Woman has perfect "episodic memory" (4)
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Der Spiegel profiles a 42-year-old woman who has perfect "episodic memory" "People say to me: Oh, how fascinating, it must be a treat to have a perfect memory," she says. Her lips twist into a thin smile. "But it's also agonizing." In addition to good memories, every angry word, every mistake, every disappointment, every shock and every moment of pain goes unforgotten. Time heals no wounds for Price. "I don't look back at the past ...
Antioxidants are unlikely to prevent aging, study suggests (1)
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Diets and beauty products which claim to have anti-oxidant properties are unlikely to prevent ageing, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. Researchers at the Institute of Healthy Ageing at UCL (University College London) say this is because a key fifty year old theory about the causes of ageing is wrong.
Google reveals Chrome extensions plan (3)
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Google reveals Chrome extensions planCNET News - 52 minutes agoGoogle has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customize how the open-source Web browser operates.IE share slips under 70%, Firefox surges past 20% ComputerworldFirefox sails past 20% market share, IE drops below 70% TG DailyMac Rumors - Electronista - ZDNet UKall 6 news articles
Cleanliness can compromise moral judgment (2)
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New research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science has found that the physical notion of cleanliness significantly reduces the severity of moral judgments, showing that intuition, rather than deliberate reasoning can influence our perception of what is right and wrong. Lead researcher, Simone Schnall explains the relevance of the findings to everyday life; "When we exercise moral judgment, we believe we are making a conscious, rational decision, but this research ...
Lower childhood IQ associated with higher risk of adult mental disorders (1)
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Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship between low childhood IQ and psychiatric disorders later in life. In a new, long-term study covering more than three decades, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that children with lower IQs showed an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders as adults, including schizophrenia, depression and generalized anxiety ...
Open Source: The Model Is Broken (Stuart Cohen/Business Week) (1)
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Stuart Cohen / Business Week: Open Source: The Model Is Broken — The open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors — For anyone who hasn't been paying attention to the software industry lately, I have some bad news.
The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead (7)
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Several readers pointed out a ComputerWorld UK blog piece on the expanding ripples of the Vista fiasco. Glyn Moody quotes an earlier Inquirer piece about Vista, which he notes "has been memorably described as DRM masquerading as an operating system": "Studies carried out by both Gartner and IDC have found that because older software is often incompatible with Vista, many consumers are opting for used computers with XP installed as a default, rather than buying ...
Mumbai Attacks: Piecing Together the Story (1)
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There's a lot more to the Mumbai attacks than CNN and the New York Times have been reporting. Here's an alternative guide to the story.
The Times Gets Pwnd (16)
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We were doubtful last night when the story first broke. There were just too many oddities to The Times’ tale about a complicated Yahoo/Microsoft search arrangement that would guarantee billions to Yahoo in exchange for a ten year search deal. We’ve checked with our sources - all of them - and we can’t verify a single fact in the story. The first part of the story: “Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search ...
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Nate said:
I was worried for a moment the rumors might be true. There were way too many inconsistencies in the story to be perfectly believable, but nonetheless, it was just on the edge of reality and very well could be a frightening portent of the future to come.
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scousercambiaso said:
Estos de TechCrunch son tan...De cada 5 post que ellos publican acerca de Microsoft, 3 contienen una espantosa cantidad de informaciones falsas, erroneas o confusas.Y cada cierto tiempo, meten la pata de forma superlativamente vergonzosa:http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080528/dont-believe-everything-you-see-windows-7/O sea, todos cometemos errores. Y por eso ellos no son NADIE para andar señalando a The Times por un articulo erroneo, como los que ellos tambien escriben cada cierto tiempo.
