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  1. Re:don't get yer hopes up on Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Diabetes Treatment · · Score: 2

    Actually no, food eaten within three hours of going to sleep tends to get turned directly into fat and not properly broken down into the normal nutrients, so the timing of food consumption can make a difference.

  2. Re:If you think THAT's something... on US Appeals Court Says Bank Liable For Losses From Poor Online Security · · Score: 1

    Swapping banks needs to be a Lot easier than it is!

  3. Re:It's about fucking time on US Appeals Court Says Bank Liable For Losses From Poor Online Security · · Score: 1

    My (Australian) bank offers an RSA key, making their online access three-factor if you get one. Their security still sucks (imo), doesn't allow the complexity of passwords that I like.

  4. Re:Given that this is slashdot... on After a Year In Orbit, US Air Force's X37-B Will Conclude Its Secret Mission · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it's a Yoga-style sig?

  5. Re:Given that this is slashdot... on After a Year In Orbit, US Air Force's X37-B Will Conclude Its Secret Mission · · Score: 1

    "Offenses against the Law of Nations" is pretty broad...

  6. Re:Look in the mirror with the rest of us: on The Nice Guy At the World's Largest Weapons Expo · · Score: 1

    I think the problem is we don't identify people on the other side of the world, and/or of a different religion, skin colour, language, etc, as being like us enough to care about them as much as we perhaps could/should. It takes either a strong external force or an internal on to create such cohesion. So barring the Vulcans noticing us because we have Warp drive (an external force) or enough people getting full-motion video on the internet so we can actually see and make friends with people from all over the world, expanding our idea of who "we" are, yes, the answer will still be No.

  7. Re:As we move into Memorial Day and Americans reme on Remembering America's Fresh Water Submarines · · Score: 1

    The USA gives away a Lot more in food than it used to, and a lot less in financial aid. This creates demand for US producers, and even a lot of the aid carries stipulations that it must be spent in approved ways, not just in good ways, but in ways that benefit US interests.

  8. Re:I just flip the bottle upside down on MIT Creates Superhydrophobic Condiment Bottles · · Score: 1

    My fathers special technique is to hold the bottle in one hand, mouth downwards, bottle at approx 45 degrees, and move the bottle towards the other hand, which is held palm up, with a diagonal motion. The bottle's shoulder should strike the gap between thumb and forefinger, forcing a limited amount of sauce out of the bottle, very useful for a viscous subtance.

  9. Re:Watch it when you want to on Who's Pirating Game of Thrones, and Why? · · Score: 1

    Genres, there are differences, but I'm too bored to define them for you.

  10. Re:The Oatmeal on Who's Pirating Game of Thrones, and Why? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How does HBO know Why I'm not watching the show? If I don't watch the show because I don't like fantasy tv shows, how is that different to not watching because I don't like one of the actors, or the adult nature of the plots, or the nudity, or something else? Telling people not to watch the show only helps HBO change its behaviour if you also tell them to contact HBO and tell them Why they're not watching the show. There needs to be a feedback mechanism.

    If people download the show it tells HBO that people like their Content, but not their delivery method. Even if Time Warner isn't willing to change their delivery method, perhaps those Huge traffic numbers are telling other more responsive companies that there's a huge demand for content and they can make a bucketload of money if they can just figure out the sweet spot between on-demand viewing, price and availability.

    Here in Australia, we have the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which is Gov owned and paid for out of our taxes, something like 13c a day or something silly and small per person. They produce/license Huge amounts of content, and make the vast majority of it available online on iView, which lets me stream shows to any net-connected device (with probably some region-locking). So we collectively (as Australian citizens) pay for the content, it gets delivered to anyone with an Australian internet connection (with certain week/month availability after the airing date limits), and it's sweet as all get out. I know the BBC does something similar (which the ABC may well have copied, go them, and I wish I could buy access to the Beeb's content). It's technically possible to do all of this, NetFlix, whatever, just some managers/execs/whatever can't get with the low-cost/high-volume model.

  11. Re:which goverment agency is going to grab this fi on Student Makes Real-Life Portal Turret · · Score: 2

    How much good-will does Valve generate from doing this (both from people who they buy them from, their friends, the people who see it in the lobby, their friends, and people who read about it, and Their friends), vs what piddling amounts of money they'd get for suing people, And the amount of good-will they'd Lose from doing that. Besides, who's making a living selling this kind of thing? It's not as if Valve is competing with these people and their products, it's an obvious synergy.

