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  1. Re:Update the constitution on Partner of Guardian's Snowden Reporter Detained Under Terrorism Act · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In this case, you need to create a (written and involved to amend) constitution.

  2. Re:causation versus correlation on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 2

    Actually, it appears SBUX peaked around 11am (about when the Forbes article went up if I'm right about the timezones), then dropped until about an hour ago, and is now going back up.

    Probably just a coincidence though.

  3. Re:Removing bins will not fix underlying problem on London Bans Recycling Bins That Track Phones · · Score: 1

    But most carriers default their phones to auto-connect to open WIFI to save themselves bandwidth.

    I'm thinking that must be a British thing. My GS3 (on Virgin/Bell) in Canada doesn't autoconnect to anything WiFi unless you've previously explicitly connected to a given network and AFAICT, there's no option to even make it do so.

  4. Re:Removing bins will not fix underlying problem on London Bans Recycling Bins That Track Phones · · Score: 2

    And what need is there to announce the MAC address when not connected to anything?

  5. Re:So then what? on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 1

    Are you claiming that people have children so that there will be someone to take care of them when they are older? So if we come up with self replicating robots who will take care of old people the species would die off?

    My statement was only intended to apply to the current context of discussion (poor families in developing nations), not humanity in general.

  6. Re:So then what? on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 1

    Available evidence suggests that if you cut down childhood mortality, birth rates will follow it down.

    They don't have loads of children because it's amusing. They do to try to ensure that some of them will survive to adulthood to care for them in old age. When the childhood mortality rate is about 1-in-5, it doesn't take much of a run of bad luck to wipe out 1-3 children.

  7. Re:why don't they on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 2

    There's work being done on that actually. The idea is to only eliminate the specific species of mosquitoes that are disease vectors (e.g. Malaria is only transmitted by about 100 species in the genus Anopheles), which are a distinct minority of mosquito species, and the other species would be able to pick up the ecological slack.

    I believe the currently proposed method is to create and release large numbers of sterile males of the relevant species to cut down their reproduction rate.

  8. Re:I yell my name all day on Dolphin Memories Span At Least 20 Years · · Score: 1

    One might reply "This is Geoff Pullum" or similar if you're using a phone, radio, or some other form of audio-only communication.

  9. Re:This will help the Occulus Rift A LOT!!! on John Carmack Joins Oculus VR As CTO · · Score: 1

    But as soon as you press the W key and start walking forward, there's something no hardware can fix happening. Your eyes see forward motion, your inner ear doesn't.

    I wonder if adding in the mechanics of moving (e.g. an Omni) might help matters.

  10. Re:Does that matter for just doing key exchange? on Math Advance Suggest RSA Encryption Could Fall Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Sure. But you still need RSA for the initial handshaking and the larger key will mean you go down under large numbers of incoming connections (e.g. /.) much sooner.

  11. Re:RSA = out of date on Math Advance Suggest RSA Encryption Could Fall Within 5 Years · · Score: 2

    If it's a question of key size, then why not use larger keys? The last time I checked, it is possible to increase the size of RSA keys quite a bit.

    Because large RSA keys do unfortunate things to performance. You double the key length, and it takes 6-7 times longer to run the decryption.

  12. Re:Yes, and? on NRA Launches Pro-Lead Website · · Score: 2

    1) There is no metal suitable for bullets other than lead - unless we want to shoot some other heavy metal. Pick.

    People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it

  13. Re:All fine and good. on Government Study Finds TSA Misconduct Up 26% In 3 Years · · Score: 1

    We've got many of towns with this kind of name in Canada. Bangor, Dildo, Climax, Placentia, Come-By-Chance, etc.

  14. Re:No, it still looks like Snowden was lying... on Training Materials for NSA Spying Tool "XKeyScore" Revealed · · Score: 1

    That is, until someone in some person in government somewhere decides you look more like a needle.

    Slight addendum. A person like, say, a vengeful ex?

