The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 19, 2022 20:52 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions by Cyberax
Parent article: The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

I think you'll find re-purposing is major business ... the classic example of course is that little blue pill ...

But certainly for the illness I'm involved with (Parkinsons), probably the majority of the current research bill is looking for drugs to re-purpose ...

Cheers,
Wol

The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 20, 2022 19:38 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

> I think you'll find re-purposing is major business ... the classic example of course is that little blue pill ...

Viagra is not an example of a repurposed drug. It's an example of a new drug that failed in its clinical trials (against angina pectoris). It just so happened that its side effects were interesting enough in their own right.