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Laser Treatment Could Save the Sight of Millions 95

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the i-can-see-clearly-now dept.
BotScout writes "British experts claim that a new laser treatment could save the sight of millions of people. The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration, one of the most common forms of blindness, which leaves victims unable to read, drive or live independently. The technique rejuvenates the Bruch's membrane — a thin layer that lies behind the retina. The process takes just ten to 15 minutes and could be done by any ophthalmologist. While it does not cure sight loss, its inventor, Professor John Marshall, says it could prevent a generation from having to put up with declining vision in old age."
It's funny. Laugh.

Researcher Trolls MMO, Surprised When Players Hate Him 895

Posted by Soulskill from the match-made-in-heaven dept.
D1gital_Prob3 writes with this excerpt from a story about David Myers, a Loyola professor who spent some time studying superhero MMO City of Heroes/Villains: "... he aimed the pointer at his opponent, the virtual comic book villain 'Syphris.' Myers, 55, flicked the buttons on his mouse and magically transported his opponent to the front of a cartoon robot execution squad. In an instant, the squad pulverized the player. Syphris fired an instant message at Myers moments later. 'If you kill me one more time I will come and kill you for real and I am not kidding.' ... As part of his experiment, Myers decided to play the game by the designers' rules — disregarding any customs set by the players. His character soon became very unpopular. At first, players tried to beat him in the game to make him quit. Myers was too skilled to be run off, however. They then made him an outcast, a World Wide Web pariah that the creator of Syphris — along with hundreds of other faceless gamers — detested."

Comment Re:Lotus Notes (Score 1) 849

by Mithyx (#28476069) Attached to: Nielsen Recommends Not Masking Passwords
It isn't a specific hieroglyph for each character. It's a single picture for the full password. In our version there are certain keys placed around a keychain in the picture and an object attached to the keychain like a car, origami swan, etc. If you're password is correct, you get the same picture every time. Mistype one character and you get a noticeably different picture.

Comment Re:Obama and Copyright (Score 3, Insightful) 188

by Mithyx (#28416589) Attached to: How the Obama Copyright Policies Might Unfold
Lawyers do the best job they can for who they work for, otherwise they're not good lawyers. Just because a lawyer defends a serial killer, that doesn't mean they believe that what the killer did was right. I'm not saying they won't side with the RIAA, just that their previous employers might not have as much to do with their position in the matter as some people think.
Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox rated most vulnerable browser (neowin.net)

Submitted by Mithyx
Mithyx writes: Secunia is reporting that Firefox has the most vulnerabilities when compared to IE, Safari, and Opera. They do note that the high number of vulnerabilities could be caused by the fact that Mozilla discloses all security issues, whereas other vendors tend to keep them secret.

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