They're not absolutely terrible but they're nothing revolutionary, either--just your basic, modern-day pop rock. Sounds like 90% of everything else on rock radio nowdays.
The drummer overplays more than a bit, though. You'd think he was either madly in love with...or was *really* pissed at...his crash cymbal.
Or we can keep putting money into embryonic stem cells which have already resulted in _proven therapies that work_
Really? Do you have links? The only proven results I've seen have been from ADULT stem cells...although I'll admit that I haven't kept up with the most recent results.
Considering that all of the current advances that have been made in the field have been made with adult stem cells, despite all of the research directed towards embryonic stem cells (not just in the US...mainly in Europe and elsewhere), it's really amazing that everyone is in a huff over embryonic stem cells. Put the money where they results are.
The problem with this whole situation is that the FCC ruled that the current crop of cable telecoms are NOT common carriers and are not bound by the law governing common carriers. That decision is why Net Neutrality is even an issue.
And what I want to know is: what the hell did the telecoms do with that $200 billion in handouts they got to run fiber to curb by 2006? One of the reasons they claim they need to be able to double and triple dip for cash on the same content is that they can't pay for F2C. The government gave them a crapload of handouts (OUR tax money) and they squandered...and now they want to charge US for stepped service to replace the money they squandered...and we'll probably STILL not get F2C in another 10 years!
I later found out that this was because whoever set up our one and only (at that time) registration server had multiplexed 42 modems through one COM port.
I used to work as IT Admin for a staffing company in TX a few years ago and in the main office (there were three offices in three different cities), they were running the entire office's internet access (roughly 25 computers) off a single, low-speed ISDN line run into the main office's file and network server...which was a HP so old that it was about the size of a mini-fridge. On top of that, they wanted to run a centralized intranet and VPN on the same setup.
I only stayed with the company for about 6 months. In that time, I never got them to upgrade to a better server, but I did get them to switch to Roadrunner business cable. I never found out if they got their ill-fated VPN and intranet set up.
Actually, I'd like to see a down and dirty script featuring the shadowy Section 31 and their role in one (or a few) of the most important moments in ST history. Pick a moment...any moment. I don't care. I just want to see something other than the warm-fuzzy-utopian crappola.
In other news, another 300 cancer patients died today because they couldn't afford the examinations that would have detected their disease earlier, at a preventable stage.
Even if healthcare was "free", how many of us lazy people would actually be getting cancer exams at a time that would be early enough to prevent it or even treat it?
I was shopping for a new phone a couple days ago and almost bought the Pantech 300. Thank God I saw the Samsung D807 and the drool factor kicked in before it was too later.:)
The best part is at the end of the one video where the bot hits the box and falls flat on its "face." I'm sure I probably disturbed one of my neighbors' sleep cycles with my cackling.:)
I'll first admit that I didn't read the *whole* article, but in what I skimmed over, I saw nothing regarding the patients' beliefs. If they wanted to be thorough, they'd have had 4 groups:
1) a non-religious patient with no one praying for them
2) a non-religious patient with people praying for them
3) a religious patient with no one praying for them
4) a religious patient with people praying for them
They could have been even more throrough and had intermixing of the patient's religious beliefs and that of those praying for them...but all in all, my guess is that those in group 4 (above) would have the best rate of recovery, mainly due to the "mind over matter" factor and the ability of the mind to heal the body in ways that still baffle scientists and physicians.
I've been messing around with using various mathematical patterns in a series of experimental electronic pieces for a while now. Guess I've been beaten to the punch. *grrr*
The scientists have succeeded in making the first remote copies of beams of laser light, by combining quantum cloning with quantum teleportation into a single experimental step. Telecloning is more efficient than any combination of teleportation and local cloning because it relies on a new form of quantum entanglement - multipartite entanglement.'
Maybe I'm missing the point here (because I'm not a theoretical physicist), but what would happen if you combined something like this (light cloning) with fiber optics (data transfer) over long distances? Would it do away with having to have tons of underground fiber? Would it create an exponential jump in bandwidth?
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They're not absolutely terrible but they're nothing revolutionary, either--just your basic, modern-day pop rock. Sounds like 90% of everything else on rock radio nowdays.
The drummer overplays more than a bit, though. You'd think he was either madly in love with...or was *really* pissed at...his crash cymbal.
NASA Will Go Metric On the Moon
Is that anything like going medieval on the Moon? 0_o
"I said...does the Moon look like a bitch to you?!?!?"
Funny. Einstein apparently came to the opposite conclusion:
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." -- Albert Einstein
In other words: science asks "CAN we do this." Religion asks "SHOULD we do this."
