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  1. Re:What about cannabis inidica? on Sequencing the Weed Genome · · Score: 0

    We already have more effective stuff more useful for glaucoma (over a dozen brands of eye drops), arthritis (NSAIDs), and the other muscular and immune problems. Cannabis is popular only because of the high, not its supposedly "medicinal" qualities. If that were otherwise, you'd see everyone on Malarone (which is a purified THC pill)

  2. Re:Good. on Gizmodo Off the Hook In iPhone 4 Investigation · · Score: 1

    No, Apple demanded it back. Steve Jobs even personally called, but Gizmodo refused:

    According to newly released California state court documents Jobs, also the company's chief executive, personally contacted Brian Lam, the editor of Gizmodo.com which obtained the sensitive device, asking they return it.

    The New York-based technology gadget website said it would only return the device if Apple confirmed its authenticity.

    Sounds like extortion to me.

  3. Re:In this post-9/11 world, we can't be too carefu on Science Fair Entry Shuts Down Airport Terminal · · Score: 1

    Dennis Kuchinich? He carries a pocket-sized constitution in his pocket at all times (which he pulled out at the debate to show everyone). 2007 video

  4. Re:In this post-9/11 world, we can't be too carefu on Science Fair Entry Shuts Down Airport Terminal · · Score: 2

    That's baloney. The American Muslim community supplies tips to the FBI leading to terrorism arrests, up to half of the recent US cases. Secondly, the latest cases of airline terrorism weren't done by Muslims; remember Andrew Joseph Stack? Thirdly, Israeli security knows how futile it is to profile only Muslims, when a pregnant Irish woman named Ann Murphy was caught trying to smuggle a bomb into Israel (her Jordanian boyfriend put her up to it). You HAVE to search everyone or else terrorists will know precisely who to have carry their bag in for them.

  5. How in this day and age on Hundreds of Bank Account Details Left In London Pub · · Score: 1

    How in this day and age are companies still doing this? Are PHBs still demanding the company put everything in a single spreadsheet with no password?

    Do they just not know of Vista's BitLocker or Mac's FileVault?

  6. Hardly on Facebook Exec: Online Anonymity Must Go Away · · Score: 1

    Have you sifted through YourOpenBook? People still make racist comments with their name attached and post illegal drug photos and Like porn videos.

  7. Plausible deniabilty on PayPal Hands Over 1,000 IP Addresses To the FBI · · Score: 1

    Many LOIC users will claim that another user was on their network or that their machine was part of a botnet. Will that work as reasonable doubt?

  8. Re:DoD is Ga Ga For RIM... on BlackBerry PlayBook First Tablet To Gain NIST Approval · · Score: 1

    When iOS 5 comes out in the fall, it will not need iTunes any longer.

  9. Re:we could take back control... on Court Approves TSA Body Scans, But Calls For Public Comment · · Score: 1

    No, some or most don't really want to grope you either. Some want to, and they ruin the experience for everyone.

  10. Re:we could take back control... on Court Approves TSA Body Scans, But Calls For Public Comment · · Score: 1

    Can you show some sources for that? Polling shows the number of people who believe in global warming fell, because "we had a really cold winter last year." I don't know if we can take it as a given that people realize the earth is heating up.

  11. Re:Why not? on Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually there are valid medical reasons for it, such as reduced infections and lower risk of HIV and cancer. Do you really think Reimer is a good example for your side? Do you say not to drive to work if someone got into an off-roading car accident?

  12. Re:The can see the moon! on The Dangers Of Amateur Astronomy In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Are you sure this wasn't a translation error and he meant stars? Was he surrounded by skyscrapers or something?

  13. Re:Actually Islam is pro astronomy on The Dangers Of Amateur Astronomy In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Actually, one could make the claim to preserve the statues, as Shaykh Qaradawi did when he flew to Afghanistan to try and intervene. Egypt still has the Sphinx, for example, and the Quran says to go travel the world and see the ruins of civilizations gone by. The Taliban wanted them destroyed because essentially Buddhists hadn't lived in Afghanistan for centuries and since they weren't being used, they saw it as ok and unoffensive to destroy the idols.

  14. Re:...just not this particular flavor of it. on The Dangers Of Amateur Astronomy In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Actually, Wahhabism is based in Saudi Arabia. The Taliban got their ideas from a more extreme offshoot of the Deobandi school in India. You can't link Wahhabism to Afghanis.

  15. Re:Facebook is a public forumn on Facebook Helps Israel Blacklist Air Travellers · · Score: 1

    Actually, Facebook gives special admin logins to police departments, so they can browse profiles and see "private" information and groups without a warrant. It's allowed in Facebook's TOS and not really a secret.

  16. Re:Admin Privs?? on Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service · · Score: 1

    Quite likely he opened a flash page in the browser and then minimized it.

  17. Re:"a simpler way to find applications"... on Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push · · Score: 1

    A burnable ISO supposedly won't be necessary, since when you sign in with an AppleID into the Mac App Store on OS X 10.6 and above, it auto-downloads the OS to the machine

  18. Re:anti macroshaft rant... on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because it started before MS took over. Skype jumped from a good 2.8 client on the Mac to a 5.0 Mac client that brought in the awful Windows UI.

  19. Re:I have no sympathy. on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Monoculture? In OS X, I can edit and recompile their open-sourced Kernel or use a variety of Finder replacements. The same for their web browser etc. Go troll Windows users.

  20. Re:choice on Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 · · Score: 1

    You're making a false comparison. Free HTC desire vs as-low-as-$50 iPhone would be the proper comparison since you're comparing subsidized phones.

  21. Re:Unlocked on Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 · · Score: 1

    A non-jailbroken phone isn't exactly DRM, it's not about copy-protection. And as for Apple DRM, they're the ones who removed it from iTunes music and offer the RIAA-approved amnesty program with iTunes match.

  22. Re:Who does this? on Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 · · Score: 1

    Sure, there are many people I know who both have iPhones and go to medical school in the Caribbean etc. An unlocked iPhone lets you switch SIMs between the countries. Big market.

  23. Re:STR on Mac OS X Lion Has a Browser-Only Mode · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's likely this could be great for Kiosks and a more bare-bones Guest login

  24. Re:Arab Brothers? on Why the US Govt Should Be Happy About Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Nope. Flat wrong on all counts. Ahmadinejad and Khamenei and the Iranian Parliament were all born in Iran.
    Arabs are only 15% of all Muslims; Pakistanis, Indians, and Indonesians don't really listen that much to what Arabs say since they have their own Muslim scholars. Heck, there are 2x as many Muslims in China than Saudi Arabia, and they don't follow Saudi's interpretation of Islam.

  25. Re:...really? on Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics · · Score: 1

    Most devices fall into certain categories of what they emit. Why not just just test some of the basic ones; GSM phones, CDMA phones, commercial GPS, WiFi antennas, Bluetooth antennas? I can't imagine there's much variation in either of the categories.