Canada uses CANDU nuclear reactors, which do not promote nuclear weapons since they use regular unenriched uranium. Canada also has no nuclear weapons. The idea that nuclear power is tied to nuclear weapons is absurd.
And if you want to venture into the unscientific realm, consistent exercise helps to stabilize your mood and makes you less prone to food cravings (the cravings for sugary foods and for fatty foods are based in imbalances in Serotonin and Dopamine levels)
That's blood glucose and insulin levels, not Serotonin and Dopamine. And that's very scientific.
Exercise changes the way your body processes the food you put into it (or, more accurately, your body adapts to the amount of exercise that you get). Building muscle causes you to require more calories in your diet to support that muscle. And building stamina causes you to burn a lot of calories in the process.
Partial truth. Exercise does not "change the way your body processes food", it merely builds muscles. The amount of exercise has little effect beyond the 45-60 minute mark for non-athletes, as compared to the type and intensity. Also, the amount of increased calorie consumption is very minimal compared to the amount of calories in food eaten today. Burning an extra 400 calories (moderate to heavy activity) is not much when you consider that 400 calories is a hamburger, or a small plate of fries. Remember also that stored fat is about 2000 calories per pound. Working very large amounts of weight off through exercise is extremely slow.
The point of the article, and the book, is that the current, dominant thinking (that you are displaying here), is not reflected in lab work that has been done for the past 50 years. Atkins, Bernstein, and others formed their diets based on actual research carried out in the U.S. and U.K during the 50's-70's. No research supports the idea of a low-fat, high exercise diet. No research has been done to investigate the effects of long-term exercise on our joints and organs. Our recent "exercise" kick is very recent (Public general-purpose gyms only started appearing en-mass in the 70's).
What the book and the article are saying is that a lot of doctors are giving the same line that you are, and they have just as little actual knowledge to back it up.
(Previously 270 pound male who lost 100 pounds without lifting a finger by listening to his doctor, who actually READS bariatrics journals. Doctor said 'No Starches, Breads, sugars, or Pastas and eat lots of chicken, eggs, whitefish, green veggies')
Exactly, it's been six years and MercExchange cannot show that is has received enough harm to warrent injunction from this point on. I did read the article.
Firstly, the Judge said that MercExchange has no apprechiable market presense at all. Any small business catering to even a small following of loyal customers has market presense. Considering that we've never even heard of MercExchange before this case came out, I doubt they have any reasonable percentage of the market (there is probably a case defined percentage used to measure this).
Secondly, E-Bay has had this feature for years. If MercExchange was really trying to protect something so vital to their business as to require an injunction, they should have filed years ago.
Thirdly, 80% of business in North America is considered 'small business'. Large corportations only make up the majority in small, niche markets where the cost of entry bars smaller entities from entering the market. I'm wlling to bet that you have never heard of the market leaders in most sectors of the economy, because they are not large enough to spend millions building a brand name. You don't have to be big to be in the market.
This is a scam to grab investment dollars. These things happen a lot but rarely get into the news.
You notice how no one can see the prototypes now that the initial report is out? Notice how they won't tell anyone how it works by claiming they are protecting their secrets, even though the underlying physics of the invention are not patentable? This should be bringing up red flags to the reader.
Perpetuating these types of 'reports' does not help us move closer to a renewable energy economy, nor is it even close to what Toyota is trying to achieve with plug-in hybrids.
However, the report into the habits of iPod users reveals that 83% of iPod owners do not buy digital music regularly. The minority, 17%, buy and download music, usually single tracks, at least once per month...
Perhaps the only salient characteristic shared by all owners of portable music players was that they were more likely to buy more music - especially CDs.
No, they can buy it. They are just not bound to the terms of the license. The terms of sale do not include accepting the license, only the terms of USE. Since returning the product for license refusal is also an article under said license, the minor is also not bound by that. I've never heard of this actually being testing in court; that would be an interesting case (Honestly, your Honour, my 14 year old cousin installs all my software!). This is why MMOGs are beginning to require that the account owner be of 18 years of age or older, and part of the agreement is that the owner takes responsibility for all use of the account.
Note: My knowledge is only for Canada, I think the U.S. does actually allow minors to enter into contracts. Canada, however, does not.
You are entitled to your opinion; however, when posting an article to a blog site to inform others, you do not blatently mis-represent the article to fit your opinion of the subject. We have all seen your bias in your postings, but enough is enough.
The article's title clearly states "Doubts Over Pre-owned PS3 Bombshell". The article is reporting on a RUMOR about Sony trying to stop used game sales. Of the three people quoted in the article, there isn't a single one who actually thinks Sony is going to do such a thing. Indeed, the three people quoted in the article all mention that they think the story is bogus. So why do you post a summary entitled "Sony May Try To Stop PS3 Game Resales", a title which conveys the message that Sony is actively pursuing this? The "from the because-we-can't-hate-them-enough dept." remark is just childish and uncalled for.
