[FRIAM] Fwd: [1st-mile-nm] Akamai Report

2016-03-25 Thread Edward Angel
At least we’re tied for 49th; usually we stand alone in 49th place. ___ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136

[FRIAM] Weekend Tweet Of The Week

2016-03-25 Thread Owen Densmore
I love to collect odd tweets. Here's this weeks nifty: Lecturing Professor: "a double negative forms a positive but in no language does a double-positive express a negative" Kid ..."Yeah, Right" ​ — Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity G

[FRIAM] The virus that could cure Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and more — NOVA Next | PBS

2016-03-25 Thread Tom Johnson
Fascinating and well-written story. While I am dubious of the phrase "...phages such as M13 have only one purpose: to pass on their genes," I wish we had more biologists in FRIAM to explain how this would be likely/possible. Still, a good read. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/phage-alzhe

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2016-03-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
If Bruce Simon is back next week, perhaps he can comment. Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 Fascinating and well-written story. While I am dubious of the phrase "...phages such as M13 have only one purpose: to pass on their genes," I wish we had more biologists in FRIAM to explain how this wo

Re: [FRIAM] Weekend Tweet Of The Week

2016-03-25 Thread Roger Critchlow
él no tiene nada -- rec -- On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > I love to collect odd tweets. Here's this weeks nifty: > > Lecturing Professor: "a double negative forms a positive but in no > language does a double-positive express a negative" > Kid ..."Yeah, Right" > > ​ >

Re: [FRIAM] The virus that could cure Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and more — NOVA Next | PBS

2016-03-25 Thread Nick Thompson
Tom, Frank, Well, OK, but until Bruce Simon responds, I guess I am the best you got. What puzzles me is how one could doubt such a statement. Is it the attribution of “purpose” to a hunk of D[R]NA? In that case, I agree, because viruses do not display the degree of variation to a com

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2016-03-25 Thread Dean Gerber
This takes some time, but is well worth it.  Try reading this first, then Toms's referenced article again.  Or wait for Bruce? http://phages.org/ |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Phages | Everything about BacteriophagePhage Therapy Leave a reply What comes to mind when you hear the word “bac