I'm glad you admitted that you do not understand because that truly is the root of the entire debate.
Embryonic Stem Cell Basics [nih.gov] - Embryonic stem cells can become all cell types of the body because they are pluripotent. Adult stem cells are thought to be limited to differentiating into different cell types of their tissue of origin. - Embryonic stem cells can be grown relatively easily in culture. Adult stem cells are rare in mature tissues, so isolating these cells from an adult tissue is challenging, and methods to expand their numbers in cell culture have not yet been worked out. This is an important distinction, as large numbers of cells are needed for stem cell replacement therapies.
Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells I'm sorry you missed the memo. Pluripotent ASC have been derived from adult skin cells. ESC research is fast becoming obsolete.
In conclusion, there is no sane reason to be morally opposed to embryonic stem cell research due to a need for dead babies as no babies ever die for embryonic stem cell research.
Or perhaps you believe that virtually every man and woman on the planet are baby killers because they do not ensure that every single spermatozoa [wikipedia.org] and ovam [wikipedia.org] is given a chance to become a baby.
Perhaps you think that manufacturers of sanitary napkins [wikipedia.org] and condoms [wikipedia.org] are the enablers of baby killing.
Spermatozoa and ovam are not people. Human zygotes are. Why would you assume I'm totally ignorant of basic science? Does the fact that I'm religious make you think that I'll buy something that stupid?
Israel has a penchant for technological advancement. Somebody there has decided that they need to make a better battery, but it's taking a little longer than usual. Come on, just dodge the odd potato prototypes and have some patience!
I am a religious freak. And I do not oppose adult stem cell research at all. Hey, my nephew probably owes his life to it. I do oppose embryonic stem cell research, because it creates a demand for dead babies, which I have a huge moral problem with.
Also, adult stem cell research has led to over seventy approved treatments being used today. The number from embryonic research? Zero. But for some reason all the noise is made about embryonic research. I really do not understand why. Especially with the 2005 discovery that skin cells can essentially be transformed into stem cells without killing anyone.
To summarize: no, we (or at least my circle of contacts) are not
flat out fucking wrong
, anti-science, or subhuman. There is also little reason to fund embryonic stem cell research when adult stem cell research is so much more promising.
While I think it's atrocious that Windows has to have a third-party layer akin to the FDA to keep users from getting waylaid by malicious code, I'm a little surprised that you think Avast is better than NOD32 or Kaspersky. The most recent AV-Comparatives report is rather unflattering to Avast. I'm personally a NOD32 (ESET) fan.
While it's hard to say if these people had altruistic motives for committing suicide, I'm really tired of hearing them called "victims." They are not. Suicide is about the most selfish thing you can do.
Years ago the American press treated suicide as something dishonorable. After newspapers started taking a sympathetic tone, US suicide rates skyrocketed*. Let's stop pretending that suicide is noble. It isn't. It's cowardly and selfish when you do not want to face your reality. Millions of courageous people overcome horrible circumstances and better their world. Suicide "victims" just quit.
*Source FYI I haven't read that article in years, just remember the basic premise...
You totally made that up. I have a '87 S10 Chevy Blazer (so it's a small SUV). It gets 17.5 mpg. I use it for personal transport and for work. I haul all my tools, some inventory parts, and customer computers to and from the shop. It might be possible to cram all that into a Chevy Aveo, but then I wouldn't have room for any passengers when I'm not working (meaning unpacking/repacking everything constantly). It also would not carry a bicycle to BMX races, meaning I'd need to use another vehicle once a week.
It's not the best mileage, but it's paid for, uses regular gas (tried the most expensive and it didn't even make a measurable increase in mileage), and has some other misc advantages. For example, it's ridiculously heavy (real truck fame), meaning I do a lot better in snow and ice than all the newer tuna cans slipping and sliding around me. It can also pull a trailer, unlike a tuna can that gets 10 or 15 more mpg. It's been in minor crashes and didn't have to be repaired (yay for bumpers), whereas my friend's Civic drives crooked after a minor bump because it's a flimsy unibody. I'm also high enough off the ground that I can see over the tuna cans. I can drive over speed bumps without me and everything in the car bouncing around. And last but definitely NOT least, I can repair it myself. I didn't have to hire a specialist to replace my starter, water pump, alternator, battery, radiator hoses, etc. Try doing anything under the hood of a tuna can, especially one packed to the gills with computerized black boxes.
