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901.
by ktizo 14y ago
BTW, that phrase actually isn't part of the Hippocratic Oath I know, but it is part of the standard medical code of ethics. The original Hippocratic oath is a bit crap anyway, as it bans teaching any medical knowledge to ordinary people.
902.
by ktizo 14y ago
This isn't as cut and dried as you might think. Many countries, such as Spain, have an opt-out rather than an opt-in process for organ donation.
903.
by ktizo 14y ago
Thank you. [edit] And apologies for being unnecessarily obtuse earlier, one of the precepts for ethics in medicine is the phrase "First, do no harm", which is what I was obliquely blathering on about. So rather than being very different que
904.
by ktizo 14y ago
I know quite a few medics. I'm not sure they'd agree.
905.
by ktizo 14y ago
I'm not sure it was particularly unethical, unless somebody can demonstrate that there was any real harm done to anyone by his actions.
906.
by ktizo 14y ago
Reckless maybe, but obviously not dumb, given the outcome. And perhaps he was just taking tips from RMS, who squatted his MIT office for years after officially quitting to work on GNU.
907.
by ktizo 14y ago
Doesn't count. AOL was not his employer.
908.
by ktizo 14y ago
If someone stayed for months in my department store overnight, I'd let them off with it as long as I got to borrow their tardis at the weekends.
909.
by ktizo 14y ago
Some drug researchers might disagree. Open Source Drug Discovery - http://www.osdd.net/ Research article on PLoS; "A Kernel for Open Source Drug Discovery in Tropical Diseases" - http://www.plosntds.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjou
910.
by ktizo 14y ago
Drug research and development is largely nationalised, at least if we are talking about drugs for preventing or curing the most virulent diseases and not about stuff like viagra.
911.
by ktizo 14y ago
As far as ebooks go, in traditional book publishing usually the shop takes about half the price and the printing and distribution takes around another quarter, leaving a quarter of the sale price for the publisher and author to split betwee
912.
by ktizo 14y ago
Where's the World of Warcraft Open Source Edition? ummm, here maybe? - http://www.arcemu.org/about.php
913.
by ktizo 14y ago
That isn't a simulation. When you click the period it actually launches a black helicopter. It isn't actually meant to do this, but the guy who wrote the code left a while back and nobody knows how to fix it, or even where the helicopters a
914.
by ktizo 14y ago
Surely for the price, stripping all the fans and dumping the pre-built computer in a bath of oil would give you less noise for less money, plus loads more power.
915.
by ktizo 14y ago
Cue sound of black helicopters being dispatched to visit nikcub. (only kidding, for one thing Yahoo's black helicopters don't make any sound)
916.
by ktizo 14y ago
Those two are sort of the same question however. If this is the only thing signed with this key, then the attack surface is only people running this thing.
917.
by ktizo 14y ago
That was also Yahoo's advantage for a while. My point is that the underlying functionalities of Facebook are features of the web in general, not of Facebook specifically. Facebook made them simple to use and put them all in one place and no
918.
by ktizo 14y ago
No, more like anyspace (that supports html and js).
919.
by ktizo 14y ago
Is a brand new thing with no userbase. Seems an extremely responsible time to disclose this. As I understand it, responsible disclosure is primarily there to protect the userbase of a piece of software, not the reputation of the producer of
920.
by ktizo 14y ago
Measurement adds value, but sometimes the value it adds is that of knowing not to bother using the thing you are measuring any more.
921.
by ktizo 14y ago
I could see facebook being replaced by nothing more fancy than a web design app with a social webring gizmo.
922.
by ktizo 14y ago
Well, on the bright side at least no-one will mind agreeing with them. Perhaps it is a bold new form of ultra-permissive licence.
923.
by ktizo 14y ago
Group C I stared at it, grunted a bit, then went off and made a cup of tea.
924.
by ktizo 14y ago
Nahh, you beat Google by atomising, securing and crowdsourcing search with open ranking algorithms that users can edit and share to serve as online agents. And you do it before Google, or at the very least better.
925.
by ktizo 14y ago
no one has perfected punching someone through the internet I can see serious problems in the design and certification stages, but the marketing should be extremely easy.
926.
by ktizo 14y ago
I would have said that in his profession, openly airing your views without self-censoring is probably a qualification. To put it another way, discouraging geeks from ranting about what they think, can seriously damage the quality of your co
927.
by ktizo 14y ago
The browser interface is ripe for disruption (the whole UI space is, really), but whether yahoo will do it remains to be seen. Personally I am pretty doubtful, although they do have the resources.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Well, the postings have been signed 'anonymous', but the title has been signed PJ, so I doubt that it is an admin account unless their servers are setup really weirdly and wrong and back to front and stuff. But yes, Pamela was reactivated s
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by ktizo 14y ago
I always think they are a bit like IBM, but without such a cheery and relaxed attitude. Sock suspenders will be compulsory.
930.
by ktizo 14y ago
That would be an unfair assumption, you should be careful in putting down to deceit, that which can also be explained by incompetence.

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