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  1. Re:That's disgusting on Factory To Make Biodiesel From Chicken Fat · · Score: 1

    I can't comment on what your particular doctors were thinking, but there is now a general consensus that a low-meat or no-meat diet is best. I have heard it most from cancer experts, diabetes experts, and general nutritionists.

    There are of course dissenters, and there are advocates of the Atkins diet, etc. There is no certainty with these things. But if you do a web search for "plant based diet" and say "cancer" or "diabetes" you will see that the research is now very well established.

    The only doctors that I have ever heard suggest a meat free diet are those who were vegetarians themselves. Diabetes sufferers are unable to control their sugar not their protein.
    The certainty is that humans have evolved eating meat proteins.
    In a totally different direction my sister tried eating a meatless diet for about 5 years, while teaching yoga by the way. She gained 20 lbs. during that time. Since going back on what I would call a practical diet she has slowly started to lose some of that weight.

  2. Re:Next up... on Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi Bears · · Score: 1

    There's a new thermal scanner that looks at the veins under the skin. I saw it on the TV program "Head Rush" when I was home sick the other day.
    I would think it would be very hard to fake out.

  3. Re:What???? on Australian Visitors Must Declare Illegal Porn To Customs Officers · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not that was the way marijuana laws in the US were written up until several years ago.
    In order to import marijuana you were supposed to pay a, very high, tax. If you paid the tax you were arrested for importing the marijuana. If you didn't pay the tax you were arrested for not paying the tax.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States#Marijuana_Tax_Act_.281937.29

  4. Casio back in the day on Casio Unveils New Color Screen Graphing Calculator · · Score: 1

    I used a Casio calculator back in the 80's. The problem then was that Casio used a different logic that TI and nobody but myself and my son, who taught me, knew how to work the thing.
    The Casio was always cheaper to buy but used 7 batteries which made it expensive to use.

  5. Eicar. The test virus. on Simple Virus For Teaching? · · Score: 1

    www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

    Eicar is a test virus. It's made precisely for what you want. However the last time I tried to download it my AV program detected it and blocked the download.

    AG

  6. Re:Is this really censorship? on Pentagon Aims To Buy Up Book · · Score: 1

    Quick release it as a digital book. The author will make billions and it will bankrupt the Pentagon. Wait, that's not a good idea. Crap! This isn't going to work as well as I thought.

  7. Re:Well... on India Now Wants Access To Google and Skype · · Score: 1

    Actually this could be a good thing. Imagine the amount of data they are going to be trying to analyze. The number of people and machines that this much eavesdropping is going to require is going to be a significant drain on the Indian economy with basically no benefit to the society and their country.

    AG

  8. Re:Anthrax... on Colleague Comes Forward To Defend Anthrax Suspect · · Score: 1

    People who deal with cattle have heard of it. When a herd gets it the herd is destroyed, the bodies burned and the land itself quarantined.

  9. Re:So will he get a mug shot now? on Facebook Founder Accused of Hacking Into Rivals' Email · · Score: 1

    It's been in litigation for two years already. Once the litigation starts the statute of limitations is meaningless.

  10. Re:As far as misleading headlines go on Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems · · Score: 1

    Then who is the guy that I used to go to church with every Sunday?

  11. Re:Why is this news? on New Russian Botnet Tries To Kill Rivals · · Score: 1

    The military has a very good "computer security 101" course that all personnel have to take in order to receive a computer and get network access. They have to repeat the course every two years or every time they are redeployed to the post.
    None of the users are administrators on their systems.
    All passwords are two caps, two small, two number, two special characters ten or 15 total characters, depending on user access level.
    They also have a much more authoritarian structure than most network environments with real penalties for infractions, which can include loss of all network and computer privileges.
    Guess what. They still have problems with user stupidity. The problem with computer security is that all of this stuff is designed by humans, built by humans and used by humans.

  12. Re:Sure is... on Zero-Day Vulnerabilities On the Market · · Score: 1

    The word news didn't have anything to do with new. It stood, at least originally, for North East West and South.

  13. Re: Idling is bad for the engine on The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter · · Score: 1

    Might be bad for the engine but driving with ice all over the windows is worse, crashing and such you know. I could put a cover over the car but occasional winds can blow them away.
    So on the days when there is frost on the windows I warm the car up until I can see.

