First, your post should be enlightened to a sticky!! (If/. had such a thing)
Second, this entomologist would like to know if you are finding any insect fossils in your Pennsylvanian rocks? Should be some winged insects in there too, if memory serves. If so, who is taking on the task of determining them? Grimalidi at the Smithsonian is the only paleoentomologist I know of in the US these days (Maybe Poinar is still actively into research in California). I have some experience with insects in amber, but some of the smashed up impression fossils I've seen look like an interesting challenge for determination. Or maybe the INHS is working on it?
Fujimori himself stood in the middle of the street downtown, daring them to shoot him, to demonstrate that they had no power over the city.
Interesting. I wonder how much Fujimori payed Shining Path to play chicken. This might sound snarky, but it wouldn't be unpresidented. I'm not questioning your friends reasoning for supporting him (I've never lived there, so I don't know), but when Peron took power in Argentina many enjoyed prosperity while anyone who was suspected of opposition to any of his positions just vanished. I would have been very suspicious about Fujimori's "crackdown" on Shining Path.
Just my 2cents.
True, representation is reliant on how the samples are obtained and the response variable used for the estimate. However, representation and the randomness of the data are not necessarily related. There are different "kinds" of random-sampling techniques (e.g., systematic or arbitrary). Also, the data itself has its own measure of randomness. You can have a non-random, representative data set. You can even have non-random data with heterogenious variance and have it be representative. What matters, in statistics, is that the assumptions for whatever statistical test is used are checked and that corrections to the analysis are made to accomodate for violations of the assumptions.
Colony Collapse Disorder and a general decline in pollinators are two separate issues. Colony Collapse Disorder has everything to do with beekeeping and honeybees. The issue of pollinator decline applies to a much more broad spectrum of insects. In other words, honeybees are pollinators but not all pollinators (or pollinating bees for that matter) are honeybees. It is likely that the two issues are not the causes of the same effect.
On the other hand do I want sensitive data stored on someone else's server?
Two other important questions related to the one above...
Do you own your own email server? If the answer is no, do you have your client options set such that email messages are deleted from the email server once they are grabbed by your client?
I don't think that data are any more secure on non-web clients unless the user is actually aware of what makes their data more or less secure.
The current US population is around 298,444,215 (as of about a year ago its now over 300M). So, Newsweek surveyed ~0.0003% of US registered voters and out of an unknown number of responders, over a 1-day period, they found that ~0.000016% (+ or - 40 people) of the US population "reject the scientific theory of evolution".
Wow! Great scoop Brian Braiker! I am sure that everyone with an "M.A. in international affairs" is now looking forward to an exciting career in "journalism".
Maybe Newsweek also should have asked, "are you smarter than a 5th grader?"
Maybe they should have also asked, "'Is Intelligent Design or creationism well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?'" But who cares about internal controls if you are a "news organization" generating hyperbole?
What are you saying is wrong? My point was it reads as though the students copyprotected their work prior to submission with the intent to catch the service in the act of infringing on their copyright. This is slightly different than having your copyrighted work submittied by someone else without your knowing. What they did would be a form of entrapment would it not?
I think they've got an excellent case, especially since they seem to have prepared for this eventuality: they're A-students, never been accused of plagiarism, and they formally copyrighted their papers prior to their submission to Turnitin.
Well, anonymous coward, I am familiar with companies submitting a protest and it isn't the same as a company submitting a formal lawsuit. Dude, this is what the GAO is for (at the federal level, I'm sure each state has something similar)! Since, I am very naive why don't you educate me with an example (involving the state and bidding contract).
Maybe your right. However, based on this state institution's bid policy (which could obviously vary for other states) "Specifications for goods should be based on the functional or technical performance of the products." It seems reasonable that machines giving equal access to all individuals could be pretty important in the selection process for a voting machine in this case -- something that was stated as the reason for Mass's choice in the article.
Now this may change the voter "turnout" for some districts -- but this would be equally true if Diebold forced their less accessable machine on the public.
Also, I smell a possible counter brewing. After all, it does create an anti-competitive atmosphere, to say the least. And think about this... State sends out something for bid, state fears risk of legal action from highest-priced competitor, state is forced to purchase based on fear instead of some cost-quality ratio, = you pay more for your public services and gain the risk of poorer quality. What a deal! I can't think of any other examples of this for contract bids involving the state -- but then I'm probably a little naive when it come to the details of contract bids. I'm thinking that, unless there was some pre-existing contractual agreement (although, based on the article, it seemed that the bidding process was carried out legally) Diebold may be on some very thin ice!
