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  1. Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca on Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction · · Score: 3, Informative
  2. Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca on Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, the price of sugar is kept high due to trade restrictions for the US sugar lobby.

  3. Re:That happens when its BOTH high-fat and high-ca on Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction · · Score: 5, Informative
  4. Re:That's it on Bill Gates Responds To Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    Here's a nifty little software that turns the screen temperature down to make it softer after sunset. Works quite well. http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/

  5. Mummy! on TV Show Seeks Terminally Ill Volunteer for Mummification · · Score: 2, Funny

    I volunteer! I expect to return to terrorize the world in a few hundred years though.

    Wait, what do you mean life doesn't count as a terminal illness ?

  6. Re:Eat at White Castle on Microbes That Keep Us Healthy Starting To Die Off · · Score: 1

    Seriously, though. Fecal transplants are known to be a very effective treatment for C. Diff infections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy

  7. Reliable wireless connection ? on Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex · · Score: 1

    I wonder how you can get a reliable connection out into the world. Local WLAN ? Random open hotspot ? Someone might actually find that an unknown device on the local lan. A cellphone/pager would be a waste.

  8. Re:It'll be even more hillarious on Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about a sudden decrease/increase in the measured weight ? That would be entertaining too.

  9. Re:Simple formula on Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss? · · Score: 1

    >You can not burn fat without carbohydrates.

    That's basically nonsense. People can lose weight just fine without carbs.

    Also, atkins induction teaches the body to burn fat just fine.

  10. Get over it on Mainstream Press "Cringes" At Win7 Launch Parties · · Score: 1

    Microsoft, you need to get over it. You're not the nerd or the cool hipster anymore, if you ever were. You're the 800 pound gorilla in the room. It's time to stop trying to be cool.

  11. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    You're testing me, right ?

    The krebs cycle doesn't work in cancer cells, since if it did, the cell would have undergone apoptosis a while ago.

    The problem is that most doctors don't know or won't tell you these things.

    I *wish* a doctor could guide everything. Unfortunately that doesn't work, leaving scope for the amateurs ...

  12. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1
    Cancer cells can't use the citric acid cycle.

    However, because cancer cells have a defective Krebs cycle, they must derive almost all of their energy needs from Glycolysis.

    http://www.apjohncancerinstitute.org/physician-2.htm

  13. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    Cancer cells are not as flexible as normal cells, and cancers depend atleast somewhat on glucose. Ketosis does slow down the growth of cancers.

    There have actually been studies on this sort of thing ...

    http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1662484,00.html

  14. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    Your body will be just fine in ketosis. I'd say I'm in ketosis about half the time, and it's not a big deal, and no I don't have cancer. Skipping meals becomes easy too.

  15. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    *Most* of your body doesn't need to run on glucose, it can run just fine on ketones/fatty acids. A lot of cancers need glucose, so if you reduce glucose, that's another hurdle for it to cross.

  16. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    If you have cancer it's probably better to actually generate only the glucose you need, as opposed to most of the calories you eat ...

  17. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    It's not a guaranteed cure. It's something that *might* help.

  18. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just do some research and read up on zero-carb paleo. Cancers feed off of sugar, and a carb-free diet might help.

  19. Lets take this further on Should Developers Be Liable For Their Code? · · Score: 1

    How about making Lawyers legally liable for any mistakes they make in court, or errors in their contracts ? Or Legislators liable for bad legislation ? Or Researchers legally liable for errors in their research (say medical) ?

  20. Re:The Queens Gift on Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod · · Score: 1

    She's just returning the favor.

    "The White House tells us that President Bush has given the Queen some gifts. Two silver platters and a porcelain bowl. Apparently the Queen gave Mr Bush a sterling silver ruler engraved with the names of past US presidents, a book about the Crown Jewels and a jewel box."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3279581.stm

    So not everybody gets the standard gift.

  21. Re:Tartar control on Sea Sponge Extract Conquers Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Can't Grow Fast Enough To Matter on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1
    The black hole might survive, if it was being fed by the LHC.

    Cosmic rays don't have the continuous stream of particles to feed the black hole like the LHC will.

    Notice how the estimated lifetime of the black hole is steadily increasing. It used to be nanoseconds, now its minutes.

  23. Re:Absolutely, positively, on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1

    Please mod parent Insightful. That's not very funny at all.

  24. Re:Assurances on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1
    And how would we know there aren't transient black holes formed on neutron stars ?

    Transient, as in gobble up a few Megatons/Gigatons of matter, before dissipating. A neutron star may survive that, but human life may not.

  25. Re:Good Lord... on The Environmental Impact of Google Searches · · Score: 1
    I'm not religious in the least.

    The millions of life forms have value because we care about them. Ecology has value because someone can experience nature, or at least take pleasure in the fact that it exists.

    We need to conserve nature, and use it as necessary. Worshipping Gaia as a religion is pointless.