They've bitched and moaned over losing profits but have more then enough to buy off the FDA, or federal regulations/laws/rules, and politicians..
By no means I'm I making fun of you, I have pets myself, and I care for them because they each have there own personality, but I will not be taking them to a vet when they get sick. I question the drugs that they claim are same for humans, [that's bullshit} let alone animals. You go online or even ask a vet which foods you can and cannot give a pet, the list gets lengthy, but its okay for the animal to down pills!!!!
As the NSA metadata collection scandal has developed, a number of technology and communications companies have fought to increase the transparency of the data collection process by publishing reports on how much data government agencies are asking them for.
Right lets ignore the fact that companies are trying to save face after being exposed for intentional back doors and exploits in there hardware/software, and all the other "warning systems" that were ignored from the agencies hacking into systems.
This shouldn't be about people protecting or feeling sorry for million/billion monopolies, but we should continue to include the possible fact they're in on it of there own freewill.
These request letters, are more or less a disguise/decoy to what people should really be talking about. The government has had tremendous success in going after the little guys and getting them shut down, for refusing to co-operate, and the little guys have gone public over it. Large Companies kept quite over it, because they're part of it, not because they were being threatened, I'm getting a little annoyed with people using that argument when it comes to million/billion dollar companies that are contracted with government to provide infrastructure, and other services, that there victims.
This should be a full on attack at everyone involved, the government surveillance of US citizens is decades old, but companies willfully participating to make it easy for them should be closely investigated, and publicized as much if not more then the stories over the NSA and other agencies doing something they have done for years.
Transparency, for the NSA is going to do nothing when there are at least another 10 agencies that will continue where the NSA has been exposed, and companies will continue to aide those agencies until [or if] someone exposes there operations, then we will be right back at this very discussion yet again.
This is the stupid part of the story...
""This indicates that the crew is highly familiar with the ATMs in question. Once the ATM is infected, the thieves use a 12 digit code to bring up the alternate interface""
Give me a few days to report back after an INTERNET SERACH....
How much of this is from the sand storms? I do remember reading how sand storms were a problem but I am not sure if they affect Beijing! I believe this is some pathetic attempt by the U.S to smear China, if indeed --part--of what your seeing is sand dust. You think this is bad here is what they are dealing with in Italy------
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/167964697/a-showdown-in-italy-over-a-polluting-steel-plant
This was probably already talked about or slashdot readers, read the original linked article, but this is not a "outbreak" situation. Only the people who received the steroids are affected. Not only that but it is believed that other drug companies steroids are also tainted. It was thought only one company was to blame. The FDA is to also blame for this, and why people continue to stand up for this group is mind boggling. They do not oversea a damn thing they require reports, they do not have agents standing in every lab to make sure things are being ran within the FDA guidelines. There are just as many FDA approved drugs that get pulled off the market or end up in class action lawsuits as the unapproved ones. There should be a body to oversea the drug industry, but the FDA is not it.
THis site has lost it ways, that is obvious from older or previous users comments, from stories before and current.. You should create a spin off, Slash Underground, were stories of government funded projects, privacy concerns, ect. can be reported..It should not be a Conspiracy based stories either it should be based on things that can be proven, including posting stories similar to the Sci Channels Dark Matters, Twisted but True, a history of how governments or scientists are willing to push the limits of moral laws.. And restore Slahdot back to what is once was. I have been on for awhile and with all the hard working people at Slashdot I find it hard to believe that the numbers of tech stories is fewer and further apart. I like the site and the other channels, and the hard working people at Slashdot, so I do not want to rattle any chains, or seem like I am attacking anyone, 15 years and still going does not happen to many small new sites, so Congrats on this.
would have agree with your comment, have not heard a damn thing from either candidate over this, only showing how stupid these debates are. Lets not ask "real questions, lets have set-up donkeys to ask the obvious..
Have two computers one for using the internet and keeping basic software, also for downloading (laptop)
And another that stays offline.. It is pretty laughable the Dutch are doing this, of course the question is if the "Big Media" have pushed for something this extreme?
Inadequate doctors, parasites should be something else they automatically test for, with all the blood tests they run you would figure that parasites would be one of the things to look for, just to rule out that possibility, parasites are more common then people want to admit too or know about. This parasite just one of several, that have no symptoms or minor symptoms that get blown off as nothing more then some aches or pains by Doctors. Doctors, I believe are trained either by schools, or other veteran/experienced Doctors on parasites. And you are probably aware that hospitals in the US charge out the azz for simple drugs that cost very little at a drug store. Not is not just Medicaid it is the whole system that is out of control, and no one seems to want to fix the behind the scene problems and work there way up. Using school system should be a way of making parents and students aware of parasite, even sending a student home with informative documentation and then having a test, more or less for fun or maybe even grade them, of course the students should believe it is a graded test, not something to goof off on. The CDC could send out Emails, or standard mail documents to households, not the CDC but anyone within government.
