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Comment Re:stupid question but..... (Score 1) 563

The net expense of government healthcare is driven by mandate and legislation, not by economic factors. That, on average, the expense is lower in countries where it can be completely arbitrary should not be surprising.

As for quality of care at a given price, talk to the people who take medical holidays to the United States.

Comment Re:Check Engine (Score 1) 583

Some have replied that you should go buy a reader and read it yourself. That costs time and money*. If you only want to spend time, Autozone and other parts stores will check and reset codes for free.

Call ahead to double check that they perform the service for free obviously in case it isn't available where you live.

*I know this is slashdot, and there is something innately cool about being able to get the data out of your car's sensors, so if this is the motivation, go for it.

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'Greasemonkey' Malware Targets Firefox 370

snydeq writes "Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed 'Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,' sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, registering itself as 'Greasemonkey,' the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more than 100 financial and money transfer Web sites, including PayPal, collecting logins and passwords, which it forwards to a server in Russia. Trojan infection can occur via drive-by download or download duping."

Comment Blip.tv (Score 1) 129

According to this version of blip.tv's wikipedia article, Lessig has praised blip.tv for already meeting some of these standards.

In general, blip.tv is an open platform. It offers direct download links for all videos it hosts, including videos that it has transcoded (i.e. Flash videos). This led Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig to call blip.tv a "true sharing site" (along with Flickr and Eyespot, among others) in contrast to YouTube's "fake sharing site" because blip.tv "explicitly offers links to download various formats of the videos it shares." [1]

The actual source is an article on Lessig's blog.

Comment Summary is incorrect (Score 4, Informative) 176

Mamma.com took a private investment at a discount (a PIPE). This is a sign of weakness, and the announcement sent the shares lower. The SEC alleges that Mr. Cuban sold his shares with insider knowledge of the PIPE, liquidating his stake before it got battered the next day.

WSJ article (report updated since I saw it earlier; it now erroneously says it was an investment in a private company).

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