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  1. Human biology maximizes health at 20 - 30 on Age A Byproduct of Cancer Defense? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Atlantic Monthly had an article that documented research that stated that human biology is set up to maximize a person's health at age 20 at the expense of later years.

    Certain trade-offs are made that sacrifice the health of the future you just to keep the "child-bearing" you at 110%.

    This suggested that an individual human would live significantly longer if these trade-offs were not made, but a population group would surive longer and have more/better children otherwise.

    This research seems to be more of the same.

  2. Business language on Microsoft Edits English · · Score: 1

    A *real* thesaurus and a *real* dictionary should include all accepted English words. They are supposed to be references after all.

    However, I bet most people would rather have MS Word use a "business" dictionary and thesaurus that contained only accepted BUSINESS English.

    A good example of this would be removing the word "manger" from the spell-checker, since I bet 99.9999999% of the time the user is trying to spell "manager" instead. And one would almost never use the word "idiot" in a real business or technical document.

  3. Re:Question: Do I own a loaf of bread? on Examples Of Questionable EULAs? · · Score: 1

    I want to know the answer to "is a click legally binding" instead of listening to the maligning of lawyers. So what is the answer? Or will someone have to consult a lawyer to find out?

  4. Anagrams of Rodona Garst on Taking On A Spammer · · Score: 1

    "Rodona Garst" Anagrams
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    Tornado Rags
    Dragon Roast
    Sargon-Tardo
    and the obvious
    Arson God/Rat