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But Google changed their TOS to forbid the app's actions a little over two weeks after the apps' changes were released. So you could say it's more like, "Google changes terms of se…

While 454 may not have much traction anymore, Ion Torrent is coming out with a new series of devices (the Proton iirc?) and they're competing pretty well with Illumina in the cheap…

Well, you know what they say; a gun in the first act goes off in the second. Given these tools, the agencies equipped with them are not going to sit around not using them.

I cannot believe that things like this still happen in today's world, although I'd be surprised if it wasn't a little bit embellished. This piece reminds me a little bit of the doc…

That's also in diet and non-carbonated sugary sodas; it's used as a preservative in just about everything.

I was talking about the top-tier Division 1 schools, mostly because I can't see anybody having a problem with intramural or Division 3 sports. Scholarships aren't awarded, they don…

I'm no fan of how enormous college sports have become, but fwiw they are enormous sources of income and despite the extravagant stadiums and suchlike, they often pay for valuable r…

Oh, it gets better. "The notion that someone would market a closet that could never be opened – even if it involves a case involving a child kidnapper and a court order – to me doe…

This comes up every now and then. If people want to randomly zap their brains that's their prerogative, but let's call a spade a spade. I sincerely doubt that anybody will ever imp…

I'm sorry, but since when is itar-tass a remotely reliable source?

I don't think you would use TCP for an MMORPG; UDP is more common in games because a dropped frame here and there doesn't matter to most games, and it's worth the lower overhead.

I don't know if Ebola qualifies, but there are 'orphan drug' laws in many places that help pay for the development of medicine to treat rare diseases or conditions.

>In fact, if I'm understanding this correctly, the entire gimmick about words like "hola" and "ciao" being transmitted is misleading, or at least irrelevant in terms of what was ac…

Al-Jazeera has some good ones too, and they often make specials that really dig into an issue and provide both sides of the issue as well as the context in which the whole thing is…

You can always opt out. You'll get a pat-down instead and they'll make you wait 5-10 minutes, but I always do that unless I'm running very late. If enough people do, they usually g…