(Sorry- posting here as you had no public email listed.)
'Insulin Potentiation Therapy' is very promising for treating cancer. I researched it for a friend's liver cancer. His doctors did not take it forward, but I saw enough evidence and first hand reports to convince me it wasn't quackery, and that it could help people with even terminal cancer.
I'll send you the information I found if you like. My email is in my account details.
How about redesigning reactor vessels so that rods would be physically separated by a sufficient distance when loss of power occurs?
Perhaps a model where robotic arms push against giant springs to brings rods closer together, for the reaction to take place.
loss of control , or loss of power would automatically cause the springs to push the arms back and separate out the rods in space, thus stopping the reaction.
I am no physicist, and perhaps reactors would have to be gigantic for this to work, but it's an idea.
It's 1% of the *country*, not 1% of the world, the protestors are mostly protesting against.
I say "mostly" because I did see a protestor at 'occupy wall street' with a placard stating Indian doctors in the US are raping kids and murdering patients. Maybe that guy hates some of the world's 1% who come to work in the US.
But really, 1% "powering" the economy, doesn't compute. What would the 1% do without the 99% as workers and consumers? Make executive decisions and PowerPoint presentations to each other all day? Who would pay them for that?
> If the city could trust people, it wouldn't need meters, it would just need buckets in front of parking spaces,...
Or just a promise to return it to the government, come tax time.
Hmm... how about a camera that scan license plates and uses DMV information to pre-populate IRS forms at tax time? (Which could then pass on the monies to local government as needed). Maybe we could have the option to do our returns monthly.:D
Probabilities Even if the observable universe were filled with monkeys the size of atoms typing from now until the heat death of the universe, their total probability to produce a single instance of Hamlet would still be many orders of magnitude less than one in 10^183,800.
http://www.icr.org/article/6398/ If dinosaurs evolved into birds, then protofeathers should be found on dinosaur fossils located below (and therefore dated before) fossils of birds, not above and after them. McKellar's fibers came from Cretaceous deposits, but true bird feathers have been found in fossil layers far below the Cretaceous. Why would feathers still be evolving long after they supposedly already existed?
2. Dino Feathers?
http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol241/bird%20flight%202005%20Feduccia_Alan.pdf [From the Abstract] Our findings show no evidence for the existence of protofeathers and consequently no evidence in support of the follicular theory of the morpho- genesis of the feather. Rather, based on histological studies of the integument of modern reptiles, which show complex patterns of the collagen fibers of the dermis, we conclude that “protofeathers” are probably the remains of collagenous fiber “meshworks” that reinforced the dinosaur integument.
In the second part of the study we examine evidence relating to the most critical character thought to link birds to derived theropods, a tridactyl hand composed of digits 1-2-3. We maintain the evidence supports interpretation of bird wing digit identity as 2,3,4, which appears different from that in theropod dinosaurs. The phylogenetic significance of Chinese microraptors is also discussed, with respect to bird origins and flight origins. We suggest that a possible solution to the disparate data is that Aves plus bird-like maniraptoran theropods (e.g., microraptors and others) may be a separate clade, distinctive from the main lineage of Theropoda, a remnant of the early avian radiation, exhibiting all stages of flight and flightlessness.
Even without these points, the claim is circular - it would in time 'strengthens' the shaky 'fact' it depended on.
Note, I am not claiming a lack of integrity of the researcher - just that he has made an erroneous claim, based on what he believes to be true.
Please see my post above. Heres' the link to the paper quoted there. http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol241/bird%20flight%202005%20Feduccia_Alan.pdf [From the main paper] We examine the alleged support from the fossils Sinosauropteryx (Currie and Chen, 2001), Sinorni- thosaurus, an indeterminate theropod (Ji et al., 2001), and Caudipteryx (Qiang et al., 1998) with respect to the key features in stages 1–4 of Prum and Brush’s (2002) developmental theory on feather morphogenesis....
[From the Abstract] Our findings show no evidence for the existence of protofeathers and consequently no evidence in support of the follicular theory of the morpho- genesis of the feather. Rather, based on histological studies of the integument of modern reptiles, which show complex patterns of the collagen fibers of the dermis, we conclude that “protofeathers” are probably the remains of collagenous fiber “meshworks” that reinforced the dinosaur integument.
Feduccia, A., T. Lingham-Soliar and J. R. Hinchliffe. 2005. Do feathered dinosaurs exist? Testing the hypothesis on neontological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Morphology. 266 (2): 125.
See also 'Silkie chicken', referred to elsewhere in this thread
Well, no.. at least no to the "already have huge surface areas" bit.
The first Solar Impulse has the wingspan of the Airbus A340 but can only carry one person in an un-pressurised cabin. The second edition has a pressurised cabin (still one person) but a wingspan bigger than an A380!
It be interesting to calculate how much of a battery pack a Boeing 747 would need, and how much of that pack could be augmented with solar power in an 8-hour daylight trip across a clear desert sky. I'd go out on a limb and say "too much" and "not enough". Viable passenger aircraft that use solar power meaningfully will have to be newly designed, and will have massive wingspans.
