09-02-2011 | #241 |
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So Cheetos has a special edition of the Cheetos Puffs out right now.... freaking sweet!!
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09-02-2011 | #242 |
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Ahhhh...yes, Marketing. It works. I’m pretty sure they’re the SAME as the other Cheesy Poofs.
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09-03-2011 | #243 |
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oh yea they are the normal cheetos puffs but with a much cooler bag. haha
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US Gamers Crack Puzzle in AIDS Research
Gamers Crack Puzzle
In just three weeks, online gamers deciphered the structure of a retrovirus protein that has stumped scientists for over a decade, and a study out Sunday says their breakthrough opens doors for a new AIDS drug design. The protein, called a protease, plays a critical role in how some viruses, including HIV, multiply. Intensive research has been underway to find AIDS drugs that can deactivate proteases, but scientists were hampered by their inability to crack the enzyme's structure. Looking for a solution, researchers at the University of Washington turned to Foldit, a program created by the university a few years ago that transforms problems of science into competitive computer games, and challenged players to use their three-dimensional problem-solving skills to build accurate models of the protein. With days, the gamers generated models good enough for the researchers to refine into an accurate portrayal of the enzyme's structure. What's more, the scientists identified parts of the molecule that are likely targets for drugs to block the enzyme. "These features provide opportunities for the design of antiretroviral drugs, including anti-HIV drugs," the authors wrote. Proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids that fold into complex shapes, but their structures are difficult even for computers to predict. "We wanted to see if human intuition could succeed where automated methods had failed," said Firas Khatib, a lead author of the study, published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The researchers were hopeful that their finding would open further possibilities of crowd-sourcing and online game-playing in scientific discovery. "The ingenuity of game players is a formidable force that, if properly directed, can be used to solve a wide range of scientific problems," Khatib said. Seth Cooper, a co-creator of Foldit, added, "People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at. Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans. The results in this week's paper show that gaming, science and computation can be combined to make advances that were not possible before." _________________________ Galatians 2:20 |
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Wow. This is cool. I have been participating in Folding At Home which is the computer predicting mentioned in that article. The idea that creating a video game out of scientific problems to harness what gamers have to offer is ...well cool.
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Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo. "Give a man a beer, he'll waste an afternoon. But teach a man to brew, and he'll waste a lifetime!" |
10-07-2011 | #247 |
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That was rather epic Chief. Showed my wife and I think we may play that on the big screen (TV) during our house warming party.
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Nice, I just watched this. Had some issues with my video player earlier. Also looks great through my hd projector. Any idea if he has more movies and longer ones?
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10-14-2011 | #249 |
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The guy has a few other videos up in his profile http://vimeo.com/dustinfarrell
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