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  1. Re:I love my MOTOACTV on A Third of Consumers Who Bought Wearable Devices Have Ditched Them · · Score: 1

    I love my motoactv too! I wear it as a watch. I really wish they would have made a version 2 of it. Been using it for 2 years now and have lost over 50 pounds with it's help. I could go on and on about it but I don't want to bore anyone. Also I got my wife a fitbit and she loves it.

  2. But it doesn't send data to 57 agencies does it? on How 3 Young Coders Built a Better Portal To HealthCare.gov · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But it doesn't send data to 57 agencies does it? I read somewhere that they have 57 different agencies that are sharing in all the data and information that people put in and search on the website and also the goverment has to follow the 503 rule (I think it's called that the one that calls for disability features and such) also all the diffrent languages is these guys website in? only english? what about Spanish? and so on that the goverment one has to have. I know the article says "bare bones" I'm sure the Healthcare.gov site worked when it was bare bones to. I'm not defending how the site is right now but I'm guessing when it was first frameworked without all the added layers of what the goverment has to have in it could be causing some of the issues. I'm not part of the site just my thoughts on it.

    Oh and when I went though both sites the goverment one gave me diffrent cheapter plans than this one did. So the question is how up to date are the databases are or is it just the search Algorithms or maybe even the time of day since I did my Obama search last night and this one right now?

  3. Re:Just price? on How 3 Young Coders Built a Better Portal To HealthCare.gov · · Score: 1

    the healthcare.gov site doens't do that either at the level I've been able to get into the site with. Been 3 weeks since I forgot my password and every time I try to recover it the emails I get don't work. Also it doesn't tell me if dental or eye is part of the plan. Remember Obamacare doesn't cover dental or eye so if I'm going to have to change plans (I'm one of the people that is getting thrown off my current plan and have to go on the exchanges) I would like to see the cost of plans with dental and eye.

  4. Re:Not really new... on Stop Listening and Start Watching If You Want To Understand User Needs · · Score: 1

    I got this once: "How I am I to know what I want until I can see what you can do?"

  5. Copy Music? on Ask Slashdot: Best SOHO Printer Choices? · · Score: 1

    "and a color inkjet with a solid flatbed scanner for copying music"

    How do you copy music with a flatbed scanner?

  6. Will I be able to charge my phone for free?

  7. Some? on Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments... · · Score: 1

    The only thing I think is missing from the list is Viewing things.

  8. Who are these guys really on Scientists Say Climate Change Is Damaging Iowa Agriculture · · Score: 1

    When 20 something year olds are the experts of course you have to wonder. http://www.amazon.com/Delinquent-Teenager-Mistaken-Climate-ebook/dp/B005UEVB8Q

  9. Walmart Emptied Out on Xerox "Routine Backup Test" Leave 17 States Without Food Stamps · · Score: 2

    Check this out 2 Walmarts got pretty cleaned out when they let people use their ebts as if there was no limit on them. Watch the video it's amazing.

    http://www.ksla.com/story/23679489/walmart-shelves-in-springhill-mansfield-cleared-in-ebt-glitch

  10. Re:My Uncle on No FiOS In Boston? We'll Make an Ad Anyway · · Score: 1

    that is exactly what is was like.

  11. My Uncle on No FiOS In Boston? We'll Make an Ad Anyway · · Score: 1

    My uncle lives in a planned houseing community and fios wanted to go in and put the lines and infastrcture but the community said only if you pay us X dollars. Guess what Fios said never mind. Not sure where I was going with this but it just came to him mind reading this.

  12. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/10/spoons-shovels/

    At one of our dinners, Milton recalled traveling to an Asian country in the 1960s and visiting a worksite where a new canal was being built. He was shocked to see that, instead of modern tractors and earth movers, the workers had shovels. He asked why there were so few machines. The government bureaucrat explained: “You don’t understand. This is a jobs program.” To which Milton replied: “Oh, I thought you were trying to build a canal. If it’s jobs you want, then you should give these workers spoons, not shovels.”

  13. BEER!!!! on 11-Year-Old Coloradan Will Brew Beer In Space, By Proxy · · Score: 1

    For your enjoyment - The Lego Beer Song!

    http://youtu.be/ATBl4qH9I54

  14. Lose your job lose your house in the same day on Facebook Building a Company Town · · Score: 2

    Why would I want to do that?

  15. Re:Just proxy it out at the router. on Students Hack School-Issued iPads Within One Week · · Score: 1

    Schools have been known to do exactly that. Turn on the camera and mic and take pictures of the kids who use them.

