Thursday open thread

I’ve got a busy afternoon ahead of me. Catch ya’ll later.

6 Responses to "Thursday open thread"

Neo says:

June 4, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits.

When you’ve lost Steve Ballmer .. it’s over.
Neo says:

June 5, 2009 at 12:15 am

I wonder what the ACLU would do say about this invention from the Muslim world …
German media outlets reported last week that a Saudi inventor’s application to patent a “killer chip,” as the Swiss tabloids put it, had been denied. The basic model would consist of a tiny GPS transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person’s skin, so that authorities could track him easily. Model B would have an extra function — a dose of cyanide to remotely kill the wearer without muss or fuss if authorities deemed he’d become a public threat.

Perhaps this is the solution for the Gitmo alumni.
Neo says:

June 5, 2009 at 10:22 am

The number looks worse than the Recovery Plan (or without it)
Lorica says:

June 5, 2009 at 12:58 pm

But, but, but…..

One in Seven Scientists Say Colleagues Fake Data

Friday, June 05, 2009

Print Faking scientific data and failing to report commercial conflicts of interest are far more prevalent than previously thought, a study suggests.

One in seven scientists says that they are aware of colleagues having seriously breached acceptable conduct by inventing results.

Around 46 percent say that they have observed fellow scientists engage in “questionable practices,” such as presenting data selectively or changing the conclusions of a study in response to pressure from a funding source.

However, when scientists were asked about their own behavior, only 2 percent admitted to having faked results.

Daniele Fanelli, of the University of Edinburgh, who carried out the investigation, believes that high-profile cases such as that of Hwang Woo-Suk, the South Korean scientist disgraced for fabricating human stem cell data, are less unusual than is generally assumed.

“Increasing evidence suggests that known frauds are just the tip of the iceberg and that many cases are never discovered,” he said.

The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One, are based on a review of 21 scientific misconduct surveys carried out between 1986 and 2005. The results paint a picture of a profession in which dishonesty and misrepresentation are widespread.

So these scientist are lying to us about global warming, or are they the only pure ones??? – Lorica
forest hunter says:

June 6, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Here ya go, Lorica
Lorica says:

June 7, 2009 at 9:32 am

Cool Forest. There is no doubt in my mind global warming is more about controlling people over actually helping the world. – Lorica

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