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Jeremy Tapsell
11/06/09

In reply to Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
i don't know if anyone is interested, but in related news i read about this group who map where free food grows in my city of Auckland. I know foraging is a growing trend here, and the map is 'growing' every day (There is even a facebook group!)

[www.nzherald.co.nz]

edit: 'growing' was not originally intended as a pun, but after I posted I saw the relation. I guess my sub-concious wanted to express itself. :D
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Jeremy Tapsell
11/05/09

In reply to Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
so.. hang on.. what.. is this true? in the US you HAVE to pay a corporation a percenatgeof your profit if you growand sell your own vege???????????????? thats messed up #pharmaceuticals
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Klebert L. Hall
11/06/09

@Jeremy Tapsell:

Nope.

Annalee's just being fanciful / prophetic.
-Kle. #pharmaceuticals
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Jeremy Tapsell
11/06/09

@Klebert L. Hall:
oh yes.. i see now. duh. #pharmaceuticals
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
11/05/09

In reply to Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
Annalee, did ya have to say Mendo? It's not really a secret but still, the produce out of there is quality and I would like to keep it that way.

Don't necessarily want to inadvertently shut down our favorite producers. Support local growers! #pharmaceuticals
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Annalee Newitz
11/05/09

@CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Yay! Support my homies up in Humboldt too! #pharmaceuticals
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
11/05/09

In reply to Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
Monsanto has a patent on pot now? Boy, the government really will bend the rules for mega-corps. #pharmaceuticals
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Annalee Newitz
11/05/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Monsanto pot totally sucks, man. #pharmaceuticals
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ManchuCandidate
11/05/09

In reply to Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
Big Agra has the last laugh as they supply the corn for the Doritos. #pharmaceuticals
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crashedpc - Haifisch
11/05/09

@ManchuCandidate: I grow my own Doritos! I call them Boritos. #pharmaceuticals
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LittleDragon
11/05/09

@crashedpc - Haifisch: Not Crashoritos? I would eat Crashoritos. They sound cool.
Do your Boritos have beans and cheese in them? #pharmaceuticals
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crashedpc - Haifisch
11/05/09

@LittleDragon: Since I grow my own beans and cheese I have to call them "neans" and "sleese". #pharmaceuticals
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BadUncle
11/05/09

@crashedpc - Haifisch: Nothing like heirloom junkfood. #pharmaceuticals
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LittleDragon
11/05/09

@crashedpc - Haifisch: on second thought hold the neans and sleese. #pharmaceuticals
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Annalee Newitz
11/05/09

@LittleDragon: I recently ate a dish at a vegan restaurant called "mac and yease" because they used yeast instead of cheese. Tasty dish. Poorly titled. #pharmaceuticals
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CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
11/05/09

@LittleDragon: Mac and sleese. Mmm, delish. #pharmaceuticals
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Dirk Anger
10/13/09

In reply to Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
Oh, who would have seen this coming...
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gorehound
10/12/09

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Awesome !!!! Men all over the world will need their nanos and soon they will offer hair growth on TV in bad infomercials
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ManchuCandidate
10/12/09

In reply to Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
If any drug researcher wants to get the attention of Big Pharma they should add the phrase "Makes Your Dick Hard" somewhere in the drug they're working on list of side effects.
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acrobatic rabbit
10/12/09

In reply to Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
"Eureka!" - Scientist 1
"You finally discovered a topical cream to cure skin cancer?" - Scientist 2
"Probably not, but it makes my dick hard!!"
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Chip Overclock
10/12/09

@acrobatic rabbit: No joke: Viagra failed miserably as a blood pressure medicine. They were going to cut the clinical trials short, when a funny thing happened: the old guys in the trial refused to return their pills. Then someone broke into one of the labs and ransacked the dispensary, taking the pills for the trial. That's when they knew something was up and started asking questions about ancillary effects.

I'd like to think that the researchers stopped at the Mercedes dealership on the way home that night.
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GreyHammer
10/12/09

In reply to Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
we have plenty of dick medicine can we please help real deseases now?
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
10/12/09

@GreyHammer: Short answer: No.

Long answer: Follow the money. Old men have it. Old men get impotence and baldness. Insurance companies can say these are not covered medical conditions so they don't have to pay for treatment. Drug company makes list price on the drug, not what some insurance company negotiates.

