Despite being a link to an NIH web page, the NIH actually archives most or all health-related stories submitted via UPI/Reuters/AP there, regardless of credibility.
As with most mainstream media, the news article cited no references, leaving the public sitting anywhere between apathy and hysteria with no real way to verify facts and separate those facts from mere unbased assertions.
The other link to dementia.com is very interesting. But that's only because it indicates that prions may play a normal role in normal memory behavior. Now, there isn't anything particularly surprising that this is possible, since evolution tends to take advantage of any mechanism it can (including that of prions). Still, it interests me that science may be a bit closer to understanding how memory works.
Still, none of the sources you have quoted provide a shred of evidence that any cases of CJD in the U.S. have been caused by eating BSE prion tainted beef.
I googled the paper mentioned in that cyber-dyne link, and found that in numerous other articles, that paper is referenced for the sole purpose of quoting the 13% statistic which results from a sample of 46 individuals.
The abstract is listed in PubMed, but does not purport to make any statements on mad cow/BSE.
No, I meant sources for the purported facts, such as....
"In fact, at least 13% [cyber-dyne.com] of Alzheimer's cases are indeed CJD caused by mad cow. If larger studies were done, this percentage could end up much higher."
The study that the poster is quoting has nothing to do with the statement that mad cow disease could be a cause of CJD. That study merely claims (and probably rightly so) that a certain small percentage of diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease turned out to be CJD instead. No mention is made of beef, cows, or mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephaly).
However, a Google search reveals that the study *is* widely quoted by opponents of beef consumption, animal rights activists, and the "organic" foods industry, in an effort to claim - through logical fallacy - that BSE is a direct cause of CJD, and that CJD is widespread in the U.S. already.
So, once again, I would like to see some citations of studies which directly show that the poster's assertion is true - namely, that BSE is widespread in the U.S., and that it has already caused numerous cases of CJD here.
In Ohio, all they have to do is be playing a copyrighted work on one of their demo TVs, and then they not only could kick him out, but could also detain him while they wait for the police to get there.
I sucked at all of the Super Mario games. I mean really sucked. And, to be honest, I never really got better.
In Super Mario Brothers, I was perpetually falling down the little one-block-wide holes in an otherwise relatively safe screen. In SMB2, selecting Luigi was an automatic game over for me, as I could never control his extra-high jumps (which, for me, would always end with a magnetic attraction toward a one-block-wide hole on the screen). SMB3, I was still falling down holes, but I also could never really master the extra buttons and always ended up face-planting myself into the front end of a Koopa.
Still, infuriatingly difficult as they were for me, they were also kinda fun.
In Ohio, it's legal now for them* to throw you in the holding cell in the basement if (1) they are showing a copyrighted work on one of their TVs in the building and (2) you hit record on a video recording device of any sort while in their store.
*Not Macy's, of course, but rather Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or your other least-favorite retailer.
As for the touchscreen voting scandal, nothing will be resolved or improved.
Resolved? Probably not. But we've *already* seen improvements made, namely that various state pols have already expressed their dissatisfaction and complete distrust of electronic voting systems. I think this will continue, and will become an issue in Congress soon - and possibly even a presidential election issue.
The reason that protectionists believe that protection is the only way to keep jobs in the US is because those are the same people who believe that the labor union is still a useful and necessary force for protecting American workers.
Unfortunately, we have ourselves in a pickle now, because labor union -> unnaturally high labor prices -> unnaturally high goods prices, and any measure to bring those labor prices back down will lead to massive (and legitimate) economic strife.
Still, the labor unions are the main reason that blue-collar industry (especially steel and auto) have lost so much ground.
Just a note that Phoenix is planning to switch entirely to a trusted computing model for future BIOSes, so we will all need to be very careful about which mobos we buy in the future.
Not that I think for one second that Ralsky will actually abide by the law, but at least assuming that he does, it certainly warms my heart to know that finally, finally, a spammer is actually having to pay some out-of-pocket expenses for the privilege of making Mozilla Thunderbird do some work for me.
There are plenty of previous versions of Windows that work Just Fine Now (well, as Windows goes), and this EFI deal pretty obviously won't work with Linux (which is incredibly popular among Internet-connected machines). Linux isn't going to die, no matter how much WinTel tries to make it happen.
