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Not that it couldn't have either effect under different circumstances. Look for citations wherever you read that it was anti-inflammatory. This one looks interesting. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12455180

I've no real experience, but a man-in-the-middle could inject malicious code. Perhaps check SFN's ping between now and when it gives warnings. That is, if it's allowed. I can't ping it.

Why not? Is the forum template closed-source? Can't you type up your own macro and use it with the forum software?

I'm doing a search. I'll add them as I find them. Firstly, this article seems to discuss the circadian clock study linked above. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101205202510.htm Apparently later research only confirm the relationship to mood disorders. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141018205411.htm PERSONALITY http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394009001219 [ABSTRACT] Season of birth and personality in healthy young adults. Tonetti, Fabbri, Natale, 2009 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19070993 [ABSTRACT] Effect of month of birth on personality traits of healthy Japanese. Kamata, Suzuki, Matsumoto, Togashi, Otani, 2009 AUTISM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16816239 [ABSTRACT] Effect of season of birth on autism spectrum disorders: fact or fiction? Kolevzon, Weiser, Gross, Lubin, Knobler, Schmeidler, Silverman, Reichenberg, 2006 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21543984 [FULL] Month of conception and risk of autism. Zerbo, Losif, Delwiche, Walker, Hertz-Picciotto, 2011 SCHIZOPHRENIA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1603245/ [FULL] Birth season and schizophrenia. BMJ, 1978 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10369047 [ABSTRACT] Eye-tracking dysfunction and birth-month weather in patients with schizophrenia Kinney, Levy, Yurgelun-Todd, Lajonchere, Holzman, 1999 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196325/ [FULL] Challenging the Hypothesized Link to Season of Birth in Patients with Schizophrenia Demler, 2011 SLEEP http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647797/ [FULL] Season of Birth, Gender, and Social-Cultural Effects on Sleep Timing Preference in Humans Natale, Adan, Fabbri, 2009 REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18561148 [FULL] Strong association between birth month and reproductive performance of Vietnamese women. Huber, Fieder, 2009 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691517/ [FULL] Month of birth predicted reproductive success and fitness in pre-modern Canadian women Lummaa, Tremblay, 2003 ATHLETICS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17619630 [ABSTRACT] Seasonality of birth in the majors, 1880-1999 Abel, Kruger, 2005 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17115521 [ABSTRACT] When "where" is more important than "when": birthplace and birthdate effects on the achievement of sporting expertise Cote, Macdonald, Baker, Abernethy, 2006 MULITPLE SCLEROSIS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862149/ [FULL] Low maternal exposure to ultraviolet radiation in pregnancy, month of birth, and risk of multiple sclerosis in offspring: longitudinal analysis Staples, Ponsonby, Lim, 2010 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883840/ [FULL] Time of Birth, Residential Solar Radiation, and Age at Onset of Multiple Sclerosis McDowell, Amr, Langenberg, Royal, Bever, Culpepper, Bradham, 2010 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748787/ [FULL] Confounding Underlies the Apparent Month of Birth Effect in Multiple Sclerosis Fiddes, Wason, Kemppinen, Ban, Compston, Sawcer, 2013 LONGEVITY http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC30243/ [FULL] Lifespan depends on month of birth Doblhammer & Vaupel, 2001 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236478/ [FULL] Season of Birth and Exceptional Longevity: Comparative Study of American Centenarians, Their Siblings, and Spouses Gavrilov & Gavrilova, 2011

I've read much psychological discussion on Dr Badcocks blog on PsychologyToday. However, given that Badcock and Crespi's imprinted brain theory recently recieved some strong support (below), I would like to know more about the theory's biological underpinnings. Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects. What are imprinted genes? How could they make such general inferences about paternal-maternal baises in gene expression or silencing?

I thought I might make a diversion from the spam. It's not an unreasonable idea that Earth's seasons may result in some links between birth month and psychological traits. What investigation has been done into this? I would have read this paper if it were free. Perinatal photoperiod imprints the circadian clock (Ciarleglio, Axley, Strauss, Gamble, McMahon, 2010) An idea of my own is that, since depressed people are less interested in sex, people with inherited seasonal depression might tend to be concieved during the sunnier months.

Indeed, more users should have the ability to delete spam, and the actual mods can look it over after having their coffee.

It's my mistake. The post became a tangent. Ironically, I only provided a supporting example for you. Lying isn't related to establishing meanings with others, but to misusing meanings that were previously established. which perhaps degrades them. Yet lying is what sexual selection seems to have pushed for.

Unfortunately Chadn737 hasn't been on since Feb 12. I recall that he worked in epigenetics.

