Most researchers only read papers as a base for their own research. Speak to almost any established scientist and they have usually learnt to not believe everything published the hard way (ie they spent months chasing after an artifact in someone elses data, without checking it first themselves). It would be impractical to do anything about the situation as journals can't ask independent groups to re-check every piece of data for every paper submitted. What does need to change are the journals that are acadamies based (PNAS springs to mind), where it is still sometimes possible to get manuscripts published without a true peer review process (ie you get your acadamy friends to "review" it for you, rather than an independent source).
If it is impossible to stop debris from hitting the shuttle, should everyone be so worried? Yes, there was the Columbia disaster, but doesn't the fact with all the new precautions in place debris still strike the shuttle suggest debris probably hit the shuttle on every previous launch, and with with no major problems.
"Yeah but still they can get the patent on it first then they can start thinking about production"
I was under the impression you couldn't disclose your idea if you were after a patent. Posting it on the internet and linking it to/. would count as disclosure to me.
If these things have huge mass they must have huge gravitational pull, if we found one close by (relatively speaking) could we use it to tow us along at near light speed?
I can't speak for all scientific disciplines, but how can you say that most of the people "are full of shit" and have irrelevant ideas? I speak as a biochemist and sure a lot of research is "blue sky" and may not lead to anything you might say is life-changing now, but how do you think drug companies know what to target their drugs to. If X years ago some "full of shit" researcher in their irrelevant community didn't find a novel protein (may not know what it does at the time) how can someone else work out what it does, so someone else can find a way of changing it etc.? When does the research in your eyes become relevant?
Only for the wealthy, but is dropping a banknote end on and letting it "fall" to the floor biased? (it could flop either way). I suppose this may have the disadvantage of being tracked by the government or exploding though, if you use a $20 anyway.
On the web site it gives you the minimum specs as:-
Intel Celeron 2.4ghz
256Mb RAM
40Gb Hard Drive
Intel Extreme 64Mb onboard Graphics
DVD Rom
56K modem
Integrated Audio
Infinity Ext Speakers
Microsoft XP Home pre-installed
IBM E54 15" CRT Monitor
Includes Full 3 year IBM warranty
I not sure how well this will do in the US but in the UK I can see this becoming very popular. Over here a mobile is not just a "phone" but a fashion accessory (especially amongst the young). For instance when the Ericsson T68 (colour screen) was launched it cost around twice that, of the one it replaced ~150(GBP) but it was sold-out almost everywhere for a month! So this seems like the next step, and whether it is good or not seems not to matter so long as it has the right image.
Add some NaCl (salt) to the water/alcohol mixture and you get a orange flame (due to the sodium) more like the one you would expect from paper buning. I like to experiment with other metal salts to get lots of different colored flames. It helps working in a lab for access to the metal salts!
Lots of what you call "junk DNA" is as has been previously mentioned code that tells the cells waht parts of DNA to use (regulatory DNA). This DNA allows proteins to bind and activate transcription (DNA-->RNA). Another cause of the junk DNA is "transposons" these are sequences of DNA that can insert themselves into the genome and get replicated when the cell divides. They then jump to another possition and so on. Over time you get 1000's of copies in the genome. Finally although copying of DNA is pretty good you do get errors. These can lead to defunct proteins (not always a problem as some proteins are encoded by many genes). I'm not saying it is not possible that we will decode some of it, but the evidence suggests that it is junk that has accumulated over millions of years.
The article says it would become cost effective for 5.5 million pages. Later it says it costs between $1 - $4 per book in the Far East. So if you estimate a book to have around 300 pages, doing the digitising manually would be $18333-$73333 per 5.5 million pages (ie 5500000/300 multiplied by cost per book).
From the way article is written I expected it to cost ALOT more. I guess the proof reading cost for manual conversion could be high?
The young may have no memory of how the internet started, in fact i'm sure most of them using their aol messenger etc don't care, but what about the old, some don't know what it is/or how to use it, nevermind remembering the history. (Some can't remember what they ate for lunch!)
Why not buy a mouse that recoginses your fingerprint they only cost ~£40 ($60US) or a keyboard that does the same both by Siemens
(see http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/rl/peripherals/keyb oards/kbpcid.html for the keyboard)
It says they will be of interest in future wars so does that mean you can stick weapons on them to take out the other competitors. Now I wish I had chosen the "CO2 laser" in Saturday's pole.
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Most researchers only read papers as a base for their own research. Speak to almost any established scientist and they have usually learnt to not believe everything published the hard way (ie they spent months chasing after an artifact in someone elses data, without checking it first themselves). It would be impractical to do anything about the situation as journals can't ask independent groups to re-check every piece of data for every paper submitted. What does need to change are the journals that are acadamies based (PNAS springs to mind), where it is still sometimes possible to get manuscripts published without a true peer review process (ie you get your acadamy friends to "review" it for you, rather than an independent source).
