Gravity's Rainbow... it's got rocket science, calculus, drug abuse, World War II, Qabalah, musical interludes, philosophy, poetry, religion, more wanton depravity than a stack of Hustlers this tall... there's something for everyone, you know?
Right on: omnivorous, it rings all the changes. The coprophagia was shockingly unpleasant... the scene with the strange British candies is extraordinarily funny:
The New Zealand government has moved aggressively to shut down this project -- and by using quite unscrupulous methods which appear to be in breach of the law.
Imagine that: an effort to build a weapon of war, shut down by a breach of the law.
But then, war obeys no law... why should the law play fair with war-makers?
I think you can generalize this to replace the token "New England" with pretty much any place you like. It seems that no matter where you go, people will say that very same thing (inserting their own state or location).
Sometimes true, but not always. Some places have highly volatile weather (e.g. New England). Other places have relatively stable weather (e.g. Antarctica). Degree of variability varies from place to place.
"prions resist the standard autoclaving procedure, which is 121C for 20 min. Rising temperature to 136C for 60 min will inactivate prions quite efficiently. It more and more turns out that prions aren't nearly as stable as initially thought, they are even partly digested by proteases. The point is, they are stable enough that some of them can make it through the digestive tract."
Ever hear of prions? These are proteins that are misfolded, but also cause similar proteins in normal cells to also misfold. The misfolded proteins can cause diseases, such as mad cow disease. The scary thing about prions is that they are resistant to digestive enzymes in your digestive tract.
Prions also resist autoclaving -- the standard hospital procedure for sterlizing surgical instruments. Cases have been identified where a scalpel was used for eye surgery, on a patient with CJD (a human prion disease); the scalpel was autoclaved, and used again; the next patient to get the scalpel contracted CJD, apparently from the contaminated scalpel.
Autoclaves use steam under pressure -- a very harsh environment which degrades normal proteins, yet somehow the prions remain infectious after autoclaving.
None of this has any immediate bearing on the glowing-fish issue, but it does underline your point that nature is one tough bitch.
Ever hear of prions? These are proteins that are misfolded, but also cause similar proteins in normal cells to also misfold. The misfolded proteins can cause diseases, such as mad cow disease. The scary thing about prions is that they are resistant to digestive enzymes in your digestive tract.
Prions also resist autoclaving -- the standard hospital procedure for sterlizing surgical instruments. Cases have been identified where a scalpel was used for eye surgery, on a patient with CJD (a human prion disease); the scalpel was autoclaved, and used again; the next patient to get the scalpel contracted CJD, apparently from the scalpel.
Autoclaves use steam under pressure -- a very harsh environment which degrades normal proteins, yet somehow the prions remain infectious after autoclaving.
None of this has any immediate bearing on the glowing-fish issue, but it does point out that nature is one tough bitch.
So we see the naked core of the environmentalists. This is not about science, it's about imposing their values on the rest of us
I share your objection. But let's be clear about who's who: nowhere in the article is there any indication that commissioner Sam Schuchat is an environmentalist. All we really know is that he's a commissioner and a moralist.
It's entirely possible that he is morally offended for non-environmental reasons. He might be a non-environmentalist Christian who objects to man tinkering with God's works. We just don't know; and it's bad science -- blind prejudice, in fact -- to make assumptions without data.
I got a job there shortly after the approval of hiring more engineers. The people that work for the Nevada Gaming Control Board are all honest, hard-working people.
Your post is the kind of info that makes Slashdot worth reading. Thanks.
The comparing disturbs me less than the fact that gambling comes out looking better.
Exactly. From this follows some such principle as: voting should be more like gambling; or voting should be overseen by a casino control board; or we should all vote for the friends of Jimmy Hoffa.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board audits everything about them, both physical and soft, for unintentional and intentional security holes.
And further:
A funny/sad sideline is that in Nevada, every year or two a programmer or engineer goes to jail for exploiting slot machines."
The sideline article notes that convicted slot-hacker Ron Harris was a gaming board official for several years, and that he provided "more than nine hours of videotaped statements concerning questionable activities in the control board and the gaming industry."
Maybe Harris is covering his tracks by spreading dirt. Then again, maybe the Gaming Control Board is dirty. In any case, comparing voting with gambling makes me fear for my country.
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"windows" is a common word meaning "openable thing made out of glass".
Sloppy definition.
Not all windows are openable -- think commercial buildings, e.g. skyscrapers; hotel windows; etc.
Not all windows are glass -- think plastic, e.g. Plexiglass; or mica, in the case of high-temp ovens; etc.
-kgj
Note to self, never post before coffee. Yes, its a dupe. get over it.
Note to self, never post -- ever, for any reason.
How dare you cast a shadow over this monumentous occation?
... who might say something more along the lines of, How dare you cast the shadow of Satan over this holy occasion?.
You sound just like John Ashcroft.
Not quite like Ashcroft
-kgj
I live in fucking Ohio, the dullest place on earth
... I live in Minneapolis, which is not exactly Excitementville USA ... but man, some of the suburbs just north of town are dull beyond belief.
I dunno
-kgj
If you hadn't nailed it to the Space Station it'd be pushing up the daisies!
Made me laugh!
-kgj
I've read it [Gravity's Rainbow] several times, probably my favorite Pynchon. I'm even enshrined in a book about the Pynchon mailing list.
GR is awesome, but my favorite is Vineland -- an astonishingly sad/funny portrait of modern America.
-kgj
Gravity's Rainbow ... it's got rocket science, calculus, drug abuse, World War II, Qabalah, musical interludes, philosophy, poetry, religion, more wanton depravity than a stack of Hustlers this tall... there's something for everyone, you know?
