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  1. Re:meditation as a means to control thoughts on The Body's "Fountain of Youth" Could Lie In the Brain · · Score: 1
    something you REALLY want to do

    You may perhaps call this "intention".

    gene expression
    As I think, especially gene expression within the ECM (which is heavily modified by practicing) is of relevance if you consider long term outcomes.

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  2. Re:the psychology of it all on YouTube To Offer Subscription Service This Week · · Score: 1
    "Cognitive Dissonance" is an interesting keyword in this domain.

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  3. Metafont on Google and Adobe Contribute Open Source Rasterizer to FreeType · · Score: 1
    tug.org/tug2008/abstracts/tug08abstracts.pdf

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  4. Collecting Data vs. Analysis on Bruce Schneier: Why Collecting More Data Doesn't Increase Safety · · Score: 1
    I suppose that it is always easier to collect data than to intelligently analyse the amount of data gathered, just because sensors are less complex devices (to put it simple: compare the time you need to collect a cluster of data vs. the time you need to find interrelations). And, obviously, the problem gets worse with growing data (since the days of cluster analysis).

    Obvious, but Bruce does good marketing.

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  5. Re:why not ban capitalism? on Paul's Call To Abolish the TSA, One Year Later · · Score: 2
    that just substitutes the past 9000 years of history for pop psychology

    At least what I know from my father, who was a POW during WWII, the US resembled the requested state to quite some degree back then.

    Anecdotal evidence is that the American guards in his prisoner camp (Roswell, 14 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico) were replaced by German officers due to the fact that things were too loosely handled.

    I also was very impressed by the stories that conveyed that people left their keys in their cars without fear of theft.

    I suggest that your arrogant statement regarding "pop psychology" on a sub 101 level may be questioned.

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  6. Progress and Innivation on Fedora 19 To Stop Masking Passwords · · Score: 1
    I suppose this is the point where MBA skills have overcome insight within the FOSS (or whatever) domain.

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  7. TFS: A Playable Card Game on AI System Invents New Card Games (For Humans) · · Score: 1
    Makes me wonder about the concept of an "unplayable game".

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  8. Fedware on Antivirus Firms "Won't Co-operate" With PC-Hacking Dutch Police · · Score: 2
    http://boingboing.net/2007/07/13/dea-agents-used-keyl.html

    Quote: "It seems that spyware and key loggers are far more advanced and commonplace today than they were six years ago, as are anti-spyware tools. I wonder if the FBI could seek a court order requiring an anti-spyware company not to report fedware (as in, fedware would be whitelisted if detected and the customer would not be alerted)." News from 2007.

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  9. Re:3 outages in 55 years on The Smart Grid Has Arrived · · Score: 1
    Rational thinking anyone?? Have we lost that capability?

    Yes. It is (and probably always was) referred to as "cynical" and quite forbidden.

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  10. Re:Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 1
    Now if only someone could come up with a version where we could control the privacy a bit.

    http://www.jammer-store.com/wifi-bluetooth-jammers-blockers.html

    Protect yourselves.

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  11. Borg Technology on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 1
    Corporate controlled drones, just to give a different time horizon.

    A primitive singularity.

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  12. 3 outages in 55 years on The Smart Grid Has Arrived · · Score: 1
    I indeed have difficulties in getting a grasp of how brownouts can be a problem and how you need a smart grid to prevent power outages.

    I only remember three outages, the most severe caused by a remarkable flood ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1962 ), the other two by a lightning striking into a transformer station.

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  13. Re: What Information? on Chinese Hackers Infiltrate US Army Database, Compromise Safety of Dams · · Score: 1
    "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

    For oldish nerds.

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  14. Re:Google glasses on Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life · · Score: 1
    Don't worry though I hear broken jaws heal quickly.

    A different problem is when I insert my hand underneath your ribs and tear your chest apart.

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  15. Re:Google glasses on Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life · · Score: 1
    First hand, they are assaulting me.

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  16. Re:Google glasses on Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life · · Score: 1, Informative
    Given Google is in the US, I'm going by US based laws

    American asshole.

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  17. Re:Google glasses on Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life · · Score: 1
    You have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public.

    Perhaps in your jurisdiction. Here, in Germany, you own the right to pictures taken of yourself (Recht am eigenen Bild), unless you are a person of public interest (politican etc.).

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  18. Re:from a collective to for profit individuals on The Balkanization of Chatting · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Not all programmers are suitable for all projec on Hiring Developers By Algorithm · · Score: 1
  20. Fukushima on IBM Robotic Coworker Will Help Engineers Fix Broken Systems · · Score: 1
    Vast test bed there. Good luck.

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  21. Re:What are we going to call this? on Smartphone Used To Scan Data From Chip-Enabled Credit Cards · · Score: 1
    I appreciate your reply.

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  22. Re:What are we going to call this? on Smartphone Used To Scan Data From Chip-Enabled Credit Cards · · Score: 1
    Typical real-world vs. "guy" measurement. (right girls?)

    Hopefully Adria Richards will not read your comment.

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  23. Re:incompetence on Unanimous: Provo Utah Council Approves Google Fiber · · Score: 1
    Here, in Germany, you have a system of signs that indicates were the piping is.

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  24. Per Capita? on China Leads in "Clean" Energy Investment · · Score: 2
    Alone from what I pay for electricity it must be Germany, and the report gives further evidence.

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  25. Re:Too simple theory on Physicist Proposes New Way To Think About Intelligence · · Score: 1
    http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/intellect.html

    150 different components of intelligence

    J.P.Guilford *classic*

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