You might begin your re-education by using this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foetus. Your use of the word 'retarded' suggests that you are aware of at least one 'IQ' test appropriate to a fetus (old, misguided spellings are not used in science). If you know of such a test, kindly inform us so that we can possibly ask you to take it. Your score will then be compared (inappropriately, yes, but as a 'chastising', no). So, you see, you have opened the door to the exploration of at least two errors: 1) archaic spelling is not scientific, and 2) the presumption that you can define 'retarded fetus' in any meaningful way. I suggest you return to your pseudo-erudite and disingenuous cave and beg forgiveness of the party whom you so rudely bullied.
Isn't it interesting that the blame is put on some 'flaw in a system', where, in truth, the blame is simply a catastrophic error in judgment by a committee. Although its not stated, the odds are that the committee did not include members with medical training. Any fool can see that falling 6' is likely to cause fatal injuries, especially to the elderly.
Where are the individuals who made this absurd change? Who are they? Are they vulnerable to law suite or any sort of consequences?
The 'system' worked. Those responsible for defining what the 'system' should do did not work in the interests of the public.
Why try to hide them?
Are there other committees making similar 'money-saving' decisions?
tkjtkj, m.d.
but this takes the cake!
I refer to:
" It's literally impossible to port Windows Vista/Win 7-style hardware acceleration backwards to XP. Microsoft would have to either develop a workaround from scratch or create a CPU-driven 'software mode."
I mean, to say a thing is "impossible" and then, in the same breath, reveal not one but TWO methods of doing the thing is as funny as it is absurd.
a very reasonable setup..
but:
does nagios also email you when the units come back online??
that's probably the most important thing , in a practical sense, cuz it could save you hours of travel...
Notice of going down is fine, but you cant do a thing about it.. and your UPS capacity can handle it..
but to you really want to cancel your fam's vacay cuz you didnt know the problem was resolved 20 mins later??
tkjtkj@gmail.com
the author needs a lil update on the capabilities of military-grade GPS : "Other possible applications may include ultra-precise autonomous navigation, such as landing planes by GPS." omits one fact: the present accuracy of mil GPS is +/- 1cm easily within the range to accomodate landing on a deck..
in your comment:
" Either way, you would definitely have a more flexible solution that any canned product will provide you with."
it seems clear that you would better have used the correct english: eg:
"you would definitely have a more flexible solution that any canned product "
ought to be replaced with: " you would definitely have a more flexible THAN any canned..."..
ie, 'that' is not used in any comparative sense.. rather:.... THAN.. is proper..and consequently comprehensible...
Of course, your error might have been a consequence of 'expeditious need' , in which case my comment was merely to enlighten those who might have accepted your construction...
If so, do forgive me.. but.. at the same time, thank me for contributing to the erudition of our peoples.
j. anderson
tkjtkj@gmail.com
and btw, what is the significance of the otherwise UNdefined lil 'checkbox' just below my 'subject line' ??? ehhh????? what gives????
All the convoluted wording you choose to assemble will never show otherwise.
viruses are packets of DNA or RNA 'packedup' into envelopes of protein. They are like a letter you'd send to anyone: In fact, totally FREE (un-enveloped) DNA,eg, is found everywhere in nature.. Even yoiur highschool bio class must have shown you pics of stings of dna being drawn into bacterial cells!!
virus DNA, eg, can not only be frozen solid for millions of years, but it can be CRYSTALIZED! Do THAT to a tadpole, why dontchya!
To say "..brought back to life" is, plainly an exhageration at best, and profound irresponsible hyperbole at worst:
There is NO proof that anything was brought back to life! Yes, the team apparently observed aspects of metabolism but they note that at the extremely low temperatures and extremely high pressures existing at their normal habitat the specimens could have been doing the very same things, for thousands of years, but at a velocity so low as not to be appreciated.
Bringing them 'up to temperature' certainly would increase likelihood that metabolism might increase enough to be measureable.. This seems more probable than to suggest that the specimens were not alive and then became living creatures once again.
To come 'back to life' suggests they were not at that point when their warming journey began. Shame on those who might use such journalistic tricks for any purpose!
