Whatever the outcome, it will explain a number of foundational issues which have long bugged rural politics tragics like me.
Here's a question for all you godless Darwin-types out there: If natural selection really kills off those attributes least suited for survival, how come we are still being plagued by white people who think letting their hair grow into one long, bug-infested crap of a turd will get them laid some 30 years after they started turning stomachs?
Facebook recently confirmed 29 million accounts were improperly accessed, Twitter said that a year-long bug could have exposed some private direct messages, and just last week Google said it would shut down its Google+ social network after a security incident exposed a half-million accounts.
The other half were asked to make a second guess three weeks later.In this section Signs of a long life Bug hunting Stars in their eyes The crowd within Reprints Related items Collective intelligence: When the many know bestMay 27th 2004Dr Vul and Dr Pashler found that in both circumstances the average of the two guesses was better than either guess on its own.
It's unclear how long the bug lasts – I found that refreshing a friends' profile once or twice seemed to correct the issue and display only the information I was supposed to be seeing.
Of course, Schaap pretty clearly writes that there's no way for a user or even Facebook to tell if their data was harvested, so for all we know it could have been used by multiple developers for months or longer (Facebook is currently investigating how long the bug may have existed).
Teams have long suspected bugs or cameras hidden in locker rooms or in meeting rooms during contract negotiations.
Hugh Raffles was taking a shower in his Manhattan apartment when a three-inch-long water bug dropped from the ceiling and landed at his feet.
According to the Switzerland-based WorLord Howe IslandUnion, the Lord Howe Istick stinsectsect, a five-inch-long segmented bug native to a tiny island group off eastern Australia, turned up on a rocky outcrop last year after lying low for some 80 years.
It may not seem like a cork-popping event, but the hatching of a single insect egg at the Melbourne Zoo was big news for the Lord Howe Island stick insect, a five-inch-long segmented bug that has been teetering on the edge of extinction.
And as long as bugs hold on to resistance, they can share it with other bacteria they encounter.
