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Only retards would bother to post in a topic just so they get 'in before the close'. So I hope the irony of you quoting that isn't lost. Also, it doesn't help to have five people tell him he's not allowed to sell in here. One person reporting the thread will do and it certainly doesn't increase your chances of validation to repeat that fact. Oh, and in case you didn't realise, no selling/buying in NMC

I would be saving this topic until I banked the cheque and had the cold hard cash in my hand! Glad you got it sorted though.

No I think I did understand your question but there's no obvious answer. There's no 'problem' as such. We just don't have a complete understanding of the human body so we do more and more experiments until our understanding is increased. That's pretty much all there is to it But to explain a bit better: Basically children (especially babies) have a much higher heart rate than adults. Also athletic people have slower heart rates than non-athletic types. This difference is in part due to the hormones and neuronal control (E.g. Adrenaline - a hormone - increases your heart rate) but it's also due to the actual heart cells itself. If you take a baby's heart cells and stick them in a petri dish (I.e. with no hormones/anything else) they will still beat faster than adult heart cells in the same situation. This difference in the intrinsic heart rate is probably due to differences in the ion channel make-up of young/old hearts. If we understand why the change occurs, perhaps we can treat it when it gets really bad (I.e. in heart failure). This line of work is naturally very time-consuming but there are plenty of people across the world doing similar things. Science seems to be incredibly painstaking these days.

It's a cultural thing too though. People in China/Africa/Middle East expect you to haggle and their prices are inflated accordingly. In this country it's very different. You don't go to Tesco and ask for a Cucumber at half price, do you? It just doesn't work like that. I've got a mate who gets Shimano stuff at trade price. He has the biggest possible trade discount (the same pricing band as CRC) so he gets 40-50% ish off the RRP. But many Shimano items on CRC are listed at 40% off, 30% off etc. This means they can only possibly make a couple of quid more than the trade price (it's often something like 9% profit) AND they have to post it, factor in overheads etc. Madness. The only way they can do that and make a profit is by having a turnover of millions of pounds - something which Tarty probably doesn't have!

Knowing more stuff to make you look good in front of other scientists doing the same thing? More understanding of the basic physiology might allow us to understand certain age-related conditions better (E.g. heart failure) so perhaps we can design drugs that will help. But that's a long way off at the moment really. It's pretty abstract.

Don't pay too much attention to the name in situ hybridisation - I think it's a bit misleading. Basically we have an RNA 'probe' that binds to a particular RNA sequence in a cell. Then it gets very complicated, and after that we can look at it under a microscope. We're looking at heart cells, specifically at the ion channels on the surface of the cell, and how these channels change from neonates to adults. This is the latest picture I just took - a sodium channel hybridisation, in neonatal ventricular tissue - this is the epicardium. You can see the RNA staining around the nucleus of the cell. Interesting, huh? Three days' work have culminated in this picture and 11 others

I think so too No way, no how. I'm doing a lab project now for my BSc and it's boring. In fact as we speak I'm skiving off - I'm supposed to be using the expensive microscope looking at my in situ hybridisation slides but it's too boring. I've been here 5 weeks (only 3 days a week as well) and PhDs are at least three years... I think psychology is a pretty good degree to be honest. Just do something you're interested in, the rest will follow.

I don't really know what people do after a psych BSc. I reckon most people probably go and do something totally different. A handful will become clinical psychologists (I.e. work with patients doing CBT or similar), but jobs are pretty scarce for that I think. A few will do other healthcare jobs - I know a couple of people doing medicine now after doing a psychology BSc but it's a long time at university (At least 8 years really).

Wow this thing must be rarer than hens' teeth then?

You are? Specialise in what?

I've done four years now. Currently in my 5th year but taking a year out to do a BSc in Physiology. Next year will be my 6th and final year. And little dogs are still cool

Er... What? How much noise do you normally make

I felt it. My experience of the earthquake is obviously different to everyone else's (and better, natch) but no one will read it so I'm not going to type it. Ha!

It's quite a cool idea but it looks rubbish. I could do one much better

It's got big dog eyes and a big dog nose, it's clearly a dog

It looks like a dog?

Nope we've got a beasty one in the lab where I am at the moment. I spent 10am-5pm on it one day last week No headache though! And I found this cheeky chap:

Ah right, fair play then. Nice one To your second question: No way. But networking it should work ok, just plug it into the PC and leave it there. Although whenever you disconnect the drive and reconnect it, you have to reconfigure for sharing. Not a massive problem but a bit stupid really.

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Yeah, I've got no complaints really. It could do with being a bit snappier but it's still the best Apple laptop for me I think.

It pays to do your research unfortunately. The updates have been rumoured for a long time now. Meh, I bought a PowerPC Powerbook about a month before the Intel ones came out.

My NAS (which runs Linux) is always there come rain or shine, whereas my PC comes and goes so I'm going to blame Windows networking for this one. I don't know any fix for it though.

QUOTE (Joey B @ Feb 26 2008, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>He doesn't have any of the documentation the router came with I had a play about with it last night and didn't have any luck with it. Would it be possible to have the router connected to the computer via a Ethernet cable and have the modem also running into the computer on its USB, then use the computer as a bridge between the two so the wireless network can still have internet access?????? Download the manual then. And don't ignore what I just said. Ditch the USB modem (Throw it in the bin where all USB modems should go), your router has a modem in it. Because I'm nice: http://www.support.draytek.co.uk/router_faq.html It looks like an 'enterprise' router which means it's more advanced and a lot more complicated than your average home router. But it should work well if you can get it set up.

Is file sharing enabled on the Windows PC? I presume it is? It takes a while for my router to sort out my workgroup after I turn everything on.

Ditch the modem and plug everything into the new router. It should be obvious but you'll probably need to read the router manual for setup.