Boastful displays aren't the extent of it since birds exhibit behavioral isolation stemming from song differences. As Wolfhnd's link explains, some Aves young use social cues to learn their distinctive singing style. We humans certainly use our language for exaggerated displays, but it's more in the content of our communications. I recall a finding that when men lie, it's usually to protect their own self image, whereas when women lie, it's often to make others feel better. Why do we enjoy music anyway? Women tend to find deeper voices more sexually appealing. Sex, Lies and fMRI--Gender Differences in Neural Basis of Deception

They are very, very high energy! Do they comprise much of the energy hitting Earth? Apparently they come in flashes all over the sky, and our sun doesn't produce much if any. A more detailed by-altitude graph of what penetrates would be great, but I found none.

AFAIK only visible, radio and some infrared penetrates to the surface. However, high-power gamma rays seem to pnetrate rather deep. Gamma powered air planes? If they can get high enough (11/17)...

Do anti-abortion laws actually achieve the desired ends? If they don't, do legal pro-lifers truly care about the embryos? If they don't, how will this help? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2012/10/how-i-lost-faith-in-the-pro-life-movement.html That's it. I'm done.

I printed the paper to read later. Often the challenge isn't mating per se, but selecting the fittest mate or winning that mate. Even as three-way, if only one progenitor nurtures, then only that progenitor will be choosey.

Perhaps it's an arbitrary matter. In the event of a three-way system, for example an identical donor egg fusing with the egg prior to fertilization, the egg donor's sex would be unclear. I think then, and only then, would biologists be forced to abrtitrate and further define "female". However, even if all systems are technically male-female, that doesn't mean there aren't variations on this system.

It's not on topic, but I'll post links regarding this UPnP vulnerability. What is UPnP? http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/g/bldef_upnp.htm How it's insecure. http://www.howtogeek.com/136160/new-security-hole-found-in-wi-fi-routers-disable-upnp-to-protect-yourself/ Thank you, 3blake7.

If males fertilize and females are fertilizied, how can there be anything other? Although it's usually more mutable than sex, morphology can be more varied. Larvae or juveniles are clearly distinct. I recall that dominant male primates may exhibit differences.

It's about ±10 years accurate, but it seems to have an underestimation bias on female faces. I entered "Jessica Tim", and it passed despite the gender ambiguity. Then I entered "Brian Hugh Warner" (Marylin Manson), and it mostly said female. Perhaps it relies on cultural cues rather than biological markers.

Computer hacking would have much higher stakes.

Child who was gestated artificially I read that and went, wha... guh... zuh?

Perhaps oxytocin facilitates bonding, but what about postpartum psychosis and depression? Adopted children seem fine to me. If it is healthy for mothers, so what? For the fetus, artificial gestation gives us control over its nutrition. No more fetal alcohol syndrome! And no need to smell toxins with olfaction, which is on its way out for humans anyway. You speak of milk. Natural human milk might be superior to formula, and so might a natural placenta, but only if the fetus-carrier is responsible. Is your argument that our current understanding of gestation is insufficient for reproducing a healthy pregnancy?

Is it always this way, or is this a sudden surge of vulnerabilities? Apparently most BIOS firmware is currently vulnerable regardless of whether you download the regular, manufacturer-signed BIOS updates. http://www.wired.com/2015/03/researchers-uncover-way-hack-bios-undermine-secure-operating-systems/

Apparently there's a conflict in that, while the right code will prevent firmware hacks, some people enjoy hacking it just to make custom changes. In fact, Huang and xobs found the software to hack their SD cards very easily. https://youtu.be/r3GDPwIuRKI?t=18m24s One source suggested a switch, like the write protection switches on some flashdrives, but to protect the firmware. Then your threat needs to have physical access, but somebody could easily hand you a corrupted device without you knowing. Perhaps manufacturers will implement a separate, read-only chip to hash the microcontroller's firmware and warn of alterations. Whatever. I'm sure much smarter people are working on it.

Imatfaal, here's an easy to calculate, symmetric example. With the frequency of each value going from 1 to 4 back to 1. Data set one: -3, -2, -1, 0 1, 2, 3; [math]\bar{x}[/math]=0, σ=1.58 Data set two: -9, -4, -1, 0, 1, 4, 9; [math]\bar{x}[/math]=0, σ=3.81 Variance Calculations (0x4 + 1x6 + 4x4 + 9x2) / 16 = (6+16+18)/16 = 40/16 = 2.5 (0x4 + 1x6 + 16x4 + 81x2) / 16 = (6+64+162)/16 = 232/16 = 14.5 Variance to Standard Deviation 2.5^0.5 = 1.58 14.5^0.5 = 3.81 After normalization Data set one: -1.90, -1.27, -0.63, 0.00, 0.63, 1.27, 1.90, Data set two: -2.36, -1.05, -0.26, 0.00, 0.26, 1.05, 2.36, They don't look identical to me. Set two has a more compact center to compensate for the larger residuals of its outliers. In a best-fit curve, this difference should be apparent as a less steep inflection point. Kurtosis perhaps, but that's assuming the skewedness is greatest at the edges, at the outliers, and least in the center, at the mean, as it is here for convenience.