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Comment Re:They are dealing with the insanity of parents (Score 1) 367

by thuh Freak (#31877122) Attached to: Lower Merion School District Update

I agree with much of what you said, and the overall feeling - I prefer common sense instead of corner case laws.

Gays at the prom? Because there is no equal protection under the law for gays, and too many people in american society still view gay relationships as evil. Allowing gays in the right conservative school district will get you just as sued.

I just wanted to point out many states (as well as Canada) have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity entirely and the US recently recently passed ENDA. Civil Rights from Stanford Encyclopedia Employment Non-Discrimination Act

"US recently passed ENDA" Actually, I don't think ENDA (with lgbt inclusion) is settled law yet. I don't think it's actually passed (or even been voted on) in the senate.
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Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos 428

Posted by samzenpus from the two-pound-hammer-and-ten-penny-nail dept.
wisebabo writes "Nathan Myhrvol demonstrated at TED a laser, built from parts scrounged from eBay, capable of shooting down not one but 50 to 100 mosquitos a second. The system is 'so precise that it can specify the species, and even the gender, of the mosquito being targeted.' Currently, for the sake of efficiency, it leaves the males alone because only females are bloodsuckers. Best of all the system could cost as little as $50. Maybe that's too expensive for use in preventing malaria in Africa but I'd buy one in a second!" We ran a story about this last year. It looks like the company has added a bit more polish, and burning mosquito footage to their marketing.
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Political Affiliation Can Be Differentiated By Appearance 262

Posted by samzenpus from the if-it-looks-like-a-liberal-and-quacks-like-a-liberal dept.
quaith writes "It's not the way they dress, but the appearance of their face. A study published in PLoS One by Nicholas O. Rule and Nalini Ambady of Tufts University used closely cropped greyscale photos of people's faces, standardized for size. Undergrads were asked to categorize each person as either a Democrat or Republican. In the first study, students were able to differentiate Republican from Democrat senate candidates. In the second, students were able to differentiate the political affiliation of other college students. Accuracy in both studies was about 60% — not perfect, but way better than chance."

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 605

by thuh Freak (#30607174) Attached to: Do Your Developers Have Local Admin Rights?

ideally, this would be nice. but as a developer, i need to work with toolsets that don't take into account a proper multiuser system. [i agree, in *nix, local root is probably not necessary; but i've only done prof work in windows.] also, since i work for a huge multinational, it takes forever to get IT support to actually get around to installing software for me. so i req'd admin rights and access to the net share with all the disc images. they know what i have --they audit the program files folder or whatever sysadmins do-- and take care of licensing.

also, for certain systems, installing isn't quite as simplistic as "next.. next.. next" (which is basically what i'd get from IT support). you need certain configuration and it needs to fit in with the developed systems. i massage the machines to make them purr (both my box and the dev servers), and thus i can be very hands on and helpful as we deploy up to test and prod envs.

i do not have admin access anywhere except my own machine. but i have elevated perms on the dev boxes. and no direct access to test nor prod.

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