whoa, whoa…
I've been lurking on Slashdot since the 90s, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone compliment an editor. Wow.
Kudos.

…sorry about replying to myself, but WTF is with Slashdot's code? I previewed my comment and did not see all the gibberish in the middle. Apologies.

"The largest driver for resistance is the over-use of antibiotics in non-health care related fields, like industrial agriculture, and hand soap."

Honest question: I was under the impression that there is a significant difference between the antibiotics given to (e.g.) cows, and "antibiotic" hand soap. The first acts intracellularlyâ€"inside the cellâ€"while antibiotic soaps act on the whole cell itself. Two completely different mechanisms. One comparison I read said, about the risk of developing resistance to hand soaps, "it would be like developing a resistance to fire." Ain't gonna happen.

Are antibiotic hand soaps really a problem?

- jw

I appreciate that you so polite in explaining your sig to the troll. I have seen you sig for years, and the meaning was plainly obvious to me once I had seen a few other "Soviet Russia" jokes. Kudos to you.

Mod parent up. Someone may have already mentioned elsewhere on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

Patrilineal endogamy [*] is not an Islamic doctrine.....

Thank you Jamuna for this interesting post. There is an awful lot of complaining on this site about how it has deteriorated over the years. Perhaps. But I still love reading Slashdot because there are still a lot of damn smart comments.

- jw

Well, to be specific, I think you're talking about the representative from Colorado (Diana DeGette) who introduced a bill in November to do it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Schedule_I_of_the_Controlled_Substances_Act#2012_Bill

But really now - how likely is this to pass? I think not very. Anybody know anything I don't?

Link to the image? I'd like to see it!

Don't you mean PGP, as in Pretty Good Privacy? Otherwise, let me know what GPG is...

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=gpg

Sorry, you're right - I was being lazy. I did look on Wiki for GPG, but not closely enough. The GNU Privacy Guard entry didn't jump out at me.

Don't you mean PGP, as in Pretty Good Privacy?

Otherwise, let me know what GPG is...

"700 question in 22 hours"

      -->There's an app for that!

Is it too much to ask the Republicans to simply acknowledge the science? Then they could *join* a healthy debate with the Democrats.

I happen to agree with you that some (but not all) of the suggested solutions being proposed are untenable. But with the Republicans saying "wha wha wha - we can't hear you!!" it is difficult to have a reasonable discussion.

Your original post was marked "+3 Funny" when I first saw it.

So when I read it and saw your horrific hypothesis, I assumed you were joking - Poe's Law and all*.

But good lord! I think you actually believe it. Let me guess: Do you also wonder why Christians have a bad reputation?

Listen, do you have any idea how irresponsible this is? Because it sounds to me like you're suggesting that sick and ill people simply pray to Jesus and forego going to a doctor at all. WTF?

Grow up.

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*Poe's Law states:
"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

Anyone else ever read Michael Chrichton's book Congo?

I remember thinking it was a little silly, but nowadays it seems like his most prescient novel.

Fair enough. Perhaps I'm guilty of believing this:

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_new_corporate_world_order_20110419/

          "General Electric, which was bailed out by taxpayers and which stored so much of its profit abroad that it paid no taxes for the past two years, was forced to tighten up, but while cutting its foreign workforce by 1,000 it cut a far more severe 28,000 in the United States."

Oh, is Truthdig too liberal for you? It is quoting from a Wall Street Journal article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704821704576270783611823972.html

Though unfortunately, I don't have a subscription, so I can't read their full article.