Someone has probably already pointed out that human DNA contains 3 billion base pairs and not 30 billion. It is a sad shame that a company as renown as Celera is overshadowed by blatant misinformation...
According to my 2004 Bioniformatics in the Post-Genomic Era textbook, there are approximately 100 billion bases - so that's more than 30 billion base pairs (60 billion)...
But, hey, so you're working on outdated texts, why should the facts bother you?
and all I can say is that just because a lawyer or someone presenting a legal case or opinion thereof says that "Such and Such is the Case" doesn't mean it actually is.
They tend to present forceful arguments, or words that you think are something but aren't, to intimidate you. Then you poke holes in the arguments and all the air goes out.
This argument sounds like it's a lot of hot air in very puffed up balloons. It doesn't matter how many balloons there are, or how much hot air, it's still a lot of hot air in balloons, and a decent lawyer should poke all of the balloons or enough as to make it obvious that that's all they are.
Heck, I could claim I'm Emperor of the World. I could show you documents I made up attesting to that, links to websites I put up pretending to be official sources - but I still wouldn't be Emperor of the World.
No, you still need your passport. Trying crossing country lines on a train( I did it in July). They still want your passport. But it's a quick look, and they move on.
My current passports are all machine-readable.
They don't swipe it, they just look at it.
If i had an ID card from Spain, they'd just look at it.
You can live in Fear if you want to, but I'm not going along.
Nah, I play Sims: The Urbz - ever used the morph function?
Seriously, it's all about the STORY! The rest is for losers and dweebs IMHO, and they get bored with their games within two weeks of buying them, whereas I don't.
Seriously, how often do they think these people are gonna be swiping these things? A full tour of Europe in a day (not actually stopping to SEE anything) would be what, 30-40 swipes?
A full tour of Europe would involve at most 2 swipes - one to enter the EU - and one to leave. Travel between France, England, Germany, Spain, and all the rest of Europe involves ZERO uses of one's passport, although you still have to leave it at your hotel when you stay in Paris, so let's say maybe 4 or 5 swipes for a typical vacation if they're overly zealous.
Some days my ATM card gets more use than such a passport would...
will most likely be easily guessed and posted at most border security offices in a way that even a slightly curious person could find it out with social engineering.
And will be available for $10 in any city or small town in Asia and the Middle East within five days.
of Canada and the US, I'm going to buy a privacy-enabled laptop in Canada that registers it's VoIP 911 location as at the North Pole.
And since I'll buy it in Canada, that's a legitimate location, no matter what the USA says. My Privacy Rights under the Electronic Privacy Act override Big Brother (TM).
Soon you too can play MP3 from your Nokia watch phone, which will also monitor your blood sugar levels from the embedded chip in your wrist, and keep track of your heart rate so you can pretend you're fit!
But the reason I have// nothing to do comments inside if statements and while loops is that TODAY it does nothing, but later some code might be added to deal with the other possibility.
It's relatively easy to add code in a section, but harder to change the code to use reverse logic later.
Now, that doesn't mean I don't have statements like:
2. Whenever you're coding something ambiguous or tricky, always comment as to how and why - this saves time later.
3. When declaring variables the first time, try to comment them and declare them in sections so it's obvious which are related - you can do this by naming conventions, but it's easier to read the comment.
4. Never assume it's obvious - if it's a long calculation, comment as to what it does (or that you think it does), so when it breaks or is changed someone (or you) can figure it out.
5. Don't use the number 5. You've made to many comments, so take a break and have a coffee.
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"All your oil is belong to us."
Got oil? No. So STFU US IP hacks.
Revenge is best served with ...
FREEDOM!
Whos DNA is it?
It's mine. Prior art.
All your patents are belong to humanity.
Someone has probably already pointed out that human DNA contains 3 billion base pairs and not 30 billion. It is a sad shame that a company as renown as Celera is overshadowed by blatant misinformation...
...
According to my 2004 Bioniformatics in the Post-Genomic Era textbook, there are approximately 100 billion bases - so that's more than 30 billion base pairs (60 billion)
But, hey, so you're working on outdated texts, why should the facts bother you?
well, the cute women that is ...
and all I can say is that just because a lawyer or someone presenting a legal case or opinion thereof says that "Such and Such is the Case" doesn't mean it actually is.
They tend to present forceful arguments, or words that you think are something but aren't, to intimidate you. Then you poke holes in the arguments and all the air goes out.
This argument sounds like it's a lot of hot air in very puffed up balloons. It doesn't matter how many balloons there are, or how much hot air, it's still a lot of hot air in balloons, and a decent lawyer should poke all of the balloons or enough as to make it obvious that that's all they are.
Heck, I could claim I'm Emperor of the World. I could show you documents I made up attesting to that, links to websites I put up pretending to be official sources - but I still wouldn't be Emperor of the World.
