DanBC2

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by DanBC2 14y ago
See, for example, griefers on Medal of Warfare on Xbox Live. They've paid for the game, and they're paying for the xbox live account, and there is reputation and reporting. That does nothing to stop people like "General Minus" from trolling
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by DanBC2 14y ago
The NewsWelcome page is excellent. ( http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html ) Meatball Wiki has many people talking about creating and controlling online communities. It's focused on wikis, but is applicable to other types of communities.
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by DanBC2 14y ago
> It seems that if I stick my finger in the hot socket, there is still a path via me to 0 voltage (the ground) Over-simplified, but you need a complete circuit. In your example you say that voltage is across you - live at a finger an
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by DanBC2 14y ago
So a big pharma company like Merck wouldn't use a big publishing company like Elsevier to create fake "medical" journals and publish research? https://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=elseviers+fake+journa...
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by DanBC2 14y ago
With luck many silent but wise people will downvote the one or two noisy fools. There's a strong temptation to interact, even with someone you suspect is a fool. Resist that temptation, and carefully use a downvote. There's a great article
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by DanBC2 14y ago
It's a huge lump, but it handles 240 v at 13 amp and does so without burning down houses or killing people who plug it in. I have no idea how many sockets are installed in UK houses and how many plugs are fitted to UK equipment but a new pl
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by DanBC2 14y ago
It's a circuit layout used mostly in the UK. Wikipedia has a nice explanation. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_circuit )
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by DanBC2 14y ago
> We're not just banging rocks together here, guys, we know how to do clinical trials. There are many problems with clinical trials. Read Ben Goldacre for examples. One problem is that good results are published, while bad results (w
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by DanBC2 14y ago
Some people might want to make a "slippery slope" argument. And the TSA will call the police if they find drugs while they're scanning for explosives. Apparently people think that cannabis can be hidden inside jars of peanut butter, but th