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  1. Re:But that's not the real problem. on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    And if you do a cost-benefit analysis, you can prove that people should wear helmets in cars.

  2. Re:But that's not the real problem. on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    Actually, cyclists die from crush injuries sustained from large vehicles turning unexpectedly. In fairness to drivers, this is often due to bad cycling (as a central London bike commuter, I can attest to this daily).

  3. Re:Obama is Hitler on Iran Set To Block Access To Google · · Score: 1

    That's kinda the point of democracy. No, we never know what our elected leaders will turn out like. But it's reassuring that we can vote them out when we catch up.

  4. Re:Federal Judges Need to Go Back to School on Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots · · Score: 1

    I don't know for sure, being an ignorant European and all, but I have a suspicion that Supreme Court justices might have read those guys too.

  5. Re:Federal Judges Need to Go Back to School on Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots · · Score: 5, Funny

    The world of Constitutional Law was rocked today by an anonymous posting on the well known geek website, Slashdot. In a few eloquent lines, an anonymous coward swept away centuries of misguided thought and ushered in a new era in constitutional thought. "I'm blown away," said Chief Justice Roberts. "My life has been wasted." Other members of the court could not be reached for comment.

  6. Re:Absolutely not. on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I committed the cardinal sin of failing to read the fine article and din't actually realise this was one of the papers discussed.

  7. Re:There is nothing special about programming on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You didn't want to learn it and you never applied yourself to learning it. It's hardly surprising that you then didn't learn it.

  8. Re:goals and chaos theory on More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    Um...you rather missed my point. Once a company is on the stock market (via IPO), it does not raise further capital through the buying and selling of its shares.

  9. Re:Absolutely not. on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Citation: www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf

  10. Re:goals and chaos theory on More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    Companies don't raise capital on the stock market. Thanks for playing, though.

  11. Re:One of them will probably match! on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    Sorry, birthday paradox is a generic name for this kind of setup, after the famous factoid that if you have more than 22/23 people in a room then you have >50% chance of two birthdays matching. When talking about DNA matches, the number of people you need to get a 50% of finding a match scales up to about a stadium's worth, but it's the same underlying mathematics.

  12. Re:One of them will probably match! on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1
    You're committing the birthday paradox error. If you take a stadium full of (say) football supporters, it's even money that two people in the stadium match. The odds that one of them matches (say) me or you, though, are still astronomical.

    Also it's not impossible that forensics labs have heard of this science stuff and know a little bit about it. Just saying.

  13. Re:I'd do it. on Dutch Police Ask 8000+ Citizens To Provide Their DNA · · Score: 1

    Yes, but do you really want to broadcast your strategy quite that loudly?

  14. Re:universal connector on Apple Says "No" To Releasing New Dock Connector Specs · · Score: 1

    Oh.

  15. Re:I propose... on The UK's New Minister For Magic · · Score: 1

    You clearly know nothing about double blind testing. Try this. The whole point of a trial is that you're testing somethng where you don't know if it works or if the effect is actually any better than placebo.

  16. Re:I might be a hardass, but on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1

    Read the damned research. This stupid belief that "I just can't do it" pervades society and it holds us all back.

  17. Re:Is this geographically limited? on Anonymous Leaks 1M Apple Device UDIDs · · Score: 2
    Making some sweeping assumptions about the dataset, you have X~Bin(1/12,20); fire up R:

    > dbinom(0,20,1/12)
    [1] 0.1754805

    So no, you're not in the clear with any confidence, though you are more likely than not.

  18. Re:I might be a hardass, but on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as aptitude. There is no such thing as talent. Repeat that until you get it through your head. There is such a thing as attitude, and maybe GP's approach is wrong, but the talent myth does far more damage than misplaced enthusiasm.

  19. Re:Alternate hypothesis on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1
    Your social cohort knows there their from their there. That doesn't mean that all Americans of your age do, or that if they do, they aren't lacking in something else that would in hindsight have been better for them to have.

    tl;dr love data, bitches.

  20. Re:Nah, I must be wrong. For if I'm right.. on Promising New Drug May Cure Malaria · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The drug testing regime we have was built incrementally to deal with flaws that existed in the previous setup. Remember Thalidomide?

  21. Re:Oh good on Promising New Drug May Cure Malaria · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's just leave them to die of unpleasant diseases. Oh good. What a super human being you are. Did it ever occur to you that there are links between these things? Like, you know, that healthier people are richer and thus have less children? Not that that's really the point. Also, that climate is where your ancestors evolved, so your first world superiority is perhaps a little misplaced. Just being realistic here.

  22. Re:Women dominate HR departments on Iran Universities To Ban Women From 77 Fields of Study · · Score: 1
    Actually, that's not common sense at all. What would be common sense is that people who do the same thing get paid the same. Making someone jump through hoops to get equal treatment...wow.

    Studies? Here you go.

  23. Re:5.25" USB Floppy Drives? on The History of the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    USB doesn't supply enough power to run a 5.25" drive, but this might help, though it might be easier just to find an ancient functioning 286 and do it that way.

  24. Re:Women dominate HR departments on Iran Universities To Ban Women From 77 Fields of Study · · Score: 1

    Men are very career-focused.

    That's not a fact, that's an assumption. You assume there is an innate difference between men and women, as opposed to a massive culture gap which can be ascribed to historical factors.

    Also, your hand waving fails to explain why there is a pay gap after controlling for confounding factors (which include working hours, career history, and the rest).

  25. Re:600 years. on How Long Do You Want To Live? · · Score: 1

    It's hugely sensitive to the underlying rate, because accidental death is a very small proportion of total mortality. It varies widely between population. You see figures quoted between 500-10,000 years, probably all reasonable.