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Monday, March 25, 2002


From the Shareware Industry, Lessons on Keeping Downloaders Honest. Washington Post Mar 17 2002 1:48PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Actually a pretty balanced article. What Ambrosia seems to have done is get almost 50% of the people that register to actually pay for the software. The article states that a 1-5% rate is great. Seems like Ambrosia has figured out a way to deal with pirates. The article lists 2 great rules and they are sooo true.  9:55:37 AM    



Google uses toolbar to unlock genes. ZDNet Mar 25 2002 4:45AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Another reason I love Google. Distributed computing has some real uses and folding@home is one of them.  9:48:51 AM    



Blazing Speed in Biotech. Business Week Mar 25 2002 5:22AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Nice story about a European startup. Shows what can happen with the right drug and creative people.  9:45:28 AM    



Saving Breeds That Are Historic, Tasty and Also Kind of Cute. By James Gorman. [New York Times: Science]

Excellent presenation of why genetic diversity is needed. If every domesticated bovine is derieved from the same stock, it opens the way for tremendous problems. Monoculture may be effecient but it can be risky. A new bug or virus could wreck havoc..  9:41:30 AM    



Monkey meat riddled with SIV. HIV's ancestor common in African bushmeat. [Nature Science Update]

Of course, our gut is designed to prevent viral infection from the food we eat. However, getting the blood from infected animals into an open wound would certainly be worrisome. Many of our common diseases (flu, smallpox, measles) probably came from our domestication of animals. We got them from these animals so I guess it is not too suprising that we got HIV from monkeys that are eaten.   9:38:25 AM    



Knowledge sharing on the Net goes on trial in the States. Index on Censorship Mar 16 2002 6:31PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

This is an important case and one that could well have severe consequences. And it will surely go to the Supreme Court, so let's hope someone at SCOTUS understands this stuff when it gets there.  9:35:13 AM    



Small Pieces Loosely Joined for Kids

What a great idea. This could be very useful for adults, too.  9:26:43 AM    


Okay, I've been off trying to get Radio and RCS tested at my company. It is hard to get some of the ideas across until people actually do it but there are lots of opportunities for this technology in a biotech setting. But my son is home sick so I have some time to blog from home.  9:20:12 AM    


 
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