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  1. Enforcement on Doctors Silencing Online Patient Reviews Via Contract · · Score: 1

    You can say what ever you want in a contract. The problem comes when you try to enforce them. Here what can the doctor do? The are not allowed to disclose ANY patient information, including the fact that a certain person is a patient. In order for them to send a take down order they would have to acknowledge that the person posting the comment was a patient.

    Sign the agreement, post something nasty and if they issue a take down or suit - sue them back and report them to the medical board. I don't think this will last too long.

  2. That is what contract law is for on EFF Wins Promo CD Resale Case · · Score: 1

    The bookstore only returns the cover and they agree by contract to take these in lieu of the entire book. If the bookstore sells the books anyway, the publisher should sue them for breach of contract.

    If you buy the book it is yours.

  3. Tor is easy to shut down on Community Choice Award "Most Likely to be Shut Down By Govt" · · Score: 1

    I vote for Tor since it would be the easiest to shut down on a practical level. All that would be needed is to make the operators of exit nodes liable for any information passing through their machines. This would mean any of them could be jailed if someone on the system did anything illegal.

  4. Re:Titanium: not recommended for rings on How To Tell If It's Really Titanium · · Score: 1

    I worked as an EMT for a while. I was doing a ride along on an ambulance and responded to a call at a basketball court. Some guy went to dunk and got his ring caught on the hoop. Almost all the tissue on his finger was ripped off.

    The moral of the story - cut your ring most of the way through. If it gets caught it will hopefully break before it removes your finger.

  5. I think he was already hired on Boarding Pass Hacker Targets Bank of America · · Score: 1

    Apparently by one of BoA's competitors.

  6. Sexual selection on Modern Humans Far More Robust Than Ancestors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Although we are no longer subject to predation, there is still sexual choice. I don't know that this would apply to everything.

    However, size I feel would be greatly affected. In both men and women (at least in European cultures) being tall lends sexual advantages and over time these will begin to alter a populations average genetic make up.

    How many women are looking for short, dark and handsome?

  7. Re:I thought this was obvious to everybody on Chicken and Egg Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    So a geniticist take a chicken ovum, and replace the genetic material with that of an iguana, then the insert the fertilazed egg into a chicken. The chicken lays the egg.

    Is the egg a chicken egg? I would look like a chicken egg, and taste like a chicken egg but would have different DNA.

    Or would it be an iguana egg? If allowed to mature an iguana may emerge from it.

    I thought this debate was the essence of the riddle. It all depends on how you view the situation. If you are a snake looking for a meal, or a mother iguana suing for visitation rights.

  8. Re:I thought this was obvious to everybody on Chicken and Egg Problem Solved · · Score: 1

    That depends on how you define egg. If "Egg" is a chicken egg, and "Chicken Egg" is an egg that is laid by a chicken (as opposed to an egg that contains a chicken), then there had to be a chicken first to lay the egg.

  9. Re:Well good on Federal Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    Our constitution guarantees a separation of church and state, and was written at a time when the country was much more Christian than it is today. Additionally, since 8 of the board members supporting ID were ousted to make room for people who stated they would not teach it I think it is fair to say that the majority did not want ID taught in public schools.

    Also, it is impossible to disprove the existence of an existential belief. If you disagree disprove the existence of Zeus or Santa Clause for that matter. (And before you get started on Santa remember he only gives presents to truly good children, and I have met very few of these)

  10. Our debt on Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have always thought that our growing debt would make a good reason for our leaders to consider war. Has to be better than he made fun of my daddy.

  11. Front end on A Skype Equivalent Without "Big Brother"? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be easier to create a front end that would encrypt the voice stream and pass it off to any voip system. Both parties would need to be running the software, but could use any service provider.

