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  1. Re:Ass time on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    What chemicals are added to beef to purify it, like the do with sugar and salt?

  2. Re:Except, government ISN'T government on To Save the Internet We Need To Own the Means of Distribution · · Score: 1

    If you eliminate government collusion in the market place the corrupt companies will no longer have an unfair advantage and will have to cater to their customers. Through regulation the government limits competition giving large established companies an advantage. The more paperwork that is required, the higher the overhead to comply. Larger companies can absorb the overhead better then small companies.

  3. Re:Ass time on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    If you are going to include sugar on the processed ingredient list then many other things belong as well like salt. I am simply trying to apply a uniform definition, and not pick and choose which items are "processed". You can have a steak using only unprocessed ingredients and it may be quite tasty but marinating and seasoning it will contain ingredients that are processed and it will be better.

  4. Re:Ass time on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    Just about anything you make will have processed ingredients, except a salad with no dressing. How many meals could you make without using a single processed ingredient, my guess is when you start making it you will have to cut out many of the things that enhance the taste.

  5. Re:Except, government ISN'T government on To Save the Internet We Need To Own the Means of Distribution · · Score: 1

    The only thing dumber than that is the Libertarian delusion that tells us those same private interests, lobbyists, and power-brokers will benevolently act in our best interests if we would just get government out of their way.

    Nobody thinks that private companies have others' best interest at heart, what they do think is that competition will force companies to cater to their customers' desires. If you introduce government control the companies will cater to the the government's desires. The latter will only work if the government decides to have the people's desires met.

  6. Re:Yes, totally on To Save the Internet We Need To Own the Means of Distribution · · Score: 1

    This AC was modded as troll, but I think ve is just assuming that politicians would try to take advantage of the infrastructure... in my opinion improbable, as it would be a much more explicit level of corruption than the regulatory capture we have nowadays.

    Unfortunately that simply is not true, take road projects, many politicians steer the award of contracts to their favorite donors, some even have kickback schemes for awarded government contracts

  7. Re:Ass time on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Properly cooked food, starting with raw ingredients, without fail tastes better.

    Flour, sugar, stock, milk, butter, baking soda, baking powder, cheese,... require processing to make. While I agree that fresh foods taste better then the same out of a can it's complete and utter nonsense to think that only using raw ingredients will yield a better meal.

  8. Re:Exactly, what if AIM implemented DRM... on David Auerbach Explains the Inside Baseball of MSN Messenger vs. AIM · · Score: 1

    If they were planning on actually copyrighting their customers messages they would have to pay $35 a message. There is also the issue of one of their customers sending copyrighted material which AOL would then claim as their own.

  9. Re:Exactly, what if AIM implemented DRM... on David Auerbach Explains the Inside Baseball of MSN Messenger vs. AIM · · Score: 2

    They couldn't use the DMCA, Lexmark put an authentication chip on their toner cartridges and sued SCC for reverse engineering their chip for cheaper cartridges. The supreme court sided with SCC in 2004 and then sided with them in 2014 when SCC asked for damages from Lexmark for the false copyright claims. Essintally you can't claim copyright infringement because you are granting access with your protocol so accessing with a copy of your protocol is no different.

  10. Re: But is it cheaper? on The Science Behind Powdered Alcohol · · Score: 1

    That's is what all vodkas are, they are triple or quadrupled distilled and filtered then water is added at the end to get it to the correct proof. Poland, the birthplace of vodka, grades vodka based on purity. Any vodkas with flavor are infused by putting the flavor agent in after the distillation and filtering are complete.

  11. Re: But is it cheaper? on The Science Behind Powdered Alcohol · · Score: 1

    A good vodka has no taste, it's run through charcoal to eliminate any character, aroma, color or taste. There is a reason the best vodkas are only $40 a fifth, triple distilled with filtering is all that is needed, the goal is to have only alcohol and water. Contrast that with whiskey which is much more complex, flavors from the mash and charred barrels must work in symphony with each other and makers take extra precautions when making whiskey because you cannot filter out any mistakes since you will lose flavor.

  12. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 2

    Anybody requiring electronic medical devices to survive would be in danger, pacemakers (1 million Americans), insulin pumps (20 thousand Americans), dialysis machines (500 thousand Americans), respirators,... then there is medication that requires refrigeration. Commercial airplanes are built to withstand lighting strikes so they would probably survive the control tower's comms and tracking equipment may not work so there is an increased risk of crashes.

