Comment Two words. (Score 1) 840

by Jayemji on Saturday August 18, 2012 @09:08AM (#41035471) Attached to: Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist

Unintended. Consequences.

Comment Re:Meh.... (Score 1) 97

by Jayemji on Saturday January 28, 2012 @05:03AM (#38848745) Attached to: Sea Water Could Cause Uranium Pollution From Nuclear Fuel Rods

Because it pretty much always takes a stupid mistake to generate a nuclear disaster. Reactors are generally quite safe unless you really screw the pooch.

Comment Re:Idle power reduction? (Score 1) 152

by Jayemji on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:27AM (#34763320) Attached to: Samsung Develops Power-Sipping DDR4 Memory

Have the RAM dump into a non-volatile solid state chip? (eg. flash) It would allow for very fast power on/off while keeping the power draw really low.

Comment Red Scare III, Revenge of the Towelheads (Score 0) 446

by Jayemji on Friday December 31, 2010 @11:22AM (#34721692) Attached to: One Tip Enough To Put Name On Terrorist Watch List

The commies are back, but now they follow Islam and use small group tactics!

Comment Re:Survival of the fittest... (Score 1) 314

by Jayemji on Thursday December 30, 2010 @12:30AM (#34707228) Attached to: Real-Life <em>Frogger</em> Ends In Hospital Visit

Successful and fertile people should be encouraged to procreate. Or at least produce some gametes so that similarly gifted people can. Yeah, I know, eugenics and all that, but still.

Comment Re:You thought the GOP/TP represented regular peop (Score 1) 528

by Jayemji on Friday December 17, 2010 @08:43PM (#34595448) Attached to: Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality

As long as the balls don't touch, it's not gay...

Comment WTB Artifact from exclusion zone (Score 1) 207

by Jayemji on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @06:46AM (#34544480) Attached to: Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists

Looking for Urchin artifact, offering 5k RU.

Comment Re:Consequences? (Score 1) 123

by Jayemji on Thursday November 04, 2010 @02:20AM (#34121470) Attached to: Cisco Social Software Lets You "Stalk" Customers

What he's talking about is far beyond astroturfing.

Papers please.

Comment Re:NO! (Score 5, Insightful) 180

by Jayemji on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @10:23AM (#34100464) Attached to: Breakthrough Portends Cure For the Common Cold

That reason could be that the metabolic expense is too high for someone who lives off 1000 Calories a day. Not really a problem for most 1st world folks nowadays...

Comment Re:unexplained?? (Score 4, Informative) 560

by Jayemji on Tuesday August 24, 2010 @10:14PM (#33364720) Attached to: UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone

Comment Re:Public healthcare (Score 3, Informative) 75

by Jayemji on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @05:20AM (#29894469) Attached to: The Best Medications For Your Genes

Well since Medical Insurers are exempt from anti-trust law, they have to DON'T compete AT ALL. Period. They can get away, legally, with things that would put the worst anti-trust abusers to shame. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran%E2%80%93Ferguson_Act

Comment Re:next up.. (Score 4, Informative) 75

by Jayemji on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @04:24AM (#29894261) Attached to: The Best Medications For Your Genes

Except that'd be a Violation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act>

Comment Re:Pong finally arrives on PS3! (Score 1) 54

by Jayemji on Sunday July 27, 2008 @06:50PM (#24361809) Attached to: Two-Player Pong Homebrew Arrives On PS3

Actually, it just might. That is, assuming one has a large enough PS3 cluster.