Could I possibly use a tuna can? Yes, but it would mean much more time wasted repacking supplies, more trouble in snow, MUCH more expensive repairs, a car payment, no towing, and misc stress over people dinging the paint job. Remind me again why saving a few hundred a year in gas would make me want one?
Also, my old SUV uses R12! Yay for AC that cools in a hurry.
No, we're all missing the incredible technological leap in battery density and/or screen power consumption. Color screens take too much power or cost too much. Ever held an iPad? It's HEAVY. But hope is not dead: Qualcomm says they will ship a full-color, video-capable e-ink device this year.
That's stupid. I've never heard of individuals getting in trouble for accidentally distributing viruses. Also, your post is worded in a very sarcastic manner to suggest that all corporations are bad, the capitalists are evil, banking is a sin, etc. Unfortunately, you did not cite anything (except your own strawman) to back up anything, it was all postulation.
As a side note, IANAL, so please do not reply by saying that I do not cite a lack of a law against accidentally giving out dirty flash drives. That's almost as hard as proving a universal negative.
My Eee PC 1005HA has a very small brick. It's a little wider and taller bigger than a Zone candy bar and about as long. It also has very long battery life. The only problem (as mentioned below) is that it gets really hot (~7 Amps), probably because of the small surface area.
I've got one, but unfortunately it doesn't handle games very well, which is one of my favorite uses of the keyboard. It seems to have a max repeat time of about 3 seconds, which is extremely annoying in an FPS. But it may just be the particular adapter I bought...
No, wolframalpha is a math search/AI thingy. You're thinking of TrueKnowledge. It's pretty cool, but it also hideously ugly. Which is a shame, because they had a pretty attractive design when it was a closed beta a few months ago.
I like the Unicomp-style keyboards too much though.
I personally love my '87 M13: the noise and feel of a classic, indestructible IBM Model M with a ThinkPad-style mouse-thingy. The only problem is that it's PS2.
For the last time, we do not have a democracy. We have (had) a republic! Democracy is too volatile to last, and a group of wise men figured that out and didn't give us one. Unfortunately, our nation as a whole keeps gradually trying to bend it into one. The direct election of senators did a lot of damage to the republic. Can you imagine if we still had the original method today? We'd be having mass recalls.
As I understand it, he was required to log the passwords in a central database and didn't. That's what got him. He also carried the ONLY backup copy of the config on his person (heavily encrypted), gave his bosses fake passwords, etc. It reeks of job security.
I use my cable co's because it's faster than OpenDNS and Google's DNS. It's also not obnoxious. Even though I hate them for being a monopoly, CableONE is fairly decent. They actually called my house to tell me that I could get a free speed upgrade (they just have to mess around with the boxen).
What we need is to get rid of the double standard, lets just say if Box News makes a deliberately misleading statement about the Australian Hoop Snake they should be investigates, charged and the editor, producer and reporter fired and barred from working in the media field again. If we started giving news agencies with the same scrutiny and punishments as universities then the level of misinformation would drop dramatically.
So would freedom of the press. What you are suggesting is essentially state control of the media, and only a step away from a priori censorship. How much easier to control misinformation if you must submit everything but the weather forecast to the bureau for approval before publishing?
Second, this research is usually funded with tax money - hence the high standards. Most news agencies are not. You can say pretty much anything you want to on your own dime. It's natural to recoil from that idea, but it was still important enough to the founders of the USA to make it #1 on the earth-shaking Bill of Rights (which is might add is still unparalleled 200+ years later).
Look around the world. It is still awe-inspiring how much power and trust the US Constitution puts into the people, and how strict are the chains on government. Many people wish for tidiness and control of crackpots in the world. I do not. I think freedom is a far more lofty goal.
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it (esp if you have a vote).
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real, living, breathing, actualized human
Zygotes and embryos:
Real - check
Living - check
Breathing - nope
Actualized - what?
I'm glad you admitted that you do not understand because that truly is the root of the entire debate.
Embryonic Stem Cell Basics [nih.gov]
- Embryonic stem cells can become all cell types of the body because they are pluripotent. Adult stem cells are thought to be limited to differentiating into different cell types of their tissue of origin.
