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  1. Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca on Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction · · Score: 1

    Might as well add Splenda's all-natural angle: "it tastes like sugar because it's made from sugar"

  2. Re:DNA? on Wikipedia Explains Today's Global Outage · · Score: 1

    Nah...it points to orange.co.uk - which is a UK mobile phone company that offers the iphone.

  3. Re:Wow! on Wikipedia Explains Today's Global Outage · · Score: 1

    No, it's pointing an MX record to a CNAME that's "forbidden." It's done all the time, but it's technically not allowed.

  4. Re:No it's not. on GoDaddy Follows Google's Lead; No More Registrations In China · · Score: 1

    The domain "registers" you, doesn't make sense? They are documenting domain owners. Hence, they are "registered." Soviet doesn't make sense, but that helps make the connection.
     
    I actually thought it was kind of funny.

  5. Re:pandemic? on GoDaddy Follows Google's Lead; No More Registrations In China · · Score: 1

    I don't know. I rather like the delirious interpretation.

  6. Re:Here's an idea on Scary Smartphone Motion Control Patent Granted · · Score: 1

    Prior art. I had a blue cell phone several years ago.

  7. Re:To hack a patent... on Scary Smartphone Motion Control Patent Granted · · Score: 1

    Shake as undo is already covered under the patent for the Etch-A-Sketch.

  8. Re:A Mac In Name Only on Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June · · Score: 1

    Well at least Mac's run a new version of Mac OS. It was compiled from the same code as for the PowerPC, until the most recent version of Mac OS X. Now sure, those PowerPC Mac's are Macs in name only. It's not like they have a 68000 CPU. But still run the same Mac OS as on the 68000, or at least a similar GUI.

  9. Re:Commodore 64? on Commodore 64 Primed For a Comeback In June · · Score: 1

    but now it's the width of the memory bus or the processor type.

  10. Re:Magic Eye? on Nintendo Announces 3D Successor of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    Oh no... Definitely not. I'd bet on something more like lenticular. The A/B images are split up by a fine grid of vertical lines in the screen. Like a lot of DVD cover promotional boxes.

  11. Re:Lenticular on Nintendo Announces 3D Successor of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    I second this guess. Even a lot of DVD promotional box covers have pretty good lenticular 3D. You wouldn't lose "3x" the resolution, but probably half. The grid won't be fine enough to be invisible, though. That's the only downside (and the only thing that really causes headaches).

  12. Re:Virtual Boy on Nintendo Announces 3D Successor of Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    And portable was a gimmick too. It's not like you didn't need both hands just to carry it around.

  13. Re:Why do you need one? on Is the Line-in Jack On the Verge of Extinction? · · Score: 1

    You would at least get a lower signal-to-noise ratio going over 6-FT of cable, and so you'd have a lower quality even ignoring the electronics.

  14. Re:Printer? on Scientists "Print" Human Vein With 3D Printer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They're called printers because they build things in layers with positioned spraying or placement in 2D. Cars aren't printed now, but if they were it might make them cheaper.

  15. Re:Obvious question on Scientists "Print" Human Vein With 3D Printer · · Score: 2, Funny

    For those who want two or three, perhaps? Specifically to add to other regions for convenience and multitasking?

  16. Re:What gets around Firewalls and AVS? on How To Avoid a Botnet Infection? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Microsoft "fixed it" with Windows 7 and Vista. But in doing so, they broke a lot of older software. A LOT of software was written to require higher privileges than necessary, because almost all users were running as an Administrator by default, and they never put any thought into it. The new security model forces the restrictions on administrator accounts and user accounts alike, and coders finally started coding properly. Most new stuff does run on a proper security model - but there is a lot of old code out there that has no chance of being updated. The only solution in Vista/7 is to run those applications as an administrator.

  17. Re:Non-American: questions on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    There's a cap on profits - saying that x% of the money they receive must go to medical procedures and treatments. They will actually won't want to limit treatments, as they would have to charge lower premiums to cover the lower costs - and then get lower profits.
     
    I don't know if it does a thing at all for #3.

  18. Re:It is surprising to me on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    And socialized medicine would do that. Requiring Americans to buy private insurance doesn't fit into that.

  19. Re:It is surprising to me on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Thanks. You saved me from having to post that...

  20. Re:So the government is forcing me to buy somethin on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    You're right. It sounds exactly like a tax. Taxes work for the public good even if they don't affect you personally. They should have made this a tax, and done away with private insurance for all but those who want it. And I'm a very conservative person, politically. It's just the only kind of reform that would have made sense given all the corruption going on in the current system.

  21. Re:Hurry up and wait on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    If you knew how they got those numbers, you wouldn't be repeating them.

  22. Re:Hoorah! on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Because this fine is cheaper than the premiums, we're more likely to see a mass exodus of the insured. They will all drop their coverage. Pay doctor bills out of pocket. If they get an expensive illness, they can buy coverage again with no penalty. I'm pretty sure that's what I would do if I could afford health insurance in the first place.

  23. Re:Hoorah! on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    I would say most is a full majority, not simple majority. Say 66%, maybe.

  24. Re:Compassion gone bad. on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Well - for one, because this goes through the private industry. If the governments required me to pay taxes to fund a private corporation for fire protection, I'd be angry about that too.

  25. Re:A view from outside on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you're going to write some huge bill to fix everything wrong, and it's not going to take effect for 4 years anyway, why not take 3 of those years to actually figure out a proper bill. My biggest complaint is the monster of a bill this is, that has not been fully thought-through. The only revisions were made due to public outcry.