If you take your private car out during the time you're supposed to be working, the company should be allowed to check that, right?
In that case, if you make a private call on your cell phone during work hours the company should be able to check your call logs... by putting spyware on your phone.
"'Protofeathers aren't known from any modern, existing groups of birds and therefore the most obvious interpretation is that they belong to dinosaurs,' said University of Alberta professor, Alexander P. Wolfe."
And it would be perfectly valid if Apple had provided a user-authenticated way for users to install homebrew apps on their phones. Note "user-authenticated" is simple - remember an ITunes account is needed to activate your phone and install apps.
Right now, anyone who has my phone for a few moments can visit jailbreakme.com, jailbreak my phone and install whatever he wants to (including keylogger software).
Does Valve prevent you installing games on your PC?
XBox and PS3 are in the same boat as Apple.
(Just wondering -- when your phone is on a contract, who "owns" the phone. Is it the phone company? Or is it you, with you being liable to pay the contract termination fee?)
I'd rather have them know a stolen truck is being driven up into their carpark, * before * it blows up. better than having police review security camera footage after the fact.
Yes, security is not fax's strong point. Convenience is.
However there is a small element of non-repudiation; the receiver can prove the sender tried to send _something_ at the given date and time of the fax. This is thanks to mandatory logs kept by a third party: the sender's phone company.
Typical SMTP transfer logs on the email recipient's servers don't have the same cachet. For one thing, you only have the receivers word for the transfer - no independent third party was involved. However, some companies now use mail service providers (e.g., mailcontrol.com) - a receiver could subpoena those logs in a lawsuit.
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(Sorry- posting here as you had no public email listed.)
'Insulin Potentiation Therapy' is very promising for treating cancer. I researched it for a friend's liver cancer. His doctors did not take it forward, but I saw enough evidence and first hand reports to convince me it wasn't quackery, and that it could help people with even terminal cancer.
I'll send you the information I found if you like. My email is in my account details.
How about redesigning reactor vessels so that rods would be physically separated by a sufficient distance when loss of power occurs?
Perhaps a model where robotic arms push against giant springs to brings rods closer together, for the reaction to take place.
loss of control , or loss of power would automatically cause the springs to push the arms back and separate out the rods in space, thus stopping the reaction.
I am no physicist, and perhaps reactors would have to be gigantic for this to work, but it's an idea.
How do you know?
Even the CIA is just not safe anymore!
It's 1% of the *country*, not 1% of the world, the protestors are mostly protesting against.
I say "mostly" because I did see a protestor at 'occupy wall street' with a placard stating Indian doctors in the US are raping kids and murdering patients. Maybe that guy hates some of the world's 1% who come to work in the US.
But really, 1% "powering" the economy, doesn't compute. What would the 1% do without the 99% as workers and consumers? Make executive decisions and PowerPoint presentations to each other all day? Who would pay them for that?
This is the RCC we're talking about. They ignore parts of the guidebook and write new rules
"Say 10 hail marys and you're forgiven". How dare the police interfere!
> If the city could trust people, it wouldn't need meters, it would just need buckets in front of parking spaces, ...
Or just a promise to return it to the government, come tax time.
Hmm... how about a camera that scan license plates and uses DMV information to pre-populate IRS forms at tax time? (Which could then pass on the monies to local government as needed). Maybe we could have the option to do our returns monthly. :D
I'm a Christian, a conservative, and as far as I know, you're 100% on the money.
http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
It was
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#Direct_proof
Probabilities
Even if the observable universe were filled with monkeys the size of atoms typing from now until the heat death of the universe, their total probability to produce a single instance of Hamlet would still be many orders of magnitude less than one in 10^183,800.
1. No evidence of birds?
http://www.icr.org/article/6398/
If dinosaurs evolved into birds, then protofeathers should be found on dinosaur fossils located below (and therefore dated before) fossils of birds, not above and after them. McKellar's fibers came from Cretaceous deposits, but true bird feathers have been found in fossil layers far below the Cretaceous. Why would feathers still be evolving long after they supposedly already existed?
2. Dino Feathers?
http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol241/bird%20flight%202005%20Feduccia_Alan.pdf
[From the Abstract]
Our findings show no evidence for the existence of protofeathers and consequently no evidence in support of the follicular theory of the morpho- genesis of the feather. Rather, based on histological studies of the integument of modern reptiles, which show complex patterns of the collagen fibers of the dermis, we conclude that “protofeathers” are probably the remains of collagenous fiber “meshworks” that reinforced the dinosaur integument.
In the second part of the study we examine evidence relating to the most critical character thought to link birds to derived theropods, a tridactyl hand composed of digits 1-2-3. We maintain the evidence supports interpretation of bird wing digit identity as 2,3,4, which appears different from that in theropod dinosaurs. The phylogenetic significance of Chinese microraptors is also discussed, with respect to bird origins and flight origins. We suggest that a possible solution to the disparate data is that Aves plus bird-like maniraptoran theropods (e.g., microraptors and others) may be a separate clade, distinctive from the main lineage of Theropoda, a remnant of the early avian radiation, exhibiting all stages of flight and flightlessness.
