My understanding is that one of the major benefits of adult stem cells over embryonic stem cells is this:
Embryonic stem cells have a problem with knowing when to "shut off", when reproducing to recreate tissue (isn't that cancer?), while adult stem cells do not seem to have this problem (and provide the same functionality as embryonic stem cells).
Or with three games it is, as the DS has no GBA-bargain-bin backward compatibility to hold the kids over until the parent earns more money to buy games.
eh? The DS will have a GB Cartridge slot as well as a slot for the new card format.
" One day, I think business apps will be programmed using tools something like Visio - drag and drop your 'web service' 'component' match up the inputs and outputs, and connect a GUI at one end (that provides inputs) and a DB 'component' at the other (to provide outputs). "
"Bill Gates!, glad to see your here! AKA, they have been predicting this exact situation for the past couple of years. As one who has coded and worked with several web services, Bull Shit. It's not going to happen anytime soon, if ever"
ooooo. Ouch. It's already with possible with Visio and BizTalk server, buddy. You can draw your business processes in Visio and drag that into BizTalk, and Voila. You may have to add 3-5 lines of code after that and you're done. Don't worry, I didn't believe it either until I saw it with my own eyes.;)
....funny that the church itself opposes distributing condoms to the general population there as a mean of stopping AIDS....
Who cares whether the church supports it or not. It doesn't work. The only nation in Africa to see a reduction in its AIDS epidemic is the one that taught abstinence as a means to avoid contraction of HIV (which, for the two people who may not know, is the virus that causes AIDS).
Now let's be scientific about this. A large portion of lung cancer patients get lung cancer from smoking. Would you subscribe to passing out filtered cigarettes as a solution? They are obviously ineffective, because they don't change the behavior, and indeed, give a false sense of security.
AIDS is being spread primarily through sexual encounters. Logically, the best way to avoid contracting it is to avoid all together the situation most likely to cause infection. Is it fair to have to abstain from sex? Well, is it worth it to risk dying for it?
Now I'm not proposing that AIDS is some kind of divine retribution, just that the fact of the matter is everyone has choices, and we have to deal with the consequences of each choice we make. When faced with an action that has a very high risk of long term detrimental impact, one can most always freely choose to not take the action.
What I can't understand is why people find so offensive the idea of educating people in Africa about how HIV is primarily being spread. I'm not saying stop passing out condoms. I'm just saying, tell people the truth of the matter, and then let them make an educated decision about how they want to handle the situation. If they want to go for it, give 'em a rubber and let them deal with the consequences. But don't deprive them of information. We take for granted over here the ease of access to information that people in other parts of the world don't have. Or maybe people in decision making positions think people in Africa are too stupid to understand or control themselves. Either way, it's wrong and oppressive, because someone somewhere is deciding for others what they need to know, and stopping people from making fully informed decisions. Information age indeed.
Ignoring "silly" laws does not make you immune to the consequences of breaking those laws. You may think speeding is silly, but you'll still have to pay the fine and the court costs if you get caught doing it.
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All that can be true when you tell the truth too. For instance, imagine your wife asking "Are you cheating on me?"
Isn't that starting with the assumption that I am? The truth only hurts when it's painful :op
My understanding is that one of the major benefits of adult stem cells over embryonic stem cells is this:
Embryonic stem cells have a problem with knowing when to "shut off", when reproducing to recreate tissue (isn't that cancer?), while adult stem cells do not seem to have this problem (and provide the same functionality as embryonic stem cells).
That's what I heard on NPR.
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eh? The DS will have a GB Cartridge slot as well as a slot for the new card format.
" One day, I think business apps will be programmed using tools something like Visio - drag and drop your 'web service' 'component' match up the inputs and outputs, and connect a GUI at one end (that provides inputs) and a DB 'component' at the other (to provide outputs). "
"Bill Gates!, glad to see your here! AKA, they have been predicting this exact situation for the past couple of years. As one who has coded and worked with several web services, Bull Shit. It's not going to happen anytime soon, if ever"
ooooo. Ouch. It's already with possible with Visio and BizTalk server, buddy. You can draw your business processes in Visio and drag that into BizTalk, and Voila. You may have to add 3-5 lines of code after that and you're done. Don't worry, I didn't believe it either until I saw it with my own eyes. ;)
Who cares whether the church supports it or not. It doesn't work. The only nation in Africa to see a reduction in its AIDS epidemic is the one that taught abstinence as a means to avoid contraction of HIV (which, for the two people who may not know, is the virus that causes AIDS).
Now let's be scientific about this. A large portion of lung cancer patients get lung cancer from smoking. Would you subscribe to passing out filtered cigarettes as a solution? They are obviously ineffective, because they don't change the behavior, and indeed, give a false sense of security.
AIDS is being spread primarily through sexual encounters. Logically, the best way to avoid contracting it is to avoid all together the situation most likely to cause infection. Is it fair to have to abstain from sex? Well, is it worth it to risk dying for it?
Now I'm not proposing that AIDS is some kind of divine retribution, just that the fact of the matter is everyone has choices, and we have to deal with the consequences of each choice we make. When faced with an action that has a very high risk of long term detrimental impact, one can most always freely choose to not take the action.
What I can't understand is why people find so offensive the idea of educating people in Africa about how HIV is primarily being spread. I'm not saying stop passing out condoms. I'm just saying, tell people the truth of the matter, and then let them make an educated decision about how they want to handle the situation. If they want to go for it, give 'em a rubber and let them deal with the consequences. But don't deprive them of information. We take for granted over here the ease of access to information that people in other parts of the world don't have. Or maybe people in decision making positions think people in Africa are too stupid to understand or control themselves. Either way, it's wrong and oppressive, because someone somewhere is deciding for others what they need to know, and stopping people from making fully informed decisions. Information age indeed.
Ignoring "silly" laws does not make you immune to the consequences of breaking those laws. You may think speeding is silly, but you'll still have to pay the fine and the court costs if you get caught doing it.