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A new North American study found Ottawa was the most honest city when it came to returning lost cellphones.
U.S.-based security software firm Symantec Corp. organized and funded the study where it placed 10 lost smartphones in five different cities.


Ottawa was the only Canadian city, while Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York City were the others.


Ottawa-based security consultant Scott Wright was contracted out to place the cellphones in all cities and track the statistics. He dropped them in office elevators, food courts, transit stops and even phone booths.


Wright said the company put 12 different apps on the phones, including four business, four personal and four "neutral" apps.

The goal was to show the importance of protecting personal information on cellphones with a password.


"We really just wanted to see what people would do with them. We weren't trying to collect personal information of any type, just to see what type of data they were accessing," Wright told the CBC's Ottawa Morning.
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If only Symantec would concentrate on making better software, rather than studying cell phone thieves...
 
best NHL organization.
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Love the suggested infallibility of scientists, as if they are all altruistic, unbiased observers simply reporting results.
 
corksens said:
Love the suggested infallibility of scientists, as if they are all altruistic, unbiased observers simply reporting results.
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Who said they were infallible? Don't see how you can pull that out of what was discussed, considering the conversation was a comparison of the open mindedness of scientists. They may not be perfect examples of humanity, but they are certainly a lot more open to ideas than the religious community in general.
 
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SundinsTooth said:
Who said they were infallible? Don't see how you can pull that out of what was discussed, considering the conversation was a comparison of the open mindedness of scientists. They may not be perfect examples of humanity, but they are certainly a lot more open to ideas than the religious community in general.
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Open minded to what? Open minded to their own work shoved down the drain? Not a chance. They are human and like all humans, they don't want to spend decades, create a career out of their ideas and then have it dismissed. They are not immune to very human traits of tribalism, food on the table self interest and pride.
 
corksens said:
Love the suggested infallibility of scientists, as if they are all altruistic, unbiased observers simply reporting results.
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When I was five, I believed in Santa Claus. To prove that he came to my house, I set up a mouse trap with some cookies to catch him. All I got is a mouse.

In my teens, I use to believe that economists and scientist were altruistic, truth givers.

I should have used the mouse trap earlier.
 
Yeah but no one claimed that....so you guys are arguing against...nothing...

Once again, follow along here....it's not a terribly complicated argument you guys have stumbled upon.

Are religious people = the scientific community for open mindedness and willingness to accept new ideas?
 
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Yeah but no one claimed that....so you guys are arguing against...nothing...

Once again, follow along here....it's not a terribly complicated argument you guys have stumbled upon.

Are religious people = the scientific community for open mindedness and willingness to accept new ideas?
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What does this have to do with cocaine and Sarah Palin?
 
HabsAddict said:
Open minded to what? Open minded to their own work shoved down the drain? Not a chance. They are human and like all humans, they don't want to spend decades, create a career out of their ideas and then have it dismissed. They are not immune to very human traits of tribalism, food on the table self interest and pride.
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You miss the point...while one scientist or group may hold on to his or their ideas stubbornly, there`s always others that are trying to make their mark by correcting and improving on others` work. In economic terms, it's a free competitive marketplace of ideas, contrasted with the monopolistic or oligopolistic market of religious ideas.
 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-people-found-in-mexican-cave/article2365567/
Mexican authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years old, according to a statement from Chiapas state prosecutors.

The statement released Saturday said the remains were found Friday on the Nuevo Ojo de Agua ranch in an area frequently used by Central American migrants travelling north. The statement said there were no visible signs of violence on the remains, which “break easily.”

The statement said authorities will “not discard any line of investigation.”

The remains were discovered stacked atop each other in the cave, said a prosecutor's office employee who was not authorized to release information and asked not to be identified. The remains have been moved to the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez for examination, the employee said.

Mass graves have been found in the past two years mainly in northern Mexico containing the bodies of dozens of migrants and others allegedly killed by drug cartels.
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The Canadian singer-songwriter was on her way to Ottawa from Toronto on Sunday to perform at the National Arts Centre, but was asked to disembark in Oshawa, Ont., because the company doesn’t allow pets to travel in passenger cars.


Arden, 49, immediately turned to Twitter, where she shared her displeasure with about 38,000 followers.


“Midi and I got booted off of via rail on route to Ottawa . . . scrambled and am in a town car now,” she tweeted at 11:03 a.m. She added soon after: “To clarify the kicked off train thing . . . you apparently can’t have little quiet dogs in bags who are sound asleep I might add. S—balls . . .”
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Somebody get her a soother.
 
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