Comment disasters approach me differently (Score 2) 230
Since Sandy, disasters don't approach me at all, actually....Its been about 12 months now, I think, since I was last approached by a disaster. They have given up I think.
Comment Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! (Score 1) 577
CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
Comment no. Ubuntu is a consumer product. (Score 1) 631
Haters will hate.
I Ubuntu is not developer focused on its mission. The trouble with Linux on desktop is developers. They are in the way, not the solution.
Comment unsolved problem (Score 1) 108
Has NASA settled the question? I guess so. Upload rates are ALWAYS a fraction of download rates.
Comment stick to facts, avoid judgement (Score 1) 331
You say: "countless projects that are overly complex, don't function as needed, and are incredibly expensive"
Prove it. Then let management judge the manager.
Comment Re:Playing the race card again (Score 1) 1078
sorry, I forgot. I live in new jersey and we don't have state law classified as felony. Other states do. In new jersey, the only felony charges are federal.
Comment Re:Playing the race card again (Score 1) 1078
Using cleaning chemicals for purpose other than cleaning can be a federal crime, in other words, a felony.
Accidental death is not is not a federal crime, not a felony.
The application of law is not out of balance.
Comment Time (Score 0) 191
What makes you think your kids are in any extent interested in your digital media?
If you think digital media defines you as a parent, maybe you should re-calibrate, spend more time with your kids, not your media.
Comment Re:Absurdity at its best (Score 2) 183
The pope is sort-of oughtta be elected on the basis of what the Catholic god (or maybe Jesus, it ain't clear) tells the cardinals is the right choice.
Sorry, that is not accurate. Here is an explanation: http://www.thesacredpage.com/2013/02/no-holy-spirit-doesnt-choose-pope.html
Comment Head slap! You are using college wrong (Score 1) 347
Go to college to get an intelligence certificate. Its not a place to learn skills. At the end of college, you won't have skills; you will have a sheet of paper that says you are intelligent. That paper, called a diploma, says only that you are intelligent enough to learn new things. You want something else. You want a skill. Diplomas do not say you have any skill (see above). College is the wrong place to get a skill because college won't give you even a piece of paper that says you have said skill. If you don't even want a piece of paper that says you have a skill (these are called certifications), then don't even go to school.
You have an opportunity to get a piece of paper saying you are intelligent enough to learn things about computers, and you don't see that as anything but a waste of time. Incredible. Maybe you should be a business major.
You have an opportunity to get a piece of paper saying you are intelligent enough to learn things about computers, and you don't see that as anything but a waste of time. Incredible. Maybe you should be a business major.
Submission + - Geron shutttered embryonic stem cell clinical tria (nytimes.com)
Zecheus writes: Geron had won the first clinical trial of embryonic stem cell therapy in the United States, as previously reported in slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/01/23/1647211/first-human-embryonic-stem-cell-study-approved, but is now ending that trial and divesting entirely from any research in the technology. This is an stunning turnaround for the company that holds pioneering patents and had developed more experimental drugs from the stem cell of human embryos than any other company in the world. “I deeply believe in the promise of stem cells,” John A. Scarlett, the chief executive of Geron said. However the move is widely seen as a major setback for the technology. (Maybe he meant the 'promise of adult stem cells' in which many therapies are already approved and in use.) Perhaps Geron bailed out because the clinical trial has only demonstrated a certain level of safety, but no improvement in the small number of patients; or to meet strategic/tactical business goals (i.e., to stay in business), In any case, it looks like the promise of embyronic stem cell therapies are overhyped and false.
Submission + - Copyright suit forces shut down unix timezone data (joda.org)
Zecheus writes: The founder and maintainer of The timezone database writes:
A civil suit was filed on September 30 in federal court in Boston; I'm a defendant; the case involves the time zone database. The ftp server at elsie.nci.nih.gov has been shut down. The mailing list will be shut down after this message. Electronic mail can be sent to me at arthurdavidolson gmail.com. I hope there will be better news shortly.
Comment Headline: Climate Researcher Uses Real Data (Score 1) 426
That is news.
Submission + - Internet replaces human memory (nytimes.com)
Submission + - Foursquare data published by WSJ (wsj.com)
Zecheus writes: WSJ says: 'We collected every check-in on location-sharing service Foursquare for a week starting at noon Eastern on Friday, Jan. 21 until noon on Friday Jan. 28. Foursquare, which provided the data, removed all material that could identify an individual user.'
The pages have different presentations and breakdowns of the data. A comparison between NYC and SanFrancisco interests is presented.
The pages have different presentations and breakdowns of the data. A comparison between NYC and SanFrancisco interests is presented.
