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  1. Re:I don't know... on Yale Students' Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls · · Score: 1

    From the article and the court documents it appears that the plaintiffs are both "Jane Doe"s. That means that their identity was not explicitly known to everyone (else the Jane Doe ploy makes no sense) and that it is the supposed attacker's identity which is being exposed instead.

    Mod parent up!
    Either the article is unclear about why the plaintiffs are "Jane Doe"s, or this is not libel because it doesn't target a specific person(s).

  2. Re:Someone fill me in here. on Yale Students' Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls · · Score: 1

    If "Jane Doe I" is named specifically in the original post, why is her name withheld now? The article doesn't make that clear. Without that information it sounds like she is suing over a blanket statement that could be about anyone.

  3. I'm confused... on Yale Students' Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did Yale only recently start admitting women to law school? How do they know they weren't talking about two other women named "Jill and Hillary"? If the women are specifically named on the website, why are their names withheld now?

    Anybody have any insight?

  4. Re:Environmental Impact on Air Force Looks To Laser-Proof Its Weapons · · Score: 1

    P.S. I am considering getting a chrome plated wedding band as it will be shinier and more durable than gold or sliver. If anybody has any thoughts or material suggestions, let me know.

  5. Re:Environmental Impact on Air Force Looks To Laser-Proof Its Weapons · · Score: 1

    We'd like to put chrome on artillery rounds so there are lots of opportunities to leach into water supplies, cause cancer, etc.

    A common misconception by uninformed people who watched Erin Brockovich. Only hexavalent chromium causes cancer. The only people exposed to hexavalent chromium would be the ones producing the munitions. The people receiving the munitions would receive the chromium metal or chromium(III) which is an essential mineral.

  6. Re:Sorry to bust your dreams... on Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Moon Confirmed · · Score: 1

    The energy necessary to accelerate the mined hydrocarbonates enough to transfer them to Earth is higher than the actual energy equivalent you get by burning the hydrocarbonates.

    What about transferring oxygen from Earth to Titan?

    Think about it! On Titan, cars don't need fuel injection, they need oxygen injection.

  7. Heard an interesting story... on Politician Takes Enlightened Stance on Gaming · · Score: 4, Interesting

    from a minister this weekend. When he was a boy he lived in a rural part of Kentucky. There wasn't much to do around there, and video games weren't invented yet, so his brother used to "playfight" in the woods with some of his friends. They would take shotguns and shoot towards each other, making sure they were either out of range of the shotgun, or behind a tree. His brother was "playfighting" when one of his friends misjudged his distance. The results were similar to those of Harry Whittington after hunting with Dick Cheney. The injuries weren't life threatening, just very painful.

    Upon hearing that story I decided that violent video games probably prevent more injury/death than they cause.

  8. Re:Problem with this model: Windows is a hidden co on Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori? · · Score: 1

    They aren't used to having to pay for their OS directly and suddenly having to do so may prove to be a psychological barrier to a lot of them.

    So, your saying that Microsoft will use an ad based business model, like they do for Windows.

  9. Re:No longer associated with BSOD? on Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori? · · Score: 1

    I never forgive, and I rarely forget.

    Your last name wouldn't happen to be Hatfield or McCoy, would it?

  10. With a web based OS... on Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori? · · Score: 5, Funny

    what am I going to do with all of that fancy hardware I bought to run Vista?

  11. Re:Exercise in front of people anyway on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    I totally agree. Once you go to the gym you will realize that about half the people there are in the same situation you are.

    I also don't recommend getting a personal trainer. They usually only teach you exercises that require two people, so you have to hire them again to do those exercises. If you don't know how to use the machines (not free weights) they usually have instructions attached to the side. I suggest you read them.

  12. Is it patentable? on Drug Halts Decline In Alzheimer's Patients · · Score: 3, Interesting
    From TFA:

    Methylthioninium chloride is more commonly used as a blue dye in laboratory experiments.