- Embryonic stem cells can be grown relatively easily in culture. Adult stem cells are rare in mature tissues, so isolating these cells from an adult tissue is challenging, and methods to expand their numbers in cell culture have not yet been worked out. This is an important distinction, as large numbers of cells are needed for stem cell replacement therapies.
Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells
I'm sorry you missed the memo. Pluripotent ASC have been derived from adult skin cells. ESC research is fast becoming obsolete.
In conclusion, there is no sane reason to be morally opposed to embryonic stem cell research due to a need for dead babies as no babies ever die for embryonic stem cell research.
Or perhaps you believe that virtually every man and woman on the planet are baby killers because they do not ensure that every single spermatozoa [wikipedia.org] and ovam [wikipedia.org] is given a chance to become a baby.
Perhaps you think that manufacturers of sanitary napkins [wikipedia.org] and condoms [wikipedia.org] are the enablers of baby killing.
Spermatozoa and ovam are not people. Human zygotes are. Why would you assume I'm totally ignorant of basic science? Does the fact that I'm religious make you think that I'll buy something that stupid?
Israel has a penchant for technological advancement. Somebody there has decided that they need to make a better battery, but it's taking a little longer than usual. Come on, just dodge the odd potato prototypes and have some patience!
I am a religious freak. And I do not oppose adult stem cell research at all. Hey, my nephew probably owes his life to it. I do oppose embryonic stem cell research, because it creates a demand for dead babies, which I have a huge moral problem with.
Also, adult stem cell research has led to over seventy approved treatments being used today. The number from embryonic research? Zero. But for some reason all the noise is made about embryonic research. I really do not understand why. Especially with the 2005 discovery that skin cells can essentially be transformed into stem cells without killing anyone.
To summarize: no, we (or at least my circle of contacts) are not
flat out fucking wrong
, anti-science, or subhuman. There is also little reason to fund embryonic stem cell research when adult stem cell research is so much more promising.
While I think it's atrocious that Windows has to have a third-party layer akin to the FDA to keep users from getting waylaid by malicious code, I'm a little surprised that you think Avast is better than NOD32 or Kaspersky. The most recent AV-Comparatives report is rather unflattering to Avast. I'm personally a NOD32 (ESET) fan.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report26.pdf
Mine has 237k miles on it, proper maintenance and one rebuild. :D It just keeps going.
While it's hard to say if these people had altruistic motives for committing suicide, I'm really tired of hearing them called "victims." They are not. Suicide is about the most selfish thing you can do.
Years ago the American press treated suicide as something dishonorable. After newspapers started taking a sympathetic tone, US suicide rates skyrocketed*. Let's stop pretending that suicide is noble. It isn't. It's cowardly and selfish when you do not want to face your reality. Millions of courageous people overcome horrible circumstances and better their world. Suicide "victims" just quit.
*Source FYI I haven't read that article in years, just remember the basic premise...
IMO, real product reviews are hard to find because of SEO. Everything else he mentioned I have no problem with.
You totally made that up. I have a '87 S10 Chevy Blazer (so it's a small SUV). It gets 17.5 mpg. I use it for personal transport and for work. I haul all my tools, some inventory parts, and customer computers to and from the shop. It might be possible to cram all that into a Chevy Aveo, but then I wouldn't have room for any passengers when I'm not working (meaning unpacking/repacking everything constantly). It also would not carry a bicycle to BMX races, meaning I'd need to use another vehicle once a week.
It's not the best mileage, but it's paid for, uses regular gas (tried the most expensive and it didn't even make a measurable increase in mileage), and has some other misc advantages. For example, it's ridiculously heavy (real truck fame), meaning I do a lot better in snow and ice than all the newer tuna cans slipping and sliding around me. It can also pull a trailer, unlike a tuna can that gets 10 or 15 more mpg. It's been in minor crashes and didn't have to be repaired (yay for bumpers), whereas my friend's Civic drives crooked after a minor bump because it's a flimsy unibody. I'm also high enough off the ground that I can see over the tuna cans. I can drive over speed bumps without me and everything in the car bouncing around. And last but definitely NOT least, I can repair it myself. I didn't have to hire a specialist to replace my starter, water pump, alternator, battery, radiator hoses, etc. Try doing anything under the hood of a tuna can, especially one packed to the gills with computerized black boxes.
