Comment Hats off Rob (Score 1) 1521
Thank you. You did a good thing here, and it is obviously well appreciated.
If it wasn't for this place, real life may have stood in the way, and I wouldn't be where I am today.
Comment Re:Why does the internet change anything? (Score 1) 532
Say a school or organization has a private intranet that allows posting... does that count with the law stating "on the internet?"
Or better yet, sending winpopup messages to people over their wireless. I hope my neighbor doesn't hear about this.
Or better yet, sending winpopup messages to people over their wireless. I hope my neighbor doesn't hear about this.
Submission + - Top Ten Strangest or Cruellest Science Experiments 1
aalobode writes: "The Times of London has a current story based on the review of a book by Alex Boase, Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments. There they list the top science experiments — including the one from which the book gets its name — that were conducted by otherwise sane humans who tragically or otherwise ignored the effect of their research on the subjects themselves. Nowadays, most institutions have a review board for research on human subjects which would flag most proposals that could lead to harm for the subjects, but not so in the past. See for yourself at the url
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2779808.ece?OTC-HPtoppuff&ATTR=elephants"
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