Particularly compelling in that book is Dr Batmanghelidj's thorough scientific explanation on how 'diet' sodas actually substantially contribute to weight gain.
Could you expound (summarize) on that, please?
I quit diet soda myself a while back on a diet, but since I was eating less, I can't say whether it made much difference. A friend of mine quit Diet Coke a while back without changes in eating habits and did lose 20 pounds.
I didn't know why, but I attributed it because Diet Coke contains quite a bit of caffeine, and caffiene is hypothesized to screw with the body's insulin. There were also studies that suggested the sweet taste from the artificial sweetener caused the body to pump up the insulin in anticipation.
Nah, I play mostly with my Plan9 system for doing stuff.
But I use Linux to browse the web with at least 10 tabs open at a time (probably more), using the filebrowser to look stuff up (Nautilus is a resource hog), and perhaps a FTP client to upload files. That's it of programs of note (the others are accesory programs like calculator or Sasuga (?), japanese spelling program - things that aren't processor/resource intensive).
Sometimes I fire up emacs. But the swapping always happens when I'm only browsing the web or my files. Then I sit there for a minute waiting for it to subside.
I like Ubuntu overall (it has great detection and I was impressed how easy it's to burn CDs right out of the box, so to speak) but I always run into strange problems. Since using Automatix, I get repository errors when trying to upgrade my programs - these errors happened eventually on every release I tried. Perhaps my computer is just jinxed:)
Anyway, Gentoo was one distro I haven't tried yet. I tried Linux From Scratch years ago, but I'm too busy for that now.
For my linux install, I'm using Ubuntu. I find it pretty slow for most thing (on a P4 2.6) but worse it's constantly swapping in and out of memory (512MB) even though all I do is surf and browse files in the GUI, would Gentoo provide a boost or is the benefit not worth the time invested?
When will a petabyte hard drive arrive here?
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The thing is built around 2,400 500GB hard drives.
I wonder when (if) the average consumer can get 1PB harddrives?
I don't know if Moores law applies historically to harddrives, but if doubling of capacity occured every 18 months and figuring 500GB is the limit size now and the doubling continues into the future:
Don't forget that most of Europe's city planning was complete before the advent of the automobile. Older US cities tend to follow the European path more often that not (New York, Philly, Boston, Chicago). Generally speaking, the newer the city, the more likely lots of driving will be required. This is especially true the further west you go (Phoenix, Seattle, Los Angeles...San Francisco is aberrantly more like east coast cities, but probably because it was the west coast's first real city in the mid-19th century).
True.
Although, I was talking about the suburbs in both countries (I don't view as great a difference between cities of Europe vs America). The villages don't necessarily have to be old, I stayed in one that grew after the war (outside Freiburg in southwest Germany).
But the difference is markedly different than where I live in SE Pennsylvania - I could access places in the European town simply by walking/biking. Stores didn't tend to be isolated away from the residences in strip malls (like here) but instead spersed here and there.
I think, for small towns, it arises from zoning laws rather than city planning?
That's if you don't get enough high-quality protein which the grandparent said he was focusing on.
According to most experts, several (4-5) egg-whites or a lean patty should be enough for a day if eaten with fruit/vegetables (the carbs in these provide energy to the body).
The other way to lose muscle is atrophy, but that shouldn't be a problem if the normal activity level is maintained.
Heh, I used to live right next door in Bellevue, I think I was lucky to get anywhere within 30 minutes (during the day), including the Safeway down the street:)
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This is one of those areas where Microsoft is damned if they do and damned if they don't.
If they bundle virus protection (ie, "Make it part of the operating system"), they're accused of unfairly using their monopoly status. If they don't, then they're greedy for trying to sell you extra services.
Of course, Microsoft could always cure the cause rather than treat the symptoms - fix their OS so it doesn't get viruses.
I'm no OS expert, but they could start looking at the Unix offshots, plan 9, etcetera to see why those systems has a lack (largely) of virii.
No worries, there's already free antivirus out there.
It's called OS X, Linux Distro (insert distro name such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Mepis, Gentoo, etcetera), *BSD, Plan 9/Inferno, did I miss something?
Actually, isn't Clam AV, for Linux, used to scan incoming traffic before it reaches Windows boxes? Not for linux protection itself, per se.
Depressing how all the free solutions are better built than the one dominant pay-for solution. Actually, it's more depressing that it's able to be sold....
