You need all of the things you listed to live a normal life. Sure, you can SURVIVE without those organs but medicine/science have known for quite awhile now that losing your spleen makes you vulnerable to infections, which is why you typically get vaccines galore before removing it (vaccines aren't a replacement for spleens, btw; it's better than nothing!). I think anyone's who's had their gall bladder removed will tell you they wish they had a functioning one. It helps make your stool a lot more pleasant! While you can live quite awhile with only one kidney, there's evidence out there that kidney donors may have shortened lifespans. Your tonsils are lymph nodes which house immune cells.
By your reasoning, it doesn't appear we need 5 fingers on each hand. We can surely survive with 4, 3, or even none. For that matter, might as well get rid of that pesky arm!
There's a difference between being necessary for life, and being really really REALLY useful.
/I kind of forgot what I was typing about. //Going to bed... ///I dream of slashies
I think the reason the iPhone is selling so well is it's potential capabilities. I mean, sure there were always going to be some fanbois who bought it (Newton, anyone?), but it's wild popularity was the promise/hope of new apps; as close to an all-in-1 as ever. Jailbreak anyone? Closing the iPhone back up will pretty much limit the iPhone to an expensive nifty gadget instead of something really useful (Netwon, anyone? Did I say that already?). Think of it as utility/potential ratios. Palm phones and Blackberries seem pretty close to "1" already. The iPhone hasn't even come close.
Oh, I don't know about that. Employers think they can control your entire lives because you chose to work for them and I guess they're right. Do you think it's OK for employers to do that? It's one thing to have coders run their non-work code through the company to stave off competition and theft. However, this guy wasn't doing his own investigative journalism that competed with CNN. He was just mouthing off his opinions like everyone on/. right now. I, for one, am tired of corporations dictating our personal lives just because we get a paycheck. Yeah, you gave me money but I also did work for that money so I think we're even. What I do on my own time is no-one's business except me and my hooker.
I was under the impression it was due to quantum particle pairs forming spontaneously. Under "normal" conditions we don't see these things because the pairs collide and sort of evaporate back to wherever the hell those things come from. However, in a black hole one of the particles escapes leaving the energy balance, well, in balance. The only reason that radiation escapes is that its partner went into the black hole absorbing some of its energy. Apparently, this phenomenon will cause all black holes to shrink to nothing over a long enough period of time.
I read about it in "The Physics of Star Trek", but Wikipedia has something on it too:
Off-topic, but who cares...
I'd be interested in knowing how his research is going. I believe he holds both an MD and a PhD, making me think that he's probably a pretty smart guy!
DNA is NOT protein! So we have an additional two letters to the genomic alphabet. BFD! The most likely scenario is that DNA would either be non-sensical or just be alternate codings for amino acids. You would need to engineer some "regular" DNA to code for proteins that can handle exotic amino acids (ie proteins to get them inside cells, tag them for use, and proteins that have recognition sites for these things). Then you'll have a protein no one has seen before. Of course, regular genetic engineering already has the capability to make weird proteins no one has seen before.
I agree, but judging by your nick and the fact that you post on/. suggests to me that you aren't like the rest of the U.S. (hell, I'd argue the world...) Rather unfortunate, I might add...
I don't get what's so special about it either, but someone in my situation might be willing to buy one: I visited/. for the first time sometime in 1997 when my roomate called me over said "Some dude made this website called "h-t-t-p colon forward slash forward slash slashdot dot com!", isn't that hilarious!? However, I never signed up until whenever the 600k UID's were being used up. So, as someone who's been reading/. for the better part of a decade I still have a pretty UID. A lesser man than I, may feel the need to correct that oversight.
Pffft! "...rather than just doing it"? I dont' know where you get your healthcare from, but around here I order thousands of dollars of rather unnecessary tests and scans on patients because I can't seee what the hospital across town found. There's just too much bureaucrcy to cut through. Even IF I manage to get a patient to get in touch with the other hospital and give consent, it doesn't always appear: oops, it was faxed to the wrong number; someone forgot to send those; who are you again?;
The more likely thing is some office worker throwing your file out in the trash or getting his/her laptop stolen.
As someone in the healthcare field, I've found that the VA has the best electronic record keeping system. It's logical, complete, reliable, and relatively easy to use. Why can't the government just lease that out? Or does it violate some kind of law regarding competition? Does anyone know how MS Vault is going to compare? I guess the VA system probably has weaker encryption, but I don't know that for sure. Here's the home site if you don't know what I'm talking about:
My physics teacher in high school could do incredible math in his head because he'd used a slide rule so much that he had virtual one in his brain. It was pretty neat to seem him calculate square roots of random numbers in his head. That would be my reason for learning how to use one.
Living in Cleveland, I see violent crime isn't limited to just people! Now it's the internet too? Think of the children! Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!?
I'm not TS cleared but just for argument's sake, how does one about getting a subscription to a classified journal? Do they mail it to you? Is it in one of the black pastic bags like my "gentleman's" magazine? Is it an electronic system? Internet? Are the little cards that fall out classified too? Etc etc.
If REAL bankers came to my door to analyze my financial data on a regular basis, then yeah I might open the door to a wacko in the process. But of course no one lets the banker in the door in your analogy because that's not how business is normally done. However, banks do business online like a whole mess of others. Given the sophistication of phishing, it's not a surprise that someone would make THAT mistake and lose all their money and/or dignity. It's not a case of letting all safeguards go by the wayside. It's more like poison seeping into the watershed or something. It's getting really hard to filter that crap out.
