MarshallPoe: From what I've figured out, MedPedia will require editors to be registered MDs/PhD's. Non us riff-raff mixing up RNA and DNA anymore.

I can only imagine that the words "I read on WebMd..." send chills of fear into doctors everywhere.

Hey, that once helped House solve a medical mystery. If it worked with such a l33t doctor, surely it must work otherwise.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:31 PM on July 25, 2008

I have to agree with Flippant here, most people have never actually tasted a good cup of coffee, black.

Up until junior year of college, I did not drink coffee. At all. I hated it. Then, I made the mistake of taking a 9:05am class when I got off work around 1am and finally gave into. There's a Jittery Joe's right in the student center where my class was, so I got a cup of coffee one morning when I couldn't take it anymore. It... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:41 AM on July 22, 2008

it totally looks like a case of the pepsi blues.

Indeed; nothing like trying to pimp boring devices on MeFi.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:49 PM on July 21, 2008

I'll often go to one if I'm traveling, because you know you won't get something ghastly

And there ya go with the recipe for sbux success. Every store you go to, the coffee should taste identical. Market it as l33t coffee and voila.

The day I find an indie coffee house that does a decent hot chocolate, instead of just dumping hershey's syrup in warm milk, will be a happy day for me, and a sad day... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:06 PM on July 18, 2008

" OFF-the-wall actor Gary Busey turned out to be more of a troublemaker than a mentor for the stars who checked themselves into VH1's "Celebrity Rehab 2" last month... At some point during the 21-day program, Busey's altercations with the rest of the cast became so intense, he and another celebrity rehabber had to be physically separated. Press materials released by VH1 have been careful to stipulate that Busey was not on the show as a patient, but as a rehabbed substance... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:50 PM on July 17, 2008

The fact that these outfits feel they have to have a "position" on gay marriage, even if positive, is pretty sick in my mind.

We could easily the same regarding people- even if it's a positive one.

Twenty-five years from now when opposing gay marriage is viewed in the same light that we view opposing interracial marriage now, the organized religions that are still around are going to feel pretty stupid.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:55 AM on June 24, 2008

Which, if you believe in the separation of church & state, is pretty damn offensive.

But a lot of people don't believe in separation as such. Regarding "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," it's seen as strictly such and passing a law banning gay marriage is not an establishment of religion since there is nothing in the law about religion. Plus, they're not banning being gay- they can still do it in their... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:18 AM on June 24, 2008

how many people have been burned alive, boiled in oil, jailed, "disappeared" or the like because of eugenics?

You know who else liked eugenics?
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:44 AM on June 24, 2008

DU:
In Catholicism, marriage has religious repercussions. Fingernail clippings do not.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:46 AM on June 24, 2008

In Catholicism, marriage has religious repercussions.

Circular argument.

How so? if you're going to claim an argument in invalid, at least explain yourself please.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:22 AM on June 24, 2008

Sweden just passed a law(?) this past week as well, regarding all traffic voice and data, didn't they?

Pretty much. It's to allow tapping of all cross-border e-mails, phone calls and text messages:

The new law, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2009, will enable the military National Defense Radio Establishment (FRA) to monitor Swedes' Internet usage as well as content from e-mails, phone calls and text messages.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:49 AM on June 20, 2008

I smell...fishiness.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:47 PM on June 19, 2008

Uh, yea, software "glitching" (a claim I find dubious. I think the Revision3 guy was just being diplomatic) should not be any defense. If anything, it could have easily been planned.
"Hey, I got an idea! Instead of doing a direct DOS, let's set up a connection to their servers so a DOS will be initiated when they do x, y, and z. That way we can claim it was a glitch!"

If I DOSd the RIAA or the gov't under the same conditions, you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:32 PM on May 29, 2008

This is idiotic ... Research proves that stretching neither reduces recovery time nor prevents injury.

I don't get this either. I used to run a lot; I had a really bad hip muscle injury in high school the one time I didn't stretch beforehand. It could have been coincidence, but it convinced this single data point.
Years of karate and doing weird things with my legs convinced me too. My leg muscles, especially quads and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:19 AM on May 29, 2008

Put your money and research time into science that matters, asshats.

Except that research into animal cloning isn't independent of other, more useful science research.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:11 AM on May 22, 2008

free form original sin? so did the Adam and Eve on other planets not eat the apple? Are aliens still in a state of innocence? Is there only two of them from each planet? Are they still naked? Were they made in God's image?