Hence the "automobile culture" remark made by the other guy.
When I was living in Europe, specifically Germany, people viewed someplace that took half-an-hour away as pretty long and a city 2 hours away as a "trip". It was the norm to be able to work/bike to the local grocery store 5-15 minutes away (for that mode of transport) and get what you need. For work, lots of people took the train, which also required walking.
Holland is even greater in bike usage.
Part of the reason that Europe has everything close together is that stores, restaurants, etcetera can be comfortably intermingled amoung the neighborhoods. The only thing I saw zoned "away" from other things was industrial.
In America, rural zoning tends to be much more isolationist - suburbs are islands to themselves - without a store in sight. It's quite depressing actually. It also leads to the "not being able to walk or bike anywhere" syndrome.
I just find that the chance any particular obese person has for being fat because of a virus extremely low. People are always looking for a scapegoat, so when a study like this comes out, they can point to it as the cause while eating a triple cheeseburger (with supersize fries/drink) in the other hand.
I wish the article came with a excerpt that, even if true, that this isn't likely the cause of obesity in most people and that an imbalance of calories in vs calories out is the most likely culprit.
The fact remains obesity and diabetes II rates have been increasing fast since the mid '70s, since the introduction of High Fructose Corn Syrup (as a sweetener, cheaper than sugar, much higher glycemic index). I also think hydogenate/partially hydrogenated oils contributed to this, introduced earlier (margarine). I suggest avoiding both substances for a variety of health reasons. (I only wish whole grains were easier to obtain in supermarkets....)
In any case, the virus's discussed are old - they can't the cause for the relatively recent hike in obesity rates.
Doesn't prove anything but when scientists start getting publically political it is suspicious.
This is true, but since he's human I'll forgive his outburst and that he's willing to support either one of those parties even though I consider that a mistake.
Agreed, but it might be a good way to respond to the Telecoms with their clamoring to be allowed to do this.
I hate class action lawsuits - though I think the prosecutors against Sony gave up too easily with a lame settlement - really more Sony downloads free? YAY!, but I think it's time for a couple of telecoms to face class action lawsuits other than lobbyists.
When I pay for the internet, I pay for the internet. I don't pay for verizon's net (verizonet), SBCnet, or any other net. It's called fraudulent advertising.
And no, fine-print legalese promising the exact opposite of what they advertise in 6000 pt font should not make it okay.
No, the guy is complaining he's being censored with his opinions he thinks is important for the public to know. It should not be compared to some company situation as correct.
And why must this be a "liberal attempt" at anything. As soon as anybody says anything negative about the Bush administration - it's decried as liberal this or liberal that.
Fuck that. I'm not liberal. I'm finacially conservative (something the conservatives in DC purport to be but aren't) and socially moderate.
They haven't been trying to keep him quiet until he started spouting off ideas that NASA didn't sign off on.
I don't see him advocating his ideas as Nasa's but in the Goddard branch as his own - free from policy decisions. From the article what another Scientist, not Dr. Hansen had to say:
"In an e-mail exchange on Friday, Dr. Goklany said that in the Clinton administration he was shifted to nonclimate-related work, but added that he had never had to stop his outside writing, as long as he identified the views as his own."
In fact, the article says that he briefed Cheney twice on his previous research (about cleaning soot being more effective than reducing CO2 emissions) by request of the administration.
From the article: In 2001, Dr. Hansen was invited twice to brief Vice President Dick Cheney and other cabinet members on climate change. White House officials were interested in his findings showing that cleaning up soot, which also warms the atmosphere, was an effective and far easier first step than curbing carbon dioxide.
He fell out of favor with the White House in 2004 after giving a speech at the University of Iowa before the presidential election, in which he complained that government climate scientists were being muzzled and said he planned to vote for Senator John Kerry.
He may say the administration is trying to silence him, but the proof is there that he's not being entirely honest.
I don't see the proof, all I see is a he said/he said situation.
This guy is the head climatologist at NASA. He has been at NASA since 1967.
He says other politicians in the past tried to ignore him/quiet him down in the past, but since a speech last December, the current administration has been actively trying to muzzle him and he has been threatend with "dire consequences" if he doesn't quiet down.
I don't see anything open and shut with this case.
Read the article, it's interesting if nothing else. Others are just trying to paraphrase/summarize it in their bias for you.
I'm not even talking about adult porn fans - but anybody who browses the web has so much crap in the browser cache they aren't aware of - not everybody is a techie.
