The noting in wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate says Perchlorate is found (used to inflate) in Airbags. Don't they use some kind of airbag to land the phoenix safely? hope they have discounted this...
You are absolutely right about asking how translation is close to inspiration. As you know the most of the early books of Bible came via oral tradition, early century jews scribes / scholars took pain to pass on the original meaning for many centuries using a meticulous system of coding the words like this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah this coding helped translators to arrive at closest meaning of the original word. More from wikipedia on old testament http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
Its going to be a wonderful tool to tag the files, folders in the hard drives locally and retrieve them back using the awesome toolbar. Many a times i keep all the files i am working on the desktop, then i organize them into folders, and put a shortcut to the folder on the desktop to retrieve it fast. But firefox 3 might change the way i am going to organize. I always wonder when the browser would become the desktop, this is one step more towards it.
It's not just for pretty pictures as the video also says, it gives precise 3d measurements (x,y,z)which is important for many applications. Google earth is not suited for this.
In the recent past (1- 2 decades) remote sensing satellites become capable of capturing 'stereo images' with accurate 3d measurement of features. close range photogrammetry has been there for a long time even before satellites for 3d measurements. It looks like this technology uses many close range photogrammetry lenses (covering 360 deg) to capture image, and use algorithms for geometry transformations and calibration. Hence suitable for applications using spatial measurements like public utilities. Lens distortion / calibration etc could be still problem. Remember even NASA, used to move the Mars rovers after a great deal of analysis and study. (every day they use to move few centimeters are so)
Thanks for your comments. I was part of a team that trained some of the college teachers. We found they were enthusiastic though it was initially difficult for them. Check this link http://tel.cedt.iisc.ernet.in/moodle/course/catego ry.php?id=10 where some of the course materials we used for training are available. You can login as guest (use firefox) to see the moodle training materials. See this courses 'Moodle Training for Administrators' and 'Moodle Training for Faculty'.
You seemed to have a bad experience with Moodle, but the 'scope' can be reduced by restricting to core features of moodle. Still since it's a opensource, customization is not far.
I agree with you completely on that, from simple installation to using it Moodle is above Sakai. Moodle community is very active and very supportive. I don't know if Sakai community / forums are like Moodle, but i am awestruck by 'Sakai' which is created by such giant universities and standards, i am hoping It will be one to count in coming days.
Did you try this Sakai and Moodle? Though Sakai is developed by universities, it should be adoptable to schools. Likewise Moodle is also a maturing project with various features being builtin.
This is the same group which wants to give multiple mouse to one PC. The dumbest idea to experiment with children of developing countries. Why cant the children have cheaper individual PC's.
some highlights from the original article mentioned
Our research shows that companies are not moving abroad because of a deficiency in U.S. education or the quality of U.S. workers. Rather, they are doing what gives them economic and competitive advantage. It is cheaper for them to move certain engineering jobs overseas and to locate their R&D operations closer to growth markets. There are serious deficiencies in engineering graduates from Indian and Chinese schools.
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The bottom line is that China is racing ahead of the United States and India in its production of engineering and technology PhD's and in its ability to perform basic research. India is in particularly bad shape, as it does not appear to be producing the numbers of PhD's needed even to staff its growing universities.
......
Back in silicon valley...
Indians have founded more engineering and technology companies during that past decade than immigrants from Britain, China, Taiwan, and Japan combined. Of all immigrant-founded companies, 26% have Indian founders.
.....
Overall, the results show that immigrants are increasingly fueling the growth of U.S. engineering and technology businesses. Of these immigrants groups, Indians are leading the charge in starting new businesses, and Chinese create the most intellectual property
.......
We have been researching this issue further. Preliminary results show that it is the education level of the individuals who make it to the United States that differentiates them. The vast majority of immigrant founders have master's and PhD degrees in math- and science-related fields.
......
some conclusions.....
It is clear that skilled immigrants bring a lot to the United States: They contribute to the economy, create jobs, and lead innovation. H1B's are temporary visas and come with many restrictions. If the nation truly needs workers with special skills, it should make them welcome by providing them with permanent resident status. Temporary workers cannot start businesses, and the nation currently is not giving them the opportunity to integrate into society and help the United States compete globally. We must also make it easier for foreign students to stay after they graduate
Scientists have discovered enzymes that can efficiently convert blood groups A, B and AB into the 'universal' O group -- which can be given to anyone but is always in short supply.
The two novel glycosidase enzymes were identified in bacteria by an international team led by Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The researchers hope that the enzymes will both improve the erratic supplies of blood around the world, and also the safety of transfusions. Clinical trials to test the safety and effectiveness of their converted blood are being planned.