On the other hand, Intel could be shooting itself in the market-dominance foot here, what with them providing AMD/VIA/Linux or AMD/nVidia/Linux the perfect opportunity to come up with a non-DRM, non-Trusted-Computing alternative that will work with both Linux and older versions of Windows.
Statistics are wonderful, but should always be used with caution.
Consider that a person 100 years of age now has an average of 2.6 years rather than 1.58 a hundred years ago, according to that same table. This is one of those "duh" moments, where it becomes obvious that people eventually die, and the older they get, the more likely they are to die in the near future.
The fact that a person 100 years of age has an average of an extra year left to go by being born in 1900 versus 1800 (1% of their lifespan) is still tremendously significant in the face of inevitable mortality. Much as I said in my previous post:)
He or she predicates several other sentences in the post on the concept of political greed and conspiracy (note the smearing of right-of-center establishments such as Fox News, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and George Bush). That concept was suggested by remarking that the poll was closed, and that some political conspiracy could be at work here.
So, the entire post (sans the paragraph on network security) *does* have something to do with the poll being open or closed.
A lot of MB manufacturers have utilities now that will flash your BIOS from within Windows. ASUS has an update utility that does the BIOS download from their ftp site and flashes it all in one go.
I can't vouch for them being problem-free, but I've never had a problem with those sorts of widgets.
Type 2 diabetes is becoming a great concern in the U.S. as well, especially in children - an abundance of very fatty foods and a decrease in physical activity are among the causes.
I think Milloy's point, however, is that life expectancy has increased tremendously over the past hundred years, although medical advances probably greatly outweigh any negatives caused by pollutants.
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Despite being a link to an NIH web page, the NIH actually archives most or all health-related stories submitted via UPI/Reuters/AP there, regardless of credibility.
As with most mainstream media, the news article cited no references, leaving the public sitting anywhere between apathy and hysteria with no real way to verify facts and separate those facts from mere unbased assertions.
The other link to dementia.com is very interesting. But that's only because it indicates that prions may play a normal role in normal memory behavior. Now, there isn't anything particularly surprising that this is possible, since evolution tends to take advantage of any mechanism it can (including that of prions). Still, it interests me that science may be a bit closer to understanding how memory works.
Still, none of the sources you have quoted provide a shred of evidence that any cases of CJD in the U.S. have been caused by eating BSE prion tainted beef.
I googled the paper mentioned in that cyber-dyne link, and found that in numerous other articles, that paper is referenced for the sole purpose of quoting the 13% statistic which results from a sample of 46 individuals.
The abstract is listed in PubMed, but does not purport to make any statements on mad cow/BSE.
No, I meant sources for the purported facts, such as....
"In fact, at least 13% [cyber-dyne.com] of Alzheimer's cases are indeed CJD caused by mad cow. If larger studies were done, this percentage could end up much higher."
The study that the poster is quoting has nothing to do with the statement that mad cow disease could be a cause of CJD. That study merely claims (and probably rightly so) that a certain small percentage of diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease turned out to be CJD instead. No mention is made of beef, cows, or mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephaly).
However, a Google search reveals that the study *is* widely quoted by opponents of beef consumption, animal rights activists, and the "organic" foods industry, in an effort to claim - through logical fallacy - that BSE is a direct cause of CJD, and that CJD is widespread in the U.S. already.
So, once again, I would like to see some citations of studies which directly show that the poster's assertion is true - namely, that BSE is widespread in the U.S., and that it has already caused numerous cases of CJD here.
I would love to see some sources on these purported facts you are quoting.
In Ohio, all they have to do is be playing a copyrighted work on one of their demo TVs, and then they not only could kick him out, but could also detain him while they wait for the police to get there.
Second offenses of this are a felony.
Taking the credit for the work of one's graduate student is a time-honored tradition in academia.
I sucked at all of the Super Mario games. I mean really sucked. And, to be honest, I never really got better.