  14. Pystar still selling software on Psystar Activation Servers Down? · · Score: 1

    http://www.psystar.com/rebel_efi

    That's sort of the ultimate rip off.

  15. Re:Indeed on Duke Nukem Forever Not Dead? (Yes, This Again) · · Score: 1

    I remember when THE computer was at one of the local colleges. It ran all of the schedules for both of the colleges and most of the high schools in a 30 mile area.
    When one registered for a class they were handed a punch card for that particular class and it was put in their packet to be run later.
    The programing students got to run their program once. Time on THE computer was too valuable to do it any other way.

  16. The biggest change that I noticed... on The Long Shadow of Y2K · · Score: 1

    was the pretty much complete retirement of Windows 3.1 during 1999.
    Personally I see this as a good thing.

    AG

  17. Re:Oh. on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: 1

    Well Montgomery Co. TX only has 429,953 as of 2009 according to the US census. So no Six million there. Texas is an at will employment state so that could be a problem.

  18. Re:Impact on The World's First Osmotic Power Plant · · Score: 1

    What is important is how much salt is moved naturally every day through "fresh" water. Salt is in most all runoff water. It comes from the soil.
    Another way to think of it is this. When the fresh water comes down a river we have a certain measurable amount of of fresh water that goes from rivers to the sea. We can't ever exceed the normal amount of flow. The flow can be moved around but basically can't be changed.
    The fresh water is going to flow into the ocean, no matter what.
    So we're going to take some of that fresh water and make electricity and brackish water with it. We can't change the amount of fresh water that's going to flow into the ocean. That's controlled by the flow of the river and ultimately by rainfall.

  19. Re:Tour a sub. on Two Sunken Japanese Submarines Found Off Hawaii · · Score: 1

    For those of you in the central part of the US the USS Razorback is in North Little Rock AR.
    Article here: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2586

    AG

  20. Re:Overpopulation on Plowing Carbon Into the Fields · · Score: 1

    Population rise in some parts of the world, some parts of Europe for example, is actually falling. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/27/population.eu
    However there are some groups that are deliberately increasing their populations, Mormons and Moslems come to mind.
    I'm not necessarily slamming those groups. Just pointing out that what may sound good to you could greatly change the makeup of the world.

    AG

  21. Re:Meanwhile... on New Threats Against Pirate Bay Owners · · Score: 1

    Trouble with getting your money back if you thought the movie was no good, is that you've already had the product. What's to stop you saying that you didn't like it even if you did? Do you go into restaurants, eat the food and then decline to pay because it wasn't very good?

    Well no but I sometimes send a steak back when it isn't cooked correctly. It's the same sort of thing. If a company sells crap there should be some sort of recourse for the consumer to get a refund.

    AG

  22. Re:Wake me up when... on French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud · · Score: 1

    How about the massacres in Cambodia?
    The Nazis in Europe?

    AG

  23. Re:Performance != Observance on Music Rights Holders Sue YouTube Again · · Score: 1

    Listening to Brittney Spears should be worth a couple of years at the county jail.

    AG

  24. Re:Agreed? on D&D Handbook Distribution Lawsuit Settled For $125,000 · · Score: 1

    In theory, all legal cases should be decided on the merits.

    In practice, as with all situations, dissing the people in power will bring holy shit of vengeance upon your head.

    The sad part is that often times the shit will fall in the form of a prejudicial ruling, rather than a contempt of court fine.

    Another thing that pisses me off in legal proceedings is how if you screw up, you're toast. Case in point: e390 v. Spamhaus. Technically, the us court didn't have jurisdiction. But once it was removed to federal court, "you automatically waived the right to contest any jurisdictional issues". A booby-trap.

    Our legal system is hosed and strewn with traps that, you guessed it, only high priced lawyers are smart enough to work around. I'd call it a damned protection racket if you asked me.

    Please replace smart with knowledgeable. Lawyers aren't necessarily smarter then the rest of us they just study more.

    AG

  25. Must be fixed on Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music · · Score: 1

    It's up on his site now.

    http://www.myspace.com/50shadesofblue

    AG