  12. Re:obvious.... on Adobe Introduces the Paid Security Fix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, however many companies have sunk many thousands of dollars into testing and release of a new version of the software in their offices, Adobe taking this step may cost those organisations even more funds and cause increased internal stress. It's not only internal factors that must be considered, but also external ones. If you're not considering the impact on your customers of such a decision, you're ignoring a key stakeholder.

  13. Re:Can money be returned if a project is unfinishe on How Long Before the Kickstarter Bubble Bursts? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Kickstarter can do Rounds of funding, you could do it this way, update the goals for each round and not start a new round until you need further funds. With the right sort of rewards and the right sort of progress reports, you should be able to keep people interested and the project going without taking money for something you haven't done and/or won't do.

  14. Re:Correlation is not causation on Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the occasional (but not really) boot to the head!

  15. Re:Vegan mums today. on Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce · · Score: 1

    I'm primarily vegetarian, but after a lot of thought (raised vego as a child) and questions from others, I've decided that my main reason is that most meat is an inefficient method of producing protein (especially beef). I sometimes have fish, or kangaroo (no cute fuzzy problems for me there), and I have enough energy to go to yoga once a week, play 2+ hours of volleyball the next day, and have Lots of energy left over for other stuff. My activity levels are usually more impacted by sleep and actually eating 3 decent meals a day than anything else. YMMV. It's very easy to have a balanced vegetarian diet in a 1st world country, probably not so easy in most 3rd world nations.

  16. Re:LaTeX on 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure even Randall would go That meta yet, right??

  17. Re:This 21st Century isn't really starting right. on Posting Photos of Olympics Could Land You In Court · · Score: 1

    So Gene Roddendery Didn't make up a calendar for Star Trek, he just used the Astronomical one, figuring it was good enough?

  18. Re:Businesses need to invest in IT from day 1 on FBI's Top Cyber-cop Says We're Losing the War Against Hackers · · Score: 1

    Wait, so you're Not going make a post about the Government's War on Privacy and put up actual facts and try for a reasonable analysis? Fool, this is Slashdot, expect to be modded -1 Troll. *sigh*

  19. Re:Fools on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    During high school in Cali I learned to steer with my knees while holding a burrito in one hand and applying hot sauce to it with the other.

  20. Re:"Drivers, what's your approach?" on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pamela, it's time you stopped bragging about those Tommy Lee videos

  21. Re:Snakes on a Plane on When Social Media Meets TV, Are the Results Worth Watching? · · Score: 1

    SG:U (the best of the stargates no less)

    I just have to say it. Stargate Universe was, without a doubt, the worst of all the Stargate series. The only reason I watched the show while it aired was because it was Startgate and I was having Stargate withdrawal. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were awesome.

    [Citation Needed, or it gets a Troll rating]

  22. Re:Just what Hollywood needs.... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    Kirk having to push Spock to get him to be made wasn't a moral dilemma? It needed to happen, but he had to have the courage to see it through and force an otherwise well-functioning Captain to excuse himself. Dealing with Nero wasn't a moral dilemma? He wasn't a horrible man all his life, he was twisted and ruined by the loss of his home planet.

  23. Re:Just what Hollywood needs.... on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    Spock wasn't on a vacation, he was dumped there by Nero to eventually die of exposure or hunger/thirst after his planet blew up. Having resupply options (in fact any communication options) would have ruined the entire point of dumping him there to die.

  24. Re:TV? on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 1

    Uh, a few Million? Wasn't it big news a few years ago when the computer gaming industry's profits outstripped the film industry's profits? I bet if you add it all up, gaming is worth more than a few billion. But the companies aren't united like the film and tv industries are.

  25. Re:Of course on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    Well, there Was Libya, but if Obama is going to do any more of those I'd very much support it. The Libyans took back their own country, the West took care of all of Ghadaffi's advanced gear to give them a chance (plus giving them some basic training), but the Libyans spilt their own blood to get their own country back, so they really care about who's going to lead. They have ownership back, rather than having a decade of some foreign nation trying (and failing) to put everything back together as happened in Iraq/Afganistan (wars which Bush et al. started/ran).