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  1. All beer is antibiotic... on Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer · · Score: 1

    No joke. If the yeast didn't have the ability to kill bacteria (just as other fungi like Penicillium do), it would lose out to the bacteria and fermentation would end with malt vinegar instead. Once people in central Europe got into brewing, they demonstrated empirical knowledge and use of of preservatives: The hops!

  2. Re:No brainer on LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi' · · Score: 1

    IANALBIHADIL (I Am Not a Lawyer But I Hold a Degree in Law, there must be a shorter one for this - any suggestions?)

    I thought the law degree made you a lawyer (a person learned in law) anyway. Just don't go around calling yourself "attorney", "solicitor", "counsel", etc.

  3. Why this is happening. on Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths · · Score: 1
    From TFA:

    "Julie Thao, a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., mistakenly put a spinal anesthetic into a vein..." "Ms. Thao, who had worked two eight-hour shifts the day before, was charged with felony neglect. She pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges."

    So the nurses themselves are taking the fall. In the eyes of the industry, "problem solved."

    "...an abbreviated device-approval process that requires only that the manufacturer prove that a new product works just like an old one, whether the old one is safe or not..."

    So ironically, a reform of the regulations to make new products safer than old one will also delay the approval and deployment of the new, safer products.

  4. Re:How about on Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths · · Score: 1

    There are two things that work in medicine. Surgery and antibiotics.

    No wonder there is so much unnecessary surgery and over-prescription of antibiotics. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail.

  5. Not speakers but microphones... on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    So the driver can hear the sound of pedestrians yelling at him to stop over the stereo or handsfree telephone.

  6. Canada? on Canadian Cannabis Car · · Score: 1

    Don't you mean Cannaba?

  7. Re:Oh please, what a lame title on Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones · · Score: 1

    Jailbreaking is legal, there is nothing Apple can do to that, so get over it.

    As long as they make sure it's described as "unauthorized" in the service agreement (which is always read before signing, right?) they have some kind of right.

  8. Re:Sad Clown:( on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 1

    Well, at least they were honest with the survey taker...

    And we know this how?

  9. Does Australia have "fair use"? on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If something similar happened in the US, I would claim fair use because it's not copying but rather quoting a small portion of the melody (just the "merry merry king of the bush is he" part) in a new context that offers commentary. "Down Under" is after all a song about Australian culture, so it quotes a well known Australian children's song.

  10. Re:Why Not "Helluva"? on Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number · · Score: 1

    As in "helluva number".

    helluva is an adjective (as you just demonstrated) and hella is an adverb, as in "hella big number".

  11. Re:Not going to happen on Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number · · Score: 1

    "y" is added to avoid the use of the letter "o" as a symbol because it may be confused with the number zero

    But that makes it so easy to confuse "yotta" with "yatta"

    ...the next prefix is likely to be xona

    I wonder if that will be pronounced as /zona/, /ksona/ or /xona/.

  12. Consider relocation. on How To Build an Open Source House? · · Score: 1
    There are cities in the world where affordable homes are made from salvaged materials and building codes are rarely involved!

    They are called slums and they are among the fastest-growing real-estate sectors!

  13. "Corporate Services" on Where Does IT Fall Within Your Organization? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This group also includes HR, training, health & safety, legal counsel... All the "overhead" stuff we don't sell directly to clients (we are an engineering & construction company).

  14. Cheaper and easier than effective AI on X Prize Foundation Wants AI Physician On Every Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Why not just send the photo to a call center in Asia that's staffed with actual physicians?

  15. Re:Imagine being those developers on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    How'd you like to be the HR manager in this office? Harassment lawsuit anyone?

  16. The algorithm will be known as... on Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm · · Score: 1

    The Potter Stewart algorithm.

  17. Re:Piracy clarification on Ofcom Unveils Anti-Piracy Policy For UK ISPs · · Score: 1

    What I consider worst about this legislation is that major ISPs are going to have to monitor *all* traffic passing through them, make a judgement on whether it is 'infringing' then put you on a list, then hand that list over to the major label music industry

    The CCP is concerned about fairness in who gets prosecuted, but I see some unfairness in who has the opportunity to prosecute through this system.

    From the ISP end, the monitoring & logging requirements might be onerous to smaller players, but they may then become havens for serious piracy, which may be a greater exposure and business risk.

    From the copyright owner standpoint, if you're not a "major" you don't get equal protection. (I don't know UK law to know whether "equal protection" is promised as it is in the US.)

  18. Re:And nothing of value is lost on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 1

    Merde-och.

    I think Merde-oc is Provençal for Shit, yeah!

  19. Re:All I have to say is: on Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you have against the Metasonix G-1000 Guitar Amplifier?

  20. Re:So what? on Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    MS never released it for XP64, this kinda leaves XP64 w/sp2 users going wtf.

    If you follow the links through to the official MS page, you'll see that XP64 SP2 support continues to 2014.

  21. Re:To keep spaces open for customers on The Parking Meter Turns 75 Today · · Score: 1

    Allegedly, it was only going to be a toll-road for as long as it took to "pay off the cost of the construction". It was built in...I wanna say 1995?

    My parents tell me the Tri-state tollway in Illinois (built in the 1950s) was sold the same way. It's still toll today.

  22. Can work for music too... on Indie Pay-What-You-Want Bundle Reaches $1 Million · · Score: 1

    About the pay-what-you-want approach for independent music: http://sivers.org/livecd

  23. Re:H.264 support? on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    Considering that most people are migrating away from IE, this is quite an improvement over 2 menu bars, a titlebar, 6 toolbars, an address and favourites bar...

    Of course TFA is about how FF may become more chrome-like. I found FF 3 to be a good middle road between the austere Chrome and the Baroque IE.

  24. Re:H.264 support? on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    Different users follow different strategies and have different requirements.

    I've found that I'm not even aware of the strategies I follow until they're blocked.

  25. Re:H.264 support? on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    It's a web browser. It's supposed to be one of the simplest pieces of software on a computer. If a new user can't start it up and figure pretty much everything out in about 5 minutes, it's a design fail.

    And if an advanced user can't tweak it sufficiently so that the things they do repeatedly can be done in one or two keystrokes, then it's meant only for the new users... Thus my disappointment with Chrome.