Devilboy

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811.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Instead of restarting flamewars just link to the original flamewar?
812.
by Devilboy 17y ago
how can you be so sure you're fixing the brain, if nobody yet knows exactly how the brain works Because it helps me function better, I will keep taking it. Nobody said it's going to 'fix' my brain. I'm OK with just treating the symptoms i
813.
by Devilboy 17y ago
I think I read somewhere that intentionally destroying the chip is a no-no, but if you 'accidentally' hit it with a blunt object and it stops working the document is still valid. Don't quote me though.
814.
by Devilboy 17y ago
FYI the Australian plan to implement DNS level filter never got implemented mainly due to public backlash. The current blacklist is only for people electing to use the (govt. paid) client-side filtering software.
815.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Yea this is just smoke and mirrors to allow the 'sale' of The Pirate Bay. In reality all they're selling is the domain name.
816.
by Devilboy 17y ago
With the amount of money at stake here, I'd almost expect a CCTV camera pointed at every computer screen in the building!
817.
by Devilboy 17y ago
It's kinda like mountain climbing for hackers I think.
818.
by Devilboy 17y ago
I don't agree with these two points: | The database does not need round-the-clock availability (middle-of-the-night maintenance windows are no problem). Lots of SQL databases are part of 24/7 critical infrastructure. | Queries do not need t
819.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Visa and Mastercard control most of all the credit card transactions in the world and they both charge merchants a percentage (e.g. 1.5%) PLUS a small fixed fee (e.g. 40c). It's that small fixed fee that makes it pointless for $1 transactio
820.
by Devilboy 17y ago
| And which type of omnivorous animals? And which type of fat? Er... Maybe you should read the book first before you go on a tirade against it.
821.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Older cultures also didn't live to their 70s like we do now so I'm not convinced that this is a good counter-example.
822.
by Devilboy 17y ago
They used omnivorous animals. Yes it's not concrete proof that it will translate to humans but if you take all the evidence together - the animal trials, the cellular-level experiments and the observations in humans - it's enough to convinc
823.
by Devilboy 17y ago
This china study 'dude' is a well respected scientist. That blog author is not.
824.
by Devilboy 17y ago
| There are zero controlled studies showing this... There are animal studies that looks pretty compelling to me. The China Study refers to some of these.
825.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Not sure about other countries but in Australia you go to a GP, explain your problem and he will then send you to a specialist. The specialist will consult with you and if you do your homework you can ask him to prescribe X and if you're ma
826.
by Devilboy 17y ago
So from what I understand, TPB will sell their domain name but keep all the torrents by moving it to this 'new' tracker.
827.
by Devilboy 17y ago
My experience with SQL has been mostly awesome. I like it way more than anything else I do (coding wise).
828.
by Devilboy 17y ago
I'm not convinced. Of course these projects are useful for some applications but most online services will never grow to the size where you HAVE to dump your SQL server for something more scalable. And in the meanwhile SQL is just sooo conv
829.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Why link to Digg instead of to the actual article?
830.
by Devilboy 17y ago
... must have talked to
831.
by Devilboy 17y ago
14 over the past 6 weeks? Could you point me to a source please?
832.
by Devilboy 17y ago
I'd argue it's both, many employers pay more when hiring people with degrees and certainly the people who end up with a degree tend to be the kind that would end up in higher-paid positions regardless.
833.
by Devilboy 17y ago
I'm Australian and the last I heard about this story (from radio news yesterday) was that New Delhi sent a group of reporters to Australia to interview the victims, police and the authorities about the situation. The head of this group told
834.
by Devilboy 17y ago
'Since 2001' is just 8 years. Climatologists will generally agree that 30 years is the minimum time to consider when talking about global climate change, because of the natural rhythms and fluctuations year to year. Saying that the last 8 y
835.
by Devilboy 17y ago
They changed it - I think it's better now.
836.
by Devilboy 17y ago
What is sad to me is that he clearly really wanted to be on TED, and if TED asked him to talk about his real work I'm sure we'd all love to watch it. But instead he spent an hour following a tutorial of some OTHER random new cool photogenic
837.
by Devilboy 17y ago
To be fair most sites should be supporting WebKit already, and Google often provides toolkits and source code for general purpose public use.
838.
by Devilboy 17y ago
If 40% were undecided (leaving 40% / 20%), that still means that at least three quarters of all the undecideds had to vote against Ahmadinejad for him to lose. I've not seen any polls with 60% undecideds.
839.
by Devilboy 17y ago
That's what I don't understand: Weeks before the election several polls (including ones by Western newspapers) predicted a 2 to 1 win for Ahmadinejad. These predictions were all fairly uncontroversial as far as I could tell. Now suddenly ev
840.
by Devilboy 17y ago
These were the older ones - up to the 80s you could still get the printed paper / 'bearer' bonds. Today it's all electronic of course.

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