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China Admits Use of Death-Row Organs 309

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 27, 2009 @02:05AM from the you-won't-be-needing-this-anymore dept.

h.ross.perot writes "Like a page from Larry Niven's Known Space series, here is a real report of criminals' organs being harvested for 'profit.' From the article: 'China is trying to move away from the use of executed prisoners as the major source of organs for transplants. According to the China Daily newspaper, executed prisoners currently provide two-thirds of all transplant organs. The government is now launching a voluntary donation scheme, which it hopes will also curb the illegal trafficking in organs. But analysts say cultural bias against removing organs after death will make a voluntary scheme hard to implement.'"

Comment Re:A slogan (Score 0) 683

by Kanerix on Thursday December 20, 2007 @10:36AM (#21764240) Attached to: Toshiba Builds Ultra-Small Nuclear Reactor

This is a very good point. In my particular apartment complex, we have over 400 units, across about 8 buildings. Each building has its own water boiler to supply the apartments with hot water. This centralized water heating provides a nice steady stream of hot water to each apartment, and you don't need to worry about a localized in-unit heater running out.

People's fear of nuclear power is way out of hand. I studied the Chernobyl incident rather thoroughly. The main cause of that was human error. They did something VERY stupid as a test, and disengaged the safety protocols. I would personally much rather live near a well built nuclear reactor than any other type of power plant.

The real problem here is nuclear misinformation. Things like Pebble Bed Reactors have very very little chance of meltdown, and especially low chance of leaking any radioactive material.

All in all, it sounds like a fantastic idea to me!

Microsoft CEO Claims iPhone Will Be Bust 463

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @12:01PM from the biased-source-just-maybe dept.

Theaetetus writes "In an interview with USA Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claimed there is no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. The article also deals with Microsoft's friction with the Justice Department, friction with Google, and the profitability of MSN. 'No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get. In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn't just think about the device and all the pieces separately. Bravo. Credit that to Steve (Jobs) and Apple. They did a nice job. But it's not like we're at the end of the line of innovation that's going to come in the way people listen to music, watch videos, etc. I'll bet our ads will be less edgy. But my 85-year-old uncle probably will never own an iPod, and I hope we'll get him to own a Zune.'"

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