Comments for it is NOT junk http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog a blog about genomes, DNA, evolution, open science, baseball and other important things Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:21:08 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on We must act now to stop the 2020 metaphors by matthew http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-9895 matthew Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:21:08 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=329#comment-9895 Surely the solution is to see the light and move from the dark ages to metric (6m/6m) Getting the US to go metric cant be that hard can it? Surely the solution is to see the light and move from the dark ages to metric (6m/6m)
Getting the US to go metric cant be that hard can it?

]]> Comment on DNA testing in baseball – more silly alarmism from reporters and bioethicists by Dan Vorhaus http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=318&cpage=1#comment-4147 Dan Vorhaus Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=318#comment-4147 An interesting article and an important point about the difference between paternity/maternity testing and, for instance, trying to determine if somebody is likely to need Tommy John surgery ten years down the road. The same difference distinguishes this sort of testing from the Eddy Curry case. As to whether or not the practice is actually prohibited by GINA, we'll first have to wait for the law to come into effect and for the EEOC to issue final guidance. I've covered the legal aspects in some additional detail here: http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/07/22/mlb-meets-gina/#more-368 An interesting article and an important point about the difference between paternity/maternity testing and, for instance, trying to determine if somebody is likely to need Tommy John surgery ten years down the road. The same difference distinguishes this sort of testing from the Eddy Curry case.

As to whether or not the practice is actually prohibited by GINA, we’ll first have to wait for the law to come into effect and for the EEOC to issue final guidance. I’ve covered the legal aspects in some additional detail here: http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/07/22/mlb-meets-gina/#more-368

]]> Comment on Where Would Jesus Publish? by rpg http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=64&cpage=1#comment-3990 rpg Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:41:19 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=64#comment-3990 Much splorting. Thank you :) Much splorting. Thank you :)

]]> Comment on Letter to the editor in Science by Stevan Harnad http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=316&cpage=1#comment-3911 Stevan Harnad Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=316#comment-3911 See also: Open Access Benefits for the Developed and Developing World: The Harvards and the Have-Nots http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/533-guid.html The Evans & Reimer OA Impact Study: A Welter of Misunderstandings http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/535-guid.html See also:

Open Access Benefits for the Developed and Developing World: The Harvards and the Have-Nots
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/533-guid.html

The Evans & Reimer OA Impact Study: A Welter of Misunderstandings
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/535-guid.html

]]> Comment on Um, Nature – not all flies are Drosophila by Michael Eisen http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-3294 Michael Eisen Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:17:34 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307#comment-3294 And you live by the sword, you die by the sword. It wasn't my choice to sully the Nature brand by associating it with a journal that can't tell the difference between one fly and another.... And you live by the sword, you die by the sword. It wasn’t my choice to sully the Nature brand by associating it with a journal that can’t tell the difference between one fly and another….

]]> Comment on Um, Nature – not all flies are Drosophila by Michael Eisen http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-3293 Michael Eisen Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:11:54 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307#comment-3293 Now see, I just assumed it was because they'd lost their best editor... Now see, I just assumed it was because they’d lost their best editor…

]]> Comment on Um, Nature – not all flies are Drosophila by Chris http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307&cpage=1#comment-3291 Chris Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:05:52 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=307#comment-3291 Um...Mike...not all journals are Nature. You'd think one of the founders of PLoS might realize that there's Nature and then a whole family of journals, of which Nature Methods is one. :) Um…Mike…not all journals are Nature. You’d think one of the founders of PLoS might realize that there’s Nature and then a whole family of journals, of which Nature Methods is one. :)

]]> Comment on Unfortunate lack of links in the NY Times by Descubren un fósil de transición entre primates y lemures que confirma las teorías de Darwin « Paulo Arieu Theologies Web http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-2630 Descubren un fósil de transición entre primates y lemures que confirma las teorías de Darwin « Paulo Arieu Theologies Web Wed, 20 May 2009 19:40:54 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298#comment-2630 [...] it is NOT junk: Unfortunate lack of links in the NY Times [...] [...] it is NOT junk: Unfortunate lack of links in the NY Times [...]

]]> Comment on Unfortunate lack of links in the NY Times by Graham Steel http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-2623 Graham Steel Wed, 20 May 2009 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298#comment-2623 @Michael, Totally share your frustration but am glad to see that NYT have now added a link. A very similar situation arose here in the UK a few months back. A link was added after a simple nudge. Condensed version of the story here:- http://is.gd/BJr4 I informed Jonathan who was rather pleased :-) @Michael,

Totally share your frustration but am glad to see that NYT have now added a link.

A very similar situation arose here in the UK a few months back. A link was added after a simple nudge. Condensed version of the story here:- http://is.gd/BJr4 I informed Jonathan who was rather pleased :-)

]]> Comment on Unfortunate lack of links in the NY Times by Christina http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-2621 Christina Wed, 20 May 2009 16:07:02 +0000 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=298#comment-2621 Did you see the Google homepage today? It's too bad that the PLoS paper doesn't come up in the list of links when you click on the graphic...any way to change that? Did you see the Google homepage today? It’s too bad that the PLoS paper doesn’t come up in the list of links when you click on the graphic…any way to change that?

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