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  1. Re:Nothing to worry about on UK Milk Supply Contains New MRSA Strain · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Stop using methicillin and the resistance will go away. Microbiology 101.

    It takes less than 10 divisions for the microbe not producing resistance to take over since it has a fitness advantage of not needing to invest energy in resistance.

    If they were to employ scientists not partially, but fully, in this issue, we would have it solved by now. The prblem is that the long term answers by scientists would reduce short term gains desired by business.

    Alas, pursuit of capital over what is right will again shoot us in the foot. The market has no long term plans or goals. Regulation and intervention with science is the only way now.

  2. Re:This is Market failure in action... on ISP Data Caps Just a 'Cash Cow' · · Score: 2

    And yet municipal internet is widely known to have the best quality, speeds, etc, for the price.....

    Funny how your extreme and another extreme are supposed to achieve at the same goal.... we know the municipalities are real.... then in the UK, the free market of ISPs is what drove the cost of HSI way way down... they made it so anyone can resell the last mile.

    Both work. Its this half-assed market/gov crap that doesn't.

  3. Re:well thats all fine and well until.. on EFF Spinoff Pools Donor Dollars To Prevent WikiLeaks-Style Payment Blockades · · Score: 1

    DHS comes after them for setting up a very al-qaeda style charity.

    ... Or until the common payment methods block payments sent to the EFF spinoff.....

    What world. We were warned that the move from tangible (cash) to digital (credit/balance) would be a power move by those who gate the movement of the bits....

    and here we are... .we cannot support people that the gates do not like.... Big Brother is a business, not a government.

  4. Data is data... on NCTC Gets Vast Powers To Spy On U.S. Citizens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...so if Agency X is exempt of a warrant, then Agency X can get the information and then share it. Just like asking facebook not to share your data after the fact --- the moment it was copied before you requested, the copies are out and in the hands of businesses for use. We shouldn't expect any different from our government. If one agency has access, then there is a loophole such that they all can.

    Here's the kicker... Obama ran in 2008 being against the patriot act, and extended it last year without question or veto. He might be your man for the job... But how is he at keeping his word on big issues like big brother and warrantless/unconstitutional acts?

  5. Re:Time for some grass roots activism on Nationwide Google Fiber Deployment Would Cost $140 Billion · · Score: 1

    I erred on the expensive side (per capita) -- thus the cost could only likely be cheaper. Do some math and quit trollling you sad excuse for a responder.

  6. Re:Time for some grass roots activism on Nationwide Google Fiber Deployment Would Cost $140 Billion · · Score: 1

    I erred on the side of caution. I understand what you mean, and in doing it your way, it errs on the side of disappointment.

    By my math, if it were per household, it would be even cheaper... thus my point resounds to be the gloomiest scenario and things could only play out BETTER in reality.

    By your math, not so.

    Think about that and quit being a turd/troll.

  7. Re:Time for some grass roots activism on Nationwide Google Fiber Deployment Would Cost $140 Billion · · Score: 2

    ALSO!

    Do the math and it looks awesome.

    $180BN / 300M (cost/population) -- and you're looking at about $466/person. Break that down and its basically a year of High Speed internet service that most people pay about 40-50 bux for each month.

    For the cost of the SERVICE for one year, the infrastructure can be brought up over 100 fold. THIS IS WORTH DOING.

    A few years ago AT&T said (contradicting other PR claims) that they could double bandwidth at a cost of $6/user. What we are seeing is that capitalism for CEOs and stockholders is going to continue taking advantage of business and oligopoly and disregard for consumers. We need people to get behind the companies that actually respect those paying in.

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    A few years ago we invested a load of money into bringing HSI to rural areas and such.... they should just shift all that into fiber and LTE. Job done.

  8. Re:Several former NSA members... on Julian Assange: "Online Totalitarianism Is Near, Entire Nations Are Intercepted" · · Score: 1

    The average person paid more attention to things that aren't nearly as significant to their life.... linux builds came to mind as a relevant example for a post on slashdot. So, to clarify, kim kardashian's ass and the glory of linux builds are equally insignificant compared to recognizing people admitting to recording and monitoring everything you say. Say hi.

  9. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1

    MOD UP TEN MILLION.

    In reality, a degree is not a measure of what you know, but is a simple qualifier so HR can filter out the people that don't try or think they know best without listening to others (people that do lots of study on their own but do not follow order). And in reality, most of us need degrees beyond a Bachelor's to be taken seriously and move above entry-level.

    MOD UP TEN MILLION.

  10. Re:Can't keep this up on Mars Rover Finds Complex Chemicals But No Organic Compounds · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but this 'big finding' directly contradicts last week's 'big finding'...

    Last week: ."we found plastic".... plastic is based on Carbon --- Plastic is an Organic compound. If you're not a chemist and don't know what scientists call Organic, please don't vote me down or bother criticizing this point. Organic in science means carbon-based; organic in common dialogue means 'natural'.

    This week: "we found complex chems, but no organic compounds"....

    WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE PLASTIC FROM LAST WEEK?

    As a cell biologist involved in cell reprogramming, I can't help but wonder how much of the scientific journalism is focused on Space even though biomedical research is making huge leaps nearly every day. There are findings that hit the journals that would blow the minds of the public, every single day, and yet things found in Space that are unique but not really awe-inspiring are reported because they have pretty pictures. FIGHT THE BIAS! Demand more interesting science!

  11. Several former NSA members... on Julian Assange: "Online Totalitarianism Is Near, Entire Nations Are Intercepted" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... have come forward and discussed dragnet unconstitutional surveillance that they were personally involved with. Remember Tice?

    But everyone was worried about the latest Linux build, who is suing who, or Kim Kardashian's ass...

  12. Re:Serious question time... on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Did you make a word doc resume with your name/address in th header?

    I was embarrassed when the word users on the receiving end told me I had forgotten to put that info in the document.

    It worked, for you. That is anecdotal in the argument that it fully works. Since it didn't work for me, and many others, as the OP points out, my anecdote supports the mass of evidence.

  13. Re:Serious question time... on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Lets be realistic. It doesn't do what reality in 2012 requires. Your fantasy about ODF can only become reality if the open people succesfully bridge from today's paradigm to the desired open paradigm.

    The conversation at hand is about the gross failure of the OOo devs to make that bridge.

    Job applications, work documents, homework, and often legal documents, are tied to the 2012 reality. Move forward from here. And being honest about OOo failures is the only way we might see improvement.

  14. Re:Not the way to do business on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Why would I? I tried their produt for 2+ years worth of empty promises. I have no confidence in the peopl behind the software, and from the way you worded your reply, I am still warranted. Had your reply said that it works great with no issues, I might reconsder.... but you, also, inferred its inequity.

  15. Re:Short answer: on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 0

    Thanks for reiterating the sentiments of many of us.

    I wonder if, just as other forms of media are controlled and therefore unappealing, if the droves of useful idiots will permit controls and limitations, and if we may someday have no choice on the internet as we have no choice in radio/television???

    Protect net neutrality, inform your dimmest peers as slowly and clearly as possible. It will be for a $5 savings that the freedom and diversity of free speech will be dissolved.

  16. Re:Short answer: on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 0

    If adblocking gets stopped, these currently succesful businesses wil rapidly discover just how many of their userbase were using adblock and don't click.
    Not only will we not clic, now we will be forced to leave and, guess what, that whole "buzz" and "community" the site has will collapse like myspace....

    There are enough alternatives on the net right now that none of these sites should fel emboldened enough to tell us how to live.

  17. Re:Hydrophobic? on Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm just so thankful that god sent us this invention!

  18. Re:Not the way to do business on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Chances are that the update didn't fix the blatant and repetitive issues with formatting and such that plague the OOo software.

    I believe OOo is good if you are going to print the product and/or use open it on OOo somewhere else. I've made the mistake of thinking that it was actually compatible, only to find that my presentations and papers were screwed up when they got to where I sent them.

  19. Re:Serious question time... on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 2

    OO cannot do powerpoint or word documents correctly. Everything gets screwed up in the formatting. I vouch for this from my own experience, having attempted to use open source replacements and been soundly rejected by their poor implementation and 'hairyness'.

  20. Re:So, ... some built in security? on Windows 8 Defeats 85% of Malware Detected In the Past 6 Months · · Score: 1

    Don't they usualy give up and buy a Mac?

  21. Re:So, ... some built in security? on Windows 8 Defeats 85% of Malware Detected In the Past 6 Months · · Score: 2

    Let me rephrase the abstract in a more clear and honest way.

    "15% of Windows 8 Malware has not been blocked."

    The abstract is too positive about the 85%. A condom that works 85% against STDs, in an orgy full of STDs (internet), is not effectively protecting you.

  22. Why did it take... on NRC Report Links Climate Change To National Security · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...over 20 years to conclude that which was obvious. If you were humble enough to trust experts, the impact of AGW was clear for a long time -- the drastic products of AGW are easy to estimate. If 7BN people can't do well right now, it only makes sense that environmental instability would push many into desperation and chaos.

  23. Re:Look at who they appoint to the SCOTUS. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    When living abroad, if paying taxes abroad, you are exempt from US taxes. The idea is that if you're paying for social services elsewhere, you are using them elsewhere -- and if you're not paying elsewhere, then they assume you're using US social services and should pay.

  24. Re:Tweedledee won ! on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    So you skipped all of the data and went straight for your bullshit GOP factless rhetoric.

    Scholar.google.com.

    I do stemcell research. I associate facts as a career choice. You're such an ass for defending inequality so blindly like a GOP bigot. All of the data I've seen for a decade now says "controlling for all other factors". That would indicate wage bartering not being a factor. Bye asshole. Go tell your mother what you think.

  25. Re:Tweedledee won ! on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    Please learn from scholar.google.com instead of foxnews.com. Your talking point is not factual.