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Shaper
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written Friday, September 30 2005 00:21
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If only we could find something that can stop viruses "completely". I know there is a method of doing just that but the term has left me. I do remember that it was far too costly to be practical. -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 30 2005 00:44
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quote:Mass eradication of virii? Or what do you mean? [ Friday, September 30, 2005 00:44: Message edited by: Aran-something. ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, September 30 2005 00:48
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There really isn't a practical treatment that works against a wide variety of viruses once they've infected someone, nor do we expect that there ever will be. The trouble is that viruses are all very different from each other, so if you target something specific to a virus, it'll only affect one or two kinds of virus. Also, "virii" is a completely ludicrous plural of "virus". The correct plural is "viruses". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus [ Friday, September 30, 2005 00:51: Message edited by: Inaction ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Friday, September 30 2005 06:13
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 -------------------- Take the Personality Test! INTJ 100% 75% 100% 44% Huzzah for the Masterminds! www.Keirsey.com for personality information. The Sloganizer! "Swing your Archmage Alex." Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, September 30 2005 06:53
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Wikipedia is perhaps unnecessarily mysterious in that "Plural of Virus" page. The plural in Latin (if it existed) would almost certainly have been "vira," which one can deduce from the genitive stem "vir-" and the gender of the noun (neuter). I mean, unless they're going to postulate that it would be a heteroclite, but that seems somewhat absurd. Granted, the nominative case is a bit odd for a neuter noun, but still. [ Friday, September 30, 2005 06:53: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, September 30 2005 11:20
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I thought 'virus' was a perfectly normal Latin word meaning 'poison'. The biological term 'virus' was originally short for 'filtrable virus', meaning dangerous stuff whose particles were so small that they passed through filters that could block bacteria. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, September 30 2005 12:34
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In usage, it's a perfectly normal Latin word: if you said "virus" to a Roman, he would've understood what you meant ("poison"). It's a bit odd in declension, however, as it is missing some of its parts, and the parts that it has are slightly irregular, although not horribly so. And declension is the thing that matters when we're talking about what the plural is. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, September 30 2005 13:36
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I think quality is better than quantity for the last few stick figure drawings from Alex. The last one made me laugh much harder than all of the ones that he did right after coming back from his little vacation. I would save all of these medical mishaps if it did not mean clicking through 16 pages... (congratulations for creating a thread that lasted a month and hundreds of posts!) -------------------- What do I put here? -Garrison Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, October 1 2005 12:47
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this make you think how funny is the fact that s topic about "A" ends being a topic about "Z" -------------------- Death to my enemies!! Posts: 446 | Registered: Friday, July 22 2005 07:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Monday, October 3 2005 00:43
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quote:Love it. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, October 4 2005 15:52
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And now this topic can finally die. Or maybe not. But we still need to get it to 400 posts. And Alex is now banned from using normal text in his posts. And I just revived it. Sorry, must be a little rusty on my posting structure. :P -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, October 4 2005 19:39
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I was thinking of interferons. It was a few years ago I read something in a text-book about their anti-viral abilities. -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 4 2005 20:02
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quote:It's true that interferons stimulate the immune system, improving the effectiveness of the immune response against viral infections and some types of cancer. Unfortunately, they're not always effective, and they have fairly serious side effects. They also depend on the patient having a reasonably strong immune system; infants, the elderly, and patients who are already seriously ill tend not to benefit as much due to their weakened immune systems. [ Tuesday, October 04, 2005 20:04: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 00:11
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quote:How did it do so? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 00:18
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I'd imagine that he means that it started out about one thing, and ended up being about something entirely different. EDIT: Typo. [ Wednesday, October 05, 2005 00:19: Message edited by: Johnno ] -------------------- Mugglenet--The ULTIMATE Harry Potter Site. Polaris-- New location. Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 05:26
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:) Um ... very belated congratulations to your 5M postcount, Thuryl, and to this enlightened thread. It took me over an hour to read through, but every page was worth it. Congratulations too to the illustrators Alex and Gizmo (I like your Mona Lisa). Let's keep alive this topic a little bit ^_^ I wondered though why Thuryl mentioned laudanum, hemlock and atropine but let away skribbane. Was it intention? -------------------- ^ö^ I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian. George Bernard Shaw Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 05:32
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My guess is that he just wanted existing things, and nit game-drugs. -------------------- Thralni's almighty Avernum pages: My webpage, containing scenario's and graphics made by me (And maybe someday the homepage of the almighty chicken gods). Click here for more information on Olga's fortune teller kiosk Olga's fortune teller kiosk has been temporarily closed down, but you can contact the prophet with a PM - Was signed by the prophet of the almighty chicken gods, gods of everything that is a chicken. Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 05:54
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;) If you would open the link you could see that it did exist as a remedy (and still does). -------------------- ^ö^ I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian. George Bernard Shaw Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 06:04
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Mary Jane isn't Skribbane. -------------------- Take the Personality Test! INTJ 100% 75% 100% 44% Huzzah for the Masterminds! www.Keirsey.com for personality information. The Sloganizer! "Swing your Archmage Alex." Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 5 2005 06:14
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"Mary Jane" might be what spy meant. I don't know where the custom of substituting fictional names as a pseudonym for real drugs came from, especially since there appears to be nothing in the CoC about it. (There is something about "discussing illegal activities", but the name itself is not illegal). -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |