Technically, this isn't the first RF detection of deuterium. Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has been around since the 50's and uses RF to excite and receive signals from deuterium nuclei transitioning between quantum spin states that separate in energy when subjected to a magnetic field.
This may be the first extraterrestrial RF detection of deuterium and as such is pretty neat, but TFA should have been a little more careful.
I agree that this technique isn't practical as a screening tool (in humans), nor do I think the article's authors were designing it as such. They even say:
"However, this particular imaging strategy is unlikely to be helful in assessing an individual's long-term risk of developing autoimmune diabetes"
Where this technique could really shine is as an early measure of therapeutic efficacy. If you can predict whether or not a diabetes treatment is going to work on a patient after the first dose, you can stop treatment on the non-responders immediately, thereby saving money, reducing the side-effect risk to the patient, and allowing them to try other treatments.
Its even worse when the trailer is better than the movie.
One example that comes to mind was "Playing God" with David Duchovny. The trailer had some fairly funny comedic moments, but when they played out in the movie the timing was off and it didn't play nearly as well.
That said, I'm glad that the new Serenity trailer is less spoiled. I try to avoid spoilers in general, and was afraid to view the previous one.
The inspections are precisely why everyone could know the claims of the US government were crap. I never said the inspections were bad. Quite the contrary. Such international inspections should be the order of the day in all countries that have the capability to develop nuclear weapons (including the US).
Actually my point was if Iraq having these weapons wasn't both probable and problematic, then why were we bothering with inspections in the first place.
Fair enough.. thanks for the honest answers (and for the correction on Iran... was going from memory and wasn't 100% certain on that one).
I honestly didn't know the answer to my question (and meant to include that fact in my initial message) and I'm actually a little surprised at the answer.
I would like to point out that these issues do suggest that some Western European nations may have had some alterior motives for not joining the coalition in Iraq
I live in Europe. What surprises me is that news like this comes as a shock to US citizens. In Europe, we have known this for years, from the moment Iraq was invaded.
If Europe "knew" WMD claims were crap, then why did they vote for all of the UN resolutions that insisted on weapons inspectors and promised grave consequences if Iraq didn't follow through?
Lets be honest about this. Western Europe also has a serious bug up their butts about the US (probably related to the fact that they were beholden to the US during the Cold War and resent it now). This would put them in a position to put the worst possible spin on the US actions, especially since we had the gall to go ahead without checking with them first.
Seriously, the world would be a much better place if the citizens of the US, arguably the most powerful country in the world, would be better informed about what's going on in their own country and in the rest of the world.
While I agree that the US citizens would be better off if they were more informed, lets run the following check on the European media. How many European stories have there been on:
- France and Germany supplying embargoed biological and chemical supplies to Iraq pre-war.
- European and UN officials getting kickbacks from Saddam from diverted Oil-for-Food program funds.
- And who is the source of the the nuclear materials currently being used in Iran? Why Germany.
In my opinion, this is a terrible idea, for a number of reasons.
The first reason is the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This would inhibit free speech by anyone who wants to send mail to anyone else.
Sorry, the First Amendment says CONGRESS shall pass no law... A private ISP can restrict your speech as much as they want when you use their service (within the bounds of contracts, etc).
I'm a sucker for the hokey humanism that was the hallmark of Star Trek at its best. There was very little of that on display here.
Must disagree with you here. IMHO, hokey humanism is one of the worst aspects of Star Trek. Its lack in the new movie is a HUGE selling point for me.
I cringe everytime they pull the "can't we all just get along and we can't hurt them even though they are trying to kill us" crap. These bozos wouldn't last 2 seconds in a real universe. The fact that they continue to survive such stunts ruins the believability of the storylines for me.
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Technically, this isn't the first RF detection of deuterium. Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has been around since the 50's and uses RF to excite and receive signals from deuterium nuclei transitioning between quantum spin states that separate in energy when subjected to a magnetic field.
This may be the first extraterrestrial RF detection of deuterium and as such is pretty neat, but TFA should have been a little more careful.
I agree that this technique isn't practical as a screening tool (in humans), nor do I think the article's authors were designing it as such. They even say:
"However, this particular imaging strategy is unlikely to be helful in assessing an individual's long-term risk of developing autoimmune diabetes"
Where this technique could really shine is as an early measure of therapeutic efficacy. If you can predict whether or not a diabetes treatment is going to work on a patient after the first dose, you can stop treatment on the non-responders immediately, thereby saving money, reducing the side-effect risk to the patient, and allowing them to try other treatments.
Its even worse when the trailer is better than the movie.
One example that comes to mind was "Playing God" with David Duchovny. The trailer had some fairly funny comedic moments, but when they played out in the movie the timing was off and it didn't play nearly as well.
That said, I'm glad that the new Serenity trailer is less spoiled. I try to avoid spoilers in general, and was afraid to view the previous one.
The inspections are precisely why everyone could know the claims of the US government were crap. I never said the inspections were bad. Quite the contrary. Such international inspections should be the order of the day in all countries that have the capability to develop nuclear weapons (including the US).
Actually my point was if Iraq having these weapons wasn't both probable and problematic, then why were we bothering with inspections in the first place.
Fair enough.. thanks for the honest answers (and for the correction on Iran... was going from memory and wasn't 100% certain on that one).
I honestly didn't know the answer to my question (and meant to include that fact in my initial message) and I'm actually a little surprised at the answer.
I would like to point out that these issues do suggest that some Western European nations may have had some alterior motives for not joining the coalition in Iraq
I live in Europe. What surprises me is that news like this comes as a shock to US citizens. In Europe, we have known this for years, from the moment Iraq was invaded.
If Europe "knew" WMD claims were crap, then why did they vote for all of the UN resolutions that insisted on weapons inspectors and promised grave consequences if Iraq didn't follow through?
Lets be honest about this. Western Europe also has a serious bug up their butts about the US (probably related to the fact that they were beholden to the US during the Cold War and resent it now). This would put them in a position to put the worst possible spin on the US actions, especially since we had the gall to go ahead without checking with them first.
Seriously, the world would be a much better place if the citizens of the US, arguably the most powerful country in the world, would be better informed about what's going on in their own country and in the rest of the world.
While I agree that the US citizens would be better off if they were more informed, lets run the following check on the European media. How many European stories have there been on:
- France and Germany supplying embargoed biological and chemical supplies to Iraq pre-war.
- European and UN officials getting kickbacks from Saddam from diverted Oil-for-Food program funds.
- And who is the source of the the nuclear materials currently being used in Iran? Why Germany.
Its all about your frame of reference. A media outlet can be to the right of most of the world, but still be to the left of the average american.
The real question is, how do you know that it isn't the international media that is spreading the disinformation and a socialist/anti-business bias?
The Matrix and Spiderman were the the only two decent movies in recent times that have had good CG and a decent plot.
Lord of the Rings?
YOUR GARANTY MAY BE VOID...
This is exactly Intel's point. Overclocking will hose your spellchecker.
PS I wonder if the chemist's middle initial is T.
Gosh, never heard that one before...
- James D. Quirk, Ph. D. Chemistry (not the one from the article)
Finally... a reason to be glad I live in Missouri
In my opinion, this is a terrible idea, for a number of reasons. The first reason is the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This would inhibit free speech by anyone who wants to send mail to anyone else.
Sorry, the First Amendment says CONGRESS shall pass no law... A private ISP can restrict your speech as much as they want when you use their service (within the bounds of contracts, etc).
I'm a sucker for the hokey humanism that was the hallmark of Star Trek at its best. There was very little of that on display here.
Must disagree with you here. IMHO, hokey humanism is one of the worst aspects of Star Trek. Its lack in the new movie is a HUGE selling point for me.
I cringe everytime they pull the "can't we all just get along and we can't hurt them even though they are trying to kill us" crap. These bozos wouldn't last 2 seconds in a real universe. The fact that they continue to survive such stunts ruins the believability of the storylines for me.