Slightly off topic, but it reminds of the person who once asked, "If I whistle a popular rock song where someone else can hear and then they start whistling it too, have I made an illegal copy?"

Seems to me that the largest force driving iPhone/iPad/iPod success is the Apple Store. It's huge, draws developers, and provides good product at dirt cheap prices. OS considerations have become secondary.

Correlation will make for defensible decisions. Ones where you can look to your peers and say something like, "Look, they were browsing with Chrome. How could I know they would default their loan?" And your loan granting colleagues will all nod their heads and sympathize. Correlation may even help one to make decisions with more predictable outcomes, even when the causative factor is unknown. While trying to anticipate the future correlates with well with being human, past performance does not guarantee future results. Either way, I'm switching to Chrome until the data indicates otherwise.

:-) I know I do: http://radiology.rsna.org/content/248/3/962.abstract

Interesting, but... The scheme fails to account for the fact that human bones remodel and change shape over time. In fact, the premise appears to count on the fact that people's bones will remain unchanged. It's just not so. The skeleton is a changing organ. More info can be found in this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_remodeling One could imagine a database of "bone information" that is cross-referenced to identity. While it's possible the data would initially be useful, over time the database would become increasingly inaccurate as peoples' bones changed. How often would the authors suggest that people be rescanned to maintain accuracy?

So, if you toggle a pixel and nobody can see it, is it on?

Well... there you go: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/14/1637251/Google-Attackers-Identified-as-Chinese-Government?art_pos=7

Yes. Seems to be the case.

Agreed. "sponsored by the Chinese government itself" is the implication. Why doesn't google paint the picture a little clearer. No need to? Isn't there something to be gained?

Is it just me or is there a "spin disconnect" with this news stroy. I hear and read from multiple sources that "Google" is "pulling out of China" because of cyber attacks. My guess is most will read such stuff and concluded that google is either removing censorship or leaving .cn because it can't protect itself from hacking. Reading google's post on the topic here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html seems to suggest that google is modifying its policies or leaving because "Chinese human rights activists" were primary targets. Google doesn't go so far as to say they are siding with "Chinese human rights activists," but it does seem to be implied. So which is it? Is google championing "Chinese human rights activists" If so, why doesn't google focus, or redirect, the media coverage accordingly?

As a physician who codes, I appreciate the tremendous advantage I have when using information technology. I also remember clearly enough writing thousands of lines of code in somebody's basement many years ago. FWIW, I think Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmatic should make room for a little ''Rerr handling" in a well rounded education. Ohh... and I do think that much of the development in science and medicine (and elsewhere )in the near future will involve handling large data sets.

I wonder if she'll pay for this sort of thing in the future?: http://download.cnet.com/BulletProof-FTP-Client-2009/3000-2160_4-10009523.html

I used to hit 'em with my Timex Sinclair - 1K

or maybe... BaRingworld: BaRing the "O" with Obama.

... a big ring orbiting an artificial sun. BaRingworld bringing change to you.