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A lot of brain diseases are proving difficult to treat due to the “blood-brain barrier”[1]. Could this bacteria be genetically modified to achieve this purpose? If so, the bacteria, when absorbed through the gums could be used benevolently to provide treatment for all sorts of brain diseases.
Something else to consider - what if the reason these plaques are unable to be cleaned out in some is the result of a life (decades)-long “deep” sleep deprivation (i.e, still getting sleep but not a good amount of regular, deep sleep where this cleaning process would normally occur), and the reason for this chronic sleep deprivation was some genetic pre-disposition, such as bruxism, which would cause little to no “deep sleep,” or perhaps brought on form of chronic dehydration due to a genetic predisposition for diabetes / sugary drinks / blood sugar imbalance, causing brain fogginess rather than deep sleep during a period of involuntary fasting, or a myriad of other unnoticeable deep- sleep-depriving illnesses?
I am not suggesting I have any answers; only questions and curiosities for the puzzling subject.
This is simply a disagreement between content publishers and content distributors. When a big satellite TV provider acted unfavorably toward a few major television networks during contract (re)-negotiation, those select few decided not to renew their license with the satellite TV company, causing viewers to ask why they can't get their favorite channel that their neighbor still gets.
The internet works similarly in that an electronic contract is formed when an ISP attempts to access content on web server. The client/ISP "requests" the content, and the publisher agrees and serves it up. But there's nothing stopping a collective "big few" from denying access to the content based on the host name of the ISP requesting it.
Ergo, if Verizon doesn't want to play "fair" with regards to content distribution, Facebook/Google/Twitter/Netflix/Reddit and whomever else could deny access to Verizon subscribers with an ol fashioned HTTP 403 or 401.
Yes, traffic drops, people realize quickly that they can't access any of their favorite sites, things must be broken, and switch companies.
Google's founders certainly weren't concerned with their collegiate life being permanent record.
http://digg.com/tech_news/First_Google_Site_ points at http://web.archive.org/web/20021030152640/www-db.stanford.ed... (Sergey Brin)
I'm wondering what made them go with this oversimplified ad rather than one of their other glorified ones such as this one:
Time and again, it's been shown that businesses who seem to truly care for their employees, or just the People in general, are richer than any business that cares only to turn a profit.
A big thank you to breadpig for its charitable efforts.
Quoting Paul Graham:
"...'Systematic' is the last word I'd use to describe the way good programmers write software. Code is not something they assemble painstakingly after careful planning, like the pyramids. It's something they plunge into, working fast and constantly changing their minds, like a charcoal sketch.
In software, paradoxical as it sounds, good craftsmanship means working fast. If you work slowly and meticulously, you merely end up with a very fine implementation of your initial, mistaken idea. Working slowly and meticulously is premature optimization. Better to get a prototype done fast, and see what new ideas it gives you. ..."
Seems to be a bit of a statistic maniac. http://dustincurtis.com/about.html
Build a rendering engine in javascript. Redirect the IE6 users of the world to it.