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Comment: Plus ça change ... (Score 2) 491

by Rudisaurus (#43038049) Attached to: Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty To 10 Charges
... plus c'est la meme chose.

Wasn't there a case something like this one back in the 19th century? Spurious accusations, suppression of evidence, unjust convictions. Some guy named Dreyfus, I think ...

I wonder if our collective social conscience is as responsive as it was back then, so long ago.

Comment: Re:Why only target the small ISPs (Score 1) 66

by Rudisaurus (#42848793) Attached to: Canadian ISP Fights Back Against Copyright Trolls

Roger's has officially rolled over and plays ball with the troll's. They have a system where they will automatically forward a legal letter or something.

Scurrilous behaviour, and I'd be changing ISPs if I were a Rogers customer and had confirmation of this. Not that I infringe; I just think it's no part of an ISPs business to actively aid and abet in the extortion of its own customers. Of course, Rogers has never sided with its own customers.

Comment: Re:How about the US-Canadian/US-Mexico border? (Score 1) 597

by Rudisaurus (#42841369) Attached to: DHS Can Seize Your Electronics Within 100 Mi.of US Border, Says DHS

I wonder what fraction of the US population lives within 100 miles of the national border. I'd guess it's well over 50%, but I don't see any easy way to find the number.

I'm just glad it doesn't extend 100 miles beyond the border. Easily 90% of the population of Canada lives along a 100 mile-wide strip of the Canada-US border -- including me.

Comment: Streisand Effect X 1000 (Score 1) 241

by Rudisaurus (#42817003) Attached to: Site Copies Content and Uses the DMCA to Take Down the Original Articles
If you hadn't previously heard about ANIL POTTI and his shenanigans -- well, now you have. So if this was some misguided attempt to shield the tattered remnants of his reputation worldwide, it has backfired big time! This is Slashdot; now the whole world is hearing about it.

Comment: Re:timing is everything! (Score 1) 391

by Rudisaurus (#42685897) Attached to: Hidden Viral Gene Discovered In GMO Crops

There is no actual evidence this particular bit of virus DNA does anything to you when you eat it.

From TFA itself:

The researchers themselves concluded that the presence of segments of Gene VI “might result in unintended phenotypic changes”. They reached this conclusion because similar fragments of Gene VI have already been shown to be active on their own (e.g. De Tapia et al. 1993). In other words, the EFSA researchers were unable to rule out a hazard to public health or the environment.

I myself thought sufficiently of their work to send the PDF of their article to my wife and adult children. Your own opinion on the matter notwithstanding, the jury is most definitely still out on Gene VI.

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