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  1. Re:Note if we can stop.. on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    The point of the study was that breads and other types of carbs don't hit you the same way sugar does.

    Not saying those things are great, but they are not identical to sugar.

    Solution: bake that sugar into a breadlike cake and it will no longer be bad for you.

  2. Re: Note if we can stop.. on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. Calories are good for people who have too few and bad for people who have too many.

    For various definitions of "too".

  3. Quantum mechanics is hard...but also easy.

  4. Re:Obligatory on Engineers Create the Blackest Material Yet (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Ahhhh, RGB(-255, -255, -255)?

  5. Re:Lawyers failed at presentation on Judge Tosses Wikimedia's Anti-NSA Lawsuit Because Wikipedia Isn't Big Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    . . . so the judge gets delivered a National Security Letter. The first thing, that is very clearly stated in the letter, is that he is not allowed to talk about the National Security Letter. Then the letter instructs him how to rule on the case.

    Any judge with half a brain would recuse themselves from the case.

  6. Re:A truly rare find on Jefferson-Designed Chemistry Lab Discovered In UVA Rotunda (virginia.edu) · · Score: 1

    No, it sounds like this lab was intelligently designed, which is a religious belief we hear all the time today.

  7. Re:How do they know it's "carbon neutral"? on "E-mailable" House Snaps Together Without Nails (clemson.edu) · · Score: 1

    The *design* is carbon neutral because the cost to ship it is only a handful of electrons.

  8. Re:Why log on Cryptome Accidentally Leaks Its Own Visitor IP Addresses (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the logs were faked.

  9. Re:No thanks on Mozilla Sets Out Its Proposed Principles For Content Blocking (mozilla.org) · · Score: 2

    Not getting enough ad revenue? Find a different business model.

    Such as?

    Paid product placement: "Syrian rebels launched renewed attacks on the capital earlier today, while enjoying the cool, refreshing taste of Coca Cola."

  10. Re:This is why you call your bank before tourism on When Fraud Detection Shuts Down Credit Cards Inappropriately · · Score: 1

    If you're going to make out of the ordinary purchases for overseas, or travel overseas, you always want to call your bank ahead of time. This is a standard operating procedure, and nothing to complain about on Slashdot.

    I travel overseas every couple of years and have never had to call my bank ahead of time. My traveling companion often gets their card flagged for fraud when traveling overseas (and even occasionally when traveling domestically) unless they call ahead. I attribute this to the fact that I use AmEx and my companion uses CapitalOne. (Not shilling for AmEx, just saying.)

  11. Re:Clarification? on Newly Found TrueCrypt Flaw Allows Full System Compromise · · Score: 1

    That is true, but its inherently flawed security architecture makes even the slightest flaw a major security problem, hence the overwhelmingly large number of exploits in windows, and why I continue to maintain that windows is wholly unsuited for any purpose.

    Ralph Nader would say it's unsafe at any clock speed.

  12. Re:Cooling on Switch To Build Largest Data Center In the World In Reno · · Score: 1

    Don't tell anybody but this "data center" is really a fake, designed to lure attackers away from the real one which is in a secret location.

  13. Make the person in question take a polygraph test to see if they are lying about trying to beat the polygraph. If they pass, then clearly they are lying because they passed the test!

  14. What incentive do the theater owners and employees have to comply with this directive?

  15. Isn't the IP address more important? on Sharebeast, the Largest US-based Filesharing Service, Has Its Domain Seized · · Score: 1

    Okay, so the Feds seized the domain names. Why don't the pirates continue to operate with just their IP? Not that I'm advocating it. Just wondering.

  16. You mean that automakers are allowing the police to stop people's vehicles at any time for any reason, remotely.

    And hackers. Let's not forget the hackers.

  17. Speed? Who cares! on Benchmark Battle, September 2015: Chrome Vs. Firefox Vs. Edge · · Score: 1

    I care far more about browser stability than browser speed.

  18. Re:That was easy on Microsoft Is Downloading Windows 10 Without Asking · · Score: 1

    I've almost never had Windows resume correctly on any machine. It always screws something up, requiring a reboot. Either the sound no longer works, or it doesn't recognize some other peripheral, or something like that.

  19. Re:Oh, they're a big company, on Windows Telemetry Rolls Out · · Score: 1

    The best is if the data injected is somewhat plausible though - like everyone running the "Windows Classic" theme.

    How about data indicating constant slowdowns, freezes, and BSODs? Then they will *never* be able to distinguish it from real data!

  20. Re:Lord Byron on Ada Lovelace and Her Legacy · · Score: 1

    Lucky for him he didn't eat the salmon mousse.

  21. Re:How is this legal? on Ashley Madison Source Code Shows Evidence They Created Bots To Message Men · · Score: 1

    T&C's are written by and for lawyers, not civilians.

  22. Re:Please don't camp anywhere near me. on Ask Slashdot: Suggestions For Taking a Business Out Into the Forest? · · Score: 0

    I assume you go completely naked and don't bring any tools or provisions at all, right? Because you wouldn't want to make use of (*gasp*) "technology" while out in nature.

  23. Re:That's great and all... on "Hack" Typeface Is Open Source, Easy On the IDEs · · Score: 1

    Simple: you eyeball the full-rendered font, then enter the bitmap for each character using hex codes. In other words, you reverse-engineer it like any good hacker would do.

  24. Re:"Like it's 1999"? on Abusing Symbolic Links Like It's 1999 · · Score: 1

    Party like it's 1999. Ever since Prince turned himself into a symbolic link.

  25. Re:Two fucking words on Federal Court Overturns Ruling That NSA Metadata Collection Was Illegal · · Score: 1

    How about four words: too big to fail. Imagine the settlement the government would have to pay if found guilty? It would bankrupt the country. Can't have that now.