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  1. Re:Literally 0 advantage on Woman Uses 'Hey Siri' To Call An Ambulance and Help Save Her Child's Life (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    And hopefully Siri calls the correct emergency number rather than 911 ;)

  2. Re:train name submission on Nevada Startup Stores Energy With Trains (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Very, very good.

    So good, you could almost believe he'd RTFA.

  3. Re:Why not use irradiated mosquitos? on Harvard Scientist: Rio Olympics Could Spark 'Full Blown Global Health Disaster' (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    What I would like to know is why not use another technology, irradiated sterile mosquitos, to bring down the mosquito populations, which would avoid the whole GMO issue, at least until more research can be done on it.

    According to Oxitec, irradiated mosquitos have trouble getting laid.

  4. Re:The virus isn't the problem there on Harvard Scientist: Rio Olympics Could Spark 'Full Blown Global Health Disaster' (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Get property back? on British Hacker Love Wins Court Battle Over Encryption Keys (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    So did they get the property back?

    The hearing is scheduled for the 28th July. This was a pre-trial ruling.

  6. Re:Detection rates go down, products stop being us on Software Security Suffers as Startups Lose Access To Google's Virus Data · · Score: 1

    I would point out that VT concealing their data is detrimental to companies that consider purchasing security products; it erodes vendor trust from the market, which affects everyone, And it reduces malware detection rates for everyone, which can only hurt the public and society at large.

    That assumes that none of the freeloaders changes their business model and decides to contribute back. It only takes one firm to decide to do so to make the net result improved malware detection for most people.

  7. Re:1% indigenous malaria in 2014? on Malaria Has Been Eliminated In Europe (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    0 cases seems remarkable given that two years ago, the ECDC said that only "99% of malaria cases [in Europe] are travel-related".

    Most of this was a big (relatively speaking) and anomalous spike in Greece.

      "For instance, Greece had managed to remain malaria free between 1974 and 2009, but in 2010 three locally acquired malaria cases were reported, followed by 40 in 2011, 20 in 2012 and three in 2013".

    http://www.euro.who.int/en/hea...

  8. Re:Quantized inertia? on The 'Impossible' EM Drive Being Tested By NASA May Finally Be Explained (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    But of course we are living in a simulation. How else would you explain the apparently inborn feeling that there is a higher being or beings that controls the rules of the Universe, and observes us constantly even when we are alone or in the dark?

    To quote Douglas Adams: "that's just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.”

  9. Re:Once again, the Europeans are going off the cli on Europe Is Going After Google For Anti-Competitive Behavior With Android · · Score: 1

    I'm sure someone is going to come along with some conspiracy and collusion theory as to why I'm wrong

    I don't think much refutation is required for "Google is only doing the same sort of things that got Coke fined for monopoly abuse".

  10. Re:Them's the breaks on Did a Timer Error Change the Outcome of a Division I College Basketball Game? · · Score: 1

    Coming from a lifetime of bad calls in every sporting league ever, I'd encourage everyone to realize that the call made on the field of play is the only call that matters.

    Well, it's not when the referees use video to determine the call, is is now? Like it or not, we now live in an era of Hawkeye and video reviews. It's altogether a different thing to using video to second guess what the umpire's decision should have been, which as you say, rather a pointless exercise.

  11. Re:Time for a game of russian roulette ^ 2 on Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed For Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still In Use · · Score: 2

    As an aside, really!?, a ten year sentence?

    10 years is the maximum sentence for fraud in the UK.

  12. Re:"It is the cornerstone of the bill of rights... on UK MPs Hold Emergency Debate After Court Makes It Legal For GCHQ To Spy On Them (westerndailypress.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Seriously? The concern is that the most ancient freedoms only applied to MPs

    The privileges given to MPs are for our benefit, not theirs. They are important for the same reason that freedom of the press is important: not because journalists are special flowers but because they are in a position to hold the executive to account.

  13. Re:I think we knew it wasn't going to be 2010 on NASA Delays Orion's First Manned Flight Until 2023 · · Score: 1

    I think we knew it wasn't going to be 2010..

