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  1. Re:Noone likes DRM on Bad Signs For Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    They don't know anything about DRM. They know DVD offers very good quality and it's comparatively cheap. Also don't forget we're in the middle of an economic crisis, people don't tend to spend that much on commodities.

  2. Re:no on SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format · · Score: 1

    Get some sleep then dude, you just drove yourself around the block for no reason.

  3. Re:Message before explosion: on Strong Bad Episode 1 Hits the WiiWare Shop · · Score: 1

    lol I know, look at my signature... had it for over 3 years.

  4. Re:Message before explosion: on Strong Bad Episode 1 Hits the WiiWare Shop · · Score: 1

    Huh?

  5. Re:Awesome bar disable? on Firefox 3.1 Alpha "Shiretoko" Released · · Score: 1

    First time I see anyone complaining about the Awesome Bar of Desire. Just stick to FF2 if that's what you want. Or switch to safari or opera, they're excellent browsers too. You can try https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/7637 it's not quite what you want but might help.

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

    In any case there are no proof for kind of any health benefit of eating low GI food.

    The health benefits are by default, that is, there are no health benefits on eating low GI foods, but there are adverse health defects when eating large amounts of high GI foods. High GI foods will make your blood sugar levels to go through the roof and sink down very quickly, thus releasing or withdrawing insulin from your system as needed. If you grossly overdo this (as does any lardo that likes the cake), it is very likely to end up in type 2 diabetes. This also causes you to be peckish or plain hungry suddenly and frequently, thus encouraging you to over eat.

    Lower GI foods with the same amount of calories will release into your system slower. You still get the same energy, but you don't get the huge spikes of glucose and the negative effects described earlier.

  7. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1
    Let me quote myself.

    Because he is trying to burn fat

    You are right on a few things, but they only apply on maintaining shape. Not *losing* * fat*.

    The idea behind a routine like this is to make your body get rid of fat by:

    * Burning it
    If you workout and your glycogen reserves are low, your body will start burning fat instead, and eventually it will start feeding on muscle (this is why body builders do very little if any cardio) after the readier fat sources are gone (even if you've got plenty of lard rolls). This WILL feel weird during the first weeks, but eventually your body gets used to it and uses your fat more efficiently.

    * Avoid storing new fat deposits
    You do this by lowering or nulling your sat fat intake and by eating very small portions of between your main meals. Your body won't think it's starving so it has no reason to store any fat, and obviously if you're not eating any dodgy fats they cannot accumulate on you either.

    Once, and only once your weight and body fat are correct, can you start eating fats and ch properly. While you may be right, it only applies at maintaining a body shape, and not changing it for the better or the worst

    The body can create protein out of nutrients and ch, but it can get it better and quicker of ready-made protein, so to speak. If you offer protein to your body after a workout you are aiding on to heal itself (for any workout damages your muscles). Of course you can eat only carbs and still get muscle grow, but you will start storing more fat at the same time.

    [on omega-x fats] In any case you are wrong there as well.

    There is only a statistical correlation between omega3/6 intake (as they need to go together) and beneficial effects. No link has yet been proved. Yet, if you get around actually reading my original post, I still mention oily fish to be eaten twice a week. You are vegan it seems, so you get your oils from somewhere else.

    Different objectives, different workouts and diets. If you want to either bulk up or lose fat, your diet must be unbalanced in some aspects (ie, consuming more proteins, or less ch, etc). If you want to keep your shape, your diet must be balanced. Obviously your exercise patterns need to correlate with those as well.

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

    You're right. Couple of things though. Omega 3/6 acids are still not proved to be of any particular aid in terms of health, but they ain't the "evil" fats either. Also, notice that on a balanced diet you take all the good oily stuffs you need: nuts, salad (I personally use extra vifgin olive oil plus a bit of salt & pepper as only dressing), some fishes and things like avocado, like you pointed out. No need to look for as much as 30% in calorie intake in fats as long as you keep the oily ones coming in, but at a minimum. I don't eat anything coming out of a packet unless is a pure ingredient and not a pre-cooked meat for this sole reason.

  9. Re:GI not everything on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1
    Fair point, but who can eat just a tiny bit of melon if it's a good one? I certainly can't, I need to shove the whole thing down my throat :P My point is to balance your diet in such a way that you're never hungry and never depleted of energy until bed time, yet losing weight and increasing strength.

    As with everything you do need to experiment with your diet and workout to find what works and what doesn't. At the moment I've got both things fairly tight, but it took me about a month to get it right - any changes at the beginning will make you feel weird and you can't measure properly any success.

    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.

    You're right, that's why you need to devise a plan that works for you. I find useful this type of workout/carbs routine:

    * Exercise mon-tue-thurs-fri (weekend & wed off, maybe a light 15m run on sun morning if I'm still alive after sat night).
    * Low carb on mon-tue, medium carb on wed, no carbs on thurs-fri, higher carbs during weekend.
    * Mountains of salad, veg & fruit throughout all week long, most protein taken mon-fri. But what works for me may not work for you, different metabolisms and such. It definitely needs experimenting until you get a routine you feel comfortable doing while getting results.

    Now, I'm still losing body fat, I will need to change both my workout & diet once I hit my target, but this is geared towards feeling good and losing fat (not necessarily weight).

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

    Why should he eat only vegetables and protein on workout days and lots of carbs on rest days?

    Because he's trying to burn fat.

    why shouldn't he eat lots of carbohydrates on workout days?

    Because he's trying to burn fat.

    Also what's this stupid "no fat" advice?

    Because he's trying to burn fat.

