed against.
The expert's response was essentially a listing of hardware involved. He closed up by saying something to the effect, "Well, we just spent 50 million dollars on that attack, so we can presume that it was a group of top party leaders."
I'm not sure if I'm glad that someone is pointing out the cost of the war, or disturbed that he's analyzing an attack based on the cost.
Absolutely. The way we market things here in america is disturbing, often insulting, and very, very effective. The buildup to this war has been an amazing example of modern marketing in action.
As far as your slick widgets and gadgets, you're right on. I saw a clock last night on CNN. It was a 'countdown' clock till the end of the deadline. The first thing that I noticed during the presidents speech were the pictures and frames to each side. I was concerned that they were going to be props.
I'd bet that many at the television networks do understand what war is like. I've been watching Dan Rather's presentation so far. I haven't seen much glitz. Right now, theres a map on the screen with a hand holding a pencil pointing out particular places.
I'll switch to Fox news and see If theres any difference.
This very thing is happening at my current company. I worked at a small, profitable company in a niche industry. Nine months ago, our company was bought up by a corporation that, as far as I can tell, exists to buy companies to increase their revenues and profits. Most business people will tell you that this type of thing can only work if the purchasing company is able to make the purchased companies grow.
Well, now we are being told that the company is looking to outsource software jobs. In essence, we are being asked to train our own replacements. Not a huge surprise, but it will be interesting to see how well it is done. This is a very niche industry, with much communication and industry specific knowledge needed to do the work I'm not at all confident that outsourcing abroad is an appropriate solution for our needs right now.
When this happened in manufacturing, the pundits said that the America of the future was going to be an idea based, value added economy. It was argued that the high paying jobs created by our superior educational system would maintain our dominance in the future. Now the same thing is happening with these high requirement jobs. America is becoming a nation of investors, marketers, and sales people.
I'm not quite what, if anything, should be done about this.
Thats really interesting.
It makes me wonder what the actual post-nuclear plan was. They're storing 1 Billion in 'Currency' to restart the American economy after a nuclear war.
Seems to imply they were thinking ahead far enough to realize that in a post-war world, it wouldn't be easy to print the cash, but doesn't really get that if everything were destroyed, a billion in cash would be pretty useless.
Unless, of course, they were storing 1 billion in rubles.
It would be interesting to see that 'restart the economy' plan. We could use one.
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Repeat after me.
Science and Religion are not opposites.
It is not a dichotomy.
When someone says they are religious, they are not attacking your belief in science. Just as when someone says they are a scientist, it does not mean they are a 'god-hating if he were to actually exist, but he doesn't' athiest.
When you define yourselves in terms of an opposite point of view, you only strengthen the opposition. You give them meaning, and something to rally against. In a true dichotomy, discussion is impossible. That doesn't need to be the case in science/religion.
Unless you really need something to vent against when you get home. In that case, carry on.
-Mezz
I've used the SFU product.
.NET web service pretty easily.
Its actually pretty nice. But I was able to wrap up a command line linux app and wrap it with a
I've no idea how well the NFS bits or password synchronization work.
I've got an account on Yahoo where I've received their 'special' yahoo marketing mail, with a reminder that if I don't want to receive this, I should go to their marketing page. I've done so, been informed that it might take 5 days to process (by hand no doubt, in triplicate). That was about a month and a half ago, and every week, I still receive marketing email from them. Anyone else had this problem?
Yes, I have double checked my marketing preferences.
-Mezz
Can the US adopt a weak dollar policy to attempt to change this?
I don't put much faith in innovation as an economic advantage these days. The world has become too small. There is an old saying, previously applied to the 'Big M', "Its much easier to imitate than to innovate."
If you come up with a product, and maintain your work base in the US, it can and will be done more cheaply elsewhere. You may begin with a six month lead, if you're lucky, but your competitors will soon close that lead and undercut you.
Not sure if 'Made in the US' is a viable option these days. And I don't know if theres a decent solution that will allow them to maintain their current standard of living.
This is the finest fantasy series I have read. I really liked the ideas, and the characters are wonderfully well elaborated. Be warned... Martin is not afraid to kill 'main' characters as well, which only enhances the storyline. The only part about this series that I don't like is the wait over the past year and a half for the next book, but I've heard its coming out this fall.
Its funny that not a lot of people have heard about this series, but thats changing. I saw a Kiosk in B&N the other day advertising these books.
Wild cards was okay as well. Some interesting Ideas, some decent stories, some not so much. Martin is the editor for those books. They are written by a number of authors.
Thanks. I'll try to find out myself as well.
Right.
One of the coolest things about C. Elegans is that scientists are able to, using a laser, kill single neurons in a living worm. They then can watch the effects of that missing single neuron on the rest of the pathway and on the worm as a whole.
Daniel, do you know if they've determined whether the other neurons compensate for killed neurons cells yet? I've been out of the game for a while.
thanks. -mezz
Its obviously a conspiracy launched by the danish illuminati to breed superworms to rule us all! They can already survive a fall from space. Would it be a leap to suggest that they already control the worlds missile defense systems and energy grids. I think not!
Stop them before its too late. Send a letter to your congressperson. Or if you've got a finnish friend, shoot them a dirty 'I know what you're up to' look sometime this week.
That'll teach em to enslave humanity...
As the above poster said, you can't be 'infected' by these worms. C. Elegans is extremely common throughout the entire world. If you were to pick up a handful of soil from the ground, your hands would be covered in the worm. They're too small to see, and feed on bacteria in the soil.
They're similar to humans in that nearly all the genes they have are analogous to what we have. There are certain chemical and biological pathways that many creatures share. Studying these in C. Elegans is used as a proxy for studying these in humans.
