Comment +1 Well observed ;) (Score 1) 445
That is all :)
Comment The Judge is a Moron.... (Score 2, Insightful) 839
Quoted from this article:
When he came to a few moments later, Mark Petric said, he saw that his wife wasn't moving, and Daniel was trying to place a 9 mm handgun in his hand.
Prosecutors contend that Daniel stole his father's key to the lockbox where the gun was kept and retrieved the semiautomatic pistol along with a copy of the sci-fi video game "Halo 3" that his parents had confiscated from him before the shooting.
(I snipped a section here)
Prosecutors say Daniel later confessed to the shootings and said he tried to make it appear to be a murder-suicide.
His Defense lawyer is grasping at straws for a reduced sentance, if the kid didn't realize his parents wouldn't be DEAD... WTF would he try and frame his Dad?!?!
Submission + - Study: 3 cups of coffee increases hallucinations (telegraph.co.uk)
PearsSoap writes: According to The Telegraph and other sources, a study on 200 students has found that a high caffeine intake can cause visual and auditory hallucinations, as well as making people think that others are "out to get them".
The abstract (and full version if you have access) are available here.
"The volunteers were questioned about their caffeine intake from products including coffee, tea, energy drinks, chocolate bars and caffeine tablets." /.ers will no doubt wonder why they didn't specify guarana berries, Bawls, caffeine soap, or intravenous drips.
The abstract (and full version if you have access) are available here.
"The volunteers were questioned about their caffeine intake from products including coffee, tea, energy drinks, chocolate bars and caffeine tablets."
Comment Re:Equally Misleading (Score 5, Funny) 445
Good article... shows the mentality of the Psychologists/Social workers though, something like this:
Two social workers were walking through a rough part of the city in the evening. They heard moans and muted cries for help from a back lane.
Upon investigation, they found a semi-conscious man in a pool of blood. "Help me, I've been mugged and viciously beaten" he pleaded.
The two social workers turned and walked away. One remarked to her colleague: "You know the person that did this really needs help."
Comment Huh?!?! (Score 4, Funny) 445
machine full of adware that pops up each minute trying to sell him viagra or one night stand services
But... But... I thought that WAS Windows?!
Submission + - Sex and IT unite to stop Aussie Net censorship (techworld.com.au)
mask.of.sanity writes: Who would have thought the Australian government's would bring together so many disparate groups all united in their opposition to mandatory censorship?
The newly-formed Australian Sex Party, for example, has come out and blasted the idea of Internet filtering, putting itself on the same side as the entire tech industry — from networking vendors to ISPs.
According to the Sex Party, there is a clear distinction between X-rated (18+) content, which can be legally traded on DVDs, and child pornography and sexual violence, and the government should not attempt to lump them together in one blacklist.
The Sex Party also has a vested interest in not seeing the clean feed go through because it's own Web site might be censored in the second tier, or opt-out, filter.
The newly-formed Australian Sex Party, for example, has come out and blasted the idea of Internet filtering, putting itself on the same side as the entire tech industry — from networking vendors to ISPs.
According to the Sex Party, there is a clear distinction between X-rated (18+) content, which can be legally traded on DVDs, and child pornography and sexual violence, and the government should not attempt to lump them together in one blacklist.
The Sex Party also has a vested interest in not seeing the clean feed go through because it's own Web site might be censored in the second tier, or opt-out, filter.
Comment Re:It's not the first time, it won't be the last. (Score 2, Insightful) 62
I am so angry that politicians are not accountable for their actions. It makes the implementation of democracy a farce because the people in power voted in by the public can basically do whatever the hell they want and walk away with a fat paycheck and pension without having to worry that if they do something seriously wrong they can be punished somehow.
That's a very Insightful comment...
Politicians tend to say "If you pay peanuts you'll get monkeys", yet most businesses appear to operate on exactly this ideology.
I don't know about you, but I've seen far more Monkeys working as politicians than as (relatively) low-seniority employees.
Submission + - Best Programming Language for Employment
Ifflejink writes: "A friend of mine has recently maid a decision to move to Ireland. However, upon reviewing the immigration procedures, you need a salary of at least 30,000 euros per year to even get a work permit in the country. We went over possible career choices, and eventually settled on programming. Now, here is where my question starts: what would be a good programming language to learn if one were trying to find employment in programming? I know that C and its derivatives are pretty ubiquitous, but something like Python seems like it would be easier to learn, which is fairly important, since this friend does not know any programming languages. However, in my experience, not too many things seem to be written in Python, which makes it a little more suspect. Does anyone have any suggestions of good languages for my friend to learn?"
