I am not sure about the accounting industry, but I guess you are right about the media. I am probably biased because I just spent 2 days listening to IBM, PWC et al. execs streaming endlessly miscellaneous buzzwords in my direction.
It's like IBM. Then want to advertise their geekyness and security consciousness, but it's just the marketing department. Behind the scenes(and you put it in such an elegant way, I can only repeat it), they are just Microsoft's little bitch.
1. Quite a few posts here mention patents. Let me say this clearly: Patents on genomic DNA have nothing to do with Malaria. So please stop mixing the two.
2. The problem with Malaria is that no pharma is going to look for a cure since there is no money to be made. So some public research is needed and some public research is being done. Unfortunately not enough. The last numbers I heard were something like 1000 times less than on Aids. Although Malaria kills about the same number of people. Not enough artists lobby governements for malaria research unfortunately.
3. The good news is that things will probably change now. The Malaria parasite is absolutely facinating. It is partly plant partly animal, it is highly biased in its genomic composition (much more As and Ts than Gs and Cs) and hope is on the way. Herbicide drugs have already been tested and with better knowledge of its genome, we can kill the bastard. What is needed is more research, more rich governements awareness and some luck.
4. I have had a pet idea for some years now and maybe one day someone will implement it. It is the following: Why not tax pharmas by asking them to do 1% (more or less) of their research on third-world diseases? They could for instance scan their huge chemical banks for cures for Malaria, Aids,... That would cost little to them and may prove extremely valuable to all. Just a thought.
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True, SGI is huge in scientific computing. But about 3 years ago, many scientific computing groups decided to stop using SGI (because SGI MIPS where not so fast, were too expensive and SGI itself seemed to be about to die) and move to Compaq alpha chips (for many applications they were the fastest chips, and by far). Ah! The same people are now puzzled about what to do or have gone to using Linux clusters.
at approximately two bits of information per base pair Approximately? Either 2 or more. In fact you probably need more since there are ambiguity codes used when it is not clear from sequencing which of ATC or G it is. So lets say we use ascii codes. That would be 8 bits.
It'll probably compress very well, since most of the sequences correspond with either Amino Acids or control codes of one sort or another. Wrong! Most of our genome is nothing interesting. As far as we know. Anyway, if you use ascii codes then you could easily compress your whole genome on a CD anyway.
I would guess, that these rich guys don't get their whole genome, but some bit and pieces.
I used to work for a European Pharma. When you patented something (chemical usually) in the US, the company rewarded you with a one US dollar note in a plastic case. Apparently, by US law, the company had to somehow reward you. Obviously the one dollar was seen by most employees as a sick joke.
You've just discovered that all governements on this planet have sold out to big corporations. You may now go out and drink a glass of champagne.
You would figure after 9-11 people in congress would get their priorities straighten out. Sure! And after WWII everyone was friends for ever! Come on, man, wake up.
It seems like a waste of money to have to buy an ENTIRE PLAYER just to listen to a CD
Did you skip your reading lessons at school? This is for journalists only! Journalists don't buy anything, they receive CDs and in this case a walkman for free so that they can write reviews. Like for all reviews, be it music or software, you are not suppose to use the item in question for anything else than testing.
I think it is a neat idea to avoid journalists abusing their privileges.
To be able to view 3D images without 3D glasses is crucial to the success of such a system, especially if it is to be marketed to consumers. I don't think you are right. It's just an extra bit of hardware, like a mouse or kbd. The important thing is 3D images. As I said in a post below, these systems are used to view 3D models. Faking 3D from 2D images is something completely different.
if you can get an image that looks 3D on to a flat surface Have you ever seen a movie? Doesn't it look 3D? Perception of 3D from 2D images is known since the renaissance with methods such as perspective. What you want is a real 3D model from a flat source. Then you have to estimate the respective distances between every points on an image and extrapolate what is on the other side of objects,... Too difficult and intractable. How do you know you see a small tree from close or a large tree from far?
I meant to say that the 3 walls were not at 180 degrees from each other but at 90 degrees. There exist project systems where walls are not set up like this (see SGI reality centers for instance). Now I bet you feel less smart;-)
These things are quite commonly build out of one expensive projector and an SGI box. There are many of these and they are mostly used for viewing 3D models (of geological surveys, cars, proteins,...) for a group of people. If you are alone, then you can easily use active stereo on a big CRT screen. I think it is interesting that these people have done a cheap version of a one-wall cave, but caves are most impressive when you have more than one wall! I've personnaly used caves of 3 (floor and corner) and four walls (floor and 3 vertical walls, i.e. a room without ceiling and one wall), and I know of people who have played Doom in them. They told me that it was physically tiring because you had to move, duck,... Maybe that would be a good training for geeks wanting to work for the FBI!
In an interview (can't find it again), Miyazaki said that he made "Princess Mononoke" mostly for kids and it seems mostly adults liked it. He made Chihiro mostly for adults and did not want to predict who will like it.
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Probably another attempt by NASA to convert miles into kilometers.
I am not sure about the accounting industry, but I guess you are right about the media. I am probably biased because I just spent 2 days listening to IBM, PWC et al. execs streaming endlessly miscellaneous buzzwords in my direction.
Why do you think so much bullshit is going on in the IT industry? Much more than in any other industry anyway.
It's like IBM. Then want to advertise their geekyness and security consciousness, but it's just the marketing department. Behind the scenes(and you put it in such an elegant way, I can only repeat it), they are just Microsoft's little bitch.