Sterile male production worked so well with some of the blow flies because only one male can mate with a female (the male deposits an obstruction during mating). I'm not sure the same is true for malaria mosquito vectors.
Data demonstrate a lack of mammalian toxicity at high levels of exposure (well above exposure levels that are reasonably anticipated in corn) to the pure Cry3Bb1 proteins. Gross necropsies performed at the end of the three acute oral toxicity studies in mice indicated no findings of toxicity attributed to exposure to the test substance. LD50 s were greater than 2,700; 2,980; and 3,780 mg Cry3Bb1 protein/kg body weight (highest doses tested).
The potential for the Cry3Bb1 proteins to be food allergens is minimal. Data demonstrate that the Cry3Bb1 protein is rapidly degraded by gastric fluid in vitro. Further, a comparison of amino acid sequences of known allergens and toxins uncovered no evidence of any homology with Cry3Bb1.
A tolerance exemption exists under 40 CFR 180.1214 (for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn) that includes Event MON863.
The extraction and detection method submitted in support of 40 CFR 180.1214 is adequate for analysis of Cry3Bb1 protein in corn grain. However, Monsanto is required to submit method validation data by an independent laboratory, as well as reagents to the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs Ft. Meade Laboratory for their validation of the method. In addition, to assure that grain handlers have a test method in place prior to harvest, Monsanto must make available Cry3Bb1 strip tests to grain handlers. EPA further understands that these are 'qualitative' test kits and that Monsanto is in discussions with USDA/GIPSA about providing methodology and reagents for their use in developing a validated 'quantitative' method for MON 863.
--EPA
And no, I don't think that the EPA is "in bed" with Monsanto. Much of industry R&D for pesticide companies (like Monsanto) goes into label approval as mandated by FIFRA.
It costs a lot of money to change a label once it is approved so companies generally do a lot of research (internal and external) to make sure the effects of the compound are within EPA guidelines. I'm not defending Monsanto, I'm just stating the facts as I know them. Also important to note that Cry3Bb1 hasn't been around a really long time, and chronic studies considering dose*time effects can take a while. Also, Cry3Bb1 is for corn rootworm larvae and is mostly expressed in corn roots -- we don't eat corn roots. The dosage in the ears is very very low as I understand.
But consider a company the bit in the article regarding one-time use applications could be a gold mine. Think food safety and "biosecurity" -- I'm seeing biochem companies jumping all over this.
Yes, but not all insects are bugs (an enlightened term reserved for the suborder Heteroptera); therefore a more appropriate terminology would be needed. Maybe disinfest?;o)
Overpackaging goods with three layers of boxes and plastic should be taxed, too.
Here here! I enjoy the visceral experience of pealing layers of plastic of some new Apple product as much as anyone would, but why they don't use corn-starch-based plastics for their super-wrapped bundles-o-joy is beyond me. It isn't like their products seem to sit around in storage long enough to actually need protection from the elements anyway!
Also, the sicko that decided to package thumb-drives (which are often in locked, glass cases already) in the impossible-to-open, I need twelve stitches before I can finish opening this insanely large plastic flack jacket around this "thumb drive" deserves to be quadruple-taxed!!
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First, your post should be enlightened to a sticky!! (If /. had such a thing)
Second, this entomologist would like to know if you are finding any insect fossils in your Pennsylvanian rocks? Should be some winged insects in there too, if memory serves. If so, who is taking on the task of determining them? Grimalidi at the Smithsonian is the only paleoentomologist I know of in the US these days (Maybe Poinar is still actively into research in California). I have some experience with insects in amber, but some of the smashed up impression fossils I've seen look like an interesting challenge for determination. Or maybe the INHS is working on it?
Mouse, whatever... Wake me up when computer scientists can model an insect brain!
Like I said, I've never lived there, so I don't know it. However, regarding the U.S., I still share Pat Henry's sentiment, 9/11 or no.
"Give me liberty or give me death".
Death would be a far better freedom for me than having GW rule my life by martial law.
Maybe others share my view.
Interesting. I wonder how much Fujimori payed Shining Path to play chicken. This might sound snarky, but it wouldn't be unpresidented. I'm not questioning your friends reasoning for supporting him (I've never lived there, so I don't know), but when Peron took power in Argentina many enjoyed prosperity while anyone who was suspected of opposition to any of his positions just vanished. I would have been very suspicious about Fujimori's "crackdown" on Shining Path. Just my 2cents.
