You might be underestimating the cost of cancer treatments. If you DO get lung cancer, and suddenly decide that you might like to live and do get treatment, here's what that $20,800 will buy you (that # is assuming you don't find the cancer til 10 years from now, since you won't go to a dr til then): A couple of xrays and CT scans to find the cancer, maybe a PET scan, and if you're lucky maybe the first chemo treatment of many. What a bargain!
About #3 - I was told/read in various sources while I was going through chemo that I absolutely should *not* take megadoses of antioxidants during chemo, specifically because the chemo drugs themselves are acting as free radicals and so the antioxidants will inhibit their effectiveness. Many chemo patients want to start taking every vitamin and supplement they see to try and "get/stay healthy;" even though you're always hearing that you should check with your dr first, many assume that simple vitamins must be safe.
Yes, but in the past 20-30 of those 50 years an ever-growing number of those beachgoers (probably quite a large majority by now) have been spending every waking moment of sun exposure covered in SPF 30+ sunscreen to avoid skin cancer. Maybe taking just enough time off from it to keep a tan going, but probably not enough time to get a dose of D every day. Being in the sun doesn't help you if you're blocking the sun from your skin. As low as SPF 8 can block D production. The beachgoing and tropical-vacation-taking only had a couple of decades to start increasing and having any kind of effect before the sunscreen craze started cancelling it out.
Sadly, I don't have a link, but I did read a study a few months ago showing that Vitamin D deficiency had a slightly stronger link to melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, than sun overexposure. Sunburns, etc are more likely to lead to the easy-to-remove cancers, and moderate amounts of sun (providing vit D) lower melanoma rates a bit compared to total sun avoidance.
Sorry, it didn't come off as sarcastic to me - damn text-only. Some people really don't realize that poverty in the US is better than middle-class in a lot of the world.
You obviously haven't actually seen the slums in India if you think having a broadband line going into their hut would do anything at all for them. What would they plug into it, the cow's tail? There are certainly millions (hundreds of millions) of people who would benefit, but there are millions more for whom this would be mostly meaningless.
Well, electricity can provide heat both for cooking and for not freezing. Though the people living in two-room huts (one room of which is for the livestock) probably aren't going to benefit from either the electricity or the broadband.
Not computational in the least. There are many types of nerds on slashdot.:) I'm getting a PhD in Learning Sciences, which is kind of a mix of the cognition of learning plus educational research plus design of learning environments (curriculum, educational software, etc etc).
You know, I'd never heard of philosophy of science until a few months ago. I generally don't have much patience for philosophy, but it sounded like something I could actually get behind.
And don't forget that many people actually seem to be proud that they aren't good at math. Not only is it useless, but it's something you don't want to be good at?
I recently discovered that I could use more math for my field. I'm in a grad program that's a mix of cognitive science and education - if you're going to do research in those fields you're going to need at least a basic grasp of statistics. However, if all you have is a basic grasp, you'll forever be depending on others to do the hardcore analyses for you, which can backfire. As I learn more about the statistics, I've realized that linear algebra (which I wanted to take in college but never had the space in my schedule) would actually be really useful for some of the things I'm interested in, so this summer I'm going to have my mathematician husband teach it to me. Sure, people can go their whole career studying the things I'm studying without a solid math background, but the people who do have one can dig a lot deeper.
Do any of those non-gamers buy VC games, though? I know if I had a Wii, that's where most of my game dollars would go until I could get the real Wii games for a little cheaper. $50/game might look good next to the other consoles, but "non-gamers" probably still see it as steep - $5-10 for a VC game, though, is just what they're looking for, with nostalgia to boot.
Sorry, but every time I get cut off, nearly-sideswiped, etc from someone talking on a cel phone who fails to even notice that they've gotten in my way, they are talking, not dialing. The big difference between a cel conversation and a passenger conversation is that the passenger can act as another set of eyes and quiet down when you're in a tricky spot, point things out to you, etc. Now, I'm betting that trying to talk to kids in the car is as distracting as talking on a cel, since they don't know enough about driving to help you out.
It's actually really strange that you can eat white chocolate. See, white chocolate still contains cocoa butter, but not cocoa solids. So it's the anti-cocoa. If you can eat both plain cocoa and white chocolate, it's rather odd that you can't eat them combined, which is all chocolate is. Maybe you've only had "fake" white chocolate - the kind made with shortening instead of cocoa butter?
Hey now, that's MY platform you're talking about, and I don't appreciate you shooing all the nice people away with your dirty mouth. I don't think Clarus appreciates it much either, can't you hear her growlowing at you?
Now why don't you go play with HyperCard for a while? You know that always calms you down.
Hey, if I really really wanted to, I could probably turn a project I did designing a learning environment on a DS into my PhD thesis. Unfortunately, I'm not interested enough in it to do that. Second Life may be a silly fad, but video games in general aren't.
