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  1. Re:Can a company patent it? on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 1

    Having one myself, I'd say 'maybe'.

    But the boy already has man-boobs from off-label use of Risperdal.

    So probably not.

  2. Re:Meh... on AT&T Says Customer Data Accessed To Unlock Smartphones · · Score: 1

    More likely you'd set up your spam filter to squelch all the notifications.

    Again, incidental contact happens billions of times in a given day worldwide. Most laws don't require reporting it. HIPAA, for example, specifically permits it as a part of doing business.

  3. Re:Meh... on AT&T Says Customer Data Accessed To Unlock Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I've worked with international banking websites as a vendor.

    But the point still stands. This happens a lot, and you don't necessarily need to know about it.

  4. Re:Meh... on AT&T Says Customer Data Accessed To Unlock Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Clearly they're doing it wrong, thus the report.

    But is this alarming enough to be news?

    I'm pretty confident YOUR BANK is doing it wrong as well, in terms of vendor relations. And those are your actual dollars.

  5. Meh... on AT&T Says Customer Data Accessed To Unlock Smartphones · · Score: 1

    So AT&T seems pretty confident that the 'breach' was inappropriate use of data that a partner of theirs had access to already. It isn't as if some unknown nefarious party hacked them for unknown malicious reasons.

    Dude queried tables they didn't think he had access to, and seemingly while doing his job.

    In other words, daily IT stuff.

    I'm not opposed to the report, per se, but the summary borders on sensationalism.

  6. I'm allergic to asparagus, you insensitive clod!!

  7. News? on Grand Theft Auto V For Modern Platforms Confirmed · · Score: 1

    The fact that they're releasing to additional markets that only an idiot would refuse to support 'in the fall' doesn't strike me as 'news', per se.

    Was there ever a genuine doubt that they wouldn't have this done by Christmas at the latest?

    Or that they wouldn't release on XBox One, PS4, and PC?

  8. Re:$30,000 per year on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    For starters, Information Technology. Same as it was twenty years ago. It will probably continue to be the premier trade school choice for at least the next several decades. It does require people that can learn rapidly, but other than that you can pretty much write your own paycheck given enough time.

  9. Re:$30,000 per year on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    I'd categorize getting a degree and a graduate school degree in a field that's not hiring as a mistake.

    It's a mistake I dropped out of school to avoid, in fact.

  10. Re:Behind the curve on Seattle Approves $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage · · Score: 1

    Seems to me these expenditures would be appropriate for someone with an average income. If you are making minimum wage , then set your sights on the least expensive house and car. Condominiums are often a less expensive option; many people live quite comfortably in them.

    That's really the crux of the problem, isn't it? Nobody wants to be at the bottom of the pile.

    Tell me, though, if nobody is at the bottom, what does that do to the average?

    The only world where minimum = average is one where we're all making the same pay.

  11. Re:Creating Content on Someone Else's Site Has Ris on Wikia and Sony Playing Licensing Mind Tricks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a great business model, but it pretty much screws over the people who actually built your product.

    ...this phrase describes basically every business model, ever.

  12. Re:Wait a sec on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    Evolution aside, there are in fact two groupings. There's loads of science that can't be supported by experiments, typically because we lack the ability.

  13. Re:Well duh! on WikiLeaks: NSA Recording All Telephone Calls In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    So here's the deal with that - If the recording serves a security purpose, how did the Indian consulate get attacked while we were watching?

    Why didn't we intervene? And why haven't we produced recordings of the coordinators?

  14. Re:If you have the opportunity on U.S. Drone Attack Strategy Against Al-Qaeda May Be Wrong · · Score: 1

    I always assumed the correct term was 'US citizen'.

  15. Re: A fifth horseman on AT&T Hacker 'weev' Demands One Bitcoin For Each Hour He Spent In Jail · · Score: 1

    You clearly have no idea. Here's your blue pill:

    http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

  16. If they're cheap enough... on The Lithuanian Mob Was Smuggling Cigarettes Into Russia With a Drone · · Score: 1

    If the drones are cheap enough, then it probably doesn't matter. Send several and let them try and catch them all. If any product makes it, you win. And your own neck is never at risk since the drone isn't going to squeal on you.

    Well, it probably is, though. It would be hard to cover all your tracks digitally. Hmm...

    Still interesting though.

  17. Dear Mr Alexander on Gen. Keith Alexander On Metadata, Snowden, and the NSA: "We're At Greater Risk" · · Score: 2

    Dear Mr Alexander, fuck you. No, seriously, fuck you all to hell. At this point I would rather be attacked than be your slave. At least if I am attacked I will have an enemy that I can fight instead of some asshole trying to justify his own slimeball existence. Your fear mongering can go right back up your ass for all I care. I'm sure you can get the University of Maryland to do a study on that for you as well, so long as you pay them enough.

    Sincerely, Bob

    P.S. Fuck off.

  18. One thing they never mention... on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 2

    These cloud guys always forget to mention one glaring problem with their model - they're not adding any new software to the picture.

    Everything they have is available to you, Joe Serverhugger, as well.

    So in short you're paying someone else to do something you could do yourself, rather like webhosting in the early nineties.

    If you really want a cloud, go build one. It isn't even hard. Then you can stack your stuff on your own servers and enjoy your own profits, instead of outsourcing them for no reason.

  19. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 1

    If you take the position you've already conceded and add to it weight enough to offset a reasonable amount of media bias, you're already well within 'equal' bad acts from outside forces.

    Unless you feel you're getting the whole, truthful story from the Western press?

  20. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 1

    So you're another of those who believes that the first party was spontaneous and the latter actions were concerted by the evil foe.

    How does this not even seem slightly suspicious to you?

  21. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 1

    None of that explains why CIA Director John Brennan was summoned to meet with the puppet government face to face.

    On the other hand a "what the hell do we do now?" meeting would explain this odd occurrence quite readily.

  22. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 1

    You're reading it out of order.

    The CIA used their "Arab Spring" playbook in Ukraine, ousting the (legally elected) president. This all happened well before the Russian troops moved even a toe.

  23. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 2

    So do you believe that the February 'uprising' was spontaneous, but the Crimean version was not?

    If so, why?

  24. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except this latest spat is specifically about Crimea.

    Now, now, let's be clear. This 'spat' is about Syria.

    1) US wants Syria taken down, appeals to world to do so.
    2) Russia blocks at every turn.
    3) US attempts end-run, attracting only France in the process, then backs out
    4) US deploys PsyOp to destabilize Ukraine, and 'spontaneous' protests break out.
    5) Now Russia has more pressing shit to deal with than Syria...

  25. Re:Space programs as a crowbar? on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Honest government. Yes. Everyone wants that. Too bad that *both* the "west backed" and the "east backed" governments did the same thing - rob national coffers for their own gains. Both are completely incompetent.

    This can't be said enough. Both sides are the same. Each wants to influence the government using processes other than democracy. Their methods wouldn't matter even if you could distinguish one from another, and you only just barely can.

    Two sides of the same coin. Heads Ukraine loses, tails Ukraine loses.

    Anyone who sees the anti-Russian side as some kind of benefactor is either stupid or drinking the Kool Aid.