That's easy, she lived to become that old because she didn't die. As noble as it is, it's doubtful that they'll find any useful information as the people who lived to be 100+ years old are just the tail end of the distribution, there's as much luck involved as anything else.
You give no citations to support your hypothesis. Sheer luck might perhaps be the case, but without research one might miss a genetic connection, which could then potentially enable either medical or lifestyle changes that could mimic the genetic differences. As one example of a possible genetic link to some aspects of aging see e.g. http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/news.asp?id=454
"because we need food energy to move ourselves from place to place"
But that's only a second or third order effect. The carbon in the vegetation or dead animal bits that you eat are generally from farmed sources and so are replaced with carbon from the air. The carbon cost is only from doing the farming (e.g. non-carbon neutral tractors). And of course you need to eat anyway, and the increase in food consumption is likely to be small for most people.
"Radioactive decay is a stochastic (i.e., random) process at the level of single atoms, in that, according to quantum theory, it is impossible to predict when a given atom will decay."
Disprove this - by making it nonrandom - and you as a starting point have just got a nice shiny Nobel prize.
"Concerning the Phases of Annual Variations of Nuclear Decay Rates" Sturrock, P. A., et al., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 737, 65 "Recent analyses of data sets acquired at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt both show evidence of pronounced annual variations, suggestive of a solar influence.[...]" http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.2374
Perhaps of interest is this web page which seems to claim that the defendant was previously convicted of scamming (the same?) Buddhist group. http://tenpathetic.wordpress.com/category/william-cassidy/page/2/ This suggests there may perhaps be a bit more to this case than the simple criticism of a "public" figure.
So, perhaps some type of very localized heating might lead to accelerated cell growth with higher replication error rate which then gives cancer. This suggestion is likely totally bogus, but is intended to illustrate the way some type of alternative mechanism to ionizing radiation might come into play. i.e. data is always the master, not the theory.
The reason is that the frequencies cell phones use are below the spectrum of ultraviolet light. It is near the spectrum of ultraviolet light where the first ionizing radiation occurs, which is required to be able to cause cancer. Ionizing means that the energy level of the individual photons of the transmission have enough energy to disturb the molecular structure of live cells.
Certain viruses, such as HPV, can cause cancer without ever producing anything in the EM spectrum more energetic than miniscule amounts of IR radiation. It probably is the case that cell phones don't cause cancer, and theoretical considerations are important, but it'd be foolish to not regard the observational data as the real arbiter of this. If a statistically robust connection is found, then the interesting thing is to find out how that can happen.
On theoretical grounds, dark energy either doesn't exist, or it should be 10^(huge number) times larger. But observations clearly show that it's real.
The red cross is also a useful resource. Both for training, and for purchasing things like "go bags" and first aid kits: http://www.redcrossstore.org/shopper/prodlist.aspx?LocationId=107
If you have a CERT in your area, that is another useful resource. http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
From a quick google, it seems that Hoover already announced his "discovery" at least back in 2007, if not before: http://www.panspermia.org/hoover2.htm Richard B. Hoover of NASA/NSSTC announced today the discovery of evidence for the detection of a fossilized cyanobacterial mat in a freshly fractured, interior surface of the Orgueil carbonaceous meteorite. Many of the images presented were obtained 21-23 July 2004, using the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The announcement was made in Denver, Colorado at the "Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII" (Conference 5555) at SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology (its 49th Annual Meeting).
I viewed the China censorship affair as a large corporation ignores a country's laws because it was powerful enough to be above the government.
I don't think that's a force for good at all, I think that it sets a very dangerous precedent.
I think we should differentiate between laws enacted by a liberal-democratic country (as problematic as democracies are) and those from a totalitarian government. Even so, is google even being accused of breaking any Chinese laws? I think they've just been trying to work around them in legal ways haven't they?
It's also possible that the ineffectiveness of the justice system forces the people to never bother to report crimes to begin with, which in turn artificially forces the crime rate to go down. After all, the statistics only cover the ones which are officially reported.
That's one reason that the most trustworthy crime rate is the murder rate. Very few murders in the first world are not reported. The murder rate in Texas is much higher than in the UK (citation somewhere in the internet...). The overall crime rate in the UK is supposed to be similar to that in the US, it's mainly the murder rate that is different. (Although, as stated above, the other rates are hard to compare.)
You're distorting what's actually happening. The NHTSA is going to require installation of rear view cameras (no recording). This is expected to reduce the number of children killed because they're in a blind-spot when someone reverses. There might be an argument over whether this is cost-effective or not, but you'd need to look at the research literature to be able to tell about that.
