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No idea, I have visual on two rings and over-heard a phone call ending with "kiss kiss" or something to that effect. But either way, I think the question is academic.
Threesome? :o
They're fun for sex, not so good for relationships. YMMV
Just found out the longest I've gone without shutting down or rebooting this laptop was 53 days, 16 hours, 41 minutes, and 52 seconds. It's not something I intended, but for almost 2 months of uptime, I'm proud of this 5-year-old Inspiron.
Small chance I'll be getting a 2000 € bonus, fingers crossed. Would be most welcome.
I bet your liver is already weeping.
My sound card should be arriving today. Ordered this badboy for $99.99, so I'm sitting at about ~$644Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Its not the newest model from creative, but I've haven't been hearing great things about their newest model (Recon3D), plus it looks cool.
Livers grow back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
It might not be overly optimistic to think we'll be growing livers on petri dishes in the not-too-immediate future. The problems are still significant, but all flesh bows before will.
Made me some grenadine, now I have a nice cold daisy :heart:
Don't count on it. Trust me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
Dude, I'm not an idiotQuote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
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"Flesh" includes the living, who (usually) want to keep living as long as possible. Nessus was correct in the statement that all flesh bows before (or down to) human will. Including humans willing to fund advanced research using public tax dollars, which increases overall longevity.
Well, I have been the recipient of said research dollars for precisely this kind of therapy, and I can tell you it's going to be a while before we have good bioartificial livers. Nessie is young, yet, so anything is possible, but it's not as 'around the corner' as popular science publications might have you believe. I have no doubt that Nessus was merely being jocular, though, and was well aware of this reality.
I covered my ass with not-too :p I don't count on it any more than Higgs, and Higgs looks pretty good right now.
We should welcome a bunch of Nessie geniuses in the US. Funding their education from pre-school to post-grad, and their R & D pursuits. Regardless of their immigration and naturalization status, or who their parents are. We should do the same for any and every student. Knowing full well that the "costs" of their education far outweighs the "price" of thier ignorance.
Still, we'll have livers before hearts (or probably anything else), which is reason to celebrate for all the young folks around here who like to raise a fifth or three whenever cause for rejoicing comes their way... and speaking of that, only two days to Friday. :downcast:Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
In Finland, we have saying, Wednesday is little Friday!
You do realize that we already have NSF grants for that? Or where you trying to conflate academic research with an undergraduate education?Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
It's awfully hard to determine genius - or even academic excellence - at the age of 4 or 5. Much easier to let them come here for college and graduate school. I agree that it's better if we let them stay afterwards, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
Actually, while livers are easier than hearts (well, sorta), they're hardly the easiest tissue to replace. Livers have a very complex structure, with two separate vessel/duct systems, a variety of cell types (some of which are quite finicky), and double circulation. Not even remotely straightforward to engineer. There are a lot of simpler tissues out there that are likely to be done first, and so far our track record is pretty poor even for those.Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenCain
(Also, hearts have the advantage that you don't always need to replace the whole thing, just an infarcted region.)
I was comparing national priorities. Finland has a clear preference for funding public education; their teachers are held in high esteem and paid professional wages, using public taxes. The US has conflicted ideas---with many complaints about taxes, public education, and professional teachers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Genius IQ aside, it's still much better to fund early education, pre-school and kindergarten, and federal funds for Head Start....than trying to play catch-up in later years.Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
Ignoring the fact that the academic research is done by a tiny portion of the people who go to secondary school, and if your sole intention was to create a lot of brilliant scientists, spending most of your money on people who have no chance of becoming scientists would be a terrible way to do that.
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Originally Posted by Nessus
To add to this discussion, my GF does some research in this area, and like Wiggin has mentioned there are still a lot of questions to be answered, a lot more research to do, and a vast portion of it is still in the mouse level of research. Particular problems include understanding why a liver regenerates, and not a kidney, heart, etc. along with getting stem cells to do what you want them to, where you want them to. Outside problems include stem cell research funding and public opinion of the whole process.Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggin
Personally I would like to see several approaches pursued fully even if one premiers before the other, for instance we can work on growing organs from stem cells, 3D printing the organs wholesale, developing a mechanical replacement, or a combination of these (of course it depends upon the organ).
Yesterday I woke up after a night of moderately heavy drinking with not as much as a hint of hangover. This is the fourth or so time in a row. I think I'm becoming immune to those.
I have 384 rolls of toilet paper sitting in my living room. about 15 people coming over for dinner in a few hours. a wedding in 2 days, and a cruise in 3.
When you haven't heard good things about the brand, maybe it's time to change? Asus got some kickass cards these days. Same with Auzentech, but I prefer Asus. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous GamerMy sound card should be arriving today. Ordered this badboy for $99.99, so I'm sitting at about ~$644
Its not the newest model from creative, but I've haven't been hearing great things about their newest model (Recon3D), plus it looks cool.
Next thing you know, you'll start voting for Saskaņas Centrs. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by BalticSailor
Creative is still the only brand that offers EAX support. ASUS uses driver tricks to show EAX options, but the effects aren't supported :down:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazuha Vinland
