... Lets say there are enough specialized teams to treat 1,000 glioblastoma patients per year and they successfully treat 80% of patients. 800 saved hurray! But, for the same price, Watson could develop treatments for 10,000 patients, saving 4,000 of them.
The idea of "saved" in this case is overly optimistic.
The median survival time from the time of diagnosis without any treatment is 3 months, but with treatment survival of 1–2 years is common.
For adults with more aggressive glioblastoma, treated with concurrent temozolamide and radiation therapy, median survival is about 14.6 months and two-year survival is 30%. However, a 2009 study reported that almost 10% of patients with glioblastoma may live five years or longer.
My wife died of this in 2006 just 7 weeks after diagnosis Remember Sue....
Though perhaps with Watson many more people could be, at least, helped.
If you do an image search for multimeters there aren't many colors left which don't copy one already in existence. I'd suggest Sparkfun try periwinkle.
Do individual women need encouragement? Of course - our culture favors quiet little mermaids, not bold warrior princesses.
Indeed. I saw a sign over a door in a photo Chelsea Handler tweeted that said, "Well behaved women seldom make history." which is a quote from and name of a book by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
A rare scientific law means it is settled. For most of them their are theories...
The problem most people have is confusing Scientific Theory and pundit "theory" (mind the quotes). The two are not the same -- I even question Commander Data's overuse of the word theory in his many musings. I think he was sometimes a little slack in his application, but that's just a theory.
You missed some pretty blatant sarcasm there, buddy.
You missed some pretty blatant sarcasm there, buddy.
I considered that but, if it was sarcasm, it actually wasn't well executed and some people really don't know that some NICs support MAC cloning/changing, so I replied.
Conveying sarcasm in writing is hard to do well. Simply stating a contrary fact/opinion in a reply, like 'Because a MAC address cannot be cloned" hoping the reader knows the truth and assumes the writer does too doesn't cut it. There needs to be some clue that the writer actually knows the truth. When speaking, this is usually done through tone and inflection - which is hard to do on the page. In this case, a better attempt would have been, "Ya, well, it's not like a MAC address can be cloned with a few simple commands."
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I wish they would just die with a little grace and accept that they world will be better off without them
Ya, like SCO did - oh, wait... :-)
Birds are very smart. Another reason to be afraid of dinosaurs, I suppose.
As a programmer, I always remember that Velociraptors dislike goto statements.
I was bitten by radioactive yeast in the biology lab, and now have acquired the super-powers of YEASTMAN.
Have fun trying to get laid, Yeastman.
The Timeline:
With all those typewriters why even bother buying tablets!
Even better, as TFA explicitly states and TFS quotes: "old-fashioned typewriters". Perhaps these Sholes and Glidden units from 1873.
[Dear "Journalists", Please kill yourselves now.]
The choice of Eich as CEO seems obvious to some, after a string of recent short-tenured CEOs at Mozilla's helm.
Don't let government employees retire. Problem solved.
... Lets say there are enough specialized teams to treat 1,000 glioblastoma patients per year and they successfully treat 80% of patients. 800 saved hurray! But, for the same price, Watson could develop treatments for 10,000 patients, saving 4,000 of them.
The idea of "saved" in this case is overly optimistic.
From Glioblastoma Multiforme and Glioblastoma:
The median survival time from the time of diagnosis without any treatment is 3 months, but with treatment survival of 1–2 years is common.
For adults with more aggressive glioblastoma, treated with concurrent temozolamide and radiation therapy, median survival is about 14.6 months and two-year survival is 30%. However, a 2009 study reported that almost 10% of patients with glioblastoma may live five years or longer.
My wife died of this in 2006 just 7 weeks after diagnosis Remember Sue....
Though perhaps with Watson many more people could be, at least, helped.
... imagine developing a pill or a liquid that made someone feel like they were serving a 1,000-year sentence ...
Just make them watch C-SPAN all the time.
From TFS and TFA:
The system bathes the driver in infrared light ...
Yet in both TFA photos, the light is drawn in blue.
If you do an image search for multimeters there aren't many colors left which don't copy one already in existence. I'd suggest Sparkfun try periwinkle.
Or "rainbow", then they'll be fabulous.
Crap, I already have a hard enough time getting non-programmers to understand that Java and JavaScript aren't the same thing.
Javascript is just Java written in cursive - duh.
No. Seriously?
I can see 20-40 tabs. But 150?
GP thinks # open tabs == manliness *or* has IMAX screen for monitor and really tiny font.
Like the one entitled, How to Eat at McDonald’s When You’re Monumentally Broke. Of course, this requires that you have an Internet connection and browser-capable system to read it, while being "monumentally broke"...
So how did RMS posses Shuttleworth's body?
There's an obscure clause deep down in the GPL ...
Do individual women need encouragement? Of course - our culture favors quiet little mermaids, not bold warrior princesses.
Indeed. I saw a sign over a door in a photo Chelsea Handler tweeted that said, "Well behaved women seldom make history." which is a quote from and name of a book by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
The trick with good times is when they don't last.
The problem is that the good times usually last longer than the short-sightedness of 99% of the population.
A rare scientific law means it is settled. For most of them their are theories ...
The problem most people have is confusing Scientific Theory and pundit "theory" (mind the quotes). The two are not the same -- I even question Commander Data's overuse of the word theory in his many musings. I think he was sometimes a little slack in his application, but that's just a theory.
Do they know what Quantum means?
Does it matter? Verizon doesn't. (eg: "FiOS Quantum")
You missed some pretty blatant sarcasm there, buddy.
You missed some pretty blatant sarcasm there, buddy.
I considered that but, if it was sarcasm, it actually wasn't well executed and some people really don't know that some NICs support MAC cloning/changing, so I replied.
Conveying sarcasm in writing is hard to do well. Simply stating a contrary fact/opinion in a reply, like 'Because a MAC address cannot be cloned" hoping the reader knows the truth and assumes the writer does too doesn't cut it. There needs to be some clue that the writer actually knows the truth. When speaking, this is usually done through tone and inflection - which is hard to do on the page. In this case, a better attempt would have been, "Ya, well, it's not like a MAC address can be cloned with a few simple commands."
Because a MAC address cannot be cloned ...
Sure it can, though not all NICs support that. Google it.
All sharks know is that Alice, Bob and Eve are delicious. [Chomp, chomp, chompity chomp.]
Laser-Based Quantum Crypto is "Unbreakable"
Sharks: 1
NSA: 0
Coffee from pods is an affront dignity anyway. Get a proper espresso machine, or use a press.
Besides, Dolphins and Orcas are horrible Baristas. Wait, what kind of "pods" are we talking about?
It looks like something out of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, except more curvaceous and birdlike.
So. Like Angelina Jolie in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.