Contrary to your statements about the temperature stability at such long distances from earth, we must consider the pictured 'anatomy' of the instrument:
Eg, its cryostat runs at about -272 C. , and yes, there's little heat content in
space at such distances.. BUT notice that the solar panels are quite close to the mirror and experience much higher temps.
Also, the 'control module', at the end of the instrument farthest from the mirror, runs at an ambient of 20 C !!!!!
These 'extra-cryostat' temperatures a remarkeably higher than the cryostat
and such heat radiative gradients would belie your point.
But im just an amature.. what do *i* know!
j. a. , md
tkjtkj@gmail.com
I thank the contributor here for showing us this news item, but the item itself is terribly flawed!
How on earth may one assess the effectiveness of an injection this way! One might think that a measure of 'fertility rate change' would be included.. Sadly, none is. The unwary public is led to believe
that it might be that only 1 baby produced by 100 men equals a rate
of 1% !!! And that is fallacious at best!
Just how many men were even having sex??? how often???
with whom?? with partners also on the pill??? NO mention of complications, and we note that prostate cancer can be stimulated by testosterone...
Those who did not complete the study regimen stopped for some reason(s), none of which are given.
It refers to sperm counts , yet gives no information on pre-treatment counts, post-treatment counts, or to just what 'normal' values did at least some of the sperm counts return. Sperm counts are only significantly associated with reduced fertility if they are quite low.
This is worthless, shamefully-inadequate reporting. And that is not the fault of the/. contributor.
tkjtkj, md
did the article not state that its seen to be a one-hour outpatient procedure?
your comment seems not appropriate, if we are to believe the report, and we have no reason to doubt it.
If materials from this sub-glacial lake do seep out to the
surface, as the photo seems to show, how on earth can we say
the lake is 'isolated'?
The proper term might be: contaminated! yes, the degree of contamination might be small, but this is 'science', no?
re: "Also, it's probably not a good idea to make this an option for child pornography defendants who decide to represent themselves, so that they can rifle through thousands of photographs of naked children, even legal ones, to find the pictures that they think are the "sexiest" to use for their defense.)"
Were any scientist to consciously manipulate his/her data it would represent unethical behaviour. Your 'scientific method' boils down to 'opinion' rather being based upon facts. Science deals with facts. It is wrong to attempt to disguise non-facts as being otherwise.
Your rant is nothing but a transparent attempt to change the topic here: where oh where did i even refer to, much less justify!, that scientists ought to work for free!??
My point was and is that when scientists have knowledge of dangers to society they (yes we!) have a duty to make our concerns known.
And yes, my doctorate is from a major graduate school in the USA.
Please dont reply, ive no time nor do i have interest in dealing with those who would seek to manipulate a conversation.
We, as scientists, can not abrogate our responsibilities to inform our peoples of impending events that pose risks to societies.
To suggest that we are throttled by pol's unwillingness to give us money to act out one of our clear-cut responsibilites is just disingenuous hogwash.
i understand what youre saying, but the fact that the pols respond inappropriately has little to do with our responsibility as scientists to speak out when we observe risky events.
"It became known as the Carrington event, and the National Academy of Sciences worries about the impact of another such event today and the lack of awareness among officials."
Hogwash! Disingenuous shirking of responsibilities!
'officials', which seems to refer to polititians, are not scientists. It is not their job to scan the heavens for signs of danger: they can scarcely do that job here on earth! It is the SCIENTISTS who endure the burden here... If officials dont know, it can only be because scientists have not told them!!!
Wake up!
"You can have the perfect answer.. but if you can put it on paper in a clear and understandable manner.. what's the point."
I guess one point would be to learn to read one's own text before showing it to the world!;)
I assume your "can" was meant to be "can't".
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".. retarded foetus" ??
You might begin your re-education by using this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foetus. Your use of the word 'retarded' suggests that you are aware of at least one 'IQ' test appropriate to a fetus (old, misguided spellings are not used in science). If you know of such a test, kindly inform us so that we can possibly ask you to take it. Your score will then be compared (inappropriately, yes, but as a 'chastising', no).
