That's not Google's tablet, that's a "Google Android Tablet" ("Google" as part of the OS name, not the physical tablet's branding.)

That's somebody else's tablet hardware running what looks like a seriously stock Android installation. (I mean, would Google go to all the trouble of designing a tablet with the same minimalist home screen as a mobile phone? Or a 600 MHz CPU when their phone sports a 1 GHz grinder?)

Waitasec, scam alert: here are some threads questioning whether this device actually even exists (commenters posting about unfulfilled orders for this very same "Google Android" tablet device.)

Here's a video for a "Smit MID-560" with a 5" *resistive* touch screen (rather than capacitive), speculated to be the hardware of this fakey "Google Android Tablet" that is not sold by Google.

Nice try buddy ... looks to be utterly bogus.

That plan cost us dearly, but never materialized. We shouldn't be paying for it again, but it sounds like we are about to, without a choice.

The whole thing smells fishy: the indictment's first odd bit is its vagueness about what Duchak was up to, specifically. No details.

The second weird thing is that DOJ doesn't want him held - no bail mentioned (nor in any newstory that I've found), and the "will not seek detention" box is checked on the indictment form (pre-trial detention.)

Likewise, the indictment says "five days or less" for the trial duration. I once sat for a sexual assault trial, and despite being an open-and-shut case of guy-grabs-coworkers-boobs-in-front-of-witnesses, it lasted 4-1/2 days.

Three federal agents are listed, you can bet their affidavits spell out more of what he did... and they don't appear to be online. Further searching, looks like there's absolutely nothing within .gov that bears our Duchak's name.

Under other circumstances (and administrations), this might have been a highly-touted smackdown in the war against whatever. Not so here...

But hey! There's a Douglas James Duchak listed in the whitepages ...

Let's see if he can fill us in...

in some cases preparations have been classified as 'homeopathic' while still containing significant concentrations of active...ingredients

There are many homeopathic preparations that contain base material(s), by design.

still containing significant concentrations of active (and potentially harmful) ingredients

Is that pure conjecture, or do you have a cite? Neither of the links you provided mention anything like what you suggest, nor have I discovered any such claims in my readings on the subject.

...Zicam...

While Zicam contains some homeopathic ingredients, they themselves have never been associated with anosmia. Zicam also contains other "active ingredients" in far higher concentrations. Neither the FDA, the plaintiffs' lawyers, nor any research have determined what triggered anosmia in those victims, though there has been speculation that direct application of zinc to the olfactory bulb is the cause.

I am scientifically inaccurate.

I'll leave it at that, and that you've not yet presented any cites to prove your points.

Those studies have all been shown to be flawed.

Haha, who's lacking in objectivity here? Plainly a false claim, if you've ever done any reading on the subject.

Don't start in on my motivations or beliefs either. I used to believe in (or at least, not disbelieve in) homeopathy.

Campaigners often claim they used to support what they now fight, for purely rhetorical benefit. Rhetoric is all you've presented thus far.

My gods, people here fight homeopathy like it's destroying the world! My ex, who has fully recovered from the effects of chronic Lyme disease due to homeopathic treatment, will thank you to educate yourself. And I say: go read articles that claim what you disbelieve. Look for the studies, read the work. You've so far presented no actual knowledge beyond popular criticism.

Homeopathy doesn't (generally) claim that the small amount of the substance creates the cure, but that it's the dilution itself of that substance that helps.

Go read the wikipedia link in my original post - you've just described one of two schools of thought about homeopathy.

don't try to claim that it "trigger[s] an immune response"

Oh I don't make that claim, that's made by European (mostly) pharmaceutical firms.

Ever gotten stung by a bee or an ant? How did your body respond to the pain, itching and swelling induced by the venom? What's that? Your body fought those symptoms off, and you recovered? (Assuming you're not of the rare type who die from insect venoms.)