I had to fix my adolescent nephew's computer on multiple times, even with some safe browsing filter their parents installed, they had "adult content" on their browser cache. While I don't have doubt they explored the more adult sites, I'm sure they aren't aware a copy of whatever photos are on their computer.
But there is a copy on their computer, does that make them porn producers?
Downloading often times tries to depict an deliberate act, but often browsing and the contents of a browser cache won't be viewed by the owners as deliberate downloading.
Should burning a cd-r itself be the crime or high evidence of a crime? Even murder considers degrees of intent apart from the technical facts - from manslaughter to 1st degree murder.
C. Viewing child porn violates the privacy of the kids. It's like reading someone's diary or peeking in on them in the shower. Unlike grown-ups, kids didn't consent to being displayed for sexual purposes. These kids are already traumatized; how do they feel moving into adulthood, knowing that people are viewing their abuse?
Agreed, but shouldn't distributing/making this crap be more punishable? Under that standard, the police/prosecutor/judge/jury themselves are guilty of a crime since they have to view it (to prosecute).
I don't think the act of viewing should be prosecutable - actively seeking, then yes, - but viewing presuposses someone knows what they are viewing before they view it. It's like prosecuting people who click on a goatse link - I'm sure the/. crowd can understand.
BTW, I didn't agree with the grandparent either - the man charged in this case took secret videos (in the bathroom) of exchange students he was hosting. I don't see why making a CD-R has to be relevant in this case, he made/produced the stuff plain and simple. Including making CD-Rs in the definition of making something only convolutes the law and original meaning.
But what's the difference between burning it on CD-R and "burning" (writing) it onto your harddisk? Both create a copy that wasn't there before.
I'm forseeing problems with people who might have objectionable stuff in their browser cache by browsing X-rated sites but at the same time not looking for underage content.
Actually, it's mislabeled. It's a hypothesis at best. Theories have been tested thoroughly and next to axioms, are the closest thing to fact Sciences have until disproven. Theories also tend to predict something.....
Read the article. It's not for marketing, but for continuing research and development. They are making such a large investment, because they believe a 140 billion market is a stake, claim they are being successful at pushing out Sun and IBM but want to accelerate the rate, and also, with their Itanium Alliance, believe there is a lot of money to be made on top of Itanium software solutions....
Why would he steal it if he has authorized access to it?
The data might pop up somewhere and if the health insurance company catches on, it suddenly becomes an corporate spying case. If it's reported stolen, the excuse for it popping up somewhere later is built-in.
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Could you expound (summarize) on that, please?
I quit diet soda myself a while back on a diet, but since I was eating less, I can't say whether it made much difference. A friend of mine quit Diet Coke a while back without changes in eating habits and did lose 20 pounds.
I didn't know why, but I attributed it because Diet Coke contains quite a bit of caffeine, and caffiene is hypothesized to screw with the body's insulin. There were also studies that suggested the sweet taste from the artificial sweetener caused the body to pump up the insulin in anticipation.
Nah, I play mostly with my Plan9 system for doing stuff.
But I use Linux to browse the web with at least 10 tabs open at a time (probably more), using the filebrowser to look stuff up (Nautilus is a resource hog), and perhaps a FTP client to upload files. That's it of programs of note (the others are accesory programs like calculator or Sasuga (?), japanese spelling program - things that aren't processor/resource intensive).
Sometimes I fire up emacs. But the swapping always happens when I'm only browsing the web or my files. Then I sit there for a minute waiting for it to subside.
I like Ubuntu overall (it has great detection and I was impressed how easy it's to burn CDs right out of the box, so to speak) but I always run into strange problems. Since using Automatix, I get repository errors when trying to upgrade my programs - these errors happened eventually on every release I tried. Perhaps my computer is just jinxed:)
Anyway, Gentoo was one distro I haven't tried yet. I tried Linux From Scratch years ago, but I'm too busy for that now.
A year to the actual implementation is a long time.
Not to be cynical, just don't give you hopes up. I'll celebrate when it is followed through on. Not a minute before.
For my linux install, I'm using Ubuntu. I find it pretty slow for most thing (on a P4 2.6) but worse it's constantly swapping in and out of memory (512MB) even though all I do is surf and browse files in the GUI, would Gentoo provide a boost or is the benefit not worth the time invested?
The thing is built around 2,400 500GB hard drives.
