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  1. Re:Conspiracy nutters won't be discouraged on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    I love how someone can simply make a claim and then force it into court. Even if the case gets thrown out the defendant could end up spending big bucks in the process. Some cases actually win without providing a definate connection or scientific description for how the damage was caused. Even if they were still using Thimerosal and rates went up they haven't provided any mechanism for how it would cause damage, hell they STILL aren't sure what exactly is the physical basis of autism. A simple correlation isn't a cause. Toyota sales have also increased over the years, I guess they should sue them.

  2. Re:Conspiracy nutters won't be discouraged on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1
    Chelation is more for toxic heavy metal exposure (you'd know it if you got it). It shouldn't be used for general health as it is indiscriminate as to what metals it grabs, including ones you want. If you have metals sequestered in your body (i.e. lead) careless chelation use could cause a sudden spike in toxic metal levels in the blood.

    If you are into colloidal silver self-treatment you can look forward to this.

  3. Re:Conspiracy nutters won't be discouraged on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    My brother has shingles. It is nasty (very painful). I accidently patted him on the wrong shoulder once. I've never seen him jump so high.

    FYI, he had chicken pox as a kid.

  4. Re:Old news. on Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code · · Score: 1

    Foozball is probably a brand name spelled that way so they could trademark it.

  5. Re:Alton Brown Gets 3-year Contract Extension on Iron Chef Game Listed, Then Pulled · · Score: 1

    I liked the host of the original Japanese show. That guy was super creepy. His exaggerated facial expressions made you think he was getting ready to cook you.

  6. Benefit of having a lock on OEMs on Vista Shipped On 39% of PCs In 2007 · · Score: 1

    Good thing they have a lock on the OEM PC manufacturers otherwise they probably wouldn't even have those sales.

    "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."
      - Henry Ford

  7. Re:I turn down the title of Iron Chef on Iron Chef Game Listed, Then Pulled · · Score: 1

    In World of Cookcraft I'm a Titanium Chef with a Spatula of Pancake Flipping +5. So there.

  8. Re:War of the Greenies on Scientific American's Solar Grand Plan · · Score: 1

    What about all of that wasted rooftop space in cities and suburbs? They are the ones demanding the power, let them generate some of it. Panels partially shading streets could also offset some of the heating effect cities generate and maybe make streets bearable in the summer plus lower air conditioning power demand.

    These would be photovoltic panels though. I don't think you could build a direct heating system like those in the article in a developed area.

  9. Re:Desertification rocks! on Scientific American's Solar Grand Plan · · Score: 1

    Mod up

    Maintenance would probably turn out to cost a lot more than people think. Deserts are pretty dusty places on a daily basis to start with. One good dust storm could mean having to clean every mirror (or panel) with water that has to be shipped in. Maybe they could create something like windshield wipers for them.

  10. Re:D&D and WOW on Ask the Designers of D&D Fourth Edition · · Score: 1

    Yes, your tabletop sessions will now last 8 hours and you can't get up to use the bathroom.

    "Go kill 12 Swollen Monkeys"
    (Done)
    "Now go kill 8 Slightly Bigger Swollen Monkeys"
    (Done)
    "Now go get 10 Bannannas of Frobozz from the Swollen Monkeys"
    (Oh for the love of...ok, done)
    "Now go kill Lord Teeny, leader of the Swollen Monkeys"
    (ARRGH!)

  11. Re:It's not just you; it was smug on Western-Style Voting 'A Loser' · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm glad he settled that matter for us. I didn't even know that it was under review.

    I also love all of the elaborate voting scemes being discussed here. Make it too complex for the average person to understand and they'll stop trusting the election system (as if they didn't question it now). Once they stop trusting the voting system the divide between the people and the goverment starts growing fast.

  12. Re:Respect. on Is the IT Department Dead? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention we'll all have to start wearing pants that show off our cracks every time we bend over to plug in a cable.

  13. Re:Is the IS Department Dead? on Is the IT Department Dead? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You better give them back their stapler though.

  14. Re:Language in Star Wars. on Russia Weighs Going Cyrillic For DNS · · Score: 1

    01001001011101000010000001110111 0110100101101100 011011000010000001101111 0110111001101100 011110010010000001100010
    01100101001000000111001001100101 0111000101110101 011010010111001001100101 0110010000100000 011011110110111000100000
    01010011011011000110000101110011 0110100001100100 0110111101110100

  15. Re:Just to spike the ball..... on Russia Weighs Going Cyrillic For DNS · · Score: 1

    6,900,000 of them are working on sending spam.

  16. Re:Language in Star Wars. on Russia Weighs Going Cyrillic For DNS · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the computers take over we'll all be forced to speak in binary.

    101101011101....

  17. Way To Avoid Suspicion on Airport Profilers Learn to Read Facial Expressions · · Score: 1

    If you want to be left alone by the TSA just make sure you have one of the two normal facial expressions flyers have nowadays, gritted teeth and exhaustion or being on the verge of tears.

  18. Re:He seems conflicted on Dvorak Looks Back At 'Another Crappy Tech Year' · · Score: 1

    During the mid 90's there was a period when the phone companies were furiously telemarketing their long distance plans. At first I politely told them to get lost but after a while I decided to use them instead. After I made sure there was no catch to switching I started saying yes to every offer that gave me 1+ months of free long distance. After switching about 5 times and getting many months of free long distance service they strangely stopped calling me.

  19. Re:Demagogue! on Dvorak Looks Back At 'Another Crappy Tech Year' · · Score: 1

    Getting people upset doesn't make you a genius. It makes you brazen and shameless but it doesn't take a genius to be a jerk.

  20. Re:Old idea from Universty of Chicago on Use of Asphalt Paved Surfaces For Solar Heat · · Score: 1

    Maybe instead of purpose built pipes you could use semi-porous asphalt or concrete (which already exist) wrapped in a layer of sealed asphalt. Then the small channels in the asphalt act as the pipes. There'd be no pipes to maintain or replace. Force water in from one side and pull it from the other. Just don't try it in freezing temperatures.

  21. Re:And a hot date who reads... on Gen Y Hits the Library the Most -- But Not For Books · · Score: 1

    I'm into hot senior babes too. I have some great Medicare pickup lines.

  22. Re:Mod parent up! on Office 2003 Service Pack Disables Older File Formats · · Score: 1

    They are doing a good job prodding me to seriously consider the online Office alternatives that are popping up.

  23. Re:Flying cars too! on IBM's Five Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    Even the act of eating will take on new meaning, in IBM's view: "You will know everything from the climate and soil the food was grown in, to the pesticides and pollution it was exposed to, to the energy consumed to create the product, to the temperature and air quality of the shipping containers it traveled through on the way to your dinner table."

    Ummmm, it says here that it was grown in soil high in magnesium sulfate, used 5kwh to grow and get here, was stored at 45F, and was in shipping container X458GDFR. That's great. Assuming the data isn't bogus, what the hell do I do with that? Now I've lost my appetite.

    Computers will also be able to compare your health data to an ocean's worth of other patient records, helping with diagnosis and treatment, the company said.

    You appear to have a 95% match to pancreatic cancer and a 0% match to any cure.

  24. Re:Spam on IBM's Five Predictions for the Future · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the movie "Poltergeist"

  25. Re:Powering off automatically on IBM's Five Predictions for the Future · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why would I want to control my lights remotely? Except maybe for a timer for security reasons when I'm away, otherwise I really don't need the lights on when I'm not there and if I'm there I can handle the light switch. If I can't remember to turn them off when I leave I'm not going to remember to find a wi-fi connection, logon to a website...