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Comment: Re:Unbelievable (Score 2) 108

by the monolith (#46197619) Attached to: UK Police Will Have Backdoor Access To Health Records
I would have expected someone to raise the possibility of insurance companies mining the information so as to avoid dealing with 'problem' medically compromised customers, or at least increasing the coverage fees to unacceptable levels and thereby driving off the 'problem'. Perhaps that potential new employer wants to know that you aren't medical damaged goods? Perhaps you have to apply to the police or a local authority for permission for something, and they want to use the medical records to check your suitability/mental condition/drink/drugs etc..

I would have expected someone to be making comparisons to 'Gattaca' by this point in time.

Comment: Done Already (Score 1) 61

by the monolith (#45975035) Attached to: DNA Detectives Count Thousands of Fish Using a Glass of Water
Almost every day I dive past one of the Smithsonian biomass accretion modules in Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan. You can see one of the collection modules here.

If only academic departments/institutions collaborated or communicated a little bit more, maybe the research dollar would go a little further?



PADI instructor 636522


+ - Kim Dotcoms NZ Mansion Visited for BBC Interview ->

Submitted by the monolith
the monolith writes "If you have ever thought what your 'app' profits may bring, or that nifty website selling rock memorabilia, then take a look at what big Kim Dotcom has to put up with.

The indoor swimming pool, the studio, the garden!

A lifetime of hacking real-time code gets me near as damn all when compared to this stately pile.

Anyone need a programmer? :)"

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Comment: If Music Be The Food Of Love, Log In (Score 4, Interesting) 193

by the monolith (#42641103) Attached to: Bad Grammar Make Bestest Password, Research Say
Instead of using words, how about playing the keyboard as if it were a piano (or any other keyboard-like instrument)

Here is an example of a musical login: pvy89pvvv[890[]vv

For this example, position your right hand with the thumb on the 'v' key, then play the sequence as if they were notes, then listen to C.P.E. Bach - Minuet In G Major for what it should really sound like.

If you like impressive music, try: uppvyuvyyyyuyvvyuvyuppvyuvyyyyuyvvyuyv
Leo Arnaud - Buglers Dream


NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars 293

Posted by samzenpus
from the mars-needs-organic-polymers dept.

Comment: Saggy Bums? (Score 2) 24

So, in a few years time when my body slumps a little more and my ass is hanging down, I can get a 'Sponge Bob' job down the back and another complementary do-hickey up front? This is strangely appealing on several levels. I can see the cost benefit analysis, and why wait for the future; do they need human test subjects?

Comment: Re:The marketing dweeb bastards won't quit (Score 1) 175

What's all this about Duck Tape, or Duct Apes? How about a simple solution: put a fish bowl in front of the sensor! It will probably still pick up your hand gestures, but get driven crazy by the Goldfish! OK, I have been watching too much the American Dad (social education programs.)

Comment: 7 cent Nickel (Score 1) 825

by the monolith (#39073699) Attached to: Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies
There has been historic debate upon this subject...


Groucho Marx (film: Animal Crackers)

Some many years ago, Britain adopted a decimilised currencey. It simplified things, yet there were hidden disadvantages: after the introduction of the new coinage (12 old pennies comprised a shilling, then became 5 New Pence) prices for goods were converted upward, and led to a one-off step in inflation. for example, something that sold for an old penny, coverted directly to 0.416666667 in New Pence would now be sold for a New half penny, which was 0.083333333 New pence increase - a small matter of 16% increase. If you were a scruffy schoolkid who dealt in exchange rates based on the 'Mars Bar' economic standard, things got tough!