Even without these points, the claim is circular - it would in time 'strengthens' the shaky 'fact' it depended on.
Note, I am not claiming a lack of integrity of the researcher - just that he has made an erroneous claim, based on what he believes to be true.
Hi... Gladly.
Please see my post above. Heres' the link to the paper quoted there.
...
http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol241/bird%20flight%202005%20Feduccia_Alan.pdf
[From the main paper]
We examine the alleged support from the fossils Sinosauropteryx (Currie and Chen, 2001), Sinorni- thosaurus, an indeterminate theropod (Ji et al., 2001), and Caudipteryx (Qiang et al., 1998) with respect to the key features in stages 1–4 of Prum and Brush’s (2002) developmental theory on feather morphogenesis.
[From the Abstract]
Our findings show no evidence for the existence of protofeathers and consequently no evidence in support of the follicular theory of the morpho- genesis of the feather. Rather, based on histological studies of the integument of modern reptiles, which show complex patterns of the collagen fibers of the dermis, we conclude that “protofeathers” are probably the remains of collagenous fiber “meshworks” that reinforced the dinosaur integument.
I do believe what's written here:
http://www.icr.org/article/6398/
I did.
If you read my reply above, and the links referenced, you'll know why it is
The "already known" fact that dinosaurs had protofeathers reinforces his theory, and his theory ends up reinforcing the "already known" fact?
Still seems circular to me.
http://www.icr.org/article/6398/
and
Feduccia, A., T. Lingham-Soliar and J. R. Hinchliffe. 2005. Do feathered dinosaurs exist? Testing the hypothesis on neontological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Morphology. 266 (2): 125.
See also 'Silkie chicken', referred to elsewhere in this thread
[ I had a look -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse ]
Well, no .. at least no to the "already have huge surface areas" bit.
The first Solar Impulse has the wingspan of the Airbus A340 but can only carry one person in an un-pressurised cabin. The second edition has a pressurised cabin (still one person) but a wingspan bigger than an A380!
It be interesting to calculate how much of a battery pack a Boeing 747 would need, and how much of that pack could be augmented with solar power in an 8-hour daylight trip across a clear desert sky. I'd go out on a limb and say "too much" and "not enough". Viable passenger aircraft that use solar power meaningfully will have to be newly designed, and will have massive wingspans.
Yes, its a matter of opinion really.
I guess you'd happily pay your car manufacturer a fee to open the bonnet.
That's not what we're discussing. The issue is allowing you your personal item, then surreptitiously planting a tracking device in it.
Tell me, do you let your company plant spyware on your phone, or a tracking device on your car?
Ferrofluid touch interface
Touch interface that uses Ferrofluids to provides tactile feedback
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Ferrofluid_20touch_20interface
If you take your private car out during the time you're supposed to be working, the company should be allowed to check that, right?
In that case, if you make a private call on your cell phone during work hours the company should be able to check your call logs... by putting spyware on your phone.
Didn't the British try this in the 1800s ... with China?
I think the comment from the story is telling:
"'Protofeathers aren't known from any modern, existing groups of birds and therefore the most obvious interpretation is that they belong to dinosaurs,' said University of Alberta professor, Alexander P. Wolfe."
I missed them too. They're invisible for HTML rendering.
Ferrofluid touch interface
Touch interface that uses Ferrofluids to provides tactile feedback
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Ferrofluid_20touch_20interface
Air-Driven Touch Interface
Using a mesh of air valves to provide a tactile interface
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Air-Driven_20Touch_20Interface
Liquid Interfaces - A Malleable, Transient, Direct-Touch Interface
http://www.mendeley.com/research/liquid-interfaces-malleable-transient-directtouch-interface-2/#page-1
And it would be perfectly valid if Apple had provided a user-authenticated way for users to install homebrew apps on their phones. Note "user-authenticated" is simple - remember an ITunes account is needed to activate your phone and install apps.
Right now, anyone who has my phone for a few moments can visit jailbreakme.com, jailbreak my phone and install whatever he wants to (including keylogger software).
Does Valve prevent you installing games on your PC?
XBox and PS3 are in the same boat as Apple.
(Just wondering -- when your phone is on a contract, who "owns" the phone. Is it the phone company? Or is it you, with you being liable to pay the contract termination fee?)
Westfields is also the operator of the World trade centre mall in New York
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mall_at_the_World_Trade_Center
I'd rather have them know a stolen truck is being driven up into their carpark, * before * it blows up. better than having police review security camera footage after the fact.
Yes, security is not fax's strong point. Convenience is.
However there is a small element of non-repudiation; the receiver can prove the sender tried to send _something_ at the given date and time of the fax. This is thanks to mandatory logs kept by a third party: the sender's phone company.
Typical SMTP transfer logs on the email recipient's servers don't have the same cachet. For one thing, you only have the receivers word for the transfer - no independent third party was involved. However, some companies now use mail service providers (e.g., mailcontrol.com) - a receiver could subpoena those logs in a lawsuit.