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Comment: Re:And it took this long to "make the connection"? (Score 2) 248

by CatsupBoy (#39631361) Attached to: Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor

If that's the case then I'd like to see their sample size for full mouth x-rays. I'd bet it's smaller than the sample size for the partial/single bitwing and that could be the source of the vanishing connection. Basic statistics, if a known correlation exists, and you didn't find it in your particular sample check your sample size first. Throwing out the correlation because the smaller sample doesn't show what the larger sample does sounds a bit foolish, and if done that way would result in no correlation ever being found in anything.

Or the sample size for full mouth was larger and a better representation of the norm. Or both were the same just too small to draw a conclusion from.

Either way Lurie is correct in asserting that this type of inconsistency results in an inconclusive study.

Comment: Re:Alternative: donate it (Score 1) 321

You would be better off buying lottery tickets for your kids with the money that you're spending. At least there is a chance it could be used for something.

Consider that the cost of harvesting cord blood is about $1,500 and storing it per year is about $100. For 18 years you spend $3,300 or 1,100 powerball tickets.

Odds of winning the powerball are 1,100 to 195,249,054 (0.0000056%)
Odds of being afflicted with type 1 diabetes and being a part of a case study: 8 in 100,000 (0.00008%)

So actually, you have better odds of actually needing and using your cord blood. Although, as many have suggested, donating is a noble option too.

Comment: Re:The system always wins (Score 1) 950

by CatsupBoy (#36513586) Attached to: Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail

With a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and no job, Verone hoped a three-year stint in prison would afford him the health care he needed ...

But the charge of larceny, not armed robbery, is unlikely to keep Verone behind bars for more than 12 months

You can't win. Even the simplest of plans the powers that be manage to screw you over on.

Yes but this guy cant afford a lawyer so a 3 year sentence could still be a possibility!

Comment: Re:A new kind of space ship? (Score 1) 181

by CatsupBoy (#36181952) Attached to: 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy
The core of this planet has been hot for billions of years, perhaps it could be coaxed it into staying hot for billions more. A couple of well placed moons might gravitationally provide some heat in the core.

Also the planet could be stocked with water to provide thermodynamic energy, O2, and water for us and plants. Not sure how effective a big layer of ice is against gamma radiation, but it couldnt hurt.

And who says we have to have a large population, just big enough to withstand any disasters that might befall us along the way (earthquakes, radiation, comets, etc...).

Comment: Re:Not an YRO (Score 1) 634

by CatsupBoy (#35166450) Attached to: Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students

The problem is most Slashdotters were hailing as "free speech" the Facebook thing where someone decided an employer couldn't fire an employee for blatantly badmouthing him on Faceboook.

I think in this case there is some implied confidentiality given to the student. Maybe she didnt name names (I did not RTFA), but perhaps the identity could have been inferred by those in the class or their parents.

Frankly though, if i were a school administrator, trying to keep students in school, or attract more students to the school, i would argue that she is damaging the public image of the institution and thus financially harming it.

Mieux vaut tard que jamais!