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Comment: Re:file transfer (Score 3, Insightful) 462

by redback on Thursday February 26, 2015 @08:24PM (#49143561) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem

you arent running anything usb on the old machine, you are using usb to connect the hard drive of the old machine to a modern machine.

Comment: Re:US: Welcome to the present (Score 1) 449

by redback on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:01AM (#49084817) Attached to: Credit Card Fraud Could Peak In 2015 As the US Moves To EMV

just because its not black doesnt mean its not a mag stripe.

Comment: Re:Lego? (Score 1) 93

by redback on Friday February 06, 2015 @05:53AM (#48996623) Attached to: LEGO Contraption Allows Scientists To Safely Handle Insects

No, they are nothing like k'nex.

They are axles and joiners from lego technic

Innocent Adults Are Easy To Convince They Committed a Serious Crime 291

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 17, 2015 @07:04PM
from the well-you-did-you-know dept.

binarstu (720435) writes "Research recently published [link is to abstract only; full text requires subscription] in Psychological Science quantifies how easy it is to convince innocent, "normal" adults that they committed a crime. The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has posted a nice summary of the research. From the APS summary: "Evidence from some wrongful-conviction cases suggests that suspects can be questioned in ways that lead them to falsely believe in and confess to committing crimes they didn't actually commit. New research provides lab-based evidence for this phenomenon, showing that innocent adult participants can be convinced, over the course of a few hours, that they had perpetrated crimes as serious as assault with a weapon in their teenage years."

Comment: Your phone system is stupid. (Score 1) 217

by redback on Saturday January 17, 2015 @04:43PM (#48840825) Attached to: FCC May Permit Robocalls To Cell Phones -- If They Are Calling a Wrong Number

Its your own stupid fault for letting phone companys charge you for receiving calls.

Comment: Re:Manufacturers (Score 4, Informative) 437

by redback on Thursday January 08, 2015 @05:45AM (#48763175) Attached to: Is Kitkat Killing Lollipop Uptake?

I have a nexus and im still waiting for my update

Comment: Re: Slow news day? (Score 1) 103

by redback on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @05:41AM (#48744117) Attached to: Extreme Heat Knocks Out Internet In Australia

Perth is a state capital, so its not exactly remote.

2015

2014

Comment: Another Reason (Score 1) 269

by redback on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:23PM (#48587633) Attached to: Apple's iPod Classic Refuses To Die

I have heard of people using them in workplaces that do not allow personal networkable devices in the building for security reasons.

Comment: Being a bit pushy? (Score 1) 584

by redback on Thursday December 04, 2014 @04:15AM (#48520941) Attached to: Programmer Father Asks: What Gets Little Girls Interested In Science?

I'm all for encouraging your kids to do whatever they want, but it sounds like you want to push your daughter into something she doesnt want.

Comment: Whats wrong with the existing tech? (Score 1) 342

by redback on Sunday November 30, 2014 @11:46PM (#48495157) Attached to: Breath Test For Pot Being Developed At WSU

They use a saliva test here in Australia.

Comment: Seen it in other areas (Score 1) 282

by redback on Saturday November 08, 2014 @05:33PM (#48342301) Attached to: When We Don't Like the Solution, We Deny the Problem

I am transgender, and few times I have seen parents of children who may be trans come and post in trans communitys asking for help. Although they dont say it, some of them are looking for a 'cure' for their child, rather then how to get them the help they really need (eg gender therapists and eventual puberty blocking and hormone replacement) These people are generally not happy with the responses, which in trans communitys tend to be very pro-transition.

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