Comment: The Age (Score 1) 284
In Australia, "The Age", is an excellent centrist newspaper. My subscription is worth it!
Comment: Re:But then (Score 1) 199
Lava lamps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand
Comment: It happens in England (Score 1) 211
While travelling in England in 2010, my wife and I were told by a security person at an international airport in London, that they monitor conversations of people in queues. I can't remember how/why the topic came up, but we were both not surprised that it happens.
Comment: eh? (Score 4, Funny) 697
"The Shortage of Women In IT"
How tall do they need to be?
Adobe Download Manager Installing Software Without Consent 98
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timothy
from the plus-one-invitation dept.
from the plus-one-invitation dept.
"Not all is worth cheering about as Adobe turns 20," writes reader adeelarshad82, who excerpts from a story at PC Magazine's Security Watch: "Researcher Aviv Raff has found a problem in ADM (Adobe Download Manager) and the method through which it is delivered from adobe.com. The net effect of the problem is that a user can be tricked into downloading and installing software using ADM without actual consent. Tonight Adobe acknowledged the report and said they were working on the issue with Raff and NOS Microsystems, the company that wrote ADM."
Comment: Re:It's not the same. (Score 1) 686
We're still in a market economy, except the market is now the planet.
Really? Why is it then, that I can't apply for a home loan from anywhere in the world? I'd love to pay interest rates they have in Japan rather than those in Australia.
Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331
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samzenpus
from the snack-is-going-to-be-on-the-floor-today dept.
from the snack-is-going-to-be-on-the-floor-today dept.
Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."