I suspect that even poisoning the database with garbage data won't stop the demand for said data because the marketing people who buy it are far to lazy to actually CHECK said data; and so long as a reasonable percentage of the data is legitimate and they make their numbers, who cares? The cost of buying the data is insignificant when compared to other costs.
Reduction to the absurd is itself absurd. By shooting any woman who gets pregnant of course we can eliminate all of society's problems, including facebook "privacy", within 100 years. But exactly how useful is that as an argument?
What bacteria will come from this animal that haven't been around since they are extinct?
Dude, the spontaneous creation theory for life went out of fashion around the time of Pasteur. The only bacteria this mammoth will possess are ones that are present in our world today. While the mammoth's own micro-environment will no doubt favor the growth of certain specific bacteria as part of its normal flora, it will be no more dangerous than turtles and chickens which carry Salmonella sp (responsible for typhoid, amongst other things), or armadillos which carry Yersenia pestis (responsible for bubonic plague aka black death).
While having your back scratched regularly by an armadillo is not a good idea, the presence of the pathogen in the environment does not automatically mean epidemics. There are a couple cases of bubonic plague even in US every year, FYI.
Anyone who owns a website which allows comments knows that web spammers have "figured this one out" a long time ago. It's bots that do it nowadays. Which is why I don't allow HTML posts.
No I think OP was referring to the notion of a fair and balanced justice system that applied the law to everyone instead of the one we have now which consists of "lets throw everything we can dream up at the guy and see what sticks".
After all, it wouldn't be the first time a teenage girl was accused of child pornography for taking pictures of herself and posting them online. Not that I agree with THAT one, either.
Provided you don't make soylent green out of the bodies and dispose of them adequately, I don't see how it could be a problem. Otherwise we'd have many more cases of C-J disease in populations near cemeteries...
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only takes a small effort for him to think he knows bridge building, without ever actually having built a bridge.
So, they are not likely to be useful as a biological weapon
A weapon that destroys your enemy's economy in a matter of years is still a viable weapon. Especially if it's hard to detect (ie by the time everyone shows signs of being sick, you are no longer deploying the weapon). This is scary stuff.
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I don't see you doing anything about it either. Which makes you a phony as well.
Honestly I don't see why people get so worked up about politics. It's not about left versus right, liberal versus conservative. It's about "us" the politicians, dividing "you" the population, so that you're at each other's throats and too busy to notice that we stole the cake.
A contractor provides inferior quality alloy for a lightweight fuel tank. So NASA engineers come up with a system to brace said fuel tank, reinforcing it and fixing the problem.
The lightweight fuel tank now weighs as much as a regular fuel tank, when you include the reinforcement, but at 3 times the cost. But don't worry, people stayed employed at your expense, and that's all that matters. Yay!
Because you are spineless enough not to be able to answer this question for yourself and instead need to "Ask Slashdot", you will probably cave in to all demands made by management anyway. Stop pretending that you have a backbone, and get back to work.
No, it's one thing to go on fishing expeditions and monitor innocent people in the hope of catching someone saying bad words. It's another thing to look for information to build a case for prosecution for someone suspected of perpetrating a crime. Are you saying the government has the burden of proving his guilt, but isn't allowed to search for information to do so?
Heh, it's worse than you think. As a doctor I have representatives from drug companies in my office all the time, telling me about all their new wonder-drugs. I only let them in for the free samples of older drugs that are known to work, and which I can give to poorer patients. The new stuff I simply don't prescribe until a few years have passed without a recall.
You would be amazed at the crap that goes on. It's not just uneducated peasants that peddle "snake oil".
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I suspect that even poisoning the database with garbage data won't stop the demand for said data because the marketing people who buy it are far to lazy to actually CHECK said data; and so long as a reasonable percentage of the data is legitimate and they make their numbers, who cares? The cost of buying the data is insignificant when compared to other costs.
Sad but true.
Reduction to the absurd is itself absurd. By shooting any woman who gets pregnant of course we can eliminate all of society's problems, including facebook "privacy", within 100 years. But exactly how useful is that as an argument?
What bacteria will come from this animal that haven't been around since they are extinct?
