I know there are more important issues at stake than fast music downloads.
The internet has proven to be wonderful tool for people to communicate. TV and radio were supposed to fulfill these promises but big business has subverted them.
We have seen that bloggers can actually force big media to carrry there stories, that the internet is an invaluable research tool, and that it gives voice to the voiceless, from Iranian dissedients to disgruntled corporate employees.
The free music is a nice side beneift, but let's not lose track of our priorities.
I think that this shows the power of the internet. Mass communication is a tremendous source of power. It changes government policy and it is also a threat to corporate power and even the power of a school. Here's to the internet! Here's to blogging!
The market has never been that bad for people with plenty of experience. Our recovery isn't providing jobs for the entry-level people who have been having trouble getting in.
Therefore, if you ask should I major in CS or whatever for good job opportunities, the answer is still no.
When there are more experienced people in India, I suppose most of those jobs will go over, too.
Or possibly seven factorial times as many problems. It goes without saying that this will confuse the end user and sysadmins. But I think this is going to confuse even the developers at Microsoft. There will be all sorts of problems just because seven releases is just to much to keep track of. Now instead of keeping track of security flaws and bugs on generally two products, they'll have seven.
This is just going to confuse the hell out of everyone and cause serious compatibility problems. And is Microsoft going to have seven security patches a month.
Ant-man? Who the hell is going to see a movie about Ant-man. It seems that these movies are all about no name heros, many of whom don't even have a comic anymore.
Sure Spiderman and the X-men made money. But when their movies about second-tier heros like Daredevil and the Punisher didn't fare so well.
This bunch seems to be all second and even third-tier heros. They better not plan on spending $52.5 million on each of these or its back to bankrupcty court for Marvel.
The big problem with String theory is lack of experimental evidence (or even experiments) to prove it. It's detractors like to say it is just a religion with no proof.
However, this looks more like an experiment to prove supersymmetry which doesn't necessarily prove string theory.
Europhysics News (2004) Vol. 35 No. 6
A new computer mouse called Horse
C.J. Snijders and P.C. Helder,
Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
In the early 60's Doug Engelbart, a scientist at the Stanford Research Institute in California, invented the computer mouse. This may certainly be seen as one of those brilliant tools we hardly can do without. However excellent the functionality of the mouse--we all use it with great ease--its recent form can also be a significant source of discomfort.
Repetitive movements cause physical complaints. This is one of the causative factors of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) or Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) [1]. Rigid work patterns and prolonged periods of heavy work load can result in physical stress. Personality aspects are also considered to play a role in the development of RSI [2].
About 20% of the working population has complaints related to the neck-shoulder-arm region and overuse complaints can be the result of using the mouse. This is why a biomechanical research program was started by Erasmus MC,University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Biomechanical model
The present study has identified one cause for several physical problems in the neck-shoulder-arm region.
Based on a pilot study a hypothesis was introduced that forceful gripping or pinching goes with tension in the deep neck muscles. To investigate this, blood flow velocity was measured in the region indicated in Fig. 1 (with permission from Sobotta,Atlas of Human Anatomy).
The drawing shows the costoclavicular gate between clavicular bone and first rib (see circle).
Neck muscle tension results in a narrowing of this gate and thus impingement of the subclavian artery and vein.
This conclusion is supported by a biomechanical model of the aetiology of tennis elbow [3]. It describes the role of extensor muscles in the hand and lower limb and substantiates the finding that restriction of blood flow is caused by forceful pinching. Therefore we conclude that certain force application by the hand is related to tension in the deep neck muscles which explains a variety of shoulder- and arm complaints.
Design of a computer mouse called "Horse"
The use of a conventional computer mouse requires continuous lifting of the fingers. This results in excessive use of extensor muscles to avoid unwanted switching which can be seen as a possible cause of tension in the deep neck muscles. It was therefore decided to design a mouse that does not provoke extensor muscle activity.
This new concept is called Horse in view of its functional design: the palm of the hand as well as the middle three fingers "sit" on the main body while thumb and little finger rest at a lower level at the side as if supported by stirrups (Fig. 2). Thumb and little finger work together to realize optimal control in the horizontal (X-Y) plane. The design of the Horse allows for the three middle fingers to adopt a flexed position to relax the tendons. A major part of these fingers rests in a more or less vertical position.
Fig 1 Narrowing of costoclavicular gate (see circle) resulting in impingement of artery and vein (with permission from Sobotta,Atlas of Human Anatomy)
In view of this supported position of the hand and fingers, extensor muscles can relax.
Extensor action is no longer required with the palm of the hand and fingers resting on the Horse. A light flexing action of the top of the fingers is sufficient to switch. This action results in a force on the touch switches situated at the lower end near the tips of the fingers.
These switches react on touch force only which reduces or virtually eliminates the movement of the tendons when switching. Moreover, complete support of the fingers will reduce the necessity of co-contraction of the intrinsic muscles of the hand [4]. Other features as a result of the design of the Horse are:
* a better stability control in the X-Y plane
* the possibility to reduce friction of the Horse on the table
Fig 2 Thumb at the side, m
Now, Bush will probably appoint Ralph Nader or someone similarly minded to the post.
