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  1. Re:The downside of having too much time in hands on The Downside of Connected Healthcare: Cyberchondria · · Score: 2

    No, it really is kind of a big deal. WebMD is for-profit and largely funded by advertisers such as pharmaceutical companies. The site uses clickbait-style headlines to drive page views and actively preys on fear.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02...
    http://www.washingtontimes.com...

  2. Re:Sounds like the modem problem ... on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    DSL uses a different technology. It piggybacks a different signal on preexisting wiring, but has totally different hardware at each end.

  3. Re:Bootstrapping and time travel on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    Dr. Thorne was the primary scientific consultant on the movie. For this article he's stepping away from the movie and talking about how possible or plausible some of the ideas presented in it actually are.

  4. Re:Sounds like the modem problem ... on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't believe I've ever seen a modem break 56 Kbps over a phone line.

  5. Re:Efficiency on There's No Such Thing As a General-Purpose Processor · · Score: 1

    Watts is in units of energy divided by time.

    Now.... what are the units of "calories per day"? Take your time.

  6. Re:Protecting What? on Rumor: Lenovo In Talks To Buy BlackBerry · · Score: 0

    Don't look now, but Moto just released one of the best Android phones ever, is about to release the Droid Turbo, and is the manufacturer of the Nexus 6.

  7. Re:Absurd on Texas Health Worker Tests Positive For Ebola · · Score: 2

    They also weren't putting IVs in him and taking care of him while he was bleeding out the ass and vomiting during his final few days on earth.

  8. Re:Are we really that confused? on How Did the 'Berlin Patient' Rid Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    So eating a lot of protein cures HIV? Who knew. I guess those idiot physicians and biochemists and infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists just don't understand anything a pharmaceutical rep doesn't tell them.

  9. Re:Bill Belichick on Microsoft Paid NFL $400 Million To Use Surface, But Announcers Call Them iPads · · Score: 1

    No such luck. The tablets have replaced the black and white printouts of player positioning and play development. Turns out those pictures were provided by the league itself to both teams - it's not something teams do on their own.

    So if Belichick doesn't want the tablets to view those photos, he won't have any photos to see.

  10. Re:The diet is unimportant... on Low-Carb Diet Trumps Low-Fat Diet In Major New Study · · Score: 0

    Yeah, no. You absolutely do not need to eat cleanly. The idea is silly.

  11. Re:Won't work with new chips on Major Delays, Revamped Beta For Credit-Card Consolidating Gadget Coin · · Score: 1

    Every credit card specifically says on the back that it's not valid unless signed, and as an employee I was instructed by Mastercard and my manager never to accept an unsigned card (or one that says "See ID" or whatever). So I didn't.

  12. Re: Won't work with new chips on Major Delays, Revamped Beta For Credit-Card Consolidating Gadget Coin · · Score: 1

    To the best of my knowledge, no major credit card companies allow the use of copied credit cards.

  13. Re:Won't work with new chips on Major Delays, Revamped Beta For Credit-Card Consolidating Gadget Coin · · Score: 2

    It varies. A lot of retail workers won't care, but some will. Especially the ones who are smart enough to be aware of credit card fraud but not so knowledgeable they know about Coin.

    I don't think someone would have to be turned down from a purchase many times before they threw the thing in the garbage. It doesn't have to happen often.

  14. Won't work with new chips on Major Delays, Revamped Beta For Credit-Card Consolidating Gadget Coin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All the major credit card companies will be rolling out soon-to-be-mandatory chip systems for their credit cards. The point of this chip is specifically to prevent copying of credit cards. Coin is dead in the water.

    Beyond this, how many register monkeys will decline the transaction because it's not the original card? I was trained at my old retail job by an actual Mastercard representative never to allow use of a credit card without a signed back, much less a card that's literally a personal copy.

  15. Re:"not my job" - It is *Microsoft's* job on Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation · · Score: 0

    Realistically, "Internet Explorer" as a standard is at least as important as whatever other "standard" you're using. Especially in corporate environments, "Internet Explorer" is generally the standard.

  16. People say they want them, but no one buys them on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    You can find a lot of people that SAY they want these things, but no one buys them. Pretty much all of the slide-out keyboard phones have been commercial failures.

  17. Re:I'm confused on Elon Musk's Solar City Is Ramping Up Solar Panel Production · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're talking about purchase and installation:

    "Because less modules are needed for the same power output, less land, labor, mounting structures, wiring and support racks are also required, saving an estimate of 10 cents a watt for every point of efficiency gained."

    So if you're installing 4000 watts worth of panel, using 23% efficiency panels costs $400 less to purchase and install than 22% efficiency panels.

  18. Re:Greenland Is Getting Darker on Greenland Is Getting Darker · · Score: 1

    Well done!

  19. Make batteries? on Should Tesla Make Batteries Instead of Electric Cars? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was under the impression that Tesla vehicles used banks of off-the-shelf 18650 Li-ion batteries. Panasonic is their current supplier if I recall. Even their proposed battery plant in the southwest is really a place for Panasonic to manufacture batteries for Tesla. Yes, they package them well and I'm sure they have some great controls and associated hardware and software, but is there really something groundbreaking about their batteries specifically? They already make a powertrain for Toyota - a move that hasn't produced a fraction of the buzz and money as their own vehicles. Not sure I understand this suggestion.

  20. Re:Work harder at what? on Gen. Keith Alexander On Metadata, Snowden, and the NSA: "We're At Greater Risk" · · Score: 1

    No worries. The EPA has you covered:
    http://www.businessinsider.com...

  21. Re:Misleading on Actual Results of Crimean Secession Vote Leaked · · Score: 1

    You'd think it would take more than a simple majority to secede from your country.....

  22. Re:Reminds me of Music Club Subscriptions... on The Feds Accidentally Mailed Part of A $350K Drone To Some College Kid · · Score: 1

    For one thing, this isn't USPS. It's UPS. I expect the laws are different for that.

    For another, the part apparently wasn't addressed to him. It was misdelivered. If someone else's mail ends up in your mailbox, you don't get to open it and keep whatever's inside. If it's not addressed to you, you're not allowed to open it at all.

  23. Re:Innovation vs rent-seeking on SpaceX Wins Injunction Against Russian Rocket Purchases · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, no. The Air Force gave Russia the contract with zero bidding process. SpaceX literally never had a chance. They're suing for a level playing field where they could bid against Russia in an open process.

    The rest of your post is...... well.

  24. Re:My biggest gripe on How the USPS Killed Digital Mail · · Score: 1

    You can't print stamps using that service. You need to actually purchase stamps, or have an account from somewhere like Stamps.com or Pitney Bowes.

  25. Re:I never installed flash ... on New Zero-Day Flash Bug Affects Windows, OS X, and Linux Computers · · Score: 1

    There are a number of things that require it. For me the big ones are MLB At Bat, WatchESPN, Hulu, and HBO Go.