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Comment telcos gonna veto (Score 1) 65

That's sure to kill the current worldwide trend in developing countries, where carriers (specially on pre-paid plans) give "free whatsapp and push notifications from fb, tw, etc"

Also, given whatsapp's security track record it should raise some eyebrows.

Offtopic: I actually went and RFTA (Hello! I'm new here) and found the picture in it rather interesting.

Comment Timeframe? (Score 2) 135

Within 8 weeks or less, 18 out of 20 participants saw a complete resolution of diarrhea after consuming 30 or 60 of the feces-filled capsules.

No wonder they have such a small sample. After the informed consent form I'm sure lots of people told the researchers to gtfo.

Also, could an MD please provide the usual time frame in which diarrhea runs its course? 8 weeks being an improvement sounds just weird.

Comment Time to think about these laws (Score 1) 274

This article is useless without pics. I'm off to find some and post the links so we can have a *real* discussion about this. Oh, hold on. Someone at the door...

On a more serious note, I've always found very disturbing the whole ssex-criminal-he's-fucked-for-life kind of way that Americans deal with it. Sure, a rapist should be thrown in pound-in-the-ass federal prison forever, but when the current law can screw forever an 18 year old guy who has sex with a 17 year old, something is wrong with it.

It also seems kind of backwards that when she did not distribute (IANAnAmericanLawyer) wilfully the material, she could be (probably would if she weren't a celebrity) be registered as a sex offender forever. Seems like a pretty ugly blame-the-victim case.

Comment 70% terrorist (Score 1) 92

Those things are dangerous! Whose idea was to release 10,000 autonomous[1], un-manned[2], 0.7 liter[3] bags of Dihydrogen monoxide . Surely a terrorist plot. Even without adding fluoride to the already deadly compound.
[1] Unless trained
[2] I sincerely hope, but who am I to judge people's tendencies
[3] Assuming 1 kg average weight, 70% water mass

Comment re (Score 1) 399

Damn those intel chips! ;) On a more serious note, it's probably a good strategy. For the masses[citation needed] "10" sounds like perfection, or at least pretty good, which will surely help to boost sale numbers (I can already picture a geek squad guy telling an old couple to upgrade to 10 because 10 is better) So, basically, a combination of distancing from 8 and marketing.

Comment Re:And this ... (Score 1) 92

The saddest thing is that unless you swap browsers, fonts and some other things around, marketers can still track you as "That one guy who blocks everything but is using lynx and has en exotic font installed" Also, I don't think a solo warrior is going to make their lives miserable. I wish designers would step up and just screw all the tracking, but hey, who hates money? :/

Comment scientists gonna science (Score 2) 460

Rather than persuading, scientists may better serve citizens by discussing, teaching and sharing information to convey trustworthy intentions.'"

So, the study calls for presenters rather than scientists? It is difficult to find balance, but I'm inclined to think that scents should just do the science, and they'd better be well left alone. It's up to the (gasp!) media or to their institution's press department to sensibilise the public in general to the science being done and what it means.

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