    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/pennsylvania-school-fbi-probe-webcam-students-spying/story?id=9905488

  16. Where is FishPi? on Robotic Boat Hits 1,000-Mile Mark In Transatlantic Crossing · · Score: 1

    When I first saw the title I thought the people over at FishPi where finally on their way but I was mistaken.

    http://fishpi.org/index.html

  17. faster connection and automated transactions on Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    I don't see a probem here I figured someone had a faster internet connection and with that their automated transcation systems just did the job they were to do. The following article even mentions the need for speed: "Those cables could reduce the Internet's latency by about 60 milliseconds between those two points That's an imperceptible lag for the average Internet user, but it's an eternity for high-speed stock traders. They can make or lose millions of dollars in that span of time" So nothing got stolen just someone was faster as far as I would think. http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/30/technology/internet-cable/index.htm

  18. Apple TOS Covers this already on FDA Will Regulate Some Apps As Medical Devices · · Score: 2

    I think Apple's terms of service says it all and that all medical apps need tossed out since they would break the tos of the device. Or am I missing something. http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iOS7.pdf

    7.5 YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE iOS SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED OR SUITABLE FOR USE IN SITUATIONS OR ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE FAILURE OR TIME DELAYS OF, OR ERRORS OR INACCURACIES IN, THE CONTENT, DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE iOS SOFTWARE OR SERVICES COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, LIFE SUPPORT OR WEAPONS SYSTEMS.

  19. They did that already on Google Tackles Health · · Score: 2

    Well not really but they did have a project that they cancled that I used. Google Health. I guess they can restart that up. http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/health/about/

  20. Cheaper cables! Yea! on HDMI 2.0 Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    Now I just have to wait for these guys to come down in price. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AudioQuest+-+Coffee+HDMI+Cable+16m/1307068564.p?id=mp1307068564&skuId=1307068564

    I know at $2,700 US they are a steal and I was saving up so my tv picture would look really great but now I don't have to. They should cost 10$ in a few weeks!

  21. Looking someone straight in the eye on Software Brings Eye Contact To Video Chat, With a Little Help From Kinect · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's natural to always look someone straight in the eye. When I do it people get squirmish.

  22. Shock jocks and passengers on NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash · · Score: 1

    So will the law extend to radio stations with shock jocks or passengers in the car? Or even better yet phone calls?

  23. Re:Support costs money on Devs Flay Microsoft For Withholding Windows 8.1 RTM · · Score: 1

    So I guess you have tested 8.1 to prove that claim?

  24. The CDC says Vaccines cause problems on Measles Outbreak Tied To Texas Megachurch · · Score: 1

    http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm

    I'm glad that I'm not a parent that has to decide to get my child vaccinated. The problem as I see it is that we have been told that we should be responsible in watching our health and that we are in charge of it and that parents are in charge of their childs health. So when even the goverment says that there is a chance that a child who gets vaccintated for measles "MMR vaccine side-effects" & MMRV side-effects can get anything from a fever, to Deafness, or Long-term seizures, coma, or lowered consciousness, Permanent brain damage one wonders could my child be the one who the bad things will happen to.

    I kind of think of it this way.

    Think of it this way, in physical terms of what happens. You sit the kid in a chair and a kid that doesn't get any problems gets a lolly pop, the one who has a reaction gets something like this.

    1 in 6 get a slap in the face (Fever), 1 in 20 gets a purple nurple (mild rash). 1 in 3,000 get the chair pulled out from under them as they sit down (Seizure (jerking or staring) caused by fever).

    and then you have the big ones that they don't even put up on the website as to how often they happen (except to say very rare) Deafness, Long-term seizures, coma, or lowered consciousness and of course the big one Permanent brain damage.

    Is the parent bad for letting the child even sit in the chair?

    So what is a parent to do? Your a bad parent if you hurt your child but your a bad parent if you don't play roulette with your kid getting something simple and something very dangerous that will follow them for the rest of their life. Remember they have to take care of that child not us. Oh, btw, I'm vaccinated and as a consenting adult I will get vaccinated as needed because in my mind the risks are more than the chance but the issue isn't with me it's with the parents of the kids who don't want to get vaccintated.

    It's a tough decision and glad that I don't have to make it. The argument about "the greater good" would only count if everyone pays for everyone else and take care of everyone else. Oh wait forget everything, get the kid vaccinated!

  25. What about my feelings? on Death of the Car Salesman? BMW Makes AI App To Sell Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    So all the feelings of winning over someone to get the best price will be dashed. I like going in and feeling that I ripped the guy off since I know he is trying to rip me off. Now how am I to feel?