Violent Necessity

by Michael Laccheo
May 10, 2012

Winter is coming

May 6, 2012

From Hawaii Five-O, Pa Make Loa:

Unfortunately the trials are double-blind so they don't know who the participants are.

Um, that's not what double-blind means.

Update: Later a CDC scientist makes the statement that since the virus has been engineered to kill in 3 days instead of 28, it would spread faster. OMG. Do Hollywood writers never take any science classes?

May 6, 2012

New York Times:

Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive said that he wished the company had never offered an unlimited data plan for the device and that he loses sleep over free texting services like Apple’s iMessage.

“If you’re using iMessage, you’re not using one of our messaging services, right? That’s disruptive to our messaging revenue stream.”

What a scumbag. There's not really a carrier I like, but I think Sprint is up next for me. At least their CEO doesn't seem to be a dick and they still have unlimited data.

via Shawn King @ The Loop

Apr 29, 2012

I'm not sure I agree with the subtitle guy's classification of this music:

Apr 27, 2012

Dr. Steven B. Abramson:

71% of those who underwent roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) reported resolution of knee pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA), as did 63% of those who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and 51% of those who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB)

Treating the symptoms and not the disease.

Apr 26, 2012

Make it so...

Ben Brooks Mode

Apr 25, 2012

Obama says:

Interest rates on Stafford student loans will increase, costing hard working students $1000 more to get their educations.

I hear:

Spoiled 1st world kids will have to pay more to drink and party.

Disclaimer: I am currently paying back Stafford loans.

Apr 9, 2012

Manuel Struder:

First, you have to modify what Safari considers as a “safe” file. Check the option Open “safe” files after downloading in Safari’s Preferences panel.

The next steps after this are very Geeky requiring editing of a plist file. I did this awhile a go and it worked great for connecting to my EMR via Citrix, saving me the time from always having to download then click on the Citrix File.

You could do the same thing in a less Geeky way with Hazel.

Apr 4, 2012

Google:

What would you like to see from Project Glass?

Something that ships.

Apr 4, 2012

Jim Dalrymple @ The Loop:

Clyde Prestowitz for CNN:

As a business, Apple has a right to fear that moving the assembly work from China to the United States will entail raising labor costs so high as to make the company less competitive and profitable. But for it to say that it has no obligation to help solve America’s problems is completely unacceptable.

The problems in the U.S. economy are not for Apple to resolve. They pay taxes — I’m sure they pay a lot of taxes — and they employ tens of thousands of Americans in high paying jobs.

Apple is not a charity, nor should it make business decisions based on a country’s needs or wants. Apple has one financial responsibility — to make money for its shareholders.

Instead of giving trillions in bailout money to companies that have been mismanaged, why not use that money to make doing business in America more attractive.

The Canadian is right. Sad that he knows more about America than CNN.