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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What is the programming language of the future? |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 7:23 pm
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| I'd guess one of the members of the C,C+,C++ family will be dominant, maybe java. I use R, so I'm not too worried about learning the latest language. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What do you do when you're bored? |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 7:31 am
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masturbate furiously.
and read. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Describe your ideal day? |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 7:27 am
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for (every day in summer) {
Wake up, at 5pm (as per usual)
Brinner
study molecular biology and biochemistry for six hours
study programming for six hours
sleep
}
I live well  If I had to add something, I'd have more beer and wine. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Is melatonin (sleep hormone) a depressant? |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 7:12 am
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Depressant != Depressing, as all the Government rhetoric about drugs implies. It simply means the drug reduces the the activity of a particular part of the body.
Edit: an articular on the effects of melatonin on the sympathetic nervous system. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Is melatonin (sleep hormone) a depressant? |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 6:27 am
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| If your sole intent is to tinker heart rate, you could try digoxin (digitalis), or keep it simple with a beta blocker of some form. The former works by binding to a subunit on cardiac Na/K pumps, leading to calcium retention, lengthening the cardiac action potential, while the latter works by prolon... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 10:23 pm
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A nice, easy job somewhere in evolutionary biology, from which I can attain some skills and diverge into deeper waters
same Q |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 9:59 pm
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| You have no idea how accurate this chart was for me, it's really an eye opener. The first time I saw it I was a bit angry to see all my bad qualities up on display but that's gone now... they are there to learn from them and watch out for those tendencies of weak areas which I often forget... Subje... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 9:08 pm
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Erwin Schrödinger. He has an incredible command of both Science, and written language. He wrote my favourite biology treatise ever, What is Life? If I have a hero, Schrödinger is he
what is your favourite book? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:57 pm
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| I'm not saying it's science, I know it's not a science. I'm saying it's a spiritual process that was alluded to with a metaphor; of transmuting lead to gold. People took that at face value, and assumed that they actually were talking about turning actual lead to gold. You would want to hide your ac... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: $hobbies/interests$ |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:47 pm
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| I've spend more than three thousand on Science books. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Proposition: Mandatory vasectomies for all men |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:44 pm
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| I wouldn't mind a free vacectomy, but it'd be crazy to make it mandatory. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:43 pm
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| Newton was interested in astrology too, so I am told. That seems likely. But that doesn't lend credence to astrology, just as his associations with alchemy didn't stop it being a pseudoscientific endevour which led to chemistry, which actually works. I see alchemy as not a pseudo scientific process... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Religion and Atheism: How do they deal with life? |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:39 pm
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| If you're wondering about our "worldview", it varies. I personally take a libertarian view of morality; live, and let live, by not initiating force against another, or imposing a preference forcefully. I get up in the morning to learn, because I love knowledge. Biology, Physics, Computer Science, Li... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:33 pm
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Quote: Newton was interested in astrology too, so I am told.
That seems likely. But that doesn't lend credence to astrology, just as his associations with alchemy didn't stop it being a pseudoscientific endevour which led to chemistry, which actually works. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:24 pm
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| Look up the Briggs - Myers test, and look up a detailed description of your type. It will match you to an incredibly close degree, compared to astrological waffle. I was amazed when I did mine. It's interesting, but the Myers Briggs women based their work on that of Carl Jung, who was mighty keen o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God, meditation, astrology - my opinions. |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 8:20 pm
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| I'm a vegan, so I don't eat meat. I eat plants of gods creation. this thread is meant for people who actually believe in astrology, meditation, god, etc... your free to post but there's no point debating with someone with such a completely different perspective unwilling to actually take mysticism ... |
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