Operating System == Software that manages the machine's resources like CPU time, memory and storage, and makes them available to applications in a controlled way. At least that's how I learned it.
Maybe I'm getting old... Has the definition of OS changed all of a sudden??? Aren't they rather talking about an Internet-based application suite?
Yup. School is stepping in where parents fail: raising kids, which includes basic societal functions like the 3 Rs, with spelling being a part of the second. My parents taught me reading, writing (spelling) and basic math before I was 5. (My dad had a saying when I asked something he didn't feel like answering: "You don't need to know until you know how much 7 times 9 is." So I figured it out.) I was amazed how many kids were basically illiterate and innumerate when they entered school. Maybe it's [too] late by age 6 to learn proper reading and 'riting. 'rithmetic seemed to work at that age. Needless to mention, I was always bored in grammar school.
'Fatal' meaning if they are present on both strands, a child will not survive to adulthood.
Oops, correction: Meaning will not procreate, i.e. not contribute to the gene pool (not survive to adulthood, be infertile, will not have viable offspring.)
The offsprings of to compleatly healthy parents can only get a genetic defect by external influences
Each generation adds 1.4 (or 1.6, not sure I remember correctly) 'fatal' mutations on average because the DNA copying machinery is not perfect. 'Fatal' meaning if they are present on both strands, a child will not survive to adulthood.
Bottom line all offsprings appear healthy but 75% of them wear the defect genes.
Most people have a similar number of genetic "defects". There are no genetically perfect people.
Conclusion: interbreeding in a narrow gene pool only has a negative effect if there are defect genes in it
Curiously, the nature of genetic disease suggests that if you want to ensure the survival of your descendants into the eons upon eons, you should marry outside of your ethnic group
Seems pretty obvious to me. Any (positive as well as negative) traits get amplified by breeding within a small group. Mixing genes within a large population will dilute all traits.
That mixing must have a positive effect overall. It has been shown that what we consider beautiful in people is what is closest to the average (size, facial features etc.) Did anybody else notice that people who are mongrels generally look better than "true breds"? Think Halle Berry vs. Prince Charles:)
So... we evolved to find people with very mixed pedigree more attractive than others. There must be a reason (i.e. evolutionary advantage) for this. Low risk of genetic defects is a very reasonable one.
One of the goals of our legal system is for it to be predictable.
With juries, and laws that are formulated in such a way that they have to be interpreted by courts, and the Precedent system to pin them down? You must be kidding.
If anything, it is designed to be flexible.
Reminds me of a training I held in Germany at HP years ago. When we discussed the cooling of the box and the fan, a young female HP employee asked "Does it blow or suck?" It was really hard to keep my face under control.
Stallman's position is to the proprietary software industry as the expectation of being able to open the hood of your car is to the automobile industry
What would happen if it was punishable by jail if you try to open the hood of your car, or just publish instructions on how to do it?
I don't believe you. Bah. Nonsense. Damn scientists. Liberals, all of them! George W is right. It's just those damn terrorists that cause all of our problems.
Sing with me: I want my, I want my, I want my SUV...
Andrew Stoll mentions unconscious self-medication a few times in his book. Aren't we all self-medicating our physical/mental state to some extent? I'm self-medicating my Monday morning drowsiness right now with an insecticide... called caffeine. It's obviously hard to draw lines between nourishment, self-medication and drug ab(use). They are all controlled by the same reward system.
Could some of the drug (ab)use in schools and universities be self-medication to some extent?
I just read "The Omega-3 connection" by Andrew Stoll. Facts: - Omega-3 fatty acids have therapeutic effects on ADHD and other psychiatric conditions like depression and bipolar disorder (plus non-psychiatric conditions like atherosclerosis too), and they improve learning in animal experiments (there's insufficient research data on children) - Groups with traditionally high Omega-3 (i.e. fish) intake (Inuit, some Japanese populations) have virtually none of those conditions - The average American diet has only about a tenth of the Omega-3 intake that is considered healthy by nutritionists - The body holds on to Omega-3s tenaciously, over years. A baby's initial Omega-3 store comes 100% from the mother. This may cause Omega-3 levels to decline over generations. And, OBTW, post-partum (after pregnancy) depression is rising steeply, so one hypothesis is that pregnancy depletes the mother's body of Omega-3s if she doesn't have enough. And (drum roll...) children that were bottle-fed have a signficantly higher rate of cognitive/learning issues like ADHD etc. Baby formula supplemented with Omega-3s has only been available in the US since 2002 or so, so the jury is still out on the effects.
