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IT

Submission + - Professional Life after Conviction? 1

interval1066 writes: "I have an acquaintance who has in interesting story; for 8 years he lived as another person. He was able to manipulate the system and change his identity. He worked in IT, purchased a home, even got married as another person. He was recently caught and just finished 6 months in jail. He apparently didn't do this for financial gain, as the court wasn't able to show that he stole credit information or any such theft. For whatever reason he wanted to leave his proper identity behind. Now he has a criminal (though non-violent) record, and he's curious about his future prospects. Anyone have any intelligent thoughts on this?"
Medicine

Submission + - Japan team says stem cells made paralysed monkey j (inquirer.net)

interval1066 writes: This is huge news in the world of stem cell research; restoring some muscular control to a simian is a huge step. This means that stem cell therapy is a demonstrably viable path to restoring motility for millions of accident victims, palsy and ms sufferers, the list just goes on.

Submission + - Jonathan Schwartz twitters his resignation (pcmag.com)

interval1066 writes: This pretty much ends the era of Sun. I remember when Sun was such a powerhouse, and a very cool place to work. I worked in the shadow of its Santa Clara, CA campus. I haven't been back for years, I wonder if it looks like a ghost town now...

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