I increasingly finding that I am ignoring the Game articles on slashdot because of this bias problem. If any other editors are reading this, please have a talk with Zonk over his posting habits.
This is not a troll or personal attack, it's just a post to highlight a problem.
Why do you assume that "family entertainment" == "kids"?
Family entertainment is designed with the lowest complexity that can be understood by all participants. Hence, they are designed with children in mind (not that it means that adults won't enjoy it).
Many board games are "family entertainment".
And many are not.
Q: Who are board games intended to entertain?
A: Adults and children alike. Shared experience is what "family entertainment" is all about.
A very agreeable statement; however, there are boardgames for adults, boardgames for children, and boardgames for everyone. Every boardgame is not (and should not be) aimed at entertaining the whole family. Just like all video games are not (and rightly should not be) aimed at the "rated everyone" market. Adults make up the majority of gamers, so it makes perfect sense that game companies are increasingly targeting that audience. This is not wrong.
Why do you assume that video games are "family entertainment"? Are you not aware that the majority of video game players are adults(65% as of 2004)? I'm sorry to inform you that video games are indeed an "adult" industry, and as such, game producers will increasingly target older audiences.
If the parents continue to view video games as children's entertainment, perhaps we should be educating the parents on the nature of the market.
The first type of processor, the PPE, is a 64-bit Power Architecture core. It is fully compliant with the 64-bit Power Architecture specification and can run 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems and applications.
Nice troll, I don't know why I'm bothering to respond, but just in case anyone else cannot find the "External Links" and "Articles" sections at the bottom of wikipedia articles, here is a sample from the Cell page:
Wikipedia is a good starting point to learn about a topic, but it is not definitive. That is why wikipedia qualifies (i.e. sources) its material. If you actually took some time to read wikipedia pages, you would know this. Next time, read the link before trolling.
Once again, the cell is not a PPC processor. It is not PPC based. The cell going into the playstation 3 has a POWER based PPE (power processing element) that is used as a controller, not a main system processor. Releasing an SDK for Macs would not give any advantage over an X-86 based SDK because you are still emulating another platform.
What he means is that the US has laws on the books that allow their citizens to forcebly remove content on the Internet based upon criteria set by the US Congress. This is regulation of content on the internet based on US law, not common consensus. The examples provided are not the greatest, but they do outline the problem.
... bringing in around $350 millions each after cost.
Remember, the listed numbers are what the theatres take in, not what the studioes get. Theatres kick back about 40% on average, and that is the gross revenue from the movie. There is still the taxes, MPA dues, advertising, printing, etc. to take care of.
A movie can make twice its production cost and still end up a loss, so I would say they are not particularly safe investments.
How do you think MS Office starts so fast? It pre-loads itself when you start windows. If you check your startup folder, you'll see the MS Office pre-loader shortcut there.
Open office's pre-loader just evens out the playing field.
umm... I don't know what wireless mouse you are talking about, but mice that auto-power down do not power down every few seconds, they do it after a few minutes of inactivity. The mx700, specifically, powers down after 5 minutes of inactivity. All of logitech's mice power down after 5 minutes, and the the two microsoft wireless mice that I have used (wireless intellimouse explorer, wireless optical) both power down after about 10 minutes of inactivity. I'm assuming microsoft is using the same timing device in their other mice as well. If the mouse is powering down after a few seconds, it is either defective, or the batter power is low.
And the benefits of using a wireless mouse are centered around the elminiation of the cord (no pull, snags, etc.), not just the reach that it affords.
You must be using an early generation wireless mouse then. I have been using an mx700 since they came out, and there is no delay between mouse movement and pointer movement. Since the mx1000 uses the same 'FastRF' communication the mx700 does, then it will have no delay either.
Yes, I was responding more to the company's remark "as open as MP3" and not the summary, but I felt it necessary to add to the summary by pointing out that MP3 patents are ACTIVELY ENFORCED. The MPEG collection of technologies are, technically, open standards. A lot of companies donate patented MPEG technologies, but do not enforce those patents, except Fraunhofer Gesellschaft of course. This is what makes MP3 a pseudo-open format. This was not mentioned in the summary.
See, this is the problem when the general layman starts throwing around terms like "theory" with no understanding of what exactly a scientific theory is. What a theory means to you and what a theory means to science are two VASTLY different things.
A theory, in the context of a scientific theory, is widely accepted as "true". The two highest truths in science are scientific theories and scientific laws. Scientific theories can never be proven to be absolutely true, so they are accepted as "the truth" until someone proves it wrong (which very, very, very rarely happens to established theories with centuries of evidence behind them, like natural selection). Everything that is a scientific "fact" is actually a theory. Theories are not "guesses" or "hypothesis", they are tested, provable explainations to a phenomenon.