    Time and time again it's been proven that a higher fat energy percent improves your body composition, not the opposite.

    Hopefully you ain't thinking about Omega 3/6 acids because it ain't even proved to be beneficial for your health. You get more than enough of the oils you need when you prepare a salad dressing with, say, olive oil. Other than that, *no* *fats* if you're trying to lose weight.

    Melons are LOW in total energy content and have much nutrition in them.

    I didn't say he can't. I said to do it occasionally. Not sure if you know anything at all about nutrition to be honest... The glycaemic index of melons is fairly high. That's the wrong type of energy to put into your body. You'll have a sugar rush and be hungry again before you can say "barbosa".

    Red meat and especially processed things like sausage and such isn't that good

    Agreed, that's why red meat should be once a week at most. It's a way of securing iron in large quantities. Also, there is no point in making your life miserable. You DO need to eat things you enjoy, from time to time or demotivation takes over and you're done. That's why each week I eat a large beef steak. Blue. I love it.

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

    Tuna and swordfish are blue fish, to name a couple.

  12. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Forgot to explain the reason of why having breakfast and in general avoiding to be hungry is important. First, you've got less of a temptation to go to the kebab shop. Second, when your body "sees" a steady supply of high quality energy (fruits, slow energy releasing carbs such as brown pasta, brown rice, proteins in form of some nuts etc) it is less likely to store energy right away in the form of fat to preempt any future starvation. To accomplish this, have your normal 3 meals a day (bfast, lunch, dinner) and have some nibbles (fruit & nuts are great for this but don't overdo the nuts as they are fairly high in calories per volume, that's the reason I mostly nibble on apples & pears) between them before you feel hungry, after a while doing it you will know when to nibble as your body will be very regular in asking you for some more food.

  13. Re:Bike to work on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The answer to weight lifting vs cardio is to do both. Alternate cardio days with weight lifting days. Your muscles repair and grow both in size and strength when you are resting, so you need some days off. For example, my workout consists on mon/thurs cardio & core, tues/fri weight training. So if you workout your legs, heart & core one day, they will be in repair mode the next while you're exercising a different set of muscles.

    Food is equally important, for it affects directly your performance in everything. You need to eat MASSES of veg and salad and fruits. And by MASSES I mean they have to be the bulk of your diet. Don't consume many carbs the days you're working out, do mostly veg & protein. No fats. Replenish the days you're resting with eating a bit more carbs. Brown rice, wholewheat bread, cereals such as oats, porridge, wheetabix.

    Have breakfast in the form of cereals I said earlier. Eat some protein right after working out. If you feel peckish, nibble on apples. Leave bananas and melon fo "once in a while" as they contain masses of sugar, nevertheless you still need to eat them. Substitute meat by white or blue fish. Eat oily fish twice a week; red meat once, white meat twice.

    Water. At least 2 litres a day, specially when you workout. Reason being, all the fat & energy your body is burning leaves debris, and guess how you expel it... hydration is not also important for that, but also to keep your brain's and body performance; and your skin will be so much better. Water. Not diet coke, yes? And forget by the way about coke & fanta. 125kcal every 1/3 litre (one can). Dude, that is well bad. It takes 12m on a medium sized person running at 9 km/h to burn all that.

  14. Re:TomTom on Microsoft Bets Big On Computing For the Car · · Score: 1

    Where did you get that TomTom runs Linux? Actually, most of them (tomtom, navman, mio/igo) run some type of WindowsCE.

  15. Re:Then we'd need to train a bunch of people... on You, Too, Could Be Batman In 10 To 12 Years · · Score: 1

    ... for strong as a rock he has prevailed

  16. Re:Heh, heh, heh. on GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court · · Score: 1

    Dude... lol; what can I say, yes, you've proved you're the smartest and coolest dad on the planet. Here, got a sugar cube for you.

  17. Re:I guess ID really isn't creationism then.. on Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law · · Score: 1

    No if you conduct the study in Liverpool.

  18. Re:Try these on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    My pick for kiddos is Lucky Starr.

  19. Re:Some data 4 U on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 1

    So far it hasn't progressed, but they will keep pushing as they did with the software patents - and the software patents war was as sneaky as it gets...

  20. Re:Some data 4 U on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 1

    Dude, the EU was discussing allowing telcos over here to do the same not even a month ago...

  21. Re:Some data 4 U on OMG Did U C What U R Paying 4 Texting? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wait a minute. Do you pay when you receive text messages!? Do you also pay for receiving calls? What if you don't even answer? Why are you expected to pay for other person's decision of messaging with you? Is that even legal!?

  22. Re:Jews - A Bloody and Manipulative People on Justice Dept To Investigate Google-Yahoo Deal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ding! Nazi! End of discussion! Blimey, that was quick...

  23. Re:Then STOP releasing the product! on Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Interestingly enough, Gates could have really improved his image during his tenure at Microsoft if he let emails like that "leak" out prior to stepping down. Instead, he gives keynotes about Microsoft and its "innovation."

    Not too good for shares value. And I understand William has got quite a few of those.

  24. Re:And your bad genetics cost ME... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1
    No one is getting fat because they're eating one value meal a day. It's when you think you need to eat a value meal and 3 meals a day that you start packing it on.

    If that's how you want to kid yourself, go ahead. It's simply not true. Not only it's got truckloads of calories that you won't burn if you don't exercise, the nutritional value in terms of vitamins, saturated fat excess (or you think they cook those on olive oil?) etc just simply don't add up to a healthy diet.

  25. Re:And your bad genetics cost ME... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1

    I would swap steps 1 and 2, so the meat can get the combined flavours of both oil, onion & garlic :)