Comment Re:why can't he use GMail? (Score 1) 360

by smartbei on Thursday October 08, 2009 @07:53AM (#29679845) Attached to: Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online

10% does not seem like something to brag about.
:-)

Comment Re:containment theory... (Score 1) 1032

by smartbei on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:47PM (#29569727) Attached to: Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

Maybe because they did not sign the treaty in the first place and thus cannot be held responsible for not following it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#India.2C_Israel_and_Pakistan

Comment Re:From the license... (Score 1) 419

by smartbei on Saturday August 22, 2009 @07:57AM (#29154909) Attached to: Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly

...Nothing a find and replace wouldn't solve.

Comment Re:But I have a real allergy (Score 1) 174

by smartbei on Saturday August 01, 2009 @08:58AM (#28908383) Attached to: Wi-Fi Allergy a PR Stunt

Informative? More like Too Much Information...

Comment Re:Adblock for Chrome -- Use SwWare Iron "Chrome" (Score 1) 109

by smartbei on Saturday April 18, 2009 @08:18AM (#27625979) Attached to: A Closer Look At Chromium and Browser Security

This actually happens to me using FireFox - though perhaps due to the computer having a decent processor (Core 2 Duo) it is fast enough that it isn't a bother.

Comment Re:IMAX? (Score 1) 131

by smartbei on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @05:56PM (#27592285) Attached to: Visualizing Data Inside the 30-ft Allosphere

Not IMAX - OMNIMAX or IMAX Dome.
See IMAX Dome.

Comment Re:IANAPhysicist, but... (Score 1) 292

by smartbei on Thursday October 09, 2008 @08:43AM (#25312845) Attached to: Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon?

One standard, starched, American flag... Oh. Shit.

Submission + - Attorney sues website over his online rating (nwsource.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09, 2007 @04:11AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local attorney is suing legal startup Avvo.com over a rating that was algorithmically assigned. The story touches over the controversy of computers grading humans. Such practices are not new: the New York Times earlier this year reported on Google using algorithms to determine applicant suitability. But what happens when you don't like the result? Can a computer program be considered defamatory?