I am using the same keyboard (the very first MS Natural). It has served me well these 12 years - only once the connector broke. The price of the repair was more than a new keyboard but I had no remorse spending it. I work as a translator so I do a lot of typing and my hands know this keyboard really well by now.:)
It's funny that I also have only two faded letters (N and M). Also my F12 key falls out from time to time (it was hit by glue that my brother threw at me years ago).
What a great piece of hardware.
I live in Europe and I've had my bank in my mobile phone for several years now (can't actually even remember how long). Making payments, checking balances, getting information. I also use my mobile to get the security confirmation code when using the online internet banking.
True, the mobile does not have all the functions of internet banking, but it is good enough to transfer money to your friend who just paid the bill in a pub when you forgot your money at home. You just need to make sure you punch in the right number of zeros, in case you had more glasses to drink.
You're right, but I think the article talks about binding glucose in the gut, not in blood - that should not lead to hypoglycemia in most people (provided you reduce the dose of insulin/oral antidiabetics). In people who are on diet only, there would be no risk. But I agree with you that it's certainly no silver bullet solution for diabetes.
It would be great if it worked, but filtering a molecule (using whatever this "imprint" is) has to be order of magnitude simpler than filter something as complex as a virus out of something as complicated as human blood. If they get it to work, it would be perfect for "filtering" any viruses out of donor blood before transfusions.
I would be very sceptical about the proposed use in diabetes.
FTA: "Applying the technology to a drug or food additive could contribute to the dietary freedom of those who suffer from type II diabetes," Kofinas said.
It's not as simple. Diabetes is not just about glucose intake, more about energy intake. So filtering out glucose is equivalent to eating "diabetic" sugar free food. Helps, but is far from a cure and in some cases actually makes the patient's sugar higher (since they tend to have higher intake of this "sugar-free" food).
It would be great to see something like this developed to a usable stage, but I see it more useful as purifying/separating technique rather than a cure. Let's wait and see where this goes.:)
Good point, our regular turbodiesel Skoda (a European car) gets 70-80 mpg even if you not trying. It's always fun comparing American and European cars. Other point is - they all have one person in them anyway, so theoretically, they should all do like 200 mpg, right? It seems so wasteful to be dragging around two tons of metal to transport one person.
Actually, omeprazole alone WILL cure ulcers. Most ulcers would even heal on their own.
The reason antibiotics are often given is the association between Helicobacter infection and ulcers. Eradication of this bacteria improves healing but most importantly it reduces your risk of getting ulcers again it the future. But (depending on your population, of course) the prevalence of H. pylori is actually decreasing and more and more ulcers seen today are H. pylori negative (in the two years I worked at a GE clinic, I would say that only a minority of ulcers were H.p. positive). Aspirin and other NSAIDs are very good ulcer-causing drugs that are nowadays consumed in enourmous quantities by ever increasing population of patients. No need to give antibiotics to there ulcers.
So to repeat myself - omeprazole alone can help ulcers heal, if there is H. pylori, antibiotics are given as well.
Could you clarify that about treatment for stomach ulcers? I thought that omeprazole was already off patent (we have 11 brands available here in the Czech Republic). The cost of treatment for omeprazole is about $0.33 to $1 a day here. It is usually given for 6 weeks, so the total cost is something up to $40. And it actually compeletely cures the ulcers! Wow! Amazing.
I suggest you go back freshen up a little before you come preaching here.
And YES, I am a fucking doctor and no I don't have any shares of pharma companies.:)
Go on, inject 180mg of morphine.:) (But I must admit that I was wrong, the maximum daily dose - for a non-user - is actually 60mg.) BTW, your quoted LD50 is for ORAL administration - given the poor bioavailability of morphine, the parenteral dose will be much much lower. Anyway, let's not split hair. You are right, that the full article is perhaps worth reading (although I remain very sceptical whether anything useful will come out of this).
3 grams of morphine is about 100 times the maximum daily dose for a 70kg adult. The article even mentions that it was per kilo of body weight. Now that would be a huge dose. But nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if this actually makes it into anything useful for human use.
Not necessarily. If you have an ischemic stroke, some of the tissue will be lost beyond saving and undergo necrosis. There will however be a much larger region, called "the penumbra" (shadow) that will be subjected to a certain degree of ischemic damage. Much of this region will be damaged not by the ischemia itself, but by oxidative stress at reperfusion when blood with oxygen and nutriets starts flowing back into the tissue.
