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  1. Re:Wise choice on White House Ditches YouTube · · Score: 1

    option 1) post on youtube and discriminate against the alternatives
    option 2) post on every single video site there is (not easy)
    option 3) post on your own channel and let the videos be uploaded to all the other sites

  2. Re:Facebook are a bit too much talk, not enough wa on Facebook Nearly Added Twitter To Friends List · · Score: 1

    10% of a lot is still a lot and most of the 90% at least occasionally hit the website. As a network those 90% add a lot of value even if they are not advertised to directly, and as the system gets more mainstream it will also get more webbased, so that 10% could grow to 20 or even 50%.

    additionally twitter ads can be very targeted .'. profitable

  3. Re:Projected for less than $300. on New Netbook Offers Detachable Tablet · · Score: 5, Informative

    acording to their site
    its $299 for the tablet (with 3 to 5 hours bat)
    its $399 for the tablet + keyboard (with 10 to 15 houts bat)

    if only i could get one this side of the pond.

  4. Re:Evidence-based medicine on Why Doctors Hate Science · · Score: 1

    The fact that neither you nor the jury get,

    stupid double negative.

  5. Re:Evidence-based medicine on Why Doctors Hate Science · · Score: 1

    LMAO,

    there is little evidence that early detection makes a difference in whether treatment could save your life.

    This is rule of thumb, and Dr. Merenstein should have known this.

    your making GPs point for him, rule of thumb does not equate to evidence. The fact that neither you nor the jury don't get that finding the cancer early makes little/no difference to the weather he could save your life is the problem.

  6. Re:Damn... on MD Appellate Ct. Sets "New Standard" For Anonymous Posting · · Score: 1, Troll

    why did the chicken cross the road? to get away from the chairs!

  7. Re:wow... on MD Appellate Ct. Sets "New Standard" For Anonymous Posting · · Score: 1

    woooh there! This is slashdot, anything that impedes free-speech is Bad, no matter how reasonable, didn't you get the memo?

  8. Re:I'll save us all some time: on Analyzing Microsoft's Linux Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Informative

    lets not forget gratuitous amounts of links to random comics, like this

  9. Re:You mean... on Creating 3D Environments Without Polygons · · Score: 1

    just disable the moving of the window in firefox's js settings the rest could be used by legit sites regularly.

  10. Re:P2P?! Oh no! on Accessing Medical Files Over P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    An allergy card isnt going to have "currently being treated for X with Y" on it
    Nor will you tell your wife/neighbor your being treated for X which you caught of some hooker, and in a time critical situation, when your doctor (which is the only safe bet anyway as you may not have a wife/give your neighbors a full medical history) may not even be awake, looking up your details in a DB is a hell of a lot faster than making a phone call.

  11. Re:P2P?! Oh no! on Accessing Medical Files Over P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    1) You get hit by a car or are otherwise rushed to A&E unconscious.
    2) You have a rare medical condition/allergy.
    3) The Doctor doesn't have time to make the phone calls to get your medical records.
    4) He treats you with the generic cure (that reacts badly with your condition/allergy).
    5) Death

    I much prefer:
    3) Doctor/nurse takes your wallet and gets your medical records
    4) He treats you with the alternative treatment
    5) Life

  12. Re:Nothing but a rumor, yet... on RIAA About to Transform? · · Score: 1

    you can get a wikipedia article on it?

  13. Re:By popular demand on Contest For a Better Open-WRT Wireless Router GUI · · Score: 1

    It apears you are setting your router to local channels, (this is not supported by the shitty windows drivers included with many wireless chipsets). cancel or deny?

  14. Re:P2P?! Oh no! on Accessing Medical Files Over P2P Networks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    why does it need to be accessible from the latest and greatest system?

  15. Re:P2P?! Oh no! on Accessing Medical Files Over P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    yeah the potential harm, if they are out to get you, outweighs the benifit of you not dying.

  16. Re:P2P?! Oh no! on Accessing Medical Files Over P2P Networks · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >>>will stop things like records spreading onto P2P networks.

    Right because the government has never, ever accidentally let private information leak out ("Congressional worker has laptop stolen)." They government has never, ever let anyone have access to my social security number ("State website published millions of SS numbers online"). We can trust the government to keep our stuff secure ("Our records show you were unemployed in 2003." "How do you know that?" "We just called the IRS; they reported your income was near-zero.")

    An inperfect but well designed system is miles better than the current system.

    Go watch GATTACA if you believe having our medical records available to any doctor who asks is such a great idea. With public sharing of formerly-private data, companies can discriminate against unhealthy persons whenever they desire. Here's a link: http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/39287978/GATTACA?tab=summary

    Go watch people die when a doctor doesn't have a full medical record when treating a patient.Wow a sci-fi film must obviously have taken a lot more time to do a cost benifit analysis of the situation, and come to a much better conclusion about what would really happen, than an actual analysis of the situation.

    It's bad enough I have a credit score attached to my name, along with how much debt I owe, with which employers can decide to hire or not hire me. Now they'll learn about my heart condition, and in order to reduce medical costs, decide to skip-over me and give the job to someone else.

    This idea is all kinds of bad.

    Erm when did the medical records become public information? Having a system where a doctor (when authorized), can access your medical records (when needed ( with proper punishment when its abused)), is very different from given everybody full access to your medical records.

  17. Re:it will be a glorious site on Tabula Rasa Going Out With A Bang · · Score: -1, Troll

    and a bunch of over-compensating fat faggots mocking them

  18. Re:Nothing but a rumor, yet... on RIAA About to Transform? · · Score: 1

    alias actually, its right here in .slashdotrc
    alias 'nothing but a rumor'='verified fact'

  19. Re:Why some people think MS is incompetant on Microsoft Asks For a Refund From Laid-Off Workers [updated] · · Score: 1

    They are unable to write a correct severance package

    This is why you cant afford use Microsoft excel on a mission critical workstation.

  20. Re:This just in.... on Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking · · Score: 1

    why not just link to all the turtle s at onces. i have to say as much as these guys are stupid idiots, Id quite like a link to the judge who made this ridiculous ruling too.

  21. Re:This just in.... on Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking · · Score: 2, Funny

    yeah but only because they are cunts, plus I'd hope that links in Slashdot comments are ignored by search engines.

  22. Re:Exactly... on Ballmer Pleads For Openness To Compete With Apple · · Score: 1

    OS X echo system is healthy exactly because the culture and values of the platform are shared and well known by adherents.

    What eco system? pirate everything, understand nothing?

  23. Re:Not so hippocritical on Ballmer Pleads For Openness To Compete With Apple · · Score: 2, Insightful

    like say if you couldnt develop an online gaming system for the xbox or a method of delivering additional content?

  24. Re:Not so much... on Ballmer Pleads For Openness To Compete With Apple · · Score: 1

    how? how are cheap MP3 players rubish? how is windows mobile a steaming pile of shit? why does symbian suck (not just eh h upon which it runs)?

  25. Re:Agreed .. But equally important is ... on Optimizing Linux Systems For Solid State Disks · · Score: 1

    then nuke the disk from orbit, this approach is the only way to be sure.