Wake me up when they can make 12 V 2.5 kF (kilofarad) caps, then I'll consider trading in Lithium Ion batteries. That's what I got for the equivalent of a 12 V 50 Wh battery.
Oh, and I'd *love* to see what happens if you short out one of these. A couple 100 uF at 300 V were pretty impressive already I remember. And that was only a few Joules, not 180 kJ.
Our bodies are biochemical machines. Like any machine, they have certain operating parameters and limits. Exceed them and you will cause damage. The main "problem" is how forgiving and adaptable our bodies are and how much abuse they take before showing signs of wear.
It always surprises me how people take better care of their cars than of their bodies.
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Put up a goddamn downloadable .MOV, .MPG, or yes, even a .WMV link.
.torrent.
Better yet, a
Hey, we already clean with it...
Sounds a lot like the old core memory that used to be used in big iron...
:)
Cool. I want LED and toggle switch front panels back too.
Toggling in the bootloader after I blew it away with a buggy program was so much fun. Who needs Flash, anyway?
Every Inquirer story I've clicked through to from slashdot has been subsequently debunked.
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That's because only the crappy ones are mentioned here.
The important ones (e.g. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/04/black_hel
Operating System == Software that manages the machine's resources like CPU time, memory and storage, and makes them available to applications in a controlled way. At least that's how I learned it.
Maybe I'm getting old... Has the definition of OS changed all of a sudden??? Aren't they rather talking about an Internet-based application suite?
Yup. School is stepping in where parents fail: raising kids, which includes basic societal functions like the 3 Rs, with spelling being a part of the second.
My parents taught me reading, writing (spelling) and basic math before I was 5. (My dad had a saying when I asked something he didn't feel like answering: "You don't need to know until you know how much 7 times 9 is." So I figured it out.)
I was amazed how many kids were basically illiterate and innumerate when they entered school. Maybe it's [too] late by age 6 to learn proper reading and 'riting. 'rithmetic seemed to work at that age.
Needless to mention, I was always bored in grammar school.
Why do MS fanbois hate that idea so much?
Because their high priests are being dismantled and the pagan FOSS hordes are threatening to run over the MSC* bastions?
Who let Dr. Evil run Europe?
I think it's Dr. Smart. Or Dr. Doesn't-cave-in-to-big-business. Or even Dr. Not-Paid-By-Lobbyists-Like-Most-US-Politicians.
'Fatal' meaning if they are present on both strands, a child will not survive to adulthood.
Oops, correction: Meaning will not procreate, i.e. not contribute to the gene pool (not survive to adulthood, be infertile, will not have viable offspring.)
The offsprings of to compleatly healthy parents can only get a genetic defect by external influences
Each generation adds 1.4 (or 1.6, not sure I remember correctly) 'fatal' mutations on average because the DNA copying machinery is not perfect. 'Fatal' meaning if they are present on both strands, a child will not survive to adulthood.
Bottom line all offsprings appear healthy but 75% of them wear the defect genes.
Most people have a similar number of genetic "defects". There are no genetically perfect people.
Conclusion: interbreeding in a narrow gene pool only has a negative effect if there are defect genes in it
Exactly. Which is *always* the case.
Curiously, the nature of genetic disease suggests that if you want to ensure the survival of your descendants into the eons upon eons, you should marry outside of your ethnic group
:)
Seems pretty obvious to me. Any (positive as well as negative) traits get amplified by breeding within a small group. Mixing genes within a large population will dilute all traits.
That mixing must have a positive effect overall. It has been shown that what we consider beautiful in people is what is closest to the average (size, facial features etc.) Did anybody else notice that people who are mongrels generally look better than "true breds"? Think Halle Berry vs. Prince Charles
So... we evolved to find people with very mixed pedigree more attractive than others. There must be a reason (i.e. evolutionary advantage) for this. Low risk of genetic defects is a very reasonable one.