Submission + - The Universe before the Big Bang 1
glitch23 writes: From the article:
The universe appears to be lopsided, and a new model that aims to explain this anomaly could offer a glimpse of what happened before the birth of it all. The model also intriguingly hints at what might have come before inflation, since it suggests that the universe's lopsidedness may be an aftereffect of a great fluctuation that occurred before inflation began. "It's no longer completely crazy to ask what happened before the Big Bang," Kamionkowski said. "All of that stuff is hidden by a veil, observationally. If our model holds up, we may have a chance to see beyond this veil."
The universe appears to be lopsided, and a new model that aims to explain this anomaly could offer a glimpse of what happened before the birth of it all. The model also intriguingly hints at what might have come before inflation, since it suggests that the universe's lopsidedness may be an aftereffect of a great fluctuation that occurred before inflation began. "It's no longer completely crazy to ask what happened before the Big Bang," Kamionkowski said. "All of that stuff is hidden by a veil, observationally. If our model holds up, we may have a chance to see beyond this veil."
Submission + - 7 cups of coffee a day linked to hallucinations (scientificblogging.com)
TaeKwonDood writes: "I read this article about a caffeine link to hallucinations and a shudder went through me. Not only do I drink 7 cups of coffee between breakfast and second breakfast but I usually have a Red Bull and a chocolate bar for 11'sies, so if there is a legitimate, non we-found-correlation-and-call-it-causation link between caffeine consumption and hearing voices, I could be talking to Napoleon before my 30th birthday."
Comment Re:The new battle ground (Score 1) 453
A week later, I sent one of my male friends over, and he got it no problem, no questions asked. Men don't ask other men why they need a tool often, but when a woman asks for a tool, it's always "What for?" It's really #$@! irritating.
Hrm... it's possibly because they play with their "tools" a tad too much?
In all seriousness alot of men suffer from what I call "Small Mental Penis" syndrome, they compare brainsize instead, then Women get involved and their masculinity becomes threatened.
I wish they could clone you.
LOL, thanks, but somehow I think Amenacier would not approve
Comment Re:The new battle ground (Score 1) 453
Windows programmers... I don't know what's wrong with them but it's like they core dump at the sight of tits and only offer condescending advice. I sure hope they fix that bug someday.
Perhaps it is better to allow you to learn for yourself than have someone tell you everything.
Knowledge and Understanding are two seperate things.
Incidentally, I'd treat you exactly the same way if you were a Man, the sexism is your perception, not the reality of the situation.
and I'm no-more a "Windows Programmer" than I am a "Linux Programmer"... do you call someone who works with wood a Screwdriverer or a Hammerer?
Submission + - Pre-empt the closure of Gitmo detention center
waterford0069 writes: It looks like in the last few days of the G.W. Bush administration, someone in the U.S. Defence Department has decided
pre-empt the incoming Obama administration to keep it from moving the process to the civilian courts. The head of the U.S. military commission secretly withdrew and re-issued all the charges. The net effect of this is that their trials will begin on the day before Obama's inauguration; instead of six days after.
Submission + - RIAA Backs Down in Austin,Texas (blogspot.com) 2
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In November, 2004, several judges in the federal court in Austin, Texas, got together and ordered the RIAA to cease and desist from its practice of joining multiple 'John Does' in a single case. The RIAA blithely ignored the order, and continued the illegal practice for the next four years, just steering clear of Austin. In 2008, however, circumstances conspired to force the record companies back to Austin. In Arista v. Does 1-22, in Providence, Rhode Island, they were hoping to get the student identities from the College of Rhode Island. After the first round, however, they learned that the College was not the ISP; rather, the ISP was an Austin, Texas, based company, Apogee Telecom Inc., meaning the RIAA would have to serve its subpoena in Austin. The RIAA did just that, but Apogee — unlike so many other ISP's — did not turn over its subscribers' identities in response to the subpoena, instead filing objections. This meant the RIAA would have to go to court, to try to get the Court to overrule Apogee's objections. Instead, it opted to withdraw the subpoena and drop its case."
Submission + - SPAM: Paybacks: Telescammers to fork over $50M
coondoggie writes: "The Federal Trade Commission today said a group of telescammers will pay out nearly $50 million to settle charges they deceived over one million people in a bank information fraud scheme. As is unfortunately the situation in many of these case, the $50 million restitution is substantial, but it pales in comparison to the almost $172 million the FTC says Suntasia Marketing bilked out of its victims.
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