The ABO blood-type system is based on the presence or absence of the sugar-based antigens 'A' and 'B' on red blood cells. Type O blood cells have neither A nor B antigens, so may be safely transfused into anyone. But types A, B and AB blood do, and cause life-threatening immune reactions if they are given to patients with a different blood group. The bacterial glycosidase enzymes strip these antigens away from A, B and AB blood.
The idea of such antigen-stripping goes back to the early 1980s, with the discovery of an enzyme in coffee beans that removes B antigens from red blood cells1. Early-stage clinical trials showed that the converted blood could be safely transfused into individuals of different blood groups; no traces of enzyme or antigen remained to cause reactions2. But the enzyme reaction was far too inefficient to make large-scale conversion practical.
Clausen's team screened 2,500 extracts from different bacteria and fungi for their ability to cleave off A and B antigens. The newly discovered bacterial 'B' enzyme is nearly 1,000 times more efficient then the coffee-bean B enzyme -- the additional discovery of an enzyme to remove A antigens means that all blood types can now be converted. The work is reported in Nature Biotechnology3.
(snip)
Its cool trick, like you said, it's built in firefox. But i think YubNub idea is to share the bookmark with many. What if i want to search from a machine, which is not bookmarked by me.
check this page for toolbar, it's already available
http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installat ion
I created a cool command called 'cia' quickly. This is for CIA factbook of countries. Most of the countries have two letter abbreviations so 'cia in' will point to India and so on
Thanks/.ers, the store is temporarily closed, i get the following message, though it says database upgradation is the cause.
Our store is closed due to failures from our hosting provider, Verio.com.
Unfortunately, our hosting company, Verio, is unable to provide us with service at this time.
According to information provided by Verio, they experienced a failure when upgrading their database software which has resulted in a large-scale service outage.
Please visit us again when Verio.com is back online and able to provide us with service.
Thank you!
NewYork times had a detailed sunday magazine article on Apr 10 . (now you have to pay to read this) The article included about the politics among scientists behind this research. I quote few of them below, including the most bizzare possiblity!
..For several years, Brivanlou, a 45-year-old developmental biologist at Rockefeller University in New York, has been arguing that one of the best ways to understand the usefulness of stem cells for regenerative medicine is to first insert them in an animal embryo and see how they divide and differentiate in a living system. The experiment is explicitly prohibited by the institutions that supply the stem-cell lines approved by the Bush administration, so he is using private funds to develop his own lines. He plans to insert them into 3-to-5-day-old mouse embryos, which he will then implant in the wombs of female mice. Brivanlou is anxiously awaiting the publication of the National Academy of Sciences guidelines before proceeding, but he says he doubts that they will prove an impediment. In his view, showing the potency of stem cells only in a petri dish is like testing the power of a new car by revving its engine in the garage. He wants to take the car out on the track and see how it might perform some day on the open road.
....
Robert Lanza, vice president for medical and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Mass., says much the same thing. ''I personally don't want to engage in those kinds of experiments, and I won't have any of my scientists do that work,'' he says. ''Sure, we could reach our endpoints quicker that way. But it takes you into very murky water.''
Why all the shuddering? For starters, there is the gonad quandary. If the experiment really works, the human cells should differentiate into all of the embryo's cell lineages, including the one that eventually forms the animal's reproductive cells. If the mouse were male, some of its sperm might thus be human, and if it were female, some of its eggs might be human eggs. If two such creatures were to mate, there would be a chance that a human embryo could be conceived and begin to grow in a mouse uterus -- a sort of Stuart Little scenario, but in reverse and not so cute.
''Literally nobody wants to see an experiment where two mice that have eggs and sperm of human origin have the opportunity to mate and produce human offspring,'' says Dr. Norman Fost, professor of pediatrics and director of the bioethics program at the University of Wisconsin and a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee reviewing stem-cell research policies. ''That's beyond anybody's wildest nightmare.''
Is the concern over the reproductive issue overblown? It is, of course, biologically impossible for a human fetus to be delivered from a rodent uterus. Moreover, for a human embryo to be conceived, the chimeras would have to be born first in order to mate, and Brivanlou says he has no intention of allowing them to come to term. He plans to terminate them and examine the fate of the human cells after a week. Still, there remains the question of what kind of being would be present during those seven days. Nobody knows. Does even the fleeting, prenatal existence of a chimera of unknown aspect cross a moral line -- not because of what it might look like or become but simply for what it is?
In fact entire global image is there in the google satellite images. These images are called NASA Blue marble Images. A zoom of up to 6 notches we can see images. India is not far in Googles sight...
It's not correct to say traditional publishers don't ask for money to publish. Some journals require you to pay fee(see in page charges heading). See this link for a debate on the open journals published in Nature
Slashdot Mirror
Here are the first images from MIP.. Image 1 Image 2
The noting in wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate says Perchlorate is found (used to inflate) in Airbags. Don't they use some kind of airbag to land the phoenix safely? hope they have discounted this...
