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  1. Holiday World on Miami Installs Free Public Sunscreen Dispensers In Fight Against Cancer · · Score: 1

    One of the theme parks I go to often has had free sun-lotion and soft drinks for about 15 years. It prevents problems. Less people getting sunstroke or dehydrated is less work for your hospitals and emergency staff. You can also recoup the costs when more people visit your area and use your hotels.

  2. Re:Any possibility that sunscreen causes cancer? on Miami Installs Free Public Sunscreen Dispensers In Fight Against Cancer · · Score: 1
    There is a large difference between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy at 20. Most of our advancements in the last 100 years have been in preventing premature death of babies and children. People who survived childhood lived long enough to get cancer. Wikipedia:

    Having survived until the age of 21, a male member of the English aristocracy in this period could expect to live:[24] 1200–1300: to age 64 1300–1400: to age 45 (due to the impact of the bubonic plague) 1400–1500: to age 69 1500–1550: to age 71

    Now the above is noble men. But look at that date. 1550. People were living to 71 in 1550. That is only about 10 years below what we have in the USA.

  3. Re:Darker side of Streisand on Movie Studio Sues Individual Popcorn Time Users For Infringement · · Score: 1

    These lawsuits could be considered promotion for the movie. I didn't know about this movie till this story came out.

  4. Gross on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 2

    This guy is not washing his cloths. He is wearing them till they are dirty. Then he donates them unwashed somewhere. (I assume he tosses his underwear, or wears diapers)

  5. Invested on Inside the Failure of Google+ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Media doesn't want people switching because then they have to spend money on G+. They already spent marketing dollars on Facebook. Why would they want to waste that investment?

  6. Re:Google is right on Google Rejects French Order For 'Right To Be Forgotten' · · Score: 1

    France should just socialize the indexing of web content from their ip ranges. They should make it illegal to index the range. Then sell the index to search providers. (with a limited license that they can revoke)

  7. Re:When do I get to be a multinational corp? on Google Rejects French Order For 'Right To Be Forgotten' · · Score: 1

    DMCA is a result of a treaty between the USA and Germany. A treaty that was approved by both elected governments. France should push for a global censorship treaty if they want to effect American search results.

  8. Re:Somewhat less intuitive on The Weird History of the Microsoft Windows Start Button · · Score: 2

    lol I didn't learn that process till I ruined a computer turning it off with the power switch on the back.

  9. Re:The justification on Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is prior restraint on speech. This is generally unconstitutional.

  10. Re:Is this any different than the US government? on Red Star Linux Adds Secret Watermarks To Files · · Score: 1

    It isn't just consumer-grade gear that has it. I worked at a copy shop 10 years ago and the color copier could detect money.

  11. Re:we prefer Little Planet on 'Pluto Truthers' Are Pretty Sure That the NASA New Horizons Mission Was Faked · · Score: 1

    They would of been better off adding an adjective in front of the 8 planets that clear their orbits. Primary Planets or some such.

  12. Open Mind on Watching People Code Is Becoming an (Even Bigger) Thing · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to knock it till I try it. I have watched people at work before and learned little things.

  13. Re:Can you still claim copyright on your code? on Watching People Code Is Becoming an (Even Bigger) Thing · · Score: 1

    publish == broadcast. In the USA publishing a work grants you copyright. You have copyright over what you publish on Twitch (assuming it not derivative work) Everything written on the internet is copyrighted. Including this comment. Fair Use exemptions and the terms of use you agreed to when you clicked Submit is why you have a license to read comments. Terms of use is why you can view content on Twitch. But the copyright still exists. You can't take someone Twitch content and then sell it.

  14. Re:Well... duh. on When a Company Gets Sold, Your Data May Be Sold, Too · · Score: 2

    It has been true prior to the invention of the internet. Businesses have been keeping personal data on customers for thousands of years. That data is always part of the sale of the company. Companies buy each other to get the other companies customers. You can't purchase customers without transferring customer data. Management of a company can change at any time. So even if the name on the site doesn't change your data may wind up in the hands of new people.

  15. Pregnancy test on Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs · · Score: 1

    They should start small and do a condom that is also a pregnancy test.

  16. Re:SCOTUS Decisions often based on reality on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 1

    According to the Chief Justice their are multiple drafting mistakes in the law. So number 1 was decided in court by 6 experienced Judges. Number 2 does not make any sense. If they wanted to force states to setup their own exchanges they would not provide the federal option at all. Your interpretation is also likely unconstitutional. (Federal Government is required to treat citizens the same regardless of what state they live in.)

  17. Re:what is interesting is not that it won on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 1

    If Congress wants to repeal the law then they should go and do that. Congress can change the law whenever it wants. It isn't the Supreme Courts job to ignore 99% of the text of a law and toss out laws they don't like because of typos.

  18. Re:Context on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 1
    You can't count on using a one sentence drafting error in a large law to alter the whole laws meaning.

    That argument fails because Congress “does not alter the fundamental details of a regulatory scheme in vague terms or ancillary provisions.” Whitman v. American Trucking Assns.

  19. Re:For sale: Tiger-repelling rock on Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China · · Score: 1

    In fact everyone needs one for herd immunity.

  20. Safe Who Knows on Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China · · Score: 1, Insightful

    We are targeting stupid poor people. I'm not a doctor. I haven't done experiments to see if my elixir works. We leave the right of choice to our customers.

  21. Re:what is interesting is not that it won on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The plain language of the statute states the

    the Federal Government will establish “such Exchange” if the State does not

    that tax credits “shall be allowed” for any “applicable taxpayer,”26 U. S. C. 36B(a), but only if the taxpayer has enrolled in an insurance plan through “an Exchange established by the State under [42 U. S. C. 18031],”

    Anyone fluent in English understands that this means the Federal Government can create exchanges.

  22. Google sanitizes your input in the search bar. This is to avoid various hacks that people have used against them over the years.

  23. Re:The Real Issue... on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    They likely don't ask for smaller deposits. Instead they charge fees for large deposits. People decrease the size of the deposits to reduce their fees.

  24. Re:I consider Pluto a planet... on One Astronomer's Quest To Reinstate Pluto As a Planet · · Score: 1

    Why would you exclude Ceres? The dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter? It was also once considered a planet. It is round. Telling you kid there is 9 makes no sense. There is either 8 or more than 10+.

  25. Re:Conversion on Another Star Passed Through Our Oort Cloud 70,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Did the star have its own planetary system? If so then distance could be a lot smaller.