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Michaelis-Menten: Why does a low Km imply a strong affinity?

From what I recall, there are several ways to answer your question. The one that I remember is as follows: Km is the concentration of the substrate at which V = 1/2Vmax. This means that the lower Km is, the less substrate you need to reach 1/2Vmax. You can therefore conclude that if Km is...
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- Post #6
- Jan 21, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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ISPs to Start Throttling Pirates, More by July 12

You shouldn't "share" things you don't own. When you buy a song, movie, game, book, etc., you don't actually own the content of that media. You have purchased the right to listen to it, watch it, read it, play it, etc. Therefore you don't actually own it, and again, you should't share things...
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- Post #123
- Jun 24, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Learning to make Windows metro apps

I understand that there are several different ways of making a metro app, or at least this seems to be what I learned from reading Microsoft's documentation. The problem is that I am very unfamiliar with ALL of them. I'd like to pick one and get started with that.
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- Post #7
- Jun 3, 2012
- Forum: Programming
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Learning to make Windows metro apps

So it sounds like C# is the way to go?
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- Post #5
- Jun 3, 2012
- Forum: Programming
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Learning to make Windows metro apps

Hi, I recently completed an intro to Java course, and this was my first introduction to programming in general as well. I'd like to continue to develop my programming skills on my own. I'd ultimately like to be able to create windows metro applications. I've done a bit of research, and it...
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- Jun 2, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Programming
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Corn sugar? FDA says "nope."

According to the American Medical Association: "Because the composition of HFCS and sucrose are so similar, particularly on absorption by the body, it appears unlikely that HFCS contributes more to obesity or other conditions than sucrose. Nevertheless, few studies have evaluated the...
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- Post #97
- Jun 2, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Corn sugar? FDA says "nope."

sucrose ("sugar") consists of 50% fructose and 50% glucose HFCS normally consists of 55% fructose and 45% glucose They are nearly the same thing. I'd have no problem with HFCS outright being called "sugar"
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- Post #19
- May 31, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Modern nuke plants

Nuclear energy is slightly more expensive than traditional coal according to the EPA http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/aeo/electricity_generation.html
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- Post #15
- May 27, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Modern nuke plants

...and when there is a catastrophe that involves fossil fuels, guess who gets the bill? US. Nuclear energy has many problems, but many of the problems that nuclear energy has - traditional sources of energy ALSO have. BUT, the benefits of Nuclear energy are not shared by traditional...
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- Post #12
- May 27, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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That lovable scamp Cheney gets a new heart

Is it not unethical to give a heart transplant to an elderly patient when there are many young people who are also in need of a heart?
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- Post #19
- Mar 24, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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lol www.anandtech.com

yeah, what's going on?
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- Post #2
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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battery question - thinking of getting eneloops?

get this charger: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BCG34HLD4...5137756&sr=8-5 read the review by NLee to find out why. The charger in the kit you posted isn't good.
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- Post #34
- Dec 29, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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New Build after 5 years.

for the things that you want to do, the setup that you have should be fine. Maybe you just need to reinstall windows.
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- Post #8
- Dec 24, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ohio State is kicking the crap out of Duke....

I-O
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- Post #8
- Nov 30, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Computer security for young kids

My operating system is windows 7. I've experimented with UAC before. Even with it turned all the way on, it seems like a limited user can still install applications....
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- Post #4
- Aug 8, 2011
- Forum: Security

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