More importantly the way the autobahn was built, with there being a divide to separate any chance of a head on collision. If the US was so interested in your safety they would have done the same, regardless of speed limits. All thanks to the idiots who built the US highways for not building highways with the same safety that Germany did!! The US use moronic ideas like "jersey barriers" which actually will launch a car into the air, up over the barriers, these barriers would make sense if they were used upside down, and then there's the cheap crappy metal barriers that actually, really nothing considering they only put the posts a couple feet into the ground and too far apart, and the barrier is not high enough, and this happen at 25-35 mph speeds, let alone higher speeds. And of course the idiot insurance companies that want to stay rich without having to pay out.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/
The episode call "The Real CSI", wanted to post it among the top rated comments hopefully people will pass it around, and get a look at how a set of new standards that SHOULD be in place for all DNA/physical evidence. I also view these episodes with an open mind realizing that some of the statements and or reporting is a little over zealous.
They said Katrina was suppose to ride the west coast of Florida, then they changed it to the Florida Panhandle, and Alabama. Then it changed to hitting the southeast/northeast part of Texas, it is only within about 16-24 hours before the storm finally hit, and of course you all know where that was!! This was all in 4 days, what really bothered me about this was how the weather stations got off without any blame, but the idiot press managed to blame everyone else. You cannot really blame anyone, given how unpredictable these storms are, and people that live in Hurricane prone areas almost always blow off any predictions until the storm is on the coastline. And buy the way was is not scientist who said global warming was suppose to cause more Hurricanes, and ones with higher strength? Since Katrina is has been pretty calm! And the weather has indeed been warmer..
I was thinking the same with movies like 1984. I like how Ohm's mentions "Congressional inquiries" and there probably getting lobby money so this is allowed to continue, the things congress should be making the public aware of, or preventing, they say/do nothing until a company gets caught, and there's public outcry over it. Is it possible one man or a group of men/women to take and use this data in an attempt to take over a country in a cult like fashion, knowing peoples weaknesses, and how to "correct" minds they know will not conform? Look at the state of political split in the US and nobody seem to think for themselves, they almost never take a step back and see that they are all evil, not matter which party you believe has the best intentions, it is the same with religion, there is a religious cult like following behind all of it.
I have been using computers, and other technology since I was very young and adapted to using all of it right handed, I am left handed. I do use the stuff left handed as well, while leaving it configured for right hand use. Hockey I can shoot either way, and have the same power. Golf can only hit long drives right handed, and short drives left handed? Cannot figure out why that is exactly! Have trouble using a manual transmission? I did get to try driving a right side driver configuration, and had no problem shifting!
Just to remind you, drug industries, and other industries have been going after pot for years to keep it illegal. To think that these kinds of studies are not intentionally targeted for these industries, as well as the idiot law enforcement agencies that for some reason or another think pot is the worst possible drug ever known to man kind, is arrogant. I did read you said about more studies that should be conducted, however I would like to see them done by outside U.S. researchers , depending if they are independent or linked to helping the US in there propaganda. This study has been done time and time again, in the US among the Medical industry, and there has always been some ill will intention behind it, however there are still independent research groups within the US that have always found these claims to be false. Science should be takin in moderation not just worshiped, science has itself always had its own intentions in mind. I do accept science theories, and read into any study with moderation, not believing it entirely, because there is another study that comes out months later, or other factors that scientists were unaware of or did not take into account. These being teenagers there brains are still obviously developing, but there are several teenagers that have become influential adults through out history, who smoked during there teenage years. Im not attacking you, or science, but there is always something behind these studies to continue the anti-legalize machine, they should study the effects on teenagers that are abusing there parents, or grandparents prescription drugs you will probably get the same results, probably already did the same with tobacco and saw the same results. It would be much better if they did a pot, prescription drug (the ones popularly abused by teens), other popular street drugs (among teens) study at the same time, to see the overall results, that is the problem I have with this study!
"Groklaw make this verdict and verdict process sound hasty, ambiguous and probably the result of one man's (the foreman's) personal opinion of patents." Just by slashdotters alone that know about the patent system, they each make there own arguments or have different interpretations. Probably the same with people who claim to be, or have a degree on being experts when it comes to Patents!
