...are missing the point. This isn't a permanent change to your computer it's a way to get the best performance for your games. You're not turning a $2000 machine into a $150 toy you're maxing out your machine for a certain task. How often are you multi-tasking while playing a game like America's Army? Not often. When you're playing a game best to get all of the potential of your machine focused on putting out the most frames per second, most textured and anti-aliased pixels, and least lag. End of story...
Except that I will say this sounds like a cool idea and I will definitely give it a shot.
I have attended both small, unknown and big, prestigious universities, and the quality and quantity of teaching is certainly better at the bigger schools.
While that may be your individual case I also have attended a small, relatively unkown school (Hillsdale College in Michigan) and then a big, prestigious university (UofM Ann Arbor). While I am receiving a much deeper (though narrow, biological chemistry specifically) education now than my small college could ever hope to offer, the quality of my undergrad education was top notch. Definitely exceeding the education 98% of UofM undergrads receive. I don't think you can compare undergraduate and graduate value in specific regards to size / prestige.
Also coming from a true liberal arts college I particularily appreciate this quote:
In the complexities of contemporary existence the specialist who is trained but uneducated, technically skilled but culturally incompetent, is a menace. -David B. Truman, Dean of Columbia College
Anyways, just a controlled rant because I truly believe the value of small liberal arts colleges are severely under-appreciated.
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Dear sir/madam:
I am Mr. Darl mcbride currently serving as the president and chief executive officer of the SCO group, formerly known as Caldera Systems International, in Lindon, Utah, United States of America. I know this letter might surprise your because we have had no previous communications or business dealings before now.
My associates have recently made claim to computer softwares worth an estimated $1 billion u.s. dollars. I am writing to you in confidence because we urgently require your assistance to obtain these funds.
In the early 1970s the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation developed at great expense the computer operating system software known as Unix. Unfortunately the laws of my country prohibited them from selling these softwares and so their valuable source codes remained privately held. Under a special arrangement some programmers from the California University of Berkeley did add more codes to this operating system, increasing its value, but not in any way to dilute or disparage our full and rightful ownership of these codes, despite any agreement between American Telephone and Telegraph and the California University of Berkeley, which agreement we deny and disavow.
In the year 1984 a change of regime in my country allowed the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to make profits from these softwares. In the year 1990 ownership of these softwares was transferred to the corporation Unix System Laboratories. In the year 1993 this corporation was sold to the corporation Novell. In the year 1994 some employees of Novell formed the corporation Caldera Systems International, which began to distribute an upstart operating system known as Linux. In the year 1995 Novell sold the Unix software codes to SCO. In the year 2001 occurred a separation of SCO, and the SCO brand name and Unix codes were acquired by the Caldera Systems International, and in the following year the Caldera Systems International was renamed SCO group, of which I currently serve as chief executive officer.
My associates and I of the SCO group are therefore the full and rightful owners of the operating system softwares known as Unix. Our engineers have discovered that no fewer than seventy (70) lines of our valuable and proprietary source codes have appeared in the upstart operating system Linux. As you can plainly see, this gives us a claim on the millions of lines of valuable software codes which comprise this Linux and which has been sold at great profit to very many business enterprises. Our legal experts have advised us that our contribution to these codes is worth an estimated one (1) billion U.S. dollars.
Unfortunately we are having difficulty extracting our funds from these computer softwares. To this effect I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask for your assistance. We are prepared to sell you a share in this enterprise, which will soon be very profitable, that will grant you the rights to use these valuable softwares in your business enterprise. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to set a price on these rights. Therefore it is our respectful suggestion, that you may be immediately a party to this enterprise, before others accept these lucrative terms, that you send us the number of a banking account where we can withdraw funds of a suitable amount to guarantee your participation in this enterprise. As an alternative you may send us the number and expiration date of your major credit card, or you may send to us a signed check from your banking account payable to "SCO group" and with the amount left blank for us to conveniently supply.
Kindly treat this request as very important and strictly confidential. I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk-free.
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am Mr. Darl mcbride currently serving as the president and chief executive officer of the SCO group, formerly known as Caldera Systems International, in Lindon, Utah, United States of America. I know this letter might surprise your because we have had no previous communications or business dealings before now.
My associates have recently made claim to computer softwares worth an estimated $1 billion u.s. dollars. I am writing to you in confidence because we urgently require your assistance to obtain these funds.