But there are some differences as well. Over the past few years, several researchers have made a bunch of noise (and probably gotten a lot of funding too) over worms that live twice as long as normal. Well, the argument went, if worms are so analagous to humans, lets find this 'long life' gene and see what makes us age. It turns out that a number of these were related to a hibernatory stage (called the dauer stage) that the worms might go through, but doesn't really apply to humans.
Creatures just mutate. Radiation can make it happen faster. Haven't seen anything about antigravity.
Most viruses that we catch (new ones anyway) come from creatures that are closer to us than worms. (Pigs, Apes, etc) and come from areas where people are in close, crowded contact with these creatures.
Thats what I understand, anyway.
Hope this helps.
Rah!
-mezz
Yep. The genome has been mapped out.
If you have any interest in reading all those agct's, or just think you have what it takes to create a superworm of your own, there's more information here
Maybe the coolest thing about worms as a science tool is the reletively few number of neurons they have. (~300, I think. Its been a while) This allows researchers to use a laser to kill single neuron, and watching the effects on the whole pathway.
Sounds like they were pretty well contained. I worked on C. Elegans in the past. They are not heat resistant at all. They can go into an alternate life stage called the 'Dauer' stage, which is essentially a toughened hibernatory stage, but still not heat resistant.
Sounds like the container they were in just got lucky.
Anyone know what type of process will be used to get 65 nm lines? They make a vague reference to a process designed by three or four companies. I figure that at 65nm we're beyond DUV. EUV maybe? How small can traditional laser lithography get us?
Granted, it is under 'weird news' and right next to a story about running away to join the circus...
Hmm. The circus.... Sounds enticing.
Looks like WOKR out of Rochester has picked up on this as a real story
I wonder if they're a fox station.
Another short article on this.
I have come to grips with the exporting of the american software industry. We do live in a global economy, and it will be done, whether or not tariffs are introduced. The real question, I suppose, is what is the future of american industry. During the Great Manufacturing Exodus, the argument was, "Well, this will allow for cheaper products for customers, and future jobs in America will be well paid cutting edge jobs requiring a highly educated workforce." Now, those technical jobs are moving. So here's the question I have for slashdotters...
What is the future of industry in America?
And here's a second question that will get a lot of flak from the 'Tough Buttons' crowd.
What can America do to maintain its leadership in the world economy?
I've lived in the U.S. all my life and understand how lucky I've been to enjoy the quality of life that I do. I very much want that to continue, but don't think that tariffs are the answer. Any ideas?
Huh.
Dan just signed off of the west coast. Instead we get...
"Survivor".
I can hear the conversation now.
"Sorry Dan. We're cutting off the west coast. We know theres a story afoot, but America is dying to know whether Cindi or Jen is going to get kicked out this week."
Yeah. After the Vietnam war, returning troops were scorned by the country that put them in that mess in the first place. I think that 'Support our Troops' started largely as a slogan meant to disarm any arguments against a military action.
Its still used that way today, by and large, although you often see signs in protests that say 'Support our Troops, Bring them Home.'
To me, it means 'Whether or not I agree with the action you're being ordered to do, we're not going to hang you out to dry or hold it against you once you get back.'
Good luck. Hope all goes well.
I'm curious, what is your job in the armed forces? How long have you been in the (Air Force)?
I thought this was interesting...
On CBS they were interviewing some expert, speculating on who this surgical strike was directed against.
The expert's response was essentially a listing of hardware involved. He closed up by saying something to the effect, "Well, we just spent 50 million dollars on that attack, so we can presume that it was a group of top party leaders."
I'm not sure if I'm glad that someone is pointing out the cost of the war, or disturbed that he's analyzing an attack based on the cost.
-mezz
Absolutely.
The way we market things here in america is disturbing, often insulting, and very, very effective. The buildup to this war has been an amazing example of modern marketing in action.
As far as your slick widgets and gadgets, you're right on. I saw a clock last night on CNN. It was a 'countdown' clock till the end of the deadline. The first thing that I noticed during the presidents speech were the pictures and frames to each side. I was concerned that they were going to be props.
I'd bet that many at the television networks do understand what war is like. I've been watching Dan Rather's presentation so far. I haven't seen much glitz. Right now, theres a map on the screen with a hand holding a pencil pointing out particular places.
I'll switch to Fox news and see If theres any difference.
This very thing is happening at my current company. I worked at a small, profitable company in a niche industry. Nine months ago, our company was bought up by a corporation that, as far as I can tell, exists to buy companies to increase their revenues and profits. Most business people will tell you that this type of thing can only work if the purchasing company is able to make the purchased companies grow.
Well, now we are being told that the company is looking to outsource software jobs. In essence, we are being asked to train our own replacements. Not a huge surprise, but it will be interesting to see how well it is done. This is a very niche industry, with much communication and industry specific knowledge needed to do the work I'm not at all confident that outsourcing abroad is an appropriate solution for our needs right now.
When this happened in manufacturing, the pundits said that the America of the future was going to be an idea based, value added economy. It was argued that the high paying jobs created by our superior educational system would maintain our dominance in the future. Now the same thing is happening with these high requirement jobs. America is becoming a nation of investors, marketers, and sales people.
I'm not quite what, if anything, should be done about this.
Can't beat
'Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen.'
Thats really interesting.
It makes me wonder what the actual post-nuclear plan was. They're storing 1 Billion in 'Currency' to restart the American economy after a nuclear war.
Seems to imply they were thinking ahead far enough to realize that in a post-war world, it wouldn't be easy to print the cash, but doesn't really get that if everything were destroyed, a billion in cash would be pretty useless.
Unless, of course, they were storing 1 billion in rubles.
It would be interesting to see that 'restart the economy' plan. We could use one.