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Taro Toporific wrote:(Let's hope that is not a worst-in-the-world-technology, Japanese washing machine aka cold-water, lame swirling device shown on the right.)
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:(Let's hope that is not a worst-in-the-world-technology, Japanese washing machine aka cold-water, lame swirling device shown on the right.)
I remember those (which shouldn't be too hard as they were still widely in use only a few years ago <and maybe still even now>).
Russell wrote:Isn't the whole point of repairing your washing machine the saving of resources and the personal satisfaction? I repaired mine three times in the last 2 decades, and it is still up and running.
yanpa wrote:Russell wrote:Isn't the whole point of repairing your washing machine the saving of resources and the personal satisfaction? I repaired mine three times in the last 2 decades, and it is still up and running.
Yes, but you don't have a Nobel Prize do you?
Russell wrote:My post was attempting to highlight these politicians' stupidity. A washing machine is not exactly expensive, and I am sure Yamanaka could afford a new one, but it gives kind of a good feeling when succeeding in repairing it, ain't it?
Coligny wrote:Russell wrote:My post was attempting to highlight these politicians' stupidity. A washing machine is not exactly expensive, and I am sure Yamanaka could afford a new one, but it gives kind of a good feeling when succeeding in repairing it, ain't it?
Unless you want one that actually ***wash*** the laundry (hot water and all)...
Actually, no JDM washing masheen have a 60º hot water function... you have to go with AEG or Miele, brand more famous for making trains, heavy masheenery or nukular powerplant than kitchen appliance...
Coligny wrote:Why do you think I wuz sooo pissed when me Julie broke the 10 year old second hand Hitachi we haz... (fixed now btw)
Stem cell research paper questioned
Kyodo News | 2014mar10
...Questions have been raised about irregular images contained in the paper, written by a group led by Haruko Obotaka at the Center for Developmental Biology of the government-affiliated Riken institute, on a method it named "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency" or STAP.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Taro Toporific wrote:(Let's hope that is not a worst-in-the-world-technology, Japanese washing machine aka cold-water, lame swirling device shown on the right.)
I remember those (which shouldn't be too hard as they were still widely in use only a few years ago <and maybe still even now>).
In my noob days here, still of the belief that Japan -- mass manufacturer of super semiconductors and crafter of countless computers -- was a technological superpower, washing machines were one of the things that made me think that perhaps my views of this land as one of superior advancement were somewhat misconstrued (picking up the soaking clothes from one side of the washer and dumping them into the other side to rinse them, and the fact that almost nobody had running hot water).
Taro Toporific wrote:Here we go again...Stem cell research paper questioned
Kyodo News | 2014mar10
...Questions have been raised about irregular images contained in the paper, written by a group led by Haruko Obotaka at the Center for Developmental Biology of the government-affiliated Riken institute, on a method it named "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency" or STAP.
Russell wrote:Yes, it appears she used old photographs.
What I am interested in is whether the procedure she reported in the paper actually works. If it works, they could also submit correct photographs, and apologize for the mistake. But all this should be done internally before it is played out in the media. This is becoming ridiculous.
There is no reason to be in a hurry. In science the truth will always come to the surface (well, almost always...).
Russell wrote:OK, I found a link to the allegations of plagiarism.
It is mostly in the "Methods" section, which usually has standard language use. Some overlap is not strange, but the overlap in this case appears quite big.
Let's await the results of the investigations.
Russell wrote:Important is whether the results stand or not.
They should first investigate this internally in depth, before bringing this shit in the media.
Let's see what happens.
Wibble wrote:Anyone who has worked in a Japanese lab will not be surprised by this. Young Japanese researchers seem to have no idea about scientific integrity..
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