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  1. Body Fat is to prevent starvation on Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The sole purpose of fat reservoirs is to extend the time of survival in times of malnutrition. On the contrary people who do "exercise" in pre-historic times (meaning to do what everyone had to do) and were not able to retain or even gain weight, are more likely going to die in times of need. So people who fall into that pre-historic ultimate winner group and who want to loose weight need to eat less, much less.

  2. With this chip Windows 8 will be ready to roll out on NCSU's Fingernail-Size Chip Can Hold 1TB · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know that's humour from the age of floppy disks and Zee-Dee-Roms.

  3. Re:How investment slows down... on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nicely said. That's their attitude, IMHO.

  4. In fact net neutrality forces companies to invest on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 1

    It's the exact opposite to what they claim. Net neutrality does not slow down investment in broadband networks, in fact massive QoS is the best tool to stall any investment in the infrastructure. If a network can work good enough at nearly 90-100% utilization thanks to QoS even if it means that for example non-HTTP traffic is slowed down to the brink of uselessness, then why invest in faster links? And if every Telco is allowed to do it, then every Telco will do it, leaving the customers no choices. Net neutrality is good for the competition, good for the market and good for the customers. It's a regulation to keep the market vivid and to weed out those companies that are unfit to compete.

  5. If you are behind 7 proxies. on Security / Privacy Advice? · · Score: 1

    The party van won't come to you.

  6. Quick! Get this man a deflector shield! on Garlic Farmer Wards Off High-Speed Internet · · Score: 1

    And make sure that EastLink won't find out its phase modulation frequency!

  7. Re:Would you give up your privacy to save some dou on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?" · · Score: 1

    I may be bound to be honest, but then who knows if I really am? No, I don't give away personal information on the web, not even anecdotes about my life. Do you?!?

  8. Would you give up your privacy to save some dough? on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?" · · Score: 1

    Are you stupid? NEVER!

  9. Am I living in a box on Prisoner Escapes Jail in Cardboard Box · · Score: 1

    Am I living in a cardboard box

  10. In Soviet Russia on Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day · · Score: 1

    Programmer's Day celebrates you!

  11. NRL invents new way of sea animal torture. on Navy Scientists Develop Laser For Underwater Communication · · Score: 1

    That's my first and only thought, really.

  12. Re:Reminds me of the old Star Trek arcade game on Re-Examining the Immersion Factor For First-Person Shooters · · Score: 1

    No, it's the people's habits that didn't change. But really their brains and eyes are capable of so much more. If your brain is accustomed to high FPS games, then you will know what I mean. That is if you get past the motion sickness. On the other hand, watching too many movies ruins your perception of reality, really. I wish TV and movies would have a minimum framerate of 60 progressive images. Stuff in the TV studios is produced in 30 Hz or less, btw, and not 60 Hz.

  13. Ads in Vista on Google a "Wake-Up Call" For Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's next is advertisements in Vista.

  14. My Home Computer is my Castle on Sun President Says PCs Are Relics · · Score: 1

    The last refuge of solitude (plug off the network cable) and privacy (if you want and particularly if you know how).