Seriously though, this probably means that Ashcroft objected to the way government was being run.
Think about that for a minute.
His replacement will probably be crazier and a bigger tool than him.
If they had him they would have busted him out in August or so. Osama really did get away. I think that that is clear now. If they had him that would be a rumor that they just couldn't supress.
Now it's too late and too obvious to capture Osama. If there's an October suprise it will probably be dirt on a canidate. The bugalarly that G.O.P. staged might also be considered an October suprise (or September suprise rather).
What they've found is that there is caffeine withdrawl. This doesn't mean addiction, it means physical dependence. Addiction is more of psychological condition in which you can't stop doing something in the face of negative consequences, e.g. you'll give out blow jobs if that's what you have to do to get your fix.
Someone else gave this link to the actual study. It doesn't say addiction.
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If Newton wasn't the smartest person who ever lived he was close. Some of his ideas where important some weren't.
The ones that were were ones that were scientifically testable or mathematically provable. In fields like theology you can get completely lost in ass-wankery that has nothing to do with anything.
So the great Newton persued many interests. His science and math changed the world. His theology and alchemy were about as important as any other works of that nature.
I think it goes to show that certain approaches to understanding the world are better than others. So we might not have Newton's genius but we have better direction than him, hopefully.
Well, galaxies do collide. Astromers can find some colliding galaxies, right now.If half the galaxies were anti-matter galaxies and half regular galaxies, then one fourth of galactic collisions would be matter to anti-matter. The annihilations of these galaxies would be very noticable.
Furthermore, why would the matter and anti-matter segregate to begin with. Wouldn't galaxies just just form with half of both leading to lots of annihilation and a radiation dominated universe.
Although as I understand it, they try to give people transplants from people of a similar age. When this boy is fifty he'll have 99 year old corneas and will probably need another transplant.
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according to the article. Other commentters have stated that the WTO is not popular in Russia. In my opinion, no one should join it.
The only part of that comment that is flaimbait is hoping that the next administration is less corrupt. Things aren't getting any better.
Our copyright system is very peculiar, but very good for business so it will be imposed on the whole world.
"It is totally unprecedented to have a pirate site operating so openly for so long," said Neil Turkewitz
It is only piracy according to our intellectual property laws, which have very little philosophical or pragamtic basis.
This might not be cool but that doesn't mean that stealing is.
I know there are more important issues at stake than fast music downloads.
The internet has proven to be wonderful tool for people to communicate. TV and radio were supposed to fulfill these promises but big business has subverted them.
We have seen that bloggers can actually force big media to carrry there stories, that the internet is an invaluable research tool, and that it gives voice to the voiceless, from Iranian dissedients to disgruntled corporate employees.
The free music is a nice side beneift, but let's not lose track of our priorities.
I think that this shows the power of the internet. Mass communication is a tremendous source of power. It changes government policy and it is also a threat to corporate power and even the power of a school. Here's to the internet! Here's to blogging!
The market has never been that bad for people with plenty of experience. Our recovery isn't providing jobs for the entry-level people who have been having trouble getting in. Therefore, if you ask should I major in CS or whatever for good job opportunities, the answer is still no. When there are more experienced people in India, I suppose most of those jobs will go over, too.
And that's the one that's going up. And we're not seeing a dramatic drops in any of them.
As we all know, an OS has to be involved in crimes against humanity to be taken seriously.
Or possibly seven factorial times as many problems. It goes without saying that this will confuse the end user and sysadmins. But I think this is going to confuse even the developers at Microsoft. There will be all sorts of problems just because seven releases is just to much to keep track of. Now instead of keeping track of security flaws and bugs on generally two products, they'll have seven. This is just going to confuse the hell out of everyone and cause serious compatibility problems. And is Microsoft going to have seven security patches a month.
Ant-man? Who the hell is going to see a movie about Ant-man. It seems that these movies are all about no name heros, many of whom don't even have a comic anymore. Sure Spiderman and the X-men made money. But when their movies about second-tier heros like Daredevil and the Punisher didn't fare so well. This bunch seems to be all second and even third-tier heros. They better not plan on spending $52.5 million on each of these or its back to bankrupcty court for Marvel.
The big problem with String theory is lack of experimental evidence (or even experiments) to prove it. It's detractors like to say it is just a religion with no proof. However, this looks more like an experiment to prove supersymmetry which doesn't necessarily prove string theory.
Google is known for changing their logo for every obscure holiday. But to their credit google is not acknowledging this "holiday."
