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  1. He missed one on Man "Beats" World of Warcraft · · Score: 1

    He hasn't been a member of the Care Bear guild on Mok'Nathal.

    That achievement is rarely found, and you'd think someone who /hug his enemies in combat and /love all the furry creatures would have tried for that one.

    (Yes, I'm Kehrbehr)

  2. I still can't get it to run on my single-core CPU on Microsoft To Switch Focus To Windows 8 In July 2010 · · Score: 1

    strange, cause Linux and BSD both run fine ... are you sure Win8 is supposed to be an improvement?

  3. Re:Information just wants to be free on Recession Pushes More Workers To Steal Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly. For any capitalist system to function properly, all market participants must have full and equal access to all information.

    This includes labor.

    No, this isn't Karl Marx's ideas - this is Adam Smith, the inventor of Capitalism.

    Downmodding me won't change the fact that free and widely distributed information makes the market function better, as does all inputs, both good (GDP) and bad (pollution, etc, which aren't measured in our system).

  4. Re:Information just wants to be free on Recession Pushes More Workers To Steal Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    me too - in fact, the artificial non-posting of salaries, bonus, and other information leads to distortions in the marketplace.

    Which, in other words means that dotgain hates capitalism ... (grin)

  5. Information just wants to be free on Recession Pushes More Workers To Steal Data · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can't steal what's free.

    Open source ftw!

  6. Re:Please note this won't reverse mitochondrial dm on Researchers Neutralize Parkinson's Dopamine Killers · · Score: 1

    unlike you I actually work in research - specifically involving Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Autism, and Lipids.

    I stand by my statement on mechanisms.

  7. Re:pardon me? in research speed is slow on Researchers Neutralize Parkinson's Dopamine Killers · · Score: 1

    Ten years is fast in terms of human subjects - it takes a while to get informed consent, and a period of 7 to 10 years is common for such drug trials to reach the final stages.

    We've had a cure for half of all cancers for years now, but the trials and consents make it difficult to complete it quickly (especially as you have humans with cancer at the later stages, after you complete the mouse and primate models).

  8. Please note this won't reverse mitochondrial dmg on Researchers Neutralize Parkinson's Dopamine Killers · · Score: 1

    While this will help - a lot - if after 7-10 years a cure completes human trials - it won't fix the mitochondrial damage that has already taken place.

    However, a period of fasting (10-14 days) should force telomere resets in most cells and force a mitochondrial rebuild, which might work as a follow up to this.

  9. Re:Here's a high-tech cure for distracted driving on FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving · · Score: 1

    well, first you have to eat the special brownies

  10. Here's a high-tech cure for distracted driving on FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving · · Score: 1

    You want a high tech cure for distracted driving?

    Here's one: Put down the ham sandwich, makeup kit, and cell phone and pay attention to the road!

    Here endeth the lesson.

  11. Re:I can see plenty of uses for it. on Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but they only ship with Win7 and will run dog slow if you do that.

  12. About time they blocked cell phones in cars on Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA · · Score: 1

    All you people talking on cell phones are endangering we pedestrians, cyclists, motorbike riders, and our kids.

    So I'm glad they're blocking you from using cell phones that aren't tied into a cars own bluetooth vehicle rebroadcast.

    Using a cell phone in a car, or texting on your blackberry, is the same as having downed EIGHT SHOTS OF VODKA.

  13. They just need a 1D20 to prove it on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    Wire it up to an optical detector and have it start only if it lands on 13.

    Then either the detector or the die will refuse to land on 13 if it's true.

  14. Sounds fair to me on Facebook User Arrested For a Poke · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are way too many poker-faced people who should be in the pokey for poking someone.

    That said, they should have forced her FB status update to read "In Prison For Breaking the Law" and changed her FB picture to be that of someone wearing an orange jumpsuit.

  15. I call dibs on the House of Commons! on Real-LIfe Distributed-Snooping Web Game To Launch In Britain · · Score: 1

    Cool, so if I've called dibs on the cameras in the House of Commons, and the House of Lords, then I win - cause I've got the most criminals!

    Just because your crime isn't prosecuted doesn't mean you're not a criminal.

  16. Isn't the basic patent for this held by NASA? on Dow Chemical Rolling Out Solar Shingles Next Year · · Score: 1

    I remember when I gave it to them back during the Moon shots.

    That said, the work since then involves a number of later patents, some of which are held by the UW.

  17. Re:Sad to hear of the RMN on Postmortem for a Dead Newspaper · · Score: 1

    it's still the same website URL.

  18. Re:Marketing 101: on Postmortem for a Dead Newspaper · · Score: 1

    already have a degree in that

  19. Re:Sad to hear of the RMN on Postmortem for a Dead Newspaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, we tried to sacrifice positrons, but you saw what happened to the Mount St Helens newspaper when we did that ...

  20. Sad to hear of the RMN on Postmortem for a Dead Newspaper · · Score: 1

    But, contrary to rumors, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is still alive and well.

    They just don't kill trees to put out their paper, sacrificing electrons instead.

  21. Re:Woohoo! or Dementia for fun and prophets on Alzheimer's Disease Possibly Linked To Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 1

    As I recall, a majority believe in Angels and a minority believe in Saxons.

  22. Re:Woohoo! or Dementia for fun and prophets on Alzheimer's Disease Possibly Linked To Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 1

    Dementia is not the same as Alzheimer's. Many more people have dementia than have Alzheimer's. We even categorize people with Parkinson's by those with Dementia (PDD) and those without Dementia (PD), for example.

    FTD (frontal temporal dementia) is different as well.

    My faves are the people who see little green men, or have irrational beliefs. You see a lot of those, actually.

  23. These are actually not exactly AD mice on Alzheimer's Disease Possibly Linked To Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 1

    They're mice that have symptoms very similar to Alzheimer's and we do use them in studies, but inferring anything when we only have a t-sample of 10 male humans to compare it to, is not very reasonable.

    It does suggest a more in depth study, but to get any statistical power you would need probably 300 human controls and 300 AD cases to compare, age and gender matched. To allow for dropouts down to a final size of 254 each.

    Now, this should not mean it's incorrect - we've always known that the risk factors for Alzheimer's include lack of sleep, after diet and exercise.

    Take home message, try to get a reasonable amount of sleep, eat a varied diet low in red meat, and get mild to moderate exercise.

    And if your doctor wants you to have low dose Aspirin, that's a good idea.

  24. Re:Thread with free & open games on Why Games Cost $60 · · Score: 1

    I know, but only one has cool missions that I made (grin).

  25. Re:All my online games are free on Why Games Cost $60 · · Score: 1

    Dude, most people worldwide buy their games at stalls from boxes. In fact, the first game software I ever bought was when I was traveling to Australia and NZ and such places.

    Not everywhere is like us.