So, yes, you can consider evolution as "truth" as we know it.
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Canada uses CANDU nuclear reactors, which do not promote nuclear weapons since they use regular unenriched uranium. Canada also has no nuclear weapons. The idea that nuclear power is tied to nuclear weapons is absurd.
That's blood glucose and insulin levels, not Serotonin and Dopamine. And that's very scientific.
Partial truth. Exercise does not "change the way your body processes food", it merely builds muscles. The amount of exercise has little effect beyond the 45-60 minute mark for non-athletes, as compared to the type and intensity. Also, the amount of increased calorie consumption is very minimal compared to the amount of calories in food eaten today. Burning an extra 400 calories (moderate to heavy activity) is not much when you consider that 400 calories is a hamburger, or a small plate of fries. Remember also that stored fat is about 2000 calories per pound. Working very large amounts of weight off through exercise is extremely slow.
The point of the article, and the book, is that the current, dominant thinking (that you are displaying here), is not reflected in lab work that has been done for the past 50 years. Atkins, Bernstein, and others formed their diets based on actual research carried out in the U.S. and U.K during the 50's-70's. No research supports the idea of a low-fat, high exercise diet. No research has been done to investigate the effects of long-term exercise on our joints and organs. Our recent "exercise" kick is very recent (Public general-purpose gyms only started appearing en-mass in the 70's).
What the book and the article are saying is that a lot of doctors are giving the same line that you are, and they have just as little actual knowledge to back it up.
(Previously 270 pound male who lost 100 pounds without lifting a finger by listening to his doctor, who actually READS bariatrics journals. Doctor said 'No Starches, Breads, sugars, or Pastas and eat lots of chicken, eggs, whitefish, green veggies')
Sorry, let me be clear before I get jumped on. What I meant in my post was they should have filed the injunction six years ago, not the case.
Exactly, it's been six years and MercExchange cannot show that is has received enough harm to warrent injunction from this point on. I did read the article.
Not really.
Firstly, the Judge said that MercExchange has no apprechiable market presense at all. Any small business catering to even a small following of loyal customers has market presense. Considering that we've never even heard of MercExchange before this case came out, I doubt they have any reasonable percentage of the market (there is probably a case defined percentage used to measure this).
Secondly, E-Bay has had this feature for years. If MercExchange was really trying to protect something so vital to their business as to require an injunction, they should have filed years ago.
Thirdly, 80% of business in North America is considered 'small business'. Large corportations only make up the majority in small, niche markets where the cost of entry bars smaller entities from entering the market. I'm wlling to bet that you have never heard of the market leaders in most sectors of the economy, because they are not large enough to spend millions building a brand name. You don't have to be big to be in the market.
This ruling is entirely fair, and long overdue.
This is a scam to grab investment dollars. These things happen a lot but rarely get into the news.
You notice how no one can see the prototypes now that the initial report is out? Notice how they won't tell anyone how it works by claiming they are protecting their secrets, even though the underlying physics of the invention are not patentable? This should be bringing up red flags to the reader.
Perpetuating these types of 'reports' does not help us move closer to a renewable energy economy, nor is it even close to what Toyota is trying to achieve with plug-in hybrids.
FTA:
It's even covered in the summary
No, they can buy it. They are just not bound to the terms of the license. The terms of sale do not include accepting the license, only the terms of USE. Since returning the product for license refusal is also an article under said license, the minor is also not bound by that. I've never heard of this actually being testing in court; that would be an interesting case (Honestly, your Honour, my 14 year old cousin installs all my software!). This is why MMOGs are beginning to require that the account owner be of 18 years of age or older, and part of the agreement is that the owner takes responsibility for all use of the account.
Note: My knowledge is only for Canada, I think the U.S. does actually allow minors to enter into contracts. Canada, however, does not.
You are entitled to your opinion; however, when posting an article to a blog site to inform others, you do not blatently mis-represent the article to fit your opinion of the subject. We have all seen your bias in your postings, but enough is enough.
The article's title clearly states "Doubts Over Pre-owned PS3 Bombshell". The article is reporting on a RUMOR about Sony trying to stop used game sales. Of the three people quoted in the article, there isn't a single one who actually thinks Sony is going to do such a thing. Indeed, the three people quoted in the article all mention that they think the story is bogus. So why do you post a summary entitled "Sony May Try To Stop PS3 Game Resales", a title which conveys the message that Sony is actively pursuing this? The "from the because-we-can't-hate-them-enough dept." remark is just childish and uncalled for.
I increasingly finding that I am ignoring the Game articles on slashdot because of this bias problem. If any other editors are reading this, please have a talk with Zonk over his posting habits.
