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Wikipedia has a good summary of the risks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA_mutation A 25-year-old woman with no mutation in her BRCA genes has an 84% probability to reach at least the age of 70.[16] Of those not surviving, 11% die from
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Even people who should "know better" were fooled by AT&T claims of being 4G on the iPhone 4s: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-57408432-266/is-the-at-t-i...
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I had a similar situation when I was 14 years old making prank phone calls. It was 26 years ago and I stumbled on a block of numbers that contained every phone company error message. You know... You have to dial 1, Don't dial a 1, deposi
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>Any situation in which the government flouts the law/is "above" the law is a dangerous situation of importance to everyone. That's why it's so important to have harsher penalties for people that abuse power. Unfortunately the opposite
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We have plenty of Bloomberg Terminals at work that are standard computers that just have the Bloomberg terminal software installed on them. In fact I believe we don't have any of the old leased terminal types anymore. We also utilize Bloom
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The crux of the site is that the mobile web experience is getting worse, not better. I agree with that. With today's smartphones, one of the easiest and user-friendly things many sites can do is just direct users to their full web page.
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>Money wise, it's good since it saves them a lot of money in the long term, I know that's what the article says, but I'm wondering if they truly put Google Apps up against Office 365 which would be an apples-to-apples comparison? It se
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I heard the designer of the gun on the BBC today. He said he created the design because he is a Libertarian and is trying to hasten the time when all information is freely available. He rejects government censorship of information. He als
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>In my personal experience, the law has made insurance less affordable. Last year I had a PPO insurance plan at work that cost $216 per month for a family plan and had very tiny out of pocket expenses. This year my employer dropped the
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>limited life DVD I remember well the original DIVX at Circuit City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX I honestly think that failure was a huge reason why Circuit City failed. They built up so much ill will from a technically literat
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My objection to Disney is that (as the article states) they built a large portion of their business by taking works in the public domain and creating derivative works. They then slammed the door behind them by repeatedly lobbying for extend
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>I simply make too much money these days. This is why I don't respond to any solicitations anymore. It's apparently against the laws of the universe for a job candidate to initiate the discussion about money, but there are a lot of ine
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>I don't get why people are so upset that the start button is gone. I get it. The Start button is useful. When I first installed Windows 8, it was a little painful to find my way around. Then I realized something... Windows 8 does h
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Public service announcement: if you have a crack in your windshield that is smaller than a U.S. dollar then it likely can be repaired. If it can be repaired, most insurance companies in the U.S. will waive your comprehensive deductible.
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This sounds like an extension of the recently widely covered practice of not telling your kids they're smart. Basically, studies have shown that praising your child for intelligence as opposed to hard work can cause them to undervalue effo