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  1. Re:LILO on GRUB 2.00 Bootloader Officially Released · · Score: 1

    When your boot menu comes up, hit e to enter the faulty boot entry. You can then modify the line one character at a time.
    http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/Menu-interface.html#Menu-interface

  2. That article ignored the point on Tensions Between Archivists and 'Occupy' Protesters Over Preserving the Movement · · Score: 2

    The article didn't discuss why there's controversy. The best writeup I've seen on why there's tension was an essay by Michael Siegal from the National Lawyer's Guild. He lives in the Bay Area so he's focused largely on Occupy Oakland and Occupy SF.

  3. Re:The Study Itself Is Fine, Singularity Hub Is No on Aspirin Helps Prevent Cancer, New Studies Show · · Score: 2

    'It didn't show that these people who took aspirin were also more likely to take supplemental vitamins nor did it attempt to show exactly how the aspirin worked its "miracle."'
    Supplemental vitamins don't increase life expectancy

  4. Re:Just a thought... on Lawsuit Claims NASA Specialist Was Fired Over Intelligent Design Belief · · Score: 1

    And can that creator microwave a burrito so hot that even He can't eat it?

  5. Re:Great, what we really needed on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    Does the context even matter here? What would justify such egregious and casual use of force against those that are sitting down and not capable of being a threat against anyone, least of all a large group of police officers in riot gear?

  6. Re:Great, what we really needed on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    Being pepper sprayed during police training is a very controlled situation. You're surrounded by friendly people who want you to do well. It's a bit of a formality. Being pepper sprayed at a protest is an intense experience. In addition to the intense pain, you lose your vision. You know things have just escalated and you have no way to know what's going to happen from there. Remaining there might lead to arrest, or beatings.

    In addition, complying after being pepper sprayed will not turn the pain off. Pepper spray continues to hurt for 2 hours, even with treatment. If you are unfortunate enough to be arrested after being pepper sprayed, don't expect treatment.

    The 9th circuit courts ruled that the use of pepper spray on passively resisting protestors constitutes excessive force, so this was not legal or justified.

  7. Re:free speech on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    Then are you saying that protesting in the US is so dangerous that only white males 18-30 can participate?

  8. Re:free speech on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    Martin Luther King Jr protested in places where he expected the police/sheriffs to overreact.

  9. Re:free speech on The Vortex Gun Coming Soon To a Protest Near You · · Score: 1

    You should tell the protestors in Syria they have it lucky, because in North Korea they would kill you and then send your family to the labor camps. In Syria, they just kill you.

  10. Re:Interval Training on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    Biceps brachii are activated for stabilization during a bench press. During CAT (compensatory acceleration training), the biceps brachii will also be recruited to decelerate the weight.

  11. Re:Danger for which democracy? on America's Turn From Science, a Danger For Democracy · · Score: 1

    OWS doesn't like the democrats either. Here's why. That was published by some people in my area (Oakland). It's possible in other areas, OWS people are completely fine with giving the banking industry more money. I'd imagine not though.

  12. Re:What about the Tea Party Movement? on Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester" · · Score: 1

    I currently enjoy the tax cuts too, but that doesn't make them good for the country.

    I'm sorry, in my haste I should have re-written my statement as amend the constitution to reverse the effects of the Citizens United ruling.

    I'm not sure how you think a civilian is going to end up with military secrets to give to the Taliban, but they should not be held indefinitely without a trial. If there is evidence of them breaking the law, then hold a trial. The procedures we already had in place were sufficient. 9/11 could have been prevented based on what we already knew and could legally act on. A veto would force the authors to amend and resubmit without the objectionable provision.

    By being at Occupy Oakland, I have put my life in danger. Scott Olsen could easily have been killed, instead he had to have brain surgery and talks with a stutter, for example.

    I have two jobs, for the record.

  13. Re:What about the Tea Party Movement? on Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester" · · Score: 1

    Reinstate Glass-Steagal act, repeal the Citizens United verdict and eliminate the Bush era tax cuts and veto NDAA and see if you still have over a million protesters. Some local groups will stick around, particularly the universities, but as a national movement, it'll be all but over.
    I don't think it's unreasonable to link OWS and the Middle East. Protesters marched in Tahrir square on behalf of Oakland.
    Disclosure: I live in Oakland and have spent a lot of time with Occupy Oakland and Occupy SF and I've camped at Occupy Oakland.

  14. Re:Public Transit on NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers · · Score: 1

    I'm a white male and I used all sorts of public transit in Baltimore when I was visiting. I didn't see the problem at all, but then again, I live in Oakland. I remember one of the buses was over a half an hour late though.