You are absolutely right about asking how translation is close to inspiration. As you know the most of the early books of Bible came via oral tradition, early century jews scribes / scholars took pain to pass on the original meaning for many centuries using a meticulous system of coding the words like this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah this coding helped translators to arrive at closest meaning of the original word. More from wikipedia on old testament http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
The original news item says 4th century meaning 4 AD not 4 BCE as quoted here, New testament came after christ, it can't be written before christ....
Its going to be a wonderful tool to tag the files, folders in the hard drives locally and retrieve them back using the awesome toolbar. Many a times i keep all the files i am working on the desktop, then i organize them into folders, and put a shortcut to the folder on the desktop to retrieve it fast. But firefox 3 might change the way i am going to organize. I always wonder when the browser would become the desktop, this is one step more towards it.
NASA has to catchup!? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is launching 10 satellites (including 8 nano) this April 28.
It's not just for pretty pictures as the video also says, it gives precise 3d measurements (x,y,z)which is important for many applications. Google earth is not suited for this.
In the recent past (1- 2 decades) remote sensing satellites become capable of capturing 'stereo images' with accurate 3d measurement of features. close range photogrammetry has been there for a long time even before satellites for 3d measurements. It looks like this technology uses many close range photogrammetry lenses (covering 360 deg) to capture image, and use algorithms for geometry transformations and calibration. Hence suitable for applications using spatial measurements like public utilities. Lens distortion / calibration etc could be still problem. Remember even NASA, used to move the Mars rovers after a great deal of analysis and study. (every day they use to move few centimeters are so)
Thanks for your comments. I was part of a team that trained some of the college teachers. We found they were enthusiastic though it was initially difficult for them. Check this link http://tel.cedt.iisc.ernet.in/moodle/course/catego ry.php?id=10 where some of the course materials we used for training are available. You can login as guest (use firefox) to see the moodle training materials. See this courses 'Moodle Training for Administrators' and 'Moodle Training for Faculty'.
You seemed to have a bad experience with Moodle, but the 'scope' can be reduced by restricting to core features of moodle. Still since it's a opensource, customization is not far.
I agree with you completely on that, from simple installation to using it Moodle is above Sakai. Moodle community is very active and very supportive. I don't know if Sakai community / forums are like Moodle, but i am awestruck by 'Sakai' which is created by such giant universities and standards, i am hoping It will be one to count in coming days.
Did you try this Sakai and Moodle? Though Sakai is developed by universities, it should be adoptable to schools. Likewise Moodle is also a maturing project with various features being builtin.
This is the same group which wants to give multiple mouse to one PC. The dumbest idea to experiment with children of developing countries. Why cant the children have cheaper individual PC's.
Our research shows that companies are not moving abroad because of a deficiency in U.S. education or the quality of U.S. workers. Rather, they are doing what gives them economic and competitive advantage. It is cheaper for them to move certain engineering jobs overseas and to locate their R&D operations closer to growth markets. There are serious deficiencies in engineering graduates from Indian and Chinese schools.
........
The bottom line is that China is racing ahead of the United States and India in its production of engineering and technology PhD's and in its ability to perform basic research. India is in particularly bad shape, as it does not appear to be producing the numbers of PhD's needed even to staff its growing universities.
......
Back in silicon valley... Indians have founded more engineering and technology companies during that past decade than immigrants from Britain, China, Taiwan, and Japan combined. Of all immigrant-founded companies, 26% have Indian founders.
.....
Overall, the results show that immigrants are increasingly fueling the growth of U.S. engineering and technology businesses. Of these immigrants groups, Indians are leading the charge in starting new businesses, and Chinese create the most intellectual property
.......
We have been researching this issue further. Preliminary results show that it is the education level of the individuals who make it to the United States that differentiates them. The vast majority of immigrant founders have master's and PhD degrees in math- and science-related fields.
......
some conclusions.....
It is clear that skilled immigrants bring a lot to the United States: They contribute to the economy, create jobs, and lead innovation. H1B's are temporary visas and come with many restrictions. If the nation truly needs workers with special skills, it should make them welcome by providing them with permanent resident status. Temporary workers cannot start businesses, and the nation currently is not giving them the opportunity to integrate into society and help the United States compete globally. We must also make it easier for foreign students to stay after they graduate
Scientists have discovered enzymes that can efficiently convert blood groups A, B and AB into the 'universal' O group -- which can be given to anyone but is always in short supply.
The two novel glycosidase enzymes were identified in bacteria by an international team led by Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The researchers hope that the enzymes will both improve the erratic supplies of blood around the world, and also the safety of transfusions. Clinical trials to test the safety and effectiveness of their converted blood are being planned.
