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  1. Re:America's Most Liberally-Biased Paper of Record on Searching for The New York Times · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny... they call Fox News Special Report "most centrist of all media outlets in our sample" (p.3).

    Maybe you'd like to have a look at the other side as well:
    'Examining the "Liberal Media" Claim' at fair.org.

  2. Not "FFII legislation"! on EU Passes Nasty IP Law · · Score: 1

    Please note that
    FFII: "Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure".
    The directive was passed by the european parliament.

    Holger

  3. Re:Some basic facts on Insurance Claims to be Tested by Lie Detector · · Score: 1

    Anyways, they're making money on information asymmetry - you can't really calculate the risk of being involved in a car accident. The insurance company can, because they average the risk of thousands like yourself.

  4. First steps are there - Re:Nice idea, but... on Finding Every Species · · Score: 1

    You might want to check the NCBI taxonomy browser.

    There you have at least a searchable database with the species names, their scientific names and links to sequences or other information.

    It lacks the photos, the diet, their location and other 'higher level' stuff though.

  5. Re:A cow by any other name... on GPL Issues Surrounding Commercial Device Drivers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    > Simply using library functions of GPL'd software doesn't mean you have to release your source code.
    > It does mean, however, that you should credit somebody else's work for giving you the
    > functionality that you didn't write yourself.

    This is not insightful, this is wrong.
    See GPL-FAQ:

    "You have a GPL'ed program that I'd like to link with my code to build a proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your program mean I have to GPL my program?"
    Yes.
    There seem to be some exceptions for the kernel though, see other postings.