They did use a 486 in the original Airport BaseStation, I think... not what you would typically think of as a computer, but still Intel chips in an Apple product.
Yep. This is exactly how I feel.
The average users needs can be met just fine with a basic Macintosh (mini, eMac, iMac, iBook).
Just this morning I learned a new trick in Tiger... mouse over a word, and then hit -D, and you see a little window popup with the dictionary definition of the word.
It's stuff like this, along with the decreased (I think relatively absent) threat of virii/spyware/malware is why the Mac is the computer-appliance that Windows isn't.
Hit a key, and it's awake. Use it, put it to sleep. Rinse, repeat.
I don't remember the exact percentage, but when I was doing my Masters Degree on multidrug resistance in breast cancer, I remember reading about telomerase.
From what I remember, mutation from a normal cell to a transformed (cancerous) cell is not just any one mutation. It's a multistep process, and not all cancerous cells overexpress the telomerase gene.
There could be other ways for the telomerase enzyme to be overactive (i.e. decreased degradation of the enzyme by ubiquitinization), but I don't recall if anyone has looked at that.
That being said, it's always been easy to kill tumors... you just have to use doses that are too high for patient survival.
Selective targeting is where it's at. One of the researchers I used to work with was trying to put normal cells into a quiescent G-zero state so higher doses of chemotherapeutic drugs could be used without hurting the normal cells (i.e. most cancer treatments don't hurt cells that aren't actively dividing)
Cool stuff. I'm hoping for cures for most major ailments before I hit 65. Too bad so many bright people overlook careers in science these days, simply due to the financial reimbursement a career in science will get you. This includes myself. I chose to go to medical school instead of getting a PhD. Yes, I'm a sellout.
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I hope you mean translucent... or are joking.
A totally transparent interface would be... confusing.
That's where we come in. Breathe oxygen in --> Respiratory cycle ---> CO2 out
http://www.wistar.org/research_facilities/heberkat z/research.htm
They did use a 486 in the original Airport BaseStation, I think... not what you would typically think of as a computer, but still Intel chips in an Apple product.
Yep. This is exactly how I feel. The average users needs can be met just fine with a basic Macintosh (mini, eMac, iMac, iBook). Just this morning I learned a new trick in Tiger... mouse over a word, and then hit -D, and you see a little window popup with the dictionary definition of the word. It's stuff like this, along with the decreased (I think relatively absent) threat of virii/spyware/malware is why the Mac is the computer-appliance that Windows isn't. Hit a key, and it's awake. Use it, put it to sleep. Rinse, repeat.
I don't remember the exact percentage, but when I was doing my Masters Degree on multidrug resistance in breast cancer, I remember reading about telomerase. From what I remember, mutation from a normal cell to a transformed (cancerous) cell is not just any one mutation. It's a multistep process, and not all cancerous cells overexpress the telomerase gene. There could be other ways for the telomerase enzyme to be overactive (i.e. decreased degradation of the enzyme by ubiquitinization), but I don't recall if anyone has looked at that. That being said, it's always been easy to kill tumors... you just have to use doses that are too high for patient survival. Selective targeting is where it's at. One of the researchers I used to work with was trying to put normal cells into a quiescent G-zero state so higher doses of chemotherapeutic drugs could be used without hurting the normal cells (i.e. most cancer treatments don't hurt cells that aren't actively dividing) Cool stuff. I'm hoping for cures for most major ailments before I hit 65. Too bad so many bright people overlook careers in science these days, simply due to the financial reimbursement a career in science will get you. This includes myself. I chose to go to medical school instead of getting a PhD. Yes, I'm a sellout.