In the early 1970s the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation developed at great expense the computer operating system software known as Unix. Unfortunately the laws of my country prohibited them from selling these softwares and so their valuable source codes remained privately held. Under a special arrangement some programmers from the California University of Berkeley did add more codes to this operating system, increasing its value, but not in any way to dilute or disparage our full and rightful ownership of these codes, despite any agreement between American Telephone and Telegraph and the California University of Berkeley, which agreement we deny and disavow.
In the year 1984 a change of regime in my country allowed the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to make profits from these softwares. In the year 1990 ownership of these softwares was transferred to the corporation Unix System Laboratories. In the year 1993 this corporation was sold to the corporation Novell. In the year 1994 some employees of Novell formed the corporation Caldera Systems International, which began to distribute an upstart operating system known as Linux. In the year 1995 Novell sold the Unix software codes to SCO. In the year 2001 occurred a separation of SCO, and the SCO brand name and Unix codes were acquired by the Caldera Systems International, and in the following year the Caldera Systems International was renamed SCO group, of which I currently serve as chief executive officer.
My associates and I of the SCO group are therefore the full and rightful owners of the operating system softwares known as Unix. Our engineers have discovered that no fewer than seventy (70) lines of our valuable and proprietary source codes have appeared in the upstart operating system Linux. As you can plainly see, this gives us a claim on the millions of lines of valuable software codes which comprise this Linux and which has been sold at great profit to very many business enterprises. Our legal experts have advised us that our contribution to these codes is worth an estimated one (1) billion U.S. dollars.
Unfortunately we are having difficulty extracting our funds from these computer softwares. To this effect I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask for your assistance. We are prepared to sell you a share in this enterprise, which will soon be very profitable, that will grant you the rights to use these valuable softwares in your business enterprise. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to set a price on these rights. Therefore it is our respectful suggestion, that you may be immediately a party to this enterprise, before others accept these lucrative terms, that you send us the number of a banking account where we can withdraw funds of a suitable amount to guarantee your participation in this enterprise. As an alternative you may send us the number and expiration date of your major credit card, or you may send to us a signed check from your banking account payable to "SCO group" and with the amount left blank for us to conveniently supply.
Kindly treat this request as very important and strictly confidential. I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk-free.
Just curious if "Bizarro world" is a reference to Sealab 2021? And if so, you should check out http://www.dapcentral.org/ If not, please disregard this posting:) But Sealab Bizarro episode is one of the funniest things I have seen.
Justin,
How is refining creationism to allow for new scientific discoveries any different than believing in evolution and refining our understanding per new scientific discoveries? The evolution we 'know' now is not Darwin's evolution just like the evolution we will 'know' in 50 years will be much different than what we believe now.
The science I can explain better, but the second part of your argument is flawed as well. There is currently a need for intelligent design, though there might not be a scientific need in the future. There are significant genetic gaps in our current observations of evolution. An easy, although hard to support, explanation would be intelligent design. A divine-genetic push and you have a new species. We don't currently have an explanation for these gaps, and while not an evolution expert I have not read a valid explanation.
And, actually I'll leave it at the science for today. I'll let someone better than myself explain why your god as only an explanation for the unexplained is incorrect.
~Dan
"Washington Post reports that the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch from Utah, said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet. A notably quote: "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize [the seriousness of their actions]". Hatch has a personal interest, since I'm sure his music is pirated on a regular basis.;)"
Just thought people might appreciate other links and such...guess I should've submitted it a couple minutes earlier....oh well:)
So I'm kicking myself that I didn't consider the matrix within a matrix, or parallel matrices, or whatever Matrix 2 (or is it Matrix too;) ) is actually. If you want to check out another movie similar to what everyone is suggesting for Matrix/Zion, check out the 13th Floor. I really enjoyed that movie shortly after I saw the original Matrix.
Also, I thought the Matrix 2 was a great movie and worth watching.
So far all I'm reading is how evil pharmaceutical companies are, that they want to profit from their inventions and keep progressing as a company. Why is software sold? Why is music sold? Because it took someone long and hard hours to create what you're enjoying. And for that, they should be compensated. That compensation should reflect the cost of creation.
