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  1. Re:Atkin's Diet on Low-Protein Diet May Extend Lifespan · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Done right, the weight loss on Atkins is two-fold. You do burn fat from ketosis, but the primary means of weight loss through Atkins is simply eating what you would have eaten before - just without all of the empty carbs.

    Want a cheeseburger for lunch? Have it. Just leave off the bun and onions.
    Wanted chicken wings at the bar? Have 'em. Get them "naked" with a hot sauce instead of a sweet one.
    Going out for steak? Fine. Trade the baked potato for a side ceasar.

    As long as you don't use "because Atkins!" as an excuse to put bacon and cheese on everything, you'll be fine.

  2. Re:Atkin's Diet on Low-Protein Diet May Extend Lifespan · · Score: 1

    People like to say "Atkins" as an excuse to just eat bacon and protein bars.

    Actually following the diet plan sensibly , is fairly healthy. Eating 20 grams of carbohydrates a day - to begin - and then ramping up slowly as you near and reach your ideal weight is fine -- as long as you don't use it as an excuse to eat slabs of bacon and cheese.

    A grilled skinned chicken breast and a green vegetable is a great Atkins meal - and a good meal on almost any diet plan. Frying it and smothering it with bacon and cheese is what idiots do - the blame Atkins.

  3. Moderation on Bug In the GnuTLS Library Leaves Many OSs and Apps At Risk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Posting to undo moderation.

  4. Re:Stop putting their name on everything on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 1

    Quite disgustingly, many of them are painted on.

    Needless to say, not at a dealer I'd buy a car from, but painted on nonetheless.

  5. Re:Stop putting their name on everything on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 1

    Makes plenty of sense. LG or Sony branded products aren't necessarily made by Sony or LG either, in that they too contract to production plants that slap their name on things.

  6. Re:From the FAQ on Bitcoin Exchange Flexcoin Wiped Out By Theft · · Score: 2

    All the TOS in the world won't prevent them from being sued. Similarly, Caveat Emptor doesn't protect them from gross negligence.

  7. Re:Regulation of currency on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you drank too much.

    I've read numerous casino-at-sea reports over the years, and NEVER, EVER have I seen such a game. It's never been mentioned anywhere on the internet, it's never been discussed at WizardOfOdds or any of the large gambling forums.

    Carnival operates standard "American" double zero wheels with normal payouts.

  8. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    Yeah, there's such a shortage of cable boxes with channel buttons on them -- except from every major provider... ...and all the minor ones.

  9. Re:Horrible coffee on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    Could have just quoted Sagan.

    "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

  10. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    Cable and DSL require a remote.

    Bullshit.

    There's plenty of cable boxes with an up-down channel button on them. You know, for example nearly every Scientific Atlanta, Cisco, Pace, Samsung and Motorola used by pretty much everyone.

    http://ww2.cox.com/residential...
    http://customer.comcast.com/he...
    http://www.timewarnercable.com...

    If I had an option of changing channels on the TV like in the old days I would not worry about a remote either.

    It's your lucky day!

  11. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    Is your copy of Wikipedia broken?

    Does it actually play games? Since it isn't backwards compatible, I assume there's not many.

    There aren't a lot of launch titles on the XBox One (or the PS4 for that matter), but I'm not sure what that has fuckall to do with the Kinect 2.

    Does it play Blu Ray discs? Because the last one they'd bet on HD-DVD which went nowhere.

    Yes.

    Does it let me play games without trying to monetize every aspect of that and share that information with Microsoft? I seriously doubt that.

    You can play completely offline, in a Faraday cage with a TV and an XBox One if that's your thing.

    To me it sounds like an attempt to be the entertainment hub of your room, sell you ads and premium services, violate your privacy, and has conveniently forgotten what some people want is a video game console.

    To me it sounds like they're making something else and calling it a video game.

    Is is a good attempt to be that device. If that's not the device you need, no worries, there are other options for you. They've done a good job of advertising it as exactly that -- the "One" device for your living room. Get your Skype calls on it, watch you TV on it, play your games on it, have your fantasy football scores overlaid on the NFL channel.. All in "One" place. If you think they were just advertising it as a game console, you missed their ads.

