Ok, assume that in 3 years we find just the right bacteria we need, and can have big enough colonies of them to be useful. How do we stop them from just mutating into non-viable types of their former selves and corrupting the colony? Sure they would reproduce asexually and that would limit mutations compared to our dirty process with gametes and zygotes, but that small rate of mutation will definitely be amplified by the apparent fact that we'll need trillions of these bacteria to do anything large-scale.
The basic way to date ice samples is pretty similar to "endochronology" (which is looking at tree rings to determine their age). Ice cores have similar striations which can be counted to determine the age of the surrounding ice.
And I couldn't find a link, but I thought at one point scientists were looking at the air composition inside the ice and comparing it to historical atmospheric ratios of gasses to date things.
Having minor carpal tunnel from typing and my (brace yourself) sport, I've been taking a break recently from games like Counterstrike which heavily employ my left hand on the keyboard, and have been going mostly mouse only...
The most recent addictive game I've played is called Oasis. I describe it to my friends as a 5 minute version of Civilization. It has no time limit or anything that might be limited by slow mouse control, and although their website states that it's currently in beta I had no problems with it during my binges.
The poster said he wanted to play "by himself" so I'll exclude multiplayer games and suggest two other obvious ones which come to mind: Snood and Zuma. These two have taken myself and probably many others through some long nights. Good luck!
This website has a neat video of dancing robots on it. It obviously doesn't carry the same implications that a low-energy walking robot does, but the motor control and balance gyros and the what-have-you needed for this act are still pretty impressive.
I suppose it depends on the computer which the program was installed on, but would selling test answers really be the best way to profit from the risk taken (installing the logger)? No email passwords or credit card numbers? I suppose CC's are a few steps up from ADBCBDADDC as far as legal action is concerned...
Also, since everything else can be copywrited, what are the laws concerning tests and answers? Intellectual property? Property of the teacher? I know some nationally standardized tests carry the wrath of god if you post answers online, but what about high school tests?
There is an obvious solution to your problem of wanting to be the king of the hill at FPS games:
PwN more nubs!
But really, as I'm sure other people replies are indicating, this doesn't seem to me to be an LCD problem, but one more unique to your hardware. I play Counter Strike fairly competitively with a 19" Planar 191, and also with a wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard. Neither seem to affect my twitching, although there is a bit of ghosting on the Planar, and if idle with the mouse for ~30s, it sleeps and it takes a good jiggle to awaken it. Hope you figure out the problem
Uh... How do you know? If they're just developing this technology, then no one has ever benefitted from it before and you can't be sure whether or not the brain can cope. We all know about its extensive "rewiring" abilities (Phineas Gage) so who knows if when faced with new input, whether it will be able to figure out what to do with it given some time.
Also, isn't it mostly hormones that spur the quick growth and organization of a childs brain? Even if the brain can't figure out the vision thing on it's own, could these early-childhood conditions just be replicated with drugs once a new retina is received?
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Ok, assume that in 3 years we find just the right bacteria we need, and can have big
enough colonies of them to be useful. How do we stop them from just mutating into
non-viable types of their former selves and corrupting the colony? Sure they would
reproduce asexually and that would limit mutations compared to our dirty process
with gametes and zygotes, but that small rate of mutation will definitely be amplified
by the apparent fact that we'll need trillions of these bacteria to do anything large-scale.
IAABM (I am a biology major)
MandrakeSoft, why, you could abbreviate that MS. And MS is aquiring companies and getting bigger?
I think I just felt my knee jerk a little bit...
*Runs for the hills*
The basic way to date ice samples is pretty similar to "endochronology"
(which is looking at tree rings to determine their age). Ice cores
have similar striations which can be counted to determine the age of the
surrounding ice.
And I couldn't find a link, but I thought at one point
scientists were looking at the air composition inside the ice and comparing
it to historical atmospheric ratios of gasses to date things.
Having minor carpal tunnel from typing and my (brace yourself) sport, I've been taking a break recently from
games like Counterstrike which heavily employ my left hand on the keyboard, and have been going mostly mouse only...
The most recent addictive game I've played is called Oasis. I describe it to my friends as a 5 minute
version of Civilization. It has no time limit or anything that might be limited by slow mouse control, and although their
website states that it's currently in beta I had no problems with it during my binges.
The poster said he wanted to play "by himself" so I'll exclude multiplayer games and suggest two other obvious ones
which come to mind: Snood and Zuma. These two have taken myself and probably many
others through some long nights. Good luck!
(The sport is rowing, for those in disbelief)
This website has a neat video of dancing robots on it. It obviously doesn't carry the same implications
that a low-energy walking robot does, but the motor control and balance gyros and the what-have-you
needed for this act are still pretty impressive.
Video
Source page
I suppose it depends on the computer which the program was installed on, but would selling test answers really
be the best way to profit from the risk taken (installing the logger)? No email passwords or credit card numbers?
I suppose CC's are a few steps up from ADBCBDADDC as far as legal action is concerned...
Also, since everything else can be copywrited, what are the laws concerning tests and answers? Intellectual property?
Property of the teacher? I know some nationally standardized tests carry the wrath of god if you post answers online,
but what about high school tests?
There is an obvious solution to your problem of wanting to be the king of the hill at FPS games:
PwN more nubs!
But really, as I'm sure other people replies are indicating, this doesn't seem to me to be an LCD problem, but one more unique to your hardware. I play Counter Strike fairly competitively with a 19" Planar 191, and also with a wireless Logitech mouse and keyboard. Neither seem to affect my twitching, although there is a bit of ghosting on the Planar, and if idle with the mouse for ~30s, it sleeps and it takes a good jiggle to awaken it. Hope you figure out the problem
Uh... How do you know? If they're just developing this technology, then no one has ever benefitted from it before and you can't be sure whether or not the brain can cope. We all know about its extensive "rewiring" abilities (Phineas Gage) so who knows if when faced with new input, whether it will be able to figure out what to do with it given some time.
Also, isn't it mostly hormones that spur the quick growth and organization of a childs brain? Even if the brain can't figure out the vision thing on it's own, could these early-childhood conditions just be replicated with drugs once a new retina is received?