Actually I think simply hiring people to do El-Al style interogations would help airline security substantially. Instead of asking "Did you pack your bags yourself" El Al asks only open ended questions and a lot of questions they know the answer to. So it's, "Why are you flying to Israel" "Who are you flying with" "Where did you buy your ticket" "Who packed your luggage". They also ask follow up questions. Their security is already miles ahead of everyone else, I'm not sure why they would want to rely on an easily fooled polygraph test.
Perhaps MySpace is the ultimate forum to get young people fired up to vote. MySpace has enough users that if Tom sent out a message saying, "Look at what congress is doing. They're taking steps to try and censor your speach on MySpace. Here are the names of the guys who sponsored and voted for this bill, get out there and send them a message in November." We might see an interesting election turnout.
World of Warcraft has guns. But more than that I think all fantasy MMOs have some sort of ranged characters, just look at spellcasters.
The reason some online games do well and others don't is because of a game design. A design that creates community and has fun and engaging play will do better than one that doesn't. I also think advertising and general appeal helps to pull in those people who wouldn't otherwise jump over the fence that seperates MMOs from other games.
Err, you may have missed the pattent number at the end of chromosome 19q24. The number of pattent suits coming out of this "God" company is going to put all other pattent holders to shame.
I'm always thuroughly impressed by the ability of cells to use lots of simple mechanisims to achieve complex results.
It's not like nucleosomes are anything new though, the real discovery here is that the scientists found a pattern to their binding.
Biologists have suspected for years that some positions on the DNA, notably those where it bends most easily, might be more favorable for nucleosomes than others, but no overall pattern was apparent. Drs. Segal and Widom analyzed the sequence at some 200 sites in the yeast genome where nucleosomes are known to bind, and discovered that there is indeed a hidden pattern.
Sadly the times article is filled with a lot of fluff. This isn't really a "second code" nor do I see why it's "hidden".
I think the rationalle was to have the 'embarrassing' items at the self check out isle. (Though, I figure buying condoms should be something to show off, especially for slashdot readers.)
Then again if you're embarrassed about buying something the booming voice announcing to the whole world what you just scanned wouldn't help much. I'd rather the cashier be the one person in the world who knows.
Lets step back for a second. What's wrong exactly with not allowing people to use Radar Detectors?
Speeding is illegal. The only use I can think of for having a radar detector in a car is to allow speeding with a reduced ability to get caught.
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Actually I think simply hiring people to do El-Al style interogations would help airline security substantially. Instead of asking "Did you pack your bags yourself" El Al asks only open ended questions and a lot of questions they know the answer to. So it's, "Why are you flying to Israel" "Who are you flying with" "Where did you buy your ticket" "Who packed your luggage". They also ask follow up questions. Their security is already miles ahead of everyone else, I'm not sure why they would want to rely on an easily fooled polygraph test.
Perhaps MySpace is the ultimate forum to get young people fired up to vote. MySpace has enough users that if Tom sent out a message saying, "Look at what congress is doing. They're taking steps to try and censor your speach on MySpace. Here are the names of the guys who sponsored and voted for this bill, get out there and send them a message in November." We might see an interesting election turnout.
The reason some online games do well and others don't is because of a game design. A design that creates community and has fun and engaging play will do better than one that doesn't. I also think advertising and general appeal helps to pull in those people who wouldn't otherwise jump over the fence that seperates MMOs from other games.
Anecdotal as it may be a friend of mine was pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle. His motorcycle came up as a stolen truck.
Err, you may have missed the pattent number at the end of chromosome 19q24. The number of pattent suits coming out of this "God" company is going to put all other pattent holders to shame.
It's not like nucleosomes are anything new though, the real discovery here is that the scientists found a pattern to their binding.
Sadly the times article is filled with a lot of fluff. This isn't really a "second code" nor do I see why it's "hidden".
Then again if you're embarrassed about buying something the booming voice announcing to the whole world what you just scanned wouldn't help much. I'd rather the cashier be the one person in the world who knows.
they just need bigger tubes. Somebody probably just sent them an internet.
Lets step back for a second. What's wrong exactly with not allowing people to use Radar Detectors? Speeding is illegal. The only use I can think of for having a radar detector in a car is to allow speeding with a reduced ability to get caught.