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Comment What about doing it for charity? (Score 1) 68

I know it's easy to motivate people by the prospect of making a dollar or two however the money would have a greater impact to a charity.

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Comment Re:Or (Score 1) 237

Please. I know plenty of people who only smoke after a night of drinking. Do the cigarettes own them?

That would depend how often they have a night of drinking and if it is regularly they could end up being addicted to smoking. At any rate, a night of drinking and smoking wouldn't be good for anyone's health.

Comment Re:Or (Score 4, Insightful) 237

While willpower alone could and should make someone stop smoking, unfortunately not everyone is able to muster that willpower. There are a wide range of reasons people have trouble quitting (on top of the fact it's physically addictive), maybe they have smoked to a long long time or they are very stressed. I'm sure many of these people know it's bad for them and many smokers I've talked to say they want to quit but just can't. I think this vaccine is a brilliant step forward and it will give many life long smokers a second chance to quit. I'm sure there are many people to really have tried everything to quit and hopefully this vaccine will be the last thing they have to try.

Comment Unhackable like the Australian Porn Filter? (Score 4, Insightful) 501

Setting aside the fact that I don't think giving students laptops is the most efficient use of resources (smaller class sizes, more funding for teachers, arts and science programs etc would be better)... I can't help but wonder if this will be as unhackable as $84 million porn filter released a couple years ago.

Comment Re:You wouldn't need a heater... (Score 4, Interesting) 213

Funny as it may be, the parent as a point, with the worlds store of oil depleading, and the ozone layer getting worse by the day, projects like this aren't helping the problem. This may only be one case, however many more people keep old, old computers running for no reason, using up alot of electricity that doesn't need to be used.

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