This is not a troll or personal attack, it's just a post to highlight a problem.
Family entertainment is designed with the lowest complexity that can be understood by all participants. Hence, they are designed with children in mind (not that it means that adults won't enjoy it).
And many are not.
A very agreeable statement; however, there are boardgames for adults, boardgames for children, and boardgames for everyone. Every boardgame is not (and should not be) aimed at entertaining the whole family. Just like all video games are not (and rightly should not be) aimed at the "rated everyone" market. Adults make up the majority of gamers, so it makes perfect sense that game companies are increasingly targeting that audience. This is not wrong.
Why do you assume that video games are "family entertainment"? Are you not aware that the majority of video game players are adults(65% as of 2004)? I'm sorry to inform you that video games are indeed an "adult" industry, and as such, game producers will increasingly target older audiences.
If the parents continue to view video games as children's entertainment, perhaps we should be educating the parents on the nature of the market.
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It's a Power core, not a PowerPC.
IBM CBE Architecture
Nice troll, I don't know why I'm bothering to respond, but just in case anyone else cannot find the "External Links" and "Articles" sections at the bottom of wikipedia articles, here is a sample from the Cell page:
Wikipedia is a good starting point to learn about a topic, but it is not definitive. That is why wikipedia qualifies (i.e. sources) its material. If you actually took some time to read wikipedia pages, you would know this. Next time, read the link before trolling.
Once again, the cell is not a PPC processor. It is not PPC based. The cell going into the playstation 3 has a POWER based PPE (power processing element) that is used as a controller, not a main system processor. Releasing an SDK for Macs would not give any advantage over an X-86 based SDK because you are still emulating another platform.
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What he means is that the US has laws on the books that allow their citizens to forcebly remove content on the Internet based upon criteria set by the US Congress. This is regulation of content on the internet based on US law, not common consensus. The examples provided are not the greatest, but they do outline the problem.
Remember, the listed numbers are what the theatres take in, not what the studioes get. Theatres kick back about 40% on average, and that is the gross revenue from the movie. There is still the taxes, MPA dues, advertising, printing, etc. to take care of.
A movie can make twice its production cost and still end up a loss, so I would say they are not particularly safe investments.
How do you think MS Office starts so fast? It pre-loads itself when you start windows. If you check your startup folder, you'll see the MS Office pre-loader shortcut there.
Open office's pre-loader just evens out the playing field.
Seriously, we need to stop looking at halo as a "revolution" in the FPS genre. It didn't bring anything that wasn't already there, folks.
Popup was blocked (after I clicked the flash icon ALA flashblocker). This is using Firefox 1.0.2 without the experimental blocker.
Mods, this is a troll. This hasn't been true for over 3 years now.
umm... I don't know what wireless mouse you are talking about, but mice that auto-power down do not power down every few seconds, they do it after a few minutes of inactivity. The mx700, specifically, powers down after 5 minutes of inactivity. All of logitech's mice power down after 5 minutes, and the the two microsoft wireless mice that I have used (wireless intellimouse explorer, wireless optical) both power down after about 10 minutes of inactivity. I'm assuming microsoft is using the same timing device in their other mice as well. If the mouse is powering down after a few seconds, it is either defective, or the batter power is low.
And the benefits of using a wireless mouse are centered around the elminiation of the cord (no pull, snags, etc.), not just the reach that it affords.
You must be using an early generation wireless mouse then. I have been using an mx700 since they came out, and there is no delay between mouse movement and pointer movement. Since the mx1000 uses the same 'FastRF' communication the mx700 does, then it will have no delay either.
Yes, I was responding more to the company's remark "as open as MP3" and not the summary, but I felt it necessary to add to the summary by pointing out that MP3 patents are ACTIVELY ENFORCED. The MPEG collection of technologies are, technically, open standards. A lot of companies donate patented MPEG technologies, but do not enforce those patents, except Fraunhofer Gesellschaft of course. This is what makes MP3 a pseudo-open format. This was not mentioned in the summary.
Remember, the MP3 standard is covered by patents owned by the Fraunhofer Institute and THOMSON, and they enforce their patents.
See, this is the problem when the general layman starts throwing around terms like "theory" with no understanding of what exactly a scientific theory is. What a theory means to you and what a theory means to science are two VASTLY different things.
A theory, in the context of a scientific theory, is widely accepted as "true". The two highest truths in science are scientific theories and scientific laws. Scientific theories can never be proven to be absolutely true, so they are accepted as "the truth" until someone proves it wrong (which very, very, very rarely happens to established theories with centuries of evidence behind them, like natural selection). Everything that is a scientific "fact" is actually a theory. Theories are not "guesses" or "hypothesis", they are tested, provable explainations to a phenomenon.
So, yes, you can consider evolution as "truth" as we know it.