That's actually a fair response, AFAICT. I haven't been able to find the paper in question, but I had the same questions. If the rats had free access, how did they control for the amount consumed? Apparently, they didn't.
Does anyone have a mirror of this article? My institution doesn't subscribe and I'd really like to get a look at it.
My main question is this: They allowed rats free access to either HFCS or Sucrose water. Rats with HFCS got fatter than sucrose rats. Does this represent a difference in consumption by the rats? Or are they consuming the same amount of sugar either way, and HFCS just causes more obesity.
Given that sucrose is just glucose and fructose (the components of HFCS) linked by a water molecule, I would strongly doubt the second case. The first case is a pretty trivial result. But without reading their actual methods, who really knows? I couldn't find a preprint on the authors site, and google scholar is no help either. Any help?
I used to be really annoyed that the US has worked with so many kings and dictators, but then I realized the truth: 60 years ago, there was no one else really to do business with.
The US government has repeatedly overthrown democratically elected (usually socialist) governments and installed capitalist friendly dictators.
Who's going to pay to license all those satellite images? Who's going to run the servers and pay for all the bandwidth consumed by such an application?
Myst is easily one of the most overrated titles in all of video game history. Yes, it was pretty at the time, but it was all pre-rendered. That's not much of an achievement IMO. As for the story, any Sierra or LucasArts adventure game had it beat, hands down. Hell, any 8-bit RPG had it beat. The puzzles were like something out of a grocery store logic puzzle book, and had nothing to do with the story. You could ignore the story entirely and it wouldn't affect the gameplay at all. That's not a good adventure game.
You might be interested to hear that there has been a VGA remake of QFG.
I don't think this series gets the accolades it should get. It was one of the earliest and best crossings of adventure and RPG gameplay. Games like KOTOR and Fable really owe a lot to it.
You joke of course, but quite often the CLI is the easier way to do things. Want to launch a program? With a CLI you just say what you want and press enter. With a GUI, you're searching through menus, possibly several layers deep. That's not easy.
How often is it that you really need two windows visible at the same time? Those windows in the background, really they're just using up valuable screen real estate. You could be using that space to display something in the window you're actually using.
Very occasionally, I'll need to look at a PDF with text embedded as raster images instead of fonts. Then I'll have two non-maximized windows. One for reading, the other for typing. That is just about the only use case I can come up with for having two applications visible at the same time. Any other time, you can just switch back and forth.
Remember, humans are bad multitasking. You might think you're getting more functionality by having more different things on the screen. But chances are, you're just distracting yourself.
Yes, this is another one of those largely forgotten gems. One of the best games ever. I like the Genesis version as that's the one I know from my youth. Anyone who picks this up should try and find a copy with a manual. It's got the largest manual I've ever seen on a Genesis game. Lots of backstory and hints on what to do in the game.
I read once that the creators of Starflight wanted to make a better Star Trek game than had been made before. I still don't think that it's been surpassed. It really feels like you're exploring the galaxies, seeking out new life and new civilizations, etc. etc. Even something small like the diplomacy in the game makes a big difference on how the game plays out. Who's in your crew affects what species will befriend or attack you, which affects where you can go in the galaxy. Few games even today get this so right.
Yep, very easy. The Supercharger can even be modified to accept normal Atari 2600 games. Though at this point, it's much more convenient to just buy a Harmony cart.
IIRC Commodore tape drives used a proprietary connection. It's not as simple as hooking your MP3 player up to a line in jack. You'd at least have to rig something on the signal pin to let the C64 know that there's something connected and playing(or recording as the case may be).
The upcoming 1541 Ultimate II will support tape emulation from files on an SD card, as well as floppy drive emulation, and many (but not all apparently) cartridges. This is the device every 21st century Commodore owner needs.
The Commodore 64 had 64K of RAM. That would make this thing the Commodore 4194304.
If they're going to call this thing a Commodore, they should at least make it boot into BASIC. Or maybe build in one of those C64s on a chip. That might make it worth an enthusiasts time. Otherwise, I'll pass on this one. I have a C128 anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
So fruit is bad now?
LOL, just realized this was satire. Very well done.
That's actually a fair response, AFAICT. I haven't been able to find the paper in question, but I had the same questions. If the rats had free access, how did they control for the amount consumed? Apparently, they didn't.
Does anyone have a mirror of this article? My institution doesn't subscribe and I'd really like to get a look at it.
