Episode 166: The Syrian Evidence, Sports Betting and Big Data, Kim Dotcom's Next Move and more
Grim Conclusions
"It was a job that needed doing and I was the person on the ground to do it. You're too busy thinking about exactly what you are doing to think about what it means to you as a person. You go into an analytical forensic frame of mind rather than reacting as a human being..."
--Dr. Stuart Hamilton, forensic pathologist from the investigative team analyzing the images of torture smuggled out of Syria.
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Sports Betting and Big Data
"We're really trying to figure out what's going to occur when these players compete against each other. What's the weakness or the strength that one team will be able to exploit, that maybe not everybody sees when they look at the standings?"
-Paul Bessire creator of The Predictalator software that predicts the outcome of sports games
A Gun for Nirbhaya
"We were developing [this gun] based on the feedback received from women. They needed lighter weapons ... so that it will be easier for the women to carry it in their purses, operate it single-handedly, and it will be very easy for them to handle, the fire, and to keep with them."
-Abdul Hameed is the general manager of the Indian Ordnance Factory makers of the Nirbeek
"Some women do say that it would make them feel safer. There is a bit of fear in the country. Every day you hear about cases of rapes and violent attacks against women - so there definitely is fear."
--Geeta Pandey deputy editor for BBC Online India
Aboriginal Chief, White Candidate
"The community itself has honoured and trusted me with this nomination ... I feel like I'm a member of the community. I'm not a band member, but I feel very comfortable there."
-Pauline Goertzen candidate for chief of the Ts'il Kaz Koh, Burns Lake B.C.
Kim Dotcom Fights Back
"He's a very polarizing character. There's a chunk of the population who feel very affectionately towards him and very strongly on his behalf at the incredibly poor way that our government handled matters... then there's others who can't believe that we invited such a massive headache into the country."
-David Fisher is the author of The Secret Life of Kim Dotcom
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