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Comment Re:not really a ban (Score 3, Funny) 631

by sammaverick on Thursday July 02, 2009 @03:16PM (#28562369) Attached to: FDA Considers Banning Acetaminophen-Based Pain Killers

I don't even RTFA and you want me to RTFL? Inconceivable!

Comment Reliable Results? (Score 1) 78

by sammaverick on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @03:34PM (#28270353) Attached to: Direct-To-Consumer Genetics Testing Makes a Splash In Boston

The government did a study a few years aback, regarding the legitimacy of online genetic testing companies. The whole report can be found here: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06977t.pdf Their findings are a bit disturbing to say the least, it seems like some of the genetic testing companies out there try to sell you their "nutritional supplements" and none of the companies that were tested seemed to provide solid, accurate results. There also seems to be a lack of oversight regarding the procedures.

Comment Reminds me of... (Score 0, Redundant) 110

by sammaverick on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @10:42AM (#26812243) Attached to: FAA Network Hacked

Reminds me of this season of 24. (and also Die Hard 2 and 4 Fire Sale anyone?)

I'm pretty sure in the end Cowboy Neal will come and save the day though.

Comment Re:Works on "old" Facebook, but not "new" (Score 1) 448

by sammaverick on Friday September 05, 2008 @05:36PM (#24894565) Attached to: Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com

I just did this on the new layout and it did not give me a warning. Not sure what is up with that.

Submission + - Harvard Law Prof Urges University to Fight RIAA

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @09:04PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Distinguished Harvard University Law School Professor Charles Nesson has called upon Harvard University to fight back against the RIAA and stand up for its students: "Students and faculty use the Internet to gather and share knowledge now more than ever....Yet "new deterrence and education initiatives" from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) threaten access to this vibrant resource. The RIAA has already requested that universities serve as conduits for more than 1,200 "pre-litigation letters." Seeking to outsource its enforcement costs, the RIAA asks universities to point fingers at their students, to filter their Internet access, and to pass along notices of claimed copyright infringement. But these responses distort the University's educational mission....... One can easily understand why the RIAA wants help from universities in facilitating its enforcement actions against students who download copyrighted music without paying for it. It is easier to litigate against change than to change with it. If the RIAA saw a better way to protect its existing business, it would not be threatening our students, forcing our librarians and administrators to be copyright police, and flooding our courts with lawsuits against relatively defenseless families without lawyers or ready means to pay. We can even understand the attraction of using lawsuits to shore up an aging business model rather than engaging with disruptive technologies and the risks that new business models entail...... But mere understanding is no reason for a university to voluntarily assist the RIAA with its threatening and abusive tactics. Instead, we should be assisting our students both by explaining the law and by resisting the subpoenas that the RIAA serves upon us. We should be deploying our clinical legal student training programs to defend our targeted students......""

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