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Comment Google translate caught with his pants down (Score 5, Funny) 284

by negablade on Sunday October 21, 2012 @10:37AM (#41721523) Attached to: NetFlix Caught Stealing DivX Subtitles From Finnish Pirates

Methinks Google translate is having trouble with Finnish to English. From TFA

Online TV giant Netflix was closed captions unauthorized use of his pants down, when the Finnish users ...

Comment Re:Helping to Keep it Secret... (Score 1) 288

by negablade on Friday October 05, 2012 @06:44AM (#41556941) Attached to: Scientists Want To Keep Their Research Work Out of Court

Helps them to be dishonest about results and the research.

It is Science folks... what purpose is served by keeping it secret? Unless someone is up to no good eh?

You could say that about anyone. As a scientist I expect as much privacy as anyone else.

Comment Re:Nope. Edwin Hubble didn't believed in Big Bang (Score 2) 173

by negablade on Friday October 05, 2012 @06:10AM (#41556829) Attached to: New Study Shows Universe Still Expanding On Schedule

That doesn't mean he was right. The prevailing opinion at the time was for a static, unchanging universe. And the discovery that it was expanding would have been difficult to reconcile with our understanding at the time. Prevailing opinions do change, albeit sometimes slowly, in the face of mounting evidence.

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