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  1. Re:Personal experience with milk says article's BS on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 1

    Organic milk is really highly pasturized, just a few steps down from the un-refrigerated milk you find in boxes.
    The reason they do this is because organic milk does not sell as quickly so they need the extra shelf life.
    Goto a farm that sells fresh organic milk and it will go bad faster than the regular milk you find in stores that has just regular levels of pasturization.

  2. Re:Personal experience with milk says article's BS on UK's FSA Finds No Health Benefits To Organic Food · · Score: 4, Informative

    The reason is very simple you are Lactose intolerance.
    Check the milk you are drinking and you will probably find that it is lactose free. Alot of organic milks are this way because it is cheaper to throw everything into the same container than have multiple version. Organic milks are also ultrapasturized because they need the longer shelf life.

  3. Why MxO went wrong. on How The Matrix Online Went Wrong · · Score: 1

    Very simply, films number 2 and 3.
    After those no one but the really hard core fanboys were interested in it. If the films had been good there would of been interested and had a larger intitial population some of those staying to see the game improve. With the lack of a large population no matter how much money sony pumped into the game, after the initial people pulled out and ran, was going to save it.

  4. Re:Gaming is Amazing on Windows 7 (here's a list) on Gaming On Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Vista does not have problems with any of those, so why the big shock that these would not have a problem?

  5. Re:Usually when people buy sports cars... on Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Here they are just tring to impress Michael Bay.

  6. Re:Technet on August 6th on Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 · · Score: 1

    Because legally Technet is only for demoing and testing it is not for production or developing on.
    While MSDN is only for development work, no production. However you are allowed to install certain MSDN software on a production machine if that software is only used for doing development related work.

  7. Re:Rent-a-skinhead on White-Collar Crooks Hiring Prison Coach · · Score: 1

    Besides the spiderweb what else does he have?
    The spiderweb is now a punk tatoo and other who want to look "bad".
    The guy who does the training did a total of 3 months in a federal prison and with the popularity of the spiderweb I would not right off believe that he was a skinhead.

  8. Re:Anyone know on US, Russia Reach Nuclear Arsenal Agreement · · Score: 1

    The actual number is less then that. The 2200 is the max under the treaty of moscow and 1500 is the min number under this new treaty, if it is agreed to.

  9. Re:30% efficiency gain is even easier: on Incandescent Bulbs Return To the Cutting Edge · · Score: 1

    Get the smaller sizes because people are going to wise up and not want the new bulb in thier ovens and fridges.

  10. oblig cartoon on uSocial Sells Twitter Followers By the Thousand · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Steaming Pile of Shit on TSA Asked to Ensure Safety Of Customer Data After Clear Closing · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shh, don't say that so loud in a few months the same people running TSA will be in charge of your health care. The last thing you will want is for them to find something critical of them when they are deciding where to place you in the wait list for checkups.

  12. Re:How do they plan to make money? on Pirate Bay Announces Sale to Swedish Company For $7.8 Million · · Score: 1

    Not really sure it will be that much.
    They will get more than 25% taken away for taxes, Sweden is high and I am presuming they tax the sales of companies at a relative appropriate rate; if treated like standard income it would be in the 40%+ range. So they are down to 6 Mil, will call it 25% for this example to be nice.
    3.6 goes to the lawsuit. So now 2.4 Mil left. They have to owned lawers and with the length of that suit we will say 400,000 so they are left with maybe 2 million. If taxes are in the 40% range it is under million range.
    So getting this sale allows them to be clear of all lawsuit awards, have money for a house and maybe something else, be clear of any legal problems and pocket any existing monies they had and from previous reports they had a fair amount because of sales of ads.

  13. Re:OEM Prices Please on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 1

    May be confusing it with the next version of Office with will have box 32 and 64 on same disk.
    Anyways the retail package of WIn 7 will ship with 32 and 64 bit versions of the product, except for home basic and lower.

  14. Re:Why not buy the US edition? on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 1

    The complete language packs are only available with ultimate, with other versions you get around 70-80% of the stuff translated the rest is in the base language.
    The main problem is getting a company to ship it to you, with most gray market software, you need to get the software mailed to someone in the country of origin and then have them forward it on.
    Also you don't get support for microsoft, so if you have a problem in the first 90 days no calling up microsoft and asking for help.

