Comment Re:its more than just political sensitivity (Score 2) 136
Just because someone is technically a "layman" in the field doesn't mean that they are less knowledgeable than climate scientists.
No but it correlates very strongly
Comment Re:Hail to the uninformed (Score 1) 194
Yeah i know, therefor it said OVER 25 years....
Comment Hail to the uninformed (Score 5, Informative) 194
Is this a joke article? Please.
We've been using random mutagenesis for over 25 years now to improve seeds, and guess what, we improved our technology over time. Not only is the secondary mutation mitigated via thorough back-crossing, but these days technology moved that only the gene of interest is actually changed. Read some recent patents by Monsanto or Keygene for a clue. This article is fear mongering bullshit that would have had truth in it if it was written in 1975.
Comment Re:Automatic pistol? (Score 1) 333
Well the official designation is Pistol, Caliber
Comment And free ddos (Score 4, Informative) 141
The current problem with UDP is that many border routers do not check whether outgoing udp packages are from within their network. This is the base for DNS based ddos attacks. They are very difficult to mitigate on server level without creating openings for Joe job attacks instead... Standardizing on udp for other protocols will emphasize this problem
Comment consistent much? (Score 4, Insightful) 510
Yeah, and sale and possession of firearms enables rapist to threaten and rape children! Yet we don't seem to imply the same logic there. How strange.
Child rape is becoming the new Godwin. Before we know it Glenn Beck will be using it every other sentence as well.
Comment Re:I think it would be better (Score 1) 81
So how would the EU go about jailing the NSA?
Comment Re:this is amazing (Score 1) 141
No you use this to incorporate nonnatural amino acids into biological production within controlled growth cultures. This results in better usage of the available chemical space, and creation of degradation tolerant peptides. Pharma companies like this.
Comment Welcome back to 10 years ago (Score 5, Interesting) 141
Sheesz people, we've been rprogramming trna to use nonnatural amino acides for over 10 years now! Theres even a few companies st up that do just that. The principle of trna modification is old, just their method is new
Comment Re:What purpose does HFT serve? (Score 4, Informative) 321
The Zeconomist has a debate about it
Comment Re:Old news (Score 1) 211
what language is "cgi-bin"?
Comment Like your own product (Score 4, Funny) 394
Wasnt the kernel of their unbreakable linux open source as well?
Comment as a non-American (Score 5, Insightful) 126
How the hell is this not industrial espionage? And then you expect me to host my backups in a US-based cloud or use US-based services like Office365? Apparantly these NSA-approved encryption techniques dont work so good when you're trying to shield from the NSA.
How about this cloud-based electronic laboratory-notebook software that is being pitched to pharma companies. These contain all the sensitive data before the patents are filed. Will that data be "shared" with my competition as well?
Comment pot, kettle (Score 5, Insightful) 278
in the mean time microsoft has no issue charging a similar percentage to android manufacturers
http://bgr.com/2013/05/01/microsofts-android-licensing-agreements-earnings/
Russia Issues Travel Warning To Its Citizens About United States and Extradition 369
mendax writes "The New York Times reports that the Russian government is warning its citizens to not travel to countries that have an extradition treaty with the United States, noting that 'detentions of Russian citizens in various countries, at the request of American law enforcement, have become more frequent.' The article reports the Russian foreign ministry as saying,'Experience shows that the judicial proceedings against those who were in fact kidnapped and taken to the U.S. are of a biased character, based on shaky evidence, and clearly tilted toward conviction.'"