CS Lewis actually has a series that deals with these issues (have read the first two books).
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:09 AM on May 14, 2008

I've had this same argument at the school lunch table a number of times (with me representing the Dumbest Generation). Typically the argument goes something along the lines of, "There is so much that can be done with [insert favorite social networking site]!! Cell phones are the end of the world!!!"

I always see a few trends in arguments for the downfall of mankind:
-Not understanding technology. Facebook, for example, can actually be pretty... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:51 AM on May 14, 2008

So it's Laquita, huh? Hmm. Never heard that one before. It's rather pretty.

If it really is Laquita, it's definitely a "black name." Heard the name a number of times living in Atlanta, exclusively referring to black people.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:03 AM on April 24, 2008

The vid-critics claim they exist for one reason and one reason only, so kids can experience the vicarious thrill of killing.

I always figured it was better to kill vicariously than curiously.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:25 PM on April 9, 2008

If that were my child he'd be homeschooled from then on.
Is it a requirement to have NO common sense or good judgement in order to be a school administrator?????

If that were my priest, my child would not go to church for now on.
Is it a requirement to have NO common sense or good judgement in order to be a priest????
[copy and paste to any "ZOMG, THAT PERSON IS TEH IDIOT."... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 5:37 PM on April 6, 2008

The rest of the time they were in public school and let's just say it only takes a couple of bad apples to make the whole school experience suck.

Oh, my bad! From your previous post, I would have assumed the definition of "idiot" in the m-w dictionary said, "Refer to 'School Administator'." Glad we cleared that up.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:32 PM on April 6, 2008

That doesn't look like just a rain "shower."
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:16 AM on April 2, 2008

At my old restaurant, the men's and woman's bathroom had the opposite sex painted on the other side of the door. There were a lot of confused faces coming out of the bathroom wondering how they ended up in the wrong bathroom.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 1:14 PM on March 28, 2008

Interesting stuff, YouRebelScum!
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:28 AM on March 25, 2008

To follow up on BrianBoyko, when I worked as a cancer lab rat, we ran a lot of polymerase chain reactions (PCR) which show up on gel electrophoresis. We'd take a picture of the gel using a modified Polaroid camera to see what our reactions yielded- for instance, this is what we'd see. I suppose the pictures could have been fed through digital camera, but the polaroids gave an immediate response to our experiments, which is something we needed.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:42 AM on March 13, 2008

The freetards can cry all they like but what they would end up with is akin to how free and unusable Linux is with more applications than users.

Have you actually used Linux in the last year?

Having lots of apps running in the background kills the battery life.
If people could run lots of utilities in the background, one could imagine the perception would develop that the phone battery is "broken"... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:22 AM on March 7, 2008

and they will make their real money touring or selling merchandise.

I've always been led to believe that's already the case with the current RIAA setup. Or am I missing something?
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:58 AM on March 3, 2008

I'm sure The Boss also weeps every time Born comes on during a patriotic moment like the fireworks or parades.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 1:29 PM on February 26, 2008

And considering that the Boss had no problem getting paid to have it used in truck commercials, I doubt he really cares how people perceive it.

Back in the day, Ronald Reagan used it during his platform speech and after that, Bruce didn't play Born in the USA at concerts until a few years ago because he felt people were missing the message.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 7:27 AM on February 27, 2008

Feels like a ripoff of Eurotrip's Scotty doesn't know
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 3:16 PM on February 25, 2008

Back in the day when we were all into quasi punk-rock, or whatever the hell you want to call it, Marv3 was one of our favorites. It also so happens that one of my best friend's mom went to weekly Bible study with their guitarist's wife, who also happened to never listen to Marv3's music.
One day, my friend is blasting on of Marv3 less tasteful songs his mom's all, "WTF is this?" She soon finds out about the connection between this music and her Bible study friend. The... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 2:09 PM on February 15, 2008

before 99x was taken off the air in favor of top 40 bullshit music, they were trying to gather up stuff that people in the area had that might be meaningful for him or replace some of the stuff that was burned.

Yea, I heard about that. I still have family in the ATL and I go home every Christmas where I always buy that year's LiveX CD. Gonna miss it.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:20 AM on February 16, 2008

My generation has had no great depression, no great war and our biggest obstacle is beating Halo 3.
I generally consider those good things. I'd rather play Halo 3 than live through the Great Depression.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 3:44 PM on February 10, 2008

For a moment, pretend I'm a photo n00b who gets my wallpapers off Digg front pages. Why does making a picture not scream HDR matter? Or for that matter, what is HDR?

