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Comment Seriously? (Score 1) 112

From TFA:

That’s according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, which suggests that high-tech equipment and sophisticated treatment techniques may distract from what’s most important during cardiac arrest — transporting a critically ill patient to the hospital quickly.

The TFA mentions about a study on JAMA but there is NO LINK to the real article/study? Or the author does not know how to properly cite the source he is talking about? I have to dig it out by myself and it is at http://archinte.jamanetwork.co... ... I hope people stop writing an article like this when they don't properly give a proper citation...

Comment Re:Copyright is turning into religion (Score 1) 67

In a class action lawsuit (PDF) filed on Friday, Pietz says the copyright enforcement company made illegal, harassing robo-calls to his clients, who were accused of illegal downloading. The lawsuit says that Rightscorp broke the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law which limits how automated calling devices can be used.

I think the key phrase is "were accused of illegal downloading." If the robo-call can prove that they are right on whatever they accuse, the case will be thrown away due to the Clean hand doctrine... The lawyer (Pietz) is relying on and hoping that the point can't be proven...

Comment Re:Additional advice for foreign students in the U (Score 1) 186

Find a partner and make a baby fast! Your child will be automatically a US citizen. That will child will be your ticket to legal residency in a few years, if you want it later.

That was the key to one part of the plan that was announced: If you have a child who is a US citizen, you won't be deported.

Hmm... People just want to read only what they want to read, and then ignore the rest but rather misinform others with only what they read.

From TFA

If you’ve been in America for more than five years; if you have children who are American citizens or legal residents; if you register, pass a criminal background check, and you’re willing to pay your fair share of taxes -- you’ll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. You can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. That’s what this deal is.

Comment Re:Small time thievery (Score 1) 46

You mean, market manipulation? Something several big banks just got fined millions of dollars for in the forex markets? That should be an interesting one to watch...

Sadly, there is no real regulation in bitcoin yet, so who is going to be fine in the bitcoin case??? And who would do anything about it as of now???

Comment Re:Given how most spend their time in college... (Score 1) 226

I got an AS from a community college, and the only downside I see is that about half of my required credits were in liberal arts.

It would be the same for the first 2 year in a university. Those freshman and sophomore courses are just refreshing courses. Junior and senior years are focusing on core courses.

I got an AS from a coomunity college as well, and then transfered to a 4-year university. The 2 years in the university, 90% of courses I took were computer/maths related (my major is CS) and I did only 2 courses that were not really related in my major -- Technical writing (ENG301) and Astronomy (a science class with lab, required). The huge advantage to go through this path, to me, is the large cost reduction I must spend in order to get a 4-year degree.

Comment Re:Community college bubble... (Score 1) 226

So you are not a CS major then? Because CS major usually uses any language that could help you understand the class concept. The major does not focus on any language. When I was in school, they were teaching C++. Now they changed it to Python. However, that's the faculty decision and it is NOT from the current market but because they said the language seems to be more verbose to beginners. Not sure it is in my opinion...

Comment Re:It seems like squeegeeing is the wrong approach (Score 1) 203

That seems like a solvable problem, in a variety of ways. The easiest would be to add a window border on the inside of the glass that covers up the area that doesn't get cleaned, but actually solving the problem also seems doable.

Hmm... I would say it is a work around, not a solution to the problem. Why? Because the dirt is still there. your suggestion would simply hide the dirtiness from seeing rather is a way to clean it (solution)...

Comment Re:type of assignment (Score 1) 320

I'd like to know what type of assignment this was. If it's small and specific, there might be only a few basic working solutions. That is, the similarity stems from being correct.

Here is the link to the course assignment page -- http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses... -- which should give you an idea how big/small each assignment is...

Comment Re:yea no - happened in Middle School (Score 1) 320

The teacher then gave us an anonymous ballot. He wanted to know how many of us cheated on a test or homework assignment in the last year (this was pre-WWW so cheating at home was basically collaborating on homework with others in the same class).

It seems to me that the question from your teacher is too vague. It is similar to asking an adult "Have you ever lie in your life?" The question combines everything situation together (even though some situations are mutual exclusive). As a result, the answer is "yes" for all...

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