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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2008 7:59:56 am PST #1035 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.

I know, right?

I had a friend die of AIDS nine years ago. He'd apparently been positive for years before he and his partner knew and his partner never contracted it. We basically assume the partner has the gene. There was some talk of him being included in a study.


Gudanov - Nov 13, 2008 8:06:28 am PST #1036 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Oh I thought it was less THAN a thousand. OK, that is huge. And yeah we night to start cloning the bone marrow. Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.

This is the reason I'm very much opposed to knee-jerk legislation banning human cloning, well not this specifically, but medical cures in general.


msbelle - Nov 13, 2008 8:09:08 am PST #1037 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

F&**&(# photo machine at FedEx OFFICE will not read my USB thingy.$%^@#()#

I removed an .exe from it and it better work now.

And since I know you all care about my lunch, I got a 1.50 fast food side salad to go with the stuff I brought. compromise.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2008 8:15:51 am PST #1038 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I got a surprisingly expensive salad bar salad, and realized when I got back to my desk that I had two plastic containers stuck together, so I wonder how much that added to the cost?


Frankenbuddha - Nov 13, 2008 8:17:02 am PST #1039 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Not to mention that bone marrow transplants have a 30% fatality rate.

Is that because of the process, or because of the condition of most people who need that sort of treatment as currently prescribed, though?


lisah - Nov 13, 2008 8:24:17 am PST #1040 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate

I got a 1.50 fast food side salad to go with the stuff I brought. compromise.

Strong work! Today was my day to not bring lunch (I try to only buy once a week) and I got some VERY delicious pizza. Black olives, sundried tomatoes, goatcheese. Brick Oven Pizza, yo!


brenda m - Nov 13, 2008 8:35:35 am PST #1041 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Is that because of the process, or because of the condition of most people who need that sort of treatment as currently prescribed, though?

I don't know the answer to that, but I'd imagine cloned bone marrow would offer opportunities for tinkering with it to reduce the likelihood of rejection, assuming that's a factor here.


flea - Nov 13, 2008 8:42:08 am PST #1042 of 10002
information libertarian

For a bone marrow transplant, they basically have to kill your existing bone marrow, using chemotherapy and/or radiation. This necessarily risks infection, causes overall systemic weakness, and so forth. I imagine the sicker you are to start with the greater the risks.


Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2008 8:56:17 am PST #1043 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

For a bone marrow transplant, they basically have to kill your existing bone marrow, using chemotherapy and/or radiation. This necessarily risks infection, causes overall systemic weakness, and so forth. I imagine the sicker you are to start with the greater the risks.

This. My little brother died after a bone marrow transplant that was to cure his Fanconi anemia.


tommyrot - Nov 13, 2008 9:27:06 am PST #1044 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Have folks seen the picture of Obama with his MacBook Pro? He has a Pac Man sticker stuck on it, to make it look like Pac Man is about to eat the glowy Apple symbol....