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  1. Juries on How Statistics Can Foul the Meaning of DNA Evidence · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And add to the fact if you have served on a jury before, many times this information is highly technical and is very easily miss-represented by the lawyers to jury members from all walks of life.

  2. Jury Justice according to Frost on Terry Childs Found Guilty · · Score: 1

    A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. - Robert Frost

  3. Transparency, always on Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems to me he's saying it's a problem for Governments and Institutions, transparency is always good for the people. Oh yea, maybe transparency can be a problem for the Church as we learn more and more about what went on there....

  4. Rhetorical Arguments on The Truth About Net Neutrality Job Loss · · Score: 1

    Wow, I suppose you can fund a report and create whatever information you want.... if Tim Berners-Lee is for network neutrality, so be it as far as I am concerned.

  5. RFID Tag on US Lawmakers Eyeing National ID Card · · Score: 1

    Well, as long as they don't go slipping in a RFID tag in the card....

  6. First step or roll the wheel? on President Hosting Conference On Space Strategy · · Score: 1

    They made a statement about new technologies, I hope the intent of the new space strategy is focused more on sending probes in the solar system rather than humans to Mars etc...

  7. alternative keypad design on 6 Smartphone Keyboards Compared · · Score: 1

    I have followed this company for sometime, with a novel keypad idea: http://www.digitwireless.com/ I have yet to see it in the marketplace though. I once spoke to the inventor who holds the patent.

  8. Re:Being naive, I lost a lot of money that year on Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week · · Score: 1

    Sorry, that happened to many folks I know, and I got caught up also. I knew the gig was up when I get my haircut, (I lived in the Upper East Side, NYC), my barber told me how she had made x amount of dollars that day trading such and such a tech stock, a tip from one of her customers. I should have went home and sold right away, I knew it was too good to be true. Moral of the story "stop loss", and learn an important lesson to fight another day.

  9. Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... on Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week · · Score: 1

    Yep, I remember going to meetings @ Doubleclick, they had just moved into their new building. People were starting companies w/ an idea and some funding...it was great, until reality knocked the door down.

  10. Re:Seiko Watches on Nokia Targets Mobile Kinetic Energy Charging · · Score: 1

    I remember seeing a flashlight advertised that worked by shaking it. Anyone can "file" a patent, getting awarded one is completely different story, they have to demonstrate something "not obvious" in this.

  11. Re:Background anyone? on Edward Tufte Appointed To Help Track and Explain Stimulus Funds · · Score: 1

    As a side note, I hope his roll expands and he can tackle other information display issues in our gov't. I would love to see a Tufte graphic regarding our taxes, spending, deficit and long term debt (including who we are borrowing from?)...

  12. Re:Background anyone? on Edward Tufte Appointed To Help Track and Explain Stimulus Funds · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Tufte is amazing. I expect he'll be able to convey in an easy to understand display what is happening w/ our recovery effort. If your a bit skeptical of him, you've got to read his books

  13. Negroponte on How the Internet Didn't Fail As Predicted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you have not done so, a must read is Negroponte's book "Being Digital", it's amazing how far in the future he can look, one of the best books talking about digital technology I've read, still, 15 years later: http://www.amazon.com/Being-Digital-Nicholas-Negroponte/dp/0679762906

  14. Re:Video Games on Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s · · Score: 1

    Yea, I had a bad customer experience w/ newegg. I bought a printer/scanner, and it came with the side kicked in. I figured it was a disgruntled employee. Still it took them awhile to take it back and they wanted me to outlay more cash to buy a replacement while the "refund" worked it's way through the system, I mean you've got to be kidding me.

  15. Store Architects on "Obsessed" American Couple Wed At Apple Store · · Score: 1

    Thats too much. I know the architects that designed that store, I bet they did not imagine that!

  16. What Apps for this? on Google's Experimental Fiber Network · · Score: 1

    This is really great, I'm hoping they use my area in CA to test. More importantly, I wonder what Google has up it's sleaves in terms of apps for all this bandwith beyond the obvious of video etc....Here is another article: http://www.cio.com/article/538314/Google_to_Launch_Super_Fast_Gigabit_Networks