The picture I'm getting is that genetic tech and biochemistry is still in the dark ages. I mean, they have no idea how gene X works on a biochemical level, so they take a survey of people with gene X and ask how happy they are... and call that a study.
The good news is, once they figure this shit out and can accurately model all the biochemical reactions inside the human body, the possibilities are endless.
All Firefox releases are 32-bit (unless you got the nightly test version).
If it runs fine on your 64-bit Linux then I guess it might be a Win7-specific problem. I've tried it on three different Win7 systems and they all do the same thing.
I made a static page version of my grid - see here - it contains >50 lines.
If you view this in Firefox on XP, it's super smooth. If you're running 64-bit version of Win7 and use Firefox (32-bit) to view, its very jerky and slow while scrolling up and down.
The demo only has a few lines. Once the grid gets to 50 lines or so, it gets very jerky while scrolling up and down on Win7. On XP it's very smooth even with a thousand lines.
It's been what, six years since 64-bit OSes became norm? Why can't Firefox devs make a 64-bit version?
32-bit Firefox runs like crap on Win7. I use this ajax grid in my pages, and it runs smooth as glass on XP. The same page viewed on Win7 Firefox is slow and jerky. There's something wrong with the way Firefox renders javascript when running under a 64-bit OS.
the driver writes code while the other, the observer (or navigator[1]), reviews each line of code as it is typed in.
Driver sounds cool, that's what fighter pilots call themselves too. But observer sounds lame... we should call it wingman. Then we have the driver who writes codes, and the wingman who watches for errors. Plus we get to say cool stuff like,
by professional I meant people who use Visual Studio or Photoshop or Autocad for a living... not a corporate user running internal applications (which can indeed be ported to tablets as you say).
It's only dying as a consumer appliance. Professionals and power users will always need a powerful general-purpose computer with a real input device (a.k.a. keyboard) and a screen bigger than 10 inches.
if it's possible for humans to go somewhere, they will go there. History has proven that. Only reason we haven't been to Mars or Titan or Ceti Alpha V is that we didn't have the means to. But Elon and others are trying to change that...
You seem to be assuming that your graph represents the top 12 antibiotic users in the world, but you're wrong. It's a list of Europe plus US, Canada and Australia. US didn't place 5th in the world, it placed 5th out of a handful of rich, highly regulated Western countries. Any number of Asian and Latin American countries use far far more.
Since you said I'm making up facts, let's go try Google:
"on average each Chinese person consumes 138g of antibiotics per year -- 10 times the amount consumed per capita in the U.S. Meanwhile, three times as many Chinese people are prescribed penicillin compared with the international standard."
That $5 billion would be better spent elsewhere. A large portion of money going to NASA ends up in the hands of Morton Thiokol, Raytheon et al. and from there into various people in Congress.
I'd be like that internet billionaire guy who gives out $3 million prizes to people who come up with new discoveries in physics and math... I forgot his name though
50k is his asking price. As anyone who's watched Pawn Stars knows, there's usually a big difference between what people ask for and what they end up getting.
You are more likely to get shot with your own gun by a home invader than successfully use one against a home invader
That may well be true. And you (as a hypothetical average citizen) likely cannot locate China on a map or know how to defrag a hard disk. However, given an individual with the right knowledge and training, the odds change drastically.
NRA stickers are a bad idea. Most break-ins occur when the burglar is reasonably sure that nobody's home. All the sticker does is advertise that there are guns here just waiting to be stolen.
BTW firearms rank right up there with cash and jewelry among desirable things to be stolen.
To expand on AC's short (but correct) answer, no because there are nations where people take antibiotics more often than they take baths or change underwear, where no prescription is needed, and America is fatter than all of them. U.S. is actually quite strict (relatively speaking) on the use of antibiotics.
And whatever happened to personal responsibility? Why must there be an external source of blame for one's obesity (or poverty or stupidity or...)? You're fat cus you ate too much. Not because the evil industry forced corn syrup on you or the 1% took all the good food for themselves or whatever.
A sufficiently advanced and long-lived civilization comes to realize that its sun is a liability, not an asset.
Of course reaching the end of its life and going nova or red giant is bad. But even well before that, stars are known to throw nasty flares and Carrington-type events. And go through dim/bright cycles (almost all stars are variable to some degree, including ours).
Colonizing the moon or Mars doesn't guarantee survival of the human race. The only real way to do that is to move the planet far away from the star -- a.k.a. Fleet of Worlds. This is part of the wisdom contained in the Known Space books.
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The picture I'm getting is that genetic tech and biochemistry is still in the dark ages. I mean, they have no idea how gene X works on a biochemical level, so they take a survey of people with gene X and ask how happy they are... and call that a study.
The good news is, once they figure this shit out and can accurately model all the biochemical reactions inside the human body, the possibilities are endless.
Samsung can use his misunderstanding during their appeal.
On the other hand, there's no guarantee that the next jury will be any better than this one.
you and Slashdot made a scientific discovery. Here's your prize!
