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  1. Re: No you don't on Amazon Workers Are Listening To What You Tell Alexa (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Donâ(TM)t forget the accelerometer can pick up vibrations i.e sound and used as a microphone to some extent. I do not believe access can be disabled.

  2. Next Release on Nest Secure Has an Unlisted, Disabled Microphone (androidauthority.com) · · Score: 1

    The unlisted video camera is enabled.

  3. Skipping eating everything after 7PM works though. Itâ(TM)s all those snacks after dinner that add up.

  4. Re: Thank you for trying on Alphabet Unit Halts Glucose-Detecting Contact Lens Project (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Not sure what the news is. Company comes up with an idea, company researches idea, company obtains hard data, company analyzed data and finds out hypothesis is wrong. Repeat with a new hypothesis. If they went to market knowing it would not work, that would be an issue. Thank you for doing the right thing.

  5. Re: This study is done by morons on Study Finds Probiotics 'Not As Beneficial For Gut Health As Previously Thought' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Sound like the key then is to reset your biome with antibiotics and then follow up with a designer mix of probiotics.

  6. Bacteria has co-evolved with humans and the bacteria that feeds on sugars produce chemical compounds that make us crave sugar. I believe eating only healthy foods will allow other bacteria to crowd them out and make it easier over time. The remnants are, however, always waiting for a moment of weakness and will explode in population given the chance.

  7. Re: Probiotics are disgusting. on Study Finds Probiotics 'Not As Beneficial For Gut Health As Previously Thought' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    My biggest concern is the water content of organic food. I assume they donâ(TM)t use filtered water so itâ(TM)s probably full of whatever was dumped upstream.

  8. We will never learn on The 32-Bit Dog Ate 16 Million Kids' CS Homework (code.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    4 billion rows of coding activity is all we will ever need

  9. Is the iWatch still using a 24 hour day or has Apple improved on it?

  10. Re: The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 1

    It sounds like they should study the effects of high capacity spreadsheets on violence. If we had limited spreadsheets to 8 rows Lantza would not have been able to carry this out.

  11. Cyberwar on While the U.S. and Iran Negotiate, War Commences In Cyberspace · · Score: 3, Funny

    This isn't 'Nam there are rules

  12. Re:62.2 is too many on Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound? · · Score: 1

    It may be too many but 64 speakers is all that you will ever need.

  13. Re:Still no factory in the USA on Apple To Help Foxconn Improve Factories · · Score: 1

    So the factories still will exist inside China, where human rights really don't matter. God forbid they spend those "several million dollars" in the US to open a factory and do the production stateside where human rights can be guaranteed.

    There won't be a factory in the United States until the whole supply chain is in the United States. It is just too inefficient to have a large distance between one's suppliers. This is explained nicely at http://www.scribblingonthesidewalk.com/post/20567905034/why-apple-cant-build-ipads-in-the-us

  14. Re:Why the anger? on Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital · · Score: 1

    If you and your child are vaccinated, what is the risk to you if they come into contact with the disease? You've already given your kid immunity (or something like 95-99% immunity), right? So if my kid happens to carry the disease, you shouldn't have to worry about it.

    So why do you care?

    Because infants under 8 weeks can not be vaccinated for Pertussis so if you come down with it you may inadvertently wind up killing an infant. Also vaccines do not always work so you may wind up killing someone that was vaccinated and for some reason it was not affective. Not getting vaccinated is like drinking and driving. It is unfair to the others around you.

  15. Re:Autism on Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital · · Score: 1

    And if rationality and logic fail: be the responsible parent and put the kid in the car, drive to the clinic, and have the vaccination administered.

  16. Re:SSDD on The Ineffectiveness of TSA Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    You forgot to mention that when the Alaskan oil pipeline was being held up over environmental concerns, the Yom Kippur war occurred and OPEC proclaimed an embargo on oil. In response to this, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act was passed which halted all environmental legal challenges and work proceeded. There were also some problems with the Teamsters but after Jimmy Hoffa disappeared things started to improve.