  15. Re:OEM Prices Please on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 1

    For microsoft end user software(XP,Vista, Win 7, office) you most certainly qualify as an OEM. Microsoft definition is "an original equipment manufacturer, or an assembler, reassembler, or installer of software on computer systems" you install software you qualify and microsoft is acutally more easy then that for hardware requirements. Microsoft just does not want joe blow end user to install and use.
    There are some catches, once the package is opened there are no returns(you can see the serial number) some OEM packaging is changing and sellers are accepting returns, once installed on a motherboard it is stuck to that computer and under the OEM no motherboard switching even if it breaks, and most important you do not get to call up Microsoft for support, the OEM installer (aka you) are the people responsible for support, so no waiting for hours on the phone. With Vista they did make a limitation on 32/64 bit where they shipped seperatly and the OEM version limited you to just one version, I think that was later changed and Win 7 ships with both on the same DVD.
    Now for server rated software, this is for OEM licenses, most of that is tied to a specific piece of complete hardware and cannot be transfered in any form.

  16. Re:I dunno... on EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Your ignoring that climate science is a very,very, very complex subject and if you don't have a degree in it you cannot understand it. If you have a degree in the subject and disagree with global warming being primarily caused by humans it is because you don't understand the science.
    So if you use standard practices in the area of math(statistics) or apply economic principlies to the numbers the global warmers provide and it comes up different from what they want you are "just an economist" or "just a math teacher".

  17. Re:not to be a douche... on Microsoft To Offer Windows 7 On USB Thumb Drives? · · Score: 1

    Not much.
    Less than $10 on ebay

  18. Holiday, vacation, take some time off on How To Get Out of Developer's Block? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Take a break, holiday or vacation just get away from it all and don't bring your computers with you. The break needs to be for a min of a week and perferably longer.
    Depending on other factors you could also be suffering from burnout

  19. Re:Who keeps the records? on IT and Health Care · · Score: 1

    For most people this would be a lost item, not unlike the medical records from your childhood.
    This was and idea brought up by Bush, but it was for people who were expecting medical problem and instead of having a medilert braclet you had a one that stored your medical records so in the even of an emergency all your latest tests, images and records would be on you.

  20. Re:Territorial dispute with Japan on Pictures of Kuril Islands Volcano From ISS · · Score: 1

    Don't know about these islands but most of those small island that Japan is fighting to keep are done so for fishing rights. If you have islands spread around you control the fishing rights between the islands, you loose the island and it one on the edge you just lost alot of fishing rights.

  21. Re:Message from business owners. on US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three · · Score: 1

    The proposals to tax healthcare would not affect companies, except to make them change tax software. The money spent for your health care would be added to your taxable income so come tax day you would probably be in a new tax bracket.

  22. Re:More propaganda on Siemens, Nokia Helped Provide Iran's Censoring Tech · · Score: 1

    What would the story be if a US company had sold the equipment to Iran?
    It would be a story in some areas, FoxNews did a bunch of stuff when it came out that US companies* were selling stuff to Iran; last year when this came out.

    Since Finland probably does not have any trade enbargo against Iran it is perfectly alright for them to sell any equipment they own and it not a story.
    * Companies like Coke, GE, etc do not sell from thier US companies to Iran. Most huge companies have seperate cutout corporations that are run in different countries and those are what sell to Iran. So it was Coke Ireland and GE France that sold Iran not Coke USA or GE USA.

  23. Re:Here's something worse on SSN Required To Buy Palm Pre · · Score: 1

    I am in situation like that and just use my parents number. Never had had any problem even though my billing information is in a different state then the billing phone number.

  24. Author not looking for art but for porn. on Censored Video Game Content Stifles Artistry · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Since the prime definition for art is "the products of human creativity" games definatly are art, as is the way I have the my desk decorated.
    However the author of the article just talk how you cannot have art with have nudity. So based on his thinking bioshock would of been a better game if the females wore no clothing or if the zombie could gang rape Zoey in Left 4 dead.

  25. Re:Hmmmm.... on UK Tax Breaks For "Culturally British" Games · · Score: 1

    Fallout 4:London Wasteland would be a great!
    On the bad side it could mean people duplicate games like Hellgate:london