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(slightly off topic - sorry) curious.

Your Reality is Out of Date: Introducing the Mesofact (boston.com) 6 points by JacobAldridge 5 days ago | 1 comment | flag

How is it that the same article is posted twice?

could it mean that some of the galaxies we see are entirely anti-matter galaxies? Woooo.

Worse - they found that the radiation CAN cause DNA damage.

The potential complications don't end there. In the mid-1990s, a biophysicist at the University of Washington named Henry Lai began to make profound discoveries about the effects of such frequencies not only on the blood-brain barrier but also on the actual structure of rat DNA. Lai found that modulated EM radiation could cause breaks in DNA strands—breaks that could then lead to genetic damage and mutations that would be passed on for generations. What surprised Lai was that the damage was accomplished in a single two-hour exposure.

In essence - even though the energy is not sufficient to ionize it is impacting the function of cells.

(this is why I posted the article)

The article explains the physical mechanism - or at least the area in which it applies:

At the vanguard of a new field of study that came to be known as bioelectromagnetics, he found what appeared to be grave nonthermal effects from microwave frequencies—the part of the spectrum that belongs not just to radar signals and microwave ovens but also, in the past fifteen years, to cell phones. (The only honest way to think of our cell phones is that they are tiny, low-power microwave ovens, without walls, that we hold against the sides of our heads.) Frey tested microwave radiation on frogs and other lab animals, targeting the eyes, the heart, and the brain, and in each case he found troubling results. In one study, he triggered heart arrhythmias. Then, using the right modulations of the frequency, he even stopped frog hearts with microwaves—stopped the hearts dead.

also how modulated microwaves assit in breaching the blood - brain barrier

In a study published in 1975 in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Frey reported that microwaves pulsed at certain modulations could induce "leakage" in the barrier between the circulatory system and the brain. Breaching the blood-brain barrier is a serious matter: It means the brain's environment, which needs to be extremely stable for nerve cells to function properly, can be perturbed in all kinds of dangerous ways. Frey's method was rather simple: He injected a fluorescent dye into the circulatory system of white rats, then swept the ­microwave frequencies across their bodies. In a matter of minutes, the dye had leached into the confines of the rats' brains.

Yes, there are many forms of influence already, lobbyists and the such. My intent was to say - there is now one more way that large multi-national entities can directly shape opinion by marketing spend. This makes the contribution of the individual without money less and the consolidation of power (influence) in the hands of those with money greater. By the people for the people moves towards "by the corporation, for the corporation".

Is the "group of humans" a democratic organization, a dictatorship or an oligarchy? Most companies are dictatorships with an oligarch of shareholders. It is really helping democracy to allow a multi-national with majority overseas shareholders to influence USA elections?

It may be more fun to share this information with his lecturer. I am sure the School would take a dim view of this.

Computing Dr Stephen Blott

Work Area: Head of School

I live in china. I have lived here for 11 years. I am western. I have friends who are in Shanghai and Beijing they are fully Chinese and either own companies or are judges or (sometimes) criminals. At no time and in now way have these people been shy about criticizing the government or swearing at the traffic jams created by state visits etc. At no time have I seen or experienced censorship. In many drunken evenings or in business meetings any and all topics are discussed openly. There are rules however, yes, the government needs to be involved in things. Yes it can act in unusual ways - for example banning online games. (seemingly because one high level official did not like the amount of time their son was spending on WoW.) Yes minorities are persecuted and yes they shoot criminals. It's is a long way from perfect. But... 1.3 billion people. There are 12 cities in china with a pop of more than 5 million (in the city local area) . These cities have highly complex local governments which do not always follow the central government. China is a lot less one country than it seems and it is certainly not policed or controlled with any obvious force. In many ways it is also free. Sometime more free than other places.. this may sound weird but Hong Kong is again the freest place to do business in the World. It is many regions, many languages and cultures. As in the US, the government is distinct from the people. And the government has a hard job keeping it together. The only thing I agree with in the article is that going the Russian way would be bad for China. As for Google... as always the real story is probably much different from the one told by either side. But i am more inclined to believe it is something silly rather than serious.

The problem is defining what we mean by innovation. In the strictest sense innovation is "the bringing of the new" An established company however is based on making money from what they do already. Then they talk about innovation because it sounds good. When we try and define an innovative established company we are not really making sense. What we really mean is "being clever at what they do already". The other issue is that share price is more determined by institutional investors rather than market performance. The whole concept is like judging the performance of a car based on the colour of its' engine.

