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Comment Re:Correlation not cause (Score 1) 358

There's nothing to be done, the medications emulate neuro transmitters/hormones. This can affect the production of transmitters/hormones in the body. One side effect of the drug is that your body slows those productions and when you aren't on the meds you have a more severe deficiency.

It's not as though they wanted to make psych medications that produce the opposite effect.

MJ is a mind flexer, it's possible to pull a mental muscle on it... I personally feel it is unlikely that it will produce a mental break in someone without a likely problem but it's a possible effect of imbibing MJ, so do it in social situations and in public as much as possible.

Comment Re:Somebody's got to say it (Score 1) 2987

The rest of the world looks at the current state of the U.S. state and thinks you guys need more guns.

But since you can't have arms which might actually be useful in revolution against a modern military you mostly just shoot each other... a lot.

And yes, there's lots of guns in other countries. Guns don't kill people, social inequality and lack of opportunity do.

Comment Bad for stability (Score 2) 320

Bitcoin is susceptible to having the block chain taken over by authorities, some of whom have built up significant processing power.

It's too bad about this whole thing since BTC is more stable the more people are doing the cryptography. It was however predictable with a deflationary (less being produced over time) and obviously dedicated hardware being developed.

Oh and for those who don't know on December 1st the amount of BTC entering the market was cut by 50%... so far price increase is about 20%

Comment Re:No Good (Score 1) 553

Steam DRM is prevalent but it is a simple vehicle to distribute 6 games. It would be nice if THQ disabled the DRM from at least a game or two.

Although! The excellent Humble Bundle made money off Indy Gaming, not somewhere people have an expectation of profit. To have a major studio taking a direct interest is good for; Jobs, for the developers, and more originality out of THQ.

Comment Re:Avoidance vs Evasion (Score 1) 331

Just as a general question. How open would U.S. citizens be to internationalizing Google and Microsoft.

Privacy concerns and hacking attacks mean that they're a key U.S. asset. The steps needed to protect data from these companies is such that it's easier to sell them to the U.N. and allow tax revenues to flow that way instead of into U.S. coffers and allow them to be audited by international organizations.

Comment Letter Invaders! (Score 1) 338

Teach him to type, for a bit. I had this game on one of my mom's old computers. Then teach him he is in control of the machine. Then show him Spreeder.com and give him/her good books, until, he/she complains :)

Then say "Slashdot is for big people." You will know if he/she has been reading it. And the resulting discussion should be interesting. (Maybe not true now post Taco).

Anyway voice non-parent. Really liked shooting down letters before they landed. Might have made me enjoy gaming too much.

Comment Re:They were right in one sense. (Score 2) 215

"We rely on some misguided sense that these companies or our lawmakers are ethical or reasonable enough to provide safeguards and prevent abuse. That is our only defense, and I have little faith in the competence or ethical integrity of either."

Agreed, that notion is inherent in the idea of a constitution, and theoretically should be part of a company's incorporation.

It would certainly be nice to have an idea about the values of large companies and clandestine organizations like the FBI, Microsoft, or the CIA. There's few reasons for them not to provide their moral outlook but the public hasn't given them reason TO share it.

Comment Re:G+ killed it (Score 1) 215

They are writing an OS to a certain extent. Their code needs to be extensible for the "apps" and so forth that run through the web interface.

Yes they're not interfacing with hardware but supporting the wide variety of Internet standards and browsers could be seen as analogous.

An open source social networking tool that offers privacy is something there is a definite market for and I wish them the best.

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