Nonsense, there are many accreting neutron star X-ray binaries that are extremely bright. The brightest X-ray source in the sky is Sco X-1 which contains a neutron star. If anything, black hole systems often have softer (lower energy) spectra than neutron star X-ray binaries. Though there are certainly spectral differences. Unfortunately Dr. Bad Astronomer didn't seem to completely grasp what is going on. (Not completely his fault, there are many specialized sub-fields of astronomy. But perhaps he should have consulted with a real expert.)
In fact, any prison term sounds harsh - unless I'm missing something about what he did, it looks like the kind of thing that is best punished by a hefty fine and some community service.
The problem is that a large number of people may well be prepared to do a bit of community service and pay a fine if they can silence people who's politics they don't agree with - particularly at the time of an election. This might eventually lead to a cyberspace "arms race" with people being largely shut out of the system.
I have a first generation MacBook Air. Although it's generally pretty good, if I try to watch video for any length of time (netflix or skype video) it always overheats, turns off one of the cores, and then becomes unusable for video (one core on its own can't keep up). If the new Airs are better at video I'd love to get one to replace mine!
Except that I've heard of people deliberately adding people to acknowledgements to try to make sure they don't get those people as referees (and it hasn't worked)!
"Thirty per cent of students who are admitted are not able to pass at a minimum level," says Ann Barrett, managing director of the English language proficiency exam at Waterloo University.
AHHHH!!!! It's percent not per cent!!
In American English it's generally "percent", but in British English it's usually "per cent". I guess Canadians may use the Brit version.
Slashdot Mirror
(I am not making this up! This is well-documented.)
Well, if it's well-documented, where is it documented?
That's easy, she lived to become that old because she didn't die. As noble as it is, it's doubtful that they'll find any useful information as the people who lived to be 100+ years old are just the tail end of the distribution, there's as much luck involved as anything else.
You give no citations to support your hypothesis.
Sheer luck might perhaps be the case, but without research one might miss a genetic connection, which could then potentially enable either medical or lifestyle changes that could mimic the genetic differences.
As one example of a possible genetic link to some aspects of aging see e.g.
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/home/news.asp?id=454
"because we need food energy to move ourselves from place to place"
But that's only a second or third order effect. The carbon in the vegetation or dead animal bits that you eat are generally from farmed sources and so are replaced with carbon from the air. The carbon cost is only from doing the farming (e.g. non-carbon neutral tractors). And of course you need to eat anyway, and the increase in food consumption is likely to be small for most people.
"Radioactive decay is a stochastic (i.e., random) process at the level of single atoms, in that, according to quantum theory, it is impossible to predict when a given atom will decay."
Disprove this - by making it nonrandom - and you as a starting point have just got a nice shiny Nobel prize.
"Concerning the Phases of Annual Variations of Nuclear Decay Rates"
Sturrock, P. A., et al., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 737, 65
"Recent analyses of data sets acquired at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt both show evidence of pronounced annual variations, suggestive of a solar influence.[...]"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.2374
Perhaps of interest is this web page which seems to claim that the defendant was previously convicted of scamming (the same?) Buddhist group.
http://tenpathetic.wordpress.com/category/william-cassidy/page/2/
This suggests there may perhaps be a bit more to this case than the simple criticism of a "public" figure.
So, perhaps some type of very localized heating might lead to accelerated cell growth with higher replication error rate which then gives cancer.
This suggestion is likely totally bogus, but is intended to illustrate the way some type of alternative mechanism to ionizing radiation might come into play.
i.e. data is always the master, not the theory.
The reason is that the frequencies cell phones use are below the spectrum of ultraviolet light. It is near the spectrum of ultraviolet light where the first ionizing radiation occurs, which is required to be able to cause cancer. Ionizing means that the energy level of the individual photons of the transmission have enough energy to disturb the molecular structure of live cells.
Certain viruses, such as HPV, can cause cancer without ever producing anything in the EM spectrum more energetic than miniscule amounts of IR radiation.
It probably is the case that cell phones don't cause cancer, and theoretical considerations are important, but it'd be foolish to not regard the observational data as the real arbiter of this. If a statistically robust connection is found, then the interesting thing is to find out how that can happen.
On theoretical grounds, dark energy either doesn't exist, or it should be 10^(huge number) times larger. But observations clearly show that it's real.
I can think of half a dozen independent book stores within walking distance of my home, and I am in a medium sized town.
