Recent content by joachim

There is a risk of being deaf, and nobody should have to make that choice to be hearing or deaf. Not an embryo, not a child, not a parent. If hearing is a state of being, then hearing should not be discarded. If a child is naturally deaf, then that's fine. If an embryo carries genes linked to...

You're correct that a deaf individual can lead a richly enhanced life, but the chances are higher if the ability to hear is there. Deafness does put limitations: the ability to hear, and the ability (to a certain extent) to talk. This limitation extends to many things, including careers where...

The first paragraph of your statement doesn't validate the selection of a deaf embryo. You're saying that a successful deaf couple should be allowed to raise a deaf child. What about a non-successful deaf couple? What about a successful hearing couple? The point that jissee is making is that...

A repost: I find it incredibly ethically wrong. No one can choose how a child should be born. It's eugenics, and it's the same thing as picking whether the child should have blue eyes, or have one arm, or have six fingers. The argument made by some deaf advocates is that it's discriminatory to...

My apologies. I didn't realize there was yet another sub-forum.

It applies to both before and after conception, from a ethical standpoint whether or not hearing can be given/taken. My point is that it's not up to the parents to make the decision if the child is to be conceived, kept and raised, because ultimately, it becomes the child's decision in the end.

Deaf couple wants deaf embryo Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com CNN should put subtitles on their videos. Here's another article: BBC NEWS | Health | Is it wrong to select a deaf embryo? I find it incredibly ethically wrong. No one can choose how a child should be born. It's...

How was he being immature? Explain why, please. That's a misconception. For the quality hardware and bundled software, the price evens out. No need to buy MS Office, Anti-virus software, spyware programs, etc. Pacman already gave one good reason: OS X. So? HP and Dell are the...

Well, for traveling, MacBook Air is perfect if you're only using it as a secondary machine and primarily for e-mail, internet, office work, word processing, etc. and always traveling. If you want to watch DVDs, use peripherals or play games, then I'd recommend the MacBook/MacBook Pro. It...

I researched this recently, and I would have to say Kaspersky is the best right now, while Norton is getting a lot of complaints.

I should add that a RAID configuration with SATA hard drives can go up to 3GB/sec, so a 10 000 RPM isn't that big of a deal. In fact, I think any hard drives that can go that fast are also prone to losing data or crashing. A little risky, but RAID configurations are quite popular.

Stephanie and Catty: I also added TrueType fonts (.ttf) to be available for download for your convenience. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. UPDATE: Also, for those having issues with the fingertips being cut off or colliding, there is now a new version of Lapiak ASL to download...

Funny you say that. PC World just did some tests and found that the Mac runs Windows Vista faster than the PC competitors. Like Pacman said, you can run Windows via Boot Camp on a Intel Mac machine, and run any PC game at virtually native speed. I just recently upgraded to Leopard, and it is...

For those who were wondering what happened to the download link, my website is being transferred to a faster, reliable server, and it should be back up soon, hopefully no more than a few days. Thank you.

I second getting a Mac. If you compare the hardware with, for example, Dell and a Mac, the prices are almost the same. The problem is, Dell can appear cheaper because they also offer cheap hardware, whereas, with a Mac, the hardware are all high quality. The clincher would be the superior...