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  1. That's like applying to be Canadian... on Woz Applying For Australian Citizenship Because of the NBN · · Score: 4, Insightful

    just cause you dont think health care should be a for profit industry... hum... never mind, perhaps Woz is on to something.

  2. Re:Buy grass fed only... on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 5, Informative

    corn and "alternative" feed is directly linked to the evolution of resistant ecoli strains

    It is? I would have had the overuse and abuse of antibiotics in factory farms pegged as the cause to antibiotic resistance in E. Coli.

    Strage as it sounds, yes it is. There have been a great many scientific studies and articles published on the subject since the mid 80s. Basically it comes down to how the cows dont have the digestive system to handle the grains which results in PH changes in their stomaches allowing e.coli to thrive and survive being "passed" by the cows. The resulting e.coli laden excrement gets stuck to the cows and does not properly get washed off during processing into meat. The solution the beef industry came up with was to wash the meat in ammonia rather then switch to grass feed even for a couple weeks towards the end of the cows life.

  3. Buy grass fed only... on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not only does it taste better, but corn and "alternative" feed is directly linked to the evolution of resistant ecoli strains. Only reason to feed cows corn, or corn sysup in the form of gummy worms, is due to farm subsides making corn literally cheaper then weeds.

  4. Re:How Much on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 2

    In the long term I dont think it would cost a massive amount more. However there would be a large initial cost to setup a manufacturing center. The issue is not so much the labor costs but that we dont have manufacturing facilities here anymore.

  5. Re:Conflicting message? on Kickstarter Introduces New Hardware and Product Design Project Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Which is called "selling" the product via preorders, which is what you do with a "store". So where does kick-starter fit in?

  6. Conflicting message? on Kickstarter Introduces New Hardware and Product Design Project Guidelines · · Score: 1

    So its not a store, but you're also not allowed to show products that dont exist yet? Not sure what the point is then. If you have the product finished, why do you need kick-starter?

  7. Re:Down under on Australian Study Backs Major Assumption of Cosmology · · Score: 2

    Then how come they've not fallen off? They're upside down after all.

  8. Re:Cool but... on Elon Musk, an Industrialist For the 21st Century · · Score: 3, Informative

    Paypal made a lot of money, which he has spent in interesting ways.

  9. Re:Is this the real one? on Black Mesa Released · · Score: 1

    I assume 3.8GB installed. The torrent is a setup program and a 7z compressed 3.07GB file.

  10. Now how will we "see what happens next"? on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    Those G rated porn TV commercials now just mock me!

  11. Sure Toys R Us can provide the iPad killer. on Toys R Us Unveils Android Tablet For Kids · · Score: 4, Funny

    All they need is for hipster to buy it ironically.

  12. Re:I've done simular... on One Company's Week-Long Interview Process · · Score: 1

    It's one key to the left, cut me some slack the coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

  13. Re:I've done simular... on One Company's Week-Long Interview Process · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is also the old Russian engineering philosophy, "never design a plane that can fly if you're in prisson".

  14. I've done simular... on One Company's Week-Long Interview Process · · Score: 5, Informative

    only to be told that I finished the project during the interview process and my services would no longer be needed. They then had the audacity to contact me months later to see if I wanted another go at working for them. Free labor is free labor, dont fall for it unless you REALLY need to.

  15. Well thats a relief. on Poll-Based System Predicts U.S. Election Results For President, Senate · · Score: 0

    Guess I wont even bother voting since its already been decided!

  16. Seems like a bad move... on Apple Reportedly Planning Streaming Music Service · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Streaming services at a time when bandwidth is being restricted rather then expanded seems like a dubious business decision. That is unless Apple rewrites their service agreements with AT&T & Verizon to stipulate that their streaming services do not count against their customers monthly bandwidth caps.

  17. Then I've evolved to not buy EA games... on EA Exec Won't Green Light Any Single Player-Only Games · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "multi player only" is just code for "always connected to the internet", been there, tried that, no thanks.

  18. No you shouldn't. on Should We Print Guns? Cody R. Wilson Says "Yes" (Video) · · Score: 2

    Which isn't to say you shouldn't be able to, but that you shouldn't do it because it will be misused and serves no practical purpose. Also, why is it we ask "how can we shoot things or blow things up with this" every time a new technology comes to the market?

  19. Re:Note to Romney: "Jesus" not acceptable answer on Obama and Romney Respond To ScienceDebate.org Questionnaire · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why he gave "Obama is destroying America" for every answer instead. I only wish I where kidding...

  20. I work from home... on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Disabilities In the Workplace? · · Score: 5, Funny

    So your story of a workplace with "several people who have had a psychosis in the past" while yourself being a schizophrenic made me laugh when I imagined you working alone at home as I do while being surrounded by other "people" with mental problems.

    Sorry... I'm a bad person it seems.

  21. Re:This will be even better on IDT and Intel Join Forces For Wireless Charging · · Score: 2

    I thought you where referring to passively (wirelessly) charged electric cars, which is actually something people are working on.

  22. Re:We swear your honor... on Forensic Test Predicts Eye and Hair Color From DNA · · Score: 2

    Close, but that only shows that the validation method holds up legally. It does not show that no two people in the world have the same fingerprints much less the same 2-5 whirl markers used for comparison by law enforcement.

  23. Re:We swear your honor... on Forensic Test Predicts Eye and Hair Color From DNA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So the question is, if the tests say he has blue eyes, but he actually has brown, can that be used as evidence in his defense? If not, then why would it be usable by the prosecution if he has blue?

    There's not much "science" in forensic science. You'll be hard pressed to find a single peer reviewed study that shows finger prints to be a valid means of identification (at least of the sort used in forensics where only a few points need to line up).

  24. "I like turtles" on New Face Paint Protects Soldiers Against Bomb Blasts · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just have this bad mental image of our men & women in uniform with unicorns etc on their faces being told it will protect them against bombs... much like the magic amulet I have protects me against lion attacks (never been attacked by a lion since I bought it).

  25. Why should I trust them? on The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Call me paranoid, like the voices in my head do, but why should I trust the Pirate Bay with access to my network? A VPN goes both ways and most people are not going to be up to the task of fire-walling off the VPN host from connecting back to their local system.