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This is indeed a good news from PNAS. A new method has been found to offer new hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Previously most studies was about ways to target the protein of HIV but sad to say, HIV mutates fast enough to render the treatment useless.

The new method targets the human protein ITK which is related to T-cell proliferation and differentiation. In layman’s term, by “tweaking” T-cell configuration though the use of a chemical and genetic inhibitor, HIV seems to lost its way to penetrate the cell, making it unable to use the T cells to reproduce thus slowing the spread of the disease. This process however, does not interfere significantly with T cells’ normal ability to survive. More readings can be found here, here and here.

Being a little bit free today, I browse through some protein mapping database that I have generated through the Rosetta Project using BOINC, and begin to “construct” the proteins in real life. How can it possibly be done?

How does a chromosome look like?

Well, to make the whole thing more “realistic”, integration is being done producing the following masterpiece…

How is my artwork? Nice? =)

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Found this one on Orange’s blog. It’s pretty worrying to witness the rapid advancement in the field of robotics. This is just a prototype. Imagine this piece of machine is mounted with gatling guns, laser turrets, EMP generator, plasma guns, missile launcher or any WMD we could possibly imagine. Luckily at this stage it is still not being able to “think”, if not scenes in Terminator series will become more than just a terrifying reality. Scary isn’t it?

Now on the brighter side, 3 movies (Artificial Intelligence: AI, Bicentennial Man and I, Robot) popped into my mind when I see this. If humans are as pure hearted as Jules then the world will be a peaceful place to live in.

Still using CD / DVD / Hard Disk to store information? Well, it’s time to think “bio”. Imagine next time you bring a series of test tubes filled with bacterial / viral solution to store / retrieve any data that you want. Again, scary isn’t it? Reminds me of Resident Evil….. zzz…

What type of future are we having? IS IT TIME TO PONDER WHERE WE ARE HEADING?

By the way, just installed the DoFollow plugin so right now links will be traced. Everyone except spammers is welcomed to drop a line or two. I’ve updated the plugins list which is very useful to new WordPress bloggers so take a look at it. Again, comments and suggestions are much appreciated. =)

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Well, since Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was released, users who had a clean install of that version on earlier versions of windows platform particularly Windows XP SP2 without enabling the automatic update option face installation problem. The installer will require that Windows Update Agent 5.8.02469 be installed first before complete installation could proceed.

Note: This is not meant for Windows Vista and other 64bit OS.

Well, the good news is I manage to find some nice solution. All you need to do is to follow the instruction and your Windows Live Messenger will be ready in no time.

I have the EASY way and the HARD way for you guys but then let’s proceed to the HARD way first so that you could later appreciate the EASY way. =)

Step 1 (HARD):
Download WLM installer from http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Step 2 (HARD):
Download and install WUA 5.8.02469 from http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Right now most of you will be able to proceed with the installation. For those who still can’t, please proceed with Step 3.

Step 3 (HARD):
Download Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en

Now the EASY way…

Step 1 (EASY):
Download WLM 8.5 Package here and extract all 3 files into a temporary folder. After that install WUA, install windows installer KB893803 if Live Messenger is still not working. When you are done with those 2 files, you can install WLM with ease.

By the way, I have a nice tool to recommend to those who are using WLM. It is Messenger Plus! Live. This tool comes in handy for those who require extra feature and customization such as tabbed chats, customs sounds, personalized status and multiple messenger instance. The latest version is 4.50. You can download it here.

Well, that’s all. Everything is as simple as ABC. If you encounter any problem do let me know.

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