  12. Yes on Microsoft Spinning Against OpenDocument Via Fox News · · Score: 1

    The rest of fox news is this dubious

  13. Their Choice on Adopt a [Chinese] Blog · · Score: 1

    This is their choice. I am sure they are all too aware of the punishment they may receive if they are discovered. However, this will allow them to operate a blog without having to give the Chinese government their name and address.

    Of course they will still have to cover their tracks whenever they post or read their blog (or just about anything else on the Internet), but it will give them one additional layer of protection.

    If people are willing to risk their lives in an effort to change their circumstances giving a little bit of storage and bandwidth seems to be the least we can do.

  14. Pedophiles these days on Student RFID Tracking Suspended from School · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I were a parent I would not want my child walking around with a RFID tag that could give potential assailants information they could use to manipulate my child. If they actually had the child's name, grade on the tag I am sure someone would figure out how to get it.

  15. Re:Why Not Try To Screw The RIAA/MPAA? on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies · · Score: 1

    but you may have trademark issues. if you named a file 'microsoft office.exe' and gave it to the public it might create confusion and violate MS's trademark.

  16. Re:Why Not Try To Screw The RIAA/MPAA? on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But they would have to exert effort if you challanged their claim. A letter to their attornies, or a small claims suit would force them spend time reviewing the case. Since you would have nothing to fear, the files are not in fact copyrighted (assuming that you file name is general enough not to infringe their trademarks), you would have very little to risk other than your time.

    I think this is a great idea, I will begin post the files.

  17. Cream of Crack on 13 Energy Drinks In 3 Sessions · · Score: 1

    I love these. They go down smoth even when warm, and the cream base is very sothing on your stomach (especially at 3am after you have had three or four).

  18. But if you are a lawyer... on AutoZone Responds To SCO · · Score: 1

    You would not want to be sued for malpractice and therefore would not want people to rely on your pseudo-legal advice.

    P.S. "IANAL"

  19. Many people don't know about these scams on Sprint Cracks Down on TTY Relay Abuses · · Score: 1

    I think that the scams are more effective if they come from a conutry that people don't automatically associate with crime/scams. Obviously if you are aware of these scams you will associate Nigeria with these, but you are not their targets. If Joe@AOL gets an email asking for money to be sent to Russia, he may think twice.

  20. Traveling on Is VoIP the Way to Go? · · Score: 1

    I travel frequently and use Vondage. With this I am able to use my "land line" in a hotel:
    - Great quality
    - Very reliable so far
    - I am reachable on my home phone
    - I can spend an hour on the phone and not get hit with a huge bill

    I would highly recomend the service.

  21. Isn't This on Fox News Considered Suing Fox's "The Simpsons" · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Like two days old.

  22. Sarcasim on Large Scale Collaborative Editing · · Score: 1

    FYI - I was being sarcastic. I am sure many spammers can do a lot more with email than most of the tech savy people out there.

  23. Low Abusability for Now on Large Scale Collaborative Editing · · Score: 2, Informative

    But if the spammer makes several accounts on the system they could approve their own changes. Then again they would have to have a few different email addresses to pull this off, and they probabily don't know how to set that up.

  24. Re:a bad idea on Brill's Contentious ID Card · · Score: 1

    First, Al Jazeera is a TV network, not a terrorist network. Second, our civil rights are designed to protect the unpopular, not just the people who follow the rules. If we start registering people who "are a risk to society" we have lost our rights. It is these people who threaten our society (founding fathers, MLK, Malcom X, Lenny Bruce, Hippies, Communists, Libertarians, etc.) who allow our open democracy to grow.

    If you are truly a law abiding citizen with no strong political affiliations, the government is not going to be watching your backyard with spy satellites unless they mistake you for someone else. Therefore, if you truly want to protect your rights, protect the rights of the people the government "thinks" are committing bad acts.

  25. Please, oh please don't let it be windows based. on Plug-and-Play for Automobile Embedded Systems · · Score: 1

    I don't want to have to hit CTRL, HORN, HAZZARDS every time I want to change the radio station.