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  1. Re:Too Bad I don't Take Medications... on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 2

    "restless leg syndrome,"
    fine, what do you call it when a persons legs don't stop moving while they sleep? It's not like there isn't volumes of actual documentation.

  2. Re:last example is very interesting on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 1

    no. You will notice the the nocebo* effect are non specific symptoms. They same things that tend to 'go away' when taking a placebo.

    *nocebo is a stupid name. Scientists have known about this for some time. It's also a placebo effect.

  3. Re:Why am I not suprised? on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 0

    DOn't be stupid.

    fibromyalgia is real. Are there peopel claiming it that don't have it? probably. That doesn't mean it isn't a real thing.

    " just like half of kids are now ADD or autistic "
    that's' wildly incorrect.

    "or something "
    so you really have no clue?

    "need to be drugged into insensibilty"
    no one is drugged into insensibility
    You have exactly the same type of 'thinking' as people who think the moon landing is a hoax, and chemtrails are real.

    You are a weak thinking ignorant bitch.

  4. well on Beware the Nocebo Effect · · Score: 1

    "he can suffer them even if the pill is fake."
    by 'them' they mean non specific symptoms, then yes.

  5. That's a shame on PlayStation Boss Defends Vita, Slams Social Gaming · · Score: 3, Informative

    the Vita platforms has a ton of really cool potential.

  6. Re:Vs. Diskless boot? on Google Granted Cloud OS Patent · · Score: 1

    you don't patent loose ideas, you patent specific ideas.

    And this does a bunch of stuff the pope who wrote RFC 906 didn't even think of.

    I like how you don't know what vmware does, don't know who this patent work, but then assume they are the same thing.

  7. Re:specific claim on Google Granted Cloud OS Patent · · Score: 1

    No. He's just another moron who reads a brief non technical description and then applies thing that seem similar.

    Any excuse to whine like a 4 year old about the patent system and these bozo's come out of the closet like clowns out of a small car.

  8. Re:specific claim on Google Granted Cloud OS Patent · · Score: 0

    Maybe you should read the patent and technical specs of the items you listed? Hint: They aren't the same thing.

    you people are idiots.

  9. Re:These type of patents are bad on Google Granted Cloud OS Patent · · Score: 1

    netboot is different.

  10. Re:Downgrade rights on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    Since MS has never said you can't turn it off, maybe you should be freaking out?
    No, you won't. When it comes out, all of you will think you're complaints are why they changed it, these dumb ass pundits will claimne there articel is the reason and no will will acknowledge MS never said that.

  11. Re:Yeah, yeah, and "XP had a Fisher-Price UI" on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    If only that were true, I don't know, may I got some weird version of metro.

  12. Re:Apps are poorly implemented. on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    "Sorry, I don't need my email app taking up my entire 24" display, thanks."
    see, cowboy neal doesn't understand metro. Guess what? you can leave it in a tile and it updates for you. You don't really nee to open it to full screen.

  13. What we know on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 1

    1)Current Betas can turn it off.
    2) The person i the article is just guessing this is the case. There is no MS comment on the subject.

    So, why do we think you won't be able to turn it off?

  14. Re:Yeah well..... on How Pictures Skew Our Judgment · · Score: 0

    You're sig is wrong. You can't get an equal PC and Mac mini. the Mac mini comes with different software.
    did you get your i7 into the same form factor? I didn't think so.
    Is you i7 as quite as a mac mini? I didn't think so.

    So, different hard ware, different form factor, different software.

    Not really a valid comparison.

    So, but only taking a tiny amount of data into account, not looking at the over picture and varies needs, you are an idiot who immediately jumped to a conclusion without considering any other facts.

  15. Re:Unless one has Aspergers? on How Pictures Skew Our Judgment · · Score: 1

    You're understanding of Asperger's syndrome makes me want to punch you in the head.

  16. Re:More data? on How Pictures Skew Our Judgment · · Score: 1

    It's not pointless, you just lack the cognitive skills to understand.

  17. People forget on How Pictures Skew Our Judgment · · Score: 1

    that a picture is just a snapshot of time taken out of context. As such, you can often read what you want into the pictures. i.e. build your own context. The context you build can be so strong, that when presented with facts pointing you are wrong, some people still own't believe the truth over there made up context.

  18. Re:300k miles isn't much. on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 2

    That's dying in an accident.
    I know you live to hate Google, but at least get you fucking facts straight, you Luddite.

    there where 5.8 million reports accidents in 2008
    30% chance of being in a serious accident
    most accident involve at elast on drunk person.

    So the automated vehicle is statistically better in every category.
    Frankly, even if the accident had been the vehicle running a red light and smacking into someone it would still be statistically better.

    IN short, if you drove or 23 years, during that tine you would have been in an accident. Since i'm a better person then you, I wouldn't hold you being rear-ended while stopped at an intersect against you.

  19. Re:Curious how it adapts to the real world like LA on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 1

    " LA drives which can lead to violence, some gun related. "
    I leaned and drove in LA for years. No violence, very little road rage. Do you get all you information from games and over hyped news media.

    " In Washington State drivers that are the first to a four way stop will often wait for another driver to go first.".
    more evidence that they are the crappiest drivers in the country. Cant stand to drive in the inconsistent driver state. They drive like the automobile is some new invention.

  20. Re:It's not stop-and-go traffic, it's AT&T's n on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 2

    lessons that will be programmed in, so no learning curve.
    Driving on the snow is simple if you follow simple rules.
    Mercedes has a car that can follow other cars automatically, and stop when they do and it works in the snow.

  21. Re:300,000 miles under what conditions? on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 0

    no, the mean when there computer was in control. Stopped at in intersect and rear ended is't computer fault. Did you bother to red anything, or did you just rush to pound your hairy knuckles onto your keyboard in a desperate attempt to find validation by posting hate posts?

  22. Re:what is the issue??? on Google's Self-Driving Cars: 300,000 Miles Logged, Not a Single Accident · · Score: 2

    " to rich people to replace professional, expert drivers."
    Mercedes has a history of being first t utilize new technology. Why you think rich people are professional drivers is beyond me. Hell, most 'professional drivers' are no better then any one else.
    The tech will take bout 4-6 years to go from high end, it low mid range. The idea that it will take 'decades' is laughable.

  23. Re:Obama in a nutshell on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 1

    yes, expecting them to abide by the laws is a horrible thing.

    You shoud be angry at the state's for fucking over their voters, not Hillarry or Obama

  24. Re:pump it into the air on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 1

    Which is why the federal government should build operate and own nuclear power.
    Commercial interests is what really caused TMI and Fukashima issues.

    And Chernobyl can't happen no matter what. All the similar reactor where changed after the event, and no new nuclear reactor is built that way.
    Pile too large, rods not gravity fed, the ability to turn off all safety features.

  25. Re:pump it into the air on US Freezes Nuclear Power Plant Permits Because of Waste Issues · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The engineering and store has been solved on all technical details. Environmentalist who know nothing about nuclear power, storage, risk or containment are always given too much voice.
    Let the people who have the actual knowledge debate these issue, the rest of the public should just shut the hell up.