Much as been tried to limit this reperfusion damage, including calcium channel blockers (e.g. nimodipine) and different antioxidants, but to no great success. You could argue that enhancing your antioxidative capacity before the reperfusion damage appears could limit the extend of damage to your brain. I remain carefully optimistic.
I hope they get home safe. When I read about the ISS positioning itself for the first time in two years thanks to the gyros repaired/replaced by Discovery, I realised how amazing this mission was. Not just a prove that shuttles can fly again. MISSE experiment, supplies to ISS, repair works, a new platform. What an achievement! Kudos to all involved. Good luck coming home.
Can't you people read? From the NASA website: ---------- Discovery's seven-member Return to Flight crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 28, primarily to test and evaluate new safety procedures.
There have been many safety improvements to the Shuttle, including a redesigned External Tank, new sensors and a boom that will allow astronauts to inspect the Shuttle for any potential damage.
Two crewmembers, Steve Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, will venture outside the Shuttle three times on spacewalks. The first will demonstrate repair techniques on the Shuttle's protective tiles, known as the Thermal Protection System. During the second spacewalk, they'll replace a failed Control Moment Gyroscope, which helps keep the Station oriented properly. Finally, they'll install the External Stowage Platform, a sort of space shelf for holding spare parts during Station construction.
STS-114 is the third trip of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) named Raffaello to the Station. It's essentially a "moving van" that transports supplies to the orbital outpost. ---------
Plus, they installed another piece of the MISSE experiment. And brought supplies to the crew of ISS. That is a bit more than just garbage collection.
...including what programs were running at the time of the error and even the contents of documents that were being created
...not only that a user was running Internet Explorer, for example, but also that he or she was watching a video from ESPN.com.
So everytime my windows crashes, the stuff I worked on gets sent to MS. Everytime IE crashes, MS gets to know where I browse. How does this motivate them to make crashes less frequent? I don't like the idea at all. Another reason to leave MS products completely (already switched at home, still have to use them at work).
Damn. I'm sorry for the typos. I wasn't going for a FP, it's that I am just going home from work, already half dressed, with my finger on the switch-off button (or the Start button, anyway:)
Did he actually say he will swim it in one go? I don't think that would be physically posible. But with rest stops at a supporting ship, why not? It could take days, or weeks, I don't he was specific about the timeframe.
Well, I suppose "Happy birtday" is in place. Kind of like wishing all the best for the future to your 90 years old dying grandma, considered Hubble's impeding doom.:(
I suppose the manufacturer of the faulty software is not liable in any way. Would we buy say TV sets if their Terms of use said that they are in no way guaranteed to work for the purpose they were bought for, nor are they safe to use (like exploding randomly - It's time for the penguin on the top of the TV to explode).
I understand software is a tad more complex than your average TV, but cars are not exactly simple either and they seem to work quite well (most of the time). Will we ever get software that just works or will we always have to buy something in the good faith that it will work, but if it does not, it is our tough luck?
BTW, I hope slashdotting another japanese server won't cause much additional damage...
For the more important stuff (like my credit card details) I use a random generated password 10 characters long, mixing normal letters, capitals and numbers. But if I had to use several of these, I would have to start writing them down (I am in my mid twenties, recently graduated from a medical school, so I like to think my memory is quite good).
Forcing an average user to use a difficult random password is like asking them to write it down on their monitor (I've seen this done more often than I can remember - and don't forget my memory is good:)
Wouldn't a non-random but still difficult to guess password be more secure?
Using the method mentioned in the article (e.g. t7p4i0t1 for combining a phrase a and a number) is OK until you are forced to change the password too often. Was it "pearl in the river" and my birthay or was that last time and now it is "lorem ipsum dolor" and my wife's birthday?
Seems to me that forcing too secure passwords unto yours users is bound to be insecure in the end.
Damn, you're right. I added the "geeky syntax" in the last moment, forgot to take the text out. But last time I checked, I was not a geek, so hopefully this will not damage my geeky karma too much.:)
From TFA: The average "infected" computer had more than 90 spyware and adware programs.
I doubt I have that many legitimate programs installed in my computer and I don't think these guys have either. The thought that their computers contain more spyware than software is scary.
I don't believe that a law can change this though. It might decrease the number of US based spyware companies, but I doubt the effect will be noticeable.
More secure browsers and user education seem like a better solution.
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I am using the same keyboard (the very first MS Natural). It has served me well these 12 years - only once the connector broke. The price of the repair was more than a new keyboard but I had no remorse spending it. I work as a translator so I do a lot of typing and my hands know this keyboard really well by now. :)
It's funny that I also have only two faded letters (N and M). Also my F12 key falls out from time to time (it was hit by glue that my brother threw at me years ago).