Considering that all of the current advances that have been made in the field have been made with adult stem cells, despite all of the research directed towards embryonic stem cells (not just in the US...mainly in Europe and elsewhere), it's really amazing that everyone is in a huff over embryonic stem cells. Put the money where they results are.
For visual effect: http://www.explosm.net/movies/124/
The problem with this whole situation is that the FCC ruled that the current crop of cable telecoms are NOT common carriers and are not bound by the law governing common carriers. That decision is why Net Neutrality is even an issue.
And what I want to know is: what the hell did the telecoms do with that $200 billion in handouts they got to run fiber to curb by 2006? One of the reasons they claim they need to be able to double and triple dip for cash on the same content is that they can't pay for F2C. The government gave them a crapload of handouts (OUR tax money) and they squandered...and now they want to charge US for stepped service to replace the money they squandered...and we'll probably STILL not get F2C in another 10 years!
I only stayed with the company for about 6 months. In that time, I never got them to upgrade to a better server, but I did get them to switch to Roadrunner business cable. I never found out if they got their ill-fated VPN and intranet set up.
7000 rupees?!? My large wallet will only hold 1000 rupees!
Actually, I'd like to see a down and dirty script featuring the shadowy Section 31 and their role in one (or a few) of the most important moments in ST history. Pick a moment...any moment. I don't care. I just want to see something other than the warm-fuzzy-utopian crappola.
In other news, another 300 cancer patients died today because they couldn't afford the examinations that would have detected their disease earlier, at a preventable stage. Even if healthcare was "free", how many of us lazy people would actually be getting cancer exams at a time that would be early enough to prevent it or even treat it?
"(the security guy.)"
You mean Jerry Doyle? He's now a talk radio host. http://www.jerrydoyle.com/
*falls over laughing*
:)
I was shopping for a new phone a couple days ago and almost bought the Pantech 300. Thank God I saw the Samsung D807 and the drool factor kicked in before it was too later.
You could always, for Halloween, go around in a wheelchair with a dollar bill stapled to your collar.
When people ask what your costume is, just tell them that you're Christopher Reeve in a strip club. *evil grin*
DAMMIT! You beat me to it! :D
Seriously, though...I was thinking the EXACT same thing. This guy has corporate buzzspeak down pat.
The best part is at the end of the one video where the bot hits the box and falls flat on its "face." I'm sure I probably disturbed one of my neighbors' sleep cycles with my cackling. :)
I'll first admit that I didn't read the *whole* article, but in what I skimmed over, I saw nothing regarding the patients' beliefs. If they wanted to be thorough, they'd have had 4 groups:
1) a non-religious patient with no one praying for them
2) a non-religious patient with people praying for them
3) a religious patient with no one praying for them
4) a religious patient with people praying for them
They could have been even more throrough and had intermixing of the patient's religious beliefs and that of those praying for them...but all in all, my guess is that those in group 4 (above) would have the best rate of recovery, mainly due to the "mind over matter" factor and the ability of the mind to heal the body in ways that still baffle scientists and physicians.
IANAL but I do play one on TV so let me put this in lamen's terms:
It's pretty ironic that the acronym for "I am not a lawyer" spells "iANAL". Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
Even the NYT reads like the USA Today.
Actually, the NYT, nowdays, reads like a political version of the Weekly World News.
NYT HEADLINE: Bat Boy Has WMD!
I've been messing around with using various mathematical patterns in a series of experimental electronic pieces for a while now. Guess I've been beaten to the punch. *grrr*
What the hell would you use to recharce these things...Everclear?!?
/me stands at podium
"Hi. My name is *hic* Joe...and I'm a *hic* hacker *hic*."
The scientists have succeeded in making the first remote copies of beams of laser light, by combining quantum cloning with quantum teleportation into a single experimental step. Telecloning is more efficient than any combination of teleportation and local cloning because it relies on a new form of quantum entanglement - multipartite entanglement.'
:)
Maybe I'm missing the point here (because I'm not a theoretical physicist), but what would happen if you combined something like this (light cloning) with fiber optics (data transfer) over long distances? Would it do away with having to have tons of underground fiber? Would it create an exponential jump in bandwidth?
Just food for thought.
What's the government thinking anyways? If they just tapped on Microsoft's shoulder I'm sure Bill would hand over all of MSNs search data.
Ummm...Bill DID just roll over and send the gov't MSN's search data...as did Yahoo and AOL.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/177101984
Is it just me...or did anyone else notice that the article writer made it a point to make the "Homosexual" slice of the pie chart PINK? *heh*
All it says is that cameras should be installed in your home...it says nothing about the camera having to work. A pair of wire cutters would fix that.
And if the law said the camera had to be functioning...just point the damned thing at the ceiling.
There's a workaround for everything.