Umm...sort-of. Yes, they are the exact same virus, doing the same thing to the human body. However, the terms are different. HIV is the early infection, from the day you catch the virus until your T-cell count drops below 200. Also, at the point you will not show any symptoms, besides a few flu-like symptoms very early in the infection that go away fairly quickly. Once your T-cell count drops below 200 or you start to show some signs/symptoms of AIDS than you are no longer labeled as an HIV patient, but rather as an AIDS patient. This is where the symptoms start to appear, and more or less the end is near.
I'd imagine it would save a lot of money. The article said spending would be about $500 million over thye next 5 years, and I've heard that one shuttle flight costs roughly the same. I can't cite that, unfortunatly.
So, many smaller supply flights, or one big shuttle flight?
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I still question that 60% figure used. How many rural farmers and chicken owners in Vietnam go to the hospital with the flu and then find out that they have the bird flu if they aren't on their deathbed? Honestly, how many people just got some extra rest and got over "the flu" when in all reality they had the dreaded bird flu? Many Americans don't go to the doctor or hospital for the flu unless it's bad, and they have doctors and hospitals just miles away from their home, unlike in rural Vietnam. Maybe it's just me, but it seems more likely that this disease has a 60% fatality rate for those who are REALLY sick.
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Most people with HIV (the precursor to AIDS) don't know they have the disease more months or even years, while they remain sexually active and spread the virus. So, back to the computer virus thing, it lays silent for some time while the host continues to act as normal and pass the virus from person to person.
I will first mention I have never used Blackboard. However, I have used WebCT (currently do use it for 4 different classes actually) and I honestly don't like it. The interface is not easy to use, the pages tend to load wrong, or just not load, the chat and message boards remind me of the internet circa 1997, and there is no real flow. That, and IT at my school can't seem to figure out how to work it, I haven't been able to see one of my classes and they (school? WebCT? not sure which) haven't been able to fix it, and it's been 4 weeks now. Hopefully this merger will be a good thing and get rid of most, or all, of these shortcomings. The other online system I have used is uCompass and that is by far superior to WebCT, hands down. Much better flow, better layout, pages always load right, content is easier to find, message boards and chat look and work as they should, and the prof. has the ability to edit the course colors, which is actually a good thing when you have 4 online classes.
Umm, that controlled descent you mention would still be in the area of 150-200 miles per hour into the water. Any clue what that's gonna look like? More like an explosion (but with more water) than a landing, there will be no resure to worry about. Just a recovery. Granted, you could safely land on ice or the empty land in many cases, but I highly doubt they'd have much of a chance of a survivable water landing.
I understand the point you are trying to make, but I question your examples. Every example you gave caused a certain amount of small scale chaos, but, did society stop when the airlines stopped flying? You had a lot of people stuck in places they'd rather not be, but society keep moving. During the blackout you had a bunch of people depressed because they couldn't get online, but we survived without any major effects. Hell, in many cases people met their neighbors for the first time, and I'd consider that a good thing personally.
I do know that all those examples did disrupt society, but I wouldn't, by any means, say it brought society to its knees. They were nothing more than a little speed bump in a parking lot.
Just my two cents.
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Umm...sort-of. Yes, they are the exact same virus, doing the same thing to the human body. However, the terms are different. HIV is the early infection, from the day you catch the virus until your T-cell count drops below 200. Also, at the point you will not show any symptoms, besides a few flu-like symptoms very early in the infection that go away fairly quickly. Once your T-cell count drops below 200 or you start to show some signs/symptoms of AIDS than you are no longer labeled as an HIV patient, but rather as an AIDS patient. This is where the symptoms start to appear, and more or less the end is near.
The article wasn't very specific, but it did say both public and private colleges.
I'd imagine it would save a lot of money. The article said spending would be about $500 million over thye next 5 years, and I've heard that one shuttle flight costs roughly the same. I can't cite that, unfortunatly. So, many smaller supply flights, or one big shuttle flight?
I still question that 60% figure used. How many rural farmers and chicken owners in Vietnam go to the hospital with the flu and then find out that they have the bird flu if they aren't on their deathbed? Honestly, how many people just got some extra rest and got over "the flu" when in all reality they had the dreaded bird flu? Many Americans don't go to the doctor or hospital for the flu unless it's bad, and they have doctors and hospitals just miles away from their home, unlike in rural Vietnam. Maybe it's just me, but it seems more likely that this disease has a 60% fatality rate for those who are REALLY sick.
Most people with HIV (the precursor to AIDS) don't know they have the disease more months or even years, while they remain sexually active and spread the virus. So, back to the computer virus thing, it lays silent for some time while the host continues to act as normal and pass the virus from person to person.
I will first mention I have never used Blackboard. However, I have used WebCT (currently do use it for 4 different classes actually) and I honestly don't like it. The interface is not easy to use, the pages tend to load wrong, or just not load, the chat and message boards remind me of the internet circa 1997, and there is no real flow. That, and IT at my school can't seem to figure out how to work it, I haven't been able to see one of my classes and they (school? WebCT? not sure which) haven't been able to fix it, and it's been 4 weeks now. Hopefully this merger will be a good thing and get rid of most, or all, of these shortcomings. The other online system I have used is uCompass and that is by far superior to WebCT, hands down. Much better flow, better layout, pages always load right, content is easier to find, message boards and chat look and work as they should, and the prof. has the ability to edit the course colors, which is actually a good thing when you have 4 online classes.
Umm, that controlled descent you mention would still be in the area of 150-200 miles per hour into the water. Any clue what that's gonna look like? More like an explosion (but with more water) than a landing, there will be no resure to worry about. Just a recovery. Granted, you could safely land on ice or the empty land in many cases, but I highly doubt they'd have much of a chance of a survivable water landing.
I understand the point you are trying to make, but I question your examples. Every example you gave caused a certain amount of small scale chaos, but, did society stop when the airlines stopped flying? You had a lot of people stuck in places they'd rather not be, but society keep moving. During the blackout you had a bunch of people depressed because they couldn't get online, but we survived without any major effects. Hell, in many cases people met their neighbors for the first time, and I'd consider that a good thing personally. I do know that all those examples did disrupt society, but I wouldn't, by any means, say it brought society to its knees. They were nothing more than a little speed bump in a parking lot. Just my two cents.