I wouldn't trust anything Hamer said, check his entry on wikipedia:
Ryke Geerd Hamer (born 1935) is a former German physician. He worked in the internal medicine department at the Clinics of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen from 1972 to 1981, when he had to resign.
He was under investigation several times on allegations of malpractice, leading to the death of patients; from September 2004 to February 2006, after being in jail in Germany from 1997 to 1998, he served a prison term in Prison Fleury Merogis / France on counts of fraud and illegal practicioning.
Hamer became known mainly through his association with the Olivia Pilhar cancer case in 1995. Her parents, convinced supporters of Hamer and his pretensions, withheld medical therapy from their child Olivia. The Austrian authorities finally removed their rights of care and control, and the parents then fled from Austria to Spain with the child. There, Hamer unsuccessfully treated the child using his method, the tumour continued to grow. After negotiations, the parents were convinced to return. By now, Olivias tumour weighed several kilograms. The child was finally given emergency medical treatment after court order, against the parents' wishes and is still alive and healthy in 2006. Her parents received an eight month suspended jail sentence in Austria.
Basically, according to Hamer, any disease, most notably cancer, is not dangerous in itself, but merely a symptom of a mental conflict situation. This conflict needs to be resolved in order for the disease to be cured while the traditional treatments are not considered as having a primary value....
The conflict between supporters and opponents of Hamer's pretensions, at the base of which what he calls "biological laws" lays, has become more acrimonious over the years, with Hamer using anti-semitic terminology and claiming that a genocidal Jewish conspiracy wants him silenced. In a similar vein, he has started to call his theoretical groundwork "German New Medicine" (GNM) - a registered trademark - or, in a literal translation from German, "Germanic New Medicine", instead of the formerly-used term "New Medicine".
I think actually the primary factor was the polio virus. Consumption of refined sugar may have been a contributing factor but there are other factors to consider, including population density and population mobility. The greater levels of both of these in more industrialised countries make epidemics more likely.
Creative arts yes, science? I'm not so sure. Having worked in science in academia and industry, all the work is done on PCs and a little on SGis. The only Mac I used was an ancient thing that had some PCR simulation software from the early 90s (I think). Oh, and Igor Pro http://www.wavemetrics.com/ for electrophysiology but that was moving towards PCs when I left anyway.
Anyone know of any current Mac science applications?
I had a hanging problem at loads and saves. Last night I updated my drivers (ATi Radeon X800) and played without my wireless net connection. That seemed to sort it, got about an hours play. I'm not sure what fixed it, I'll try again tonight with my wireless connected and see if that causes hangs.
As a sort of related question, does anyone (Ford?) know if the episode 1 content (zombines and others) is available in the sdk? I looked last night and didn't see anything. It would be quite nice to play around with some of that stuff.
What? Because I had a good experience I must be a stooge?
Ok, how about a bit of balance then. I also had good support experiences with Focus when installing Dawn of War and with Belkin, who supplied me with a more expensive model wireless router, within a week, for free, when mine didn't work.
To back up the Valve employee, I've had one experience with Valve customer support (game crash for original half-life) and it was excellent. The support was email based and reasonably rapid despite the time difference. The staff were friendly and dedicated to sorting out the problem, which they did.
Personally, I can't wait until June 1st, I'm pre-loaded and ready to go!
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I think actually the primary factor was the polio virus. Consumption of refined sugar may have been a contributing factor but there are other factors to consider, including population density and population mobility. The greater levels of both of these in more industrialised countries make epidemics more likely.
Anyone know of any current Mac science applications?
I had a hanging problem at loads and saves. Last night I updated my drivers (ATi Radeon X800) and played without my wireless net connection. That seemed to sort it, got about an hours play. I'm not sure what fixed it, I'll try again tonight with my wireless connected and see if that causes hangs.
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Ok, how about a bit of balance then. I also had good support experiences with Focus when installing Dawn of War and with Belkin, who supplied me with a more expensive model wireless router, within a week, for free, when mine didn't work.
Thank you for playing.
To back up the Valve employee, I've had one experience with Valve customer support (game crash for original half-life) and it was excellent. The support was email based and reasonably rapid despite the time difference. The staff were friendly and dedicated to sorting out the problem, which they did. Personally, I can't wait until June 1st, I'm pre-loaded and ready to go!