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by hartror 16y ago
I think he touches on it in a very generally with this statement. There is no shortage of proposals for radically innovative space launch schemes that, if they worked, would get us across the valley to other hilltops considerably higher th
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by hartror 16y ago
I'm sure it has had a long term impact given people still talk about it. I think what the X factor is was that the advertisement was a significant break from what had already been done before in the medium of TV advertising. But feel free t
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by hartror 16y ago
Well, it works best with businesses like these coupon/group buying startups where you need localized deals/sales to run the business. You won't be competing with the originals and if the idea is proven, funding shouldn't be problematic with
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by hartror 16y ago
Small nitpic: your example of a house in Perth is out on the end of the bell curve. Perth has seen explosive growth driven by the resources boom, which have driven more people with more money to the west.
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by hartror 16y ago
No you are still constrained by the limit, super resolution only works with the information that is captured. The diffraction limit isn't a hard line limit rather the information disappears into noise as you go past the limit. So what SR do
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by hartror 16y ago
Magnetosphere breaches are not unusual and are transitory, The worst we can expect from a solar flare is blackouts and communication disruptions. Inconvenient but not civilization ending or anything.
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by hartror 16y ago
I am continually surprised by the number of tech/web people I come across who haven't even heard of TechCrunch let alone read it. It always makes me feel better about not having a glowing TechCrunch article about whatever my latest project
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by hartror 16y ago
There are many conflicting viewpoints on college especially on HN. I took the view that college was an opportunity that while not impossible to be taken at a later stage isn't easy to "go back to" later. College is what you make of it and a
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by hartror 16y ago
Isn't it: Quality, price, speed pick any two.
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by hartror 16y ago
I don't think this is limited to India, we have had plenty of offers of "partnerships" etc from people with ideas. Our response has been to quote a minimum viable product cost and tell them to go find funding. Some have come back to us with
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by hartror 16y ago
You still need to convince a number of government bodies and the wider medical community that your results are kosher. If you've been shown to put your name on papers that falsify results it is going to be very difficult for you to convince
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by hartror 16y ago
This isn't being taken lightly as you seem to imply, the scientists responsible for this are a bit screwed career wise. Wakefield got more attention because of the massive damaging effect he and his ilk had on immunization rates.
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by hartror 16y ago
Wrong! Those are exactly the questions that are asked. The tests use a group of control subjects vs test subjects which is standard throughout science. This means it takes out a factor such as what environment the animal is stored in by s
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by hartror 16y ago
> Can/should we be testing anti-depressants on animals at all? Would you prefer we test these things on humans? Scientists must put everything pass an ethics committee, testing on animals isn't ideal but the alternatives are far worse
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Watch the floods in Brisbane, Australia Live.(ustream.tv)
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by hartror 16y ago
You could probably get a local/state government to invest in that sort of project.
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by hartror 16y ago
Yeah it is Kirigami if you cut it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigami
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by hartror 16y ago
Yeah it is Kirigami if you cut it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigami
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by hartror 16y ago
Continue replying to a cowards throw away account? Sure why not it is Friday night and I have a beer in hand. Perhaps go back and read my comment you grossly misquoted [1] where I say "removed from most vaccines" if you are going to try t
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by hartror 16y ago
Top and bottom in fact!
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by hartror 16y ago
From the FAQ: We want to be financially responsible and come up with some way to keep this site running. As you've likely noticed, relevent contextual ads from Google make an appearance on each of our pages. Also, taking a page from the
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by hartror 16y ago
It is easy to class out what could have an effect when it is something easily as monitored and controlled like vaccinations. Changes in vaccination rates have had no influence over autism diagnosis rates. So while common sense tells you the
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by hartror 16y ago
So pretty much what you are saying is backing up what I have said. If thimerosal and other mercury based were responsible for autism then we should see a drop in diagnosis rates relative to the decrease in the use of thimerosal. As there ha
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by hartror 16y ago
Physics and medicine both rely on rationalism and the scientific method. The difference between what you are talking about and what I am talking about it the difference between objective and subjective proof. Your social proof easily falls
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by hartror 16y ago
Sorry but "Most scientific views boil down to "belief"" is patently untrue. All scientific theories are not beliefs but rational explanations that fit the facts. If a new fact appears that contravenes the theory, the theory is thrown out. (
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by hartror 16y ago
Absolutely, there is even a lovely latin term for it post hoc ergo propter hoc . http://www.skepdic.com/posthoc.html
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by hartror 16y ago
Would you immunize yourself or your children for things like MMR now? I think science and doctors are getting better at studying the holistic approach you talk about, and some things will be born out by the facts and others won't. I am gla
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by hartror 16y ago
So assuming that is relevant (I don't doubt some doctor still had medicines on the shelf in 2005 (date on post) from 2001 but at what rates your comment does not state) around now we should be already seeing a large drop in autism rates sin
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by hartror 16y ago
Wow downvotes? I don't agree with most of this position but this viewpoint is while an anecdote and not based solidly in science is valid. Certainly a healthy balanced diet creates a healthier body and something everyone should implement wh
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by hartror 16y ago
Also when Thimerosal was removed from most of the vaccines in 2001 it had no affect on Autism rates. This was pretty much the last nail in the coffin for that hypothesis, yet the meme continues.

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