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  1. Re:why ? on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 2

    I agree with you that it does not make a difference from whome the organs come from, regardless whether this is a prisoner or someone else. But I think you should have to have the possibility to opt out, again regardless whether you are in prison or not. At the end of the day it is your body and this is a human right they are taking away from you.

    The problem of too little organ donors in some countries could easily be solved with opting out systems. A lot of people are just too lazy to opt out. However also some countries with opt out systems like Sweden have low donor rates.

  2. Re:Highway lights??? on UK To Dim Highway Lights To Save Money · · Score: 1

    They can only do that, since they are already home by 8 because they are allowed to drive so fast.

  3. first post on New ZeuS Botnet No Longer Needs Central Command Servers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    finally

  4. Re:Of course they should on Tech Billionaire-Backed Charter School Under Fire In Chicago · · Score: 1

    Billionaires are the people who (in general) rose above their competition and found great success. Why wouldn't you want them to control schools? Does it really make more sense to have schools controlled by mediocre individuals?

    Yes and they got all their money through hard work. There is no way they did not inherit their wealth, they were always loyal citizens, never broke any rules or crushed their rivals.
    It think is enough if they have to deal with Zuckerburg outside school.

  5. Something to think about on Tech Billionaire-Backed Charter School Under Fire In Chicago · · Score: 1

    Should billionaires rule the world?

  6. For me: Brain scan != electrodes within the brain on Computer Program Reconstructs Heard Words From Brain Scans · · Score: 1

    When I read brain scans I though of BOLD fMRI at first. This is a little misleading since the technique uses intracranial electrodes to obtain the signal. Nevertheless it is a great acchievement and a little scary.

  7. This makes my opinion on Twitter even worse on How Will You React To Twitter's Regional Censorship Plan? · · Score: 2

    Another reason for me to continue my boycott. To be honest, the only way Twitter makes sense for me is sort of real time support to questions I ask to a company. Apart from that I simply cannot see real benefit for my life.

  8. Re:Bandwidth ? on Cloud Computing Democratizes Digital Animation · · Score: 1

    the article is not talking about getting the data from amazon, but shipping them to amazon.

  9. web development edition of eclipse on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For 8 years now I use eclipse for all my web development. With additional plugins development is pretty easy and I have never ever thought of using Dreamweaver again. I am pretty sure that there will be a plugin for ASP support too.

  10. Re:Firefox 4? on Notes On Reducing Firefox's Memory Consumption · · Score: 1

    I'm already up to Firefox 9, so this must be from the ancient past, right?

    If 22nd March 2011 is ancient past for you, then yes. Thanks to the new release cycle, version numbers increase every 6 weeks.

  11. Seal of quality? on Ask Slashdot: Most Efficient, Worthwhile Charity? · · Score: 1

    Don't you have any independent seals of quality in the US?
    In Europe seals of quality exist, which guarantee that 100% of the donation is transferred to the relief projects. This way you could be sure, that no money is wasted.

    Another possibility is to directly donate food or clothes.

  12. Re:Macular degeneration? on Retina Implant Company Seeks FDA Trial Approval · · Score: 1

    According to this study, reading requires approximately a field of 3 by 5 degrees. With the retinal implant used (38x40 pixels) a field of view of 11 x 11 degrees was restored.
    I do not think that the number of electrodes is the limiting factor. I guess the size of the electrodes and therefore the resolution achieved is really important. Another thing is that the contrast has to be sufficient to be able to detect things.

  13. If you are too lazy to read, watch the videos on Retina Implant Company Seeks FDA Trial Approval · · Score: 5, Informative

    I lately had to present a paper dealing with these retina implants from Germany. It is quite amazing what can be done.
    To have a quick view on what was possible there are some videos as additional material: Videos

  14. Re:Wonder how much Apple paid the EU regulators... on EU Regulators Delay Google's Motorola Buy, Seeking More Info · · Score: 5, Informative

    Motorola Problems (opposite of Solutions) is a US company. Google is a US company.

    Why is the EU even getting involved at all? This has nothing to do with them, other than the fact that some of their lobbyists see Apple dollars and that hamstringing this merger would help keep Apple with the upper hand in this patent polka that all the phone companies are forced to play.

    Maybe the EU should look at other things like banks, and their problems.

    Google has officially asked the EU regulation commission on its statement to the merger.
    Even though the commission could not stop them from merging, there could be serious consequences after the merger in the EU member states.
    So it is in Google's best interest, to get an OK by the EU.

  15. Re:And still Linux is badly supported on Microsoft Finalizes Skype Acquisition · · Score: 2

    And still Linux version is ancient. 2.something beta that is badly outdated compared to Windows version. Sad... :( I must find something else that I could use instead.

    To be honest I like the current skype version of linux more than the newest windows version. I can video chat, call and write messages. My webcam is supported an works well.
    Who needs all that facebook connect crap, games, ...

    Skype on windows for me definitely crashed more often than on linux.

  16. this might already be used in a lot of locations on Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones · · Score: 1

    The technique is nothing new. Already 3 years ago there was an article about this.
    I fear this is already widely used in some countries without people even knowing.

  17. Re:Consumers on Window Shopping With Gesture Recognition · · Score: 1

    I for one would think that online shops which are open 24/7 are worse for people suffering from shopping addiction. An online shops seems much more tempting than a physical store which is even closed. If you are dependent on shopping, simply getting information about a product will not satisfy your needs.

  18. Re:First TLD to go? on ICANN Domain Expansion Could Increase Phishing · · Score: 1

    I would guess .shop

  19. Re:It's prison time on LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police · · Score: 1

    Honestly, who modded this post insightful?

  20. Re:Misleading Statistics. on Mac Users More Liberal Than Windows Users · · Score: 1

    it should be 25% OSX users * 58% liberal among OSX, but your outcome of 14.5% is calculated with these numbers anyway.

  21. Re:Google on Daniel Ellsberg On WikiLeaks, Google and Facebook · · Score: 1

    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-wins-floating-data-center-patent/17266

    this would bring data piracy to a whole new level.

  22. Re:Quite frankly on Swine Flu Vaccine In Production · · Score: 1

    I don't think think they did. Otherwise I would be legend.

  23. It's not really the same on Microsoft Seeking Hot-Or-Not Patent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well Hot or Not is mainly about breasts and not about fashion. This is what might differ.

  24. Patent naming outsourced? on IBM Tries To Patent Offshoring · · Score: 1

    Seems that IBM outsourced the naming of the patent. "Resource sourcing" sounds quite funny.

  25. Re:Chrome has much lower market share than Safari on Interview With Google's V8 Author Lars Bak · · Score: 1

    Well to groÃY from nothing to a bit, doesn't seem to be so difficult, since google is quite powerful. The next months will show if it was only a hype or users really stay with chrome.