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Well, DUH! That's why I have anti-oxidants in everything!
Ahh...! Red, red wine!
You need all of the things you listed to live a normal life. Sure, you can SURVIVE without those organs but medicine/science have known for quite awhile now that losing your spleen makes you vulnerable to infections, which is why you typically get vaccines galore before removing it (vaccines aren't a replacement for spleens, btw; it's better than nothing!). I think anyone's who's had their gall bladder removed will tell you they wish they had a functioning one. It helps make your stool a lot more pleasant! While you can live quite awhile with only one kidney, there's evidence out there that kidney donors may have shortened lifespans. Your tonsils are lymph nodes which house immune cells.
By your reasoning, it doesn't appear we need 5 fingers on each hand. We can surely survive with 4, 3, or even none. For that matter, might as well get rid of that pesky arm!
There's a difference between being necessary for life, and being really really REALLY useful.
I think the reason the iPhone is selling so well is it's potential capabilities. I mean, sure there were always going to be some fanbois who bought it (Newton, anyone?), but it's wild popularity was the promise/hope of new apps; as close to an all-in-1 as ever. Jailbreak anyone? Closing the iPhone back up will pretty much limit the iPhone to an expensive nifty gadget instead of something really useful (Netwon, anyone? Did I say that already?). Think of it as utility/potential ratios. Palm phones and Blackberries seem pretty close to "1" already. The iPhone hasn't even come close.
This isn't the best reference but it's the best I could come up with in a few seconds:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/406083
Oh, I don't know about that. Employers think they can control your entire lives because you chose to work for them and I guess they're right. Do you think it's OK for employers to do that? It's one thing to have coders run their non-work code through the company to stave off competition and theft. However, this guy wasn't doing his own investigative journalism that competed with CNN. He was just mouthing off his opinions like everyone on /. right now. I, for one, am tired of corporations dictating our personal lives just because we get a paycheck. Yeah, you gave me money but I also did work for that money so I think we're even. What I do on my own time is no-one's business except me and my hooker.
I was under the impression it was due to quantum particle pairs forming spontaneously. Under "normal" conditions we don't see these things because the pairs collide and sort of evaporate back to wherever the hell those things come from. However, in a black hole one of the particles escapes leaving the energy balance, well, in balance. The only reason that radiation escapes is that its partner went into the black hole absorbing some of its energy. Apparently, this phenomenon will cause all black holes to shrink to nothing over a long enough period of time.
I read about it in "The Physics of Star Trek", but Wikipedia has something on it too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000098000003038101000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes These people seem to think so.
Off-topic, but who cares... I'd be interested in knowing how his research is going. I believe he holds both an MD and a PhD, making me think that he's probably a pretty smart guy!
DNA is NOT protein! So we have an additional two letters to the genomic alphabet. BFD! The most likely scenario is that DNA would either be non-sensical or just be alternate codings for amino acids. You would need to engineer some "regular" DNA to code for proteins that can handle exotic amino acids (ie proteins to get them inside cells, tag them for use, and proteins that have recognition sites for these things). Then you'll have a protein no one has seen before. Of course, regular genetic engineering already has the capability to make weird proteins no one has seen before.
I love the FAQ milk.com! It's so appropriately craptastastic, I almost feel nostalgic...
I agree, but judging by your nick and the fact that you post on /. suggests to me that you aren't like the rest of the U.S. (hell, I'd argue the world...) Rather unfortunate, I might add...
You were modded Informative? I would've thought your comment was spectacularly obvious! *ZING!*
You must be on Facebook, what, with your mispelling and all!
I don't get what's so special about it either, but someone in my situation might be willing to buy one: I visited /. for the first time sometime in 1997 when my roomate called me over said "Some dude made this website called "h-t-t-p colon forward slash forward slash slashdot dot com!", isn't that hilarious!? However, I never signed up until whenever the 600k UID's were being used up. So, as someone who's been reading /. for the better part of a decade I still have a pretty UID. A lesser man than I, may feel the need to correct that oversight.
I believe the phrase "The enemy of good is better" comes to mind right about now...
The more likely thing is some office worker throwing your file out in the trash or getting his/her laptop stolen.
http://www1.va.gov/CPRSdemo/
My physics teacher in high school could do incredible math in his head because he'd used a slide rule so much that he had virtual one in his brain. It was pretty neat to seem him calculate square roots of random numbers in his head. That would be my reason for learning how to use one.
Living in Cleveland, I see violent crime isn't limited to just people! Now it's the internet too? Think of the children! Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!?
http://www.lartren.com/mac/
I also think they ment to post the following Coral link as well:
http://www.lartren.com.nyud.net:8080/
I'm not TS cleared but just for argument's sake, how does one about getting a subscription to a classified journal? Do they mail it to you? Is it in one of the black pastic bags like my "gentleman's" magazine? Is it an electronic system? Internet? Are the little cards that fall out classified too? Etc etc.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/
If REAL bankers came to my door to analyze my financial data on a regular basis, then yeah I might open the door to a wacko in the process. But of course no one lets the banker in the door in your analogy because that's not how business is normally done. However, banks do business online like a whole mess of others. Given the sophistication of phishing, it's not a surprise that someone would make THAT mistake and lose all their money and/or dignity. It's not a case of letting all safeguards go by the wayside. It's more like poison seeping into the watershed or something. It's getting really hard to filter that crap out.
Meh. That's pretty good. You should've titled your post as "I totally recall somthing like this!"
I'm actually all for paying teachers more but I'm not entirely sure they're "underpaid." I think a more accurate term is "undervalued." See this."