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  1. Re:Refunds on Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Apple has already sold MILLIONS of iPhones. Can you say that most of these people that bought these are like you? Good for you if you think you can somehow verify every application on the App Store before installing it. You perhaps have some magic to analyze the binaries before actually downloading it, decrypting it and then running it. The purpose of this capability is if something gets past Apple's QA(which from what I can tell so far could be a possibility). Apple does not get the source code, they only get the binary from the developer. If there was some time bomb say 1 month in the future, Apple would likely not notice it until perhaps hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded it.

  2. Re:Refunds on Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps · · Score: 1

    rtfa

  3. Re:Mistyped? on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    You can get fat calipers but it's better to have someone that knows how to use them to measure you. You take a 5 or 7 point measurement and plug them into an equation. There's also hydrostatic BF measurement where you go in a water tank. That is the most accurate. You can buy cheap plastic Accu-Measure off of ebay but they are pretty worthless IMO. I have one and it's not very accurate at all.

    Your losing weight could be water weigh but 4-5 lbs is reasonable fat loss in 4 weeks if you're trying for it. It could be mostly the change in diet especially if the food in France is lower in sodium. Typically American food is high in sodium. The last time I ate fake Chinese food I gained 10 lbs of water weight by the next day! The food was incredibly salty and my weight dropped back down within a few days. Keep in mind that I am only 160lbs so this is a big percent increase in body weight compared to if I was 250 or something.

  4. Re:Need a standardized platform! on T-Mobile To Open App Store For All of Their Phones · · Score: 1

    I bought it in the Canadian store thank you very much.

  5. Looks dead on Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? · · Score: 1

    It seems that that project is pretty dead and it doesn't even work with Leopard.

  6. Re:"this never happens" on Air Traffic Controller Lands Stricken Plane By SMS · · Score: 1

    It's fairly common in older small planes due to the old wiring and older equipment. Even new light sport aircraft can cost upwards of $100K to buy so many people buy these older airplanes.

  7. Re:Zombies instead? on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 1

    That would be NSZombies

  8. Re:So iPhone Shuffle is next? on iPhone Nano To Be Launched By Christmas? · · Score: 1

    That's a year old and the pics are still there. So I highly doubt that's actually real. If it was then the pictures would have been gone within hours.

  9. Re:Contracts? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    Rogers has a $100 cap on the ETF for their 6GB plan which they make you sign a 3 year contract(or agree to it on the phone).

  10. Re:Rather unjustifiable reactions? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    There's a reason they're nick named Bellus.

  11. Re:this has been the case all along on Is Hushmail Still Safe? · · Score: 1

    They have built in S/MIME

  12. Re:How is this different? on Towards an Exercise Pill · · Score: 1

    It's different because it's a completely different pathway. Steroids are hormones and increase protein synthesis.

  13. Re:my prediction: cell death!!! on Towards an Exercise Pill · · Score: 1

    He won't be able to post any because there are none. Seriously, no one has proven steroids cause early death and most side effects like increased cholesterol are temporary. Most of his post seems based of rumors and old wise tails rather than research or experience.

  14. Re:The heart muscle? on Towards an Exercise Pill · · Score: 1

    Heart muscle and other muscle are different and aren't affected in the same way by PPAR-Alpha as PPAR-Gamma affects skeletal muscle.

    Some smart stuff in this thread for anyone who is into it http://anabolicminds.com/forum/exercise-science/100402-couch-mouse-mr.html

  15. Re:Theora still lacks good creation software on Ogg Theora In Firefox, With Wikimedia Support · · Score: 1

    Actually it runs on OS X quite nicely and has an OK free GUI to it called FFmpegX. Also VisualHub which is by far the easiest and least hassle transcoder I've ever used uses ffmpeg under the hood to do all the dirty work.

  16. Re:Mistyped? on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    6 pack is pretty tough to get for me as well. You have to get 10% or less bodyfat to really see them all.

  17. Re:Mistyped? on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    To me, saying destroyed implies muscle cell death. From all I've read the muscle fibers are damaged through microtears but I don't think there is any large cell death or muscle atrophy which is what I thought he meant.

    FYI, doing hundreds of situps won't get you a six pack. You can't reduce fat in one specific area of your body. The only way to get a 6 pack is to reduce overall fat on your entire body.

  18. Re:GI not everything on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    Yes, interestingly enough whey protein also has an insulin response. Insulin is EXTREMELY anabolic but has side effects if abused such as type 2 diabetes. There is a reason pro bodybuilders shoot up extra insulin. My preworkout meal always consists of a whey protein shake + oats + blueberries or some other fruit. No doubt there is some large insulin response as it's about 50g+ carbs depending on the type of workout but since I'm working out right after this is actually a good thing.

  19. Re:Mod parent up on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    I think that's also the main reason most woman at the gym are still a bit flabby even if they are small. They're so afraid of gaining a lb of muscle that they don't lift weights and just do endless cardio and aerobics. Suffice it to say they still have the cellulite cottage cheese ass.

  20. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    That's why I don't like the word diet. No I'm not on a diet, I eat like this all the time!! Diets are stupid and most people don't get it.

  21. Re:Mistyped? on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    OK, yes I see what you are saying. I have never heard anyone say muscle is destroyed and actually lost for any significant period of time. Actually from what I've read it's just damaged and not lost. Repairing the damage usually results in stronger fibers and new muscle cells created.

  22. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    You have to eat less but most people take that way too far and eat next to nothing. Of course your body then says wtf is going on and hoards everything it can because it now thinks you're in primeval earth and can't find any food for a month because the rain forest is flooded.

  23. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    Or he just actually has no clue about what he's eating which is about 90% of the population

  24. GI not everything on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    The GI for watermelon is very high but that does not really matter because the amount of sugar you get from a regular sized portion is not much. Even a small slice of watermelon once per day isn't going to do anything to your blood sugar levels if eaten with other foods such as meat or lower GI carbs. The most important thing is glycemic load which has an effect on how much insulin is released. Insulin also causes fat cells to take up glucose not just muscle so the more carbs you eat the more insulin is needed to get rid of it.

    Also there's no reason to limit carbs too much on workout days because this can ultimately affect your performance and ability to work out harder. If anything at least have one higher carb meal before your workout but not too much as to be counter productive. This may take some experimenting but you will find that overall you are going to be better off. If you don't have any energy for your workout you're going to be lifting less weight for less reps.

  25. Re:Technical explanation; didn't rtfa. on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    I do both weights for 1 hr and cardio right after for 30-40 mins. Not doing cardio didn't work for me for cutting fat down. Doing the cardio does one good thing which is it creates a demand for glucose that must be filled either from your liver storage of glycogen or your next meal. That means that when you eat next you are going to have a lot more of the carbs you eat go to your muscles rather than to your fat cells.