Click the link and you'll see that it is only displaying locations from a database based on a zip you enter. So no, it doesn't do ad-hoc searching.
I'm not running any Apple OS here at work, just Windows and Linux, so I wasn't about to click on the link for plug-ins.
We do have some Mac minis being web servers and I've got an iMac at home, though.
Is that for warganging? Driving on the open road, searching for unsecured WiFi ports?
Now that would be sweet!
Send a probe to a sandy planet - and noone brings a shovel?
...
Oh, wait, it's NASA. Never mind
No, you still need your passport. Trying crossing country lines on a train( I did it in July). They still want your passport. But it's a quick look, and they move on.
My current passports are all machine-readable.
They don't swipe it, they just look at it.
If i had an ID card from Spain, they'd just look at it.
You can live in Fear if you want to, but I'm not going along.
That's why I play the Sims, for the photorealism.
Nah, I play Sims: The Urbz - ever used the morph function?
Seriously, it's all about the STORY! The rest is for losers and dweebs IMHO, and they get bored with their games within two weeks of buying them, whereas I don't.
Seriously, how often do they think these people are gonna be swiping these things? A full tour of Europe in a day (not actually stopping to SEE anything) would be what, 30-40 swipes?
...
A full tour of Europe would involve at most 2 swipes - one to enter the EU - and one to leave. Travel between France, England, Germany, Spain, and all the rest of Europe involves ZERO uses of one's passport, although you still have to leave it at your hotel when you stay in Paris, so let's say maybe 4 or 5 swipes for a typical vacation if they're overly zealous.
Some days my ATM card gets more use than such a passport would
Or how about just NOT using RFID in passports and instead using tried and tested chips or strips?
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Shh. We're not allowed to think in America. It's unpatriotic
will most likely be easily guessed and posted at most border security offices in a way that even a slightly curious person could find it out with social engineering.
...
And will be available for $10 in any city or small town in Asia and the Middle East within five days.
Time to buy a farraday cage for your passport
and have your computer bugged with a keytrap, doesn't mean that you're guilty.
But in the USA, you might as well be.
Sigh.
Anakin becomes Darth Vader!
Leia and Luke are twin babies of Anakin and are snuck away to separate locations far far from home.
Anakin falls into a volcano - but lives - barely.
And Yoda gets arthritis.
Ok, I made that last one up
of Canada and the US, I'm going to buy a privacy-enabled laptop in Canada that registers it's VoIP 911 location as at the North Pole.
And since I'll buy it in Canada, that's a legitimate location, no matter what the USA says. My Privacy Rights under the Electronic Privacy Act override Big Brother (TM).
The truth of the matter is this:
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We're all going to go see the damn movie!
We are?
I was going to see Hitchhiker's Guide and skip this until it comes out on DVD
And it has been since I did my tv show on energy in B.C. back in the late 70s and early 80s.
However, the New Scientist article on this shows this is not going to be usable for that, either.
Trust, but verify with peer review.
... Cool! ... oh, wait, it said lawbreakers ...
never mind.
Soon you too can play MP3 from your Nokia watch phone, which will also monitor your blood sugar levels from the embedded chip in your wrist, and keep track of your heart rate so you can pretend you're fit!
Seriously, this would be more useful.
[caveat - I own 1000 shares of Nokia ADR]
dang, compile error ...
(lenght($m0r0n)==0))
obviously I meant length
never write code if you are busy doing something else in another window.
I do this all the time.
// nothing to do
But the reason I have
comments inside if statements and while loops is that TODAY it does nothing, but later some code might be added to deal with the other possibility.
It's relatively easy to add code in a section, but harder to change the code to use reverse logic later.
Now, that doesn't mean I don't have statements like:
if ( (!($foo) && (length($foo)==0)) && (!($bar) && (length($bar)==0)) && (!($bush) && (length($bush)==0)) && (!($m0r0n) && (lenght($m0r0n)==0)) )
{
$hash_frog{$mufti}=0;
}
But's that usually preceded by something like:
# if invalid, reset frog to original color
See?
1. KISS - and don't use acronyms like I just did.
2. Whenever you're coding something ambiguous or tricky, always comment as to how and why - this saves time later.
3. When declaring variables the first time, try to comment them and declare them in sections so it's obvious which are related - you can do this by naming conventions, but it's easier to read the comment.
4. Never assume it's obvious - if it's a long calculation, comment as to what it does (or that you think it does), so when it breaks or is changed someone (or you) can figure it out.
5. Don't use the number 5. You've made to many comments, so take a break and have a coffee.
I have to agree, the logo sure does look like a trademark infringement.
Even so, this whole release looks severely underwhelming.
Most people are scared of terrorism, not realizing you're more likely to get malaria or die from walking across the street.
You're at more risk of death just going to a bar than you are of terrorists, for example.
The same applies to computer security. Three firewalls but they use IE for a browser with no encryption. That's how the real world works.