operon - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Huge database (Score 1) 329

by operon on Thursday March 26, 2009 @06:25PM (#27349687) Attached to: Last.fm To Start Charging International Users

I would happily contribute my listening habits for commercial purposes if then they give me the free radio back. Seems pretty fair to me. (If my identity remains anonymous, of course. That additional information would cost more. Maybe a few free tickets for my favorite band gigs.)

Comment Re:well... (Score 1) 703

by operon on Monday February 23, 2009 @03:53PM (#26960957) Attached to: The Art of The Farewell Email

You sig is wrong in so many levels :--)

Comment Re:99.3% accurate? (Score 1) 239

by operon on Wednesday January 07, 2009 @09:31AM (#26356573) Attached to: New Method To Revolutionize DNA Sequencing

That is the reason why we sequence the same genome region more than once.

Comment Re:Surprise, surprise! (Score 1) 257

by operon on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @06:17AM (#25731525) Attached to: The Gene Is Having an Identity Crisis

One time I see a very good scientist saying that since they have low salaries (for the long years of study needed to take a PhD), low recognition (you are a nerd!) and low success with girls (you are a nerd!) the only thing left is to take pleasure with arrogance. (and irony, for sure).

Feed Newsforge: Scribus: Professional page layout for Linux (linux.com)

From feed by nffeed on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @12:12PM

Feed The Register: US colon cancer risk blamed on English couple (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Wednesday January 02, 2008 @11:32AM

Founder genetic mutation fingered

US researchers have identified a married couple who sailed from England to the US in around 1630 as the bearers of a genetic mutation which puts their numerous descendants at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.

Bookmark Scientists produce neurons from human skin (physorg.com)

by stemceller on Thursday February 22, 2007 @06:23PM

Submission + - Top Ten Open Source Innovators

Submitted by 42istheanswer on Thursday February 22, 2007 @06:02PM

42istheanswer writes: Open source is so much more than Linux anymore. Lots is happening beyond the popular operating system. Open source models are thriving in CRM (SugarCRM), Messaging (Scalix), and Systems Management (Zenoss). Datamation has identified ten leading commercial open-source innovators and the projects they are working on in their article Ten Leading Open Source Innovators. What do Slashdotter's think or know about these technologies?

Journal Journal: Another reason I don't miss working in the lab 7

Journal by Otter on Thursday February 22, 2007 @05:16PM

Idiots like this. Back when I was at [the other super-prestigious university in the neighborhood], I got stuck with responsibility for the floor's chemical weighing room. Supposedly brilliant people would work 70 hour weeks, but heaven forbid they should spend five seconds to wipe up spilled powder. We all just hoped the white powder everywhere was Tris, and not acrylamide or worse.

Feed Blogger Jailed for Slamming Islam (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday February 22, 2007 @05:12PM

Outspoken criticism of Muslim extremists and Egypt's president earns an Egyptian man a four-year prison sentence. By the Associated Press.

Molecules Manipulated with Lasers 66

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 15, 2006 @07:25PM from the do-the-pokey-pokey dept.

eldavojohn writes "Scientists have been busy in Ottawa using lasers to manipulate chemical reactions. While this may not seem like an impressive feat, the implications this has for quantum mechanics is quite large. From the article, "According to Albert Stolow, the NRC team leader, the tool used to alter molecular landscapes has implications beyond the control of chemical reactions. One example already mentioned is in the area of quantum information either to directly encode molecular scale information or to control molecular scale switches. Another application is in developing novel forms of optical microscopy of live cells, where quantum control methods can be used to sharpen images, enhance sensitivity and perhaps even perform molecular scale surgery on individual cells. The electric interaction underlying the NRC technique is an essential tool on the quantum mechanic's workbench. Its application to science and technology could reach deep into the quantum world of the ultrasmall." The article in science was where I caught this initially though it doesn't seem to be free anywhere online. The final words of the summary are "suggesting broad applicability" but only time will tell how far our imaginations will use this research."

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