Wikileaks maybe? The site has been known to report false things or to sensationalize other "reports" or postings, which is fine because it brings quicker awareness to an impending problem. But has far as Julian Assange, NO, the guy ripped off or stole others hard work and claimed he, himself, or his team did the work. I question a lot of the strange things he has been caught doing or has been rumored to do, but then again maybe with fame, like so many before him he obtained an over inflated ego. Maybe he does it to continue to draw attention to himself and Wkikleaks kind off a self promotion PR, hoping more people will stand up for him and his battles. But since the US was involved in Wikileaks Reports and knowing the US's history of going after people that have spoke up against it practices, gaining support from those who feel the same, the US has to shut him up. If he stayed low key, or disappeared from the public he may have been okay. It would not surprise anyone if the US seizes the site and shuts it down as well.
Boxers, would drink water laced with crushed asthma meds, for stamina. So it is possible to use anything in any type of form. I know that in this case people claim they witnessed him injecting himself, and that could be anything. It is also easy to mask or hide any drugs used when it comes to a testing, and that is the problem. The drugs makers are very good at keeping ahead of the tests, every time they add a new substance to the list, another comes out. Just stating other factors, I really do not care either way if he did anything and was good at hiding it, or if he was injecting a standard med for his health. And I really do not know what these competitions test for, other then the standard steroid substances found in blood work.
This reminds me of the fall out from punk rock while it was becoming popular in Britain, record companies started all kinds of propaganda to try and kill this music genre, based on the fact that a number of people were building "basement" or using small business buildings as studios since no major label wanted anything to do with this music. Since they could not stop it, they decided to buy out or threaten lawsuits to these smaller independent studios, and they effectively killed the momentum, and killing any chance they had to gain any money from the music. I expect some slashdotters to rip on punk, but the recording industry effectively would rather kill itself off as long as they also destroy any threats to there monopoly.
The first post of Bitcoin was about creating a credit/ATM card. The original story mentions MaterCard but this is to explain how widely used the card could become. This had nothing to do with actually cutting a deal with MaterCard from them to make the card or be involved in this project. Obviously they would not be involved because they cannot hoard the money to themselves. And they rates of the card from MaterCard fees would pretty much kill the idea. I questioned the idea of BitCoin creating a card becuase of other slashdot stories over there lack of security among other problems.
Star Trek had Genesis, this prompted scientist to ponder the possibilities of building such a device, I believe there are a few books on this (I have not read them tho),
and I know there was a special on History or Discovery some years ago that talked about being able to build a device like this. They (they being the current genius minds, or scientists that were willing to explain how it is possible) claimed that the technology was here but there is a long problem solving list for scientist and researches to hammer out before it could be built let alone tested. I say knowing most on slashdot already know this!!!
I have wondered if there are other earths out there could we find other humans, or find earths that are carbon copies of our own planets history, from the dinosaurs and up? Maybe they have not advanced to where we are at in technology and there is no way for them to signal back. I am pretty sure the reason NASA and other researchers/scientist come out with these reports is to keep others interested to aide in funding or gather more funding. Maybe inspire a new generation to find ways of building a Genesis device or even being able to build a Star Ship that would not require a hundred or so years to get to a planet near by.
Akin said prior to the quoted comment something to the effect of "from doctors I have talked too-- 'if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down" Akin and Ryan both are both (heavily) anti-abortion, they both co sponsored a bill that failed to pass the bill would have not including abortions for rape either forcible/non-forcible. How many of the Rapes involved in these studies or the one included in this article included attackers, that withdraw before ejaculation, wear a condom, or just the men simply do not have high enough sperm count, or defunct sperm (for various and maybe obvious reasons) to get a women pregnant. And take into account how many women may be using birth control, or were they at a point in there fertile cycle that prevented them from getting pregnant, I would also add they are claiming Two, types of rape forcible and non-forcible that too would need to be looked at closely. I would not discount the comment and I am interested to find out myself more about if this silly idea has any merit to it. The study mentioned in this article is where the people or person based his/hers dumb mathematics equations. Dumb because of the factors mentioned above that can explain why women that are raped do not get pregnant. But I bet Akin will refuse to name the Doctor (s) involved and I would love to see the Doctor (s) come forward who made this claim.
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Prescription drug companies!!
What more needs to be said?
They've bitched and moaned over losing profits but have more then enough to buy off the FDA, or federal regulations/laws/rules, and politicians..