Politician goes to prison for lying THAT will be a milestone.
Why? That's their job, isn't it?
That's what a spell checker will do for you.
Yep. Just saw a cop gabbing on his cell this morning. If the cops do it, it must be ok, right?
One of the goals of our legal system is for it to be predictable.
With juries, and laws that are formulated in such a way that they have to be interpreted by courts, and the Precedent system to pin them down? You must be kidding.
If anything, it is designed to be flexible.
Reminds me of a training I held in Germany at HP years ago. When we discussed the cooling of the box and the fan, a young female HP employee asked "Does it blow or suck?" It was really hard to keep my face under control.
Stallman's position is to the proprietary software industry as the expectation of being able to open the hood of your car is to the automobile industry
What would happen if it was punishable by jail if you try to open the hood of your car, or just publish instructions on how to do it?
I don't believe you. Bah. Nonsense. Damn scientists. Liberals, all of them! George W is right. It's just those damn terrorists that cause all of our problems.
Sing with me: I want my, I want my, I want my SUV...
If you need a portable test system that speaks Fibre Channel or runs some kind of analyzer board, there's no alternative.
Here are a few starting points:
& btnG=Google+Search( +child+%7C+children+%7C+infant+)+development&btnG= Searcha ndrew+stoll&btnG=Search
Omega-3 on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3
Omega-3 and ADHD: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=omega-3+adhd
Omega-3 and child development: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=omega-3+
Andrew Stoll: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=omega-3+
Andrew Stoll mentions unconscious self-medication a few times in his book. Aren't we all self-medicating our physical/mental state to some extent? I'm self-medicating my Monday morning drowsiness right now with an insecticide... called caffeine. It's obviously hard to draw lines between nourishment, self-medication and drug ab(use). They are all controlled by the same reward system.
Could some of the drug (ab)use in schools and universities be self-medication to some extent?
I just read "The Omega-3 connection" by Andrew Stoll.
Facts:
- Omega-3 fatty acids have therapeutic effects on ADHD and other psychiatric conditions like depression and bipolar disorder (plus non-psychiatric conditions like atherosclerosis too), and they improve learning in animal experiments (there's insufficient research data on children)
- Groups with traditionally high Omega-3 (i.e. fish) intake (Inuit, some Japanese populations) have virtually none of those conditions
- The average American diet has only about a tenth of the Omega-3 intake that is considered healthy by nutritionists
- The body holds on to Omega-3s tenaciously, over years. A baby's initial Omega-3 store comes 100% from the mother. This may cause Omega-3 levels to decline over generations. And, OBTW, post-partum (after pregnancy) depression is rising steeply, so one hypothesis is that pregnancy depletes the mother's body of Omega-3s if she doesn't have enough. And (drum roll...) children that were bottle-fed have a signficantly higher rate of cognitive/learning issues like ADHD etc. Baby formula supplemented with Omega-3s has only been available in the US since 2002 or so, so the jury is still out on the effects.
Pretty convincing research IMHO.
Just wait until SCO joins forces with **AA. That'll give them a lot more leverage for search warrants.
All your files are belong to us!
Has anybody done the math?
Wake me up when they can make 12 V 2.5 kF (kilofarad) caps, then I'll consider trading in Lithium Ion batteries. That's what I got for the equivalent of a 12 V 50 Wh battery.
Oh, and I'd *love* to see what happens if you short out one of these. A couple 100 uF at 300 V were pretty impressive already I remember. And that was only a few Joules, not 180 kJ.
You know, since my skydiving days, each time I stand on a high building or cliff, I just itch to jump. Flying just feels sooo good.
Hmm, I think it is very simple.
Our bodies are biochemical machines. Like any machine, they have certain operating parameters and limits. Exceed them and you will cause damage. The main "problem" is how forgiving and adaptable our bodies are and how much abuse they take before showing signs of wear.
It always surprises me how people take better care of their cars than of their bodies.