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  1. Re:Or maybe the sense of smell... on Lost Sense of Smell Is a Strong Predictor of Death Within 5 Years · · Score: 2

    In a nursing home, food and hygiene are more the responsibility of the caregiver, not the patient.

  2. Very cool and proven open source project - had been looking into this for emergency preparedness applications here in the U.S. Used since by journalists, rescue operations, NGOs, and general citizenry for gathering and managing crisis/resource data in Haiti, Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan - wherever it's needed. Currently being used to track the ebola epidemic in West Africa. http://blog.crisis.net/syrian-... http://firsttosee.org/

  3. Re:I approve - not on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 2

    I have a 92 year old parent that lives alone and needs to call often - she's also hard of hearing. I'm as conscious of others need for space as my own and don't wan't to disturb it, but in some situations I have to.

  4. Re:I'm not changing to IPv6 on a specific date... on June 6 Is World IPv6 Day 2012: This Time For Keeps · · Score: 1

    I hated The Colonel - with his wee beady eyes...

  5. Norway on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 1

    And no mention whatsoever of Norway's successful program... http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/jan/01/norway-cuts-antibiotics-successfully-battles/

  6. Re:Vast improvement on High Tech Elder Care May Be Mixed Blessing · · Score: 1

    The average life expectancy of someone in a nursing home is 2 - 3 years. This could be a huge leap forward in increasing the quality of life for the elderly, and I look forward to the tech that will be in place when I'm that old.

    In that case, LE in the nursing home will decrease further, as the level of monitoring and direct care in the home improves and nursing homes become more for end-of-life care - care that still won't be provided in the home.

  7. Bottle conditioning on The Science of Skunked Beer · · Score: 1

    ...please, thank you.

  8. Madame Tutli-Putli on The Tipping Point of Humanness · · Score: 1

    Watch the amazing animation 'Madame Tutli-Putli'. on the National Film Board of Canada - her eyes are actually human eyes.

    Movie here... http://www.nfb.ca/film/madame_tutli_putli_en

    Making of here... http://www.siegelproductions.ca/filmfanatics/model.htm

  9. Re:Here's Your Cocktail Napkin Business Plan on Should Wikipedia Just Accept Ads Already? · · Score: 1

    Ooops - comment misplaced.

  10. Re:Here's Your Cocktail Napkin Business Plan on Should Wikipedia Just Accept Ads Already? · · Score: 1

    Bad plan - the whole appeal of Wikipedia is that the public can write something informative about relatively obscure topics - those topics would disappear. For example, Cleveland Clinic has a great entry because they're huge, but I wouldn't be able to create an informative article about an exceptional research hospital that's small and unknown. I doubt paid writers could handle even 5% of the material.

  11. Has anybody seen... on Foodtubes Proposes Underground, Physical Internet · · Score: 1

    ...Sam Lowry

  12. Re:The electro-dynamic field came first, of course on Transition Metal Catalysts Could Be Key To Origin of Life · · Score: 1

    At the end of the referenced video, Dr. Jack Szostak actually does indeed include electrical forces as a contributing factor.

  13. Re:It's still illegal in Illinois on Court OKs Covert iPhone Audio Recording · · Score: 1

    Nor NY - and glad of it.

  14. Troubling on French Police To Fine Shirtless Tourists · · Score: 1

    ...and a woman sunbathing topless in Italy was questioned by police last week after a mother complained that the way she was applying suntan lotion was "troubling" her two young sons.

    Yes - very troubling...

  15. Re:Is this really beer on The Race To Beer With 50% Alcohol By Volume · · Score: 1

    Take it from a applejacker (and brewer) in the Northeast - with freeze distillation, those distinctive heavier alcohols definitely do come through because they are not vaporized - and can make your final product taste pretty nasty.

  16. Re:Wasn't the Buran autonomous...? on USAF's Robotic X-37B Orbiter Launched For Test Flight · · Score: 1

    You're forgetting inter-granular corrosion.

  17. Re:What? on Amazon Reviewers Take on the Classics · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because E.B. White is one of the best American writers of the 20th century. There's a reason Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little are still widely read after 50 years - he makes it look easy.

  18. Re:-3.14 Reference Snobs on Carbon-14 Dating Reveals 5% of Vintage Wines May Be Frauds · · Score: 1

    "Missus-a-Whiggins!" Harvey could never keep a straight face on those skits. :)

  19. Re:GM, not GE on "Perpetual Motion DeLorean" Scammers Face $26M Judgment · · Score: 1

    Nope - it was GE.

  20. GM, not GE on "Perpetual Motion DeLorean" Scammers Face $26M Judgment · · Score: 1

    The story was that GM, and not GE, supposedly offered $2 billion.

  21. Hard to beleive. on Aliens Are Likely To Look and Behave Like Us · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's hard to believe, given the diversity just on this planet.

  22. And the research quality? on China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020 · · Score: 1

    They get paid per publication.

  23. From a life long guitarist... on Misa Digital Guitar Runs On Linux · · Score: 1

    Overcoming the natural limitations of a traditional females, this new instrument eliminates the need to interact directly, while using the right hand to control...

  24. Re:If anyone can see it, it can be indexed on Murdoch-Microsoft Deal In the Works · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If Google removed Murdoch's news sites from it's index for something that's not a violation of terms, they'd likely be sued for doing it - for doing his business irreparable harm, just like any other business would that's vying for placement in their index. No, I'm not joking.

  25. Re:40 year, fine! on Monty Python 40 Years Old Today! · · Score: 1

    Worth noting? Ah! That would be causing people like myself to laugh hysterically, uncontrollably. Thousands of us would then note the event's details to our friends. :)