If it is impossible to stop debris from hitting the shuttle, should everyone be so worried? Yes, there was the Columbia disaster, but doesn't the fact with all the new precautions in place debris still strike the shuttle suggest debris probably hit the shuttle on every previous launch, and with with no major problems.
"Yeah but still they can get the patent on it first then they can start thinking about production"
/. would count as disclosure to me.
I was under the impression you couldn't disclose your idea if you were after a patent. Posting it on the internet and linking it to
In Soviet Russia Adware pays you!
If these things have huge mass they must have huge gravitational pull, if we found one close by (relatively speaking) could we use it to tow us along at near light speed?
I'd rather use
[Start]--> [BecomeAardvak]
And if thats aready a species, combat it with
[Start]--> [BecomeAntFromPinkPanther]
Just add some Leprechauns to kill in the 3D street model.
I can't speak for all scientific disciplines, but how can you say that most of the people "are full of shit" and have irrelevant ideas? I speak as a biochemist and sure a lot of research is "blue sky" and may not lead to anything you might say is life-changing now, but how do you think drug companies know what to target their drugs to. If X years ago some "full of shit" researcher in their irrelevant community didn't find a novel protein (may not know what it does at the time) how can someone else work out what it does, so someone else can find a way of changing it etc.? When does the research in your eyes become relevant?
Only for the wealthy, but is dropping a banknote end on and letting it "fall" to the floor biased? (it could flop either way). I suppose this may have the disadvantage of being tracked by the government or exploding though, if you use a $20 anyway.
On the web site it gives you the minimum specs as:-
Intel Celeron 2.4ghz
256Mb RAM
40Gb Hard Drive
Intel Extreme 64Mb onboard Graphics
DVD Rom
56K modem
Integrated Audio
Infinity Ext Speakers
Microsoft XP Home pre-installed
IBM E54 15" CRT Monitor
Includes Full 3 year IBM warranty
Afterall most mice seem to follow doctors orders with a healthy diet of seed/fruit/veg and plenty of wheel running exersise.
I not sure how well this will do in the US but in the UK I can see this becoming very popular. Over here a mobile is not just a "phone" but a fashion accessory (especially amongst the young). For instance when the Ericsson T68 (colour screen) was launched it cost around twice that, of the one it replaced ~150(GBP) but it was sold-out almost everywhere for a month! So this seems like the next step, and whether it is good or not seems not to matter so long as it has the right image.
I've had apples in my kitchen for ages! Oranges and Bananas too.
Add some NaCl (salt) to the water/alcohol mixture and you get a orange flame (due to the sodium) more like the one you would expect from paper buning. I like to experiment with other metal salts to get lots of different colored flames.
It helps working in a lab for access to the metal salts!
Lots of what you call "junk DNA" is as has been previously mentioned code that tells the cells waht parts of DNA to use (regulatory DNA). This DNA allows proteins to bind and activate transcription (DNA-->RNA). Another cause of the junk DNA is "transposons" these are sequences of DNA that can insert themselves into the genome and get replicated when the cell divides. They then jump to another possition and so on. Over time you get 1000's of copies in the genome. Finally although copying of DNA is pretty good you do get errors. These can lead to defunct proteins (not always a problem as some proteins are encoded by many genes). I'm not saying it is not possible that we will decode some of it, but the evidence suggests that it is junk that has accumulated over millions of years.
The article says it would become cost effective for 5.5 million pages. Later it says it costs between $1 - $4 per book in the Far East. So if you estimate a book to have around 300 pages, doing the digitising manually would be $18333-$73333 per 5.5 million pages (ie 5500000/300 multiplied by cost per book). From the way article is written I expected it to cost ALOT more. I guess the proof reading cost for manual conversion could be high?
The young may have no memory of how the internet started, in fact i'm sure most of them using their aol messenger etc don't care, but what about the old, some don't know what it is/or how to use it, nevermind remembering the history. (Some can't remember what they ate for lunch!)
Why not buy a mouse that recoginses your fingerprint they only cost ~£40 ($60US) or a keyboard that does the same both by Siemens (see http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/rl/peripherals/keyb oards/kbpcid.html for the keyboard)
Have a look here(not /.ed yet!)
Meg Ryan in the film Innerspace(1987)started the nano-craze for me!
Also a good idea for getting rid of those annoying polititions/celebs etc.
I think the sun was used for this in a Simpsons episode somewhere?!
How long before someone runs Doom on it at ??????fps?
It says they will be of interest in future wars so does that mean you can stick weapons on them to take out the other competitors. Now I wish I had chosen the "CO2 laser" in Saturday's pole.