You must live in a medium size college town then...
No arbiter can be impartial. Their livelihood depends upon bias and outright prejudice (as in "pre-judging"). It is not an honorable profession.
Like a judge appointed for life?
No, the complete opposite.
The red cross is also a useful resource. Both for training, and for purchasing things like "go bags" and first aid kits:
http://www.redcrossstore.org/shopper/prodlist.aspx?LocationId=107
If you have a CERT in your area, that is another useful resource.
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
From a quick google, it seems that Hoover already announced his "discovery" at least back in 2007, if not before:
http://www.panspermia.org/hoover2.htm
Richard B. Hoover of NASA/NSSTC announced today the discovery of evidence for the detection of a fossilized cyanobacterial mat in a freshly fractured, interior surface of the Orgueil carbonaceous meteorite. Many of the images presented were obtained 21-23 July 2004, using the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The announcement was made in Denver, Colorado at the "Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII" (Conference 5555) at SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology (its 49th Annual Meeting).
I viewed the China censorship affair as a large corporation ignores a country's laws because it was powerful enough to be above the government.
I don't think that's a force for good at all, I think that it sets a very dangerous precedent.
I think we should differentiate between laws enacted by a liberal-democratic country (as problematic as democracies are) and those from a
totalitarian government. Even so, is google even being accused of breaking any Chinese laws? I think they've just been trying to work around
them in legal ways haven't they?
German engineers are supposed to be good at babysitting?
Interesting... I didn't know Glenn Beck was a slashdot reader!
The category was "Chicks dig it", nor "Chicks dig me".
Perhaps the editor was too optimistic here?
It's also possible that the ineffectiveness of the justice system forces the people to never bother to report crimes to begin with, which in turn artificially forces the crime rate to go down. After all, the statistics only cover the ones which are officially reported.
That's one reason that the most trustworthy crime rate is the murder rate. Very few murders in the first world are not reported.
The murder rate in Texas is much higher than in the UK (citation somewhere in the internet...).
The overall crime rate in the UK is supposed to be similar to that in the US, it's mainly the murder rate that is different. (Although, as stated above, the other rates are hard to compare.)
You're distorting what's actually happening.
The NHTSA is going to require installation of rear view cameras (no recording).
This is expected to reduce the number of children killed because they're in a blind-spot when someone reverses.
There might be an argument over whether this is cost-effective or not, but you'd need to look at the research literature to be able to tell about that.
Nonsense, there are many accreting neutron star X-ray binaries that are extremely bright. The brightest X-ray source in the sky is Sco X-1 which contains a neutron star. If anything, black hole systems often have softer (lower energy) spectra than neutron star X-ray binaries. Though there are certainly spectral differences. Unfortunately Dr. Bad Astronomer didn't seem to completely grasp what is going on. (Not completely his fault, there are many specialized sub-fields of astronomy. But perhaps he should have consulted with a real expert.)
I'm not sure the Bad Astronomer understands this properly... an accretion disk could certainly form around a neutron star as well...
In fact, any prison term sounds harsh - unless I'm missing something about what he did, it looks like the kind of thing that is best punished by a hefty fine and some community service.
The problem is that a large number of people may well be prepared to do a bit of community service and pay a fine if they can silence people who's politics they don't agree with - particularly at the time of an election. This might eventually lead to a cyberspace "arms race" with people being largely shut out of the system.
I have a first generation MacBook Air. Although it's generally pretty good, if I try to watch video for any length of time (netflix or skype video) it always overheats, turns off one of the cores, and then becomes unusable for video (one core on its own can't keep up). If the new Airs are better at video I'd love to get one to replace mine!
Wikipedia: Bonobo males occasionally engage in various forms of male-male genital behavior.[32][33] In one form, two males hang from a tree limb face-to-face while "penis fencing".[34][35]
Man, I wish we were more like Bonobos.
I do not.
Have you tried it?
If so, what did you dislike about it??
Except that I've heard of people deliberately adding people to acknowledgements to try to make sure they don't get those people as referees (and it hasn't worked)!
Spacecraft do not "fly". I'm not nitpicking; there is a pretty big difference. It's just plain intellectual laziness on his part.
No. This is a standard term. Please check before criticizing others if you don't know the field.
See e.g.
http://dst.jpl.nasa.gov/
OK, I can't resist, I'll start us off. From TFA:
AHHHH!!!! It's percent not per cent!!
In American English it's generally "percent", but in British English it's usually "per cent".
I guess Canadians may use the Brit version.