The ABO blood-type system is based on the presence or absence of the sugar-based antigens 'A' and 'B' on red blood cells. Type O blood cells have neither A nor B antigens, so may be safely transfused into anyone. But types A, B and AB blood do, and cause life-threatening immune reactions if they are given to patients with a different blood group. The bacterial glycosidase enzymes strip these antigens away from A, B and AB blood.
The idea of such antigen-stripping goes back to the early 1980s, with the discovery of an enzyme in coffee beans that removes B antigens from red blood cells1. Early-stage clinical trials showed that the converted blood could be safely transfused into individuals of different blood groups; no traces of enzyme or antigen remained to cause reactions2. But the enzyme reaction was far too inefficient to make large-scale conversion practical.
Clausen's team screened 2,500 extracts from different bacteria and fungi for their ability to cleave off A and B antigens. The newly discovered bacterial 'B' enzyme is nearly 1,000 times more efficient then the coffee-bean B enzyme -- the additional discovery of an enzyme to remove A antigens means that all blood types can now be converted. The work is reported in Nature Biotechnology3.
(snip)
I have rejected the service. I selected, 'I don't agree' button as they are not yet ready to print 'mp3' and 'mpeg' files...
Its cool trick, like you said, it's built in firefox. But i think YubNub idea is to share the bookmark with many. What if i want to search from a machine, which is not bookmarked by me.
check this page for toolbar, it's already available http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installat ion
I created a cool command called 'cia' quickly. This is for CIA factbook of countries. Most of the countries have two letter abbreviations so 'cia in' will point to India and so on
Thanks /.ers, the store is temporarily closed, i get the following message, though it says database upgradation is the cause.
Our store is closed due to failures from our hosting provider, Verio.com.
Unfortunately, our hosting company, Verio, is unable to provide us with service at this time.
According to information provided by Verio, they experienced a failure when upgrading their database software which has resulted in a large-scale service outage.
Please visit us again when Verio.com is back online and able to provide us with service.
Thank you!
NewYork times had a detailed sunday magazine article on Apr 10 . (now you have to pay to read this) The article included about the politics among scientists behind this research. I quote few of them below, including the most bizzare possiblity!
..For several years, Brivanlou, a 45-year-old developmental biologist at Rockefeller University in New York, has been arguing that one of the best ways to understand the usefulness of stem cells for regenerative medicine is to first insert them in an animal embryo and see how they divide and differentiate in a living system. The experiment is explicitly prohibited by the institutions that supply the stem-cell lines approved by the Bush administration, so he is using private funds to develop his own lines. He plans to insert them into 3-to-5-day-old mouse embryos, which he will then implant in the wombs of female mice. Brivanlou is anxiously awaiting the publication of the National Academy of Sciences guidelines before proceeding, but he says he doubts that they will prove an impediment. In his view, showing the potency of stem cells only in a petri dish is like testing the power of a new car by revving its engine in the garage. He wants to take the car out on the track and see how it might perform some day on the open road.
....
Robert Lanza, vice president for medical and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Mass., says much the same thing. ''I personally don't want to engage in those kinds of experiments, and I won't have any of my scientists do that work,'' he says. ''Sure, we could reach our endpoints quicker that way. But it takes you into very murky water.''
Why all the shuddering? For starters, there is the gonad quandary. If the experiment really works, the human cells should differentiate into all of the embryo's cell lineages, including the one that eventually forms the animal's reproductive cells. If the mouse were male, some of its sperm might thus be human, and if it were female, some of its eggs might be human eggs. If two such creatures were to mate, there would be a chance that a human embryo could be conceived and begin to grow in a mouse uterus -- a sort of Stuart Little scenario, but in reverse and not so cute.
''Literally nobody wants to see an experiment where two mice that have eggs and sperm of human origin have the opportunity to mate and produce human offspring,'' says Dr. Norman Fost, professor of pediatrics and director of the bioethics program at the University of Wisconsin and a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee reviewing stem-cell research policies. ''That's beyond anybody's wildest nightmare.''
Is the concern over the reproductive issue overblown? It is, of course, biologically impossible for a human fetus to be delivered from a rodent uterus. Moreover, for a human embryo to be conceived, the chimeras would have to be born first in order to mate, and Brivanlou says he has no intention of allowing them to come to term. He plans to terminate them and examine the fate of the human cells after a week. Still, there remains the question of what kind of being would be present during those seven days. Nobody knows. Does even the fleeting, prenatal existence of a chimera of unknown aspect cross a moral line -- not because of what it might look like or become but simply for what it is?
In fact entire global image is there in the google satellite images. These images are called NASA Blue marble Images. A zoom of up to 6 notches we can see images. India is not far in Googles sight...
It's not correct to say traditional publishers don't ask for money to publish. Some journals require you to pay fee(see in page charges heading). See this link for a debate on the open journals published in Nature