Comment Re: Wow ... (Score 1) 419
Without a central authority, even this is dangerous: simply print out a fake card with a fake phone number on it. [wish I cared enough to inveigh for or against bitcoin or ssl at this point.]
Comment Re: Scientists finally discover... (Score 1) 287
I propose that a control group would have to be one of children that have not built up a tolerance to refined sugars, and that such a control group is nearly impossible to find in the US today.
Comment Re: Dupe (Score 1) 148
Or a decade ago: http://m.slashdot.org/story/18188
Comment Re:Someone is full of himself (Score 0) 279
The anger and misogyny in your post is getting in the way of communicating the (in my opinion accurate and justified) content of your message.
Comment Re:Well, that was your mistake. (Score 1) 627
I can't believe I typed that poorly on a full sized keyboard. *hangs head in shame*
Comment Re:A couple problems (Score 1) 627
1. Possibly. How big and rich is the district? (Okay, turns out I was born there. Median income $70k with 600k people...)
2. We own those air waves. We should not relinquish that.
3. Posted in the government section and meeting pretty much all of the criteria in the FAQ (well, certainly not neutral.) Other than broadcast media being a little on the old-guard for technology, I think this is reasonable.
Comment Re:Well, that was your mistake. (Score 4, Interesting) 627
There are ample peer reviewed studies showing that doctors medical decisions are influenced by things as simple as free dug samples for their patients. "Just take the money" is a very bad idea.
(Here's one of those studies, for example: http://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,9,13;journal,49,167;linkingpublicationresults,1:300313,1 )
Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations 627
fishdan writes "I'm a long time Slashdot member with excellent karma. I am also the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress in the Massachusetts 6th District. I am on the ballot. I polled 7% in the only poll that included me, which was taken six weeks ago, before I had done any advertising, been in any debates or been on television. In the most recent debate, the general consensus was that I moved a very partisan crowd in my favor. In the two days since that debate, donations and page views are up significantly. Yesterday I received a stunning email from the local ABC affiliate telling me they were going to exclude me from their televised debate because I did not have $50,000 in campaign contributions, even though during my entire campaign I have pointedly and publicly refused corporate donations. They cited several other trumped up reasons, including polling at 10%, but there has not been a poll that included me since the one six weeks ago — and I meet their other requirements."
Submission + - ICANN To Replace 'Digital Archery' Program With Raffle (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "As Slashdot readers will recall, ICANN has been struggling to find a way to decide which applications to evaluate first. At the end of June, ICANN announced it had abandoned plans to use the Digital Archery contest. Then at the end of July, ICANN said it would process all applications simultaneously. Now there's a new plan in the works: an old-fashioned, manual raffle with tickets costing $100. There's just one catch, though, California law prohibits unlicensed lotteries."
Comment But cash is okay? (Score 1) 362
If the argument is that tracking users furthers commerce and getting in the way of it is Luddite, shouldn't they start by railing against the evils of cash?
Comment Re:You're a fucking moron. (Score 2) 319
This is just funny. I think "If you think that ANYONE has the right to harrass and intimidate people, for any reason, you are a complete fuckwad" is a wonderfully self-referential phrase that should not soon be forgotten.
Comment What about access to our elected officials? (Score 0) 319
While I'm no fan of Jack Thompson, I'm suddenly a little scared of the CAN-SPAM act. It's one thing for an elected official to stop accepting my calls, return my mail unread, and filter my email into the trash. It's another, much scarier, thing for that official to threaten me with fines and imprisonment for trying to influence legislation in the most accessible method available. We're not talking about fraud or bribery here, just annoying, obnoxious, and protected speech.
Comment Proxy (Score 1) 525
This would work best, I venture, if combined with a caching proxy whose use is unmetered.
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