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Comment Re:I Believe It (Score 2) 277

by cyachallenge (#39140979) Attached to: Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind
I lucid dream quite often. I've found that a combination of reality checks and using "second sleep" as a method of wakefully induced lucid dreaming or "WILD". It's far easier to go into a lucid dream if you wake up before your sleep cycle is completed. When you go back to sleep you can do whatever you want, it's pretty damn fun.

Comment Re:slashdot title also written by a moron (Score 1) 377

by cyachallenge (#39066269) Attached to: Antibiotics Are Useless In Treating Most Sinus Infections

I'm allergic to every single antibiotic I've had, and I've had quite a few. I can name the ABCs of the antibiotics that give me full body hives for weeks.

Do any other people have this issue with antibiotics? I wonder why some people can be allergic to such a wide range of drugs. It's my trouble also.
Australia

Submission + - Legislation for 18+ games hits Australian parliament (computerworld.com.au)

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angry tapir
angry tapir writes: "Legislation to pave the way for an R18+ (adults only) classification of video games has just been introduced into the Australian parliament by the minister for home affairs. The state and territories will still have to pass complementary legislation, however. Currently the highest rating for a game in Australia is MA15+, with games that didn't meet the criteria being refused classification, leading to content being gutted prior to release or games just not being released. The legislation marks a victory for a long campaign by gamers (notably lobby group Grow Up Australia). The current legislation, which will take effect on January 1 next year providing it makes it through the lower and upper houses, merely introduces an R18+ classification, falling short of the complete classification overhaul proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission)."
Businesses

Submission + - Why Love Stinks on the Internet

Submitted by
Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "In olden times, the ability to find someone compatible in the world was assisted by natural filters (friends of friends of friends) or time-specific filters (you can't stay in college forever). But Connor Clarke writes that the market for mates on the internet is structured to fail due to "asymmetrical information" — daters know more about themselves than their prospective mate. creating "quality uncertainty" as all suppliers can present their wares as first-rate, and this has negative consequences: The bad tend to drive out the good. This "lemon market" phenomenon was first studied by George Akerlof in the used-car market where there are good cars and there are lemons, and the prospect of getting a lemon drives down the price of used cars and pushes good cars out of the market. In online dating everyone is presenting themselves as a good type and some of them are probably lying. But you don't know which ones, so you'll value every potential date a little bit less than as good as they look. On the other hand, non-lemons will think they're much better than the tepid replies they get from other singles, and they'll respond by leaving the dating market. "The need for some sort of quality control is one reason why people join curated dating sites like eHarmony rather than OkCupid. In some industries, you have solutions in the form of licensing and regulation, or quality "guarantees" like brand names and warranties," writes Clarke. "In the real world, however, dating is a dangerously free market.""
Privacy

Submission + - Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted for TSA Body Scanners (wired.com)

Submitted by wiedzmin
wiedzmin writes: TSA agents in Dallas singled out female passengers to undergo screening in a body scanner, according to complaints filed by several women who said they felt the screeners intentionally targeted them to view their bodies. Allegedly, women with "cute bodies" were directed through the body scanners up to three times over by female agents, who appeared to be acting on a request from male agents viewing the scans in a separate room. Apparently this was done because the scans were "blurry", possibly due to autofocus problems with agents' smartphone cameras.
Earth

Submission + - Rare Moon Mineral Found on Earth (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: A mineral previously known only from moon rocks and lunar meteorites has now been found on Earth. Researchers discovered the substance—dubbed tranquillityite after the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon in July 1969— at six sites in Western Australia. The mineral occurs only in minuscule amounts and has no economic value, but scientists say it could be used for age-dating the rocks in which it occurs.
Censorship

Submission + - SOPA supporters includes the X-Men, bible publishe (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by AmyVernon
AmyVernon writes: "The U.S. House judiciary committee responsible for the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA) has released a list of companies that have publicly expressed their support for the legislation." In addition to Disney-owned Marvel, the list includes strange additions such as Estée Lauder, L’Oreal and Revlon, as well as pharmaceutical company Pfizer and jewelry company Tiffany & Co.
Power

Submission + - Apple Files Patent for Fuel Cell Laptops (appleinsider.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apple Insider reports that Apple recently filed two patents for a new breed of fuel cell-powered laptop computers. The devices would eschew lithium ion batteries in favor of fuel cells that are capable of running for weeks without requiring a recharge. The patents are entitled “Fuel Cell System to Power a Portable Computing Device” and oeFuel Cell System Coupled to a Portable Computing Device.
Censorship

Submission + - Man arrested for threatening police on Facebook (abc4.com)

Submitted by Bent Mind
Bent Mind writes: After watching a video showing police hitting Occupy Wall Street Protesters in California, Alex Rodriguez wrote "Before I leave this earth I will take ONE police officer off this planet!! I swear to god as my witness for he is understanding. Yes some little boy or girl will lose their father for his actions and decision to become a human violating f***ing Cop!!" on Facebook. Seven police officers handcuffed and arrested him at his place of work. Alex was charged with Internet stalking. The complete article also reveals a coworker filed a civil stalking injunction against him in November.

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