Both of those critters could be accurately depicted using CGI and at least for Brittany, her 'music' could be closely approximated by an Autotune processing a fifth grade choir.
So, best pray to your dear and fluffy lord that nobody thinks there is any money in those ventures.
The article lies. It says, "[t]he reason the viruses are activated specifically in the brain is probably due to the fact that tumours cannot form in nerve cells, unlike in other tissues."
Leaving aside the awkward phrasing ("form _in_ nerve cells" [emphasis added]), it turns out that 1% of brain tumors are neuronal tumors. "Tumors of the central nervous system that contain abnormal neuronal elements, termed neuronal tumors, make up approximately 1% of all brain tumors." (http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/pdf/10.1148/radiographics.22.5.g02se051177)
That said, I think I understand the gist of the argument. But I didn't know that neuronal tumors were so rare (or supposedly impossible, according to TFA) and felt compelled to fact check that assertion.
I think it may refer to the fact that neural derived tumors typically form from the neural support cells (glial cells, astrocytes) rather than the axons and dentrite of a 'nerve cell'. Lousy phrasing and really a stretch as far as significance.
Which segues into nicely hyperbolic title in TFA. What the research shows is that retroviral-derived sequences have some interesting control factors that are different from other cells. To intimate that this has anything to do with intelligence or even brain function is rather a stretch. It's a shame because the findings (a novel control pathway in the brain) is interesting all by itself.
I imagine all professional CPAs use some sort of professional CPA program. The value is in the overall issues that the program doesn't understand. Despite TT's underlying complexity and the fact that thousands of hours of research have gone into the program, it can't tell you the annoying little details of many of the forms - the exceptions, the gotchas.
I quit doing my own taxes several years ago after the IRS came back and asked for $65,000 in back taxes because of some presumed investments that one of my wife's Mutual Funds had screwed up. The accountant took about 15 minutes, found that I had put one number in the wrong place and that the Mutual Fund AND the IRS had put a bunch of numbers in the wrong place - I ended up with a thousand dollar refund.
My taxes are moderately complex - a couple with W2's, 1099's, Schedule C's and some investment income. The entire tax code is batshit insane (like the rest of the country) but I can't do anything about that. I don't pretend I'm a lawyer, an accountant or a pilot. I'll mess with a lot of things, but not my money or my life.
Either the the one who said that is not very familiar with AI programming, or he/she means the vulnerability of an AI controlled system to remote code injections.
You can't just say we need to protect mankind from machines. What precise values do you want to force upon advanced AI controlled agents? Fail-safe circuit against murder, torture, censorship, discrimination or massive logic fault cascades?
A good start would be a promise not to create AI politicians. That should cover a whole bunch of evils.
Yeah, that's when having entire rows punched out (errors to you young'ins) was uncool. Or at least unstable. I've had a number of spools of paper tape self destruct because they had too much air space and not enough paper.
Another study found that gene activity changes by 25% when you have the flu. The old view that genes are static and never change during your life seems less and less accurate.
Wrong idea:
Gene EXPRESSION = making proteins (and some other stuff that we will ignore for now) Gene CHANGE = mutation (very roughly) and we had thought that you the structure of your genes did not change during your lifetime. We know that this isn't true anymore (methylation, transposons, CASPR and a bunch of other neat things).
So gene EXPRESSION has to happen for your body to do anything. Which is why this study is pretty dumb. Yes, the genes involved seemed to be associated with inflammation but that's no surprise nor terribly informative. Find out WHICH genes and you might be getting somewhere although I think most of us are OK with the idea that breathing diesel fumes is bad for you.
(1) That's about a dozen to 20 batteries or, more realistically, a similarly sized battery pack. (2) Too much info. Your signal to noise ratio goes all to hell. (3) Too many images of things to don't want public. Lunch, the informer, the patient in the ER, etc. We've covered this at length.
