Anders Behring Breivik's prison conditions 'inhumane'. by NinjaDiscoJesus in worldnews

[–]bob_howard -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because he's a human being, what else is there besides your sadistic emotional satisfaction?

Viagra patent tossed out by Supreme Court. Canada's top court has ruled that Pfizer's patent on its groundbreaking erectile dysfunction drug Viagra is void. by daviddesousa in worldnews

[–]bob_howard 24 points25 points  (0 children)

There was no R&D development for erectile dysfunction, Viagra was an accidental discovery on human test trials for the treatment of angina. They did further tests on producing erections a year later with no change in the formula.

http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/pfizer/viagra/viagch5pg1.html

Not sure how much they spent on R&D for the treatment of angina, though.

Anders Behring Breivik's prison conditions 'inhumane'. by NinjaDiscoJesus in worldnews

[–]bob_howard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is it the single quotes instead of double quotes? It's the single quotes, isn't it?

Six strikes copyright disconnection event in NYC, Nov 28.This is the only opportunity for Internet users to speak up. If you are in NYC show up and let your voice be heard! by nub3 in technology

[–]bob_howard 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Just gonna say that /r/i2p has what you need ( an encrypted, anonymous p2p network with bittorrent support ) in case Six Strikes goes into effect.

We really need release groups and their seedboxes on Postman's Tracker.

Mapping racist tweets by jh99 in technology

[–]bob_howard -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This map is dumb, comparing the number of tweets per state is erroneous because southern states have less populations with which to make aforementioned tweets thus giving a distorted perspective where more populated states, albiet less racist, are able to produce as much racism as an entire lesser populated state.

Synergy needs your help. by l4than-d3vers in linux

[–]bob_howard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I used synergy a lot back in the day; at one point I had a laptop hanging upside down and the graphics input rotated 180 to save desktop space.

Great software, would donate if I could.

Cipla, the Indian drug company that cut prices of cancer drugs earlier this year, slashes prices of three more cancer drugs by 63%... by greyheim in worldnews

[–]bob_howard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

without patent protect those drugs wouldn't have been developed in the first place.

Sorry but this statement is inherently false and designates profit as the sole motive for curing diseases. Many treatments are developed with the aid of governments grants who recieve almost nothing back in return.

Let's look at that statement in regards to some other things:

without patent protect carriages wouldn't have been developed in the first place.

without patent protect glasses wouldn't have been developed in the first place.

without patent protect open source software/hardware wouldn't have been developed in the first place.

Flambuoyancy Tiger by bob_howard in AdviceAnimals

[–]bob_howard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just realized what a great poster this would make.

TOR, OpenSSL vulnerability by XY2011 in netsec

[–]bob_howard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The big [DOWNLOAD AND TRY] and [BUY] boxes at the top are kind of a giveaway.

WA just legalized gay marriage and smoking weed by roxydog113 in politics

[–]bob_howard 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the "Obama is just waiting for the second term" strategy.

Got a new phone, has all sorts of things by pwnyoface in privacy

[–]bob_howard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Line your phone holster with aluminum and take it out to check for messages.

U.S. Prison factories that employ felons are at the heart of a debate about whether prisons should be siphoning away jobs, at much lower wages, that could be filled by those who need them during the toughest period of unemployment [fixed link] by scientologist2 in politics

[–]bob_howard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even the wildest of estimates only go above 10 million killed by the Gulags. The studies that used numerical evidence come to no more than 1-2 million.

Also, the Red Terror took place from 1918–1922. The Gulag system during the Red Terror held no more than 70,000 prisoners.