In Super Mario Brothers, I was perpetually falling down the little one-block-wide holes in an otherwise relatively safe screen. In SMB2, selecting Luigi was an automatic game over for me, as I could never control his extra-high jumps (which, for me, would always end with a magnetic attraction toward a one-block-wide hole on the screen). SMB3, I was still falling down holes, but I also could never really master the extra buttons and always ended up face-planting myself into the front end of a Koopa.
Still, infuriatingly difficult as they were for me, they were also kinda fun.
Well, you must have done something cool. Any mere mortal would have gotten modded -1 Troll for that!
In Ohio, it's legal now for them* to throw you in the holding cell in the basement if (1) they are showing a copyrighted work on one of their TVs in the building and (2) you hit record on a video recording device of any sort while in their store.
*Not Macy's, of course, but rather Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or your other least-favorite retailer.
Actually, the median in your example would be 5.
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/StatisticalMedian.ht
How do you project the popularity of a game before it has even been released?
Or maybe he plans to fire the people who evidently don't have a high enough workload to prevent them from reading his e-mails.
As for the touchscreen voting scandal, nothing will be resolved or improved.
Resolved? Probably not. But we've *already* seen improvements made, namely that various state pols have already expressed their dissatisfaction and complete distrust of electronic voting systems. I think this will continue, and will become an issue in Congress soon - and possibly even a presidential election issue.
The reason that protectionists believe that protection is the only way to keep jobs in the US is because those are the same people who believe that the labor union is still a useful and necessary force for protecting American workers.
Unfortunately, we have ourselves in a pickle now, because labor union -> unnaturally high labor prices -> unnaturally high goods prices, and any measure to bring those labor prices back down will lead to massive (and legitimate) economic strife.
Still, the labor unions are the main reason that blue-collar industry (especially steel and auto) have lost so much ground.
I think the term "assisted-living animal" applies.
Uh... see the parent post? Or do I have to explain my joke? ;)
Just a note that Phoenix is planning to switch entirely to a trusted computing model for future BIOSes, so we will all need to be very careful about which mobos we buy in the future.
We could just strap cell phones to their heads and get it over with a lot quicker....
Actually, what you've found is evidence against continued global warming: the polar icecaps are starting to refreeze.
Not that I think for one second that Ralsky will actually abide by the law, but at least assuming that he does, it certainly warms my heart to know that finally, finally, a spammer is actually having to pay some out-of-pocket expenses for the privilege of making Mozilla Thunderbird do some work for me.
There are plenty of previous versions of Windows that work Just Fine Now (well, as Windows goes), and this EFI deal pretty obviously won't work with Linux (which is incredibly popular among Internet-connected machines). Linux isn't going to die, no matter how much WinTel tries to make it happen.
On the other hand, Intel could be shooting itself in the market-dominance foot here, what with them providing AMD/VIA/Linux or AMD/nVidia/Linux the perfect opportunity to come up with a non-DRM, non-Trusted-Computing alternative that will work with both Linux and older versions of Windows.
Statistics are wonderful, but should always be used with caution.
:)
Consider that a person 100 years of age now has an average of 2.6 years rather than 1.58 a hundred years ago, according to that same table. This is one of those "duh" moments, where it becomes obvious that people eventually die, and the older they get, the more likely they are to die in the near future.
The fact that a person 100 years of age has an average of an extra year left to go by being born in 1900 versus 1800 (1% of their lifespan) is still tremendously significant in the face of inevitable mortality. Much as I said in my previous post
He or she predicates several other sentences in the post on the concept of political greed and conspiracy (note the smearing of right-of-center establishments such as Fox News, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and George Bush). That concept was suggested by remarking that the poll was closed, and that some political conspiracy could be at work here.
So, the entire post (sans the paragraph on network security) *does* have something to do with the poll being open or closed.
A lot of MB manufacturers have utilities now that will flash your BIOS from within Windows. ASUS has an update utility that does the BIOS download from their ftp site and flashes it all in one go.
I can't vouch for them being problem-free, but I've never had a problem with those sorts of widgets.
Type 2 diabetes is becoming a great concern in the U.S. as well, especially in children - an abundance of very fatty foods and a decrease in physical activity are among the causes.
I think Milloy's point, however, is that life expectancy has increased tremendously over the past hundred years, although medical advances probably greatly outweigh any negatives caused by pollutants.