Dude, the spontaneous creation theory for life went out of fashion around the time of Pasteur. The only bacteria this mammoth will possess are ones that are present in our world today. While the mammoth's own micro-environment will no doubt favor the growth of certain specific bacteria as part of its normal flora, it will be no more dangerous than turtles and chickens which carry Salmonella sp (responsible for typhoid, amongst other things), or armadillos which carry Yersenia pestis (responsible for bubonic plague aka black death).
While having your back scratched regularly by an armadillo is not a good idea, the presence of the pathogen in the environment does not automatically mean epidemics. There are a couple cases of bubonic plague even in US every year, FYI.
some comment-spammer figured that out
Anyone who owns a website which allows comments knows that web spammers have "figured this one out" a long time ago. It's bots that do it nowadays. Which is why I don't allow HTML posts.
No asdfghjkl is your dad, idiot.
No I think OP was referring to the notion of a fair and balanced justice system that applied the law to everyone instead of the one we have now which consists of "lets throw everything we can dream up at the guy and see what sticks".
After all, it wouldn't be the first time a teenage girl was accused of child pornography for taking pictures of herself and posting them online. Not that I agree with THAT one, either.
Patents are only valid for 20 years, they really see a market for this stuff in that time frame?
Sounds to me like they just pay people to come up with ideas for patents...
Pleistocene park, coming soon to a zoo near you. Doesn't quite have the same ring as "Jurassic" though.
Still I am willing to bet that this creature, if created, will be called "Manny", after our Ice Age mammoth movie star... any takers?
Not to mention - won't someone PLEASE think of the water molecules?
So the pope - who else?
Provided you don't make soylent green out of the bodies and dispose of them adequately, I don't see how it could be a problem. Otherwise we'd have many more cases of C-J disease in populations near cemeteries...
only takes a small effort for him to think he knows bridge building, without ever actually having built a bridge.
Fixed that for you.
So, they are not likely to be useful as a biological weapon
A weapon that destroys your enemy's economy in a matter of years is still a viable weapon. Especially if it's hard to detect (ie by the time everyone shows signs of being sick, you are no longer deploying the weapon). This is scary stuff.
Or a physicist building a bridge.
"You and your ilk"
I don't see you doing anything about it either. Which makes you a phony as well.
Honestly I don't see why people get so worked up about politics. It's not about left versus right, liberal versus conservative. It's about "us" the politicians, dividing "you" the population, so that you're at each other's throats and too busy to notice that we stole the cake.
A contractor provides inferior quality alloy for a lightweight fuel tank. So NASA engineers come up with a system to brace said fuel tank, reinforcing it and fixing the problem.
The lightweight fuel tank now weighs as much as a regular fuel tank, when you include the reinforcement, but at 3 times the cost. But don't worry, people stayed employed at your expense, and that's all that matters. Yay!
Yes, everyone knows how vital reading comprehension test scores are throughout your daily life.
I guess it must suck to have a junior position.
BUY ANTIVIRUS NOW OR JESUS KILLS A PUPPY!!!!
Sheesh. I mean honestly. How could you?
Note for the humor impaired, please see the sig I have been using for the past 6 years or so
And also rocks should be banned.
Because you are spineless enough not to be able to answer this question for yourself and instead need to "Ask Slashdot", you will probably cave in to all demands made by management anyway. Stop pretending that you have a backbone, and get back to work.
No, it's one thing to go on fishing expeditions and monitor innocent people in the hope of catching someone saying bad words. It's another thing to look for information to build a case for prosecution for someone suspected of perpetrating a crime. Are you saying the government has the burden of proving his guilt, but isn't allowed to search for information to do so?
Why exactly is this news or a surprise? Will everyone be shocked because they request credit card, banking and cell phone information too?
She's as dumb and arrogant as the day is long
And you say this in January, right after the winter solstice when in Alaska the days are short as hell...
Heh, it's worse than you think. As a doctor I have representatives from drug companies in my office all the time, telling me about all their new wonder-drugs. I only let them in for the free samples of older drugs that are known to work, and which I can give to poorer patients. The new stuff I simply don't prescribe until a few years have passed without a recall.
You would be amazed at the crap that goes on. It's not just uneducated peasants that peddle "snake oil".