True, representation is reliant on how the samples are obtained and the response variable used for the estimate. However, representation and the randomness of the data are not necessarily related. There are different "kinds" of random-sampling techniques (e.g., systematic or arbitrary). Also, the data itself has its own measure of randomness. You can have a non-random, representative data set. You can even have non-random data with heterogenious variance and have it be representative. What matters, in statistics, is that the assumptions for whatever statistical test is used are checked and that corrections to the analysis are made to accomodate for violations of the assumptions.
It would be Copyrighted.
Colony Collapse Disorder and a general decline in pollinators are two separate issues. Colony Collapse Disorder has everything to do with beekeeping and honeybees. The issue of pollinator decline applies to a much more broad spectrum of insects. In other words, honeybees are pollinators but not all pollinators (or pollinating bees for that matter) are honeybees. It is likely that the two issues are not the causes of the same effect.
Two other important questions related to the one above...
Do you own your own email server? If the answer is no, do you have your client options set such that email messages are deleted from the email server once they are grabbed by your client?
I don't think that data are any more secure on non-web clients unless the user is actually aware of what makes their data more or less secure.
Heh. I had Pascal with Parachutes.
What are you saying is wrong? My point was it reads as though the students copyprotected their work prior to submission with the intent to catch the service in the act of infringing on their copyright. This is slightly different than having your copyrighted work submittied by someone else without your knowing. What they did would be a form of entrapment would it not?
Well, anonymous coward, I am familiar with companies submitting a protest and it isn't the same as a company submitting a formal lawsuit. Dude, this is what the GAO is for (at the federal level, I'm sure each state has something similar)! Since, I am very naive why don't you educate me with an example (involving the state and bidding contract).
Maybe your right. However, based on this state institution's bid policy (which could obviously vary for other states) "Specifications for goods should be based on the functional or technical performance of the products." It seems reasonable that machines giving equal access to all individuals could be pretty important in the selection process for a voting machine in this case -- something that was stated as the reason for Mass's choice in the article.
Now this may change the voter "turnout" for some districts -- but this would be equally true if Diebold forced their less accessable machine on the public.
Ditto!
Also, I smell a possible counter brewing. After all, it does create an anti-competitive atmosphere, to say the least. And think about this... State sends out something for bid, state fears risk of legal action from highest-priced competitor, state is forced to purchase based on fear instead of some cost-quality ratio, = you pay more for your public services and gain the risk of poorer quality. What a deal! I can't think of any other examples of this for contract bids involving the state -- but then I'm probably a little naive when it come to the details of contract bids. I'm thinking that, unless there was some pre-existing contractual agreement (although, based on the article, it seemed that the bidding process was carried out legally) Diebold may be on some very thin ice!
Sterile male production worked so well with some of the blow flies because only one male can mate with a female (the male deposits an obstruction during mating). I'm not sure the same is true for malaria mosquito vectors.
Sure, it has a laser throttle!
--EPA
And no, I don't think that the EPA is "in bed" with Monsanto. Much of industry R&D for pesticide companies (like Monsanto) goes into label approval as mandated by FIFRA. It costs a lot of money to change a label once it is approved so companies generally do a lot of research (internal and external) to make sure the effects of the compound are within EPA guidelines. I'm not defending Monsanto, I'm just stating the facts as I know them. Also important to note that Cry3Bb1 hasn't been around a really long time, and chronic studies considering dose*time effects can take a while. Also, Cry3Bb1 is for corn rootworm larvae and is mostly expressed in corn roots -- we don't eat corn roots. The dosage in the ears is very very low as I understand.
But consider a company the bit in the article regarding one-time use applications could be a gold mine. Think food safety and "biosecurity" -- I'm seeing biochem companies jumping all over this.
Like the hydrogen atoms found attached to long-chain carbon molecules.
Eureka!! They've rediscovered Paraffin!!
My highspeed, large-capacity Seagate drive wasn't secure from itself when it decided to critically fail 1 week after warrenty!
Read the quoted text again... This time with a Barry White dramatization.
Disturbing...very disturbing..
Yes, but not all insects are bugs (an enlightened term reserved for the suborder Heteroptera); therefore a more appropriate terminology would be needed. Maybe disinfest? ;o)