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by waiwai933 14y ago
> "Ants have discovered an algorithm that we know well, and they've been doing it for millions of years," Prabhakar said. Isn't it more like we discovered an algorithm that they know well, considering that they came up with it first
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by waiwai933 14y ago
The article says a three-judge panel ruled on the decision, not a jury.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
I'm somewhat curious to know how big of a problem (and what forms it takes) this is around the world—if people could share what this looks like from where they are, I'd be tremendously interested.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Not CNN. CNN iReport, which is citizen journalism; no editorial oversight or factchecking by CNN, just random Internet people posting stories.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
That only counts paid time off, though. She gets paid enough to take a day off whenever she wants, though, so practically speaking, it's still the "you're the CEO—you call the shots" thing going on.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Not really, unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, if one is speaking practically and not philosophically, since I'd rather terrorists not know what intelligence agencies have on them). FOIA has an extensive list of exemptions, and pretty m
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Well, yes, I know that. ;) I meant that ethically, morally, and legally, I wouldn't want to know what they have (the NSA knowing is enough; better to destroy it than make it all public, probably), but I'm curious nonetheless.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Ethics, morality and legality aside, I'd be really curious to see what information is actually stored in these "dossiers", besides (presumably) one's name, address, and other details that other branches of the government legitimately have.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
> I find it really hard to believe that Steve Mann would have some kind of medical condition that would lead a normal Dr. to prescribe that Steve Mann wears the computer vision glasses that Steve Mann invented. Not necessarily as huge a
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Assuming that you work in California, no, the non-complete clause is rendered unenforceable. (Under Application Group, Inc. v. Hunter Group, Inc., California law trumps a choice of law clause with respect to a non-compete clause.) If you li
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by waiwai933 14y ago
It's on page 17, or if you hit the "noticed" tab, it's there on the very first page.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
IE9 and IE10 both support rounded corners, but honestly speaking, I think the design they have would be worse with rounded corners.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
I'm pretty sure Siri would react similarly if you asked it about 9/11 or D-Day. It's a helpful personal assistant, not an encyclopedia, and I haven't seen any Apple ads mentioning that you can ask it about specific events in history. The di
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by waiwai933 14y ago
I'm afraid I don't quite follow. Yes, the supreme court is an appeals court, but what I'm saying is that you can't appeal from a SCOTUS decision, so it's not like a case with a 5-4 decision can be resolved through some other method. As for
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Mostly because it's not practical, since these are Supreme Court cases, so it's not a resolution as such. If you end up voting 5-4 and a 2-person majority is required, there's a problem. No one can appeal, because it's the Supreme Court, an
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UVA uses Kinect sensors to track the location of common household items(cs.virginia.edu)
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by waiwai933 14y ago
"While they did find a backdoor in a popular FPGA chip, there is no evidence the Chinese put it there, or even that it was intentionally malicious." Nor did the original article specifically allege that it was "the Chinese", or that the bac
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by waiwai933 14y ago
"This backdoor has a key, which we were able to extract. If you use this key you can disable the chip or reprogram it at will, even if locked by the user with their own key." From this, I'd say that anyone who used the backdoor would basica
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Technically, it's a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, and not a sovereign state, but I don't know if can be legally referred to as a "State".
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Would someone mind explaining how Google tested its cars on the road before this bill? I'm presuming they did so legally, at least.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Well, the US Gross Domestic Product is over $15 trillion, so presumably, yes.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Thumbs up to their logo. The little smiley face is extremely friendly and inviting.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
From the article: "I'm not an expert on the technical side," [Gianato] said, "but these have all kinds of capabilities and applications." Earlier: "Gianato acknowledged that he didn't heed Dunlap's advice or wait for an evaluation. 'The rou
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by waiwai933 14y ago
"In general, a natural person (an individual) cannot ask for more than $10,000 in a claim." From http://www.courts.ca.gov/1256.htm , which is the small claims court which would have jurisdiction over this particular case.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Well, my point was C) Pick it up and return it at some later point. Yes, A is much, much better than B, and the more responsible choice, but better != good.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
I'd go to a smaller police station personally, but then I live in the suburbs, where we have police officers who do have the time to do the legwork and return it. I do agree, though, the police's reliability can get spotty at times.
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by waiwai933 14y ago
As well as this story turned out, surely it's a bad idea (assuming you're not an evil criminal) to just hand someone else's immigration documents to a stranger to return? Sure, Exec vets its people, but it can't be perfect. What's wrong wit
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by waiwai933 14y ago
Is there any way for the hangers to detect what clothing is currently on them (e.g. RFID)? If not, how are they going to deal with the issue when clothing inevitably ends up on the wrong hanger, if at all?
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by waiwai933 14y ago
I wonder what type of innovation would we see if only lawyers who were deathly scared of patent suits designed phones? After all, I think this isn't terrible, and I like it as a fresh take after seeing all the iPhone look-alikes. Of course,
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by waiwai933 15y ago
I hate to admit it, but my brain initially processed the headline as: "Google execs have backed an asteroid mining venture. In other news, James Cameron has been unveiled." Then, after that horrendous attempt at comprehension, it came up wi

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