One thing to keep in mind about embryonic development is that it progresses in stages, and different genes kick in at different stages. Just because cells divide in a petri dish, or progress to some stage of development, is not an indication that it will develop into a viable organism.
For example, if a human embryo with three of a given chromosome is formed, depending on which chromosome it forms on, the embryo may either fail to develop past the 8 cell stage, or develop into a 10 week fetus and die, or develop longer and die, but never become viable outside the womb. Down's syndrome is unique in that it and sex chromosome triploidies are the only triploidies that are compatible with life. Other triploidies result in miscarriage or failure to implant.
Unfortunately, I had to learn about this the hard way.
Generating noxious chemical waste, or spend 30 minutes pulling them out and buying a shredder, or convincing my wife a compost heap in our tiny yard is a good idea...
Or spending 30 seconds tossing them into a place no one will find them?
I once had to get rid of a few hundred checks because I moved. The account was still valid. I couldn't figure out how to destroy them, and I didn't want to throw them away. So I put them in my attic. My kids can throw them away when I die.
You can't even snoop for RF signals - it might only transmit when pinged.
I know my phone "checks in" with the network from time to time. It makes the screen on my computer go a little wobbly whenever I get a call, and it does it randomly from time to time.
Trying to integrate the output of an inertial sensor twice to get position IS dead reckoning. For very short travel times, it would work fine - but for very long flights, the integrated noise from the sensor output would give you enormous accumated position and velocity errors.
SCO will now get to counter sue, and can draw a major Linux player into a legal dispute it had no basis to drag it into before.
I'm not saying that Red Hat made the wrong decision - they were injured and are suing - but I think the more Linux players SCO can get involved with litigation, the happier they will be - if they can drag out the proceedings. Imagine the boost to the "Linux has IP problems" line if all the major Linux players are tied up in litigation over IP issues.
The best that can happen is that they lose quickly. But I bet they'll drag it out as long as they can.
I use NiMH for my camera as well. It pretty much uses four AA batteries for about 130 pictures, so I end up recharging them before every outing. If I didn't use rechargables, I'd have been through a LOT of batteries by now.
It makes sense economically and environmentally as well.
I will give GW credit for one thing, he does make decisions on what he believes to be correct. He doesn't let the press or polls dictate his decisions.
Pain, both emotional and physical, are not relative. The causes of pain may vary with a person's belief, but some things would cause any concious human being emotional pain.
I base this mostly from being around children of a variety of ages. Observing children from a very young age is an interesting way to get a little first hand experience of what is cultural and what is innate. It's not perfect, but have one of them, and you learn.
So given that there are some acts that always cause others pain, and that these acts might have no benefit to others, why would they not be immoral?
who determines what "corporate ethics" means and how to measure them?
This is an excellent question. But it's not an impossible problem. The question of who to trust when there is no central authority is pervasive and addressed in any number of interesting ways. A few:
The/. moderation system.
Various "seals of approval" from organizations (For example, kosher food is certified by a wide range of organizations. Not all organizations are accepted by all consumers of kosher food.) Another example would be AAA ratings, travel guides, etc.
his sounds like typical "if I don't like it, it must be immoral and capitalistic" leftwing grad school nonsense.
Are you saying that there's no such thing as morality, or that corporations never do anything immoral? Labeling something and arguing for or against it are different things.
When I was an undergrad, I worked for Dr. Mann at the University of Pennsylvania. He was colloborating with the Japanese on the Kamiokande neutrino detector.
A big part of the job involved lots of fortran code to sift through the enormous amount of data. Much of the code was written on the japanese side. And while the characters were ascii, and the logical structure and keywords were all fine, the variable names and comments were all japanese words, which made the code very hard to follow!
The tabs are huge, for me. When I log into slashdot, for example, I open all the links in tabs that look interesting, so I can finish reading the current link while the others are downloading.
It's also a very nifty way, if you're looking up a lot of things, to temporarily keep track of them. Keep the tabs open on the pages that are interesting, and close the ones that aren't.
I know that in principle the same thing could be acheived by opening new windows, but that get's very cluttered, especially if you have other apps open.
(I'm using Firebird on Windows 2000 at the moment)
Thomas Gold's arguments based on thermodynamics have conclusively shown that it is impossible to get free energy from sunlight, hence solar powered cars would never work.
Gold's arguments were clearly wrong, mostly due to his loose arguments of what the temperatures of the various systems were. For example, he claimed the temperature of the sunlight should be the same as the average temperature of a body at that distance from the sun, where it would clearly be the temperature of the surface of the sun. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to focus sunlight to burn paper.
Freedman's rebuttal says that Gold is wrong to argue from a thermodynamic point of view, and that he ignores quantum mechanics. However, all the laws of physics must be consistent with each other. This consistency is what makes these intellectual arguments so interesting. For example, by insisting that electrodynamics was consistent with mechanics, Einstein developed special relativity.
Gold's arguments are simply wrong, but this incorrect rebuttal is not really that good. When debating with crackpots, it's important to be meticulous in your arguments, because they will seize upon any small error and attempt to make that the focus of the debate, not their own large, glaring errors.
