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Comment Re:What does this mean...? (Score 1) 56

Probably not,
I may be wrong, ( and please correct me if I'm wrong ) but the spermatogonium you start out with duplicate themselves through your life and the only mutations come from copy errors during the mitosis and meosis stages; toxic chemicals, radiation and so on.

I don't believe the methylation of DNA in muscle (or any other) cells can migrate to the spermatogonium. Nor can any other DNA change that occurs elsewhere in the body migrate into the reproductive cells.

Submission + - 65,000 Complaints Later, Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers (hothardware.com) 2

MojoKid writes: Tech support scammers have been around for a long time and are familiar to most Slashdot readers. But last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had issued lawsuits against several culprits responsible for tech support scams. Now Microsoft has announced that it too is going after tech support scammers. According to the company, more than 65,000 complaints have been made about tech support scams since May of this year alone. Bogus technicians, pretending to represent Microsoft, call the house offering fake tech support and trick people into paying hundreds of dollars to solve a non-existent issue. If successful in their ruse, the scammer then gains access to a person's computer, which lets them steal personal and financial information and even install malware.

Comment Perspective (Score 3, Informative) 75

For those like me, who just watched the video and didn't understand the point of view 'til quite late on, the camera is pointing back along the direction of flight.

Also, for some reason the video has strange out-of-focus side-pieces that are distracting and annoying. The view itself is gorgeous and amazing.

Comment Re:I deny that San Francisco underwater by 2010 (Score 1) 719

A few months ago, there was an "OMG Global Warming!" story here on Slashdot that reported atmospheric CO2 levels rising more than expected - based on measuring CO2 on a friggin a volcano!

If you're talking about the Keeling Curve, it is known to be accurate, based on similar measurements taken all around the world.

Comment Re:Denying Catastrophism, not Science (Score 1) 719

No credible scientists is predicting the end of the world. Nor have the ever done so

Well yes, actually they have. Here's one saying that the oceans will boil off. Quote: "that's it for all the species on this planet." That's James Hansen, one of the leading climate scientists in the world.

Comment Re:What percentage... (Score 1) 114

IIUC, the smaller a bubble is, the longer it lasts. This may have something to do with their calculated result. If so, this sounds pretty good.

Only thing is, I think this needs a bit more research:
What happens to fish, etc. who swim through these bubbles?
Does this change the rate at which gasses diffuse through water?
Does it affect the rate of evaporation? If so, what effect does that have?
Most of these can probably be answered fairly easily, and maybe they already have been. If not, they should be considered.

Comment Re:Official Conclusion (Score 1) 343

Perhaps Bruce Schneier was saying something different. It sounds like he was saying that you, personally, have no way to protect yourself from your employers shitty security practices. I still disagree with him, to an extent. If anyone read the emails on my business account the worst they would get would be terminal bordom. But if you're doing business with someone, you can't protect yourself against their shitty security practices...and you can't even tell that they have any without criminal liability. Credit card numbers lost because someone you did business with was hacked isn't something you can protect against.

Comment Re: So which building will they blow up? (Score 1) 343

I know that various different tyrants have claimed that to be true. That doesn't mean it ever was true. Politicians have always been liars. Dracula had it said about his kingdom, too, and there was a Persian Emperor who claimed that a virgin with a bag of gold could walk the entire lenght of the silk route unmolested. I never heard of one that tried.

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