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  1. Re:Ha ha... on Google Glass Could Be the Virtual Dieting Pill of the Future · · Score: 1

    I would definitely be heading towards obese if I hadn't changed how I eat. My dad was always in good shape in his 20s, but got up to 266lbs during his 30s when he started studying Computer Science. He died in his early 40s. My brother got close to that weight too, but started changing his eating habits. One of my sisters is getting pretty fat. The other is no supermodel, but is a bit more careful. I was 189lbs before I realised I was getting out of shape.

    There are definitely different body types out there, but to get truly obese, you have to be eating serious amounts of crap food, and to keep eating it even after you notice that you're putting on weight.

  2. Re:Biogas? on Biogas To Power Experimental Microsoft Data Center · · Score: 1

    Google to the rescue!

    http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Bioga

    Bioga - the third spell on the Poison Magic Materia, after Bio and Bio 2. It takes 20,000 AP to master, costs 80 MP to cast, has a base spell power equal to 4.25x the base magic damage, and has a 72% chance of inflicting Poison

    I'm not sure how much base magic damage a nuclear power station does for example, but it sounds like you could definitely use a bunch of Biogas to power stuff.

  3. Re:Ha ha... on Google Glass Could Be the Virtual Dieting Pill of the Future · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't know about others, but I always decide what I'm going to eat beforehand. Then I always finish what's on my plate. Maybe a couple of times a year if I'm feeling ill or something, I will take a break and finish my food later.

    The last couple of nights I've had 14" stuffed crust plain pizza with extra meat toppings that I added myself. I'm 6'1" and 168lbs (185cm, 76kg). I get regular light to moderate exercise, and eat whatever I want. The key being that I don't want to eat sugary snacks and drinks. I actually find it hard to keep my weight on unless I eat a lot - whereas when I was eating donuts and drinking fizzy pop type drinks every day, I was slowly gaining weight.

  4. Re:There's a new secure OS called... on New Linux Rootkit Emerges · · Score: 0

    Moderately funny, but this is about servers. A more apt joke would be about Windows Server 2008 or 2012.

  5. Re:New CEO on Biogas To Power Experimental Microsoft Data Center · · Score: 2

    Microsoft claims this is the first time a biogas source â" specifically, a wastewater treatment facility â" will be integrated directly with a data center.

    They're definitely taking the piss this time.

  6. Re:Zombies on Pirate Party MEP Helps Draft New Credit Card Company Controls · · Score: 1

    And a feast of brains.

    After which there will be no more brains left to feast on. They'd be better off making sure that the humans have a sustainable supply of food and ammo.

    Then again it's not immortal zombies running these businesses, it's mortals. So they probably don't care what happens after the feast.

  7. Re:Saggy Bums? on Harvard Develops Drug-Filled, Injectable Sponge That Expands Inside the Body · · Score: 1

    As long as it results in square pants, I fully support your sponge bobbing.

  8. Re:I really hope... on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet it turns out that Mars is made of:

    Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Skimmed Milk Powder, Milk Fat, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Lactose, Demineralised Whey Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Soya Lecithin (E322), Salt, Egg White, Hydrolysed Milk Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavour

  9. Re:Missile Command on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 2

    Well, it would be a lot easier to write a program that plays perfectly than it is to play perfectly as a human. Though missing command is only 2D and you don't have to account for rockets travelling at hundreds of miles an hour and your own counter-measures being affected by wind and things like that.

    Now the other side needs to start using guided missiles that pretend like they're going to miss, but switch targets at the last second. Though those would obviously be a lot more expensive than simple unguided rockets.

  10. Re:Who gives a fuck? on Is Oprah Cheating On Her Microsoft Love? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's just a funny story. Chill. It's hilarious that even people being paid by MS to promote their products don't use them.

  11. Re:I'd opt-in - but it needs to be an opt-in on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 2

    Maybe he means more along these lines? Spotify is part owned by the big labels. Artists get a pittance from Spotify, but seeing as it's 1) one of the the few legal ways to listen to lots of music without paying much, and 2) very convenient, it's what I use.

  12. Re:Guild Wars 2 on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    Any RPG after you've played it a handful of times, is more of an obsessive compulsive disorder, rather than a game

    FTFY :p

  13. Re:Just in time on GIF Becomes Word of the Year 2012 · · Score: 2

    It is kind of annoying that they couldn't have settled on a better quality format..

  14. Re:You'd think with his money, he could... on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She looks okay to me, kinda cute. As long as someone is at least average in looks, their personality counts for a lot more in the end. There have been women that I don't consider that attractive, that start looking more attractive once I get to know them. Then there have been women who I initially find attractive, that just repulse me once I get to know them.

  15. Re:there was a time, on EU Working On Most Powerful Laser Ever Built · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was a time when the US didn't have such a nasty superiority complex. It didn't last that long though..

  16. Re:Eve's bared nipples on You Can't Say That On the Internet · · Score: 1

    ... *facepalm*

  17. Re:not hype/trends followers on It's Hard For Techies Over 40 To Stay Relevant, Says SAP Lab Director · · Score: 2

    they might know how to compare that the strings are equal

    Working with strings tends to be pretty language specific in some cases, but how could you consider someone a programmer if they don't know how to use "not", or "else"..? Which is technically all you need to be able to do rather than know a language-specific "not equals string" operator. There's a difference between being a programmer, and being very experienced with one language. A programmer should be able to use any language as long as they have a reference for the language specifics.

  18. Re:Technical Question on Google Wants To Be a Wireless Carrier · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't know the technical details, but even if voice is given priority (which is probably is), the rates they charge for texts have always been ludicrous, even compared to their data plans. So obviously they're just milking it for all they can get, rather than charging differently for technical reasons.

  19. Re:Shut up and take my money on Google Wants To Be a Wireless Carrier · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as it forces the other carriers to have a look at their rates, it's good. It probably won't affect me anytime soon seeing as I live in the UK (besides, my phone is a company phone anyway), but I'd like to see what kind of rates Google considers to be reasonable.

  20. Re:RAPEscan on House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On TSA's "Scanner Shuffle" · · Score: 2

    No no no, it's not "rape scan". That's horrible and serious sounding. It's clearly intended to be pronounced "rapey scan".

  21. Re:Safety First on High Security Animal Disease Lab Faces Uncertain Future · · Score: 1

    To clarify - the safest place to be is somewhere that nobody gives a shit about. NY is an obvious terrorist target, and the fact that some people consider it the most secure place in the US would be enough reason to attack it. It might be conventionally safe, but right now perhaps someone is planning some method of attack that was so crazy that nobody else has even considered it, as happened with 9/11.

  22. Re:Safety First on High Security Animal Disease Lab Faces Uncertain Future · · Score: 1

    Sounds like somebody is forgetting 9/11.

  23. Re:Do RTFA on Woz Worries Microsoft Is Now More Innovative Than Apple · · Score: 2

    Oh wait ... I see your point

    Whoah whoah whoah.. that's really harsh man.

    It did make me laugh I'll admit, but emacs and gcc are both pretty cool.

  24. Re:what about laptops on the ISS? on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 1

    Why would they be forced to Windows? Any time I've installed a Linux distro recently, it's at least asked if I want to encrypt my home folder.

  25. Re:Herp Derp... why wait so long?! on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 1

    data recovery is more expensive or more impossible. I get that. But you know? It's kind of worth it.

    That depends on what the data is and how valuable it is to competitors, etc. If you get so paranoid that you are literally chaining PCs to desks and encrypting them, do you also disable or physically incapacitate USB ports, make sure that nobody is sending out files via email, FTP, etc, etc? Or are you doing this more to protect from opportunist thieves?