Comment Re:What percentage of cancers leverage that? (Score -1, Troll) 94
You can't mod down the truth.
There will never be an available cure for cancer as long as the "health care" industry is making such huge profits to treat it.
If you can make an incredibly expensive vaccine, you might displace this effect with time.
This comment is US-centric. It may be that the rest of the world gets the cancer cure but it will be illegal in the US. Or only available to the few who can afford it.
Comment Commentary nominal. (Score 1) 315
I'm just wondering if there's anyone else who frequents Slashdot who commits the heresy of disbelief in Scientism.
Comment Re:What's the problem? (Score 2) 355
I started to consider this. But then I stopped when I realized that it's just the "blah blah blah" that somebody had spewed in the past.
Comment Re:An Extension of Proof (Score 1) 324
tl;dr : The map is not the territory.
Comment Re:I give it 12 months until it's free to play (Score 5, Informative) 389
"Free to play" is a misnomer. It should accurately be "Pay to win" or "Pay to play well regardless of your skill level".
I hate it. It's a crappy way to do a game, and represents one of the more reprehensible expectations of sociopaths on this planet.
Comment Re:Are we blind?? (Score 1) 471
I've taken to assuming that any picture I see in print and many on the Internet have been Photoshopped...
Comment Re:Battery Shelf Life? (Score 2) 270
I don't work for them -- I'm just a happy customer. Don't hang on to your Model M - get a new one in black with USB:
I still use a wireless mouse, but ran an active USB cable to my comfey chair so I could put one of these beauties on my lap. Buckling springs FTW!
Pakistan Bans 1600 Words and Phrases For Texting 356
Hugh Pickens writes "In a move reminiscent of George Carlin's Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has handed down a ban on about 1,600 terms and phrases it has deemed obscene and told carriers they have seven days to block the words on their networks, or face legal action. 'The filtering is not good for the system and may degrade the quality of network services — plus it would be a great inconvenience to our subscribers if their SMS was not delivered due to the wrong choice of words,' says an official at a one of the telecoms. The list includes such words and phrases as 'idiot,' 'monkey crotch,' 'athlete's foot,' 'damn,' 'deeper,' 'four twenty,' 'fornicate,' 'looser,' and 'go to hell,' among others. There are also various double entendres included in the ban such as 'beat your meat' or 'flogging the dolphin.' Mohammad Younis, a spokesman for the PTA, says the ban is 'the result of numerous meetings and consultations with stakeholders' after consumers complained of receiving offensive text messages. 'Nobody would like this happening to their young boy or girl.'"
Sources Say Apple Originally Planned AMD Chip For MacBook Air 197
Several media sources (here's PC Magazine's version), all seemingly based on an account at SemiAccurate citing (but not naming) "multiple sources," report that Apple originally planned an AMD-chip based MacBook Air, rather than the Intel-based version that emerged later ("Plan B," says the report).
Comment Re:Jetsons Sound (Score 1) 392
That's pretty good. I also thought of timed quotations from the Sword of Adam in Torchlight.
Comment Re:Serious games are actually useful ... (Score 1) 108
Wow. That is actually quite awesome. Considering that overcoming cognitive bias could be beneficial to pretty much anyone in any environment. And that lessening cognitive bias on a large scale could only be beneficial to our species and planet.
Sadly, a great many people will oppose the concept or resource allocation toward it due to cognitive bias.
Comment Cure for Cancer? Never. (Score 0, Troll) 109
Seriously... Cancer is big, big business. I expect it will never be cured as long as this kind of money is being rolled around. I think I flipped from disturbed to disgusted by this when lots of billboard advertisements started appearing for cancer treatment facilities.
At this point, I may be happier calling this life good and heading out than feeding their damn money machine.
Comment Re:moderately skeptical (Score 1) 695
Comment Re:Is it too much to ask... (Score 1) 208
Really? Size and resolution were at the top of my list, and friends (techie and non-techie alike) seemed to think it important for their decisions, also.
