From the BBC article:
"In such species, all known examples of babies that are the product of parthenogenesis are male, carrying a ZZ chromosomal arrangement."
But from the MSNBC article:
"One other interesting fact about these snakes is that if the offspring can reproduce sexually, all offspring they produce will be female," Booth said. "They are genetically incapable of producing male offspring. Only by their female offspring can males be produced again."
Straight from her blog: http://blogs.ingres.com/emmamcgrattan/
"The one consistent answer I received that resonated with me is that women are more collaborative and, in a time of crisis, will pull a team together to get the problem resolved." Just like how women are when you want to help them in the kitchen right?
$19,200 for a 640 GB Hard Drive...is there even a market for such things now? Consumers are already used to having hard drives those sizes, hopefully it won't be too long until they find a good way of pushing those prices down and making them more accessible to the general public.
From the article: Software companies complain they can be held for ransom by owners of questionable patents while drugmakers oppose any weakening of patent rights, which they say would chill their investment in new medicines.
I understand how drugmakers feel, but why should those rules affect the patents of software. Software is as it says "soft", drugs is "hard". A different set of patent rules should be applied in my opinion.
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From the BBC article: "In such species, all known examples of babies that are the product of parthenogenesis are male, carrying a ZZ chromosomal arrangement."
But from the MSNBC article: "One other interesting fact about these snakes is that if the offspring can reproduce sexually, all offspring they produce will be female," Booth said. "They are genetically incapable of producing male offspring. Only by their female offspring can males be produced again."
Doesn't that contradict each other?
Well the professor used Valve anti-cheat and temp-banned him. :)
Large and very expensive SSDs?
http://www.gadgettastic.com/2007/10/05/fusion-io-launches-the-iodrive-640gb-pcie-hard-drive/
$19,200 for a 640 GB Hard Drive...is there even a market for such things now? Consumers are already used to having hard drives those sizes, hopefully it won't be too long until they find a good way of pushing those prices down and making them more accessible to the general public.
Does this mean your car can get hacked? Wonder what the complications might be.
From the article:
Software companies complain they can be held for ransom by owners of questionable patents while drugmakers oppose any weakening of patent rights, which they say would chill their investment in new medicines.
I understand how drugmakers feel, but why should those rules affect the patents of software. Software is as it says "soft", drugs is "hard". A different set of patent rules should be applied in my opinion.