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  1. Re:Does HFCS count? on Study Finds Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance · · Score: 1

    I've seen a similar study taken apart on the grounds you suggested but not this one specifically. I'm skeptical to a fault of everything but even more so when huge sums of money are involved and the alternative sweetener arena is just such an animal. I've seen reports of all the disastrous side effects of Aspartame and vehement denials and counter reports but I've also seen first hand the negative affect it has had on people I know. Even if this study were not accurate there is enough evidence for me to avoid HFCS where/when I can. That said I eat a lot of things daily that contain HFCS. But when I have a choice I choose sugar or stevia or agave.

  2. Re:Study evaluated sacharin vs glucose on Study Finds Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance · · Score: 1

    Stevia is a naturally occurring sweetener. While it may prove to have its own side effects it is not considered and artificial sweetener.

  3. Re:Does HFCS count? on Study Finds Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually...that might well be the case! I've seen stories trying to debunk this study but it sure looks solid from my perspective.

  4. Re:Nerd fight on iOS 8 Review · · Score: 1

    That was the original iPhone. Apple commissioned Motorola to build it. Steve Jobs wasn't happy with the end product and terrorized his design team to come up with something better. the first touch screen iPhone abandoned battery life which was the metric all phones were graded on until the iPhone. It caught the entire industry off guard that people were all the sudden willing to give up battery life for the new shiny. Those that fail to study history are doomed to repeat it.

  5. Re:No good for older iPhones on iOS 8 Review · · Score: 1

    If you have Verizon or like to switch, they're supposedly giving away 6's with a two year contract if you trade in your old iPhone.

    The 6s won't be out until September of 2015.

  6. Re:Nerd fight on iOS 8 Review · · Score: 0

    Ahh how quickly they forget.

  7. Re:Nerd fight on iOS 8 Review · · Score: 1

    BlackBerry Rulz!

    How's that?

  8. Re:Hopefully not like their TV remotes... on Logitech Aims To Control the Smart Home · · Score: 1

    I got your button right here!

    And everyone already knows about your baked bread pr0n fetish anyhow.

  9. Re:well said! on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I may shock the Lemmings and Fanboys, but we don't hold up people like Linus as if they are infallible. If we think our "leaders" are full of shit, we will happily say so. We don't treat our community leaders like Kings or Popes.

    BLASPHEMY!!!
    Repent or be tormented forever by a Daemon!

  10. Re:Oh, God... Firefox will copy this, and fuck it on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    I've been running Waterfox (Firefox recompiled as 64 bit) for over a year. It's usually a week or two behind the official FF release but it runs well. In fact it co-exists with FF and the configuration is shared between them.

  11. Re:Why just guns? on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    Unless your figures are adjusted for population that would make it about a 1:1 ratio with the UK as the US is five times more populous. That and correlation != causation and all that.

  12. From the Apple RDF on Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments · · Score: 0

    RDF engaged
    "To get to your apps, just press the Digital Crown."
    With the RDF disabled
    To get to your apps, just press the button.

    but the groundbreaking stuff is in the 6 Plus. I mean come on...with that beast you can use landscape mode! /s

  13. Re:So they cut it from $199 to $600. I see. on Under the Apple Hype Machine, Amazon Drops Fire Phone Price To 99 Cents · · Score: 1

    It's the phone contract that does it in for me. In an age where I can use Ting as my phone service for an average of $12/mo with no contract, why in the hell would I want to get a two year expensive contract with one of the old phone companies?!

    Agreed...Switched to Ting two years ago and haven't regretted it once. I'm saving $100 mo. over my previous carrier for the same two lines and I haven't had to change my usage.

    I was curious of Amazon's decision to make the phone an AT&T exclusive. Hopefully for Amazon's sake the exclusionary period was only six months

  14. Now if those @#*$&! at Mozilla gave me that convenient checkbox to enable/disable Javascript without having to mess with about:config, I'd have one gripe less.

    Consider your request granted. QuickJava puts buttons to enable/disable Flash, JavaScript, Java, Silverlight, etc., etc. on the menu bar.