Ever wondered if that same principle can be applied to conditions with similar symptoms? One homeopathic remedy uses dilute quantities of bee venom to, get this, reduce itching and swelling caused by autoimmune hives.

Additional uses are for the reduction of chronic pain and arthritic joint inflammation. There are also claims that it reduces the symptoms of multiple schlerosis. While I've not found a peer-reviewed study about the latter (yet), there are two American university who are studying the pain/inflammation angle.

Homeopathy is based on wild guesswork and superstition

Funny, it sounds like your knowledge of homeopathy is based on the same. Why don't you open your mind and do some reading beyond news stories which confirm your biases? It's plain you and others here have never researched homeopathy beyond what you already believe.

If you can, please point to ANY study showing actual effectiveness for ANY form of homeopathy.

You haven't looked yourself, have you? That's because your bias precludes looking any further.

There have been many random controlled studies of homeopathic remedis showing efficacy greater than placebo.

Homeopathy is not effective, in any guise.

Reread my first paragraph.

No, there are a handful of vaccine types, and you described two. All types are currently in use.

I'm not surprised though, homeopaths seem to universally have no clue how medicine works.

And you have no idea how homeopathy works. There's a helluva lot more money behind vaccines, so it's no wonder that their PR prevails.

Bullshit! You have no idea what homeopathy is. Homeopathic preparations are NOT diluted due to legal issues, dilution is the whole. god. damn. point.

It's easy to attack a whole field by going after its weakest claim. That's what most homeopathy vs placebo studies have done, and it's what you're doing. And it's clear that most /.ers here have heard only that homeopathic remedies are preparations diluted beyond having actual base material, which is absolutely incorrect. Follow your own advice and *read* before flaming others for the same.

Less-dilute homeopathic preparations contain the base substance. Read this bit from your Wikipedia cite about low vs high dilutions of homeopathic preparations-

The split between lower and higher dilutions followed ideological lines. Those favoring low dilutions stressed pathology and a strong link to conventional medicine...

-before engaging your flamethrower. From my reads, there have been only a few studies analysing lower dilution prepartions, focusing on a couple of products, and far from conclusive with respect to the field.

Ever gotten vaccinated against the flu or smallpox? Same basic principle as homeopathy: introduce a small quantity of Something Bad^tm into the body, to trigger an immune response.

how many bystanders do you think are going to want their watches, cellphones, laptops, etc., replaced by the cops?

Good luck with that ... and when it happens, I bid you welcome to the infamous blue wall of silence. After NYPD cops illegally confiscated and damaged a camcorder of mine, it took nearly six months for them to acknowledge that the incident even took place! Despite having excellent video evidence, from other videographers.

One more reason to never let go of my supercharged '68 Oldsmobile 442 getaw^H^H^H^H^H ride... no integrated circuits. Except the sound system, of course - which, to keep up the stereotype, plays only 8-track tapes, preferably from the mid-Jurrasic rock period.

C'mon coppers, let's see your puny little raygun take on some Detroit Iron!

After keeping their populace docile and stupid...

That's untrue. Mainland China's people aren't stupid (maybe some are ignorant, many afraid), and a few brave ones conjure up the balls to endure the inevitable beat-back that always comes when questioning authority.

A better way to characterize the effect of PRC's viciously retrograde policies against their own people might be "repressed and pwned," given the deeply fucked-up nature of the authoritarian and communist government there.

While China's economic liberalization may leave more coin jingling in the average worker's pocket, all else remains the same. Makes me wonder if the West's political mollycoddling of PRC was ever intended to benefit their people, or if it was just to retain a cheap manufacturing source.

There's no hardball involved. Google looks at China and goes "It cost us more than it's getting us." Pure business, with the added bonus of nice PR for being the first corp that said no to the PRC.

Absolutely spot-on. Let us hope they follow it through to total withdrawl and contribute some loss of face for PRC's communist party. Let's not forget the near-complete blind eye turned by Western governments and the lame-stream media during the Olympics in Beijing not so long ago.