By no means I'm I making fun of you, I have pets myself, and I care for them because they each have there own personality, but I will not be taking them to a vet when they get sick. I question the drugs that they claim are same for humans, [that's bullshit} let alone animals. You go online or even ask a vet which foods you can and cannot give a pet, the list gets lengthy, but its okay for the animal to down pills!!!!
Oh I dont know [even tho this was repeated several times] the computers would communicate with each other asking 'what the problem is'?
As the NSA metadata collection scandal has developed, a number of technology and communications companies have fought to increase the transparency of the data collection process by publishing reports on how much data government agencies are asking them for.
Right lets ignore the fact that companies are trying to save face after being exposed for intentional back doors and exploits in there hardware/software, and all the other "warning systems" that were ignored from the agencies hacking into systems.
This shouldn't be about people protecting or feeling sorry for million/billion monopolies, but we should continue to include the possible fact they're in on it of there own freewill.
These request letters, are more or less a disguise/decoy to what people should really be talking about. The government has had tremendous success in going after the little guys and getting them shut down, for refusing to co-operate, and the little guys have gone public over it. Large Companies kept quite over it, because they're part of it, not because they were being threatened, I'm getting a little annoyed with people using that argument when it comes to million/billion dollar companies that are contracted with government to provide infrastructure, and other services, that there victims.
This should be a full on attack at everyone involved, the government surveillance of US citizens is decades old, but companies willfully participating to make it easy for them should be closely investigated, and publicized as much if not more then the stories over the NSA and other agencies doing something they have done for years.
Transparency, for the NSA is going to do nothing when there are at least another 10 agencies that will continue where the NSA has been exposed, and companies will continue to aide those agencies until [or if] someone exposes there operations, then we will be right back at this very discussion yet again.
This is the stupid part of the story... ""This indicates that the crew is highly familiar with the ATMs in question. Once the ATM is infected, the thieves use a 12 digit code to bring up the alternate interface"" Give me a few days to report back after an INTERNET SERACH....
How much of this is from the sand storms? I do remember reading how sand storms were a problem but I am not sure if they affect Beijing! I believe this is some pathetic attempt by the U.S to smear China, if indeed --part--of what your seeing is sand dust. You think this is bad here is what they are dealing with in Italy------ http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/167964697/a-showdown-in-italy-over-a-polluting-steel-plant
I thought the same way, but the flavored yogurts are pretty good.
This was probably already talked about or slashdot readers, read the original linked article, but this is not a "outbreak" situation. Only the people who received the steroids are affected. Not only that but it is believed that other drug companies steroids are also tainted. It was thought only one company was to blame. The FDA is to also blame for this, and why people continue to stand up for this group is mind boggling. They do not oversea a damn thing they require reports, they do not have agents standing in every lab to make sure things are being ran within the FDA guidelines. There are just as many FDA approved drugs that get pulled off the market or end up in class action lawsuits as the unapproved ones. There should be a body to oversea the drug industry, but the FDA is not it.
THis site has lost it ways, that is obvious from older or previous users comments, from stories before and current.. You should create a spin off, Slash Underground, were stories of government funded projects, privacy concerns, ect. can be reported..It should not be a Conspiracy based stories either it should be based on things that can be proven, including posting stories similar to the Sci Channels Dark Matters, Twisted but True, a history of how governments or scientists are willing to push the limits of moral laws.. And restore Slahdot back to what is once was. I have been on for awhile and with all the hard working people at Slashdot I find it hard to believe that the numbers of tech stories is fewer and further apart. I like the site and the other channels, and the hard working people at Slashdot, so I do not want to rattle any chains, or seem like I am attacking anyone, 15 years and still going does not happen to many small new sites, so Congrats on this.
would have agree with your comment, have not heard a damn thing from either candidate over this, only showing how stupid these debates are. Lets not ask "real questions, lets have set-up donkeys to ask the obvious..
Have two computers one for using the internet and keeping basic software, also for downloading (laptop) And another that stays offline.. It is pretty laughable the Dutch are doing this, of course the question is if the "Big Media" have pushed for something this extreme?
What makes you think the US is not already doing this?