For a musician that would include musical instruments, recording technicians, etc. For a software developer that would include computers, training, beta testing. For a pharmaceutical company that requires a LOT more. First you need to identify the etiological agent, the cause of the disease, and then you need to identify the biochemical effect on the body. Then you need to identify a potential synthesizeable chemical to change the effect. You are already talking YEARS and you're nowhere near selling the product, this is all expense and no promise of reward because at any time you could find a flaw and the whole project goes belly up. Once you have narrowed your potential therapeutic you can apply to test it in humans. Pending approval there are three phases of 6 months to 1 year clinical trials. And remember, you haven't made $1 yet.
So you've put years and millions or even billions of dollars into the development of this drug and people are whining about drug companies recouping this money and turning a profit in order to develop the next drug that will keep them on this planet for another couple years.
Perfect, you seem like a great candidate for ThenLeave. I think more people like you need to take the initiative and stop bitching about America and start moving out. As soon as the migration rate becomes negative (more people leaving as opposed to entering america) then I'd agree and say this place really does suck. Living in America is a great life, if you want to smoke pot and suck up the free (and poor) health care Canada sounds perfect for you.
Would this also mean if you got infected with a weird viurus or "worm" you could sue? Ok, you cannot be infected by C. elegans. They are not parasitic.
Think of how terrible it would have (or was) if they had biotoxins on board the shuttle? Yeah, that would suck. Although it would probably either burn up upon re-entry or make it to earth safe in it's really good seal (as happened with these worms). Sure, once the box hit the ground it might break open...anyways
Does anyone know if these "similar to human" worms are harmful to humans? Unless you were to swallow one and choke, these worms are not harmful to humans at all.
What makes them similar to humans anyway? They share some genetic features. Some scientific stuff that no one cares about but scientists. C. elegans are similar to humans in the same way D. melanogaster (fruit flies) are similar to humans. Genetic and developmental regulators.
Does radiation and antigravity make such creatures mutate? Radiation does cause things to mutate (although generally not in the grow an extra arm fashion). Antigravity does not. I don't think that these worms would have been to exposed to much greater radiation being in a space ship in space because the astronauts are not mutated upon returning home either.
What if these worms were carrying some sort of bacteria in their digestive system like tape worms and mosquitos do that are bredding grounds for new super viruses like SARS and illness like Malaria??? They were carrying bacteria in their digestive system, all organisms do. However, these bacteria would be particular to worms and not humans. And, see the previous argument on radiation. You have more to fear from the astronauts having mutant bacteria than the worms.
but those of us with $1000+ sets hooked up to our home audio jukebox computers sure are.
So all 2 of you aren't going to buy into this? Somehow I don't think you're the target market. Obviously audiophiles are not going to buy into this, you go buy you're DVD-Audio and the rest of the world who aren't nearly as anal, picky, or discerning (98% of the world) will have no problems and not be able to tell the difference. How many consumers know the bitrates of their MP3's? Probably not many.
It has been a couple years since I read The Double Helix, but if I remember correctly Watson & Crick were given permission to review Rosalind's x-ray data by her primary investigator (PI) for whom Rosalind was post doc'ing.
Another stretch, if I have my data ownership theory together it is the PI who owns the data. Usually it's his grants they would be using, his lab space, his machines. Anyways, I think that's how the legalistics work. Therefore it's his perogative whether to enter a collaboration with or share data.
(and just to cover my rear IANAL and I haven't read the book in a few years..but I am a BioChemist and think, although I'm sure someone will disagree, I understand data ownership at least on an elementary basis)
So, does anyone know how the gun worked? Any way you could turn the gun into a quasi-mouse. You aim the gun and shoot to click. If you hooked the machine up with a tv-out graphics card, that could be a pretty cool setup. Just an idea.
Slashdot Mirror
When is the contest for Anti-MAV? Tiny rockets that shoot down MAVs.
You're way too late, it's called a fly swatter.
~dan
photos
Sure enough. Here's the link to the snopes story. ~Dan http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
My desk...
'nough said
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
Where do you see "defense contract". Sorry but most scientific funding comes from the US government by means of the National Institute of Health.
If you visited his website you would see his funding comes from the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases which is part of the NIH.
~Dan
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I wish I had some mod points for you! This is a great argument.
~Dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
This new VersaLaser:
http://www.versalaser.com/english/index.html
This thing can cut:
Fabric & Leather
Paper & Cardboard
Plastic (sheet, film & molded)
Rubber (natural, synthetic & foam)
Wood & Hard Organics
And can mark:
Glass & Ceramic
Metal (coated & bare)
Stone (natural & synthetic)
You just program the cutting pattern into your computer and slip the material in. If they didn't cost $10,000 I would definitely buy one!
~Dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
...are missing the point. This isn't a permanent change to your computer it's a way to get the best performance for your games. You're not turning a $2000 machine into a $150 toy you're maxing out your machine for a certain task. How often are you multi-tasking while playing a game like America's Army? Not often. When you're playing a game best to get all of the potential of your machine focused on putting out the most frames per second, most textured and anti-aliased pixels, and least lag. End of story...
Except that I will say this sounds like a cool idea and I will definitely give it a shot.
~Dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
I have attended both small, unknown and big, prestigious universities, and the quality and quantity of teaching is certainly better at the bigger schools.
While that may be your individual case I also have attended a small, relatively unkown school (Hillsdale College in Michigan) and then a big, prestigious university (UofM Ann Arbor). While I am receiving a much deeper (though narrow, biological chemistry specifically) education now than my small college could ever hope to offer, the quality of my undergrad education was top notch. Definitely exceeding the education 98% of UofM undergrads receive. I don't think you can compare undergraduate and graduate value in specific regards to size / prestige.
Also coming from a true liberal arts college I particularily appreciate this quote:
In the complexities of contemporary existence
the specialist who is trained but uneducated,
technically skilled but culturally incompetent,
is a menace.
-David B. Truman, Dean of Columbia College
Anyways, just a controlled rant because I truly believe the value of small liberal arts colleges are severely under-appreciated.
~Dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
I could be mistaken but isn't that how /. came around? Hrm, and now that I check my sources the faq says:
:)
I wanted to make the URL silly, and unpronounceable.
So, I guess it has worked before
~Dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
Coming from an Anonymous Coward...I'm terribly offended!
Dear sir/madam:
I am Mr. Darl mcbride currently serving as the president and chief executive officer of the SCO group, formerly known as Caldera Systems International, in Lindon, Utah, United States of America. I know this letter might surprise your because we have had no previous communications or business dealings before now.
My associates have recently made claim to computer softwares worth an estimated $1 billion u.s. dollars. I am writing to you in confidence because we urgently require your assistance to obtain these funds.
In the early 1970s the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation developed at great expense the computer operating system software known as Unix. Unfortunately the laws of my country prohibited them from selling these softwares and so their valuable source codes remained privately held. Under a special arrangement some programmers from the California University of Berkeley did add more codes to this operating system, increasing its value, but not in any way to dilute or disparage our full and rightful ownership of these codes, despite any agreement between American Telephone and Telegraph and the California University of Berkeley, which agreement we deny and disavow.
In the year 1984 a change of regime in my country allowed the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to make profits from these softwares. In the year 1990 ownership of these softwares was transferred to the corporation Unix System Laboratories. In the year 1993 this corporation was sold to the corporation Novell. In the year 1994 some employees of Novell formed the corporation Caldera Systems International, which began to distribute an upstart operating system known as Linux. In the year 1995 Novell sold the Unix software codes to SCO. In the year 2001 occurred a separation of SCO, and the SCO brand name and Unix codes were acquired by the Caldera Systems International, and in the following year the Caldera Systems International was renamed SCO group, of which I currently serve as chief executive officer.
My associates and I of the SCO group are therefore the full and rightful owners of the operating system softwares known as Unix. Our engineers have discovered that no fewer than seventy (70) lines of our valuable and proprietary source codes have appeared in the upstart operating system Linux. As you can plainly see, this gives us a claim on the millions of lines of valuable software codes which comprise this Linux and which has been sold at great profit to very many business enterprises. Our legal experts have advised us that our contribution to these codes is worth an estimated one (1) billion U.S. dollars.
Unfortunately we are having difficulty extracting our funds from these computer softwares. To this effect I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask for your assistance. We are prepared to sell you a share in this enterprise, which will soon be very profitable, that will grant you the rights to use these valuable softwares in your business enterprise. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to set a price on these rights. Therefore it is our respectful suggestion, that you may be immediately a party to this enterprise, before others accept these lucrative terms, that you send us the number of a banking account where we can withdraw funds of a suitable amount to guarantee your participation in this enterprise. As an alternative you may send us the number and expiration date of your major credit card, or you may send to us a signed check from your banking account payable to "SCO group" and with the amount left blank for us to conveniently supply.