    Wikipedia also notes:

    Methylene blue was used at the end of the century as a successful treatment for malaria. It disappeared as an anti-malarial during the wars in Asia, as U.S. soldiers disliked its two inevitable, fully reversible side effects: green urine and blue sclera. Interest in its use has recently been revived,[1] especially because it is very cheap.

    Which raises the question, is it patentable? TFA notes that the study was funded by a pharmaceutical company, but I am worried that the funding will end when the company discovers that the drug won't be profitable.

  13. Re:Just Use It on Software, Tools, Or Techniques For UI Review? · · Score: 1

    I remember spending hours just using our about-to-launch web application, doing my best to break it.

    I don't think the OP is asking about "durability" of the UI, if that term exist for software. I think he/she is asking about how to make it intuitive. The creator of a product always thinks the fruits of his/her labor is intuitive. It's best left up to a third party to determine how intuitive the product is.

  14. Well I heard Microsoft... on Software, Tools, Or Techniques For UI Review? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    used the number of mouse clicks to perform any given task as the metric to determine if Office 2007 had a good UI. It seems the impact of that choice is debatable.

  15. Re:Older than me! on Scrabulous Is Dead, Hasbro's Version Brain-Dead · · Score: 3, Informative

    We really REALLY need copyright reform.

    Scrabble is not under copyright, it's a trademark.

  16. So countersue! on Scrabulous Is Dead, Hasbro's Version Brain-Dead · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I doubt the creators of Scrabulous had the foresight to patent their invention of "method to play the board game Scrabble using information technology," but if they did, they would have an awesome countersuit. Would the courts rule in favor of trademark or patent?

  17. Does this mean... on VMware ESXi Available For Free Starting Today · · Score: 1

    I can finally run my firewall/antivirus in a hypervisor so viruses won't detect that it's there? This could be a whole new level of security.

  18. I've seen this before... on "World's Cheapest Laptop" Available in Bulk Only · · Score: 4, Funny

    You pay $130 and when you get ten of your friends to pay $130 they send you a laptop. It's called a pyramid scheme.

    End Sarcasm

  19. Re:Why don't they just buy it? on Hasbro Sues Makers of Scrabble-Like Scrabulous · · Score: 1

    I once heard a story that EA subcontracted the creation of their Scrabble(TM) variant to India. The Indian firm then hired the creators of Scrabulous as consultants.

  20. Re:ok, sure, but you can be protected... on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 1

    Just make sure you're wearing a magnet bracelet, carrying a four leaf clover printed on a card, and drink 8 cups of water a day.

    I prefer a hat made of tinfoil.

  21. Re:Wireless headsets work on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Having a bluetooth headset makes me look like I am talking to the voices in my head...

    I'm starting a new charity. I call it "Headsets for Schizos." Our objective is to give cell phone headsets to people with schizophrenia. With the headsets we provide them, they cease being crazy people talking to voices in their heads, and simply become normal people talking on the phone.

  22. Remember the Popcorn on Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks · · Score: 1

    Wireless headset companies are tirelessly trying to use the harmful radiation excuse to get people to use their products. Anybody remember the popcorn video on the internet a few weeks a go? That was created by a headset manufacturer to sell more headsets. It makes me wonder if this story is related.

  23. Re:The technical specs (yes, it runs linux) on NAO Humanoid Robot Set To Hit the Market · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the WiFi is the best part of the specs. You can have the robot run around with all of the complex computing done by a cluster of high end computers in another room.

  24. Re:Remember Kids: on GM, Utilities Partner To Advance Plug-In Hybrids · · Score: 1

    You'll need a GM Certified "Super VOLT-adapter" for just $499.99 for any non-VOLT electric car to use this grid. (Licensing and Taxes may apply, adapter not sold in California or Alaska).

    Aw crap! I left the "Super VOLT-adapter" for my Tesla at home. Hey mister, can I borrow yours?

    Sorry, mine only works for Fords.

    Son of a... I guess I'll just have to shell out $500 for another one. I thought the cell phone manufacturers were bad!

  25. Re:Free-based computing on $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Free-based may sound cool, man. But next thing you know your laying in a pool of your own urine, in a truckstop restroom, somewhere west of Amarillo, Texas.