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Comment Design of gecko toes? (Score -1, Troll) 56

by MaxSterling on Sunday August 29, 2010 @12:05AM (#33407076) Attached to: Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford

"feet modeled on the intricate design of gecko toes"

Really? "Intricate design"? Not "configuration" or just "complexity"? Come on! This is Slashdot!! Gecko feet aren't "designed"! The robot's feet are designed, but the geckos' are not. They evolved.

Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @07:07PM from the snack-is-going-to-be-on-the-floor-today dept.

Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."

Comment Re:How I'd like it to play out (Score 1) 733

by MaxSterling on Friday September 30, 2005 @07:02PM (#13689828) Attached to: Music Industry Threatens to Pull Plug on Apple

I would like:

Record company cuts Apple off.
Apple removes sharing and burning restrictions from iTunes (don't play nice with us, we won't play nice with you!)
Loss of revenue for record company.
Record company crawls back to Apple, begging and pleading. Jobs negotiates new terms, and record company has worse deal (lower price and/or lower percentage) than now.

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