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Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s
At last some great evidence that openness and collaboration works for the greater good!
In 2003, a group of scientists and executives from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the drug and medical-imaging industries, universities and nonprofit groups joined in a project that experts say had no precedent: a collaborative effort to find the biological markers that show the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the human brain.
Now, the effort is bearing fruit with a wealth of recent scientific papers on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s using methods like PET scans and tests of spinal fluid. More than 100 studies are under way to test drugs that might slow or stop the disease.
Open source software showed us many years ago that openness and sharing was the way forward, but those with $£$£$£$ signs in their eyes struggle to see that they can still make money, should the need to, whilst moving forward at a healthy speed.
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The Guardian calls it “an abuse of power”…
I call it disgusting!
In what must be one of the most disturbing things I have read in a while, the Guardian reports on the editing of CCTV footage by a UK police force to frame a man and him of violent disorder!
It was proven that the police had edited the footage to hide the police attacking the man without provocation according to the Guardian.
Google deny deal with Verizon via Twitter!
@NYTimes is wrong. We’ve not had any convos with VZN about paying for carriage of our traffic. We remain committed to an open internet.
So what’s the New York Times up to?
“Do no evil” Google changes it’s mind…
Once gargoyle was all for net neutrality, now it’s insidious desire for wealth and power has pushed it to back track and do a deal with verizon to prioritize web traffic.
From the New York Times…
Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers
WASHINGTON — Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
So if you’ve got the money you can have what you want and and if gargoyle allow it I guess…
Dubstep On My Mouth…
I love Dubstep and this is funny!
Beardyman…pure genius… sheer entertainment!
Check the credits at the end!
This one’s an hour long, but if you can sit in front of the telly and watch that dubious stuff, then you should have no trouble with an hour of quality entertainment like Beardyman!
Hats off to Microsoft, or should we be scared shitless?..
As many reading this know, I have little love for Micro$haft, but this is quite amazing…
Though quite scary too! “His mind is based in the cloud”. Mmm, what kind of monster could we collectively create?!
Or maybe it would work the other way, and we could create a truly caring beast!
Gen. James Mattis thinks it’s a hoot to shoot some people!
According to the L.A. Times…
“Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight,” he said. “You know, it’s a hell of a hoot…. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right upfront with you. I like brawling” says the General and the world wonders why the U.S.A. is always at war. Maybe the people in command are psychopaths!