Comment Re:P vs. NP (Score 1) 70
Now getting the impression you don't know what you're talking about.
Comment Re:P vs. NP (Score 1) 70
Don't understand what?
Comment P vs. NP (Score 1) 70
Amazon "search inside this book" has no results for "NP" as in P vs. NP. How can that be? The book doesn't draw the connection to this major relevant open question on one hand, but has "burden of proof" in the title on the other hand?
Comment Re:"didn't appear likely to pose a threat" (Score 1) 204
There's a difference between "doesn't appear likely to" and "appears likely not to". There is a whole spectrum of grades of certainty / uncertainty. The one chosen here looks pretty low.
Comment "didn't appear likely to pose a threat" (Score 5, Insightful) 204
"... didn't appear likely to pose a threat to the environment or to humans who eat it" --- what kind of standard is that?
Then the article states "In a draft environmental assessment, the FDA affirmed earlier findings that the biotech salmon was not likely to be harmful. It said it would take comments from the public on its report for 60 days before making a final decision on approval."
So first poke a bit here and there, find no problems. Then ask the public if they have an idea what could go wrong !!??
Comment Link (Score 4, Informative) 135
Popsci opened up their archives a while ago.
http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=FgEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=78&query=1977%20Tornado%20Turbine
Comment Wind (Score 1) 135
I assume it's obvious that it's going to be windy around the power station. How windy, and how far away will there still be strong winds?
Comment How to catch a python? (Score 1) 132
How do you catch a python?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7967587.stm
It helps they're nonvenomous
Comment Twitter? (Score 1) 227
No such problem with twitter?
Maybe twitter is for more easy going relationships, and facebook for more intense.
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Comment Missed from post, Calls for judge resignation (Score 5, Informative) 388
From the article
In a press release issued under the branding of the Anonymous collective, supporters for Hammond call for Judge Preska’s immediate resignation from the case. “Judge Preska by proxy is a victim of the very crime she intends to judge Jeremy Hammond for. Judge Preska has failed to disclose the fact that her husband is a client of Stratfor and recuse herself from Jeremy's case, therefore violating multiple Sections of Title 28 of the United States Code,” the statement reads.
Comment Not using groklaw's absurd "Software is Math" (Score 1) 257
Very nice to see he is not using the absurd "Software is Math" argument that pops up on groklaw regularly.
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Comment Wired on Kissmetrics (Score 1) 43
Kissmetrics also covered here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/kissmetrics-tracking/
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Comment Good idea to avoid Amazon (Score 0) 332
Amazon is getting too big. Use it and suffer in the long run.
So avoid it and enjoy the benefits. Just like this author most likely would have made her lessons more valuable.
Comment There's no "On the other" (Score 2) 85
Just scrap the "On the other" [companies like Myriad Genetics and Optimal Medicine use the patents to protect years of work invested in research]
What Is an Astronaut's Life Worth? 285
An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Robert Zubrin has some interesting ideas about what it costs to have an astronaut on the payroll. He says if you’re going to 'give up four billion dollars to avoid a one in seven chance of killing an astronaut, you’re basically saying an astronaut’s life is worth twenty-eight billion dollars.' He wrote about the same subject earlier this year for Reason magazine, saying, 'Keeping astronauts safe merits significant expenditure. But how much? There is a potentially unlimited set of testing procedures, precursor missions, technological improvements, and other protective measures that could be implemented before allowing human beings to once again try flying to other worlds. Were we to adopt all of them, we would wind up with a human spaceflight program of infinite cost and zero accomplishment. In recent years, the trend has moved in precisely that direction, with NASA’s manned spaceflight effort spending more and more to accomplish less and less. If we are to achieve anything going forward, we have to find some way to strike a balance between human life and mission accomplishment.'"
