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Y2K Bug Blamed For Miscalculated Down Syndrome Risk
Albanach writes: "The BBC are reporting in this story that the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, England is blaming the Millennium Bug for getting wrong 150 tests for Down Syndrome with four mothers going on to give birth to affected children." The article actually idicates that four women were pregnant with Down Syndrome babies, and that two of them brought the pregnancies to term.
got a flat tire today...I think its cause of the y2k bug or El Nino or something.
I SURVIVED THE GREAT SLASHDOT BLACKOUT OF 2002!
Bin Laden is to blame. Let's nuke Afghanistan for it.
they should have used linux, suckers
woooo.... your about to start a Prolife vs ProChoice war here. Better just accept getting modded down. Lets not start trolling it up here, people. Emotions are still running high!
God, if I'd only realized it was 2001, I'd be ok
Go see ramdac
I piss on Mecca. I wipe my ass with the Koran. I spit upon Mohammed.
every single post on this string is a troll. not one person has said anything at al productive, except to start prolife-prochoice wars.
i love my brother dearly, but would never ever ever ever chose to have another sibling with downs.
While, morally and historically, you are 100% correct, my qualm with you is one of tactics. I don't think we should nuke the oil-rich nations. We need to find another way of wiping them out, so that we can have the oil.
After all, Rome was able to wipe out Carthage (for the same reasons) with pointed sticks.
They should have used an unsigned short.
Or at least an unwrapped condom.
Yeah yeah yeah..the wambulance is on its way.
These mothers should love their children no matter what "defect" they've got. At least they're able to create LIFE. Isn't that what matters anyway? Where's the enlightenment these days.
But .. but .. but i *LIKE* camels! they're cute and fFuzzy!
We (I speak for all Americans) asked for Tuesday's attack the very first time we picked sides in the eternal Arab/Israeli conflict. We made it inevitable the last time we indiscriminately bombed innocents under the guise of "sending a message" or "punishing the perpetrators" or whatever buzzphrase our megalomaniac politicians use when we suffer revenge for our earlier indiscriminate killings.
Say we nuke a portion of the middle east. Will everyone be as surprised, as we were on Tuesday, when they strike back harder? Are 4,000 American lives worth more than ~1,000,000 Iraqi lives?
The only ethical thing a country can do in regards to other countries' conflicts is to help both sides evenly until they both grow tired of fighting. Instead, we pick one side to support and give them weapons, money, and training. They use this to mercilessly slaughter their enemy (who likely has a political system or dominant religion that we don't agree with), rape their women, and turn their arable land into minefields. Name a country at random and it is likely that, in the last century, the U.S.A. supported them or one of their enemies. In each case we later paid the price in American blood.
C.I.A. trained ibn Laden was once our pawn against the Soviets. Instead of "Attack on America", "America under Attack", etc., the headlines should read "Snake Bites Master's Hand: Film at 11".
It's common practice to avoid eating babies, though.
We have neutron bombs. We should not be afraid to use them.
Remember the Maine!
are you people bored and stupid?
This is a viable claim from these mothers.
Obviously there was a computational error and some mothers took their pregnancies to term.
If they could have had correct information in a timely manner, none of this would have happened.
Remember the Alamo!
Finally a voice of reason on slashdot.
As a libertarian I feel a human life is only worth what they can contribute to the economy. a retarded cild can contribute very little and is a big drain on our funds.
you have to look at the monetary aspect first before anything else.
thanks :) I am only thinking about the well being of this great country. a genetically pure nation is a strong nation!
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Troll,
I think you have grossly misunderstood the libertarian viewpoint. Please do not attempt to affiliate yourself with the Libertarian Party nor the word libertarian. You are an affront to us and to the whole of humanity.
Sincerely,
Harry Browne
And don't forget the beer!
Are you shocked to find out that tards post to /.?
idiot pro-life trolls getting modded down is why i am so glad i found out about slashdot.
God, Alamo beer is crap. Sorry to slight you Texas, but all your beer is horrible, even by American standards!
If there were a moderation option "Banned: -1000", I would have used it on you.
Key to financial independence: Spend less than you earn. Save and invest the difference. Do it for a long time.
There is no such thing as Alamo beer, jackass. You watch too much TeeVee.
The article explicitly states that the issue is the mothers not getting the best information for her range of options
Really? So what? The Taliban leadership has explicitly stated that Mr. bin Ladin doesn't have the capability to crash airliners into buildings.
The hijacker explicitly stated the crew would not be harmed.
Saying "this is not what I think" does not make it so.
Writers imply. Readers infer.