Never mind, I've read up on it myself. It looks like mostly conspiracy-theory crap based on studies that were then contradicted by other studies and the idea that if a lot of something is bad for you, any amount must be just as bad. You know, drinking too much water will kill you, too, and a lot faster.
So what are these health ramifications, and do you have any sources? It's also higher in monounsaturated fats than basically any oil other than olive, so it's generally considered pretty healthy.
They *are* required to label it as hydrogenated if it is. I mean, I can't say how many are breaking that requirement, but it's there. And, of course, some say "hydrogenated" without specifying fully or partially. But I don't know that allowing vegetable oil would be the same as allowing hydrogenated vegetable oil, since they are supposed to be labelled differently. Btw, what do you have against canola oil?
That's interesting. Chocolate is basically cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla. Assuming you aren't allergic to sugar or vanilla, if you can eat plain cocoa then it must be the butter you're allergic to. So I guess this would work for you? Can you eat the "chocolatey" things that use vegetable oil right now?
Actually, have you been down Target's chocolate aisle lately? It's not bad. No Valrhona or anything, but I managed to shop for my husband's birthday there. Massive amounts of Lindt, Ghirardelli, and Harry & David (if you've never had their truffles, go get some NOW), plus smaller amounts of a few other higher-end brands. Even their own line, Choxie, has a few good things, although most of it is pretty overpriced for the quality level.
Of course, it also contains Hershey's new "high-percentage" line, so you do still have a point. But I was impressed overall.
Actually, I bought some cocoa nibs (crushed roasted cocoa beans) to see what I could do with them (with the help of a good chocolate cookbook). Boil some cream with them, then drain the cream and whip it - oh my goodness, the best whipped cream you've ever tasted. And the nibs themselves aren't bad sauteed in oil or butter and tossed over vegetables. All alone they're not exactly something you'd eat by the handful, though. And for the record, anyone who eats 100% bars of chocolate is a bit mental, or maybe has no taste buds.
If you think Dove is good dark chocolate, you need to experience a few more dark chocolates. Even for American companies, Dove is kinda low down. I mean, their dark chocolate is creamier and less greasy than Hershey's, but it's still more of a cheap substitute for when you can't find the real thing.
You know, I tried some Coke made with sugar when I was passing through Canada b/c I'd heard such a big deal made out of it. I couldn't tell a difference at all. Now, the Mt Dew (which is caffeine-free there and I think also made with sugar) was much tastier, but the Coke tasted exactly the same to me. Can you describe what the difference tastes like to you? Maybe I need to pay more attention.
How many humans pick up second languages without being explicitly taught?
Any that are exposed to a second language before puberty (give or take) can pick it up with no explicit instruction.
Of course apes have some form of communication. Nobody would debate that, just like nobody would debate that dogs, birds, and ants have forms of communication. The question is whether their form of communication is a "language" in the same sense that a human language is defined, and whether or not they can learn a human language.
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You might be underestimating the cost of cancer treatments. If you DO get lung cancer, and suddenly decide that you might like to live and do get treatment, here's what that $20,800 will buy you (that # is assuming you don't find the cancer til 10 years from now, since you won't go to a dr til then): A couple of xrays and CT scans to find the cancer, maybe a PET scan, and if you're lucky maybe the first chemo treatment of many. What a bargain!
About #3 - I was told/read in various sources while I was going through chemo that I absolutely should *not* take megadoses of antioxidants during chemo, specifically because the chemo drugs themselves are acting as free radicals and so the antioxidants will inhibit their effectiveness. Many chemo patients want to start taking every vitamin and supplement they see to try and "get/stay healthy;" even though you're always hearing that you should check with your dr first, many assume that simple vitamins must be safe.
Yes, but in the past 20-30 of those 50 years an ever-growing number of those beachgoers (probably quite a large majority by now) have been spending every waking moment of sun exposure covered in SPF 30+ sunscreen to avoid skin cancer. Maybe taking just enough time off from it to keep a tan going, but probably not enough time to get a dose of D every day. Being in the sun doesn't help you if you're blocking the sun from your skin. As low as SPF 8 can block D production. The beachgoing and tropical-vacation-taking only had a couple of decades to start increasing and having any kind of effect before the sunscreen craze started cancelling it out.
Sadly, I don't have a link, but I did read a study a few months ago showing that Vitamin D deficiency had a slightly stronger link to melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, than sun overexposure. Sunburns, etc are more likely to lead to the easy-to-remove cancers, and moderate amounts of sun (providing vit D) lower melanoma rates a bit compared to total sun avoidance.
Sorry, it didn't come off as sarcastic to me - damn text-only. Some people really don't realize that poverty in the US is better than middle-class in a lot of the world.
You obviously haven't actually seen the slums in India if you think having a broadband line going into their hut would do anything at all for them. What would they plug into it, the cow's tail? There are certainly millions (hundreds of millions) of people who would benefit, but there are millions more for whom this would be mostly meaningless.
