From the BBC video, it looks like he is controlling a right hand, but it appears that his left arm is the one he lost.
I wonder if this makes it harder to control (like his hand is back to front), and whether he will have trouble adjusting to a prosthetic left arm later on.
Several years ago, I worked as a chemist for a small biochemical company in the UK, making modified olignucleotides and PNA.
IIRC, PNA had one outstanding feature: It binds to a complementary DNA strand much stronger than DNA itself (due in part to the lack of repulsion in the protein backbone. DNA's phosphate backbone is negatively charged).
Sadly, this means that two stands of PNA will bind extremely strongly to each other, and the forces required to unpair (part of the replication process) them would require different, "stronger" enzymes - so no chance of cell division, and no chance of life.
(Still sounds cool though!)
Yeah, but this requires just 3 lightbulbs worth of power (or whatever) - Moisture Vaporators need Power Converters, and then there's the trip to the Toshi station. No comparison, really.
Stephenson! Big fan:)
I usually get his books in hardback, but do publishers still release first editions, or limited runs of books with special bindings. If so, how do you get hold of these?
PS That US cover is awful (again). UK one is slightly better
A quick check on your universities web site should also furnish a list of your prof's group, (Phds and post-docs). Track them down. What you don't really need at this stage is a full physics degree. That is why they chose a mathematician, right? So find out the specifics of your project, and read around that. Also, it shows the people who count that you're interested.....
Woah nelly!:) They can't code for anything, yet. The point of the article (and the 3 year old link) seemed to be that these base pairs can be built into the DNA as it replicates by standard enzymes. What this means is that we can now build the blueprints, and guarantee a level of control for any new amino acids that are to be produced. That, however, will take a hell of a lot more work.
So, I learned something today! I always thought that the rings were flat due to a gravity "bulge" like around the equator. Now I know differently, so MY question is: Do the rings not lie in the same plane as the equator?
thanks!
I didn't realise that Amazon did this already, but perhaps that outlines another problem: When I search for, say, and author on Amazon, I get a huge list, not of books, but of versions of books, often at random, which is rather annoying. No additional filtering or organising is done, so there are still pages of out of print, out of date, out of stock books to got through.
I guess without a lot of additional code, UIDs for everything won't make a lot of difference.
To put it succinctly, you don't decide what constitutes a faithful continuation of their cultural identity.
See, I'm British, so part of my culture says that I do get decide, and impose, my will upon your culture. Ha!
Agreed. Nintendo always seem to like using pre-existing, proven tech, rather than making their own. Considering the price (and size) of a 2gb USB drive nowadays, why not use them?
Well, I see this phrase thrown around here on/. alot, and it is indeed usually attributed to Jefferson. It is almost reads as the OP posted, "The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither."
Now, a little thought discredits that quote - society requires some security to function, whereas total freedom to do as one pleased would likely degenerate into anarchy.
You make a good point in your first paragraph - perhaps I was getting carried away.
However, I don't believe this would have much value as an "example" - China wouldn't care, as you said, and while I think we agree that censorship is bad in general, in this case I think Google should continue making money, and the individuals there putting it good use, is perhaps more important. That is what a company does, regardless of whatever idealist mottos they may have chosen in the past.
And, finally, I do agree that businesses can make a difference - my point was that foreign powers (be they business, government, individual or whatever) shouldn't - that can only happen when a domestic population as a whole wills it.
Google is here to make money, not sort out what you think is someone else's problem. And if the founders, shareholders, or employees want to support a cause, then that money is the best way to do it.
Democracy and the rights that are associated with it are all about self determination. As the name implies, self-determination is something you have to take for yourself - you cannot be given it. See Iraq. Hell, see the US. You took your country - you weren't given it, and it is now one of the strongest democracies on Earth.
Incidentally, as the article mentions China, there is an old saying that Mao was supposedly fond of:
Revolution can neither be imported nor exported He was talking about Communism, of course, but I think it applies well to any change in Government.
And shouldn't they have? Immigration is Britains #1 problem. +4 insightful for that? He didn't even say "illegal immigration", he said "immigration"! And even then, that wouldn't be insightful: various factors are a play in any social situation, so a one line summary of "Britain's problems" shouldn't cut it.
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From the BBC video, it looks like he is controlling a right hand, but it appears that his left arm is the one he lost.
I wonder if this makes it harder to control (like his hand is back to front), and whether he will have trouble adjusting to a prosthetic left arm later on.
someones been playing Osmos too much.
Several years ago, I worked as a chemist for a small biochemical company in the UK, making modified olignucleotides and PNA.
