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Comment Re: Duh (Score 1) 462

I got the measles as a kid 2 years before the vacine was available. I lost 1/2 hearing as a result, mostly at high frequencies. 95 db loss at 3200 hz. I can stand right under a fire alarm and not hear it. In English, vowels are low freq, consonants high. This means I constantly confuse words like 'weather' and 'feather' unless I can lip read. Growing up hard of hearing is not something I would wish on anyone. And you are am idiot to suggest it is just a matter of 'balls'

Comment Re:kind of ruins the point....... (Score 5, Informative) 308

I very much think you will find it is these days.

RCUK have thankfully acred to reverse this. To compete in university rankings in the UK you submit at most 4 papers from the past 5 years. No others count.

I don't think you have that right. In Canada when we submit grant proposals to NSERC we can only include at most 4 papers from the past 5 years as well, but that is the copies for the referees to read. Your CV that you submit lists all of your publications in the last 6 years, and the referees certainly look at those. From discussions with my colleagues in the UK, it is the same over there. You submit a few best papers for the referee to read, but your CV better have listed all of the papers in the review period or you are sunk.

Comment Law Enforcement Drones? (Score 3, Insightful) 161

The articles describe a wifi hack. Last I checked wifi has a range of 300 feet. There are some ways in which this can be extended to several miles but that involves large (i.e. 10ft) antennas. If you honestly think that law enforcement and amazon are using wifi to control their drones then I think you need to look a bit closer.

Comment Re:Hint (Score 1) 1160

that argument no longer holds water, now that we have the DNA testing and other advanced forensics that set those people free.

except that in some cases, such new evidence is not allowed. The courts have a set of procedures, and if the evidence comes to light after such procedures are followed, you are stuck. There was a recent protest walk about access courts when further evidence is found.

Comment Re:Yep (Score 1) 791

I know this is only anecdotal evidence, but my 2.5 year old iPhone 4 has no problems charging, but my sisters 1.5 year old phone, which uses a micro USB does not charge unless the connector is in just right. It was fine when it is new, but now she has to fiddle with the connector and then prop it in the right orientation on the table to get it to keep charging. And we have replaced the cable several times. The socket on the phone has enough play in it, that it has to sit just right. Another friend has the same problem. A micro USB connector is a horrible connector for something that is going to be plugged in at least once a day.
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Bennett Haselton's Response To That "Don't Talk to Cops" Video 871

In response to both of my previous articles raising questions about the Fifth Amendment, people sent me a link to a famous video titled "Don't Talk To Cops" delivered by Regents University law professor James Duane. Whether his conclusion is correct or not, I think the argument is flawed in several ways. Please continue reading below to see what I think is wrong with his position.

Comment Re:Easy! (Score 1) 481

In the video; the guy using the plastic strip to trick the device is holding the plastic strip over the same finger that can legitimately unlock the device.

I think you need to watch the video again. He registers his pointer finger and uses plastic strip on his middle finger.

Comment Re:the real problem.. (Score 2) 827

Universities need to figure ways use fewer resources per student, so they can have more students and lower tuitions.

Suggestions? Or is this like the episode of ST:NG where Q has lost his powers and tells Jordi to just change the Gravitational Constant?

Are you thinking about the MOOCs in which on average less than 10% of students complete? How about equipment in Engineering programs? Perhaps we should still be teaching embedded systems with a 16bit microprocessor a 10MHz oscilloscope and a 1 GHz Windows XP box? I can tell you that would save a lot of money. Kind of sucks for the students though.

Submission + - Apple Found Guilty In eBook Trial (ibtimes.com)

redletterdave writes: A federal judge found Apple Inc. guilty of conspiring to raise the retail prices of electronic books back in 2010. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of Manhattan said the U.S. government and various states are entitled to injunctive relief, and Apple will await a separate trial to determine damages for violating antitrust law.

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