Inadequate doctors, parasites should be something else they automatically test for, with all the blood tests they run you would figure that parasites would be one of the things to look for, just to rule out that possibility, parasites are more common then people want to admit too or know about. This parasite just one of several, that have no symptoms or minor symptoms that get blown off as nothing more then some aches or pains by Doctors. Doctors, I believe are trained either by schools, or other veteran/experienced Doctors on parasites. And you are probably aware that hospitals in the US charge out the azz for simple drugs that cost very little at a drug store. Not is not just Medicaid it is the whole system that is out of control, and no one seems to want to fix the behind the scene problems and work there way up. Using school system should be a way of making parents and students aware of parasite, even sending a student home with informative documentation and then having a test, more or less for fun or maybe even grade them, of course the students should believe it is a graded test, not something to goof off on. The CDC could send out Emails, or standard mail documents to households, not the CDC but anyone within government.
More importantly the way the autobahn was built, with there being a divide to separate any chance of a head on collision. If the US was so interested in your safety they would have done the same, regardless of speed limits. All thanks to the idiots who built the US highways for not building highways with the same safety that Germany did!! The US use moronic ideas like "jersey barriers" which actually will launch a car into the air, up over the barriers, these barriers would make sense if they were used upside down, and then there's the cheap crappy metal barriers that actually, really nothing considering they only put the posts a couple feet into the ground and too far apart, and the barrier is not high enough, and this happen at 25-35 mph speeds, let alone higher speeds. And of course the idiot insurance companies that want to stay rich without having to pay out.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/ The episode call "The Real CSI", wanted to post it among the top rated comments hopefully people will pass it around, and get a look at how a set of new standards that SHOULD be in place for all DNA/physical evidence. I also view these episodes with an open mind realizing that some of the statements and or reporting is a little over zealous.
They said Katrina was suppose to ride the west coast of Florida, then they changed it to the Florida Panhandle, and Alabama. Then it changed to hitting the southeast /northeast part of Texas, it is only within about 16-24 hours before the storm finally hit, and of course you all know where that was!! This was all in 4 days, what really bothered me about this was how the weather stations got off without any blame, but the idiot press managed to blame everyone else. You cannot really blame anyone, given how unpredictable these storms are, and people that live in Hurricane prone areas almost always blow off any predictions until the storm is on the coastline. And buy the way was is not scientist who said global warming was suppose to cause more Hurricanes, and ones with higher strength? Since Katrina is has been pretty calm! And the weather has indeed been warmer..
I was thinking the same with movies like 1984. I like how Ohm's mentions "Congressional inquiries" and there probably getting lobby money so this is allowed to continue, the things congress should be making the public aware of, or preventing, they say/do nothing until a company gets caught, and there's public outcry over it. Is it possible one man or a group of men/women to take and use this data in an attempt to take over a country in a cult like fashion, knowing peoples weaknesses, and how to "correct" minds they know will not conform? Look at the state of political split in the US and nobody seem to think for themselves, they almost never take a step back and see that they are all evil, not matter which party you believe has the best intentions, it is the same with religion, there is a religious cult like following behind all of it.
I have been using computers, and other technology since I was very young and adapted to using all of it right handed, I am left handed. I do use the stuff left handed as well, while leaving it configured for right hand use. Hockey I can shoot either way, and have the same power. Golf can only hit long drives right handed, and short drives left handed? Cannot figure out why that is exactly! Have trouble using a manual transmission? I did get to try driving a right side driver configuration, and had no problem shifting!
Just to remind you, drug industries, and other industries have been going after pot for years to keep it illegal. To think that these kinds of studies are not intentionally targeted for these industries, as well as the idiot law enforcement agencies that for some reason or another think pot is the worst possible drug ever known to man kind, is arrogant. I did read you said about more studies that should be conducted, however I would like to see them done by outside U.S. researchers , depending if they are independent or linked to helping the US in there propaganda. This study has been done time and time again, in the US among the Medical industry, and there has always been some ill will intention behind it, however there are still independent research groups within the US that have always found these claims to be false. Science should be takin in moderation not just worshiped, science has itself always had its own intentions in mind. I do accept science theories, and read into any study with moderation, not believing it entirely, because there is another study that comes out months later, or other factors that scientists were unaware of or did not take into account. These being teenagers there brains are still obviously developing, but there are several teenagers that have become influential adults through out history, who smoked during there teenage years. Im not attacking you, or science, but there is always something behind these studies to continue the anti-legalize machine, they should study the effects on teenagers that are abusing there parents, or grandparents prescription drugs you will probably get the same results, probably already did the same with tobacco and saw the same results. It would be much better if they did a pot, prescription drug (the ones popularly abused by teens), other popular street drugs (among teens) study at the same time, to see the overall results, that is the problem I have with this study!