I wonder when (if) the average consumer can get 1PB harddrives?
I don't know if Moores law applies historically to harddrives, but if doubling of capacity occured every 18 months and figuring 500GB is the limit size now and the doubling continues into the future:
500GB - Now
1TB - 18 months
2 - 36
4 - 54
8 - 72
16 - 90
32 - 108
64 - 126
128 - 144
256 - 162
512 - 180
1024TB = 1PB - 198months which is 16.5 years.
True.
Although, I was talking about the suburbs in both countries (I don't view as great a difference between cities of Europe vs America). The villages don't necessarily have to be old, I stayed in one that grew after the war (outside Freiburg in southwest Germany).
But the difference is markedly different than where I live in SE Pennsylvania - I could access places in the European town simply by walking/biking. Stores didn't tend to be isolated away from the residences in strip malls (like here) but instead spersed here and there.
I think, for small towns, it arises from zoning laws rather than city planning?
That's if you don't get enough high-quality protein which the grandparent said he was focusing on.
According to most experts, several (4-5) egg-whites or a lean patty should be enough for a day if eaten with fruit/vegetables (the carbs in these provide energy to the body).
The other way to lose muscle is atrophy, but that shouldn't be a problem if the normal activity level is maintained.
Heh, I used to live right next door in Bellevue, I think I was lucky to get anywhere within 30 minutes (during the day), including the Safeway down the street:)
Of course, Microsoft could always cure the cause rather than treat the symptoms - fix their OS so it doesn't get viruses.
I'm no OS expert, but they could start looking at the Unix offshots, plan 9, etcetera to see why those systems has a lack (largely) of virii.
No worries, there's already free antivirus out there.
It's called OS X, Linux Distro (insert distro name such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Mepis, Gentoo, etcetera), *BSD, Plan 9/Inferno, did I miss something?
Actually, isn't Clam AV, for Linux, used to scan incoming traffic before it reaches Windows boxes? Not for linux protection itself, per se.
Depressing how all the free solutions are better built than the one dominant pay-for solution. Actually, it's more depressing that it's able to be sold....
Hence the "automobile culture" remark made by the other guy.
When I was living in Europe, specifically Germany, people viewed someplace that took half-an-hour away as pretty long and a city 2 hours away as a "trip". It was the norm to be able to work/bike to the local grocery store 5-15 minutes away (for that mode of transport) and get what you need. For work, lots of people took the train, which also required walking.
Holland is even greater in bike usage.
Part of the reason that Europe has everything close together is that stores, restaurants, etcetera can be comfortably intermingled amoung the neighborhoods. The only thing I saw zoned "away" from other things was industrial.
In America, rural zoning tends to be much more isolationist - suburbs are islands to themselves - without a store in sight. It's quite depressing actually. It also leads to the "not being able to walk or bike anywhere" syndrome.
I just find that the chance any particular obese person has for being fat because of a virus extremely low. People are always looking for a scapegoat, so when a study like this comes out, they can point to it as the cause while eating a triple cheeseburger (with supersize fries/drink) in the other hand.
I wish the article came with a excerpt that, even if true, that this isn't likely the cause of obesity in most people and that an imbalance of calories in vs calories out is the most likely culprit.
The fact remains obesity and diabetes II rates have been increasing fast since the mid '70s, since the introduction of High Fructose Corn Syrup (as a sweetener, cheaper than sugar, much higher glycemic index). I also think hydogenate/partially hydrogenated oils contributed to this, introduced earlier (margarine). I suggest avoiding both substances for a variety of health reasons. (I only wish whole grains were easier to obtain in supermarkets....)
In any case, the virus's discussed are old - they can't the cause for the relatively recent hike in obesity rates.
This is true, but since he's human I'll forgive his outburst and that he's willing to support either one of those parties even though I consider that a mistake.
Anyway, the guy seems decent from what I've read:
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/edu/gwdebate/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_contr
It's also double dipping and fraudulent advertising - customers of ISPs pay for the internet - not VersizonNet(TM), SBCNet(TM), etcetear.
Agreed, but it might be a good way to respond to the Telecoms with their clamoring to be allowed to do this.
I hate class action lawsuits - though I think the prosecutors against Sony gave up too easily with a lame settlement - really more Sony downloads free? YAY!, but I think it's time for a couple of telecoms to face class action lawsuits other than lobbyists.
