There have been serious doubts about the value of a "complete" human genome map since the project was suggested years ago.
The "nurture" side of the nature vs. nurture argument (the argument over what makes a person: genetics or environment) have certainly been losing out recently in the media coverage over the human genome project.
R.C. Lewontin has a very elegant short book titled Biology as Ideology that includes discussion on the subject of why the project may not be as useful as it seems.
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Outsourcing is an option if you think you're going to do a decent amount of streaming and don't want to deal with the number of servers, licenses, and the bandwidth to support it.
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Crippling reproduction of GE plants is important!
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What I liked about it was that the developers hadn't crippled the strain's ability to reproduce. Genetically-engineered wheat is generally crippled, forcing farmers to buy new seed from the company year after year.
this is a rather important feature of Genetically Engineered plants. it controls the spread of these plants into the wild. crippling the plant prevents the GE modifications from disseminating into the population as a whole, or mutating into something ugly.
until we are real experts in genetic modifications, (or maybe never,) no GE plant or animal should have the ability to reproduce. tampering with the germ line could be very dangerous - and we might not realize it for a thousand generations hence.
MilesTek has quite a bit of cheap rackmount equipment - racks, shelves, cable routers, patch panels, power strips, etc.
the web site isn't great, but the print catalog is excellent.
no PC cases listed, but a 20U 19" rack ($106), with some rack shelves ($25 - $45), a keyboard / mouse shelf ($70), and a power strip ($45) could handle a couple of minitower cases.
Agreed. And one of the best books about the limitations of computers, pre-dating this one, is Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind.
Penrose convincingly presents the flaws in the theories that computers will be able to 'think' and 'feel' as humans do, or even effectively simulate such.
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Get out of there. At 16, with programming skills, near the top of his class? Take the G.E.D. and apply for admission to a University for Spring 2002.
The "nurture" side of the nature vs. nurture argument (the argument over what makes a person: genetics or environment) have certainly been losing out recently in the media coverage over the human genome project.
R.C. Lewontin has a very elegant short book titled Biology as Ideology that includes discussion on the subject of why the project may not be as useful as it seems.
He is listed in the IMDB entry for A.I., under "Story" and "Concept", however.
iBeam Broadcasting and others provide streaming services for internet sites. Live or on-demand. FTP access for content.
Outsourcing is an option if you think you're going to do a decent amount of streaming and don't want to deal with the number of servers, licenses, and the bandwidth to support it.
disclaimer: yes, i work for iBeam...
this is a rather important feature of Genetically Engineered plants. it controls the spread of these plants into the wild. crippling the plant prevents the GE modifications from disseminating into the population as a whole, or mutating into something ugly.
until we are real experts in genetic modifications, (or maybe never,) no GE plant or animal should have the ability to reproduce. tampering with the germ line could be very dangerous - and we might not realize it for a thousand generations hence.
MilesTek has quite a bit of cheap rackmount equipment - racks, shelves, cable routers, patch panels, power strips, etc.
the web site isn't great, but the print catalog is excellent.
no PC cases listed, but a 20U 19" rack ($106), with some rack shelves ($25 - $45), a keyboard / mouse shelf ($70), and a power strip ($45) could handle a couple of minitower cases.
Agreed. And one of the best books about the limitations of computers, pre-dating this one, is Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind.
Penrose convincingly presents the flaws in the theories that computers will be able to 'think' and 'feel' as humans do, or even effectively simulate such.