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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Well they're only talking about the method being redacted not the data.Which is not quite as bad. However if it can't be properly recreated by someone else then it's not really worth publishing at all.
(, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:34, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
Quite.But, why should the US in particular have any say? I wouldn't mind so much if it was the UN or something. And the method has the potential to be hugely useful in treating viral diseases in the future, so not publishing it because some US military tool has watched "contagion" once too often is a bit arse.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Dec 2011, 12:35,
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Looking into it a bit closer it's just a recommendation from the bodythey have no actual power. The majority of the members are from outside government institutions as well.
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