Spoiler:
Spoiler:
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
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.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Threesome?
Hope is the denial of reality
They're fun for sex, not so good for relationships. YMMV
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
I bet your liver is already weeping.
Hope is the denial of reality
My sound card should be arriving today. Ordered this badboy for $99.99, so I'm sitting at about ~$644Originally 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.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Livers grow back.
. . .
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.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Made me some grenadine, now I have a nice cold daisy
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Don't count on it. Trust me.
Dude, I'm not an idiot
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
"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-tooI don't count on it any more than Higgs, and Higgs looks pretty good right now.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
In Finland, we have saying, Wednesday is little Friday!
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
You do realize that we already have NSF grants for that? Or where you trying to conflate academic research with an undergraduate education?
Hope is the denial of reality
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.
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.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.
(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.
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.
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.
Hope is the denial of reality
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.
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.
Carthāgō dēlenda est
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.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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.My 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.
Tomorrow is like an empty canvas that extends endlessly, what should I sketch on it?
Next thing you know, you'll start voting for Saskaņas Centrs.
Hope is the denial of reality
Creative is still the only brand that offers EAX support. ASUS uses driver tricks to show EAX options, but the effects aren't supportedWhen 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.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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