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Comment Why post paywalled articles? (Score 1) 53

by flopwich on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:34PM (#59519078) Attached to: Reputation Management Firms Bury Google Results By Placing Flattering Content

What's the point of posting articles we can't see because they're behind a paywall? Can't see it. Can't read it. Completely useless.

Submission + - Somebody's had better days at work (chicagotribune.com)

Submitted by flopwich on Saturday January 13, 2018 @08:56PM

flopwich writes: Somebody sent out a false emergency alert to all cell phones in Hawaii saying, "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL" Authorities vow to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Submission + - PETA is not happy that Google used a camel to get a desert "StreetView" (kitsapsun.com)

Submitted by flopwich on Sunday October 12, 2014 @08:51PM

flopwich writes: So Google used a camel-mounted camera to get a "street view" of a stretch of desert in the United Arab Emirates. PETA's director is all sniffy about it, saying they should have used jeeps. Oblivious to PETA's opinion, the camel in the video, munching food as it carries the camera, really doesn't look like it minds all that much.

Comment Is the link dead? Blocked? (Score 1) 191

by flopwich on Friday October 03, 2014 @02:23PM (#48057501) Attached to: Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes In FBI's Story

I cannot open the first link in this story, to the FBI documents. I've tried pinging the site. Timed out. I've tried to open it in Firefox and in IE. No joy. I've re-booted and tried again. No joy. I tried just linking to krebsonsecurity.com, without the rest of the URL. Nothing. Anybody have any ideas what's going on?

First 'Malaria-Proof' Mosquito Created 261

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 15, 2010 @07:59PM from the what-about-a-really-good-egg-cream dept.

Gisg writes "The University of Arizona team reported that their genetically modified mosquitoes are immune to the malaria-causing parasite, a single-cell organism called Plasmodium. Riehle and his colleagues tested their genetically-altered mosquitoes by feeding them malaria-infested blood. Not even one mosquito became infected with the malaria parasite."

Comment Re:Great (Score 1) 550

by flopwich on Sunday November 08, 2009 @09:47PM (#30027616) Attached to: Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony

Or, more simply, the guy could just recognize that everybody has some limitation in what he can do, and go amuse himself with something else. For example, I have a bad back and I'm tall. Should I then sue the manufacturer of a sports car because I can't fit comfortably in a car meant for small people without back problems? That's ridiculous, as is this lawsuit. This childish insistence that every person has to have access to every facility or a legal and financial temper tantrum ensues is dragging this country into the muck.

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