All Firefox releases are 32-bit (unless you got the nightly test version).
If it runs fine on your 64-bit Linux then I guess it might be a Win7-specific problem. I've tried it on three different Win7 systems and they all do the same thing.
Try this on your 64-bit Linux: grid containing >50 lines
Try scrolling up and down. On XP, it's super smooth. On 64-bit version of Win7 and Firefox (32-bit), its very jerky and slow when scrolling.
I made a static page version of my grid - see here - it contains >50 lines.
If you view this in Firefox on XP, it's super smooth. If you're running 64-bit version of Win7 and use Firefox (32-bit) to view, its very jerky and slow while scrolling up and down.
That grid runs fine for me on 64-bit.
The demo only has a few lines. Once the grid gets to 50 lines or so, it gets very jerky while scrolling up and down on Win7. On XP it's very smooth even with a thousand lines.
It's been what, six years since 64-bit OSes became norm? Why can't Firefox devs make a 64-bit version?
32-bit Firefox runs like crap on Win7. I use this ajax grid in my pages, and it runs smooth as glass on XP. The same page viewed on Win7 Firefox is slow and jerky. There's something wrong with the way Firefox renders javascript when running under a 64-bit OS.
the driver writes code while the other, the observer (or navigator[1]), reviews each line of code as it is typed in.
Driver sounds cool, that's what fighter pilots call themselves too. But observer sounds lame... we should call it wingman. Then we have the driver who writes codes, and the wingman who watches for errors. Plus we get to say cool stuff like,
"You can be my wingman any time!"
by professional I meant people who use Visual Studio or Photoshop or Autocad for a living... not a corporate user running internal applications (which can indeed be ported to tablets as you say).
It's only dying as a consumer appliance. Professionals and power users will always need a powerful general-purpose computer with a real input device (a.k.a. keyboard) and a screen bigger than 10 inches.
The constitution says a lot of things. Some of them are not to the liking of people in charge, and they get ignored.
One example would be Congress having the power to declare war.
Samsung: Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!
lol Scamscum, seriously? That's even worse than Crapple!
At least Crapple is easy to pronounce...
if it's possible for humans to go somewhere, they will go there. History has proven that. Only reason we haven't been to Mars or Titan or Ceti Alpha V is that we didn't have the means to. But Elon and others are trying to change that...
You seem to be assuming that your graph represents the top 12 antibiotic users in the world, but you're wrong. It's a list of Europe plus US, Canada and Australia. US didn't place 5th in the world, it placed 5th out of a handful of rich, highly regulated Western countries. Any number of Asian and Latin American countries use far far more.
Since you said I'm making up facts, let's go try Google:
keywords -- "China Antibiotic Use". Top result:
"on average each Chinese person consumes 138g of antibiotics per year -- 10 times the amount consumed per capita in the U.S. Meanwhile, three times as many Chinese people are prescribed penicillin compared with the international standard."
Now go try India and Mexico.
That $5 billion would be better spent elsewhere. A large portion of money going to NASA ends up in the hands of Morton Thiokol, Raytheon et al. and from there into various people in Congress.
I'd be like that internet billionaire guy who gives out $3 million prizes to people who come up with new discoveries in physics and math... I forgot his name though
50k is his asking price. As anyone who's watched Pawn Stars knows, there's usually a big difference between what people ask for and what they end up getting.
http://www.bestlookinglogos.com/2009/07/four-square-logo/
or they paid him $50 for it
You are more likely to get shot with your own gun by a home invader than successfully use one against a home invader
That may well be true. And you (as a hypothetical average citizen) likely cannot locate China on a map or know how to defrag a hard disk. However, given an individual with the right knowledge and training, the odds change drastically.
NRA stickers are a bad idea. Most break-ins occur when the burglar is reasonably sure that nobody's home. All the sticker does is advertise that there are guns here just waiting to be stolen.
BTW firearms rank right up there with cash and jewelry among desirable things to be stolen.
and the police will find a large cache of child porn or marijuana or bomb-making material (or all of the above) in your house/car.
To expand on AC's short (but correct) answer, no because there are nations where people take antibiotics more often than they take baths or change underwear, where no prescription is needed, and America is fatter than all of them. U.S. is actually quite strict (relatively speaking) on the use of antibiotics.
And whatever happened to personal responsibility? Why must there be an external source of blame for one's obesity (or poverty or stupidity or...)? You're fat cus you ate too much. Not because the evil industry forced corn syrup on you or the 1% took all the good food for themselves or whatever.
the "$250,000 state-of-the-art robot hand"
A sufficiently advanced and long-lived civilization comes to realize that its sun is a liability, not an asset.
Of course reaching the end of its life and going nova or red giant is bad. But even well before that, stars are known to throw nasty flares and Carrington-type events. And go through dim/bright cycles (almost all stars are variable to some degree, including ours).
Colonizing the moon or Mars doesn't guarantee survival of the human race. The only real way to do that is to move the planet far away from the star -- a.k.a. Fleet of Worlds. This is part of the wisdom contained in the Known Space books.