... the scene with the strange British candies is extraordinarily funny:
Right on: omnivorous, it rings all the changes. The coprophagia was shockingly unpleasant
"Cubeb? He used to smoke those!"
As you say, Something for everyone.
-kgj
Also, I've been reading Gravity's Rainbow again, so the V2 was the first thing to pop into my head.
... one complete reading took me about five tries ... I'm not sure I can go through that again!
Let me get this straight:
1) You finished reading Gravity's Rainbow;
and
2) You're reading it again?
I know it's a great book, but dear God
-kgj
if I was building a V2 in my backyard ...
Actually, cruise missiles are like the V1.
V2's were ballistic missiles -- predecessor to ICBM's.
-kgj
The New Zealand government has moved aggressively to shut down this project -- and by using quite unscrupulous methods which appear to be in breach of the law.
... why should the law play fair with war-makers?
Imagine that: an effort to build a weapon of war, shut down by a breach of the law.
But then, war obeys no law
-kgj
Whimps. In Newfoundland, if you don't like the weather out the front door, look out the back.
Made me laugh!
-kgj
I think I speak for 99% of the population when I say... "Oh."
...
I think I speak for the other 1% when I say
"Um."
-kgj
It protect the voter against mistakes.
Like voting for Bush?
That's not a mistake. It's a disaster.
-kgj
I think you can generalize this to replace the token "New England" with pretty much any place you like. It seems that no matter where you go, people will say that very same thing (inserting their own state or location).
Sometimes true, but not always. Some places have highly volatile weather (e.g. New England). Other places have relatively stable weather (e.g. Antarctica). Degree of variability varies from place to place.
I guess we all know what the Next version of Windows is going to be called! :)
As I understand it, the next version of Windows is code-named Donghorn.
-kgj
"If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait five minutes."
- Mark Twain
Half of my previews don't get rendered in Mozilla cuz your HTML sucks major cock!
... and sure enough, half of my Slashdot previews don't get rendered. What up with that?
I recently switched from Opera to Mozilla
-kgj
"prions resist the standard autoclaving procedure, which is 121C for 20 min. Rising temperature to 136C for 60 min will inactivate prions quite efficiently. It more and more turns out that prions aren't nearly as stable as initially thought, they are even partly digested by proteases. The point is, they are stable enough that some of them can make it through the digestive tract."
Informative -- thanks for the clarification.
-kgj
Ever hear of prions? These are proteins that are misfolded, but also cause similar proteins in normal cells to also misfold. The misfolded proteins can cause diseases, such as mad cow disease. The scary thing about prions is that they are resistant to digestive enzymes in your digestive tract.
Prions also resist autoclaving -- the standard hospital procedure for sterlizing surgical instruments. Cases have been identified where a scalpel was used for eye surgery, on a patient with CJD (a human prion disease); the scalpel was autoclaved, and used again; the next patient to get the scalpel contracted CJD, apparently from the contaminated scalpel.
Autoclaves use steam under pressure -- a very harsh environment which degrades normal proteins, yet somehow the prions remain infectious after autoclaving.
None of this has any immediate bearing on the glowing-fish issue, but it does underline your point that nature is one tough bitch.
-kgj
Ever hear of prions? These are proteins that are misfolded, but also cause similar proteins in normal cells to also misfold. The misfolded proteins can cause diseases, such as mad cow disease. The scary thing about prions is that they are resistant to digestive enzymes in your digestive tract.
Prions also resist autoclaving -- the standard hospital procedure for sterlizing surgical instruments. Cases have been identified where a scalpel was used for eye surgery, on a patient with CJD (a human prion disease); the scalpel was autoclaved, and used again; the next patient to get the scalpel contracted CJD, apparently from the scalpel.
Autoclaves use steam under pressure -- a very harsh environment which degrades normal proteins, yet somehow the prions remain infectious after autoclaving.
None of this has any immediate bearing on the glowing-fish issue, but it does point out that nature is one tough bitch.
-kgj
So we see the naked core of the environmentalists. This is not about science, it's about imposing their values on the rest of us
I share your objection. But let's be clear about who's who: nowhere in the article is there any indication that commissioner Sam Schuchat is an environmentalist. All we really know is that he's a commissioner and a moralist.
It's entirely possible that he is morally offended for non-environmental reasons. He might be a non-environmentalist Christian who objects to man tinkering with God's works. We just don't know; and it's bad science -- blind prejudice, in fact -- to make assumptions without data.
-kgj
I got a job there shortly after the approval of hiring more engineers. The people that work for the Nevada Gaming Control Board are all honest, hard-working people.
Your post is the kind of info that makes Slashdot worth reading. Thanks.
-kgj
The comparing disturbs me less than the fact that gambling comes out looking better.
Exactly. From this follows some such principle as: voting should be more like gambling; or voting should be overseen by a casino control board; or we should all vote for the friends of Jimmy Hoffa.
-kgj
The poster notes:
The Nevada Gaming Control Board audits everything about them, both physical and soft, for unintentional and intentional security holes.
And further:
A funny/sad sideline is that in Nevada, every year or two a programmer or engineer goes to jail for exploiting slot machines."
The sideline article notes that convicted slot-hacker Ron Harris was a gaming board official for several years, and that he provided "more than nine hours of videotaped statements concerning questionable activities in the control board and the gaming industry."
Maybe Harris is covering his tracks by spreading dirt. Then again, maybe the Gaming Control Board is dirty. In any case, comparing voting with gambling makes me fear for my country.
-kgj
I'd rather have
a free bottle in front of me
than a pre-frontal lobotomy.
Good one -- wish I'd thought of that!
-kgj