Internet searching stimulates brain (1)
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Twitter In Controversial Spotlight Amid Mumbai Attacks - InformationWeek (1)
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Uber-ReviewTwitter In Controversial Spotlight Amid Mumbai AttacksInformationWeek - 30 Nov 2008Never before has a crisis unleashed so much raw data -- and so little interpretation -- than what we saw as the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India unfolded.Web outperforms Media in Mumbai Blast CIOLMumbai terror tragedy: Web beats CNN? ComputerworldNational Post - Uber-Review - AccuraCast - TECH.BLORGE.comall 11 news articles
Gladwell’s Outliers is an Outlier Itself (1)
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If you want a nice beach read (in November) that’s filled with light anecdotes, lots of “truthiness” and Wikipedia-based references, then I highly recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s new Outliers: The Story of Success. In it, you’ll learn such bold proclamations as: Talent takes practice (and lots of it) Success takes luck Success also takes access to social advantages Emotional intelligence (or, as Gladwell calls it, “practical intelligence”) is more important than IQ So if you wanted ...
New Asimov Movies Coming (27)
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bowman9991 writes "Two big budget Isaac Asimov novel adaptations are on the way. New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are developing Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov's classic space opera saga, which has the potential to be as epic as Lord of the Rings. At the same time, New Regency has recently announced they were adapting Asimov's time travel novel The End of Eternity. Despite having edited or written more than ...
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Ankur Gupta said:
hurray. I am a sucker for anything sc-fi.
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Niall said:
asimov was my guru when i was a kid. i hope they don't mess up Foundation I am excited by the idea of these films though.
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ScorpFromHell said:
Yippee dippee doo!!!
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JT said:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ryan said:
Asimov! Foundation!
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Oren said:
day of the triffids and the end of eternity would be awesome, but foundation is not really filmable in any way that would make money with the masses
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fb2 said:
"having edited or written more than 500 books, it's surprising how little of Isaac Asimov's work has made it to the big screen. '"Isaac Asimov had writer's block once," fellow science fiction writer Harlan Ellison said, referring to Asimov's impressive output. "It was the worst ten minutes of his life."' Ez nagyon vicces
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Tometheus said:
A Foundation movie? I can't wait to see it, but I really don't think Hollywood can pull it off. The centuries-spanning epic doesn't lend itself to the typical blockbuster format.
The Pagan Christ (2)
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2008-11-28 Spike activity (1)
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Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Excellent coverage of a fascinating study from both Neurophilosophy and Not Exactly Rocket Science: visual magnification of a painful hand can increase felt pain and swelling in the hand, using a lens to make it look smaller does the reverse. Edge has an article by Chris Badcock on the autism and schizophrenia as flip-side genetic conditions. A women with hypermnesic super-memory is interviewed by ...
Scientists Identify a Potentially Universal Mechanism of Aging (21)
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cybergenesis2008 points us to a summary of research out of Harvard Medical School in which a set of genes known to affect aging in yeast was found to affect aging in mice as well. The genes, called sirtuins, perform two particular tasks; regulating which genes are "on" and "off," and also helping to repair damaged DNA. As an organism ages, the frequency of damage to DNA increases, leaving less time for the sirtuins' regulatory tasks. ...
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JonTheGeek said:
Huh, they found the mechanism for resveratrol (the stuff in grapes/wine that has been linked to longer life). And it's plausible. This is very interesting...
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Lorin said:
I still remember all the filmstrips in grade school that told me about custom-grown organs and radical extensions of our lifespans. To think that some of these things are coming true. Wow!
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ScorpFromHell said:
OMG!! Is this the God gene?
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Christopher said:
Next stop, Rollbacks?!?!
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terri said:
terrifying. 'age as a disease'
Atheist Central & The Rickrolling Christian (5)
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An atheist was giving a lecture earlier this year at a local college. It was a fairly standard speech about why he was an atheist, and the audience was unexpectedly large — several people arrived to find standing room only. The atheist began with a joke about how they must be in the wrong room, as he wouldn’t have thought he could draw such a large crowd. Turns out he was right. A few minutes ...
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Db0 said:
Truly awesome story if it's true
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Yvette said:
What a warm holiday story...*sniff*
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