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  1. Re:People on Is an Octopus Too Smart For Us To Eat? · · Score: 2

    The ethical implications are becoming a less of an issue; let us just print human hamburgers...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08...

    Makes the term "Kobe beef" a bit ambigous though...

  2. Re:Well yeah good luck to them on Age Discrimination In the Tech Industry · · Score: 1

    They go hiring for unexperimented people.

    What kind of experimenting? The Steve Jobs kind where good software products require experimenting with LSD, or neural integration experiments, a.k.a. "a hole in the head"?

    Personally, I kept getting LSD and LCD mixed up, so I never got to try the former... Got a lot of wierd looks in electronic stores, though.

  3. Re:Deleting data isn't as simple as it sounds on 24-Year-Old Asks Facebook For His Data, Gets 1,200 PDFs · · Score: 1

    And I can understand why Facebook doesn't actually delete the data, but just flags it as hidden/deleted -- it's a real bear to update and nullify all the object id references to a post in such a mammoth system. There are links all over the place from people whose "feed" pages may reference your post.

    Yeah, cause nulling out the string next to the flag is _so_ much harder than flipping the bit.

  4. Re:Dubai on 17-Year-Old Wins $100K For Creating Cancer Killing Nanoparticle · · Score: 1

    You can currently receive an Ovarian cancer vaccine treatment in Dubai that is only in a very small first trial in the States.

    Is this the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine, which is fairly well documented for reducing risk of cervical cancer, or something else?

    The HPV is being pushed in Norway by government, and I believe all young women are to be offered it. There is also some push that it should be offered to young men, as the virus is also linked to increased risk of certain other cancer (such as anal), but the whole "gay" vibe of that probably holds it needlessly back.

  5. Re:Biology Question on 17-Year-Old Wins $100K For Creating Cancer Killing Nanoparticle · · Score: 1

    If you'd like similar "newstime and general attention" to the cancer of your choice, now would be a good time to start acting.

    Which is why we just had "Movember" - Moustache November - for precisely prostate cancer awareness, no?

    I just shaved mine off after a long month of itchy upper lip...

  6. Re:So it's time to drill? on Life Possible On 'Large Regions' of Mars · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't (ex) senator Schwarzenegger and congress make a better choice? Two birds with one red rock, and all that...

  7. Re:Does anyone even remember The Matrix anymore? on Researchers Teach Subliminally; Matrix Learning One Step Closer · · Score: 1

    Ah, you try doing a Lawnmower Man reference... Even get the crickets by most /.'ers...

  8. Re:P0WN3D! on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 1

    Christmass shopping is as high as always and hot wine is selling as fast as they can heat it up here in Vienna. Debt crises? where?

    They're going out with a bang, partying like its 1999 (or 2011, the year before the Mayan apocalypse, if the news on the Intarwebs are credible...)

  9. Re:Interpreted languages? on Java Apps Have the Most Flaws, Cobol the Least · · Score: 1

    It's not a panacea, but it sure helps enforce badly needed discipline on its users.

    Oh, Mistress Ada, I've been a baaaad boy!

    :P

  10. Re:and ordered Apple to pay court costs on Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales · · Score: 1

    Remember from Dilbert; growing companies lose money, and if they're paying Samsung a lot from profits, then they aren't growing fast enough. ;)

    Anything that would deflate the EBITDA would then be positive for long term shareholders, as the Samsung cut basically comes out of their pocket. Investing in a lot of new projects and new hires would then be a plus for shareholders, as the unwanted "profit-sharing" is reduced. Hell, exec bonuses may even increase, as long as they are taxed as salary and hit the bottom line before the profit.

    They'd just go something like this: "We're doing it to retain key personnel and becoming more competitive in a market with more players, not to screw over Samsung, who just coincidentally happens to be one of those players" ... yeah right. See next court battle, where Stan Lee will make a guest apperance.

  11. Re:and ordered Apple to pay court costs on Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales · · Score: 1

    A better financial punishment I feel would be to pay a percentage of their profits for the next two years.

    Uhm, wouldn't they just do some Hollywood accounting then, ensuring that they aren't turning a profit for those two years?

  12. Re:TOS, EULA on DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime · · Score: 1

    I hear The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have moved their servers to the old russian module on the ISS.

  13. Re:It could work on Doctor Who To Become Hollywood Feature Film · · Score: 1

    Not just his companion- but several other human's- including Queen Bess- and River Song.

    Lest not forget...

    "Ay-oh, Captain Jack, bring me back to the railroad track..."

    I was actually surprised to see how far they dared take the Americanized Torchwood series with regards to Jack's omnisexuality...

  14. Re:Download link on "World's Most Relaxing Music" Composed · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I was just getting ready to burn a new MP3 CD for my car! Now I can add this to the remaining space on it!

  15. Re:Legitimate reason on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 1

    FFS! just get it removed already! Took all of 15 minutes at the doctor when I did it, and no, they didn't need to shave half my head or anything...

  16. Re:Let the cancer biologists do the cancer biology on Cancer Resembles Life 1 Billion Years Ago · · Score: 1

    In fact, Raloxifene was developed specifically because Tamoxifen which inhibits an oncogene in breast tissue activated the same oncogene in uterine tissue.

    Wait, what? They created a drug that leads to smaller breasts and larger vaginas? These mad scientists have gone too far! Surely, it should be the other way around. Does Raloxifiene do that then? Tighten below and widen above? Crazy off-label uses in 3... 2...

  17. Re:Spectacular! on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1

    ...protest her suspension and demand her immediate promotion to Supernintendo Chalmers!

    Hey, where can I buy that game? Sounds awsome! "Seeeeeeeymooooooore!!!!!"

  18. Re:Technology opens exciting new possibilities . . on Texas Student Attends School As a Robot · · Score: 1

    Actually, the expenses for repair befalling to the bullies and the fact that there's gonna be video and audio evidence against them seems to counter this trend. "Little brother is watching!" FTW!

  19. Re:Count it on Kilogram Gets Controversial; Why Not Split the Difference? · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Why don't they just moderate away all the "Why don't they just" posts already!?!?

  20. First Disclosure! on Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers · · Score: 0

    Sounds like a case of first leaking to me... ewwwh.

  21. Re:worked for me on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 1

    2. Weird Science. It was always going to be way easier for me to synthesize the girl of my dreams than find her.

    FTFY...

  22. Re:The idea of studding something in diamonds to.. on Top 10 Things You CAN'T Have For Christmas · · Score: 1

    Luxury foods like caviar are still foods, and actually relate to the intended function of pizza, unlike diamonds on a TV.

    Damnit, now I have a hankering for a pizza with Kobe beef, white trouffles, russian beluga caviar and Norwegian Fisherman anchovies from the last can in existance!

  23. On a related note: Where are the Megameters? on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    I'm a bit miffed by the current measuring system we use here in Europe, with liters per 100km. Seems a rather arbitrary and cumbersome, and I've always wondered why we don't just use liters per megameter instead. Go from 4.7 l/100km to 47 l/Mm. Metric and SI FTW! :)

  24. Re:It is an entrenched thought on An Animal That Lives Without Oxygen · · Score: 1

    If I'm attracted to a guy I'll probably comment on him to my wife, though we never seem to agree on which guys are hot (or girls for that matter). .

    So, not making much progress on that three-way, eh?

  25. Re:I Quit! on Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs · · Score: 1

    I quit smoking a few years ago. It was the smartest thing I ever did.

    I would hope you've done something else that was smarter, or I'd feel bad for you. Inversely, I started smoking, and it wasn't _the_ dumbest thing I've done (just one of the dumber). :P