So when the drug companies say that if healthcare reform involves cutting their profits, there will be fewer new drugs, they mean fewer everyhting except dick and hair medicines.
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Gann
10/12/09

@GreyHammer: Yeah, but this is the first of it's kind for really small penises.
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GreyHammer
10/12/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: im aware of the economics of it. but viagra and cialus fixt everyone's dix. lets get better meds for heart conditions, cancer, the HIV now k thx
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
10/12/09

@GreyHammer: I think the economics go deeper than you appreciate. It's far easier to develop a me-too drug. Somebody else has layed the groundwork so you have a better idea where to start, what the side effects will be and how to design the trials to get it to market faster. It will be available on patent longer. Also, the market is huge. There are more men who want to perform better in bed than there are people with cancer.

I'm with you, but the drug companies are not. I have 20 drugs to treat breast cancer. I would love one that treated melanoma.
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J_Frank_Parnell
10/12/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: I hear ya, but old men get cancer and heart disease too. They surely would pay to live longer so they can enjoy the effects of newest boner cream with their 20 year old trophy wives, no?
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Makidian
10/12/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: They may not cover Viagra but they sure as shit cover penile implants. I would be pissed if I had ED and I couldn't get a little blue pill but instead get a pump implanted in my cock to pump it up when it was time to get down to business.
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I Think We're Property
10/12/09

In reply to Nanoparticle Drugs' First Target: Improving Your Sex Life
I'm suddenly reminded of the intro spiel for Idiocracy.

"Science could have countered this problem, but was too busy solving the problems of hair loss and erectile dysfunction."
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veeerules
10/12/09

@I Think We're Property: Frightening, isn't it? That was the first movie that ever made me want to have more children...
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Dirk Anger
10/02/09

In reply to A Drug That Can Extend Life as Effectively As Dieting
HMMMM.... a population formed by tons of obese 100 year olds. That's going to be so cheap
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twDarkflame
10/02/09

In reply to A Drug That Can Extend Life as Effectively As Dieting
More on life extension here folks;
[www.sens.org]

There was a ted talk awhile back too.

I'm all for it, but any significant extension has to be;

a) Tied to a no-child-if-you-have-the-treatment-polic.... (or purhapes simply only childless people above 40 are able too have it).

b) Has to be done together with anti-cancer research. Living longer and encouraging regeneration of the body is strongly linked to increaseing cancer likelyhood. (ie, the more your cells regenerate the more chance they will go wrong).
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Louis Wang
10/02/09

@twDarkflame: Why the no child policy? If you're going to limit reproduction, shouldn't it be based on something like genetic value? IE, stronger, smarter, etc?

As it is most of the world happens to be seeing a population crunch in our lifetime. [en.wikipedia.org]
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damndirtyape
10/02/09

@Louis Wang: Exactly.. First world populations are ALL decreasing. Population limits are the last thing they need.

Unlikely that poor people around the world are going to be spending money on optional life extension drugs over basic necessities.

As for cancer concerns.. sure people are working on cancer solutions but it has nothing to do with anti-aging per se. Besides from what I've read, animals that live longer via SIRT1 (and other genes) have enhanced immune systems that do not spur cancer production.
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Dirk Anger
10/02/09

@damndirtyape: I'm sorry, but we don't need more old people for demographic reasons, we need more YOUNG people. There's no point in having twice the old population if you have the same workforce paying for their health care.

And... eermm... I maybe wrong, but I think cancer has nothing to do with the inmune system
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damndirtyape
10/02/09

@Dirk Anger: Well I'm guessing that if people are living to 100+ on a regular basis then the age of retirement will be set at 85 + thus adding more taxpaying years for each person.

The way that CR works its not like you age normally to 80 then from 80 to 120 you'd be old and weak. At 80 you'd be as vigorous as people in their 50s now.
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Mark 2000
10/01/09

In reply to A Drug That Can Extend Life as Effectively As Dieting
You ever notice in Star Trek TNG that they never avoid the actual harm, they just have a pill that will fix it. Like they don't wear radiation suits, they just take radiation drugs.

Hey, Riker, instead of taking a regimen of drugs for the rest of your extended life, why don't you just pass on the morning cream puff, dude.
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twDarkflame
10/02/09

@Mark 2000: Actualy, there IS effective radiation drugs. Its to remove the radiation from your system, and works fairly well.

There was recent major radiation drug that had massively successfull (monkey based) trails.
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strideo
10/02/09

@twDarkflame: Regardless you'd still want to avoid harmful radiation in the first place rather than rely on a drug to clean it up after the fact.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
10/02/09

@Mark 2000: Hahaha Riker was a cream puff. Dude was looking seriously doughy for awhile.
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Vulcan Has No Moon
10/01/09

In reply to Should We Prepare for the Academic Doping Scandals?
Meh, I used to work for a pharmacy. Several years ago a doctor prescribed an Alzheimer's medication to college students to improve their memory during cram week. It didn't work any better than a placebo.

p.s. Amphetamines won't make your memory better, they'll just keep you awake.
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