Comment Re:advertising (Score 5, Insightful) 839
The advertising IS the actual content. What's in between is just there to keep you watching between ads.
Comment But if you repeat them often enough (Score 1) 453
I guess they become true
Seriously, the guy makes a few points but the paper's headline was and is misleading at best. Then again, its sole purpose always was to generate
citations for and drive eyes towards the new journal (at the time) PLoS. Considering it was done in 2005, I'd say mission accomplished. Not like this place never covered it before, either
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/10/15/1934228/Meta-Research-Debunks-Medical-Study-Findings?from=rss
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/19/172254
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/30/2048236
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/18/1429222
We got the message. I think we can go back to doing science now.
OpenBSD 4.7 Preorders Are Up 191
badger.foo writes "The OpenBSD 4.7 pre-orders are up. That means the release is done, sent off to CD production, and snapshots will turn -current again. Order now and you more likely than not will have your CD set, T-shirt or other cool stuff before the official release date. You get the chance to support the most important free software project on the planet, and get your hands on some cool playables and wearables early. The release page is still being filled in, but the changelog has detailed information about the goodies in this release."
Comment Re:Ehemm... (Score 1) 387
Ahem...
<comic book store guy> Whoosh </comic book store guy>
<comic book store guy> Whoosh </comic book store guy>
Comment Re:Immortal liver cells want BLOOD! (Score 1) 146
They sure are (cancerous).
On the bright side, your immune system will happily slaughter any cells making it into your body (AKA cancer is not contagious*). The barriers and filters exist to protect the device and the cell lines from your white cells, not the other way around.
*Yes I know about oncoviruses and animal contagious cancers. One is a vector and not really the type of thing we are discussing here. The other, well, animal sort of gives it away.
Submission + - Taking anti-evolution candidates to task
hmccabe writes: Youtube is currently taking submissions for their next debate, in which the Republican candidates will answer the questions. This seems like a good opportunity to challenge those candidates who say they do not believe in evolution, but as I am not an expert in the subject, I would be interested in how the you all feel the question should be presented. For my own part, I think it is important to present the overwhelming body of evidence on the subject as incontrovertible fact, much the same way DNA evidence is during a criminal trial, and ask why the candidate feels they can pick-and-choose what facts they believe in. (Besides the fossil record and the entire study of genetics, I believe there were some experiments in forced speciation in lab environments, but IANA geneticist.) Moreover, I am wary of coming across like Christopher Hitchins, so vitriolic the candidate will defend themselves rather than answer the question. Perhaps the most important aspect of posing the question is to inform the viewers who watch the debate that this is really not a matter of opinion, but of science.
Maybe the question I'm asking is, "Hey geneticists, have you considered addressing evolution in the youtube debates? Can you do it in 30 seconds?"
Maybe the question I'm asking is, "Hey geneticists, have you considered addressing evolution in the youtube debates? Can you do it in 30 seconds?"
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"The eleventh commandment was `Thou Shalt Compute' or `Thou Shalt Not Compute' -- I forget which." -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982