Europhysics News (2004) Vol. 35 No. 6 A new computer mouse called Horse C.J. Snijders and P.C. Helder, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In the early 60's Doug Engelbart, a scientist at the Stanford Research Institute in California, invented the computer mouse. This may certainly be seen as one of those brilliant tools we hardly can do without. However excellent the functionality of the mouse--we all use it with great ease--its recent form can also be a significant source of discomfort. Repetitive movements cause physical complaints. This is one of the causative factors of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) or Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) [1]. Rigid work patterns and prolonged periods of heavy work load can result in physical stress. Personality aspects are also considered to play a role in the development of RSI [2]. About 20% of the working population has complaints related to the neck-shoulder-arm region and overuse complaints can be the result of using the mouse. This is why a biomechanical research program was started by Erasmus MC,University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Biomechanical model The present study has identified one cause for several physical problems in the neck-shoulder-arm region. Based on a pilot study a hypothesis was introduced that forceful gripping or pinching goes with tension in the deep neck muscles. To investigate this, blood flow velocity was measured in the region indicated in Fig. 1 (with permission from Sobotta,Atlas of Human Anatomy). The drawing shows the costoclavicular gate between clavicular bone and first rib (see circle). Neck muscle tension results in a narrowing of this gate and thus impingement of the subclavian artery and vein. This conclusion is supported by a biomechanical model of the aetiology of tennis elbow [3]. It describes the role of extensor muscles in the hand and lower limb and substantiates the finding that restriction of blood flow is caused by forceful pinching. Therefore we conclude that certain force application by the hand is related to tension in the deep neck muscles which explains a variety of shoulder- and arm complaints. Design of a computer mouse called "Horse" The use of a conventional computer mouse requires continuous lifting of the fingers. This results in excessive use of extensor muscles to avoid unwanted switching which can be seen as a possible cause of tension in the deep neck muscles. It was therefore decided to design a mouse that does not provoke extensor muscle activity. This new concept is called Horse in view of its functional design: the palm of the hand as well as the middle three fingers "sit" on the main body while thumb and little finger rest at a lower level at the side as if supported by stirrups (Fig. 2). Thumb and little finger work together to realize optimal control in the horizontal (X-Y) plane. The design of the Horse allows for the three middle fingers to adopt a flexed position to relax the tendons. A major part of these fingers rests in a more or less vertical position. Fig 1 Narrowing of costoclavicular gate (see circle) resulting in impingement of artery and vein (with permission from Sobotta,Atlas of Human Anatomy) In view of this supported position of the hand and fingers, extensor muscles can relax. Extensor action is no longer required with the palm of the hand and fingers resting on the Horse. A light flexing action of the top of the fingers is sufficient to switch. This action results in a force on the touch switches situated at the lower end near the tips of the fingers. These switches react on touch force only which reduces or virtually eliminates the movement of the tendons when switching. Moreover, complete support of the fingers will reduce the necessity of co-contraction of the intrinsic muscles of the hand [4]. Other features as a result of the design of the Horse are: * a better stability control in the X-Y plane * the possibility to reduce friction of the Horse on the table Fig 2 Thumb at the side, m
I wish I could mod your comment up to six.
Now, Bush will probably appoint Ralph Nader or someone similarly minded to the post. Seriously though, this probably means that Ashcroft objected to the way government was being run. Think about that for a minute. His replacement will probably be crazier and a bigger tool than him.
So? Do you think Bush cares? He controls the congress. He is accountable to no one and will do as he pleases.
If they had him they would have busted him out in August or so. Osama really did get away. I think that that is clear now. If they had him that would be a rumor that they just couldn't supress. Now it's too late and too obvious to capture Osama. If there's an October suprise it will probably be dirt on a canidate. The bugalarly that G.O.P. staged might also be considered an October suprise (or September suprise rather).
What they've found is that there is caffeine withdrawl. This doesn't mean addiction, it means physical dependence. Addiction is more of psychological condition in which you can't stop doing something in the face of negative consequences, e.g. you'll give out blow jobs if that's what you have to do to get your fix. Someone else gave this link to the actual study. It doesn't say addiction.
Why is that?
If Newton wasn't the smartest person who ever lived he was close. Some of his ideas where important some weren't. The ones that were were ones that were scientifically testable or mathematically provable. In fields like theology you can get completely lost in ass-wankery that has nothing to do with anything. So the great Newton persued many interests. His science and math changed the world. His theology and alchemy were about as important as any other works of that nature. I think it goes to show that certain approaches to understanding the world are better than others. So we might not have Newton's genius but we have better direction than him, hopefully.
According to the second sentence of this wikipedia article, photons have no anti-particles.
Well, galaxies do collide. Astromers can find some colliding galaxies, right now.If half the galaxies were anti-matter galaxies and half regular galaxies, then one fourth of galactic collisions would be matter to anti-matter. The annihilations of these galaxies would be very noticable. Furthermore, why would the matter and anti-matter segregate to begin with. Wouldn't galaxies just just form with half of both leading to lots of annihilation and a radiation dominated universe.
I work in Ophthamology. The test is real.
Although as I understand it, they try to give people transplants from people of a similar age. When this boy is fifty he'll have 99 year old corneas and will probably need another transplant.