  17. Re:Where's the Patent Payoff? on IBM Snags Patent On Half-Day Off of Work Notifications · · Score: 2

    Making money off the patents for IBM is a nice benefit but I believe ultimately this is being driven by companies needing to cross license IP. I worked at a company where we cross licensed IP with IBM and whoever had a bigger stack of patents would not pay anything and the other company would pay based on the relative difference in size of the stacks. We had incentives for engineers to patent our IP so that our stack would be bigger and the negotiations would be more favorable.

  18. Re:For one battery that goes, billions are just fi on iPhone Auto-Combusts On Australian Airplane · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for Apple to sue Chevy for violating its patent on combustible devices.

  19. The Real Question on MIT's 'Artificial Leaf' Makes Fuel From Sunlight · · Score: 1

    What I would like to know is if this device can produces net energy over its lifetime after the total energy to produce and maintain it is taken into account. If there is a net loss then it is in effect just a battery for storing energy with less then 100% efficiency.

  20. It all makes sense on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 1

    It all makes sense once one understands the coding scheme:

    V91.07XS

    The first three characters are the type of water transport accident that caused the injury:

    V90 Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
    V91 Other injury due to accident to watercraft
    V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
    V93 Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
    V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents

    Next there is a sub-code that further categorizes the incident:

    V91.0 - Burn due to watercraft on fire
    V91.1 - Crushed between watercraft and other watercraft or other object due to collision
    V91.2 - Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object ...

    After that is a code that identifies the type of water craft:

    0 - Merchant ship
    1 - Passenger ship
    2 - Fishing boat
    3 - Other powered watercraft
    4 - Sailboat
    5 - Canoe or kayak
    6 - Inflatable craft (nonpowered)
    7 - Water-skis
    8 - Other unpowered watercraft
    9 - Unspecified watercraft

    And then the following 2 character code:

    XA - Initial Encounter
    XD - Subsequent Encounter
    XS - Sequela

    One can then combine what is needed in a systematic way. The confusion comes when they are blindly enumerated to generate every possible combination. Some combinations will not make sense but that is just a side affect of not specifying the water craft and encounter type individually for every sub-code. For instance 'water-skis' is perfectly reasonable for other sub-codes such as:

    V91.2 - Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object

  21. Re:Isn't this illegal under consumer protection la on Amazon Patents Bad Gift Protection · · Score: 1

    Under commerce laws, a contract is signed between a consumer and a company to perform a service.

    The NON-action of that service - the unwanted gift ORDERED and PAID FOR by the consumer Aunt Milly - is a direct and actionable defrauding of service and a contractual BREACH by Amazon.

    I smell a massive consumer lawsuit that Amazon will lose.

    Amazon enters into the contract to deliver the goods and services specified. They are the AGENT of Aunt Milly.

    Anything other than a good-faith effort to fulfill that contract is an act of FRAUD.

    Didn't Aunt Milly agree to this, though, when she clicked "I Agree" to the TOS?

  22. Microphone on Toy Robots Can Guard Your Home · · Score: 1

    I would think that the microphone would run afoul of wiretapping and eavesdropping laws.

  23. Re:Nicaragua can't employ surveyors? on Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps · · Score: 1

    I would think the border in Nicaragua would be well known and would be well-surveyed by now

    As mentioned in a previous post, borders may be defined by a river whose course may change from time to time. Also, two countries may have conflicting claims over what the coordinates should be.

  24. Re:Nope, not kidding. on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    What do they do, negotiate with the guy on the spot?

    It's been done before by Crassus where the word "crass" comes from:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassus

    Most notorious was his acquisition of burning houses: when Crassus received word that a house was on fire, he would arrive and purchase the doomed property along with surrounding buildings for a modest sum, and then employ his army of 500 clients to put the fire out before much damage had been done. Crassus' clients employed the Roman method of firefighting—destroying the burning building to curtail the spread of the flames.

  25. Re:How much did they save? on BSOD Issues On Deepwater Horizon · · Score: 1

    Since the ocean rig is a navigable vessel, they may only be liable for the salvage value ($27 million) under maritime law:

    http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/transocean-claims-maritime-law-to-limit-its-liability-in-oil-spill-case-93715234.html