So, you see, you have opened the door to the exploration of at least two errors: 1) archaic spelling is not scientific, and 2) the presumption that you can define 'retarded fetus' in any meaningful way. I suggest you return to your pseudo-erudite and disingenuous cave and beg forgiveness of the party whom you so rudely bullied.
Isn't it interesting that the blame is put on some 'flaw in a system', where, in truth, the blame is simply a catastrophic error in judgment by a committee. Although its not stated, the odds are that the committee did not include members with medical training. Any fool can see that falling 6' is likely to cause fatal injuries, especially to the elderly. Where are the individuals who made this absurd change? Who are they? Are they vulnerable to law suite or any sort of consequences? The 'system' worked. Those responsible for defining what the 'system' should do did not work in the interests of the public. Why try to hide them? Are there other committees making similar 'money-saving' decisions? tkjtkj, m.d.
but this takes the cake! I refer to: " It's literally impossible to port Windows Vista/Win 7-style hardware acceleration backwards to XP. Microsoft would have to either develop a workaround from scratch or create a CPU-driven 'software mode." I mean, to say a thing is "impossible" and then, in the same breath, reveal not one but TWO methods of doing the thing is as funny as it is absurd.
hahahahahaha!! hohoho.. that is soo funny ...
good one!
no! Rather than being a win-win, it really is a "let's not lose so much"-"let's not lose so much" kinda thing.
the downsides include:
CO2
Destruction of land topography
Possible unknown effects on plate tectonics.
Expansion of human populations, with deminution of habitat for
other animal/plant species.
Expansion of economic growth with all its nasty as well as
beneficial consequences
One never gets something for nothing.
a very reasonable setup ..
but:
does nagios also email you when the units come back online??
that's probably the most important thing , in a practical sense, cuz it could save you hours of travel...
Notice of going down is fine, but you cant do a thing about it.. and your UPS capacity can handle it ..
but to you really want to cancel your fam's vacay cuz you didnt know the problem was resolved 20 mins later??
tkjtkj@gmail.com
the author needs a lil update on the capabilities of military-grade GPS : ..
"Other possible applications may include ultra-precise autonomous navigation, such as landing planes by GPS." omits one fact: the present accuracy of mil GPS is +/- 1cm
easily within the range to accomodate landing on a deck
Rude, but true.
in your comment: " Either way, you would definitely have a more flexible solution that any canned product will provide you with." it seems clear that you would better have used the correct english: eg: "you would definitely have a more flexible solution that any canned product " ought to be replaced with: " you would definitely have a more flexible THAN any canned ..."..
ie, 'that' is not used in any comparative sense .. rather: .... THAN .. is proper..and consequently comprehensible...
Of course, your error might have been a consequence of 'expeditious need' , in which case my comment was merely to enlighten those who might have accepted your construction ...
If so, do forgive me .. but.. at the same time, thank me for contributing to the erudition of our peoples.
j. anderson
tkjtkj@gmail.com
and btw, what is the significance of the otherwise UNdefined lil 'checkbox' just below my 'subject line' ??? ehhh????? what gives????
Cancer below the elbow or below the knee is medically unheard of ...
5% vrs 8.5%?? why???
its called: C O L L A T E R A L
simple, really....
At what rate do you even imagine having to pay
for a home which is not held by the bank as collateral?
30%?? 40????
By any criteria, viruses are NOT LIVING THINGS!
All the convoluted wording you choose to assemble will never
show otherwise.
viruses are packets of DNA or RNA 'packedup' into envelopes of protein. They are like a letter you'd send to anyone: In fact, totally FREE (un-enveloped) DNA,eg, is found everywhere in nature.. Even yoiur highschool bio class must have shown you pics of stings of dna being drawn into bacterial cells!!
virus DNA, eg, can not only be frozen solid for millions of years, but it can be CRYSTALIZED!
Do THAT to a tadpole, why dontchya!
j. anderson, md
tkjtkj@gmail.com
To say "..brought back to life" is, plainly an exhageration at best, and profound irresponsible hyperbole at worst: There is NO proof that anything was brought back to life! Yes, the team apparently observed aspects of metabolism but they note that at the extremely low temperatures and extremely high pressures existing at their normal habitat the specimens could have been doing the very same things, for thousands of years, but at a velocity so low as not to be appreciated. Bringing them 'up to temperature' certainly would increase likelihood that metabolism might increase enough to be measureable .. This seems more probable than to suggest that the specimens were not alive and then became living creatures once again.
