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  1. Re:Farm Animals on Do Antibiotics Contribute To Obesity? · · Score: 1

    There's no medical reason, but how about a scientific one? You could avoid spontaneous human combustion.

  2. Re:Farm Animals on Do Antibiotics Contribute To Obesity? · · Score: 1

    I came here (late) to say this. That much corn also causes small cuts in the stomach lining and leads to more infections and death without a constant dose of really strong antibiotics.

  3. Re:There are no Facts on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    Which is a little odd, since your expenses start to rise some time in the first trimester, and you can obviously see the financial dependence being established.

  4. Re:There are no Facts on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    And so there will still be parents who can't conceive who are willing to adopt, but can't because anti-abortionists are adopting all the kids?

  5. Re:There are no Facts on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    I'd say that the interview more likely revealed the amount of memory density you gain when you have some form of language to relate with.

  6. Re:There are no Facts on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    6-months? The youngest viable birth recorded so far to survive was at just under 22 weeks. It might need machinery to stay alive at first, but the baby would be perfectly capable of living a normal life.

  7. Re:DRM worked out then.. on Ubisoft Claims PC Piracy Rate of 93-95% · · Score: 1

    Which doesn't even make sense. Ripping a game doesn't require a burner. Two networked PC's will get around that stupid concept pretty quickly.

  8. Re:DRM worked out then.. on Ubisoft Claims PC Piracy Rate of 93-95% · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And then they'll count you and your cracked (purchased) copy as a pirated copy. No wonder they get such high numbers in their estimates.

  9. Re:Is there any guarantee on the new circuit board on After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix · · Score: 1

    I have. It's loud.

  10. Re:Is there any guarantee on the new circuit board on After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix · · Score: 1

    And this is about quick and easy access on the order of seconds.

  11. Re:Is there any guarantee on the new circuit board on After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix · · Score: 1

    A dremel won't make a standard Torx screwdriver fit into a pentalobular screw. My understanding is that this was to be a non-standard shape as well as a security pin.

  12. Re:Is there any guarantee on the new circuit board on After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix · · Score: 1

    What's that have to do with going to ACE Hardware?

  13. Re:Is there any guarantee on the new circuit board on After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix · · Score: 1

    There's a number of tamper-resistent Torx variations out there, only one of which is likely to be at ACE.

  14. Re:redmond should... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    I don't have them. I don't even use desktop linux regularly. But I'm sure it's at least as rare as similar bugs in Windows 7, if not more rare. Most cases of root-required viruses on Windows are let in by the user explicitly. The difference is more in the user than the OS, and the target audience size.

  15. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    Have you actually read the OEM license text for Windows? I'm sure you'll find there's no restriction against home users buying it to build their own system.

  16. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    OK. Assembling components. Do you like that better? Are you nuts?

  17. Re:FUD on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    Except not transferable to new hardware.

  18. Re:What's the difference.. on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    So then people could activate it, back up hard drive to an image, deactivate windows, restore from image, and then have a fresh license to use on another machine? I think we should be thankful it doesn't check activation on every boot and not give them any ideas.

  19. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 2

    I'm sure you could buy it from yourself. Or sell it to someone and have them sell it back to you. Right of first sale laws would cover that in the U.S.

  20. Re:redmond should... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    My point is that privilege escalation bugs are found in Linux or Linux modules all the time (esp. the commercial Nvidia drivers).

    Windows' hosts file is just as protected as the Linux hosts file. Even if Windows had iptables, it would still have hosts, and hosts is an attack vector on Linux and Windows both.

  21. Re:I would buy this game. on Review: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Illustrates Nintendo's Greatest Problem · · Score: 1

    I thought the same way. I finally cracked when I saw Super Mario 3D Land. Just buy it as your toilet gaming system of choice and be happy.

  22. Re:A new version of Super Mario Bros 2? on Review: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Illustrates Nintendo's Greatest Problem · · Score: 0

    That's because this is Super Mario Bros. 2. The one you linked to is Doki Doki Panic with new sprites slapped onto it.

  23. Re:redmond should... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    A linux machine with iptables has a hosts file too. If anyone were targeting desktop linux with a virus, they can still modify the hosts file (assuming they find a privilege escalation bug to get them that far).

  24. Re:Mutually incompatible options on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    OK, then make it like IE9's new download window for apps that haven't been digitally signed. Your choices are more like "No," "More Information" and a tiny link that says Other Options, that lets you choose Yes.

  25. Re:Not a problem on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    Not bulletproof. I could just use ssh port forwarding to connect to my DNS server through a shell account?