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Every Man Is an Island (of Bacteria) 193

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @07:42PM from the outnumbered-by-your-gut dept.

Shipud writes "There are ten times more bacterial cells in our body than our own cells. Most of them are located in our guts, and they affect our well-being in many ways. A group at Washington University has recently reported that although our gut microbes perform similar functions, it appears that different people have completely different compositions of gut bacteria: every man is an island, a unique microbial ecosystem composed of completely different species. One conclusion is that the whole division of bacteria into species may well be over-used in biomedicine."

Comment What about Apple? (Score 1, Redundant) 827

by dustin_c1 on Monday January 19, 2009 @07:35PM (#26522269) Attached to: EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows

Apple bundles iTunes, Safari, Mac Mail, iChat and Quicktime with OS X.

But nobody complains.

If Microsoft can't bundle those apps, nobody else should be able to either.

Journal Journal: IBM quietly notifies former employees of data loss

Journal by Bloodylance on Friday June 22, 2007 @11:42AM

This week some former IBM employees (most notably those who worked at the long lamented Lotus Development Corporation prior to IBM's acquisition) started receiving letters warning them that their personal data might have been compromised. This is in response to the loss of several tapes containing records of former employees earlier this year.

Comment Re:The Pirate Bay (Score 1) 372

by dustin_c1 on Saturday June 09, 2007 @01:41PM (#19451701) Attached to: TorrentSpy Ordered By Judge to Become MPAA Spy

"If I write a piece of code that helps my employer do something, I get paid for the amount of time I worked on it."

That's because you've agreed to a work-for-hire situation with your employer. If you write a piece of code and sell it yourself, you will get paid every time the software sells.

Just because you chose to write your code on a work-for-hire basis it doesn't mean that everyone should be a salary slave.

This is no different than you and your code. You can own your work if you want, or you can sell your labor if you want. Your choice.

Feed Wal-Mart reveals its full Dell lineup (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Friday June 08, 2007 @08:32PM

Filed under: Desktops

For some reason we kinda doubt that many Engadget readers are in a hurry to load the kids into the station wagon and head on down to Wal-Mart for some cheap computer action, but we'd be remiss in our journalistic duties were we not to give you the final lowdown on that pair of Dell bundles hitting the retail behemoth this weekend. Since we already knew the specs of the 'high-end' $698 package, the only real surprise here is that you're getting almost the same machine for $498 -- the only difference being a 250GB vs. 320GB hard drive -- with the price drop instead coming at the expense of "extras" like a monitor, speakers, and memory card reader. A little later in the month, those lucky enough to have been accepted into Sam's Club will have their choice of an $828 multimedia bundle featuring the same Dimension E521 desktop supplemented by NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE graphics and another gig of RAM, or a 15.4-inch dual-core Inspiron 1501 notebook with a DVD burner and 2GB / 120GB of RAM / storage for a few cents under $900. Seems like Wal-Mart should be able to push a pretty decent amount of these out the door -- which is good news for Dell, because Michael and friends need all the help they can get to reclaim their top spot from those crafty competitors over at HP.

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