Yeah guys, it's early in the sequence. They may well have low light / infrared cameras pointing at the thing. They probably don't have cameras hovering around waiting to transmit from the middle of nowhere in realtime. Further, most IR cameras have reduced spatial resolution compared to visual range so they may have decided that the investment in time and money wasn't worth it. The telemetry will show the engineers the important stuff. He's not doing this to make YouTube videos.
I don't really think that is true. Just read Science and Nature on a regular basis. Lots and lots of new insights and discoveries by mostly US centers. It can and should be better - we're on a Red Queen type journey and much of our problems can be solved either by dropping us back into the Bronze age or moving forward understanding our world and how to live in it. Standing around staring at the scenery isn't going to get society very far.
But despite all attempts to the contrary, we haven't fallen off that cliff just yet. We're getting closer and it takes multiple generations to really effect a useful turn - our decreasing literacy is very, very concerning. It would be wonderful if the US could come up with stable funding for STEM (and general) literacy from childhood to post doctoral level and we need to push and squeal for the limited resources available to us, but one needs to understand how large and robust the system really is.*
* Assuming general social stability. If the Doomers are correct then we're in a heap of trouble and the next age will be the 'Recycled Plastics' Age.
Slashdot Mirror
You need to take some Haiku lessons from smittyoneeach.
We need real devices that are as durable as the ficticious PADD from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
And while we're at it, let's get the Warp Drive and the Transporter on line. That ought to improve things.
Really? I'm glad you feel fantastic but can you point out where Niacin prolongs (or improves, I'll go for that) life?
Otherwise, I will suggest a brief perusal of the placebo literature.
Both of those critters could be accurately depicted using CGI and at least for Brittany, her 'music' could be closely approximated by an Autotune processing a fifth grade choir.
So, best pray to your dear and fluffy lord that nobody thinks there is any money in those ventures.
If your do-it-yourself skills are a little weak, the annoyatron
Seriously, doesn't everyone have contingency plans?
When in trouble,
Or in doubt,
Run in circles,
Scream and shout.
(R. Heinlein)
The article lies. It says, "[t]he reason the viruses are activated specifically in the brain is probably due to the fact that tumours cannot form in nerve cells, unlike in other tissues."
Leaving aside the awkward phrasing ("form _in_ nerve cells" [emphasis added]), it turns out that 1% of brain tumors are neuronal tumors. "Tumors of the central nervous system that contain abnormal neuronal elements, termed neuronal tumors, make up approximately 1% of all brain tumors." (http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/pdf/10.1148/radiographics.22.5.g02se051177)
That said, I think I understand the gist of the argument. But I didn't know that neuronal tumors were so rare (or supposedly impossible, according to TFA) and felt compelled to fact check that assertion.
I think it may refer to the fact that neural derived tumors typically form from the neural support cells (glial cells, astrocytes) rather than the axons and dentrite of a 'nerve cell'. Lousy phrasing and really a stretch as far as significance.
Which segues into nicely hyperbolic title in TFA. What the research shows is that retroviral-derived sequences have some interesting control factors that are different from other cells. To intimate that this has anything to do with intelligence or even brain function is rather a stretch. It's a shame because the findings (a novel control pathway in the brain) is interesting all by itself.
Sigh.
I imagine all professional CPAs use some sort of professional CPA program. The value is in the overall issues that the program doesn't understand. Despite TT's underlying complexity and the fact that thousands of hours of research have gone into the program, it can't tell you the annoying little details of many of the forms - the exceptions, the gotchas.
I quit doing my own taxes several years ago after the IRS came back and asked for $65,000 in back taxes because of some presumed investments that one of my wife's Mutual Funds had screwed up. The accountant took about 15 minutes, found that I had put one number in the wrong place and that the Mutual Fund AND the IRS had put a bunch of numbers in the wrong place - I ended up with a thousand dollar refund.
My taxes are moderately complex - a couple with W2's, 1099's, Schedule C's and some investment income. The entire tax code is batshit insane (like the rest of the country) but I can't do anything about that. I don't pretend I'm a lawyer, an accountant or a pilot. I'll mess with a lot of things, but not my money or my life.
