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  1. Cognitive elite? More like distracted mess. on The Rise and Rise of the Cognitive Elite · · Score: 0

    It's hard to imagine that the discrepancy between what a candidate has on his/her resume and what a candidate is actually capable of could have ever been greater. There are kids coming out of college that are barely literate and totally incapable of communication with people outside of their own social circle. The real kicker is that they're wildly confident and clueless about their own limitations.

  2. Re:When did popularity on Facebook become all that on How To Be Popular On Facebook, Quantified · · Score: 0

    When people realized that they could use Facebook as an electronic smoke screen to obscure the reality of their pathetic lives.

  3. Re:Publicity stunt on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    What about the ridiculous 20 year old technology tracking device the FBI installed on a students car? Search Wired if you don't know what I'm talking about. It was a huge black box with a gigantic whip antenna secured to the underside of his car using zip-ties and magnets glued to a stick. I'm sorry but I don't buy the idea that the US Gov is full of tech wizards and the latest and greatest equipment.

  4. Re:Petty Gossip? on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    Instructing your foreign diplomats to collect biometric data and credit card information on politicians in their host country isn't really what I would call petty. It's what I would call spying. And when it happens in countries like Sweden (which it did, read the section called "Diplomats Helping American Spies" in NYTimes) then it seems particularly odd.

  5. Re:Who funded this? on Oxford Scientists Say Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats · · Score: 1

    Isn't it amazing that with all of the pressing challenges our world currently faces, THIS is what institutions like Oxford are choosing to study? Kind of makes you wonder......

  6. Trade-offs on US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad' · · Score: 1

    I would take "crazy bad" air quality for a decent job at this point.

  7. DataMineMe@facebook.com on Did an Apple Engineer Invent FB Messages In 2003? · · Score: 1

    Isn't the cat out of the bag? Facebook is one giant data mining scheme for advertisers. Why would anyone opt-in for that, especially when it comes to email?