Kindly treat this request as very important and strictly confidential. I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk-free.
###
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
Dear Sir/Madam: I am Mr. Darl mcbride currently serving as the president and chief executive officer of the SCO group, formerly known as Caldera Systems International, in Lindon, Utah, United States of America. I know this letter might surprise your because we have had no previous communications or business dealings before now. My associates have recently made claim to computer softwares worth an estimated $1 billion u.s. dollars. I am writing to you in confidence because we urgently require your assistance to obtain these funds. In the early 1970s the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation developed at great expense the computer operating system software known as Unix. Unfortunately the laws of my country prohibited them from selling these softwares and so their valuable source codes remained privately held. Under a special arrangement some programmers from the California University of Berkeley did add more codes to this operating system, increasing its value, but not in any way to dilute or disparage our full and rightful ownership of these codes, despite any agreement between American Telephone and Telegraph and the California University of Berkeley, which agreement we deny and disavow. In the year 1984 a change of regime in my country allowed the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to make profits from these softwares. In the year 1990 ownership of these softwares was transferred to the corporation Unix System Laboratories. In the year 1993 this corporation was sold to the corporation Novell. In the year 1994 some employees of Novell formed the corporation Caldera Systems International, which began to distribute an upstart operating system known as Linux. In the year 1995 Novell sold the Unix software codes to SCO. In the year 2001 occurred a separation of SCO, and the SCO brand name and Unix codes were acquired by the Caldera Systems International, and in the following year the Caldera Systems International was renamed SCO group, of which I currently serve as chief executive officer. My associates and I of the SCO group are therefore the full and rightful owners of the operating system softwares known as Unix. Our engineers have discovered that no fewer than seventy (70) lines of our valuable and proprietary source codes have appeared in the upstart operating system Linux. As you can plainly see, this gives us a claim on the millions of lines of valuable software codes which comprise this Linux and which has been sold at great profit to very many business enterprises. Our legal experts have advised us that our contribution to these codes is worth an estimated one (1) billion U.S. dollars. Unfortunately we are having difficulty extracting our funds from these computer softwares. To this effect I have been given the mandate by my colleagues to contact you and ask for your assistance. We are prepared to sell you a share in this enterprise, which will soon be very profitable, that will grant you the rights to use these valuable softwares in your business enterprise. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to set a price on these rights. Therefore it is our respectful suggestion, that you may be immediately a party to this enterprise, before others accept these lucrative terms, that you send us the number of a banking account where we can withdraw funds of a suitable amount to guarantee your participation in this enterprise. As an alternative you may send us the number and expiration date of your major credit card, or you may send to us a signed check from your banking account payable to "SCO group" and with the amount left blank for us to conveniently supply. Kindly treat this request as very important and strictly confidential. I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk-free.
Just curious if "Bizarro world" is a reference to Sealab 2021? And if so, you should check out http://www.dapcentral.org/ If not, please disregard this posting :) But Sealab Bizarro episode is one of the funniest things I have seen.
~dan
http://www.pbase.com/efatapo
Justin, How is refining creationism to allow for new scientific discoveries any different than believing in evolution and refining our understanding per new scientific discoveries? The evolution we 'know' now is not Darwin's evolution just like the evolution we will 'know' in 50 years will be much different than what we believe now.
The science I can explain better, but the second part of your argument is flawed as well. There is currently a need for intelligent design, though there might not be a scientific need in the future. There are significant genetic gaps in our current observations of evolution. An easy, although hard to support, explanation would be intelligent design. A divine-genetic push and you have a new species. We don't currently have an explanation for these gaps, and while not an evolution expert I have not read a valid explanation.
And, actually I'll leave it at the science for today. I'll let someone better than myself explain why your god as only an explanation for the unexplained is incorrect. ~Dan
"Washington Post reports that the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch from Utah, said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet. A notably quote: "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize [the seriousness of their actions]". Hatch has a personal interest, since I'm sure his music is pirated on a regular basis. ;)"
:)
Just thought people might appreciate other links and such...guess I should've submitted it a couple minutes earlier....oh well
So I'm kicking myself that I didn't consider the matrix within a matrix, or parallel matrices, or whatever Matrix 2 (or is it Matrix too ;) ) is actually. If you want to check out another movie similar to what everyone is suggesting for Matrix/Zion, check out the 13th Floor. I really enjoyed that movie shortly after I saw the original Matrix.