Unicode. Sigh.
Slashdot .... please. It's not all that hard.
Either the the one who said that is not very familiar with AI programming, or he/she means the vulnerability of an AI controlled system to remote code injections.
You can't just say we need to protect mankind from machines. What precise values do you want to force upon advanced AI controlled agents? Fail-safe circuit against murder, torture, censorship, discrimination or massive logic fault cascades?
A good start would be a promise not to create AI politicians. That should cover a whole bunch of evils.
Or you could just RTFA and discover that the nice Indian mathematician had some cogent and logical things to say.
TL;DR - it's complicated.
If the box is half buried in the mud and debris, you may not hear the ping at all or it may be very attenuated. It's just an audio signal, not magic.
Yeah, that's when having entire rows punched out (errors to you young'ins) was uncool. Or at least unstable. I've had a number of spools of paper tape self destruct because they had too much air space and not enough paper.
Another study found that gene activity changes by 25% when you have the flu.
The old view that genes are static and never change during your life seems less and less accurate.
Wrong idea:
Gene EXPRESSION = making proteins (and some other stuff that we will ignore for now)
Gene CHANGE = mutation (very roughly) and we had thought that you the structure of your genes did not change during your lifetime. We know that this isn't true anymore (methylation, transposons, CASPR and a bunch of other neat things).
So gene EXPRESSION has to happen for your body to do anything. Which is why this study is pretty dumb. Yes, the genes involved seemed to be associated with inflammation but that's no surprise nor terribly informative. Find out WHICH genes and you might be getting somewhere although I think most of us are OK with the idea that breathing diesel fumes is bad for you.
It's kinda a dumb study. Expose asthmatics to diesel fumes. Something happens at the gene level. What did they expect? Midoclorians?
Let's try two hours of exposure to Slashdot and see what sorts of gene expression changes are detected.
(1) That's about a dozen to 20 batteries or, more realistically, a similarly sized battery pack.
(2) Too much info. Your signal to noise ratio goes all to hell.
(3) Too many images of things to don't want public. Lunch, the informer, the patient in the ER, etc. We've covered this at length.
Yeah guys, it's early in the sequence. They may well have low light / infrared cameras pointing at the thing. They probably don't have cameras hovering around waiting to transmit from the middle of nowhere in realtime. Further, most IR cameras have reduced spatial resolution compared to visual range so they may have decided that the investment in time and money wasn't worth it. The telemetry will show the engineers the important stuff. He's not doing this to make YouTube videos.
The primary buffer panel?
The USA doesn't do much of either type any more.
I don't really think that is true. Just read Science and Nature on a regular basis. Lots and lots of new insights and discoveries by mostly US centers. It can and should be better - we're on a Red Queen type journey and much of our problems can be solved either by dropping us back into the Bronze age or moving forward understanding our world and how to live in it. Standing around staring at the scenery isn't going to get society very far.
But despite all attempts to the contrary, we haven't fallen off that cliff just yet. We're getting closer and it takes multiple generations to really effect a useful turn - our decreasing literacy is very, very concerning. It would be wonderful if the US could come up with stable funding for STEM (and general) literacy from childhood to post doctoral level and we need to push and squeal for the limited resources available to us, but one needs to understand how large and robust the system really is.*
* Assuming general social stability. If the Doomers are correct then we're in a heap of trouble and the next age will be the 'Recycled Plastics' Age.
The cybercriminals target your wallet, while the nation-state targets you.
I am my wallet, you insensitive clod.
Fatality!
In the US, we just let politicians do that for us.
Come up with an app that understands women and you're literally golden.
Just booted up my Otrona Attache (circa 1982) with 64K of RAM, CPM 2.2 and a pair of DSDD floppy drives.
Still loads up WordStar....
PIP B: = A:*.*
Looks like it's time to mow the lawn.