    That was in the alternate timeline when the Nazis developed the atomic bomb first...

  14. Re:IANAL, but... on Ex-Ashley Madison CTO Threatens Libel Suit Against Journalist · · Score: 1

    I've listened to Handel on the Law a lot. Isn't the truth an absolute defense when it comes to libel/slander suits?

    Truth, but selectively quoted to give a deliberately false impression may be libel in a lot of countries (but not the US). That seems to be what the lawyer's letter is saying.

  15. Re:Not a Sex Offender's Register on 14-Year-Old Boy Placed On Police Register After Sending Naked Picture To Classmate · · Score: 1

    We do have a sex offenders register but we don't have felonies in the UK. As regards the public searchability of it - it's not exactly public information but might be disclosed to a potential employer, if relevant. So he wanted to become a teacher, it would be a problem but it wouldn't be disclosed to everyone who asked.

    On the existance of a 'suspicion' registry - it's a tricky issue. Often people convicted of serious sexual offences leave a trail of prior allegations and suspicions behind them. It's tempting to take the position that until something is proved in court the only fair thing is to do nothing about it. I'm not sure that gets the balance right - you risk harm to innocent parties in either case, so there is no good solution. Obviously, this is over the top in this case - sadly police have got more process driven, and common sense has gone out of the window a bit.

  16. Re:12 Month Isolation on In Hawaii, a 6-Person Crew Begins a Year-Long Mars Isolation Experiment · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they had shore leaves

    The link says 7 of the crew didn't. Otherwise, probably not a closed environment as you say.

  17. Re:Linus Torvalds Isn't Looking 10 Years Ahead on Linus Torvalds Isn't Looking 10 Years Ahead For Linux and That's OK · · Score: 1

    Well, not exactly. If I plant a tree on the basis that I have no idea how it will look in 100 years time, it's not really the same as short term thinking.

  18. Re:Oblig xkcd on Data-Crunching Could Kill Your Downtime At Work · · Score: 1

    Although... the bastards keep giving me faster computers.

    That's why we have continuous integration...

  19. Re:Gambling but not the way he thinks he is on Scotland To Ban GM Crops · · Score: 1

    In the US, states set local (state) % admissions all the time. Is this not allowed by your new Federal government in Brussles, DC?

    States can't discriminate against EU citizens because they have a different nationality. It's a principle in the treaty that states sign up to when they join the EU. It's somewhat misleading to consider it something that the Federal government does; it could only be changed by amending the treaty.

  20. Re:No it's a bug in OpenSSH on The OpenSSH Bug That Wasn't · · Score: 1

    It is a bug in OpenSSH misusing PAM. They argue that these sorts of bugs wouldn't be as easy to make if PAM was less complicated, which is certainly true, but it is still a bug in OpenSSH.

    Prove it. Cite the relevant code.

    He doesn't need to: Marc Espie already did.

  21. Re:Classic /.inflammatory summary on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    Bonus points for misspelling 'extracting' as 'abstracting'. English ain't even my first language, but these words aren't even pronounced the same way.

    So try looking in a dictionary before spouting off. Abstracting_electricity It rather undermines your point about taking time to RTFA before posting.

  22. Re:Ignored Posted Signs on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    As the article says, it's driven from the track current, and is subject to abrupt phase changes when crossing between sections.

  23. Re:Fewer left turns? on NYC Asks Google Maps For Fewer Left Turns · · Score: 1

    In that case, feel free to respond to a cultural translation: "Dublin Asks Google Maps For Fewer Right Turns"

    Surely, it should be "Dublin asks Google Maps for 'I were you, I wouldn't start from here' option."

  24. Re:You'rte all sensationalist idiots on Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? · · Score: 1

    The original hypothesis (I wouldn't dignify it with the name theory) behind homeopathy isn't sound at all, it's merely plausible. Ideas are ten a penny: it's finding ones that fit the way things actually are that's difficult.

  25. Re:Ride one in January on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 1

    Here is a good report: https://www.itdp.org/wp-conten...
    New York isn't top though, but it's one of the better ones.