Also, I thought the Matrix 2 was a great movie and worth watching.
So far all I'm reading is how evil pharmaceutical companies are, that they want to profit from their inventions and keep progressing as a company. Why is software sold? Why is music sold? Because it took someone long and hard hours to create what you're enjoying. And for that, they should be compensated. That compensation should reflect the cost of creation.
For a musician that would include musical instruments, recording technicians, etc. For a software developer that would include computers, training, beta testing. For a pharmaceutical company that requires a LOT more. First you need to identify the etiological agent, the cause of the disease, and then you need to identify the biochemical effect on the body. Then you need to identify a potential synthesizeable chemical to change the effect. You are already talking YEARS and you're nowhere near selling the product, this is all expense and no promise of reward because at any time you could find a flaw and the whole project goes belly up. Once you have narrowed your potential therapeutic you can apply to test it in humans. Pending approval there are three phases of 6 months to 1 year clinical trials. And remember, you haven't made $1 yet.
So you've put years and millions or even billions of dollars into the development of this drug and people are whining about drug companies recouping this money and turning a profit in order to develop the next drug that will keep them on this planet for another couple years.
Perfect, you seem like a great candidate for ThenLeave. I think more people like you need to take the initiative and stop bitching about America and start moving out. As soon as the migration rate becomes negative (more people leaving as opposed to entering america) then I'd agree and say this place really does suck. Living in America is a great life, if you want to smoke pot and suck up the free (and poor) health care Canada sounds perfect for you.
Ok...
Would this also mean if you got infected with a weird viurus or "worm" you could sue?
Ok, you cannot be infected by C. elegans. They are not parasitic.
Think of how terrible it would have (or was) if they had biotoxins on board the shuttle?
Yeah, that would suck. Although it would probably either burn up upon re-entry or make it to earth safe in it's really good seal (as happened with these worms). Sure, once the box hit the ground it might break open...anyways
Does anyone know if these "similar to human" worms are harmful to humans?
Unless you were to swallow one and choke, these worms are not harmful to humans at all.
What makes them similar to humans anyway?
They share some genetic features. Some scientific stuff that no one cares about but scientists. C. elegans are similar to humans in the same way D. melanogaster (fruit flies) are similar to humans. Genetic and developmental regulators.
Does radiation and antigravity make such creatures mutate?
Radiation does cause things to mutate (although generally not in the grow an extra arm fashion). Antigravity does not. I don't think that these worms would have been to exposed to much greater radiation being in a space ship in space because the astronauts are not mutated upon returning home either.
What if these worms were carrying some sort of bacteria in their digestive system like tape worms and mosquitos do that are bredding grounds for new super viruses like SARS and illness like Malaria???
They were carrying bacteria in their digestive system, all organisms do. However, these bacteria would be particular to worms and not humans. And, see the previous argument on radiation. You have more to fear from the astronauts having mutant bacteria than the worms.
but those of us with $1000+ sets hooked up to our home audio jukebox computers sure are.
So all 2 of you aren't going to buy into this? Somehow I don't think you're the target market. Obviously audiophiles are not going to buy into this, you go buy you're DVD-Audio and the rest of the world who aren't nearly as anal, picky, or discerning (98% of the world) will have no problems and not be able to tell the difference. How many consumers know the bitrates of their MP3's? Probably not many.
Lame sig, look at my Photos
It has been a couple years since I read The Double Helix, but if I remember correctly Watson & Crick were given permission to review Rosalind's x-ray data by her primary investigator (PI) for whom Rosalind was post doc'ing.
Another stretch, if I have my data ownership theory together it is the PI who owns the data. Usually it's his grants they would be using, his lab space, his machines. Anyways, I think that's how the legalistics work. Therefore it's his perogative whether to enter a collaboration with or share data.
(and just to cover my rear IANAL and I haven't read the book in a few years..but I am a BioChemist and think, although I'm sure someone will disagree, I understand data ownership at least on an elementary basis)
So, does anyone know how the gun worked? Any way you could turn the gun into a quasi-mouse. You aim the gun and shoot to click. If you hooked the machine up with a tv-out graphics card, that could be a pretty cool setup. Just an idea.
So, why are you still in America?
When I told him about "The Sims":
"Great, a simulated life for people with no real life."
Kind of like an animated form of the slashdot community...
It should go up.
I think the more important part is that it come back down....in one piece