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Comment Re:Give to 1 area, ur taking from another (Score 1) 112

Opinions on whether mice were "designed" are irrelevant to what was observed in this study. Whether the body was designed or not, there must be a reason that the NCOR1 regulator exists. Why else would the body hold back a beneficial modification, such as increased strength. I am guessing the reason for the regulator is to decrease metabolic rate. Animals might not be able to sustain themselves if they had to eat so much more frequently.

Comment Custom Profile (gconf-editor) (Score 1) 387

I have done this with Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome 2). Create a new user which will be used for this test. Make sure you have keyboard shortcuts for password protected scripts to launch gconf-editor, logout, and perhaps the keyboard shortcut editor. Disable all other keyboard shortcuts, remove menu bars, disable the desktop. Now set the user's profile to launch the desired application upon startup. They can close the application at their own risk, or you can control this too. Once the profile is satisfactory, replicate as needed.

Comment Character Set Refresh (Score 1) 377

Interesting how they are marketing this. They adjust one section of the rules, and I am sure plenty of people will end up purchasing the new version that "supports propper nouns." I think they stand to make more money by extending the character set to include the hyphen, apostrophe and period. This would add support for hyphenations (e.g., Billy-Joe), contractions and abbreviations. This would be a more compelling reason to buy. Otherwise it is tempting to go the cheaper router of just ignoring the rules.
Security

The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker 637

eldavojohn writes "You might remember the tiny news that Half Life 2 source code was leaked in 2003 ... it is the 6th most visited Slashdot story with over one kilocomment. Well, did anything happen to the source of the leak, the German hacker Axel 'Ago' Gembe? Wired is reporting he was offered a job interview so that Valve could get him into the US and bag him for charges. It's not the first time the FBI tried this trick: 'The same Seattle FBI office had successfully used an identical gambit in 2001, when they created a fake startup company called Invita, and lured two known Russian hackers to the US for a job interview, where they were arrested.'"
Businesses

Job and Internship Salary Comparisons? 231

spydabyte writes "I'm a current undergraduate at the Georgia Institute of Technology and have been getting offers for internships next summer. I was wondering if there is a source of information on intern markets or how a market's competitive salaries are. How do you know if you're getting a decent offer or you deserve more when you're entering a (personally) new market? Is there a definite source? Do you have your favorite? I know that many factors matter, as in location, previous experience, etc., but I think there's more to find out besides asking for my friends' current offers. If not internships, how about full time or careers? Any ideas?"

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