What a great piece of hardware.
A video of the second place winning guitar picking robot from the Netherlands. Sounds good to me. :)
I live in Europe and I've had my bank in my mobile phone for several years now (can't actually even remember how long). Making payments, checking balances, getting information. I also use my mobile to get the security confirmation code when using the online internet banking.
True, the mobile does not have all the functions of internet banking, but it is good enough to transfer money to your friend who just paid the bill in a pub when you forgot your money at home. You just need to make sure you punch in the right number of zeros, in case you had more glasses to drink.
You're right, but I think the article talks about binding glucose in the gut, not in blood - that should not lead to hypoglycemia in most people (provided you reduce the dose of insulin/oral antidiabetics). In people who are on diet only, there would be no risk. But I agree with you that it's certainly no silver bullet solution for diabetes.
I would be very sceptical about the proposed use in diabetes.
FTA: "Applying the technology to a drug or food additive could contribute to the dietary freedom of those who suffer from type II diabetes," Kofinas said.
It's not as simple. Diabetes is not just about glucose intake, more about energy intake. So filtering out glucose is equivalent to eating "diabetic" sugar free food. Helps, but is far from a cure and in some cases actually makes the patient's sugar higher (since they tend to have higher intake of this "sugar-free" food).
It would be great to see something like this developed to a usable stage, but I see it more useful as purifying/separating technique rather than a cure. Let's wait and see where this goes. :)
Good point, our regular turbodiesel Skoda (a European car) gets 70-80 mpg even if you not trying. It's always fun comparing American and European cars. Other point is - they all have one person in them anyway, so theoretically, they should all do like 200 mpg, right? It seems so wasteful to be dragging around two tons of metal to transport one person.
Actually, omeprazole alone WILL cure ulcers. Most ulcers would even heal on their own.
The reason antibiotics are often given is the association between Helicobacter infection and ulcers. Eradication of this bacteria improves healing but most importantly it reduces your risk of getting ulcers again it the future. But (depending on your population, of course) the prevalence of H. pylori is actually decreasing and more and more ulcers seen today are H. pylori negative (in the two years I worked at a GE clinic, I would say that only a minority of ulcers were H.p. positive). Aspirin and other NSAIDs are very good ulcer-causing drugs that are nowadays consumed in enourmous quantities by ever increasing population of patients. No need to give antibiotics to there ulcers.
So to repeat myself - omeprazole alone can help ulcers heal, if there is H. pylori, antibiotics are given as well.
Could you clarify that about treatment for stomach ulcers? I thought that omeprazole was already off patent (we have 11 brands available here in the Czech Republic). The cost of treatment for omeprazole is about $0.33 to $1 a day here. It is usually given for 6 weeks, so the total cost is something up to $40. And it actually compeletely cures the ulcers! Wow! Amazing.
:)
I suggest you go back freshen up a little before you come preaching here.
And YES, I am a fucking doctor and no I don't have any shares of pharma companies.
Go on, inject 180mg of morphine. :) (But I must admit that I was wrong, the maximum daily dose - for a non-user - is actually 60mg.) BTW, your quoted LD50 is for ORAL administration - given the poor bioavailability of morphine, the parenteral dose will be much much lower. Anyway, let's not split hair. You are right, that the full article is perhaps worth reading (although I remain very sceptical whether anything useful will come out of this).
3 grams of morphine is about 100 times the maximum daily dose for a 70kg adult. The article even mentions that it was per kilo of body weight. Now that would be a huge dose. But nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if this actually makes it into anything useful for human use.
Not necessarily. If you have an ischemic stroke, some of the tissue will be lost beyond saving and undergo necrosis. There will however be a much larger region, called "the penumbra" (shadow) that will be subjected to a certain degree of ischemic damage. Much of this region will be damaged not by the ischemia itself, but by oxidative stress at reperfusion when blood with oxygen and nutriets starts flowing back into the tissue.
Much as been tried to limit this reperfusion damage, including calcium channel blockers (e.g. nimodipine) and different antioxidants, but to no great success. You could argue that enhancing your antioxidative capacity before the reperfusion damage appears could limit the extend of damage to your brain. I remain carefully optimistic.
Come on people, the parent is one of the funniest posts in this discussion and you moderate it TROLL?? Bananas are SATAN!!!
I hope they get home safe. When I read about the ISS positioning itself for the first time in two years thanks to the gyros repaired/replaced by Discovery, I realised how amazing this mission was. Not just a prove that shuttles can fly again. MISSE experiment, supplies to ISS, repair works, a new platform. What an achievement! Kudos to all involved. Good luck coming home.
