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  1. Re:"Maker" isn't a thing on How Oakland Is Turning Into an Art and Maker Mecca · · Score: 3, Informative

    The majority of people are pure consumers these days, so I don't see that big of a deal in coining a word for hobbyists who like to build things.

  2. Liverpudlian Park on Dentist Wants To Clone John Lennon Using DNA Extracted From Lennon's Tooth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dr. Alan Grant: [finding egg shells] Oh my God. Do you know what this is? This is a Beatle egg. The pop stars are breeding.

    Tim: But Grandpa said all the Beatles were men.

    Dr. Alan Grant: Lady Gaga DNA.

    Lex: What's that?

    Dr. Alan Grant: Well, on the tour, the film said they used Lady Gaga's DNA to fill in the gene sequence gaps. They mutated the Beatle genetic code and blended it with that of a crazy bitch who dresses like a homeless person having a fit in a garbage can, but comes up with incredibly catchy melodies. Now, Lady Gaga has been known to spontaneously change sex from male to female depending on which angle she gets photographed from. Malcolm was right. Look...
    [we see a trail of baby Beatle footprints]

    Dr. Alan Grant: Life found a way.

  3. Re:A possible dark side to AI on Can a Japanese AI Get Into University? · · Score: 1

    America is already doing all of that too. All the robotics videos I've seen from Japan so far have been "fun" stuff, like a robot riding a bicycle or transforming into a car. The cool stuff coming from the US is usually done with military goals in mind, like the pack dog, and drones.

  4. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    But if you eat a lot of fat or protein, you feel satiated much more fully, and don't crash.. in fact I pretty much was never hungry when I tried eating low carb. I had to force myself to eat at mealtimes.

  5. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    Flouride too.. and even if you filter your drinking, you can still end up with it from plants that accumulate it.. I've just been reading that a lot of people ingest fluoride from drinking tea (especially cheaper brands).

  6. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 2

    Well, there's an awful lot of "everyone knows" type stuff out there about it, but here's one article about the effects of chloride in rat's thyroids. There's also a lot out there about flouride and thyroid function. Flouride is even worse than chloride apparently, and much harder to expel from your body once it's bound, due to the lighter weight and greater reactivity.

  7. Re:Codename? on New Zealand Parliament Votes To Extend Spying Powers · · Score: 2

    I'd go with Rocks

  8. Re:All I know... on International Climate Panel Cites Near Certainty On Warming · · Score: 1

    Better sacrifice a couple of goats, just to be on the safe side.

  9. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    I don't know the exact biological pathways and all that, but I've read that several halogens can cause problems with iodine absorption, as they're chemically similar. I didn't say that iodine uptake is blocked, just that chlorine can take its place.

  10. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 2

    This is probably the best comment I've read here. I've successfully lost weight by controlling my carb intake, and so have some of my friends. But another friend just didn't lose any weight at all until I gave her some iodine supplements to help her thyroid. Her metabolism sped up (as evidenced by her hair growing much faster), and she started to lose weight.

    Sucralose contains chlorine, which can block iodine reception in your thyroid. So at least one artificial sweetener is bad to ingest if you want to lose weight - especially if you aren't getting enough iodine in your diet.

  11. Re:often forget about – in-home helpers for on Mobiserv Robot Designed To Keep Tabs On Seniors · · Score: 1

    Why has nobody mentioned Robot and Frank?

  12. Re:Sugar on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 5, Informative

    Short term, perhaps. But then a few hours later, you crash and want more.

  13. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    That's really interesting. I hadn't really considered why Japan got involved before.

    Just in case your spelling comes up in that room full of Nobel laureates, the word you intended was "dissent" ;)

  14. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Actually I used to date one, and one of my best friends is another. Neither of them is particularly attached to the place though. Maybe I just make better friends with people for whom longitude and latitude isn't a major factor in their identity.

  15. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    I'd consider throwing some tourism dollars your way if you could get rid of the first group.

  16. Re:replace Windoze with Linux on Why the NSA Can't Replace 90% of Its System Administrators · · Score: 1

    Windows servers do have more issues, but they are all the result of user abuse.

    All? I guess there's no point in installing all those updates then.

  17. Re:"same day" may take seven days on Amazon Angling For Same-Day Delivery Beyond Groceries · · Score: 1

    You should have packages delivered to your workplace.

  18. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "They" being Hollywood?

    What makes you think that modern day Scotland is particularly similar to Scotland in the 14th century, anyway?

  19. Re:I'll go ahead and say it on China Plans To Stop Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners · · Score: 1

    Murdering 29 people and wearing their skin as clothing is.

    What about murdering one person and burning his crocs?

  20. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was talking specifically about online btw - you only really see Americans acting like their country is the best, or that it used to be - or "should be" - the best for some reason.

    There's a big difference between "nationalist pride", and thinking your country is "the best". Scotland never wins any sports tournaments, and doesn't really have much of an appeal to those from other English speaking countries, outside of being a nice place for a holiday. Most Scots folk aren't really under any illusion as to what the rest of the world thinks of Scotland.

    I don't really hold that much store in nationalist pride anyway, it sounds far too much like being patriotic, which is just brainwashing at its finest.

  21. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about online though. I've been to Switzerland, and while people point out the good things about their country, I don't know if they'd say it was "the best". And to be fair, Switzerland is objectively a pretty awesome place by most metrics ;)

  22. Re:It was a myth on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The only people I ever see acting like their country is "the best" overall are Americans. A country can be "best" in certain areas, but I don't really see any one country as being "the best" overall. I was brought up in Scotland, and I think I'll continue to live here because 1) It's pretty and temperate, 2) Australia has too many deadly creepy crawlies, 3) the US is too smug.

  23. Re:Don't do it! on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    Pot is becoming legal in parts of the US. It's legal in some other countries. It just takes a while for a country to react to its people's wishes.

  24. Re:What would they store? on Memory Wars May Herald Mobile Devices With Terabytes of Capacity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You forgot offline music. Until network coverage is perfect, and data is almost free, offline playlists are one of the most basic things you need on a mobile device..

  25. Re:Do Away With This Disease? on Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality · · Score: 1

    Who is "we"? How do you know you're stopping suffering, rather than actually creating even more starvation due to more mouths to feed? There's a difference between a "sick attitude", being pragmatic, and making things worse because you're so scared of hitting that cute little animal that you then drive your car off the road and kill everyone in the vehicle.