    And if it needs an internet connection, I have no interest in it.

    Asked and answered, your honor.

  12. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    Voice controls are still quite good. The ability to, say, yell "Grenade!" at your TV gives you another thumb - so to speak.

    So, it's not just snapping other programs and windows in and out while you play your game -- which is useful for gaming - but there's direct uses in actual games for the voice commands that make your life easier.

  13. Re:Regulation of currency on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    The idea that MtGox didn't have some of their funds in a separate wallet boggles my mind.

    Manually bringing the next 100 million online couldn't have been worse than losing it all due to bad programming.

    They should have been -- virtually speaking -- typed up in an envelope in a safe with the passwords at their lawyer's office.

  14. Re:Regulation of currency on MtGox Sets Up Call Center For Worried Bitcoiners · · Score: 1

    I did make a low pass at a Roulette table on a cruise ship once, I was astounded to find that Red/Black bets paid back $0.60 on the dollar. So, bet $1 on Red, if Red comes up, you get to keep your dollar and the house gives you $0.60 additional - woo hoo, but if Black comes up, you lose your dollar.

    How drunk do you have to be to ever think that's a good idea?

    I have no clue what game you played.

    Roulette pays even money on Red/Black bets. Your $1 bet gets your $1 returned plus $1.

    A roulette wheel either has a single "0" or two zeros "0" and "00" which are green. Combine those with a 18 red and 18 black numbers, and you'll find that Red/Black bets have about a 2.7% or a 5.3% house edge. Every dollar you bet Red/Black, over time, will cost you 5.3 cents playing in Las Vegas.

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

    A quick internet search shows nobody else reporting such a weird roulette game.

    The question remains: Why lose a nickel every time you bet?

    Answer: For some people, it's fun.

  15. Re:why the surprise? on Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Still Lingers On Alaska Beaches · · Score: 1

    On a long enough timeline, all problems pretty much solve themselves.

  16. Re:Exactly what sort of failed math on Oil From the Exxon Valdez Spill Still Lingers On Alaska Beaches · · Score: 1

    Sure. It's called economy of scale.

  17. Re:Seriously? on Invention Makes Citibikes Electric · · Score: 1

    But 3D printed!

  18. Re:Troll on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    ...yet another person who doesn't understand science, trying to use science to justify the process of putting WATER in a bottle and calling it medicine.

  19. Re:Troll on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    Should libraries stop selling religious books because it's all crock?

    I wish libraries would sell all of their religious books...

  20. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    So, voice commands are lazy, and remotes are the sensible thing?

    Early adopters of remotes probably got told that by people who stood up to change the channel.

  21. Re:XBox Kinect: An NSA wet dream and . . . on The Spy In Our Living Room · · Score: 1

    The joy of the Kinect-2 is the voice control and player recognition - and the ability to use it to multi-task in snaps.

    I can walk into the room and casually say "XBox On," followed by "Watch TV" and "Watch ESPN." ...all before I'm done changing out of my work clothes. The voice control on it is pretty damned impressive, as is its ability to tell members of my family apart, and log them in and out of the system automatically.

  22. Re:Why single out Whole Foods? on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    ORLY?

  23. Re:Why single out Whole Foods? on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Make sure you fresh grind it too to preserve the essential oils...

  24. Re:Troll on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lets assume you're right. How does their grasp of science effect the freshness of their kale? Cause I really don't care about the former when compared to the later.

    It's not their grasp of science that Catbeller calls into question, it's their ethics.

    Everybody with an IQ above room temperature knows that homeopathy is complete and utter bullshit. If they sell homeopathic items, they are, undeniably, participating in wholesale fraud. If they're willing to take your money in exchange for vials of water (priced like toner cartridges!) which they profit from, then why would you possibly believe that their kale hasn't been doctored to remain fresh - exposed to chemicals to keep its color, picked by slave labor, whatever.

    tl'dr? Anyone who'll sell you homeopathic crap is a liar and should be treated as such.

  25. Re:Why single out Whole Foods? on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    A few years ago I had this bright idea to sell "gluten free" water.

    I'm still trying to get 100% USDA Grade A Beef brand corn husks.