IIRC, PNA had one outstanding feature: It binds to a complementary DNA strand much stronger than DNA itself (due in part to the lack of repulsion in the protein backbone. DNA's phosphate backbone is negatively charged).
Sadly, this means that two stands of PNA will bind extremely strongly to each other, and the forces required to unpair (part of the replication process) them would require different, "stronger" enzymes - so no chance of cell division, and no chance of life. (Still sounds cool though!)
Yeah, but this requires just 3 lightbulbs worth of power (or whatever) - Moisture Vaporators need Power Converters, and then there's the trip to the Toshi station. No comparison, really.
If they store all the raw data, they'll be downloading movies, music etc. Then they'll have to sue themselves... out of existence!
I am going to read this, it sounds rad as hell. Google Books!
Stephenson! Big fan :)
I usually get his books in hardback, but do publishers still release first editions, or limited runs of books with special bindings. If so, how do you get hold of these?
PS That US cover is awful (again). UK one is slightly better
Try telling that to physicists these days, though....
Your Professor?
A quick check on your universities web site should also furnish a list of your prof's group, (Phds and post-docs). Track them down. What you don't really need at this stage is a full physics degree. That is why they chose a mathematician, right? So find out the specifics of your project, and read around that.
Also, it shows the people who count that you're interested.....
Woah nelly! :)
They can't code for anything, yet.
The point of the article (and the 3 year old link) seemed to be that these base pairs can be built into the DNA as it replicates by standard enzymes. What this means is that we can now build the blueprints, and guarantee a level of control for any new amino acids that are to be produced. That, however, will take a hell of a lot more work.
From TFA: "This star also hosts a Jupiter-like planet with a period close to 3 years"
Not actually the same star as above, but it shows even longer orbital periods can be detected if the planet is large enough.
I thought it was a shame they didn't choose Skaven. Chaos seems like a relatively weak faction from a story point of view.
..the reviewer is the master of any Shoguns either. So I'm not too worried.
So, I learned something today! I always thought that the rings were flat due to a gravity "bulge" like around the equator. Now I know differently, so MY question is: Do the rings not lie in the same plane as the equator? thanks!
I didn't realise that Amazon did this already, but perhaps that outlines another problem: When I search for, say, and author on Amazon, I get a huge list, not of books, but of versions of books, often at random, which is rather annoying. No additional filtering or organising is done, so there are still pages of out of print, out of date, out of stock books to got through.
I guess without a lot of additional code, UIDs for everything won't make a lot of difference.
See, I'm British, so part of my culture says that I do get decide, and impose, my will upon your culture. Ha!
Agreed. Nintendo always seem to like using pre-existing, proven tech, rather than making their own. Considering the price (and size) of a 2gb USB drive nowadays, why not use them?
Well, I see this phrase thrown around here on /. alot, and it is indeed usually attributed to Jefferson. It is almost reads as the OP posted, "The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither."
Now, a little thought discredits that quote - society requires some security to function, whereas total freedom to do as one pleased would likely degenerate into anarchy.
Anyway, I also have check the infallible 'net, and I get this: http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/060121 which agrees with daveschroeder, and led me to this: http://preview.tinyurl.com/25rvo9 (google books)
And there is the quote, right under Franklin's sig.
So, I learned something today; lets hope we don't see the incorrect version ever again!
Lets hope they've upped their defences since then.
.... and carbon 12 are not equally abundant. 13C accounts for about 1% of carbon - 99% is carbon 12.
You make a good point in your first paragraph - perhaps I was getting carried away.
However, I don't believe this would have much value as an "example" - China wouldn't care, as you said, and while I think we agree that censorship is bad in general, in this case I think Google should continue making money, and the individuals there putting it good use, is perhaps more important. That is what a company does, regardless of whatever idealist mottos they may have chosen in the past.
And, finally, I do agree that businesses can make a difference - my point was that foreign powers (be they business, government, individual or whatever) shouldn't - that can only happen when a domestic population as a whole wills it.
Democracy and the rights that are associated with it are all about self determination. As the name implies, self-determination is something you have to take for yourself - you cannot be given it. See Iraq. Hell, see the US. You took your country - you weren't given it, and it is now one of the strongest democracies on Earth.
Incidentally, as the article mentions China, there is an old saying that Mao was supposedly fond of:
Revolution can neither be imported nor exported He was talking about Communism, of course, but I think it applies well to any change in Government.
Don't do THAT please. This ISN'T a comic BOOK. ;)
Does that mean I am "getting too old for this shit?"