Comment Re:Hey Larry... your a little late to this party.. (Score 1) 186

by ThumpSlice on Friday June 27, 2014 @02:32PM (#47334895) Attached to: Larry Page: Healthcare Data Mining Could Save 100,000 Lives a Year

The Federal Government already does this too https://www.ccwdata.org/

Comment Bypass the sales drones; use the Apple Store app (Score 3, Interesting) 310

by ThumpSlice on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @01:25PM (#41083317) Attached to: The Worst Apple Store In America — An Employee Confession

I've also noticed that getting actual help from an Apple Store employee has become more and more difficult, unless you're plunking down for the big new shiny. So, the last time I was there, I used their Apple Store app, which allows me to use my iPhone camera to scan the code on the item i wanted and pay for it with the credit card on file. I got what I came for, I didn't bother with any of the employees, and I got to pretend that I was shoplifting the item as I walked out the door with it. Couldn't have asked for a better experience.

Comment Re:Guys, this is called viral marketing. (Score 1) 830

by ThumpSlice on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @03:05AM (#29590031) Attached to: Mainstream Press "Cringes" At Win7 Launch Parties

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I received a Win7 Launch Party invitation last week. You're still correct, though. I'm not going. ;)

Discuss the US Presidential Election 1912

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @10:47AM from the end-of-the-road dept.

We made it. It's election day. Tomorrow we'll know. So for today's election discussion story, I'm throwing it wide open: let's discuss the election itself. Who are your picks and why. And also what about your actual experience voting today? Did Diebold eat your vote or did everything go off without flaw?

Comment Home is where the heart is . . . (Score 1) 604

by ThumpSlice on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @10:42AM (#24765341) Attached to: How many homes do you have?

. . . so your real home's in your chest http://www.drhorrible.com/

Chimps Evolved More Than Humans 541

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @05:44PM from the our-chimp-overlords dept.

jas_public writes "Since the human and chimp families split about 6 million years ago, chimpanzee genes seem to have evolved more than human genes. The results, detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, go against the conventional wisdom that humans are the result of a high degree of genetic selection, evidenced by our relatively large brains, cognitive abilities, and bipedalism. The researchers found that 'substantially more genes in chimps evolved in ways that were beneficial than was the case with human genes.'"