] Advexin is an ingenious drug that uses a disabled virus (one that
] causes the common cold, in fact) to deliver a gene called p53 to
] tumor cells. When this gene is mutated, cells can start dividing
] uncontrollably and turning into tumor cells. Advexin delivers a
] normal copy of p53 to tumor cells in order to restore order to the
] cells.

cool...

Anti-cancer drug aproved for FDA fast tracking

we need one of these, with an evil lab...

i want i want i want

] Very large island jewel in the proximity of Auckland
] (Northern Island), off the Great Barrier Island and
] near Port Fitzroy. Uniquely accessible due to its own
] private airstrip. Excellent virgin, native forest and
] wildlife.

I want an island, a z350, and an apple powerbook...is all that too much to ask

The World of Private Islands

] The At-Large Advisory Committee would like to bring to ICANN's attention concerns about Verisign's surprising roll-out of the "SiteFinder" service for .com and .net.
]
] This practice raises grave technical concerns, as it de facto removes error diagnostics from the DNS protocol, and replaces them by an error handling method that is tailored for HTTP,
] which is just one of the many Internet protocols that make use of the DNS. We will leave it for others to explain the details of these concerns, but note that returning resource records in a
] way which is countrary to the very design of the DNS certainly does not promote the stability of the Internet.
]

ICANN ALAC speaks out about sitefinder

More recommendations from friends in Atlanta. The best explanation that I can offer for this is that its "light" industrial music, if you can imagine such a thing. Like Front 242, but more human. Two thumbs up.

Fischerspooner

Following are the few defined rules for Drunken Coding:

* All contestants must be 21 years of age or older, as proven by a State or Federal issued ID, just like if you were in a bar, buddy.
* If you drove, don't be an ass hat. Give us your keys.
* Judging is far from fair and impartial, just so you know.
* Each contestant is responsible for getting into "Game Condition" on their own. Also known as BYOB.
* Before entry, each contestant must declare their topic and language, just in case they need to be reminded later what in the hell they are trying to do. You can always change it later if so desired. Any language and topic will be allowed.
* At each checkpoint within the contest, each contestant must qualify by blowing a 0.08 or higher on a blood alcohol content breath analyzer (provided by the contest). Don't worry, the alcohol will sterilize the tip.
* Late entries will be accepted from those with entertaining excuses, just remember that the judges will also be drunk, so "entertaining" is subject to change.

come on guys, you know you all want to enter...

Drunken Coding Competition @ PN-7

]A federal judge on Friday threw out a petition that challenges the
]designation of a Bradley University graduate as an enemy combatant.
]
]U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mihm issued an order that
]supported a decision he made Monday in which he said the July 8
]petition filed for Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri belongs in South
]Carolina. Al-Marri, who has been in federal custody since January
]2002, was taken to a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. under military
]control when President Bush ruled he was an al-Qaida sleeper agent
]on June 23.
]
]Al-Marri's status as an enemy combatant strips him of the right to
]counsel and allows the government to detain him indefinitely.

no really, does anyone else see a problem with removing due process, habeas corpus and the rest of the constitution...or is everyone happy just trusting the executive branch when they say someone is bad...no need to have trials by jury or anything, lets just let the president act as king...

it makes me sick that I have to search to find news about this, the media should be screaming at the top of their lungs 24 hours a day...

It makes me ashamed to be American sometimes when I see our country accept the abolition of the rule of law...but mostly it makes me angry at the rest of my country that seems to have forgoten what this country was supposed to stand for...

Judge throws out petition that challenges enemy combatant designation

] Scientists have found for the first time a way to rev up a potent
] "anti-aging" enzyme in living cells, an advance they said could
] speed the development of drugs to extend human life span and
] prevent a wide range of geriatric diseases.

hmmm, it says they help cells survive damage, but would that avoid the increase in cancer rates that other anti-aging tricks have?...can anyone help me out on that one?...

oh, also anyone with a subscription to nature care to comment on the article this is about?...

Enzymes Found to Delay Aging Process

] In 2000, the Business Software Alliance conducted a
] raid and subsequent audit at the San Luis Obispo,
] Calif.-based company that turned up a few dozen
] unlicensed copies of programs. Ball settled for $65,000,
] plus $35,000 in legal fees. But by then, the BSA, a trade
] group that helps enforce copyrights and licensing
] provisions for major business software makers, had put
] the company on the evening news and featured it in
] regional ads warning other businesses to monitor their
] software licenses.
]
] Humiliated by the experience, Ball told his IT
] department he wanted Microsoft products out of his
] business within six months. "I said, 'I don't care if we
] have to buy 10,000 abacuses,'" recalled Ball, who
] recently addressed the LinuxWorld trade show. "We won't
] do business with someone who treats us poorly.

An entertaining interview with a medium sized business owner who runs linux exclusively.

Ernie Ball Rockin' on without Microsoft

]Instead of quibbling over whether nanotech is antihuman, we need to
]be asking how we can use it to benefit the greatest number of
]people.

An analysis of (well, more accurately, a preemptive strike against) the coming wave of anti-nanotech sentiment. Nanotechnologists vs Luddites! Round 1! FIGHT!

[I love Annalee Newitz....her writing is awesome - Nano]

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