When I pay for the internet, I pay for the internet. I don't pay for verizon's net (verizonet), SBCnet, or any other net. It's called fraudulent advertising.
And no, fine-print legalese promising the exact opposite of what they advertise in 6000 pt font should not make it okay.
No, the guy is complaining he's being censored with his opinions he thinks is important for the public to know. It should not be compared to some company situation as correct.
And why must this be a "liberal attempt" at anything. As soon as anybody says anything negative about the Bush administration - it's decried as liberal this or liberal that.
Fuck that. I'm not liberal. I'm finacially conservative (something the conservatives in DC purport to be but aren't) and socially moderate.
I don't see him advocating his ideas as Nasa's but in the Goddard branch as his own - free from policy decisions. From the article what another Scientist, not Dr. Hansen had to say:
"In an e-mail exchange on Friday, Dr. Goklany said that in the Clinton administration he was shifted to nonclimate-related work, but added that he had never had to stop his outside writing, as long as he identified the views as his own."
From the article:
In 2001, Dr. Hansen was invited twice to brief Vice President Dick Cheney and other cabinet members on climate change. White House officials were interested in his findings showing that cleaning up soot, which also warms the atmosphere, was an effective and far easier first step than curbing carbon dioxide.
He fell out of favor with the White House in 2004 after giving a speech at the University of Iowa before the presidential election, in which he complained that government climate scientists were being muzzled and said he planned to vote for Senator John Kerry.
I don't see the proof, all I see is a he said/he said situation.
This guy is the head climatologist at NASA. He has been at NASA since 1967.
He says other politicians in the past tried to ignore him/quiet him down in the past, but since a speech last December, the current administration has been actively trying to muzzle him and he has been threatend with "dire consequences" if he doesn't quiet down.
I don't see anything open and shut with this case.
Read the article, it's interesting if nothing else. Others are just trying to paraphrase/summarize it in their bias for you.
Yeah, but I'm talking about intent here.
I'm not even talking about adult porn fans - but anybody who browses the web has so much crap in the browser cache they aren't aware of - not everybody is a techie.
I had to fix my adolescent nephew's computer on multiple times, even with some safe browsing filter their parents installed, they had "adult content" on their browser cache. While I don't have doubt they explored the more adult sites, I'm sure they aren't aware a copy of whatever photos are on their computer.
But there is a copy on their computer, does that make them porn producers?
Downloading often times tries to depict an deliberate act, but often browsing and the contents of a browser cache won't be viewed by the owners as deliberate downloading.
Should burning a cd-r itself be the crime or high evidence of a crime? Even murder considers degrees of intent apart from the technical facts - from manslaughter to 1st degree murder.
Agreed, but shouldn't distributing/making this crap be more punishable? Under that standard, the police/prosecutor/judge/jury themselves are guilty of a crime since they have to view it (to prosecute).
I don't think the act of viewing should be prosecutable - actively seeking, then yes, - but viewing presuposses someone knows what they are viewing before they view it. It's like prosecuting people who click on a goatse link - I'm sure the
BTW, I didn't agree with the grandparent either - the man charged in this case took secret videos (in the bathroom) of exchange students he was hosting. I don't see why making a CD-R has to be relevant in this case, he made/produced the stuff plain and simple. Including making CD-Rs in the definition of making something only convolutes the law and original meaning.
But what's the difference between burning it on CD-R and "burning" (writing) it onto your harddisk? Both create a copy that wasn't there before.
I'm forseeing problems with people who might have objectionable stuff in their browser cache by browsing X-rated sites but at the same time not looking for underage content.
Actually, it's mislabeled. It's a hypothesis at best. Theories have been tested thoroughly and next to axioms, are the closest thing to fact Sciences have until disproven. Theories also tend to predict something.....
are the ones that they subtract right at the register. No fuss, no muss, no bother.
This happened several times to me at Costco. Is it a Costco thing or something else?
Of all the rebates I had to mail in, from experience, I figure I only have a 50/50 chance of actually getting the money (back).
Read the article. It's not for marketing, but for continuing research and development. They are making such a large investment, because they believe a 140 billion market is a stake, claim they are being successful at pushing out Sun and IBM but want to accelerate the rate, and also, with their Itanium Alliance, believe there is a lot of money to be made on top of Itanium software solutions....
The data might pop up somewhere and if the health insurance company catches on, it suddenly becomes an corporate spying case. If it's reported stolen, the excuse for it popping up somewhere later is built-in.