about whether patients should be allowed to take the risks that come with untested treatments
That begs of the question of whether or not somebody else has the authority to make that decision for the patient. I contend that the answer is no, and that the original question is moot. An individual can choose whatever treatment they want, and if they die, well... they die. As long as no force or coercion is involved, it's fine.
> The only thing that leaving a computer on will do is get you a massive electricity bill.
So you're telling me that the sentient AI that I've been growing in my basement for the past 15 years.. isn't?
Well, f%!# me....
I am sure gopher and archie are still used somewhere too.
Please hope the Brits don't make first contact with ET, their track record isn't so hot when it comes to handling these things...
Why type a URL? We all have copy and paste. In all my years on the internet I've never used a URL shortening service or seen the need.
QFT.
Hardly. It might raise some ethical conundrums, but it certainly won't make colonization any more difficult.
If we ever colonize mars, we're going to start by building habitats. We'll have hundreds of years to live on a planet which we haven't even begun to terraform.
Cool. Just don't drink the water.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn