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  1. Re:This is going to be interesting by Colin+Smith · · Score: 3, Informative · on Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results

    http://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/analysis_and _opinion/choices_and_behaviours/misattributed_pate rnity.htm

  2. Re:This is going to be interesting by Colin+Smith · · Score: 1 · on Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results

    Nah it goes much higher than 10%. It seems to depend on the culture/social status of the mother but 30% isn't at all uncommon. To be honest the numbers are such that paternity should really be checked as a matter of routine.

  3. Indeed, 20% of fathers, aren't. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 3, Informative · on The Shallow Roots of the Human Family Tree


    http://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/analysis_and _opinion/choices_and_behaviours/misattributed_pate rnity.htm

    ok, it seems to vary from about 5%, but rates of 20% - 30% are common. So... Guys... have you had a DNA test?

  4. Re:You missed the *most* important point. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 1 · on Nerds Make Better Lovers

    Now, that was something I wasn't going to bring up, I suspect it's more to do with alpha male leadership qualities than purely physical. However, I think you're basically right, though I reckon it goes beyond society, it seems to be cross cultural.

    Until a few years ago a male could never be 100% sure a child was his and the scientific evidence is that *huge* numbers aren't. It could be around 20% or so.

    e.g.
    http://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/analysis_and _opinion/choices_and_behaviours/misattributed_pate rnity.htm

  5. Re:How'd that work... by radtea · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Global DNA Project to Study Human Ancestry

    You laugh, but it's fairly well-established that ~10% of babies are fathered by someone other than their mother's socially pair-bonded mate.

    Here is an extensive summary of studies. As the summary suggests, rates of misattributed paternity vary widely, from about 1% in some areas to over 20% in others, mostly depending on social/economic status. However, the fact is, most of us are almost certain to have some interlopers in our heritage--we are all mongrels under the skin!

    --Tom

  6. Phew... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Three More Solar Flares

    I'm glad my Dimensional Warp Generator just came in so when the sun explodes I can travel back in time.

  7. Former High Tech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Time-travel Spammer Strikes Back

    Coincidentally, the coordinates given are on the path of the old Middlesex Canal.

    The canal was the internet of its day, rendered obsolete by rail.

  8. Re:Nothing wrong with logging in principle by Analysis+Paralysis · · Score: 1 · on UK ISPs Refuse to Monitor Users
    By logging usage, the order specifically refers to storing URL's of visited web sites. Depending on the naming/directory structure of individual sites, it is possible to have a good guess at what you may be up to (e.g. guess what I am looking at with http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/uk/enu/dhs/prod ucts/model_inspn_inspn_8200.htm). With many search engines, the search terms themselves are included with the returned URL (e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=slashdot&sourceid=o pera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8).

    As such, this sort of logging will give a good idea of your activities online and when you consider that the UK government has not only leaked copious amounts of personal data in the past (it was possible to buy the name and address for any given National Insurance number for just £10 at one point) but that all this information is now held and maintained by EDS.

    There is a solution to this - use software that encrypts your web traffic and URLs and routes them via a proxy server outside the UK. One I have used and can recommend (outside of peak times) is the Java Anonymising Proxy described here. Currently free...