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  1. Re:The younger generation on Schneier On a Generation Gap In Privacy · · Score: 1

    So what am I thinking right now?

    How about now?

  2. Re:Look at the bright side. on Schneier On a Generation Gap In Privacy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Imagine if we ended up in a world where the two most recent American Presidents had admitted to cocaine use and the one before that had a reputation for sexual dalliance.

    (Bush's use of cocaine is more controversial than Obama's, but his alcohol related antics are a reasonable replacement if it turns out that he never used coke)

  3. Re:I Have to Disagree on a Few Things on iPhone 3GS Is Number One In Japan · · Score: 1

    So smaller dealers are closing down because low build quality is leading them to have less service business? Your conclusion doesn't follow from your quotation, and the article you link is behind a paywall (I registered for the site, but the article is for paid subscribers only).

  4. Re:It is not the volts on Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam · · Score: 1

    I'm not real sure I would describe standing in the field of a Tesla coil as channeling voltages right across the heart. Right across the heart would require using your body to participate in a circuit that had sufficient power to overwhelm the skin as a conductor.

  5. Re:Is Lulu 10 times more expensive? on Advice On Creating an Open Source Textbook? · · Score: 1

    So why not compare Lulu's paperback prices to Gorham's paperback prices? Like here:

    http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1340373&cid=29117021

    (I see that you have replied there, so this post is mostly for other readers)

  6. Re:Make sure you're clear on what you want to do on Advice On Creating an Open Source Textbook? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, the problem is that it is an encyclopedia. References to specific versions are essentially trivial:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Page_history&oldid=308799187#Linking_to_a_specific_version_of_a_page

  7. Re:If it had happened under the USSR... on Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam · · Score: 1

    Um, you appear to be blaming capitalism, so in a proper universe, your post would vanish in a puff of logic.

  8. Re:drugs on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    I always buy the store brand.

  9. Re:No matter who wins on i4i Says OpenOffice Does Not Infringe Like MS Word · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, that's how The Adventures of Superman radio show undermined the Klan:

    http://www.ferris.edu/JIMCROW/question/july09/

  10. Re:how impressive is the twitter implementation on Scala, a Statically Typed, Functional, O-O Language · · Score: 1

    I have no idea how hard is should be, but remember, each time Scoble farts, twitter has to handle 93,000 messages.

  11. Re:pronounced ... on Scala, a Statically Typed, Functional, O-O Language · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do assholes have eyes?

    DO THEY?

  12. Re:This is the same BSA on Why the BSA Is Less Reviled Than the RIAA · · Score: 1

    I do that for most purchases over about $100 or so.

  13. Re:This is the same BSA on Why the BSA Is Less Reviled Than the RIAA · · Score: 1

    My laptop has an OEM proof of license stuck to the bottom of it. Makes it hard to misplace.

  14. Re:I suppose the type of fats or source should mat on Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise Performance · · Score: 1

    Right, this is consistent with everything I have posted about what that doctor believes (I quoted him in the Fudrucker thread saying that HFCS and sucrose are equivalent).

  15. Re:Alien Web Profit on Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, the show ended after the Dinosaur Wars, they just didn't bother to tear down the studio.

  16. Re:Of course on Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My favorite is when the serious conspiracy theorists trot out the fact that the Air Force had an officer making reports about UFO sightings to the president. Of course, this was during a period when the United States was developing a variety of secret aircraft, so it stands to reason that the Air Force was keeping track of people who saw unidentified flying objects.

  17. Re:Because .. on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    I rode in a new one a couple of weeks ago. If you are not put off by the size (some people will think it is small), it is a nice car, with enough pickup that you can feel the acceleration.

    The trunk was surprisingly large for the size of the car, and there were no issues with legroom (I am a somewhat short-legged 6' and had plenty of space in the front passenger seat).

  18. Re:I suppose the type of fats or source should mat on Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise Performance · · Score: 1

    I guess he thinks that fructose contributes to insulin resistance in the liver, leading to increased production of insulin, which then leads to hyperinsulinemia, which then leads to insulin resistance elsewhere, but I am right at the edge of even pretending to understand the stuff.

    This article isn't by Lustig, but it isn't a blog posting or anything and it has a nice discussion of how fructose may push things sideways:

    http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/2/1/5

  19. Re:Suck it out on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    Maybe. I'm not sure a second league can compete with the NFL (and the NCAA) for enough TV dollars to actually displace the 100+ Division I college teams though. And I can't imagine that the startup league is going to manage their league strictly for the benefit of the NFL, so all those high-quality 18 year olds are still going to have to compete with not-quite-NFL quality players for spots in the league.

    The NCAA eligibility rules mean that the teams are already focused on developing players for a few years and then losing them, a business without those rules is not necessarily going to be willing to chase unproven talent that only wants to stick for a couple of years if they can access proven talent that will stick.

  20. Re:I Have to Disagree on a Few Things on iPhone 3GS Is Number One In Japan · · Score: 1

    The dealer (and the mechanic) pocket all of the service labor costs, and some of the part costs. GM used to own Saturn dealerships, but Saturn actually had a fair reputation for quality.

    So I'm not sure your story is as strong as you are painting it.

  21. Re:Let's say that I am planning a big heist on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    You would not be able to mask your own DNA, after you applied the fake DNA, your body would start doing various things that would cause it to wash away and break down (it would be awful hard to get enough to it to stick to the inside of your cheek, for instance).

  22. Re:This won't help you in court anyway on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    Watch out for the man eating bats in North London (well, the rumor is that it is man eating bats, but hungry chavs seem just as likely).

  23. Re:How would this be delivered? on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    Fake DNA is probably a key ingredient on the recipes for fake blood and fake saliva.

  24. Re:Or to phrase it properly... on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 1

    You have simply repeated the joke made by the gp poster, in a more verbose, direct manner.

  25. Re:And I'll be the first to say: on Scientists Learn To Fabricate DNA Evidence · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't disagree with the sentiment, but they are still wildly biased illogical meat sacks (we all are).