And I like pretty pictures. People at work are always, "Ohhh, where did you get [insert pretty pictured from one of those websites with 10k pretty background]." Why shouldn't it be a compliment?
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:12 PM on February 9, 2008

Ahhh. The pain of 25 clicks!
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:30 AM on February 8, 2008

I Am Legend? I Am Legend?
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:38 AM on February 8, 2008

And for those not reading the list, they included I Am Legend as an example of how Will Smith is "the last movie star," the only guy who can reliably open a movie. They weren't commenting on its qualities as a movie.

It's a list about racial movies. Putting I Am Legend is the equivalent of a lifetime award, "Well, his movies may not be significant to race on their own, but him being black and being bankable is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 7:51 AM on February 8, 2008

Vermont is the only state in the US without an IHOP. I blame the strong maple lobby.

Eh, I'm still depressed over the absence of WaHo in the north.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 9:07 AM on February 5, 2008

I saw a lecture by someone (I can't remember the guy's name) who had (I think) published the paper showing that there's no polynomial formula for finding the minimum number of cards for x number of characteristics. It was a really fascinating, entertaining talk.

Wow, y'all are dorks. Huge dorks. And I love it.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 1:59 PM on February 4, 2008

Isn't part of the Catholic philosophy that beliefs can adapt and change over time when the Vatican sees fit to change them? I'm a little confused by using old Papal statements to disprove new ones.

Yes and no. There are certain Catholic Dogmas which cannot "change." These include Jesus' divinity, the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, etc. Then, there comes Papal proclamations where this whole thing gets whacky. When a Pope speaks... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:05 PM on January 31, 2008

I'm assuming you're fairly knowledgeable about Catholicism to make such claims, so can I ask you what purpose ecumenical councils serve?

Maybe that Popes lead Ecumanical Councils?
I think that statement that the CC is a top-->down organization is, for the most part, true. However, I also think lay people are starting to feel differently about things and feeling we should have more say in the CC. Plus, Catholics aren't as apt to blindly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 12:12 PM on January 31, 2008

Isn't Mel Gibson part of a group that similarly denies the legitimacy of the pope?

IIRC, it's Second Vatican II that they rejected and thus any Papal successor is not legitimate. I have some acquaintances who, while they don't outright reject the current Pope, they come pretty damn close based in "Catholic liberalism." It's weird to me, but hey, Catholicism is whacked to a lot of people.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 2:25 PM on January 31, 2008

Every so often there's some new way to run a linux distro without formatting and eveyrone seems surprised again.

This cool part is that, as I understand, you can still access your Windows files from Wubi (you can from a normal Ubuntu installation anyways). Not so with Virtual PC. I love virtualization, but there are differences between virtualization and Wubi.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:33 AM on January 21, 2008

Based on the article, I can't tell: Are scientists able to tell if the the mitochondria actually direct apoptosis?
Also, I know the mitochondria is the primary controller of apoptosis, but I thought it was also controlled by other extracellular signals.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 8:32 AM on January 19, 2008

Both cancer cells and normal cells have the same off-switch.

With the main problem being that cancer cells turn off that switch, which is why reactivating the mighty mitochondria works is some cases and has potential to do bigger and better things. And I didn't know that drug had no patent so it should be available cheaply. Sweet.

To get oxygen back don't you have to have a lack of it in the first... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 11:52 AM on January 19, 2008

In a silghtly unrelated note, it seems that EA owns some kind of rights for every frickin computer game out there.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 2:31 PM on January 17, 2008

So, how the fuck do you really feel about this topic, OP?
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 2:29 PM on January 17, 2008

I never never the term RENT-head. I was definitely one and have also seen the musical production a number of times. I'm kind of sad the musical'll be going off Broadway.
I also agree that Rosario did an awesome job.

And people, Benny (the landlord) told them a year earlier that they'd be able to live in his building for free and then he changes his mind and demands a full year's back rent at once.

And don't forget... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:46 AM on January 17, 2008

The high school drama department's role as an Island of Misfit Toys for socially isolated youth has led to more adult children living at home than the last three mini-recessions combined.

Humph, the drama geeks I know tend to be the smartest and most active in school activities. Lack of social skills is not something I recognize as being caused as drama departments- if anything, it's the reverse. Obviously, YMMV.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 10:21 AM on January 17, 2008

Ah, I love some trance. I've tried getting into other forms of electronic music, but I listen mostly at work and find trance the easiest to work to. My first love was some LA Style, blaring "James Brown is Dead." People just give you funny stares at stop lights.
I also learned a lot from Ishkur's Guide, though the link seems to be down at the moment.
posted to MetaFilter by jmd82 at 6:34 AM on January 17, 2008