"Groklaw make this verdict and verdict process sound hasty, ambiguous and probably the result of one man's (the foreman's) personal opinion of patents." Just by slashdotters alone that know about the patent system, they each make there own arguments or have different interpretations. Probably the same with people who claim to be, or have a degree on being experts when it comes to Patents!
Wikileaks maybe? The site has been known to report false things or to sensationalize other "reports" or postings, which is fine because it brings quicker awareness to an impending problem. But has far as Julian Assange, NO, the guy ripped off or stole others hard work and claimed he, himself, or his team did the work. I question a lot of the strange things he has been caught doing or has been rumored to do, but then again maybe with fame, like so many before him he obtained an over inflated ego. Maybe he does it to continue to draw attention to himself and Wkikleaks kind off a self promotion PR, hoping more people will stand up for him and his battles. But since the US was involved in Wikileaks Reports and knowing the US's history of going after people that have spoke up against it practices, gaining support from those who feel the same, the US has to shut him up. If he stayed low key, or disappeared from the public he may have been okay. It would not surprise anyone if the US seizes the site and shuts it down as well.
Boxers, would drink water laced with crushed asthma meds, for stamina. So it is possible to use anything in any type of form. I know that in this case people claim they witnessed him injecting himself, and that could be anything. It is also easy to mask or hide any drugs used when it comes to a testing, and that is the problem. The drugs makers are very good at keeping ahead of the tests, every time they add a new substance to the list, another comes out. Just stating other factors, I really do not care either way if he did anything and was good at hiding it, or if he was injecting a standard med for his health. And I really do not know what these competitions test for, other then the standard steroid substances found in blood work.
This reminds me of the fall out from punk rock while it was becoming popular in Britain, record companies started all kinds of propaganda to try and kill this music genre, based on the fact that a number of people were building "basement" or using small business buildings as studios since no major label wanted anything to do with this music. Since they could not stop it, they decided to buy out or threaten lawsuits to these smaller independent studios, and they effectively killed the momentum, and killing any chance they had to gain any money from the music. I expect some slashdotters to rip on punk, but the recording industry effectively would rather kill itself off as long as they also destroy any threats to there monopoly.
The first post of Bitcoin was about creating a credit/ATM card. The original story mentions MaterCard but this is to explain how widely used the card could become. This had nothing to do with actually cutting a deal with MaterCard from them to make the card or be involved in this project. Obviously they would not be involved because they cannot hoard the money to themselves. And they rates of the card from MaterCard fees would pretty much kill the idea. I questioned the idea of BitCoin creating a card becuase of other slashdot stories over there lack of security among other problems.
Star Trek had Genesis, this prompted scientist to ponder the possibilities of building such a device, I believe there are a few books on this (I have not read them tho), and I know there was a special on History or Discovery some years ago that talked about being able to build a device like this. They (they being the current genius minds, or scientists that were willing to explain how it is possible) claimed that the technology was here but there is a long problem solving list for scientist and researches to hammer out before it could be built let alone tested. I say knowing most on slashdot already know this!!! I have wondered if there are other earths out there could we find other humans, or find earths that are carbon copies of our own planets history, from the dinosaurs and up? Maybe they have not advanced to where we are at in technology and there is no way for them to signal back. I am pretty sure the reason NASA and other researchers/scientist come out with these reports is to keep others interested to aide in funding or gather more funding. Maybe inspire a new generation to find ways of building a Genesis device or even being able to build a Star Ship that would not require a hundred or so years to get to a planet near by.
Akin said prior to the quoted comment something to the effect of "from doctors I have talked too-- 'if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down" Akin and Ryan both are both (heavily) anti-abortion, they both co sponsored a bill that failed to pass the bill would have not including abortions for rape either forcible/non-forcible. How many of the Rapes involved in these studies or the one included in this article included attackers, that withdraw before ejaculation, wear a condom, or just the men simply do not have high enough sperm count, or defunct sperm (for various and maybe obvious reasons) to get a women pregnant. And take into account how many women may be using birth control, or were they at a point in there fertile cycle that prevented them from getting pregnant, I would also add they are claiming Two, types of rape forcible and non-forcible that too would need to be looked at closely. I would not discount the comment and I am interested to find out myself more about if this silly idea has any merit to it. The study mentioned in this article is where the people or person based his/hers dumb mathematics equations. Dumb because of the factors mentioned above that can explain why women that are raped do not get pregnant. But I bet Akin will refuse to name the Doctor (s) involved and I would love to see the Doctor (s) come forward who made this claim.