That they can revert adult cells to a stem-cell status is a major leap forward, IMO.
So far the most reliable source of stem cells has been obtained from harvesting dead babies. Anything that will put a stop to that, and give us a potentially more abundant source is a good thing.
As a man with several small children, and can easily hear 17KHz (and 15.7KHz TV flyback transformers), any store that puts one of these up will not be getting my business.
Wow. I guess I struck a bit of a nerve there. I wasn't trolling at all - this is a real issue that people have complained to me, a system administrator, about.
If you want some further references, see my other comment in this thread.
Oh good. Then please tell me how you did it. Every Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and iMac I have installed with Leopard (5+ so far) has had crappy font display. With sub-pixel hinting enabled it's always horribly blurry, on any monitor.
And it's apparentlynot just Ou and me who have noticed.
Think of this another way: I have a MacBook with a Core Duo CPU. It's a 32-bit x86 processor with SSE3. It will run OSX 10.5 Leopard in 32-bit mode, but 64-bit features won't work, and 64-bit only applications won't run. Should I go and sue Apple for selling me a defective product?
Look, if someone copies you, then you are still you and the copy is, well a copy. Nothing magical happens to you or your consciousness, however you want to believe that manifests.
For all I know some machine could be scanning my brain right now and the resulting copies could be running around Albania (a scary thought, tinfoil hat secured). If one of them dies I'm no more "dead" than I was moment ago. They died, not me. They would be "them", and I would still be me. If I discover that I'm about to die horribly for whatever reason, there's no comfort in knowing that there are copies of me for the world to enjoy(endure?). I'd still feel pain. I'd still die.
You assume I make that assumption:) Perhaps my use of the term of 'pop' was confusing. I'm well aware of what the RIAA does and doesn't control. My boycott still stands.
I feel rather lonely here in my boycott of the RIAA. Is RIAA-brand pop music really that deeply ingrained into our culture that people aren't willing to live without it?
Apparently so. Magnatune doesn't seem to be growing much. And Big Labels are still raking in millions.
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That they can revert adult cells to a stem-cell status is a major leap forward, IMO.
So far the most reliable source of stem cells has been obtained from harvesting dead babies. Anything that will put a stop to that, and give us a potentially more abundant source is a good thing.
Well, let me put it to you this way.
As a man with several small children, and can easily hear 17KHz (and 15.7KHz TV flyback transformers), any store that puts one of these up will not be getting my business.
Surely then the backup master CPU would notice the first master CPU had died, and take over. They do build redundancy into these things, right?
It means that some moron has sent a job to the printer in US Letter again. Just hit OK to have it print from the A4 tray.
... or as a faint watermark that wasn't immediately obvious until in the boss/client's hands.
Ahhh, one of my favourite quotes from this guy:
Of course we had free software back in the '60s. But back then we called it "software".
Wow. I guess I struck a bit of a nerve there. I wasn't trolling at all - this is a real issue that people have complained to me, a system administrator, about.
If you want some further references, see my other comment in this thread.
Oh good. Then please tell me how you did it. Every Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and iMac I have installed with Leopard (5+ so far) has had crappy font display. With sub-pixel hinting enabled it's always horribly blurry, on any monitor.
And it's apparently not just Ou and me who have noticed.
Have they done anything about the crappy font smoothing yet? I had someone insist I'd broken their monitor when I gave them a new Mac.
People often gush over how pretty things look on a Mac but font rendering on current Apple offerings can't come close to my humble linux box.
Hang on, I thought Starbucks was just another coffee shop. What do they have to do with T-Mobile, T-Rex or news for nerds for that matter?
Think of this another way: I have a MacBook with a Core Duo CPU. It's a 32-bit x86 processor with SSE3. It will run OSX 10.5 Leopard in 32-bit mode, but 64-bit features won't work, and 64-bit only applications won't run. Should I go and sue Apple for selling me a defective product?
Yes.
The sad thing is, he's probably right.
Uh, if the mother's in Russia, then how was it that she was sobbing in a witness stand in a US court?
uhhh, so did you or didn't you have vmsplice compiled?
If you didn't then this exploit is worse than we thought.
I like it how Jon "Mad Dog" Hall put it:
(paraphrasing)
Of course we had free software back in the '60s. But back then it was called "software".
These guys have way too much power. And we gave it to them. Stop buying and endorsing their wares now.
Yes, I'm afraid that means no longer listening to Smooth Criminal, Stairway To Heaven and Oops, I Did It Again.
Boycott the RIAA. Take away their lobbying power while you still can.
How many of us back in 2001 could have imagined the day when we would be fighting to save Windows XP?
It is a strange world.
...and they run the most stable, secure and sexy desktop O/S.
Indeed they do. But if you're going to install Linux on it you'd probably be better off with a cheaper PC laptop.
What? No!
Look, if someone copies you, then you are still you and the copy is, well a copy. Nothing magical happens to you or your consciousness, however you want to believe that manifests.
For all I know some machine could be scanning my brain right now and the resulting copies could be running around Albania (a scary thought, tinfoil hat secured). If one of them dies I'm no more "dead" than I was moment ago. They died, not me. They would be "them", and I would still be me. If I discover that I'm about to die horribly for whatever reason, there's no comfort in knowing that there are copies of me for the world to enjoy(endure?). I'd still feel pain. I'd still die.
Heh, yeah that had crossed my mind when writing that post. I decided to leave it ambiguous.
Fair enough. Just be aware that by doing so you're removing nearly all the motivation to create those works in the first place.
You assume I make that assumption :) Perhaps my use of the term of 'pop' was confusing.
I'm well aware of what the RIAA does and doesn't control. My boycott still stands.
And Bono. Don't forget Bono.
:)
On second thoughts, perhaps we should
I feel rather lonely here in my boycott of the RIAA. Is RIAA-brand pop music really that deeply ingrained into our culture that people aren't willing to live without it?
Apparently so. Magnatune doesn't seem to be growing much. And Big Labels are still raking in millions.
Wow. That's really... ignorant.
/. is clinically dead then.
I guess most of
Sex is great and all, but you'd be surprised how good life can be without it.