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  1. Re:Patents on Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice · · Score: 1

    Of course I read it. That's not a zero-risk number, and the low likelihood could be touted as proof that the crop was copied intentionally. I'm sorry, but we've had so many issues of that kind with Monsanto that I don't take it on faith that GMO producers will be ethical. Read the post after mine.

  2. Patents on Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice · · Score: 0

    And, conveniently, the company selling the bioengineered rice can then sue the non-GM neighbor!

  3. Re:the title is refreshing on Agile Quadruped Robot Unveiled By Italian Roboticists · · Score: 1

    I thought you were referring to the fact that they didn't try to simplify "quadruped", which I found to be a refreshing change. I like it far more than "Moving dog-like robot unveiled by Italian scientists."

  4. Re:swingers? on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 0

    That's not necessarily true. My girlfriend, 24, tested negative, so they gave her the vaccine.

  5. Largest single cells on 10-Centimeter Single-Celled Organisms Photographed 6 Miles Underwater · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about ostrich eggs?

  6. Re:Ron Wyden is always involved in these things on Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Best comment I've seen about him yet (from an anonymous commenter on another site):

    "I'd like to order a couple of Wydens for my state, is Oregon going to be making any more or do you guys want the monopoly on politicians with heads outside their asses?"

  7. Re:You think the housing collapse was bad on US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    I would have assumed he meant prisoners, but his number's too low for that. People serving life sentences, perhaps?

  8. Re:For such a vital system. on Galileo To Be Europe's Answer To US GPS · · Score: 1

    Not quite; they got to keep their asterisks.

  9. Re:Where did the 6 month rule come from? on Feds Shy Away From Raiding Email Without Warrant · · Score: 2

    When the law was written, people downloaded their email to their computers and it was deleted from the server. If the email was still on the server after 6 months, it was most likely abandoned. Webmail was essentially nonexistent. You're showing your (lack of) age.

  10. Re:Be Proactive on How To Catch a Laptop Thief? · · Score: 1

    The only real defense against getting robbed is to not have anything worth stealing.

    That's my motto!

  11. Re:Lesson learned on Security Researcher Threatened With Vulnerability Repair Bill · · Score: 1

    Ah, there's the crucial missing link. Sounds like it could be a bad summary in the other articles, then. Thank you.

  12. Re:Lesson learned on Security Researcher Threatened With Vulnerability Repair Bill · · Score: 2

    TFA says 1, not 500. I wonder where the 500 number came from?

  13. Re:OOPS - Typo on Google Employee Accidentally Shares Rant About Google+ · · Score: 2

    Quit making fun of quantumplacet, this is hi's or hers first story.

  14. Re:Ah Hell on Wine HQ Password Database Compromised · · Score: 1

    They did steal it, because now the original owners are deprived of their old username and password. Did you not even read TFS?

  15. Re:Their lack of disclosure is very worrysome on After Six Days of Outages, BofA Claims It Hasn't Been Hacked · · Score: 2

    Or you're financially getting started. There's no need to be an elitist.

  16. Re:I eat more popcorn watching movies at home on Anti-Piracy PI Talks About Building Cases Against File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    I was about to ask the same question.

  17. Re:Any minute now... on MIT's 'Artificial Leaf' Makes Fuel From Sunlight · · Score: 2

    Of course you only mentioned one "side" which is no better than the other.

    Someone does not understand the meaning of "vice versa" (even if he did spell it wrong).

  18. Re:Why Do Anything? on Drunken Parrot Season Starts in Australia · · Score: 1

    Maybe they used to die if they were sensitive, but now we save them so they can breed? Way to neuter natural selection, Australia.

  19. 4th Amendment on Atlanta's Growing Video Surveillance System · · Score: 2

    And since the cameras are technically privately-owned, there's no need to worry about a warrant!

  20. Re:Lack of evidence of damage.... on Seismologist Manslaughter Trial Begins Next Week · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The crime is (apparently) that they failed to provide sufficient and consistent information for everyone to ignore.

  21. Re:So... on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 1

    Not going to happen - you have to agree to binding arbitration, rather than going to small claims court.

  22. Re:Not much air on Scientists Plan "Artificial Volcano" Climate Experiment · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's the "long-term vision"; this test is only at 1 km.

  23. Re:It's competitive. on Intel Mandates Universities Receiving Funds Not File Patents · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It doesn't prevent AMD benefiting from the useful technology, it just prevents the patents. That's the ideal situation. They're providing an incentive to invent things without the temporary monopoly.

  24. Re:Glow-in-the-dark ??? on Glowing Cats a New Tool in AIDS Research · · Score: 1

    Really? I think of The Hound of the Baskervilles.

  25. Re:at some point... on Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People have been selling snake oil (fish oil? placebos?) for a very long time. A huge portion of marketing is misleading. You need to learn not to fall for it, not have people try to hide the whole world full of scammers from you. The same ability to sort out bullshit applies to prescription drugs, diets, vitamin supplements, and everything else people try to sell you.