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  1. Re:occam's razor on How Did Wikileaks Do It? · · Score: 1

    Show me the rules of engagement that justify engaging that van rescuing wounded?

    "Common let us shoot!"
    "Common pick up a weapon."
    "Oh look at that right through the windshield.. haha"
    "Guy just drove over a body... haha"
    "It's their fault for bringin' their kids to a battle."

    Maybe your fault for bringing the battle to their kids?
    Justify killing much?

    Sounds like trigger-happy rednecks looking for excuses to kill people and enjoying it when they get the chance.

    Those soldiers exhibited very little self-control and failed to follow the rules of engagement. They should be discharged at the least.

    They certainly had time to investigate further and err on the side of not randomly killing people.

  2. Which make/model of SSD drive? on Toshiba Developing High-Density 1TB SSD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Would you care to provide the model number of the SSD you used for reference?

    Thanks!

  3. The real question... on How Social Software Can Improve Democracy · · Score: 1

    Can software solve the human problem?

    Sarah Connor might say yes.

  4. Gauge fear on Doctors Turn To the Web For Disease Tracking · · Score: 1

    You might be able to gauge media fear mongering quite well with this system.

    Great data for pharma marketeers, and insider trading, not that we want to encourage them...

  5. Encryption utility that fails... on 2008 Underhanded C Contest Officially Open · · Score: 5, Funny

    encryption utility that mysteriously and undetectably fails... Debian OpenSSL?

    (sorry, couldn't resist, I know they've suffered enough already)
  6. Where is... on Debian Cluster Replaces Supercomputer For Weather Forecasting · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried:
    apt-get -f -y install gweather
    But it failed with something about "ldconfig: /lib/libearthquake-2.3.so.0 is not a symbolic link"

    Is libearthquake in unstable?

  7. Bring science to the people... on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At CureHunter we try to bring "Evidence Based Medicine" to the people.
    Data mining and mapping peer-reviewed research to find all the effective treatment options for any given disease.

    Taking "obesity" as an example, you can quickly see strong relationships with "insulin" and "exercise".
    And in a few clicks you can read the supporting article abstracts.

    Whether or not average people want to read scientific journal articles is debatable, but we can cut through the pharma marketing noise and bring them the sourced research that matters to them.

    With goal seeking algorithms and peer-reviewed source data I think information overload and Google spam can be fought.

  8. double-blind on The Science Education Myth · · Score: 1

    My independent double-blind placebo controlled trial showed that Bush getting re-elected was a strong indicator we don't have enough smart people yet.

  9. Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination on Using Old Medications to Defeat Tuberculosis · · Score: 3, Informative
    Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination

    A fixed-ratio combination of amoxicillin trihydrate, an aminopenicillin, and potassium clavulanate, a beta-lactamase inhibitor, used to treat a broad-spectrum of bacterial infections, especially resistant strains. from CureHunter
  10. not quite as annoying as expected... on Tim Lister on Project Sluts and Strawmen · · Score: 3, Funny
    But I still can't imagine being in a meeting and telling the boss...

    Sir... are you trying to make us into "project sluts"?
    Where we bang any project that has a spec?

  11. MS != US on High Tech High 2.0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    However stupid "High Tech High" sounds,
    it is not grounds to dismiss Gates' points.

    America needs smarter citizens.
      (who respect intelligence, and don't vote for certifiably stupid leaders)

    America needs to be attractive to the best and brightest from around the world.

    This requires focusing on education and immigration policy reform.

    Please lets not get sidetracked on the MS bashing stuff when bigger issues abound.

  12. MS != US on Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration Policies · · Score: 1

    You seem to be talking about "Microsoft Hiring Policies" while Gates is talking about the "United States Immigration Policies".
    I believe these are different problems.

    There is a difference between Microsoft being an attractive place to work and the US allowing people to work here.

  13. Could someone please copy DirectX... on Vista Not Playing Nice With FPS Games · · Score: 1

    Can't some kind of DirectX analogue be implemented on OSX?

    It can't be much harder than the Mono project re-implementing .NET... :)

    Games are the only thing keeping me on Windows.

  14. substantiate that substance on Solving DRM in the BitTorrent Age · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new 9-year-old content producing overlords.

  15. erhm? on Solving DRM in the BitTorrent Age · · Score: 1

    I think the author failed to take into account the lack of concern for quality scripts in movies...
    Notice how crappy movies are consistently in the top 10 at the box office.

    People who read books have higher standards... (slightly?) :)

  16. Re:10,000 customers? on MySQL Prepares To Go Public · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why would anybody use something with all the warts of MySQL?
    Probably for out-of-the-box replication...
  17. Tell em' what you think... on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 1

    Be sure to drop the prosecutor a note whenever you come across some questionable material:
    http://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/contact.html

    That way you can be sure they will take care of the problem and put our tax dollars to good use.

  18. more recent benchmarks on PostgreSQL vs. MySQL comparison · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://tweakers.net/reviews/657

    They compare PostgreSQL 8.2 vs MySQL 4.1.20 and MySQL 5.1.20a.

  19. Re:Pagerank on The Math Behind PageRank · · Score: 0

    They use a set of nested if-else statements

    No, that would be waaay too many if-elses to write by hand...
    they use IoC and code generation tools.

  20. The need for an _intelligent_ leader on Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We don't need an atheist leader...

    We need an INTELLIGENT leader.

    I propose a community service requirement, simple speech writing, debate, basic geography and IQ tests for potential presidents.

    If we have tests for becoming a lawyer or doctor why isn't there a fricking test to become president.

    Why do applicants to med school need 100 hours of community service and impeccable marks while Bush don't need shit.

    We can't continue having senile or stupid people running America.

  21. Video... of the bar... on Bar Performer Arrested For Copyright Violations · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Massive Installation? on CEO Nabbed for Identity Theft From Own Employees · · Score: 1

    What is this? One midrange disk array?

    I bet if the editor walked into their datacenter they'd find more than 40TB...

    Is varbusiness.com a porno site?

  23. As most engineers and doctors know... on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doctors know about the value of preventive medicine...
          it's a lot harder to fix someone when they have lung cancer than to stop them from smoking in the first place.

    Engineers know the value of tests...
          all that "test first" design and building models, it saves having to repair crazy legacy code on live servers... or fix the bridge while cars are driving over it.

    Unfortunately what we've got now is the latter situation...
          the patient is sick and cars are driving over him.

  24. "Creation" is not a theory... on Charles Darwin Online · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Well, if you think about it, there are only two choices: Creation or Evolution. There is no third possibility. "

    "Creation" is not even a "theory", as it makes no falsifiable or testable predictions about things not yet observed.

    If you have a reproducable test where you get "God" to create new life forms I think you should publish a paper.
    As it stands, in the context of science, you have failed to provide a new "theory" of our origins.

    (please try to avoid logical fallacies)

  25. Burden of proof... on Charles Darwin Online · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You seem to be missing the point that:
    In-order to invalidate the "theory of evolution", the burden is on YOU to come up with a better theory.

    Your new theory must also have falsifiable or testable predictions about things not yet observed.

    I look forward to reading your paper.