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  1. Re:Gah! on A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    For the average user, yes clicking is way better. People are less likely to remember something that is totally meaningless to them, what you gave as a command is gibberish to a non geek. Assuming you don't speak Chinese, it would be like me expecting you to memorize a sentence purely as meaningless syllables. To a Chinese person they would be able to assign meaning to the words and would therefore have an easier time memorizing it.

  2. Re:Rough Edges indeed on A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    If you use an nvidia card, there is a GUI app that lets you lay everything out, change whatever, and then saves it to xorg.conf for you, and even makes a backup! I don't use it because its dual monitor support doesn't set things up the way I want them, but if I get that flat panel for Xmas I will start using this tool and will stop with the manual xorg work.

  3. Re:Damn it! on Your Chance to be an Astronaut · · Score: 1

    Well if you have an MS or a PhD is an area like physio, neuroscience, or Sensation and Perception I bet that would count as a biological science.

  4. Awww.... on US Register of Copyrights Says DMCA Is 'Working Fine' · · Score: 1

    I thought it was gonna say "Worthless" and not "Working"...damn you RSS feed for cutting off letters!

  5. Re:Partly because Medical Doctors dont know math on Most Science Studies Tainted by Sloppy Analysis · · Score: 1

    The most simple difference is that by having an MD psychiatrists are allowed to prescribe drugs. In many cases, the medical model dictates that the brain is another organ of the body, and when is not operating in a normal/healthy way needs to be medicated. This isn't to say that all psychiatrists jump the gun and give drugs right away. I do agree that the brain is an organ and that medication is often necessary, but some psychiatrists take this to such an extreme that they diagnose and prescribe after just one session. This overly pro drug tendency is often reflected by their lack of knowledge about disorders that cannot be medicated, such as Asperger's or certain personality disorders. Anecdotal evidence is not really data, but I have seen instances of all of the above being true, and I'm only an undergraduate. Oddly enough, most Psychoanalysts (Freud/Jung followers) that are still around are MDs. And then there is the psychophamaceutical industy, its a whole 'nother can of worms on that.....

    In psychology, other methods of treatment are used and there are numerous schools of thought and ways to approach therapy. If a client/patient is struggling enough, they may be referred to a psychiatrist for pharmaceutical treatment. Most research/academic psychologists have PhDs in a certain area of research and are in no way qualified (or interested in) counseling/clinical practice. This is why at the start of many intro level psych courses the professor/lecturer/whoever makes this quite clear. (Many departments do have people with clinical backgrounds to do clinical research or to teach courses like abnormal psych)

  6. Re:Partly because Medical Doctors dont know math on Most Science Studies Tainted by Sloppy Analysis · · Score: 1

    I have spoken with a Neuroscientist who teaches at a med school, and he says what constitutes "good design" to a med student is often atrocious in comparison to those of the social sciences. An MD is not a research oriented degree (unlike a PhD). There is even quite a bit of evidence that MDs ignore research when practicing medicine preferring to do "what works for them" or even follow old wives tales. Don't even get me started on the differences between psychology (PhDs) and psychiatry (MDs).

    People knock the "fuzzy sciences" all the time, but we don't have the luxury of doing our experiments in a vacuum. (If only the Skinner Box caught on....) An advantage that the social sciences have over the "hard" sciences is that we have to be skeptical even of our own results, and don't assume we are "proving" anything.

  7. Re:Can someone provide some insight? on Debating the Linux Process Scheduler · · Score: 1

    Err...only slightly. Unix based operating systems separate user space from the rest of the system. Nothing much can be done without root access. Installing Malware on a Unix system is, for this reason virtually impossible. MA large user base is often used as a rationalization for windows malware, but in reality it is just an incorrect excuse.

  8. Re:You're doomed on Bringing Science and Math Into Writing? · · Score: 1

    Yes, neurodiversity is a real word. Just because spell check doesn't see it doesn't make it real.

  9. Re:Entanglement and causality? on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    If you asked a scientist if they believed any law to be constant, they would say no. But they sure as hell act like it, and need to stop.

  10. Re:Entanglement and causality? on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    I am a scientist, and I know that is not how science works. But, it is the way so many scientists are treating it.

  11. Re:FedEx, UPS, etc. are gonna make a fortune on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    Haha, you should have put UPS in the "especially" category. I did the Xmas time truck worker thing during winter break from college a few times and if it didn't say "Liquid" on it we had no reservations about treating it like hell.

  12. Re:Entanglement and causality? on "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sort of thing is exactly why I think (brace yourselves, everyone) that all science outside of pure maths should abandon "laws." Not the rules themselves, just the notion that they are %100 pure-real-deal. Having laws in science causes bizarre rationalizations whenever a study yields results that contradict a law, such as some of the explanations of this study. I have a far easier time accepting that quantum entanglement breaks the "laws" as we know them than I have accepting that than something like "allowing things to happen before they are caused."

  13. Re:Your are wrong on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    Before arguing this point any further, what establishes you as an authority on this subject? If you are of a USAF background, great. I'm a lifelong air force brat that grew up having conversations like this over dinner every night (including ones about the handling of nuclear weapons) with people that had been on alert, in command of facilities like the one in TFA, and so on. So either you are in the military and know your shit, or you are just another /. -er who is blowing smoke out of his ass.

  14. Re:Your are wrong on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    But even in a training exercise they never carry live nukes. And ONE scientist is a lot easier to turn than the entire air and ground crew of a bomber.

  15. Re:We got some flyin' to do on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    Well, for the ground crew, maybe. But those in the munitions squadron screwed up. Also, if this specific missile is ONLY for nuclear weapons the crew should have IDed it as such. I know that is the case for nuclear bombs.

  16. Re:We got some flyin' to do on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    There are still secret codes galore, the munitions squadrons just handle storage, transports, etc.

  17. Re:You don't use a bomber to "transport" something on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't know if Cargo crews have the certifications and clearances to transport said weapons, bomber crews do.

  18. Re:We got some flyin' to do on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    An much as I hate Bush....this was the fault of those at the base, not at the white house.

  19. Re:Your are wrong on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    Crews are WELL aware of if they are carrying nukes or not. There are arming codes and all sorts of shit one has to go through in order to lauch an armed nuke. You can't just steal them like in the movies or "bend" a crew. A Dr. Strangelove scenario is pretty much impossible with the security we have today.

  20. Re:We got some flyin' to do on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    The whole point is that the nukes were supposed to be decommissioned and NOT supposed to go to barksdale. Otherwise there would be no story.

  21. Re:We got some flyin' to do on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, it was the munitions squadron commander that was sacked. On any base there are several squadrons (Fighters, bombers, etc depending on the type of base) and then there are support squadrons such as logistics, supply, etc. It makes more sense as ultimately his squadron was the one responsible for getting the live nukes out for decommissioning and put them in the wrong place which resulted in them being loaded on the B52. Having said this, the crew that loaded the munitions on the B52 would be a part of the Bombardment squadron and this will be a huge black mark on the careers of all parties involved.

  22. This about.... on Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....sums it up

    http://xkcd.com/178/

  23. Re:And hurts Ubuntu on Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure that "Longhorn" sounded equally convincing at one point....

  24. Re:Give the on Can Open Source Give Comfort To the Enemy? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Iranians are more anti-zionist than anything else. There are Jews living in Iran who can travel easily to Israel, and are not persecuted. They are typically left alone by the "morality police" and are even mandated to automatically get a seat in parliament. There are a few Kosher delis there even.

  25. but... on Japanese Researchers Aim to Replace the Internet · · Score: 1

    ...is it compatible with web 1.0?