  15. Re:I predict on Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture · · Score: 1

    Let's face it, gaming journalists have been in bed with devs and publishers for a long time, it just has gotten so out of hand that now we have journalists and devs literally in bed with each other. This would never fly in any other industry, so why do we let it occur here?

    ROFL!! Stahp it...you're hilarious...oh wait? you actually believe that. How sadly naive yet adorable.

  16. Re:Do not ever on MetaFilter Founder Says Vacation Firm Forged Court Docs To Scotch Review · · Score: 2

    Have you seen the South Park episode Asspen?

  17. Re:What's wrong with Windows Server? on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I haven't used it and I love it!
    Watching the VI EMACS holy war has grown long in the tooth and we really needed a new holy war to spice up the community!

    LONG LIVE SystemD!

  18. Re:Advanced western anti-armor rockets for Ukraine on Russian Military Forces Have Now Invaded Ukraine · · Score: 2

    They just need to supply Ukraine with advanced weaponry. It worked in Afghanistan in the 1980s

    Just who do you think we've been fighting against in Afghanistan for the last 15 years?

  19. I get the "bought" part, that is after all how lobbying works (it's not a secret), but how does one "sell" a politician? Do you mean that political parties are pimping out their people?

    Also I would suggest that given the kind of loyalty one can find in Washington, the proper term should be "rent" rather than "buy".

    If my company wants to build a pipeline through several states I will approach the incumbent owner of the politicians in those states and shower them with money to get them to steer those politicians my direction.

  20. Re:Fail on TechCentral Scams Call Center Scammers · · Score: 1

    This article isn't particularly well done, their scam of the scammers was extremely limited and provided little to no additional information on this well known fraud.

    And yet you fell for the scam "article". Well played Timothy...Well Played!

  21. Re:Hey, great idea here, guys... on Apple CarPlay Rollout Delayed By Some Carmakers · · Score: 2

    Yeah but MirrorLink isn't Apple and really hasn't caught on so well. It just may be the thought of an Apple friendly version scared them enough to try harder.

  22. Re:Aftermarket head units support CarPlay on Apple CarPlay Rollout Delayed By Some Carmakers · · Score: 1

    You're car must be old because most of the new vehicles I have looked at recently are no longer capable of supporting an aftermarket head unit because the system is so integrated with the rest of the vehicle.

  23. Re:Hey, great idea here, guys... on Apple CarPlay Rollout Delayed By Some Carmakers · · Score: 2

    No thanks, I want my phone's maps and navigation on my car display.

    You might have just hit on the reason for the delay. They charge $600 for that GPS system in the car and I'm sure Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan, & Nokia are lobbying to keep their turf safe.

    Music subscription services too.

    I'd love to have a car interface to my phone apps on my car's screen, something like chromecast, but gets data from the phone instead of the internet, and the ability to send back interactions from a knob, a couple buttons, and touch.

    You mean like MirrorLink?

  24. Re:Big Data on Netflix CEO On Net Neutrality: Large ISPs Are the Problem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm not sure if you are unfamiliar with the situation or just have a portfolio full of ComCast stock but There is some very insightful material over at Level 3 that paints a clear picture of just who is ganging up on who. And Netflix isn't the only Internet site that suffers from these ISP's greed. They just happen to be the largest. And as far as their CDN how is relieving the congestion on your network not a payment in and of itself? Netflix traffic from the backbone would decrease 90% once they are allowed to put their CDN inside your network leaving you free to use it for other traffic. If Netflix is causing the congestion then allowing them to put their CDN in is a win/win but ISPs want Netflix to lose so their on demand service can pick up those customers. If you truly want the truth then read the articles in the link.

  25. Too specific on Phoenix Introduces Draft Ordinance To Criminalize Certain Drone Uses · · Score: 1

    Is there already a law about filming someone without their knowledge? If there is it's all that is needed. No need to add "On the internet"...I mean "with a drone" to it. If not then why should it be illegal for use with a drone? Would that mean that it is illegal to do with a drone but perfectly legal if I am using a jetpack? It's just like having a specific no texting and driving law when it's already illegal to drive distracted. Just start enforcing the law already there!