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  1. Re:Monsanto on In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner · · Score: 1

    IMNSHO, no well done steak is done well!

  2. Re:Monsanto on In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner · · Score: 1

    Why would there be an difficulty tracking down toxins in the substrate that is a completely human designed and controlled substance. Natural meat grows in an environment that is orders of magnitude more complex. Saying we might not know if something in the substrate is toxic is irrelevant. That applies to food from any source, but toxins in the substrate will always be easier to identify.

  3. Re:In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What Human's Crave on In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner · · Score: 1

    I agree, I don't see the downside at all. Almost all the ethical and economic benefits of veganisim* in a tasty steak? Sign me up!

  4. Re:But, but... on Adobe Ends Development of Flash On Mobile Browsers · · Score: 1

    Of course. I don't use it often, but it's there when I need it and always works.

  5. Re:The Whole Web on Adobe Ends Development of Flash On Mobile Browsers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Adobe never enabled it for Flash for some reason which I can't understand, but you can force it (and many other large apps) to SD by using an ADB command. Not all apps work from SD, but Flash works perfectly.

    Leaving this option set can cause problems since you can't or don't want some apps moved to SD, so I just enable it temporarily when I have an app to move, then disable it again after by setting the option back to "0". Once the app is forced to SD it will stay there when it's updated in the future.

  6. Re:But, but... on Adobe Ends Development of Flash On Mobile Browsers · · Score: 1

    If by hardly ever you mean never, that's true. I've yet to see Flash crash on my phone.

  7. Re:The Whole Web on Adobe Ends Development of Flash On Mobile Browsers · · Score: 2

    Move flash to the SD card. Flash on my N1 only takes up 72KB.

  8. Re:That means... on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    Umm, no. CO2 is harmful before 5,000PPM. By the time it reaches 50,000PPM it's beyond harmful and downright lethal.

    Of course this is only talking about the direct affect of respiration of high CO2 concentrations, a far fetched danger that no one has ever used as an argument to reduce CO2 emissions.

  9. Re:Same name as an Apple software product on Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages' · · Score: 1

    Yeah, calling a page on the internet a "Page". Very clever Google...

  10. Re:Seriously? on Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official · · Score: 1

    Go on, I'd love to hear how you would make that argument.

  11. Re:Stylized games need less VRAM bandwidth on Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than · · Score: 1

    True, but the OP doesn't back up his assumption. I assume his assumption is not true.

  12. Re:Great on DHS Stonewalls On Public Comment About Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    It appears to you that way based on what? There is nothing unusual about the use of Executive orders under Obama. In hist first two years he used executive orders as frequently as Bush. They both average 36 a year based on this data.

  13. Re:The other question should who wants own the rig on Who 'Owns' the Google Driverless Car IP? · · Score: 2

    Because in this case it would be Google's fault if someone dies. If someone dies because of his own hand then he can only blame himself...

    For now perhaps, but once the technology matures we could just as easily hold manual car manufacturers responsible for any accidents caused by human error. Seat belts and airbags are required safety features now, I imagine one day automated driving will be as well.

  14. Re:Cell Biology on 10-Centimeter Single-Celled Organisms Photographed 6 Miles Underwater · · Score: 1

    I would imagine the size limit is not fixed, but related to the organisms metabolic rate. If these cells have unusually slow metabolisms then an unusual size would be possible.

  15. Re:Largest single cells on 10-Centimeter Single-Celled Organisms Photographed 6 Miles Underwater · · Score: 1

    If there are no other cells in the egg, and the yolk doesn't partake in cell division, what does? Obviously some cells in there are dividing in order for a chick to develop.

  16. Re:Open Source vs. Open Development on Android 4.0 Source Code Coming "Soon" · · Score: 1

    Well, that's unfortunate that they had to wait a few months longer, but that's life. I wanted a pony and I'm still waiting.

    Of course the people wanting to run open software on their tablets instead of bitching could have just gone ahead and installed one of the more open alternatives like iOS or WebOS. Oh wait, no they couldn't because those are far worse, never have been OSS and likely never will be.

  17. Re:Open Source vs. Open Development on Android 4.0 Source Code Coming "Soon" · · Score: 1

    The whole code base wasn't crap, they finished the tablet support before they released any Honeycomb tablets. The phone support was entirely broken however, and you'll note that no phones were released with the software yet. Now that the code is finished they will finally release both the phones and the source code.

  18. Re:Apple/Newton icon grid preceded Palm by years on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 1

    Seems like the grid icons are actually from palm pilots...

    Umm, did you ever see Apple's Newton? Its icon grid preceded Palm by years.

    Did you ever see a Xerox Star? Grids of icons are as old as GUIs themselves.

  19. Re:Nothing to see here.... on Proposed Mercury Ban Threatens Vaccines · · Score: 1

    Hey, hands off my MSG. It makes things taste great, and maintains that tastiness with less salt. That's an all around win in my book.

  20. Re:I think Google does not understand open source on Android 4.0 Source Code Coming "Soon" · · Score: 1

    There is no rule that Google has to follow any particular model of open sourcing. Many open source projects have open development with stable and unstable branches. I think that's the best way to go, but that's not the way Google does things. Google knew that the Honeycomb source was entirely broken for most devices, so they didn't exactly need any outside sources pointing that out.

  21. Re:Honeycomb on Android 4.0 Source Code Coming "Soon" · · Score: 0

    Yeah, ok and Honeycomb wasn't open sourced. Google doesn't deny that, but they give clear reasons for it and there never has been any reason to believe that when the code base was fixed in ICS the source wouldn't be released again. You may not agree with their decision, but they have arguably valid reasons and aren't violating any licensees so it's entirely their decision to make.

  22. Re:Open Source vs. Open Development on Android 4.0 Source Code Coming "Soon" · · Score: 5, Informative

    The big question has been, since 'Ice Cream Sandwich', whether it would continue to be closed development/open source, or whether it would go closed entirely, except for a few GPL-obligated kernel bits...

    No, that's never been a question for anyone other then the conspiracy minded. Google has been extremely clear and consistent about their reason for not releasing Honeycomb's source and about continuing with the open sourcing of Android as soon as the code base is fixed in ICS.

  23. Re:In other words, we should give up. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, but he used the phrase "sugar daddy gummint", not "sugar daddy federal gummint". He was making an argument against government involvement in education in general, not just federal government. Is that the argument he intended to make? I don't know, but i'm not knocking down any straw men for pointing out his contradiction.

  24. Re:In other words, we should give up. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    You know what the public in "public education" refers to right? Even without the Dept of Education, public education will still come from "sugar daddy gummint".

  25. Re:Impatient, much? on Android Source Code Gone For Good? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Right, or in the words of Matias Duarte "On Honeycomb we cheated, we cut the corner of all that smaller device support. That’s the sole reason we haven’t open sourced it."