Well, electricity can provide heat both for cooking and for not freezing. Though the people living in two-room huts (one room of which is for the livestock) probably aren't going to benefit from either the electricity or the broadband.
I haven no points, or I would.
You know, I'd never heard of philosophy of science until a few months ago. I generally don't have much patience for philosophy, but it sounded like something I could actually get behind.
I recently discovered that I could use more math for my field. I'm in a grad program that's a mix of cognitive science and education - if you're going to do research in those fields you're going to need at least a basic grasp of statistics. However, if all you have is a basic grasp, you'll forever be depending on others to do the hardcore analyses for you, which can backfire. As I learn more about the statistics, I've realized that linear algebra (which I wanted to take in college but never had the space in my schedule) would actually be really useful for some of the things I'm interested in, so this summer I'm going to have my mathematician husband teach it to me. Sure, people can go their whole career studying the things I'm studying without a solid math background, but the people who do have one can dig a lot deeper.
Do any of those non-gamers buy VC games, though? I know if I had a Wii, that's where most of my game dollars would go until I could get the real Wii games for a little cheaper. $50/game might look good next to the other consoles, but "non-gamers" probably still see it as steep - $5-10 for a VC game, though, is just what they're looking for, with nostalgia to boot.
Sorry, but every time I get cut off, nearly-sideswiped, etc from someone talking on a cel phone who fails to even notice that they've gotten in my way, they are talking, not dialing. The big difference between a cel conversation and a passenger conversation is that the passenger can act as another set of eyes and quiet down when you're in a tricky spot, point things out to you, etc. Now, I'm betting that trying to talk to kids in the car is as distracting as talking on a cel, since they don't know enough about driving to help you out.
It's actually really strange that you can eat white chocolate. See, white chocolate still contains cocoa butter, but not cocoa solids. So it's the anti-cocoa. If you can eat both plain cocoa and white chocolate, it's rather odd that you can't eat them combined, which is all chocolate is. Maybe you've only had "fake" white chocolate - the kind made with shortening instead of cocoa butter?
Now why don't you go play with HyperCard for a while? You know that always calms you down.
I can see it now - "Your Honor, I'd like to request a jury made up of my fellow serial killers." "Is that a guilty plea I hear?"
Hey, if I really really wanted to, I could probably turn a project I did designing a learning environment on a DS into my PhD thesis. Unfortunately, I'm not interested enough in it to do that. Second Life may be a silly fad, but video games in general aren't.
Never mind, I've read up on it myself. It looks like mostly conspiracy-theory crap based on studies that were then contradicted by other studies and the idea that if a lot of something is bad for you, any amount must be just as bad. You know, drinking too much water will kill you, too, and a lot faster.
So what are these health ramifications, and do you have any sources? It's also higher in monounsaturated fats than basically any oil other than olive, so it's generally considered pretty healthy.
They *are* required to label it as hydrogenated if it is. I mean, I can't say how many are breaking that requirement, but it's there. And, of course, some say "hydrogenated" without specifying fully or partially. But I don't know that allowing vegetable oil would be the same as allowing hydrogenated vegetable oil, since they are supposed to be labelled differently. Btw, what do you have against canola oil?
That's interesting. Chocolate is basically cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla. Assuming you aren't allergic to sugar or vanilla, if you can eat plain cocoa then it must be the butter you're allergic to. So I guess this would work for you? Can you eat the "chocolatey" things that use vegetable oil right now?
Of course, it also contains Hershey's new "high-percentage" line, so you do still have a point. But I was impressed overall.
Actually, I bought some cocoa nibs (crushed roasted cocoa beans) to see what I could do with them (with the help of a good chocolate cookbook). Boil some cream with them, then drain the cream and whip it - oh my goodness, the best whipped cream you've ever tasted. And the nibs themselves aren't bad sauteed in oil or butter and tossed over vegetables. All alone they're not exactly something you'd eat by the handful, though. And for the record, anyone who eats 100% bars of chocolate is a bit mental, or maybe has no taste buds.
If you think Dove is good dark chocolate, you need to experience a few more dark chocolates. Even for American companies, Dove is kinda low down. I mean, their dark chocolate is creamier and less greasy than Hershey's, but it's still more of a cheap substitute for when you can't find the real thing.
You know, I tried some Coke made with sugar when I was passing through Canada b/c I'd heard such a big deal made out of it. I couldn't tell a difference at all. Now, the Mt Dew (which is caffeine-free there and I think also made with sugar) was much tastier, but the Coke tasted exactly the same to me. Can you describe what the difference tastes like to you? Maybe I need to pay more attention.
Any that are exposed to a second language before puberty (give or take) can pick it up with no explicit instruction.
Of course apes have some form of communication. Nobody would debate that, just like nobody would debate that dogs, birds, and ants have forms of communication. The question is whether their form of communication is a "language" in the same sense that a human language is defined, and whether or not they can learn a human language.