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  1. Re:Lalah on Physicists Uncover TV Show Biases · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Yes, he's still the commentator. One of the best quotes the whole night was after Ukraine's performance (the Orange Revolution rap song): "I wonder how many votes that will get from Russia?"

    His comment about the winner - "a plain looking girl who has overcome her shyness for tonight" - was also priceless. As with his commentary about the Norwegian act - "Freddy Mercury will spin in his grave!"

  2. not having sex with it? on Just a Phone? · · Score: 1

    Try telling that to emergency room staff who have to remove vibrating mobile phones from people's asses...

  3. Re:Ezra Cornell on How We Got Here - Stuff To Read · · Score: 1

    Well, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Human Ecology, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations are all part of the SUNY system (if I remember correctly) and thus have "lower" tuition fees than the private part of the university, if you are a resident of New York. Plus there are lots of part-time job opportunities available, so it's not that unaffordable, at least not compared to other prestigious private universities...

  4. Re:free lunch guilt on A Look at Silicon Valley Cafeterias · · Score: 1
    I read a book (can't remember which one, sorry), in which it was claimed that some female exec used this as a way to decide which companies to buy from -- if they didn't have sanitary supplies, they were probably going to go down the tubes fast and leave her company in the lurch.

    It was in a Dilbert book but I don't remember which one. The Dilbert Principle I think, but I'm not sure...

  5. Re:hmm on French Courts Ban DRM on DVDs · · Score: 1
    Any law enforcement officer that believes otherwise can come and arrest me.

    As if the typical fat donut cop would know what was on your T-shirt anyway...

  6. waist-hip on Fat Geeks Healthier Than You Thought · · Score: 1

    Actually, the ideal is .7 and yes, it's possible to achieve this with some padding. Though not an excessive amount of padding...

  7. Re:BMI denial on Fat Geeks Healthier Than You Thought · · Score: 1
    It should be pointed out as well that the BMI makes no distinction based on race, sex or body type.

    Nor age. Age matters.

    My concern is that if they do set up BMI for women, how I would rate. I lift weights for exercise, and I'm not talking about the wussy 1 kg things that a lot of women use, but the big heavy ones. I can lift more than some guys. So I'm damn heavy due to all that muscle mass, even though I don't look heavy. Interestingly enough, I have started doing some extra cardio (running 5 km for each cardio session) in order to lose some weight. The result? Weight gain. And all my clothes are getting too big.

    Are they going to create a women's BMI for someone like me, who exercises hard, or will the BMI be adjusted for the women who are afraid to build some muscle because they think it will make them big and bulky like bodybuilder men? My fear is that a BMI for women would be for women with little-to-no significant muscle mass, due to all the old stereotypes about women and training, putting me in some kind of obese range. Even when I have a waist-hip ratio of around 0.7, which is supposedly the "most healthy and attractive."

  8. sheesh on Ameritrade Customer Data Lost · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1) Blame third party

    "I don't do business with companies that cannot and will not take responsibility for what happens to its personal data (or whatever else). In the end, you are where the buck stops. Not the shipping company that you contracted."

    2) Data is not lost, we just don't know where it is

    "If you don't know where it is, then it is..." *drumroll*

    3) There has been no evidence of the data being used

    "Not that you know of...or yet."

  9. funny bone on Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations · · Score: 1
    It's called the funny bone because it's funny for other people.

    But yeah, it's a great way to learn new curse words ;-)

  10. wisdom teeth on Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations · · Score: 1

    Well, my wisdom teeth have developed and don't cause me any problems as of yet (I'm 34 years old). Not really sure what that means. I also have straight teeth but never wore braces.

  11. Re:aside from the Viagra+don't drop the soap jokes on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 1

    Well, I never said that I approve of the prison social system. I just acknowledge it exists. I'm just curious as to how a spammer will be treated by other prisoners now and in the future.