My main question is this: They allowed rats free access to either HFCS or Sucrose water. Rats with HFCS got fatter than sucrose rats. Does this represent a difference in consumption by the rats? Or are they consuming the same amount of sugar either way, and HFCS just causes more obesity.
Given that sucrose is just glucose and fructose (the components of HFCS) linked by a water molecule, I would strongly doubt the second case. The first case is a pretty trivial result. But without reading their actual methods, who really knows? I couldn't find a preprint on the authors site, and google scholar is no help either. Any help?
Oh, we've done it many times in South America. Pinochet comes to mind immediately.
can't we just let countries choose their own path?
Can't China just let its citizens choose their own path?
I used to be really annoyed that the US has worked with so many kings and dictators, but then I realized the truth: 60 years ago, there was no one else really to do business with.
The US government has repeatedly overthrown democratically elected (usually socialist) governments and installed capitalist friendly dictators.
Who's going to pay to license all those satellite images? Who's going to run the servers and pay for all the bandwidth consumed by such an application?
One spritz and you're south of the border! MMmmmm, incapacitating.
Where do you think they get pure capsaicin?
Not only does it taste good, but the capsaicin causes the release of endorphins. So you catch a buzz off of it as well.
Myst is easily one of the most overrated titles in all of video game history. Yes, it was pretty at the time, but it was all pre-rendered. That's not much of an achievement IMO. As for the story, any Sierra or LucasArts adventure game had it beat, hands down. Hell, any 8-bit RPG had it beat. The puzzles were like something out of a grocery store logic puzzle book, and had nothing to do with the story. You could ignore the story entirely and it wouldn't affect the gameplay at all. That's not a good adventure game.
You might be interested to hear that there has been a VGA remake of QFG.
I don't think this series gets the accolades it should get. It was one of the earliest and best crossings of adventure and RPG gameplay. Games like KOTOR and Fable really owe a lot to it.
4M is 4096K.
4G is 4194304K.
You joke of course, but quite often the CLI is the easier way to do things. Want to launch a program? With a CLI you just say what you want and press enter. With a GUI, you're searching through menus, possibly several layers deep. That's not easy.
How often is it that you really need two windows visible at the same time? Those windows in the background, really they're just using up valuable screen real estate. You could be using that space to display something in the window you're actually using.
Very occasionally, I'll need to look at a PDF with text embedded as raster images instead of fonts. Then I'll have two non-maximized windows. One for reading, the other for typing. That is just about the only use case I can come up with for having two applications visible at the same time. Any other time, you can just switch back and forth.
Remember, humans are bad multitasking. You might think you're getting more functionality by having more different things on the screen. But chances are, you're just distracting yourself.
Yes, this is another one of those largely forgotten gems. One of the best games ever. I like the Genesis version as that's the one I know from my youth. Anyone who picks this up should try and find a copy with a manual. It's got the largest manual I've ever seen on a Genesis game. Lots of backstory and hints on what to do in the game.
I read once that the creators of Starflight wanted to make a better Star Trek game than had been made before. I still don't think that it's been surpassed. It really feels like you're exploring the galaxies, seeking out new life and new civilizations, etc. etc. Even something small like the diplomacy in the game makes a big difference on how the game plays out. Who's in your crew affects what species will befriend or attack you, which affects where you can go in the galaxy. Few games even today get this so right.
Yep, very easy. The Supercharger can even be modified to accept normal Atari 2600 games. Though at this point, it's much more convenient to just buy a Harmony cart.
IIRC Commodore tape drives used a proprietary connection. It's not as simple as hooking your MP3 player up to a line in jack. You'd at least have to rig something on the signal pin to let the C64 know that there's something connected and playing(or recording as the case may be).
The upcoming 1541 Ultimate II will support tape emulation from files on an SD card, as well as floppy drive emulation, and many (but not all apparently) cartridges. This is the device every 21st century Commodore owner needs.
The Commodore 64 had 64K of RAM. That would make this thing the Commodore 4194304.
If they're going to call this thing a Commodore, they should at least make it boot into BASIC. Or maybe build in one of those C64s on a chip. That might make it worth an enthusiasts time. Otherwise, I'll pass on this one. I have a C128 anyway.
Wrong. Here in Arizona, if someone enters my house, I can shoot him dead on sight.
Careful, it doesn't work if you invite them in.
Yes, I blame Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, etc for killing the public option. Like I said, I blame the Republicans for killing it.
You should never anthropomorphize planets. They hate that.
I did add the qualifier "brand new".
By that logic we should have brand new super cheap CRTs everywhere.