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Comment Re:I know what will happen... (Score 1) 55

The exactly same thing will happen if they do not provide the service to undeveloped areas, the patient suffers and possibly dies. Any effort to do something is better than doing nothing despite the risks involved.

Sure, but there's a few more options than doing this and doing nothing. For example, if the connection is so unreliable would you rather have someone on-site try doing it under audio/video/photo/sketch/text guidance and if the connection breaks down he'll just have to wing it or do you really want a remotely operated robot that'll leave you stranded when the connection fails. Not to mention the latter is harsh, but maybe needed on-the-job training. And if you want remotely operated robots, well you need some pretty advanced skills to maintain and repair them so you might just replace one skill they don't have for another.

Comment Re:Does it matter? (Score 1) 52

Since most people who will be subject to ransomware have no way of knowing the mechanics of the encryption (or wouldn't be able to access it anyway) ... does that they lied about their super secret crypto make a damned bit of difference?

Well, I wouldn't bother to start poking at it but I would at least search online if there's a workaround if I managed to get hit with a cryptolocker. So by publicly announcing this tool a few may be helped, isn't that good enough? I didn't bother to read TFA but I imagine it came for "free" looking for the malware's infection vector/hiding techniques/C&C central/whatever so there's no reason to complain about a lucky break.

Comment Re:This is about money (Score 2) 314

Handling of the HYDROFLUOROSILICIC ACID is difficult. It eats through everything, even glass eventually. Tanks need replacement regularly, you have to wear hazmat suits when working around it... Go ahead get a little bit on you... it burns like hell and cant be neutralized.

This is the primary reason coupled with the fact that most kids have easy access to fluoride rinses and toothpaste. No reason to go with a preventative dones and scale back to a maintenance dosage.

Plus the crap is getting expensive to buy and truck. When I worked at a water filtration plant a semi truck load delivery was an expensive event, and that was 15 years ago. Today it's worse with the OMG WE ALL GONNA DIE OSHA standards for safety.

Comment Re:Rent seeking all the way down. (Score 1) 239

That is a dangerous assertion. Why shouldn't Microsoft take a 40% cut of Zenimax profits because Skyrim runs on Windows?

If Microsoft wants to charge 40% to use DirectX, let them. Like certain GPL proponents like to point out, if you don't like the terms don't use it. Imagine this was something bigger and more formal than a mod, like a partnership. They make and sell the base game, you build DLC content for it. They're not going to give away their content and engine for free so you can make money off it, you won't write the DLC for free so they can make money off it. You'll agree to some commercial terms, a 40% cut is one possibility. I really fail to see the problem here.

Comment Re:"Selfie" (Score 1) 63

does a guy who by chance gets a printed mini-me and uses the word selfie incorrectly in a clickbait article, poses a question to get comments, use that word incorrectly? sure does.

he didn't do the scan. he didn't do the printing. so how is it a scan? now if he had actually made an article about buying/rigging up a full color scanner and getting a full color 3d printer, mcor or whatever, then yeah it would have been quite a cool article.

now it just looks like he's posing as stupid for the sake of creating discussion to boost himself. that's one use for a 3d printed mini me.

another user would be.. you know.. he could just give it to his mom or kids. that's the USUAL kind of way you would use of PORTRAITS. it's a portrait so how stupid you need to be to not treat it as one????

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