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  1. Re:Always the same thing on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 1

    I can double blind a migraine from aspartame for you all day long, if you like.

  2. Re:Aspartame got an unfair bad reputation on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 2

    Many of the studies calling aspartame "safe" used MSG in the "placebo". MSG is well-known to cause the same migraines as aspartame in the same class of people. Because of this, all of the effects were classified as "false positives" because nearly the same percentage had problems with the placebo.

    Who puts MSG (a substance well-known for causing migraines in many people) in a placebo? That's shady as hell.

  3. Re:Aspartame got an unfair bad reputation on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 1

    And the head of the FDA immediately got a cushy job at Monsanto after approval. What could possibly be wrong with it? Of COURSE it's safe.

  4. Re:Aspartame not harmful? on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 1

    Myself as well. There is no comparison between a mild caffeine headache and the splitting migraine associated with Aspartame.

    Of course it's more than the FDA said, the head of the FDA at the time of approval immediately quit and got a cushy job at Monsanto immediately afterward.

    Read away: https://www.google.com/search?q=fda+head+aspartame+monsanto&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

  5. Re:FTFY on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 1

    True, but allergies require a substance to actually be a food (a substance that most people's body can process, but yours can't). Aspartame is NOT a food. Nobody's body can process Aspartame. It's the equivalent of drinking small amounts of formaldehyde, antifreeze or motor oil in order to get a taste you like.

  6. Re:Won't be drinking it on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 1

    Actually, there is evidence that Aspartame contributes to Non-Alchoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

  7. Re:Won't be drinking it on Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame · · Score: 2

    At least for me, Aspartame gives me really bad migraines. Actually, it does it to my wife and daughters as well. And there are studies that show that it may be related to the rise in Alzheimer's.

    The company paying for all those studies saying that it's safe is Monsanto, who doesn't have the best track record for being honest about what all their chemicals are doing (see honeybee hive death, different proteins in GMO wheat, pesticides, etc.)

  8. Re:This never works on Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Was this hack always an inevitability? Perhaps not. Fail0verflow claims it only started to work on the PS3 system when Sony made the decision to disable the machine's Other OS functionality."

    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/jan/07/playstation-3-hack-ps3

    It takes a long time when nobody's trying. As soon as Sony removed OtherOS, it only took a few weeks.

  9. Re:Not going to work. on Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs · · Score: 2

    Compressed HD video is currently decoded by hardware on your graphics card. Especially on your phone, which isn't powerful enough otherwise.

  10. Re:This never works on Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs · · Score: 1

    6 months.

  11. Re:Strange response on Groupon Refuses To Pay Security Expert Who Found Serious XSS Site Bugs · · Score: 1

    You may not like it (maybe none of us do), but ask Sony how suing GeoHot worked out for them...

  12. Re:Nightmare scenario on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    I remember the Acer netbook had a metal housing so the WiFi didn't work almost at all. I bought an Asus instead. I'm still running it (7 years later) as a low power server.

  13. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it's a laptop, so those specs are pretty darn impressive.

  14. Re:"Full responsibilty?" on Drone Killed Hostages From U.S. and Italy, Drawing Obama Apology · · Score: 1

    For the American president? Yes. Much worse.

  15. Re:Pirating: it's the better product. on iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users · · Score: 1

    No. I'm sure that nobody ever got anything that wasn't a perfect copy of the show from the Pirate Bay. They never got viruses, malware, fakes or any other bad thing. Only perfect episodes every single time.

  16. Re:I call bullshit on anything from Forbes on New Javascript Attack Lets Websites Spy On the CPU's Cache · · Score: 1

    People have already stolen bitcoin keys with a similar attack, so encryption keys are a definite possibility.

  17. Re:all they have to do is lure them to a webpage on New Javascript Attack Lets Websites Spy On the CPU's Cache · · Score: 2

    People have stolen bitcoin keys with a similar attack in the past. Bitcoin keys are just another form of encryption key. There are serious risks here.

  18. Re:IPv6 and Rust: overhyped and unwanted! on Why the Journey To IPv6 Is Still the Road Less Traveled · · Score: 1

    C# and Java also solve the leaky memory problem and are much more popular.

  19. Re: I'm ready....My ISP isn't. on Why the Journey To IPv6 Is Still the Road Less Traveled · · Score: 1

    I had the same thing on Time Warner. I thought it was part of their dispute, but disabling IPv6 did the trick. Seems to work now, though.

  20. Re:It all depends on the workload... on New PCIe SSDs Load Games, Apps As Fast As Old SATA Drives · · Score: 1

    Random IO (where these are much faster) is not that big of an issue for most games.

    Then you would expect it not to come in last place on a Windows boot, but it did.

  21. Re:Most-loved or Most-infatuated? on Swift Tops List of Most-Loved Languages and Tech · · Score: 1

    Jesus said, "Those who have been saved from much, love much." IMO, this is more an indictment of the years of suffering in Objective C than anything else.

  22. Re:Why the hate for VB on Swift Tops List of Most-Loved Languages and Tech · · Score: 1

    Other than working with interfaces, where C# will build a framework for you and VB will not, I really see very little difference to account for the hatred. In fact, the string functions in VB are actually preferable.

  23. Re:Glad I use ASUS now on D-Link Apologizes For Router Security · · Score: 1

    And again, turn off any feature that you don't need. Especially things like public FTP, configuration from the internet, VPN, WPS setup, etc.

  24. Re:Glad I use ASUS now on D-Link Apologizes For Router Security · · Score: 1

    I had no issues with Asus except my hard drive (which I was using for file sharing and UPnP) dying. Also, all access to that USB-attached drive was slow and would slow down the router, meaning that any attempt to access a large number of files (such as an in-place backup) would slow everything to a crawl. I recently moved my drive to use an old netbook as a server (14W) and it's much better now.

  25. Re:DIR 868L on D-Link Apologizes For Router Security · · Score: 1

    I used to get 100 Mbps on SpeedTest.net, but the most I've ever seen in the real world is 40 Mbps. I've never seen more from anyone, no matter what. So I recently reduced my internet speed to 50 Mbps and saved $30/month. Why pay for "ludicrous speed" when no company can actually give it to you?