Rytr23 - Slashdot User

Comment Misleading Title.. (Score 1) 116

by Rytr23 on Friday December 26, 2008 @11:14AM (#26234899) Attached to: Top Tech Breakthroughs of 2008

The OP forgot to mention this is about GADGETS, not "Technology" as a whole. If it were, it would be an embarrassing list. As it stands, a couple of the items are interesting, and most are more about implementation of fairly common ideas being the "breakthrough".

Too bad no one will ever know because no one actually RTFA.

Baby To Be Born Without the Gene For Breast Cancer 259

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday December 19, 2008 @07:39PM from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

manoftin writes to tell us that next week a baby will be born without the gene for breast cancer, according to the BBC. "But he said that, in this case, not carrying the BRCA1 gene would not guarantee any daughter born to the couple would be unaffected by breast cancer because there are other genetic and environmental causes. Dr Alan Thornhill, scientific director of the London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre, said: 'While the technology and approach used in this case is fairly routine, it is the first time in the UK that a family has successfully eliminated a mutant breast cancer gene for their child. It is a victory for both the parents and the HFEA that licensed this treatment.'"

Comment Do we care? (Score 1) 69

by Rytr23 on Monday December 15, 2008 @01:14AM (#26116649) Attached to: A Sixth Region In the Magnetosphere

Isn't the whole "magnetoshpere" going away anyways? Shouldn't we be spending time looking at how to save the planet from becoming Mars V2? Or it could just be those silly poles flipping again..

Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data 276

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 11, 2008 @03:03PM from the shutter-to-think dept.

In a world first, a research group in Kyoto Japan has succeeded in processing and displaying optically received images directly from the human brain. Here's the Japanese press release for good measure. One step closer to broadcasting your dreams? The research is due to be published today in the US scientific journal Neuron

Comment Re:Terrible Idea (Score 1) 498

by Rytr23 on Thursday December 11, 2008 @10:41AM (#26074583) Attached to: Nobel Prize Winning Physicist As Energy Secretary

Actually I would think that would indeed make him a great "politician".. after all, if they do that and manage to get elected/re-elected, they will continue to be a politician. Which is of course the only goal of a politician.

Comment Comcast/Time warner !='open' or consumer friendly (Score 2, Interesting) 66

by Rytr23 on Saturday December 06, 2008 @09:32AM (#26012577) Attached to: Why Clearwire's 4G Network Plan Is No Slam Dunk

Clearwire has lots of problems..

a. they are teaming with Sprint. Sprint?! Sprint is a sinking ship

b. Comcast & Time Warner? blood sucking shithole companies whose employees I hope choke on their own vomit. Nothing good can come from their involvement. Roberts can go fuck himself in particular.

Furthermore, what is the supposed advantage of WiMax over LTE in the mobile comunications space? It sucks without LOS. When moving the performance is dismal. It's not the long term plan for the vast majority of mobile operators, including VZW. If the goal is fixed last mile access, maybe it's viable. But for cell phones, it's just weak.

Comment Re:How are you tracking bugs? (Score 1) 310

by Rytr23 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @08:07AM (#25987321) Attached to: In my life, I've filed ...

Considering our QA dept is a complete joke, it's usually the customers calling their RMs and getting a ticket opened. So I guess the only real tool, is the phone. Or maybe email.

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