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Comment on Making choices based on your beliefs. by Gus Gutierrez

Gus Gutierrez — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:07:04 +0000

Some thoughts.
The bug is essentialy the same bug.
It is simple probability that one in a million happen to have some difference at the genetic level that by nature enhance its resistance to a certain chemical element.
Those who don’t are swapped out for the most part and the resistant ones multiply. That is not evolution.
The bug did not “developed” resistance.
Darwin never said that humans evolved from the ape.
What he said is that we have a common ancestor (so human evolution is a much more complex process because it involves natural selection and artificial development (humans as a species that can generate conditions to improve its ability to prosper).
What makes us think it’s impossible that those genetic changes may be built into the design from the start of life?

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Comment on Where are we headed? by Brittani

Brittani — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:21:45 +0000

First blog I read after wakeup from sleep today!

Comment on Internet Cool Tools for Physicians by davidrothman.net » More About the Book

davidrothman.net » More About the Book — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:57:59 +0000

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Comment on Tablets for Clinical Practice by James

James — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:17:52 +0000

I haven’t seen these before, but I have the impression that Panasonic notebooks are fairly respected. The Toughbook series has earned accolades for being, well, tough. I’m interested in fanless designs and expect now that the clock speed war nonsense has abated people are starting to value cool, quite, low energy devices. I wonder if the growth of mobile clinical devices represent any specific HIPA challenges.

Comment on Making choices based on your beliefs. by Ed Darrell

Ed Darrell — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:49:10 +0000

The rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. Evolution works on the person who understands science and the creationist, alike.

Comment on Internet Cool Tools for Physicians by Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:39:47 +0000

Totally looking forward to David and Melissa’s book.

Comment on I’ll get back to you on that… by Jim

Jim — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:13:24 +0000

I think that since we’ve been implementing some of Randy’s ideas our lives have improved. He and you inspire me to be a better person and think more about my priorities. Thanks!

Comment on Service is Service is Service by radicalibrarian

radicalibrarian — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:29:19 +0000

I may have written too quickly between meetings and hit publish when I got back to my desk, which may explain why you feel you are missing a paragraph…

So let me just clear up a few things…
I don’t DO stuff for them. Ever, not even if they have days, weeks or months left! (unless we are talking about our paid research service, which we don’t do for students) The service that I can and always do provide is just what you mentioned…I talk about forming an answerable question, how to search the database, etc. I’ve heard (overheard) some librarians say they pretty much won’t help students starting too late because they don’t feel bad for them. That’s setting everyone up for failure. The student and the library…like they will ever come back to the library after that!

I’ll bet that many times our students don’t get the service they intended to get when they come into the library. That’s because we are continuing to support the education mission…not do their homework for them.

I do know about your red button, but I think we are on the same page on this one.

Comment on Service is Service is Service by rudy

rudy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:11:06 +0000

Brandi, I’m not sure if I’m getting what you’re trying to say here ( I feel like I missed a paragraph?) but there is one point you make I wanted to comment on. You say “We are in the business of helping others. End of statement. ”

I don’t agree that’s the end of the statement.

I work in an academic library, and my business is that of helping the educational mission. The procrastinating student often wants me to do their work for them, to find them the article they haven;t bothered looking fo, or even to define their topic for them. I won’t do it. Because part of the educational mission is that the students learn — to manage their time effectively, to do research, to develop a topic…

If I do that stuff for them b/c they left the library work until their paper was due in 2 hours, I’m not helping their education. I may be helping their grade, but the relationship between students, colleges, and grades is a whole rant that veers from here to the dark crazy place.

Of course,if they have done their part and are stuck, and need something they haven’t been able to find, AND the paper is due in a couple hours, I tend to be a lot more amenable. I won;t turn the procrastinator away, but I’ll show them how to frame their search, pick their database, evaluate the subject terms… They’ll get good servic4, just not necessarily the service they think they want or need from me when in that situation. I support their education, am not an intellectual ATM.

um, gee, . sorry. did i just square off against what you were trying to say?

(this is a huge red button of mine, you might have noticed!)