Comment Re:Why spelling matters (Score 1) 676
You're both right. Sow is a female pig. Sow is also the act of planting seeds.
Comment Re:And that is what really stiffles innovation (Score 1) 384
If I'm in a hurry and blow through a stop sign on purpose I get a fine. If I'm distracted by the guy behind me tailgating and blow through a stop sign and kill someone I'm up for manslaughter. My illegal activity, not stopping at the sign, is identical.
In the second one it is still your actions that cause manslaughter as a secondary offense, hence the differing results.
Comment Re:Arrested for knowledge? WTF? (Score 1) 741
Yet, if you went on "a crusade against bad music" it doesn't mean you plan to murder Justin Bieber.
I respectfully submit in that case that you are doing it wrong.
Comment Re:Not *totally* drug resistant (Score 1) 346
Heya, not trying to scare you either but passing on some info which might be pertinent.
Numb lips could be an indicator that the nerves under/near your wisdom teeth are possibly getting pinched on occasion (as the teeth move/shift) leading to the symptoms described. Dizzy spell/s when standing up sound like it could be related if the wisdom teeth are impacted or at an odd angle putting pressure on the region near your inner ear. Google for info on Inferior alveolar nerve or Mandibular Nerves and maybe get an xray with a dentist to see how the wisdom teeth are placed.
One of the first links I found that is fairly useful:
http://www.doctorspiller.com/Mandibular_Nerves.htm
I only know a bit about it since I've been avoiding getting my last two (impacted) wisdom teeth removed.
Comment Re:Another idea (Score 1) 108
it has no skills that transfer on later in life.
I've always thought that the ability to plan and schedule creation of troops within the constraints of a resources budget would translate nicely to some project management type roles. Just my 2c.
Comment Re:truth (Score 1) 193
....at the hands of a government, rather than commercial interests.
Can we really say that there's a difference these days? The cynical view is that all politicians are bought by big business and pay lip service to the values that will get them elected to further big business's goals.
Submission + - Gamers solve molecular puzzle (msn.com)
KPexEA writes: Video-game players have solved a molecular puzzle that stumped scientists for years, and those scientists say the accomplishment could point the way to crowdsourced cures for AIDS and other diseases. The feat, which was accomplished using a collaborative online game called Foldit, is also one giant leap for citizen science — a burgeoning field that enlists Internet users to look for alien planets, decipher ancient texts and do other scientific tasks that sheer computer power can't accomplish as easily.
The monkey-virus puzzle was one of several unsolved molecular mysteries that a colleague of Khatib's at the university, Frank DiMaio, recently tried to solve using a method that took advantage of a protein-folding computer program called Rosetta. "This was one of the cases where his method wasn't able to solve it," Khatib said.
Fortunately, the challenge fit the current capabilities of the Foldit game, so Khatib and his colleagues put the puzzle out there for Foldit's teams to work on. "This was really kind of a last-ditch effort," he recalled. "Can the Foldit players really solve it?"
They could. "They actually did it in less than 10 days," Khatib said.
The monkey-virus puzzle was one of several unsolved molecular mysteries that a colleague of Khatib's at the university, Frank DiMaio, recently tried to solve using a method that took advantage of a protein-folding computer program called Rosetta. "This was one of the cases where his method wasn't able to solve it," Khatib said.
Fortunately, the challenge fit the current capabilities of the Foldit game, so Khatib and his colleagues put the puzzle out there for Foldit's teams to work on. "This was really kind of a last-ditch effort," he recalled. "Can the Foldit players really solve it?"
They could. "They actually did it in less than 10 days," Khatib said.