  15. Re:Obligatory Terminator reference on Why the Internet Needs Cognitive Protocols · · Score: 1

    The world does not work like that - at least for most people. Eating out is a common social activity. Trying new stuff and being adventurous in the kitchen is a great past time. Eating is one of the major pleasurable activities in life.

    How does having more time to actually do that cooking and eating take away from that? Is running all over town to obscure specialty shops to obtain certain new and adventurous ingredients a required portion of that activity?

  16. Re:Technology costs? on How Outdated Data Distorts Doctors' Pay · · Score: 3, Informative

    Malpractice coverage is mostly provided by the Canadian Medical Protective Association. It's not really malpractice insurance like in the states, but they deal with providing legal services and paying settlements. Rather than premiums, they charge a annual membership fee, which is dependant on specialty and location (Doctors in Ontario and Quebec get different fees than the rest of Canada) and is massively variable. An office-practice family doctor in the RoC would pay $1,344/year, whereas an OB/GYN who does deliveries in Ontario is looking at $49,416/year.

    You can look at their fee schedule here.

  17. Re:But now people in the US try to avoid it on US Gained a Decade of Flynn-Effect IQ Points After Adding Iodine To Salt · · Score: 1

    It is not. You know what food contains half the iodine you need in a day. A potato.

    That only applies if the soil the potato was grown in has adequate iodine. While that may be a given in most of North America, there's considerable portions of the world (e.g. Switzerland, Ethiopia, North Korea, parts of China) where this does not apply.

  18. Re:Vaccination... on Fifteen Years After Autism Panic, a Plague of Measles Erupts · · Score: 1

    Disease can happen at ANY time at ANY age. Go ahead, wait a few more months, a few more years. Maybe you won't the disease before the vaccine. Or maybe you'll get an object lesson on why your idea is dangerous insanity.

  19. Re:You .... on Fifteen Years After Autism Panic, a Plague of Measles Erupts · · Score: 1

    should be tabled

    You might want to be careful with that verb when we're discussing an event in the UK. The meaning of it is almost exactly opposite between American and Commonwealth English.

  20. Re:My opinion has changed on the subject on Fifteen Years After Autism Panic, a Plague of Measles Erupts · · Score: 1

    1. Too many vaccinations for a little body to handle is a problem.

    "Too many too soon" is massive pile of nonsense. Their "tiny bodies" are being bombarded with and handling an array of pathogens before they even take their first breath. For example, look up vaginal flora. They're being utterly coated in that on their way out.

  21. Re:There's just one thing to say. on Confirmed: F-1 Rocket Engine Salvaged By Amazon's Bezos Is From Apollo 11 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I agree, but the U.S. government made no real attempt to recover it for that purpose.

    They didn't need to. They had 2 complete Saturn V rockets leftover from the cancelled Apollo 19 and 20 missions. You can see them on display at the Johnson and Kennedy Space Centres. They also have a standalone F-1 in the rocket garden at the latter.

  22. Re:Congress is "angry" on NSA Admits Searching "3 Hops" From Suspects · · Score: 1

    Feinstein is not up for reelection. She was just reelected (overwhelmingly) in November, so she's not up for reelection until 2018.

  23. Re:Congress is "angry" on NSA Admits Searching "3 Hops" From Suspects · · Score: 1

    Feinstein was just reelected in November, so she isn't up for reelection again until 2018.

  24. Re:Would this be covered under obscenity laws? on Gore Site Operator Arrested For Posting Video of Murder · · Score: 1

    Probably not. Current case law on obscenity (as mentioned in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association) in the USA holds that "speech about violence is not obscene".

  25. Re:Things like this... on Gore Site Operator Arrested For Posting Video of Murder · · Score: 1

    Hate speech is still illegal. It just now has to go through the normal courts (incl. being picked up by a Crown Prosecutor/Attorney) rather than the Human Rights Tribunals.