Comments for Waiting to Collide

Comment on Ayn Rand and sexuality by Lilly

Lilly — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:46:10 +0000

Another thing that bugs me about her view on women is that she calls for an ideal women to worship a man. This seems to go against her objectivist views of logic. To worship something is to have a great amount of faith in it. She said she does not have faith, only convictions. I also agree with the last part of your article. A constant role as submissive or dominant with no moderation is very unhealthy.

Comment on The Evolution of Informed Consent: Human Experimentation in the United States During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by viraginity

viraginity — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:14:25 +0000

You’ll want to use the citation guidelines for a blog. Dunno if you’re using APA or MLA format (prolly MLA), but the Purdue site has details on both: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ I’d discourage you from using my paper as a source, though. I cite primary sources in my biblio that would look better for you than a personal blog. The Belmont Report is a Big Freaking Deal — don’t neglect it!

There’s an available (free) online human subjects training offered by the NIH that investigators are mandated to take (I took it recently, as I accepted a seat on an IRB) that has a time line of HRS guideline developments in the US that could be of use to you: http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php?l=3 The useful part would be in the intro section.

My research was limited 19th and 20th century developments in the US; the paper was for a US History II course. Don’t have much in the way of data before then. If you need sources on the history of HSRs before then, or from abroad, you’ll need to keep looking. I’d bet good money that there was a significant amount of exploitation of human subjects post-Renaissance in Europe. Unit 731 in Japan (and the deal the US cut with the perpetrators in exchange for chemical and bio weapons data during the Cold War) and the Nazi biomed experiments would be useful to include. I didn’t dedicate much time to military experimentation in the US, either. Cold War radiation experiments are a subject that would warrant a paper of their own.

Best of luck. Let me know if I can be of any more use, and I’d like to read your finished work!

Comment on The Evolution of Informed Consent: Human Experimentation in the United States During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Maynard S. Clark

Maynard S. Clark — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:44:11 +0000

How may I cite this website in a paper? Have you other references to HSR prior to 1800? I’d send you my paper, but were any FORMAL ethics codes developed before that time?

Comment on BIG UP 4 ALL WHO CONFUSED by Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:54:35 +0000

HAHAHAHAHHA….i can’t believe you researched it.

Comment on BIG UP 4 ALL WHO CONFUSED by viraginity

viraginity — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:34:28 +0000

Of course I’m so white! I wear plastic-rimmed glasses, own an iPhone, listen to indie rock, and whine about my lack of direction. Area codes! That makes sense.

Comment on BIG UP 4 ALL WHO CONFUSED by Origin

Origin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:12:31 +0000

You’re so white :)
This is probably an “underground” rap battle at a club called Black River – Philly Damien is probably just their producer or promoter or something. Tight tight security, because a lot of gangstas tend to show up, with appropriate weaponry. And the string of numbers are area codes, which some gangs associate themselves with. But agreed, it looks retarded and seizure-inducing. Not to mention, it will probably be some shitty rap.

Comment on An Open Letter to the Office Regs by Kushal

Kushal — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:25:59 +0000

Yeah, I’m sorry too. It’s a tragic case :(

I hope to hear from you again the next time you visit my blog and have something to say about any of my posts… See you around!

Comment on An Open Letter to the Office Regs by viraginity

viraginity — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:44:47 +0000

Admittedly, I’ve been a lurker since the Atlasphere article. Sorry about your aunt… :(

Comment on An Open Letter to the Office Regs by Kushal

Kushal — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:32:44 +0000

I can totally identify with what you’ve written here. Though nerds don’t particularly have this issue in India (where I live), I know the feeling of people criticizing you when you’re not around simply because you don’t give a damn about them or what they do. Incidentally, these people also happen to be those who crave for a lot of attention; when you don’t give it to them, you’re the enemy.

Btw, I’m the guy who wrote that article on open source a few months back at theatlasphere.com. I know it’s a little late, but thanks for your comment.

This is actually the first time I’ve seen a nerd with a background in medicine maintain a blog. It’s actually good to see; the only nerd friend I have from a similar background is so computer illiterate, he probably doesn’t even know what a blog is! :D

I was reading through the rest of your posts and your “About me” page. I particularly liked your posts from the sub category “tales from dudeland”

~”I make an effort to be grammatically correct, and have an affinity for people who know how to use a semi-colon.”

Ditto; I do know how to use a semi-colon too :)

Comment on The T and More by mcflynnthm

mcflynnthm — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:10:49 +0000

Sometimes I think that being all but forced to drive to work (30 minutes in a car vs. 1.5 hours on the T/Commuter Rail) is terrible, then I ride the T and remember how nice it is not to have to deal with their crap.