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Aku no Hana - Destroying the Classroom
06/13/13, 23:46
Man the music and the rotoscoping and style.
There are days when I wonder what art really is...then I find something like this and I know again. |
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Mega Man joins Smash Bros.
06/12/13, 00:54
He does look a little empty.. I think its the the flatline mouth more than anything... |
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Mega Man joins Smash Bros.
06/11/13, 21:39
Lolo |
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ENCODE Project
06/01/13, 13:34
blaeen,
Most things we know about evolution are not turning out to be wrong.
This was a large project launched with tonnes of hype. No one doubts any of the experiments done, but the underlying message that "junk DNA isn't really junk" is what people are arguing about.
A good analogy is cited in the previous link I posted, it seems that ENCODE would say that because it had found that the human heart weighs 300 grams, the function of the heart is add 300 grams of mass to the body as opposed to pumping blood.
Scientists aren't really at some philosophical paradox, most of them are probably thinking "what a stupid project to fund, they should've spent that money on labs that were actually focused on specific systems". |
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ENCODE Project
05/31/13, 21:14
FWIW there has been a very significant amount of heated discussion about the ENCODE hype:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/03/15/more_encode_skepticism.php
Quite entertaining reading. |
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Making of Mortal Kombat: The Movie
05/24/13, 13:14
You did see the tiger in life of pi I presume...not sure where you get off calling that "clunky". |
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Art student freaks out in critique
05/23/13, 00:59
Even if it is fake, there is a "disgruntled student of the arts" tag that was forged just for an occasion like this. |
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TF2 Wario Ware mod
05/20/13, 01:10
Most of the 22nd century's semiconductor industry advances will stem from the need for more and more detailed hat simulations. |
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Star Trek TNG: The Most Secure Security Code Ever
05/19/13, 21:04
I guess they never invented reasonably good computer vision/face recognition in the 2Xth century... |
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Robotron 2084
05/17/13, 23:28
I mean mountain view. |
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Robotron 2084
05/17/13, 23:28
Old Zircon,
Moffet field is awful close to Menlo Park...they've been collaborating for awhile now. |
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Seinfeld transistions compilation
05/17/13, 03:13
It sort of sounds like Super Nintendo music after awhile...like Super Double Dragon... |
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Another day, another racist person on public transport being secretly filmed...
04/24/13, 02:28
I've neve met anyone that behaves in ways that are sort of like this (in a smaller way) that was "treated bad" in their youth (which I can be reasonably certain of since you could infer that there were no other types of people around when that person was a kid where they were).
My guess is that it just comes from a horrible family life. |
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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck explains why water is not a human right and should be privatized
04/23/13, 03:05
But we do have lots of different cultivars, and it works just fine. Our tomatoes are prettier (just less tasty), no GM there, just plain 'ol breeding. Here is a whole list of new ones:
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/vegetables/home_garden_crops/Newest+Cultivars+of++Vegetable+Crops.htm
None of our wheat is GM. It's really just corn and soy so the meat eaters out there can have cheap and tasty bacon. So where do you get the idea that no one is making new cultivars, or why consumers wouldn't want innovation? They do, and new cultivars are happening all the time. Look at the diversity in your grocery store, you didn't have kiwis before about 20 years ago. Tangelos? Pomelos? Broccoflour? Purple carrots? Texmati rice? No one in the west ate tofu until very long ago...Seriously, we have it pretty good; and GM isn't really part of the story here.
The fact is we have production fields which are essentially monocultures, an efficient way to produce food. That doesn't prevent us from keeping diverse reserves...
I can't wait until we get mangosteens.... |
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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck explains why water is not a human right and should be privatized
04/23/13, 02:03
OZ,
I have a good understanding of this stuff, I'm trying to show you that you need to improve yours.
You didn't tell me what patent data they are withholding (or how that statement even makes sense, since patented stuff is published). Nothing Monsanto does is preventing people from breeding new cultivars. GM on its own (even if you narrowly define "GM" as Monsanto crops) doesn't decrease biodiversity, new cultivars (as far as I know) are developed outside of production fields. I doubt anyone (Monsanto included) is thinking that agriculturalists should stop trying to find new cultivars. |
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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck explains why water is not a human right and should be privatized
04/23/13, 01:07
What patent data is Monsanto withholding? If it is a patent, it's disclosed in the patent.
I still don't understand what you are a saying about biodiversity. The practice of agriculture is an exercise in lowering biodiversity for specialization and efficiency. That's the story with bananas, and what you pay for in risk you get in efficiency, it's a tradeoff. If you think it's a dumb, by all means, go breed a new banana and sell it. |
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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck explains why water is not a human right and should be privatized
04/22/13, 21:03
What are you talking about Old Zircon? Agriculture breeds cultivars that are good for production...the act of agriculture decreases biodiversity. |
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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck explains why water is not a human right and should be privatized
04/22/13, 16:29
GM respnsible for a loss of biodiversity? That is what agriculture sort of is. |
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R.I.P.D. (2013) - Trailer
04/22/13, 02:38
Bridges was The Dude in TRON, he actually seems different here...but this looks like a poorman's MiB. |
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Glenn Beck gives the govt till monday to tell the truth about the boston bombing
04/21/13, 03:28
I really did stop liking Penn after I found out he was buddies with this guy.
Ugh. |
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