Totally agree - and also at the very least I rest comfortable knowing that such a large amount of wealth (Most of Buffets' empire also) is bookmarked to at least try and do good. Not somewhere else (ie: funding weapons)

Observation: I used to be a good hockey player, I have not practiced for 7 years so now I am bad. I also used to be a mathematics student at a high research university 18 years ago. Now I can no longer calculate (whole number) quartics in my head. I have also found that if I practice on IQ test related questions I achieve a higher IQ score in other IQ tests. Appreciate the article but would suggest "exercising" your intelligence can make you more intelligent in that field.

I think what the article was trying to say is that someone earning 120K is worse off or the same as someone earning 60K - so there is no benefit in earning more money in some cases - you will get no real benefit from that money, you will just have to pay it out for things that others get for free. I think (again) that the issue was that really high earners 300k plus have real benefits from the money but everyone from 150k down is screwed. But i could be wrong.

Also agree - but the wake up call for me was that my lack of understanding of a topic biased me towards thinking that the topic was trivial - ie: I was unable to appreciate how ignorant I was. This was a world shaker for me. My own cognitive filters were denying me understanding.

I agree. The impact of this paper on my understanding of my own nature, the nature of those around me and the overall social-political structure of the World is immense.

I did not see it that time? May also be the title given to the post. Humans are fickle. ( will up vote you now ;)

delighted to hear it! I was just projecting a possible future - if a person gets into trouble with a few empty water bottles now .. what will they do to the curriculum later...

Be very careful about what you want to achieve and why. Developing a product and holding on to the business requires years of commitment and a solid cradle to cradle strategy. Help lines, refunds, quality control and government standards all come in to play. import export requirements, material quality requirements not to mention differing taxation requirements per country and state. Be clear on wanting to license the concept, sell the IP or actually make a business. Not to mention that the profit on hardware is minimal compared to content. (I worked in new business development for Philips electronics for 6.5 years)

I am quite concerned by this because it suggests to me that these schools would have to start modifying the curriculum. What about exothermic reactions using iron or aluminum filings? Basic cellulose reactions? In high school we made thermite and the teacher made nitroglycerin. I guess all that is over now? How can you move to University without this basic knowledge? (on a principle / elemental level)

From what I have read this article has some merit. It seems the breach/hacks occurred from within the Google shanghai office. This is a possible reason for them saying that the china office had no notice of the US announcement. I know nothing however, and am just watching the spin...

What is really interesting to me (i live in china) is that now that they have made this public it is impossible for them to continue doing business in china. Due to the social rules here if they wanted to save the situation in any way it should have been done privately. Given that they are clever people they know that announcing this will kill the china business. It is in essence a "slap", "we're out of here".

Coming from the days of the cassette recorder when we all used to record from the radio and share tapes with friends, how is it that this is anything less than persecution? Is this sort of judgment making us warm towards the recording industry or artists? Assuming that people who download are the biggest buyers?(Forrester research) can they really make a case for any losses? http://www.phrequency.com/blog/Study_shows_music_pirates_buy...

You are correct. But, If Americans are paying (av. 7k) per year on health and have a lower life expectancy that other industrialized nations, the data alone suggest Something is going very wrong. Strange that it has some of the highest paid doctors and most profitable health care companies also. Surely there must be an explanation study somewhere? http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/how-much-do-doc... http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=103622972.h...

Remember that the FDA in the US only requires that a drug be better than placebo to be "effective" in many cases the drug company just has to show 0.1% better than placebo to get passed.

salt is hygroscopic - it sucks water from your body making you thirsty / sets off a mechanism which makes you feel thirsty. This is why beer and coke etc have salt in them (also explains free peanuts and pretzels in bars)

I don't know about "professional" and depending on your ideal customer it is hard to say which is better for representing you but I think the new logo is a better "design". When looking at logos I think the following is important: 1) Are you proud of being represented by the logo 2) Who are you trying to appeal to - eg:walmart shoppers or Porsche buyers.

I talked with a shipping guy a while ago - they are used to paying "fines" of 25K up just to pass through. He also said that they never arm the ships - it would just lead to escalation and he did not want his crews harmed.

Yes, but coming up with a non binary data management system (ie: one that uses a bit in four states) requires a whole new language of machine code before you can get the quark to talk. Making one bit of info is still thirty years away from a functioning device

Good God people, Why is this even a discussion ? If this Muppet is taken seriously - maximize the wealth of shareholders ABOVE ALL ELSE, then why not shoot rival fund managers? Invade small countries? You are either ethical or not. There is no middle ground.

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Why not!!

It irks me that while the story is interesting and potentially inspiring, the idea that this guy has a god fixation means I have to disregard it. Why don't these people do double blind studies (in this case with MRI) to find out if what they are saying is actually true rather and just post as if it was true.