Old Man Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 NOBEL F__KING PRIZE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Squirrel Has Too Much To Drink, Gets Thrown Out Of Bar FrankL and Burrito Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 It's a new technology, and if it can be done for 25 bucks a test, it's about 5-10% of the price of current tests that do the same thing, so that's pretty cool. How useful would it be? For high risk patients (like transplant patients) we already do this type of test, but that's not for diagnosis. It's for planning future treatment. The drawback of this new test (like the old tests) is that it relies on antibodies. Normally, it takes 2-3 weeks for your body to generate a measureable antibody response. So the test will tell you what you've had, but not necessarily what you have right now. That could still be useful - especially as we collect more information on how individuals respond to infection and long term risks of infection - but probably won't have an immediate effect on medical practice. Cheers, Mark Given the claims that inflammation may be involved in many of our disease processes, I wonder if this might aid in tracking causes? Probably not enough info, but even so... I Also wonder about systemic infections that people might not even realize they have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 No one posting about the bandit bear? Bear breaks into pie store in Estes Park Col. Steals pies. CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 That would make a good cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Given the claims that inflammation may be involved in many of our disease processes, I wonder if this might aid in tracking causes? Probably not enough info, but even so... I Also wonder about systemic infections that people might not even realize they have... Oh, I'm sure it'll prove to be useful. As you note, we are finding more and more diseases (allergy, cancer, heart disease, asthma, etc) can have an infectious cause, or at least trigger) so more information will help us plan for better health. But that's more long-term research: it's not likely to have any impact on how people interact with their doctors in the immediate future. It's kind of like the hoopla around personal gene sequencing. Companies were promising "better control of your health" and similar scams if you paid to have your genome sequenced, but without far more information, your genetic sequence usually tells you little or nothing about your health or prospects. One day, that probably won't be true, but we're not there yet: we simply don't know enough to put most of that information in context. So, in both cases, big steps forward in the accessibility of a useful technology, but some way away from practical applications. Even though we're not there yet, we're close enough to be able to see how this will likely play out, in .... let's say 10-15 years. You can get a genome sequence (that's your baseline), an infectious disease/vaccination profile (that's your immune history) and a sequencing of a sample from your bowel and mouth/sinuses (that's a glimpse of your current microflora) and from that collection of information plus a checkup and a diet/exercise checklist generate a "health profile" (what your risks are) and a "druggable profile" (how you will likely respond to different classes of medication). We're actually kind of doing much of this, right now, in a baby-steps sort of way, but at the moment there's no way to combine all that information into a coherent whole. It's like all the groups working on this are each writing one page of a single novel - but without page numbers and in different languages/editions/size formats. It's going to take a while to synthesise it correctly so that we can read the novel. cheers, Mark gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Squirrel Has Too Much To Drink, Gets Thrown Out Of Bar I read once about a Georgia bar without a sign. The regulars called it the "No Name Beerjoint" and the owner wouldn't tell what the official name was. That added to the 'ambiance" and "mystique." The reason I mention this here is that the joint had a raccoon for a regular. About the same time every night, it would come in through an open window (or scratch at the door until let in). The patrons would put a little beer in ash trays and let him drink. About half drunk, that was one mean coon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 No one posting about the bandit bear? Bear breaks into pie store in Estes Park Col. Steals pies. CES YOOOGIIIIII! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Tenneasean SMASH puny glass and SAVE fluffy puppy from hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ This morning, 37 million sphincters tightened all at once. Cancer and Enforcer84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ This morning, 37 million sphincters tightened all at once. Heidi Fleiss would be proud. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Out of the men using Ashley Madison, I'd feel sorry for maybe %2 of them. As for the company itself, if they really promised to scrub records, we could be seeing lots of lawsuits its way. Which I wouldn't feel sympathy for it at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Out of the men using Ashley Madison, I'd feel sorry for maybe %2 of them. As for the company itself, if they really promised to scrub records, we could be seeing lots of lawsuits its way. Which I wouldn't feel sympathy for it at all Also, the company has been given a choice. The Impact Team has told Avid Life Media that if they pull the plug on AshleyMadison, the user account information won't be released. Basically AshleyMadison is toast anyway at this point so it is unclear why they aren't giving in to the hackers' demands and saving their users a lot of grief. I can only suspect that when it comes down to it the people of AshleyMadison feel is little sympathy for the predicament of their cheating clientele as we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ This morning, 37 million sphincters tightened all at once. I was just going to post that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Also, the company has been given a choice. The Impact Team has told Avid Life Media that if they pull the plug on AshleyMadison, the user account information won't be released. Basically AshleyMadison is toast anyway at this point so it is unclear why they aren't giving in to the hackers' demands and saving their users a lot of grief. I can only suspect that when it comes down to it the people of AshleyMadison feel is little sympathy for the predicament of their cheating clientele as we do. Given that AM would charge users $20 to delete their accounts, and then not delete them, your last sentence is probably correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Also, 37 million users is around 30% of the married population of the US. Either that's an inflated count, or... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Canadian company. Worldwide audience is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Also, 37 million users is around 30% of the married population of the US. Either that's an inflated count, or... Multiple levels of simultaneous cheating (using multiple IDs) is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Fake female accounts to lure in men is my guess. Lucius, bigbywolfe and Burrito Boy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Out of the men using Ashley Madison, I'd feel sorry for maybe %2 of them. What about the women? Are they somehow more justified in their behavior? BoneDaddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Given that AM would charge users $20 to delete their accounts, and then not delete them, your last sentence is probably correct. Suddenly this is wrong, now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Given that AM would charge users $20 to delete their accounts, and then not delete them, your last sentence is probably correct. How do you know...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 What about the women? Are they somehow more justified in their behavior? Absolutely not. Given the possible 2% swing Hermit gave as margin for error, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 How do you know...? According to the hackers, although the “full delete” feature that Ashley Madison advertises promises “removal of site usage history and personally identifiable information from the site,” users’ purchase details — including real name and address — aren’t actually scrubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 FrankL, BoneDaddy, Enforcer84 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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