  15. Re:Recent experiences in the U.S. and Canada on Illegal To Take a Photo In a Shopping Center? · · Score: 1

    Where do you live? I live in Oakland and spend a lot of time in SF and it's pretty easy going. I take the bus and the BART and go to restaurants and 9/10 or so, it's fine. I'm barefoot at work now, and no one cares. I worked the census barefoot. I get more crap from my friends than from businesses.
    When I was in Chicago, everyone seemed to care though.

  16. Re:Didnt work out well for IBM's products on Why HP Should Sell Its PC Business To Save It · · Score: 2

    The clit mouse? http://xkcd.com/243/

  17. Re:Firefox 61 on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Palaces? on Secrets of a Memory Champion · · Score: 1

    When I started social dancing, I realized that I would forget a girl's name before the end of the song. I realized that I just wasn't listening in any meaningful sense. I started just dwelling on the name for a few seconds when meeting a person and after a few months of dancing my memory got to be very good. I could go to a dance in a city I've never been to and easily learn 20 names in a night. It's one of the most important acquired skills that I've ever learned. When I met my ex girlfriend's family extended family, they joked that I didn't need to learn all of their names. When I left, I said bye to all 8 people that I met that night by name. I've got a couple other experiences learning 6-8 names in the time it takes to introduce that many people. I still screw up names all the time though, I just find it's when I'm not mindful when I'm hearing them.

  19. Re:Message from Facebook on Facebook Opens Up Home Addresses and Phone Numbers · · Score: 1

    I did this on a massive scale. I was associated with a venue and got an approval to run an event on September 11th. I advertised it with big posters with the WTC on fire and whatnot. There were horribly annoying videos in the Facebook event and a list of acts that was pretty offensive. I let a group known for getting kicked out of places have an hour of time at the show and told them they could have a pinata full of spiders at the event. I checked my friend count before I sent out invites, then sent out invites to every single person on my friends list, which was between 900 and 1000 and not a single person defriended me.

  20. Re:I think the whole nature-nurture debate is hogw on Bees Reveal Nature-Nurture Secrets · · Score: 1

    Richard Feynman talked about this in one of his books, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman (I think). He said with a bit of practice, he could tell which objects in a room were handled by which people. I don't see why you couldn't train a human to follow a trail with some level of success.

  21. Re:Seems to me, they're spending too much! on Hurt Locker File-Sharing Subpoenas Begin · · Score: 1

    Christopher Nolan made Following for way less than 15k, and I think that was one of the best movies I've ever seen.

  22. Re:Ammo for Racism on Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi · · Score: 1

    Height comes largely from nutrition and health as a child.
    Many Ethiopians and Kenyans run to school their whole lives before competing, and they have different hydration strategies (they run far less than we do during long distance races and they don't overeat to store energy for races) and they tend to start their training with much more minimalistic shoes.
    Americans are much more sedentary, it's likely not genetic, though it'll be interesting what we find with all the epigenetic stuff I've been hearing about.

  23. constant exercise on Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule? · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you can't go to a gym, but you still want to workout. There are numerous books on bodyweight training so pick a few exercises and do them during your lunch break or everytime you go to the bathroom. I used to sneak off a few times a day to do pushups and other exercises in the breakroom.

    During your lunch break you can set off a timer every 10 minutes and do a set of pushups every time it beeps. If you can do 10 each time that's 60 in an hour.

  24. Re:bad assumption on Stretching Before Exercising Weakens Muscles · · Score: 1

    He was talking about raw power. When I think of raw power, I think of weightlifting, powerlifting, swinging a baseball bat or golf club, tumbling, hammer throw, the high jump and other very short, very high power output activities. All of those activities primarily use the high energy phosphagen energy system. The 100m sprint also uses this energy system.

    Your heart rate and breathing take a while to catch up because of 'oxygen debt' or EPOC (exercise post oxygen comsumption). After strenuous activity, it takes some time to refill energy stores, repair muscle cells. In some cases it takes over 24 hours to lower your metabolism back to baseline.

    Schuenke MD, Mikat RP, McBride JM. Effect of an acute period of resistance exercise on excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC): implications for body fat management. Eur J Appl Physiol 2002 Mar;86(5):411-7
    in that study it took 38 hours after a strenuous workout of power cleans, squats, and bench presses to return to the pre-exercise metabolic rate.

    I don't coach that lifter any longer, after we stopped dating she stopped lifting completely. It was a shame, she still had a ton of potential.