Could I possibly use a tuna can? Yes, but it would mean much more time wasted repacking supplies, more trouble in snow, MUCH more expensive repairs, a car payment, no towing, and misc stress over people dinging the paint job. Remind me again why saving a few hundred a year in gas would make me want one?
Also, my old SUV uses R12! Yay for AC that cools in a hurry.
Speaking of toasters, am I the only one who always imagines slices of bread sticking out of the top of Scions?
Obama is not a legislator (or at least he isn't supposed to be).
*blink* o_0?
No, we're all missing the incredible technological leap in battery density and/or screen power consumption. Color screens take too much power or cost too much. Ever held an iPad? It's HEAVY. But hope is not dead: Qualcomm says they will ship a full-color, video-capable e-ink device this year.
By the way, my brother is an absolute eReader fanatic and has specs of almost every eReader imaginable: http://ereaders.bsgprogrammers.com/
Thank you. Wish I had mod points. The guy above is simply jealous of another's success.
Folks, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Go buy an Android phone or something. Vote with your wallet.
That's stupid. I've never heard of individuals getting in trouble for accidentally distributing viruses. Also, your post is worded in a very sarcastic manner to suggest that all corporations are bad, the capitalists are evil, banking is a sin, etc. Unfortunately, you did not cite anything (except your own strawman) to back up anything, it was all postulation.
As a side note, IANAL, so please do not reply by saying that I do not cite a lack of a law against accidentally giving out dirty flash drives. That's almost as hard as proving a universal negative.
My Eee PC 1005HA has a very small brick. It's a little wider and taller bigger than a Zone candy bar and about as long. It also has very long battery life. The only problem (as mentioned below) is that it gets really hot (~7 Amps), probably because of the small surface area.
I've got one, but unfortunately it doesn't handle games very well, which is one of my favorite uses of the keyboard. It seems to have a max repeat time of about 3 seconds, which is extremely annoying in an FPS. But it may just be the particular adapter I bought...
What are you talking about? The notes and modifiers are all preset. There's no AI here...
No, wolframalpha is a math search/AI thingy. You're thinking of TrueKnowledge. It's pretty cool, but it also hideously ugly. Which is a shame, because they had a pretty attractive design when it was a closed beta a few months ago.
I like the Unicomp-style keyboards too much though.
I personally love my '87 M13: the noise and feel of a classic, indestructible IBM Model M with a ThinkPad-style mouse-thingy. The only problem is that it's PS2.
And transatlantic hypoglycemic malapropisms can defenestrate your Alzheimer-suffering family members!
For the last time, we do not have a democracy. We have (had) a republic! Democracy is too volatile to last, and a group of wise men figured that out and didn't give us one. Unfortunately, our nation as a whole keeps gradually trying to bend it into one. The direct election of senators did a lot of damage to the republic. Can you imagine if we still had the original method today? We'd be having mass recalls.
As I understand it, he was required to log the passwords in a central database and didn't. That's what got him. He also carried the ONLY backup copy of the config on his person (heavily encrypted), gave his bosses fake passwords, etc. It reeks of job security.
I use my cable co's because it's faster than OpenDNS and Google's DNS. It's also not obnoxious. Even though I hate them for being a monopoly, CableONE is fairly decent. They actually called my house to tell me that I could get a free speed upgrade (they just have to mess around with the boxen).
What we need is to get rid of the double standard, lets just say if Box News makes a deliberately misleading statement about the Australian Hoop Snake they should be investigates, charged and the editor, producer and reporter fired and barred from working in the media field again. If we started giving news agencies with the same scrutiny and punishments as universities then the level of misinformation would drop dramatically.
So would freedom of the press. What you are suggesting is essentially state control of the media, and only a step away from a priori censorship. How much easier to control misinformation if you must submit everything but the weather forecast to the bureau for approval before publishing?
Second, this research is usually funded with tax money - hence the high standards. Most news agencies are not. You can say pretty much anything you want to on your own dime. It's natural to recoil from that idea, but it was still important enough to the founders of the USA to make it #1 on the earth-shaking Bill of Rights (which is might add is still unparalleled 200+ years later).
Look around the world. It is still awe-inspiring how much power and trust the US Constitution puts into the people, and how strict are the chains on government. Many people wish for tidiness and control of crackpots in the world. I do not. I think freedom is a far more lofty goal.
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it (esp if you have a vote).