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  1. *One moving part on First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Fixed that for ya'.

  2. If you have nothing wrong with you... on 1 in 3 Patients Will Have Their Healthcare Records Compromised (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you have nothing wrong with you...

        you have nothing to hide!

  3. Re:Would prefer to know before the transplant. on Sensor Predicts Which Donated Lungs Will Fail After Transplant · · Score: 1

    yesthatsthejoke.tumblr.com

  4. Would prefer to know before the transplant. on Sensor Predicts Which Donated Lungs Will Fail After Transplant · · Score: 1

    Bit late otherwise.

  5. So if corporations are people now...? on Delaware Enacts Law Allowing Heirs To Access Digital Assets of Deceased · · Score: 1

    So if corporations are people, does this give creditors a legal right to digital assets of companies incorporated in Delaware after bankruptcy?

  6. Re:This should be good! on Bill Nye To Debate Creationist Museum Founder Ken Ham · · Score: 1

    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
    - George Bernard Shaw

  7. Re:GG for cops. on UK Police Now Double As CCTV Cameras · · Score: 1

    As with a lot of Pratchett jokes, it's a lot bigger on the inside:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

    and of course:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes

  8. Actually it's not a gene, it's a micro RNA. on Research Suggests Apes and Humans Separated By a Single Gene · · Score: 1

    Actually it's not a gene, it's a micro RNA.

    A gene is like a blueprint for a protein. This a chunk of DNA that encodes and RNA which in turn up and down regulates other genes. It's not a great metaphor but you might think of it as like the scaffolding used to build a house rather than the blueprints.

  9. Re:Every once in a while someone points a study by on Nestle's GPS Tracking Candy Campaign · · Score: 3, Informative

    Technically it's an active ingredient in cocoa beans.

    In order for it to be good for you, it's necessary to treat the bean differently from the farm to the bar.

    You can buy the active ingredient on it's own. And it really is genuinely good for your heart.

    http://www.cocoavia.com/

    Here's a paper in a peer reviewed journal with some evidence for you:
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098299710000774

  10. ...and increases the risk of obesity on Scientists Clone Sheep With 'Good' Fat · · Score: 1

    ...and increases the risk of obesity by remodelling the lipid bilayer.

    http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000623

  11. Sim Tower on Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimTower

    Or as they say, 'everything is a remix'.

  12. Re:Political posturing promotes protectionist poli on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    In turnover terms, Sky is around 50% bigger than the BBC and it's Australian owned.

    But really, I'm talking more about services like Facebook or Skype.

  13. Political posturing promotes protectionist policy on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    IMO, this is about moving money to ISPs who are (in the UK) generally local companies whereas service providers are often foreign owned.

    Net neutrality should probably be a WTO issue.

  14. but Nexus ones and iPhone 4s grow on trees. on Poor Vision? There's an App For That · · Score: 1

    "This could have broad application in the developing world, where experienced opticians and diagnostic equipment are hard to come by"

    but Nexus ones and iPhone 4s grow on trees.

  15. Re:Already done on Code Review of Doom For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    6 digits?

    get over yourselves.

  16. The 'N' word : Nutrition on Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss? · · Score: 1

    There's more than calories and exercise to losing weight.

    High calcium is important while losing weight for instace, people often cut out dairy when dieting, and a lot of people don't eat enough calcium anyway. (studies have shown)

    Less accessible energy sources are a good idea too, hydrophilic colloids can create a matrix through which your nutrients get absorbed. (In terms of what you eat this means stew/chilli/curry with flour in it, also cut out simple sugars)

    Ticking all your mineral and vitamin intake boxes is a really good idea (a daily multi vitamin is a great way to do this).

    I personally found I could lose a lot of previously very stubborn weight by doing the above and then running for an hour in the morning. (n=1 study and so totally worthless)..

    A lot of the overweight people in the study may have been overweight partly because of their bad diets in the first place, without changing that you don't expect changes.

  17. Re:What languages? on Emigrating To a Freer Country? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Canada is an English-speaking country?? I've watched all episodes of Degrassi Junior High, and that ain't English they're speaking.

    nor is ''ain't''

  18. Vintage Harry Enfield on Women Know Your Limits · · Score: 1

    This thing goes back to when I still used a 9600 modem the size of a textbook.

    There's a second one about how women shouldn't drive cars or some such.

  19. Re:Get more bandwidth on Video Usage Creates Traffic Jam Worries · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I think the question is, who is raising the concerns in the article and why? The answer seems to be, "the service providers" and "so they can sell the idea of tiered service". Will they just get over it? No one is buying the tiered service idea.

    My guess is the same people who are pushing for priority packets. Create enough interest in the 'problem' and we might let them enact their 'solution'.

    More info, see Cringley: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060209. html>

  20. Re:Half-truths on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing this is PR-stuff originating with the big network companies who would very much like to sell you encrypted, detectable, traceable, and auditable solutions comparable to Skype that sit inside your firewall.

  21. Got 2.6.2 on Opteron on Configuring the 2.6 Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Couldn't get SMP going under SuSe 9.0 on dual Opterons. I'm not much of a kernel-guru though and probably missed something. Incidentally I also didn't have a clue how to compile in my gigabit ethernet driver (not in the base kernel of course). Guess I'm just a geek-lite. Other than that, very pleased with it's IO (which is the bottleneck I have with 2.4). For some reason 2.4.whatever is only using an eighth of the availiable IO to the raid array.

    BTW, doing Blasting of DNA on a cluster with turbogenomics. Guess I'll have to wait until a usable 2.6 distro comes out.

  22. Re:I assume it touches on Hacking on Altered Carbon · · Score: 1

    Yes it does.

    Any more might spoil the plot.

  23. Re:purchase land on Mars Failures: Bad luck or Bad Programs? · · Score: 1

    think marsshop.com

  24. I have one and... on Microsoft Orange SPV Phone Review · · Score: 1

    It rocks!

    what the guy says is true, but so much is good.

    The patch solves a lot of the problems and WAP is just missing a bookmark, the browser works.

    I love my SPV and slashdot-light works great.

    First post from anywhere!

    Oh and MSN messenger on the move rocks, even with the mini keypad (which you get used to quickly).

  25. Re:Scientific Development on The Years of Rice and Salt · · Score: 1

    It did seem improbable that the same souls would be responsible for such a large amount of the progress the entire human race accomplished; but it is a novel.

    I liked Greg Egan's 'Schild's Ladder'; it did a great job of describing a rennaisance.

    But then Egan is a scientist himself.