Comment Real-time (Score 1) 102
Real-time is two words, hyphenated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time </pedant>
Comment Re:right to not incriminate yourself? (Score 3, Interesting) 1155
There are other inferences too, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence#England_and_Wales
At common law, and particularly following the passing of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, adverse inferences may be drawn in certain circumstances where the accused:
* fails to mention any fact which he later relies upon and which in the circumstances at the time the accused could reasonably be expected to mention;
* fails to give evidence at trial or answer any question;
* fails to account on arrest for objects, substances or marks on his person, clothing or footwear, in his possession, or in the place where he is arrested; or
* fails to account on arrest for his presence at a place.
At common law, and particularly following the passing of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, adverse inferences may be drawn in certain circumstances where the accused:
* fails to mention any fact which he later relies upon and which in the circumstances at the time the accused could reasonably be expected to mention;
* fails to give evidence at trial or answer any question;
* fails to account on arrest for objects, substances or marks on his person, clothing or footwear, in his possession, or in the place where he is arrested; or
* fails to account on arrest for his presence at a place.
Your Feces Is a Wonderland of Viruses 211
sciencehabit writes "Thanks to an anlaysis of fecal samples from four sets of Missouri-born female identical twins and their mothers, researchers have concluded that human guts harbor viruses as unique as the people they inhabit; the viral lineup differs even between identical twins. Even more surprising? These viruses may be doing good work inside of us."
Comment Re:New Labour (Score 1) 334
CCTV funding was initiated by the previous Conservative government. http://www.notbored.org/england-history.html
1994: central government (the Home Office) publishes CCTV: Looking Out for You. Prime Minister John Major states: "I have no doubt we will hear some protest about a threat to civil liberties. Well, I have no sympathy whatsoever for so-called liberties of that kind." Between 1994 and 1997, the Home Office spends a total of 38 million pounds of CCTV schemes.
1996: government spending on CCTV accounts for more than three-quarters of total crime prevention budget.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes the Conservative Party to slide back to their old ways.
1994: central government (the Home Office) publishes CCTV: Looking Out for You. Prime Minister John Major states: "I have no doubt we will hear some protest about a threat to civil liberties. Well, I have no sympathy whatsoever for so-called liberties of that kind." Between 1994 and 1997, the Home Office spends a total of 38 million pounds of CCTV schemes.
1996: government spending on CCTV accounts for more than three-quarters of total crime prevention budget.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes the Conservative Party to slide back to their old ways.
Comment Re:What... (Score 2, Insightful) 174
Comment Re:Containment (Score 1) 618
Comment Homeopathic A&E (Score 4, Funny) 507
Comment Re:386dx, no coprocessor? (Score 1) 376
No, that's the 486dx/sx you're thinking of. The 386sx had a 16-bit data bus, half that of the dx.
Comment What would the world look like? (Score 2, Funny) 376
That's easy: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/win31
Haskell 2010 Announced 173
paltemalte writes "Simon Marlow has posted an announcement of Haskell 2010, a new revision of the Haskell purely functional programming language. Good news for everyone interested in SMP and concurrency programming."
Comment Re:Died for lack of health insurance (Score 1) 11
So why did you suggest she needed to get a a mammogram, if early detection happens before that? Maybe you're just spouting crap you read on the internet.
Thanks for the link. I'm sure those free clinics in MA and MO would have helped her. Oh wait, the only one in Springfield, MO probably couldn't have. http://ksmu.org/content/view/4153/66/
Get back to me when you've stopped blaming the victim.
Thanks for the link. I'm sure those free clinics in MA and MO would have helped her. Oh wait, the only one in Springfield, MO probably couldn't have. http://ksmu.org/content/view/4153/66/
Get back to me when you've stopped blaming the victim.
Comment Re:Died for lack of health insurance (Score 1) 11
How would she know that her symptoms indicated she needed to get a mammogram? That's for an MD to determine. Are uninsured people supposed to diagnose their own illnesses and seek out the necessary examinations themselves?
Comment Re:Some links (Score 1, Troll) 87
Looks like it was a panel of Republican appointees. Hardly surprising they come out on the side of the corporations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Ginsburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Raymond_Randolph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Ginsburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Raymond_Randolph
Comment Re:Best health care system in the world! (Score 1) 1053
And how does this compare to no health care whatsoever?
Comment Re:Not a Bug (Score 1) 225
If you can find a way to rig an election in the State of New York then I'd be real interested in knowing about it.
Put lots of voting machines in the rich, white neighbourhoods, and very few in the poor, black neighbourhoods. That's how they did it, at least, in Ohio in 2004.
Put lots of voting machines in the rich, white neighbourhoods, and very few in the poor, black neighbourhoods. That's how they did it, at least, in Ohio in 2004.
