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  1. Re:This is illegal under HIPAA. on Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device · · Score: 4, Insightful

    True, but there's no definition of "data" in HIPAA. Suppose you get a cholesterol test, all you see is the final number, not the inner workings of the instrument that made the measurement. If they're recording the measurements and making them part of a medical record I agree that should be shared, but this is less clear.

  2. Re:Is it worth it? on Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device · · Score: 3, Informative

    The less data/information they give to personal injury lawyers the safer they are. Even if there's nothing wrong with the device a jury could be convinced that something was wrong with pretty graphs that show...something.

  3. Re:Why am I not suprised? on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Fibromyalgia isn't a disease, it's just a fancy word for muscle pain.

    It really means the doctor couldn't come up with a good diagnosis but they needed to call it something to get the patient out of their office.

  4. The Mind is amazing on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No surprise here, the mind controls the body. Why wouldn't the placebo effect work both ways?

  5. Re:Waste has nothing to do with it on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 2

    They're upholding the law, as a judge should. Anti-nuke activists filed the suit.

  6. Nonstory on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 3, Informative
    FTFA:

    Analysts feel the agency can conduct its research relatively quickly without having a major impact on nuclear plants currently seeking license extensions or utilities seeking permission to build new reactors.

    A technicality, no significant impact to anything.

  7. Re:Wait a minute on For Much of the World, Demand For Water Outstrips Supply · · Score: 1

    Yea, because that's worked so well for the Hindus on the Upper Ganges.

  8. Re:Clearly created by the US on New State-Sponsored Malware "Gauss" Making the Rounds · · Score: 1

    Because there's absolutely no evidence that it's anything more than a crude copy/edit of stuxnet or flame. The author speculates because parts were copied, but admits it's not as sophisticated as either.

  9. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle on Kim Dotcom Raid - What Really Happened · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because Madoff wasn't surrounded by an iron gate and guards when the FBI raided his offices? We'll see if Dotcom gets anywhere near the prison time Madoff is serving.

  10. Re:No cashier needed on Starbucks Partners With Square · · Score: 2

    Sadly, that's how coffee shops used to be. When I worked in one I knew the regulars and had their order ready before they sat down. Now get off my lawn.

  11. Re:Someone explain to me... on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: 1

    Seriously false dichotomy there. And Liquidity Important != High-Speed trading vital

  12. Re:Over dramatic much? on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: 1

    $440 million changed pockets. The money didn't just go away. Sucks for Knight though.

  13. Re:Over dramatic much? on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: 1

    I got bored reading the article, but didn't see anything there about HFT.

    Here's a question for you though - What changed in the late '90's that brought about all the banks trading the derivatives mentioned in the article you linked? (Hint - social engineering by a President trying to encourage home ownership by people who banks didn't want to lend money to)

  14. Re:Over dramatic much? on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: -1, Troll

    Neither the tech bubble nor the housing bubble were caused by trading. They were caused by a President's attempts at social engineering.

  15. Over dramatic much? on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: -1

    Linked articles don't make a good case for "terrifying". The bank collapse was caused by the bubble burst, not the other way around. And it wasn't brought on by electronic trading.

  16. Re:Fast != Good on The World's Greatest Competitive Programmer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's like saying it's silly to swim the butterfly because it's more efficient to swim the front crawl, or saying it's silly to not use your hands while playing soccer. It's a competition, you can argue whether it's measuring the right thing or not, but this guy seems to be the best. Why don't you enter one and see how you do?

  17. Re:How come the water don't smell like coffee? on The Pacific Ocean Is Polluted With Coffee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For many people withdrawal from caffeine means a migraine headache. I've told several coworkers who complained of severe headaches on Mondays that they need to drink the same amount on weekends as they do in the office.

  18. Re:Apollo 13? Doubt it. But Apollo 14? You bet... on Did an Unnamed MIT Student Save Apollo 13? · · Score: 1

    So you're saying he was also a UNIX guru?

  19. Re:What has the Internet become? on Former Facebook Employee Questions the Social Media Life · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, it started because people wanted other people to know what they were doing. "Look at me, I'm important."

    It is an efficient way to communicate, basically a kiosk. But when the host becomes too intrusive the convenience is outweighted by the cost.

  20. Re:Easy to demand more security on Apple Support Allowed Hackers Access To User's iCloud Account · · Score: 3, Informative

    True, but Gramma wouldn't link all her devices like that. One account compromised shouldn't get you remote root access to every other device

  21. Meat prices are high... on Meat the Food of the Future · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...because a bunch of foolish politicians decided making fuel from corn would be a good idea. Once that stops we'll go back to raising beef on non-tillable rangeland and pasture and finishing it with a small amount of inexpensive corn.

  22. Re:completely idiotic on Mathematician Predicts Wave of Violence In 2020 · · Score: 1

    Even more significant is the peak of violence about 5 years after a war, when the the post war recession peaks. it's the economy, stupid.

  23. Re:Tort, not crime on Embedding of Copyright Infringing Video Not (Necessarily) a Crime · · Score: 1

    Willfull infringement on a commercial scale is a criminal act. It will be hard for myVidster to claim they are doing anything else..

  24. Re:Facts are facts... or are they? on Today, Everybody's a Fact Checker · · Score: 1

    Presidents always defer expenses to make their budgets look better. How do you think Clinton managed to show a surplus for a couple of years before the bubble burst?

  25. Re:My brother was a victim this year on Identity Theft May Cost IRS $21 Billion Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    He needs to adjust his withholdings so he doesn't get a refund. Loaning the IRS money interest free is dumb.