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  1. Re:Alarmists tend to have names . . . on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    maybe you just have a weak immune response?

    "And even if they were, if they had been vaccinated they'd be safe, right?"

    That seems base on some common misconceptions.
    First off, not all vaccines create the desired immune response. It's a tine percent of people, but there you go.
    Second of all, if enough people aren't immunized, then the risk for mutation begins to grow; thus rendering the vaccines less effective.
    Third, Other people such as kids to young to vaccinate, or the elderly are at risk.

    These are just some of the reasons we need to keep levels high enough to maintain herd immunity.

    Please stamp out your ignorance.

  2. Re:They can't even get "hacker" write on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    how quaint. Here is an actually article from 1963:

    http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/first-recorded-usage-of-hacker

  3. Re:They can't even get "hacker" write on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    did you even look up what I was talking about? no, of course not . You don't understand the simple fact that you might actually be wrong.

    http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/first-recorded-usage-of-hacker

    I look forward to your apology.

  4. Re:On the flip side on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    ".I'd rather die quickly and honestly"

    honestly? what does that mean?

    " die slowly from the cancerous lies of greed and corruption surrounding Government-approved "safe" chemicals."
    uh-huh.

    Tell you what, you go live a cave. and welcome death at 35-40. I'll stick to living until I am 80+.
    I would rather die of cancer a 80 then die 'naturally' at 40..or 60.. or 79.

    Of course the fact that you post on /. means you are a liar.

  5. Re:On the flip side on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    Artificial means man made, but as far as I know man exists in the universe.

  6. Re:As a former chemist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 2

    "saccharin, aspartame"
    of course they are organic.

    "they were discovered in labs by accident"
    Yes, and...? That doesn't mean they aren't organic..in fact it only means they where discovered in labs by accident. Nothing more.

    "See, if a sweetener is organic, it's not artificial then is it"
    false.
    It's artificial sweetener. As in not a sugar. as in no calories. It's still organic.

    As for your 12? you might want to move away from the propaganda pages and read the actual studies.
    Most of them are alarmist tripe, and the others require huge dosages.

  7. Re:As a former chemist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    "Shit is often used as an organic fertilizer"
    Now human shit. Shit from animals where most of it is degradable plant matter, then yeah.

  8. Re:As a former chemist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 2

    "Physicists"
    good one'

    "mathematicians"
    math isn't a thing, it's ideas and concepts. It's a great, one of the best inventions of man. Bit it isn't a physical 'thing'

    " philosophers and theologians "
    no longer needed, so who cares.

  9. Re:Liberal eco freaks on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    Sure, you have a sampling bias, you might want to know some people with average or higher IQs~

  10. Re:Liberal eco freaks on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    Some people are trying,, especially in the south. And some of those people are in office. Hell 6 of them were running for the republican nomination.

    It's hard not to think they are anti-science when they refuse to understand evolution, and climate science.

    Just like its hard to think they actually respect the constitution when they want to ban gay marriage, books, and cartoons because of there belief.

  11. Re:Liberal eco freaks on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    If by 'Texas' you mean 'the south' then you may be correct.

  12. Re:Liberal eco freaks on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    nope.

    I disagree...kinda.

    While you are correct, bad information from one source can spread faster now then ever. But so can the accurate information,

    Before the internet, each ';group' had it's own source of ignorance, and not an easy way to correct it.

    The 9/11 conspiracy theorists. Had it been 1975, that conspiracy would have spread un-checked for over a decade. Now it peak quickly, and was shot down very quickly. So while there are people who believe no matter what, when some crew comes along looking into it, we can point them to several places that show why the Conspiracy theorist are wrong. With facts and data.

    And conversely to that, if the bigfoot footage surfaced today, it would be picked apart pretty damn quick, and not bees seen in shows for decades.

  13. Re:DHMO Poisoning is not what you think on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 2

    And as we all know, the Titanic sank because it was critically overweight with time travelers going back to see why it sank.

  14. Re:frist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    Too much of anything will kill you.

  15. Re:frist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    "Saves lives'; is short for 'Saved you life for now.

    " A lot of other people I've met who've had similar experiences end up the same way."
    and a lot didn't.

  16. Re:frist on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 2

    "A quick and painless death is preferable to a slow and painful one."

    Speak for yourself.

  17. Re:Flinstone's White-Castle order scenario... on Mini Mammoth Once Roamed Crete · · Score: 1

    6*9=54

  18. Re:Liberal eco freaks on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    Willful ignorance can not be cured with education because they refuse to believe the education.

  19. Re:They can't even get "hacker" write on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 0

    the first us of hacker, and most used since then, have been to describe criminal activity. I'm not sure why people think it use to solely be a good word.

    Look up the first use of the word hacker . It was in the 50's or 60's describe telephone fraud at MIT.

  20. Good on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    well done, more people need to make these demands on journalists.

  21. Re:Prior Art on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    Is this using the same methods and technology? no? well then it's not fucking prior art.

  22. Re:so... on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    No, he was legally correct. You can not be in a designated bar are with someone under 21, Legally.

    He as the manager, he can refuse service to whom ever he wants.

  23. Re:Please Just Stop! on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 0

    Yes, Yes it should. Why? because it's a different way to implement a solution. The SOLUTION is not patented; how to get to that solution is.
    .

  24. Re:Voting on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    You don't[patent idea, you patent implementation of that idea.

    Why can't you people understand that.

    I can ALSO patent a system for voting for songs, as long as the technical implementation is different.

    Needing wing to fly is obvious, but that doesn't mean I can't patent different wing technologies.

  25. Re:Google, the new patent abusing company on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    Congress needs to stop taking money away from the patent office.

    That's the underlying issue.