If ever traveled to Africa you would know that a very very real scenario. Heck, there are places in the US outside ADSL coverage. Sure you have 3 and 4G - but what' the QoS like when everyone's commuting with their iPhones out. Also, don't take things too seriously on./ - it's bad for your productivity:)
Running to the pantent office to patent my whole genome, then going on a mating spree. I should be able to reap the first round of dividents in about 9 months. This should give me enough time to come up with a pricing plan while kids grow up for using patented technology. Would that make me a troll?
This may prove to be an unpopular POV among some of you, but seeing it from a bit of a different angle - US always has to worry about the way things are somewhere else. Why don't we let these figure it out for themselves, let them ask for help when they need to and only get concerned when they get a new line of centrifuges going, besides it's not like./ is going to see a drop in traffic because of this. The only ones who have consistenly benefitted from this are the military and the big pharmas, handing out anti-anxiety and PTSD prescriptions. So let's do some real work for once - plentyofproblems to take care of this end.
They should conduct a similar experiment where the amphetamine snail goes on an alternating drug holiday between meth and caffeine. I can't wait for the preliminary results so I can test it on higher primates (my coding monkeys!).
Quite a common occurrence with hybrids, actually. There are unique difficulties when cross breeding heteroploid organisms, which manifest in.... oh wait.
It's very simple - amphetamines (much like any other Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors) work by releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter responsible for cognition, attention, and the body's level of alertness, from the neurons into the synaptic cleft. Incidentally, Dopamine is also the key chemichal in the brain's reward mechanism, which means its release results in instant gratification without you having to do any actual work for it. Nicotine and Caffeine produce are dopaminergic agents as well.
According to a recent Physorg article ADHD may be linked to "low maternal education, lone parents and welfare benefits" (link), which makes all the sense - if there is nobody to reward a child for doing the work or being good, the brain will eventually be wired like that on the chemical level. At the same time, this type of children are more prone to drug abuse than those from successful (balanced) backgrounds.
It's a thin line (no pun intended) when tinkering with low level brain functions, so let me conclude with somebody's famous quote - "the difference between medicine and poison is dosage". So it's your, mine and other slashdotters' responsibility (you know who you are!) to get the dose right!
That being said, you may also want to look into some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques for your ADHD.
I imagine Apple would know a thing or two about viral marketing that generates enough interest to make fans want to squat the eastern end of Central Park two days before launch (at least makes for a bit eco-tourism for those who don't know what being outside means.) But frankly, if this were indeed a second loss in the series, apart from implying the next-gen is decidedly near RTM stage, they must have handed the prototypes to a particularly reckless type of testers. Just 2c. RFC
Could be called "Central", á la Hong Kong. Though you'd probably find it quite hard to get any use out of the interchange travelling below the speed of light.
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If ever traveled to Africa you would know that a very very real scenario. Heck, there are places in the US outside ADSL coverage. Sure you have 3 and 4G - but what' the QoS like when everyone's commuting with their iPhones out. Also, don't take things too seriously on ./ - it's bad for your productivity :)
I don't know what "usual" means where the author comes from, but I certainly don't see RJ11 anywhere in the specs.
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USE the Force.
And food to go with it - khachapuri, shashlyk, kharcho. Davai daragoi!
By young and nerdy Ukrainians this time :-)
Understatement of the century.
Has sarcasm suddenly gone out fashion??
I love them!
Running to the pantent office to patent my whole genome, then going on a mating spree. I should be able to reap the first round of dividents in about 9 months. This should give me enough time to come up with a pricing plan while kids grow up for using patented technology. Would that make me a troll?
Where is the next story Im starting to get the seizures!!!
I'm just wondering what those who rated this down as a Troll going to do about Bradley Manning being arrested.
This may prove to be an unpopular POV among some of you, but seeing it from a bit of a different angle - US always has to worry about the way things are somewhere else. Why don't we let these figure it out for themselves, let them ask for help when they need to and only get concerned when they get a new line of centrifuges going, besides it's not like ./ is going to see a drop in traffic because of this. The only ones who have consistenly benefitted from this are the military and the big pharmas, handing out anti-anxiety and PTSD prescriptions. So let's do some real work for once - plenty of problems to take care of this end.
But a better idea would be to have the government involved with the citizen, every now and then.
Sometimes you just have to go outside.
Well, certainly looks like the UC scientists aren't the only ones unable to comprehend basic social conventions.
There, fixed it for you.
They should conduct a similar experiment where the amphetamine snail goes on an alternating drug holiday between meth and caffeine. I can't wait for the preliminary results so I can test it on higher primates (my coding monkeys!).
Or smoke?
Quite a common occurrence with hybrids, actually. There are unique difficulties when cross breeding heteroploid organisms, which manifest in.... oh wait.
It's very simple - amphetamines (much like any other Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors) work by releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter responsible for cognition, attention, and the body's level of alertness, from the neurons into the synaptic cleft. Incidentally, Dopamine is also the key chemichal in the brain's reward mechanism, which means its release results in instant gratification without you having to do any actual work for it. Nicotine and Caffeine produce are dopaminergic agents as well.
According to a recent Physorg article ADHD may be linked to "low maternal education, lone parents and welfare benefits" (link), which makes all the sense - if there is nobody to reward a child for doing the work or being good, the brain will eventually be wired like that on the chemical level. At the same time, this type of children are more prone to drug abuse than those from successful (balanced) backgrounds.
It's a thin line (no pun intended) when tinkering with low level brain functions, so let me conclude with somebody's famous quote - "the difference between medicine and poison is dosage". So it's your, mine and other slashdotters' responsibility (you know who you are!) to get the dose right!
That being said, you may also want to look into some Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques for your ADHD.
How did kdawson know it was either a "he" or a "she" ?
http://dailycontributor.com/scot-turned-australian-becomes-worlds-first-legal-neutral-gender/12742/
Confirms my suspicions...
Sometimes I just can't believe what we spend our money on...
I imagine Apple would know a thing or two about viral marketing that generates enough interest to make fans want to squat the eastern end of Central Park two days before launch (at least makes for a bit eco-tourism for those who don't know what being outside means.) But frankly, if this were indeed a second loss in the series, apart from implying the next-gen is decidedly near RTM stage, they must have handed the prototypes to a particularly reckless type of testers. Just 2c. RFC
I would argue that Windows users are donating more than enough: Gates Foundation. Just a thought...
Yes, I use both Linux and Windows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_energy
Could be called "Central", á la Hong Kong. Though you'd probably find it quite hard to get any use out of the interchange travelling below the speed of light.