  12. Re:aside from the Viagra+don't drop the soap jokes on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 1
    Though, from my minimal understanding, that doesn't exactly put him in a good position either.

    No, it doesn't. It all depends on how talented (or not) he is at social engineering, I suppose. I wonder if being able to offer discount Viagra to his fellow cellmates would push him up a few points... :-P

  13. aside from the Viagra+don't drop the soap jokes... on Spammer Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What kind of "status" would a spammer would get in jail? (For example, child abusers are the lowest form of life on the prison evolutionary scale.) And how it will affect their behavior after relase, and how it will affect the behavior of spammers who haven't been caught but may end up fearing what awaits.

  14. Re:what about alcohol metabolism? on Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations · · Score: 3, Interesting
    As soon as people started living in cities, they started polluting their water supply. Brewed and distilled spirits were the only safe source of water.

    This is true. I've travelled a bit in Europe and have done the tourist things like the guided tours of whatever castle or fortress, and there's always the story about how the soldiers were rationed x amount of beer a day, because the water was too unsafe to drink, and, well, nobody had any use of a sick soldier (drunken soldiers are a whole other issue :). You also hear similar stories when you do brewery and winery tours.

  15. what about alcohol metabolism? on Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations · · Score: 2, Funny

    Time for another beer...

  16. *sigh* on Passport Chip Could Attract High-Tech Muggers · · Score: 1

    The terrorists have indeed won. Nobody has a sense of humor anymore...

  17. that word that cannot be named on Passport Chip Could Attract High-Tech Muggers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Terrorists are the new Communists. And black is the new black. Get over it already!

  18. Re:Use a third-party to register your domain on Private .US Registrations Disallowed by NTIA · · Score: 1

    They could do that without having to make domain name information public. But I guess using the third party would make it all the more "suspicious" and thus the whole mess all the more warranted ;-)

  19. Re:Use a third-party to register your domain on Private .US Registrations Disallowed by NTIA · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Aw crap, you beat me to saying "use (trusted) third parties to register your domain name." *sigh*

    So while we're on the topic of third parties, some questions:

    - has there been any discussion surrounding banning the use of these third parties?

    - what are the laws/rules/liabilities/etc. regarding the relationship between third parties and the government, and third parties and their customers, in dealing with issues between the government and a customer?

  20. Re:Too much on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 1
    That's sort of why I put it in quotes. They're called different things different places. In hindsight, I should have written "person responsible for security" or something like that I suppose...

    But yeah, back to your question. Does such a position exist? And if not, would the typical duties of a "security officer" be the duties of someone else with an entirely different title?

    If not, why?

  21. Re:Biometrics on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 1

    Riiiiiiiiiiight. Until someone decides, just for a cheap thrill, to mess around with the databases matching people to their biometric data. (Among the many things that can easily happen to fuck everything up.) Then the fun really begins!

  22. Re:Too much on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I was about to ask the same thing.

    What a lot of "security officers" seem to neglect is that an important part of security is to make what one would want to steal physically difficult, even impossible, to do so. This would perhaps work as a last resort against other stupidities such as forgetting to encrypt or letting non-authorized persons in a restricted zone.

    Incidentally, a laptop doesn't even need to be stolen. Call any train station or airline and ask them how many laptops are forgotten each day. Each week. Each month.

    Nobody raises an eyebrow when they see someone carrying a laptop on a university campus. Someone trying to haul a big machine would draw more attention.

  23. Re:Privacy on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 2

    You may want to use the EU Personal Data Directive (95/46/EC) as a starting point. But even the Directive has its weaknesses...

  24. Re:Identity data stolen from a private university on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 2

    UC-Berkeley is a state university.

  25. Re:Yes, let's lump them together. on Jon Johansen Breaks iTunes DRM Yet Again · · Score: 1
    Are you Norwegian and an expert on Norwegian law?

    The judge may take the precedent into account, but the judge is not required to base his/her decision on the precedent.