To come 'back to life' suggests they were not at that point when their warming journey began. Shame on those who might use such journalistic tricks for any purpose!
Contrary to your statements about the temperature stability at such long distances from earth, we must consider the pictured 'anatomy' of the instrument: Eg, its cryostat runs at about -272 C. , and yes, there's little heat content in space at such distances .. BUT notice that the solar panels are quite close to the mirror and experience much higher temps.
Also, the 'control module', at the end of the instrument farthest from the mirror, runs at an ambient of 20 C !!!!!
These 'extra-cryostat' temperatures a remarkeably higher than the cryostat
and such heat radiative gradients would belie your point.
But im just an amature .. what do *i* know!
j. a. , md
tkjtkj@gmail.com
I thank the contributor here for showing us this news item, but the item itself is terribly flawed! How on earth may one assess the effectiveness of an injection this way! One might think that a measure of 'fertility rate change' would be included .. Sadly, none is. The unwary public is led to believe
that it might be that only 1 baby produced by 100 men equals a rate
of 1% !!! And that is fallacious at best!
Just how many men were even having sex??? how often???
with whom?? with partners also on the pill??? NO mention of complications, and we note that prostate cancer can be stimulated by testosterone...
Those who did not complete the study regimen stopped for some reason(s), none of which are given.
It refers to sperm counts , yet gives no information on pre-treatment counts, post-treatment counts, or to just what 'normal' values did at least some of the sperm counts return. Sperm counts are only significantly associated with reduced fertility if they are quite low.
This is worthless, shamefully-inadequate reporting. And that is not the fault of the /. contributor.
tkjtkj, md
did the article not state that its seen to be a one-hour outpatient procedure? your comment seems not appropriate, if we are to believe the report, and we have no reason to doubt it.
If materials from this sub-glacial lake do seep out to the surface, as the photo seems to show, how on earth can we say the lake is 'isolated'? The proper term might be: contaminated! yes, the degree of contamination might be small, but this is 'science', no?
The above subject of this comment of mine says all i need to say.
re: "Also, it's probably not a good idea to make this an option for child pornography defendants who decide to represent themselves, so that they can rifle through thousands of photographs of naked children, even legal ones, to find the pictures that they think are the "sexiest" to use for their defense.)" Were any scientist to consciously manipulate his/her data it would represent unethical behaviour. Your 'scientific method' boils down to 'opinion' rather being based upon facts. Science deals with facts. It is wrong to attempt to disguise non-facts as being otherwise.
Your rant is nothing but a transparent attempt to change the topic here: where oh where did i even refer to, much less justify!, that scientists ought to work for free!?? My point was and is that when scientists have knowledge of dangers to society they (yes we!) have a duty to make our concerns known. And yes, my doctorate is from a major graduate school in the USA. Please dont reply, ive no time nor do i have interest in dealing with those who would seek to manipulate a conversation.
We, as scientists, can not abrogate our responsibilities to inform our peoples of impending events that pose risks to societies. To suggest that we are throttled by pol's unwillingness to give us money to act out one of our clear-cut responsibilites is just disingenuous hogwash.
i understand what youre saying, but the fact that the pols respond inappropriately has little to do with our responsibility as scientists to speak out when we observe risky events.
"It became known as the Carrington event, and the National Academy of Sciences worries about the impact of another such event today and the lack of awareness among officials." Hogwash! Disingenuous shirking of responsibilities! 'officials', which seems to refer to polititians, are not scientists. It is not their job to scan the heavens for signs of danger: they can scarcely do that job here on earth! It is the SCIENTISTS who endure the burden here ... If officials dont know, it can only be because scientists have not told them!!!
Wake up!
"You can have the perfect answer.. but if you can put it on paper in a clear and understandable manner.. what's the point." I guess one point would be to learn to read one's own text before showing it to the world! ;)
I assume your "can" was meant to be "can't".