Re: [silk] Where is the US economy heading?

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Long
The key observation is that the rural land hasn't appreciated because of wealth created by the rural people... To first order, isn't this true everywhere? Urban areas may be good at producing capital because they have to be; when one must trade for resources, one must develop export goods

Re: [silk] HD-DVD and Digg

2007-05-02 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Gautam John wrote: Via Slashdot: An astonishing number of stories related to HD-DVD encryption keys have gone missing in action from digg.com, in many cases along http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/02/0235228.shtml http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/04/30/spread-this-number/ Related story. The

Re: [silk] HD-DVD and Digg

2007-05-02 Thread Gautam John
And it looks like Digg capitulated to the online frenzy. The creature devoured its creator. But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you've made it clear. You'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective

[silk] Plastic sheet delivers wireless power

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
(next step, a smart phased array tracking a rectenna at a distance) http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070423/full/070423-11.html Published online: 29 April 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070423-11 Plastic sheet delivers wireless power Desks and walls could one day light up electronics without need for

[silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek/ To Treat the Dead The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks―and death itself. By Jerry Adler Newsweek May 7, 2007 issue - Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are

Re: [silk] Plastic sheet delivers wireless power

2007-05-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Very interesting, but I am wary of could be, may be inventions...too many of them are never heard of again! Deepa. On 5/2/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (next step, a smart phased array tracking a rectenna at a distance) http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070423/full/070423-11.html

Re: [silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 05:21:36PM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek/ Once again the cryonics people have been decades ahead of the mainstream. as recently as 1993, my ass. 1983, maybe. http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/cambridge.html To

Re: [silk] Plastic sheet delivers wireless power

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 04:31:39PM +0430, Deepa Mohan wrote: Very interesting, but I am wary of could be, may be inventions...too many of them are never heard of again! That thing is too damn useful not to happen. In fact in a decade some people would be able to make that stuff at home, with a

Re: [silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 5:21 pm, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: The body on the cart is dead, but its trillions of cells are all still alive. Becker wants to resolve that paradox in favor of life. er... what will they do if they get this chap's heart beating again? Use him as an organ donor I

Re: [silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:10:29PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: er... what will they do if they get this chap's heart beating again? I wouldn't. I would perfuse him, and freeze him. Use him as an organ donor I suppose. That's a possibility, but I presume this is about throwing up the window of

Re: [silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 9:37 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: There is no fixed time for brain death. A lot of the damage cascades appear hours and days after the ischemic event. A whole of them are blockable. I would be interested to hear about what is blockable and by what means. A classmate of mine

Re: [silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:54:52PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: On Wednesday 02 May 2007 9:37 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: There is no fixed time for brain death. A lot of the damage cascades appear hours and days after the ischemic event. A whole of them are blockable. I would be interested to

Re: [silk] [ccm-l] Doctors Change the Way They Think About Death

2007-05-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Lex, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Lex, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:09:40 -0400 To: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ccm-l] Doctors Change the Way They Think About Death Lance is a great