  13. Re:Nothing to do with hole size on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    When I have teed off at 8 I'm usually done by noon. The first 9 only takes 90 minutes but since they have people start on the back 9, I usually have to wait while people tee off on 10. After that It slows down considerably. My fastest round is a little over 3 hours but that was a cold early morning round. Playing in a foursome 10 minutes per hole is moving pretty fast just traveling tee to green is 3 minutes which leaves about 30 seconds per shot. Best case when driving to the course and driving home is included it's 4 hours.

  14. Re:Sick Society on L.A. Science Teacher Suspended Over Student Science Fair Projects · · Score: 2

    How much controversial stuff is taught in High school? Tenure makes sense in a college setting where professors are given the freedom to teach. Tenure in grade school and high school is just a method to protect incompetent teachers. Many states and teachers unions got rid of tenure for that very reason, even then it is still difficult to get rid of bad teachers. Private schools don't have that issue they can hire, fire, and compensate based on performance, couple that with them not being forced to babysit kids that don't want to learn and you can see why private schools routinely outperform public ones.

  15. Re:Nothing to do with hole size on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    Time is the biggest factor for me, a 5-6 hour block on the weekends is too large of a commitment I have stuff to do around the house, attend my kids sporting events, or some social function, I just can't commit that much time. If I could get a round in in 2-3 hours I would defiantly go more often.

  16. Re:Myopic viewpoint on Mercedes Pooh-Poohs Tesla, Says It Has "Limited Potential" · · Score: 1

    2014 Ford XLT 4dr SuperCab 6.6 ft. Bed 6.2L engine 411hp MSRP $32,745.

  17. Re:The power of EULAs only goes so far on Click Like? You May Have Given Up the Right To Sue · · Score: 1

    Even if you read the terms and hit like any way you would not be giving up your rights to sue. For instance if liking a post entered you into a drawling to go meet Count Chocula then the like would constitute your consent to the terms of the drawling. The like would not however reduce your ability to sue if they put ricin in your cereal.

  18. Re:man them on MIT Designs Tsunami Proof Floating Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    The torpedo would not be able to hit the platform anyway as it's 20-30 feet above the water. A torpedo to one of the floats would be devastating, it would cause the platform to topple over, who knows if the containment would be intact after crashing into the ocean.

  19. Re:Holy shit on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    My wife says at home, I have 3 kids, 2 of them go to private school, and I still manage to squirrel away 20%. My house is smaller them my co workers, my car is one of the oldest. I just have different priorities.

  20. Re:Holy shit on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    If you retire with 1 million in savings you can expect to spend between 60-80k a year and not tap into your principle. 60-80k a year is more then enough to live on when you consider there are no mortgage payments to be made.

  21. Re:Holy shit on Survey: 56 Percent of US Developers Expect To Become Millionaires · · Score: 1

    Assuming you work for about 35 years, invest 10% of your salary pretax and get a 6% return you will have a million in retirement. That doesn't include other assets like a house or company stock. Getting to a million is not that difficult, it just takes some time and planning.

  22. Re:most lego's are a rip off on Kids Can Swipe a Screen But Can't Use LEGOs · · Score: 1

    You can purchase a tub of 500 lego for $50, or a tub of 100 duplo for $30.

  23. Re:most lego's are a rip off on Kids Can Swipe a Screen But Can't Use LEGOs · · Score: 4, Funny

    It because he uses the kragle.

  24. Re:Level of public funding ? on Nat Geo Writer: Science Is Running Out of "Great" Things To Discover · · Score: 1

    That is precisely his point, all the knowledge in the world is worthless unless that knowledge can/will be put to use.

  25. Re:Makes perfect sense on Why US Gov't Retirement Involves a Hole in the Ground Near Pittsburgh · · Score: 2

    If you cared to RTFA you would know that there were two failed attempts to digitize the records one in 1987 that was canceled in 1996 and the second in 1997 which had a delivery date of 2008 that was scrapped because it didn't work. The first attempt failed because of lack of technical oversight as an English lit PHD was in charge of the oversight. Both programs had issues processing the vast array of documents with slight variations to them. Large government IT projects have a history of failing miserably, Obama care is the most recent, a research group found only 5% of these large projects succeed. I imagine the scope of the project is not clearly defined due to lack of technical expertise when writing the requirements, the technical oversight is lacking, and the magnitude of the project is underestimated in most of these cases. Anybody that has experience managing these large projects is not going to take a huge pay cut, move to Pittsburgh, and work in a cave. It's not lack of desire that these projects fail it's lack of expertise to get these projects to succeed.