Can't you people read?
From the NASA website:
----------
Discovery's seven-member Return to Flight crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 28, primarily to test and evaluate new safety procedures.
There have been many safety improvements to the Shuttle, including a redesigned External Tank, new sensors and a boom that will allow astronauts to inspect the Shuttle for any potential damage.
Two crewmembers, Steve Robinson and Soichi Noguchi, will venture outside the Shuttle three times on spacewalks. The first will demonstrate repair techniques on the Shuttle's protective tiles, known as the Thermal Protection System. During the second spacewalk, they'll replace a failed Control Moment Gyroscope, which helps keep the Station oriented properly. Finally, they'll install the External Stowage Platform, a sort of space shelf for holding spare parts during Station construction.
STS-114 is the third trip of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) named Raffaello to the Station. It's essentially a "moving van" that transports supplies to the orbital outpost.
---------
Plus, they installed another piece of the MISSE experiment. And brought supplies to the crew of ISS. That is a bit more than just garbage collection.
...including what programs were running at the time of the error and even the contents of documents that were being created
...not only that a user was running Internet Explorer, for example, but also that he or she was watching a video from ESPN.com.
So everytime my windows crashes, the stuff I worked on gets sent to MS. Everytime IE crashes, MS gets to know where I browse. How does this motivate them to make crashes less frequent? I don't like the idea at all. Another reason to leave MS products completely (already switched at home, still have to use them at work).
Damn. I'm sorry for the typos. I wasn't going for a FP, it's that I am just going home from work, already half dressed, with my finger on the switch-off button (or the Start button, anyway:)
Did he actually say he will swim it in one go? I don't think that would be physically posible. But with rest stops at a supporting ship, why not? It could take days, or weeks, I don't he was specific about the timeframe.
Wow, you got to admire that man. I suppose he's not going to do it in one run, the journey seems quite long. Very nice map, though. :)
:)
I guess he could also get a Krusty burger at one of those abandoned shore oil platforms
Well, I suppose "Happy birtday" is in place. Kind of like wishing all the best for the future to your 90 years old dying grandma, considered Hubble's impeding doom. :(
I suppose the manufacturer of the faulty software is not liable in any way. Would we buy say TV sets if their Terms of use said that they are in no way guaranteed to work for the purpose they were bought for, nor are they safe to use (like exploding randomly - It's time for the penguin on the top of the TV to explode).
I understand software is a tad more complex than your average TV, but cars are not exactly simple either and they seem to work quite well (most of the time). Will we ever get software that just works or will we always have to buy something in the good faith that it will work, but if it does not, it is our tough luck?
BTW, I hope slashdotting another japanese server won't cause much additional damage...
For the more important stuff (like my credit card details) I use a random generated password 10 characters long, mixing normal letters, capitals and numbers. But if I had to use several of these, I would have to start writing them down (I am in my mid twenties, recently graduated from a medical school, so I like to think my memory is quite good).
:)
Forcing an average user to use a difficult random password is like asking them to write it down on their monitor (I've seen this done more often than I can remember - and don't forget my memory is good
Wouldn't a non-random but still difficult to guess password be more secure?
Using the method mentioned in the article (e.g. t7p4i0t1 for combining a phrase a and a number) is OK until you are forced to change the password too often. Was it "pearl in the river" and my birthay or was that last time and now it is "lorem ipsum dolor" and my wife's birthday?
Seems to me that forcing too secure passwords unto yours users is bound to be insecure in the end.
Damn, you're right. I added the "geeky syntax" in the last moment, forgot to take the text out. But last time I checked, I was not a geek, so hopefully this will not damage my geeky karma too much. :)
But thanks for pointing that out.
Hey, I was frozen, I know what guy wants to hear first: the bathroom's that way.
</end of obligatory Futurama quote>
This is by far the coolest case mod I've seen. I wish I had the skills (and time) to do something like that.
Do you think the guys from the Futurama team saw this one? Anyone knows of a way to contact them (I don't think writing to Fox would be any good).
Shinier than yours, meat bag!
From TFA: The average "infected" computer had more than 90 spyware and adware programs.
I doubt I have that many legitimate programs installed in my computer and I don't think these guys have either. The thought that their computers contain more spyware than software is scary.
I don't believe that a law can change this though. It might decrease the number of US based spyware companies, but I doubt the effect will be noticeable.
More secure browsers and user education seem like a better solution.