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10 years ago
Comment shadow1515This is really cool stuff, but the doomsday threat isn't quite what the article implies it could be (at least not to our current knowledge). These megaviruses are different enough from known viruses that there is debate over how to even classify them. They are like viruses in that they aren't really "alive" by traditional definitions, in that they need to enter a host cell and use its resources to reproduce. However, from their initial discovery it was years until someone finally figured out what they even were, because they looked like bacteria under a microscope but mysteriously refused to be cultured. They also differ from viruses in that they have much larger genomes and produce some of their own cellular machinery. So far the only ones discovered infect amoebas, and they actually have their own viruses called virophages that infect them after they've taken up residence in a host cell.
This is just a fascinating new area of research overall. Radiolab had a recent episod about these guys if anyone wants to learn more. My apologies if you listen to that and find I said something wrong, I was pulling my information from memory as I typed this.
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10 years ago
Comment shadow1515
Wow, it's almost like a lifetime of forced sexual repression might lead to deviant behaviors. I feel bad for the guy. Obviously everyone is ultimately responsible for their own decisions, but I believe he was definitely a victim of his upbringing as well. It was a least a hell of a hurdle to overcome.
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10 years ago
Comment shadow1515
What's really interesting about that graph is that Obama's election is apparently an inflection point. It would be tough to prove whether it was going to start turning around with or without him, but it looks pretty clear that 2008 is when the growth in poverty started to decelerate and turn around.
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10 years ago
But have you considered $$$$? What about $$? And of course there's the $$$$$ that $$$s the $$$$.
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10 years ago
I'm with you there. I have been nothing but disappointed with DC universe media lately. I don't know what they need to do to get their act together, but they need to do it fast.
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10 years ago
That is not where my mind went when I read the title, but now that you took it there I am also disappointed this isn't what it is.
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10 years ago
Comment shadow1515
I'm no connoisseur so I'm sure I'm missing a lot of greats, but I enjoy Loius CK.
Posted in: Who is your favorite comedian of all time?
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10 years ago
Oh thanks, now I also want an expensive watch.
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10 years ago
Comment shadow1515
No time soon, but I imagine the next expensive thing I buy will be a car when mine dies someday.