... practically begs for group think to take over...
Actually, that is digg's purpose. There whole philisophy is based around something like "what is everyone looking at now". Everyone being the majority.
... this 68 molecules are persistent in all observations, until now...
Erm... is that not how the periodic table works?
... incidentally, 68 elements for a taxonomy is pretty shitty taxonomy. The set of possible 5 -pulled out of my ass, IANAMB- mol sequences with that number of elements is 2,0667E+94, a number that is larger than the number of atoms in the whole universe...
As a working taxonomy it's pretty darn good to start. It allows scientists to at least study things systematically. And, if another molecule is found, then it's another molecule and, hey another 68 reactions to add.
Anyway these are purely the molecules important in disease. I assume this is in humans. If this covers disease in all life, then I am even more impressed.
Yeh, cause the periodic table wasn't useful. We shoulda just scrapped that reductionistic nonsense.
Of course reducing things to a lower level, in itself, doesn't help, but the great thing here is being able to look at molecular biology in a different way. (OK, it may have been implicitly known, but no-one explicitly stated it so clearly).
It is now explicitly stated that there are only 68 molecules that play any major part in life. That's a massive step forward.
Scientists can now concentrate on these 68 molecules when tackling disease. Hey, each one can be 68 different fields of molecular biology.
I remember my biochem classes. Just for giggles, the lecturer brought out this massive diagram (A1 sheet, I think) with all the human cellular chemical reactions known at the time. All in very tiny writing. This work doesn't change that (there are still about 2,300 separate interactions between 68 molecules), but at least everything is classified, and can be studied systematically.
It is useful in the same way the periodic table is useful. Of itself, it didn't create new compounds but it became the basis of understanding chemistry and allowing people to create new compounds.
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I hope you defrag regularly. Your swap file is going to mash your hard drive good and proper.
Hell, I would consider a separate physical disk just for the swap file.
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Two responses are fine. I made two points.
I was being a little sarcastic when I said WTF though. I suppose if I count up the number of tabs over all of my browser windows (I prefer the Alt-Tab functionality) I am probably approaching 20 myself.
What makes you think they were stored in plain text? He gave the operator the new password who typed it into the system which, presumably, stores it securely.
With phone banking(as opposed to internet banking) there is no other way to set or reset a password. The operator needs to type it in.
You can challenge for a password using the keyboard when a user phones up, but you can't set or reset a password without operator intervention.
... This type of hacking is very low-tech and "old school," said John Jackson, a St. Louis-based security consultant. It was popular 10 to 15 years ago...
... Winning Olympic events that involve fastest finish have nothing to do with accurate timing...
Timings in all races are important as each athlete's time is measured against their official personal best and also against their national records (British Record, U.S. record...), their continental records (European, Americas, African...) and other groups (Commonwealth).
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Actually, that is digg's purpose. There whole philisophy is based around something like "what is everyone looking at now". Everyone being the majority.
I see what you did there! :-)
Erm... is that not how the periodic table works?
As a working taxonomy it's pretty darn good to start. It allows scientists to at least study things systematically. And, if another molecule is found, then it's another molecule and, hey another 68 reactions to add.
Anyway these are purely the molecules important in disease. I assume this is in humans. If this covers disease in all life, then I am even more impressed.
RTFA?
They're working on it
Yeh, cause the periodic table wasn't useful. We shoulda just scrapped that reductionistic nonsense.
Of course reducing things to a lower level, in itself, doesn't help, but the great thing here is being able to look at molecular biology in a different way. (OK, it may have been implicitly known, but no-one explicitly stated it so clearly).
It is now explicitly stated that there are only 68 molecules that play any major part in life. That's a massive step forward.
Scientists can now concentrate on these 68 molecules when tackling disease. Hey, each one can be 68 different fields of molecular biology.
I remember my biochem classes. Just for giggles, the lecturer brought out this massive diagram (A1 sheet, I think) with all the human cellular chemical reactions known at the time. All in very tiny writing. This work doesn't change that (there are still about 2,300 separate interactions between 68 molecules), but at least everything is classified, and can be studied systematically.
It is useful in the same way the periodic table is useful. Of itself, it didn't create new compounds but it became the basis of understanding chemistry and allowing people to create new compounds.
I hope you defrag regularly. Your swap file is going to mash your hard drive good and proper.
Hell, I would consider a separate physical disk just for the swap file.
Two responses are fine. I made two points.
I was being a little sarcastic when I said WTF though. I suppose if I count up the number of tabs over all of my browser windows (I prefer the Alt-Tab functionality) I am probably approaching 20 myself.
Yeh, until another tab crashes when you are filling in your online transaction.
You used the OS native task manager?! You do realise Chrome has it's own task manager, right?
Erm, ... Chrome anyone?
Not bad, chrome seems to be winning out there.
Ahh, so you didn't try Chrome with 30 something tabs open then?
Don't get me wrong, I really like chrome. I love the sandboxed tabs/plugins within tabs, but at least do a fair comparison!
And, by the way: WTF!?! 38 tabs open!?! You get what you deserve with that number of tabs. That's crazy sh*t man!
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Wasn't he the second person in Europe
When the post above talked about "thick idiots" I bet he didn't realise it was a premonition about one of the posts to come.
Stephen Fry
The second person in Europe to own an Apple II (after his good friend Douglas Adams). Steve Jobs is also a personal friend, apparently.
The editors did, but I bet the original post was at a more london friendly time.
No, but it's not slahsdot.us either. It's slashdot.org (i.e. international)
The guy produced HHHGTTG. Probably one of the most quoted books/plays/films on slashdot.
Actually, I'll give you funny on that!
Damn, I must stop posting complete business plans.
We invented it, we can f**k it up if we like. :-)
What makes you think they were stored in plain text? He gave the operator the new password who typed it into the system which, presumably, stores it securely.
With phone banking(as opposed to internet banking) there is no other way to set or reset a password. The operator needs to type it in.
You can challenge for a password using the keyboard when a user phones up, but you can't set or reset a password without operator intervention.
It was Captain Crunch
Actually, this is /. I suppose I didn't really need that link did I?
Timings in all races are important as each athlete's time is measured against their official personal best and also against their national records (British Record, U.S. record...), their continental records (European, Americas, African...) and other groups (Commonwealth).
HawkEye. Used in Wimbledon and all the grand slam events. Used for the first time in the Beijing olympics.