20 minutes. At home, on my Pentium Pro 200 running NT 4, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Mac, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
Judges, yes. Prosecutors, no. The department of justice is responsible for pressing the enforcement of the law. The judge decides between the two sides.
The judges in these cases have been impartial, but the DOJ seriously backed off when the administration changed.
It's definitely ambigous (as was my last sentence in my post). In non-headline english, "is" or "was" should be included. Headlines always exclude those words, however. (Sometimes with very funny results.)
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For example, if a human embryo with three of a given chromosome is formed, depending on which chromosome it forms on, the embryo may either fail to develop past the 8 cell stage, or develop into a 10 week fetus and die, or develop longer and die, but never become viable outside the womb. Down's syndrome is unique in that it and sex chromosome triploidies are the only triploidies that are compatible with life. Other triploidies result in miscarriage or failure to implant.
Unfortunately, I had to learn about this the hard way.
Generating noxious chemical waste, or spend 30 minutes pulling them out and buying a shredder, or convincing my wife a compost heap in our tiny yard is a good idea...
Or spending 30 seconds tossing them into a place no one will find them?
I once had to get rid of a few hundred checks because I moved. The account was still valid. I couldn't figure out how to destroy them, and I didn't want to throw them away. So I put them in my attic. My kids can throw them away when I die.
Finally, a good use for used diapers.
I know my phone "checks in" with the network from time to time. It makes the screen on my computer go a little wobbly whenever I get a call, and it does it randomly from time to time.
Trying to integrate the output of an inertial sensor twice to get position IS dead reckoning. For very short travel times, it would work fine - but for very long flights, the integrated noise from the sensor output would give you enormous accumated position and velocity errors.
I'm not saying that Red Hat made the wrong decision - they were injured and are suing - but I think the more Linux players SCO can get involved with litigation, the happier they will be - if they can drag out the proceedings. Imagine the boost to the "Linux has IP problems" line if all the major Linux players are tied up in litigation over IP issues.
The best that can happen is that they lose quickly. But I bet they'll drag it out as long as they can.
It makes sense economically and environmentally as well.
Or even the facts.
Yes, but I have short hair!
Pain, both emotional and physical, are not relative. The causes of pain may vary with a person's belief, but some things would cause any concious human being emotional pain.
I base this mostly from being around children of a variety of ages. Observing children from a very young age is an interesting way to get a little first hand experience of what is cultural and what is innate. It's not perfect, but have one of them, and you learn.
So given that there are some acts that always cause others pain, and that these acts might have no benefit to others, why would they not be immoral?
Good thing to remember when someone shoots your dog.
This is an excellent question. But it's not an impossible problem. The question of who to trust when there is no central authority is pervasive and addressed in any number of interesting ways. A few:
The /. moderation system.
Various "seals of approval" from organizations (For example, kosher food is certified by a wide range of organizations. Not all organizations are accepted by all consumers of kosher food.) Another example would be AAA ratings, travel guides, etc.
his sounds like typical "if I don't like it, it must be immoral and capitalistic" leftwing grad school nonsense.
Are you saying that there's no such thing as morality, or that corporations never do anything immoral? Labeling something and arguing for or against it are different things.
Real men use Viagra and support the war in Iraq!
Hmm, maybe not.
A big part of the job involved lots of fortran code to sift through the enormous amount of data. Much of the code was written on the japanese side. And while the characters were ascii, and the logical structure and keywords were all fine, the variable names and comments were all japanese words, which made the code very hard to follow!
It's also a very nifty way, if you're looking up a lot of things, to temporarily keep track of them. Keep the tabs open on the pages that are interesting, and close the ones that aren't.
I know that in principle the same thing could be acheived by opening new windows, but that get's very cluttered, especially if you have other apps open.
(I'm using Firebird on Windows 2000 at the moment)
Thomas Gold's arguments based on thermodynamics have conclusively shown that it is impossible to get free energy from sunlight, hence solar powered cars would never work.
Freedman's rebuttal says that Gold is wrong to argue from a thermodynamic point of view, and that he ignores quantum mechanics. However, all the laws of physics must be consistent with each other. This consistency is what makes these intellectual arguments so interesting. For example, by insisting that electrodynamics was consistent with mechanics, Einstein developed special relativity.
Gold's arguments are simply wrong, but this incorrect rebuttal is not really that good. When debating with crackpots, it's important to be meticulous in your arguments, because they will seize upon any small error and attempt to make that the focus of the debate, not their own large, glaring errors.
I'm sorry, honey, I had to sleep with her - being ethical was patented...
It knows you're charging by the hour!
The judges in these cases have been impartial, but the DOJ seriously backed off when the administration changed.
Don't forget about cargo planes - just as big with as much fuel, but only a few people on board. Getting on is a little trickier, but not impossible.
If you put the GPS antenna on top of the plane, with shielding underneath, it would be hard to jam it from inside the plane or from the ground.
It's definitely ambigous (as was my last sentence in my post). In non-headline english, "is" or "was" should be included. Headlines always exclude those words, however. (Sometimes with very funny results.)