1. Quite a few posts here mention patents. Let me say this clearly: Patents on genomic DNA have nothing to do with Malaria. So please stop mixing the two.
... That would cost little to them and may prove extremely valuable to all. Just a thought.
2. The problem with Malaria is that no pharma is going to look for a cure since there is no money to be made. So some public research is needed and some public research is being done. Unfortunately not enough. The last numbers I heard were something like 1000 times less than on Aids. Although Malaria kills about the same number of people. Not enough artists lobby governements for malaria research unfortunately.
3. The good news is that things will probably change now. The Malaria parasite is absolutely facinating. It is partly plant partly animal, it is highly biased in its genomic composition (much more As and Ts than Gs and Cs) and hope is on the way. Herbicide drugs have already been tested and with better knowledge of its genome, we can kill the bastard. What is needed is more research, more rich governements awareness and some luck.
4. I have had a pet idea for some years now and maybe one day someone will implement it. It is the following: Why not tax pharmas by asking them to do 1% (more or less) of their research on third-world diseases? They could for instance scan their huge chemical banks for cures for Malaria, Aids,
True, SGI is huge in scientific computing. But about 3 years ago, many scientific computing groups decided to stop using SGI (because SGI MIPS where not so fast, were too expensive and SGI itself seemed to be about to die) and move to Compaq alpha chips (for many applications they were the fastest chips, and by far). Ah! The same people are now puzzled about what to do or have gone to using Linux clusters.
I just upgraded to Mandrake 9.0. Yes you heard me : 9.0. I don't understand why so many of you want to go for an old 8.0 version!
at approximately two bits of information per base pair
Approximately? Either 2 or more. In fact you probably need more since there are ambiguity codes used when it is not clear from sequencing which of ATC or G it is. So lets say we use ascii codes. That would be 8 bits.
It'll probably compress very well, since most of the sequences correspond with either Amino Acids or control codes of one sort or another.
Wrong! Most of our genome is nothing interesting. As far as we know. Anyway, if you use ascii codes then you could easily compress your whole genome on a CD anyway.
I would guess, that these rich guys don't get their whole genome, but some bit and pieces.
I used to work for a European Pharma. When you patented something (chemical usually) in the US, the company rewarded you with a one US dollar note in a plastic case. Apparently, by US law, the company had to somehow reward you. Obviously the one dollar was seen by most employees as a sick joke.
You've just discovered that all governements on this planet have sold out to big corporations. You may now go out and drink a glass of champagne.
You would figure after 9-11 people in congress would get their priorities straighten out.
Sure! And after WWII everyone was friends for ever! Come on, man, wake up.
Who needs a girlfriend when you can have high-speed porn?
It seems like a waste of money to have to buy an ENTIRE PLAYER just to listen to a CD
Did you skip your reading lessons at school? This is for journalists only! Journalists don't buy anything, they receive CDs and in this case a walkman for free so that they can write reviews. Like for all reviews, be it music or software, you are not suppose to use the item in question for anything else than testing.
I think it is a neat idea to avoid journalists abusing their privileges.
My big chance at karma whoring:
More info available at kroupware.kde.org
Fantastic! Your post contains 6 spelling mistakes! Not a record, mind you, but you could almost ask a job as a slashdot editor!
On Bruce Perens Bio:
Among my assignments is to challenge HP management.
That's what he thought!
What about chairs that scream alerts when we've been sitting in them for too long?
"GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING USEFUL INSTEAD OF SITTING IN AND READING SLASHDOT!"
Bah! We already have women to do this kind of things
To be able to view 3D images without 3D glasses is crucial to the success of such a system, especially if it is to be marketed to consumers.
... Too difficult and intractable. How do you know you see a small tree from close or a large tree from far?
I don't think you are right. It's just an extra bit of hardware, like a mouse or kbd. The important thing is 3D images. As I said in a post below, these systems are used to view 3D models. Faking 3D from 2D images is something completely different.
if you can get an image that looks 3D on to a flat surface
Have you ever seen a movie? Doesn't it look 3D? Perception of 3D from 2D images is known since the renaissance with methods such as perspective. What you want is a real 3D model from a flat source. Then you have to estimate the respective distances between every points on an image and extrapolate what is on the other side of objects,
I meant to say that the 3 walls were not at 180 degrees from each other but at 90 degrees. There exist project systems where walls are not set up like this (see SGI reality centers for instance). Now I bet you feel less smart ;-)
These things are quite commonly build out of one expensive projector and an SGI box. There are many of these and they are mostly used for viewing 3D models (of geological surveys, cars, proteins, ...) for a group of people. If you are alone, then you can easily use active stereo on a big CRT screen. ... Maybe that would be a good training for geeks wanting to work for the FBI!
I think it is interesting that these people have done a cheap version of a one-wall cave, but caves are most impressive when you have more than one wall! I've personnaly used caves of 3 (floor and corner) and four walls (floor and 3 vertical walls, i.e. a room without ceiling and one wall), and I know of people who have played Doom in them. They told me that it was physically tiring because you had to move, duck,
Have you heard of something called Tivo?
Great! You could be an exhibitionist in secret. But that would defeat the purpose I guess!
I, Pk'Hak, son of Thog, claim prior art. If you disagree I'll smashed your puny human head.
Kap'ha
Wrong. The term is used in many (if not most) non-english speaking countries.
Well, 4000km is about 1800 miles ..
You are working for the NASA?
In an interview (can't find it again), Miyazaki said that he made "Princess Mononoke" mostly for kids and it seems mostly adults liked it. He made Chihiro mostly for adults and did not want to predict who will like it.