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  1. Re:Who cares on Nobel Prize For Medicine Awarded For "Brain GPS" Research · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Helping treat and/or reverse Alzheimer's is bound to please some people.

  2. Re:Homeopathy on GlaxoSmithKline Released 45 Liters of Live Polio Virus · · Score: -1

    Vaccines are actually one of the few things that the theory of homeopathic is kind of correct about. The polio vaccine is, in a nutshell, watered down polio.

  3. Re:She was a minor on Could Maroney Be Prosecuted For Her Own Hacked Pictures? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but cops and DAs love to point out how they are tough on sex offenders regardless of the circumstances.

  4. One-size-fits-all on Xen Cloud Fix Shows the Right Way To Patch Open-Source Flaws · · Score: 1

    Perhaps there isn't a single universal best police in regards to this. What works best in one situation is not necessarily what works best in all of them.

  5. Re:Buffalo Theory is True!! on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 1

    Except that the claim that alcohol kills brain cells is just propaganda from the temperance movement. Drinking alcohol doesn't kill brain cells, but having alcohol as your primary caloric intake will because alcoholic beverages are not nutritional enough to subside upon entirely.

  6. Re:Update to Godwin's law? on Obama Administration Argues For Backdoors In Personal Electronics · · Score: 1

    I'm more concerned about the people in our government. They have a lot more guns and are watching everything we do.

  7. Re:Profitable, if self-contradictory on Elon Musk: We Must Put a Million People On Mars To Safeguard Humanity · · Score: 1

    Heat death of the universe is a totally different issue on a totally different time scale. Not that we won't look for a way to cheat that as well, but we are at around the Sun's midlife, while we are very, very early on the universe's lifespan.

  8. Re:something to remember next time you vote on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    The argument is more that the differences between the parties in practice seems to be little more than the minimum to create the illusion of choice/control. On a number of issues, it seems like it was opposed by one party just to appear to spite the other, but both parties will back policies that defy their stated philosophies. That's kind of what you would expect if the differences were there just for show. It seems to be along the lines of pro wrestling being fake, in that parts are left up in the air for realism, but nobody actually fights rough.

  9. Re:Waste of money on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 1

    They were French and created guides for motorists, their customer base.

  10. Re:Moron on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 0

    So, one French establishment doesn't care for a certain type of food? Who cares?

  11. Re:Moron on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 1

    There's actually some suggestions that capsaicin can actually aid digestion, and capsicum are a great source of fiber. It's obvious that you hate spicy food, but that doesn't mean that spicy food is bad food, nor does it mean that spicy food lacks flavor or nuance.

  12. Re:Moron on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 1

    Actually, only an irritant for mammals. Birds can consume it just fine. We are also pretty much unique amongst mammals in consuming milk and derivative products past infancy. Does anyone that likes cheese need their brain checked too?

  13. Re:Well .. most asian food in the US is crap on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 2

    I think you are generalizing far too much. Food is bizarre. Cheese, for example, is arguably weirder than haggis if you don't come from either culture. That doesn't stop it from being fine cuisine though.

  14. Re:This is the wrong attitude on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    No, the governor's job is not to suck dick for the police.

  15. Re:Here's the bill: public notice key on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    It is probably security through obscurity, as these drones probably have to be registered with the FCC and/or FAA, so all that has to happen is that someone IDs a drone, and then all of that info is public knowledge. Also, if they are actively running away trying to get out of coverage, that would probably give the police reason to believe they are fleeing, which gives them more options.

  16. Re:Moron on Robotic Taster Will Judge 'Real Thai Food' · · Score: 1

    Well if Gordon Ramsey does it, that must be definitive. He has, after all, opened several well regarded Thai restaurants before. Oh wait, he didn't. Perhaps you should recognize that different cultures have different perspectives on food, and that that diversity is what makes eating food from different cultures interesting.

  17. Re:This is the wrong attitude on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Was about to express similar sentiment. If it's only doing what the law already requires and nothing more, then it's not really a new law, it's a piece of paper to sign and look like you are doing something to protect privacy without actually doing anything.

  18. Re:I don't like it. on Statistician Creates Mathematical Model To Predict the Future of Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    What makes a work good or bad is usefully HOW they follow and deviate from tropes, not just whether or not something does or does not defy convention.

  19. I said it was a decent sample. It does have bias, but it has the exact same kind of bias as voting has. You are correct that we all get a vote, but many people do not vote, just as many people do not comment. If comments were weighted by the strength of opinion, you would have a point, but we are talking about the raw number of comments.

    And no, net neutrality would not forbid colocating servers, and prioritizing speed of everything based on protocol is idiotic, anti-innovation, would likely have more overhead than the gains, and would be gamed all the time.

  20. Re:Soon to be patched on Bash To Require Further Patching, As More Shellshock Holes Found · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you'll find bone-headed obvious holes from time to time from almost all software vendors, with MS being no exception.

  21. Re:Devil's advocate here... on FCC To Rule On "Paid Prioritization" Deals By Internet Service Providers · · Score: 1

    You can't make a free market argument of an industry that has benefitted extensively with taxpayer money or tax favors and is built on usage of imminent domain.

  22. Re:So. on FCC To Rule On "Paid Prioritization" Deals By Internet Service Providers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    3.7 million voters is not the majority of the voters, but it is certainly more than enough to be a decent sample. And nobody is objecting to locating servers closer.

  23. Re:I can't quite decide on How the NSA Profits Off of Its Surveillance Technology · · Score: 2

    I'm not opposed to the development of technology with public funding, but I am far less keen on that.technology not being open to the public, especially when it is developed directly by a government agency.

  24. Re:Fine! on Microsoft On US Immigration: It's Our Way Or the Canadian Highway · · Score: 1

    Microsoft never stopped me from using Linux & FreeBSD

    Even If you ignore their ties to SCO and those lawsuits, they did threaten OEMs that shipped other operating systems and other competing software.

    At it's height, Standard Oil still left 22% of the market to competitors.

    Oh, 22% to everyone else in the market. How generous of them.

  25. Re:Fine! on Microsoft On US Immigration: It's Our Way Or the Canadian Highway · · Score: 1

    Only instead of voting them out of office, you can choose not to buy from them if you don't like the product.

    Unless, of course you use your considerable funds to ensure that people have to buy from you and only you, like Microsoft and Standard Oil both did.