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Forthcoming Xbox 360 update locks out 'unauthorized' memory units {Engadget}
Oct 19th 2009 1:18PM What is Microsoft going to do next? Make everyting propriatory, hike the prices, or even make a licencing scheme where you have to pay per month to use their storage device?
They had a history of monopolizing the market. I still remember the anti-trust suit against Microsoft before on their windows operating system.
I tell you one thing: Making a firmware that doesn't allow you to use third party storage devices for the system is not only unfair, it's anti competitive. It's just another one of those thing that the greedy big corporate giants can do to rip customers off and force them to buy only their gadgets to work on their systems.
Ultra-fat diet may have medical benefits {Slashfood}
May 26th 2006 9:00PM I believe that this ultra fat diet may be a buzz word, and with some "improved" functions.
However, You, baby. 90 percent fat is just too "ultra" high. If I had to put on a theoriputic ultra fat diet, I would perscribe something like: 70 percent fat, 15 percent protein, and 15 percent vegtable carbohydrates. You have to balance your fats. Saturated fats in moderation is not all that bad for you, as butter does contain A and D vitamins. Yes, you need steric acid for proper vitamin D absorption and bone maintanence. Yes, you need lauric, capyric, capric, and caproic acids for anti-inflamitory purposes. And I say this: DON'T USE HYDRONATED OR PARTIONALLY HYDRONATED OILS OR VEGTABLE SHORTENING, PERIOD! If you are on a fat theorpy, use organic butter from grass-fed animals, and use organic, extra virgin coconut oil, west african palm oil, and olive oil. Take fish oil and cod liver oil suppliments (I prefer cod liver oil). Don't use margarine (especially stick margarines), non-organic butters, canola oil, cottenseed oils, soybean (vegtable) oil, or sunflower/safflower oils. These oils, even though they may be expeller presed, may contain eruric acid and even small amounts is heart leasions waiting to happen. Actually, most animal fats is not as saturated as you think. Lard is about 45 to 50 percent saturated. Trans fats naturally occuring in animals is actually the good trans fats, as these trans fats are actually conjugated linoleic acids, which help you convert fat into muscle, and may lower Lp cholesterol (That's right, the LDL cholesterol is not the enemy, in fact, LDL cholesterol is the molecue that delivers nutrients to the body, and helps fight atherosclerosis, not cause it. Make sure you eat some vegtables for vitamin C, which is nature's statin.
Stem cells efficient in their uses {The Cancer Blog}
Dec 11th 2005 11:44PM I'm a catholic, and the use of embryos should be shifted towards other means of stem cells. Recently, several new lines of stem cells are being developed and tested, which is a good thing. I do encurage the support for non-embryonic stem cell reserch, as umbilical, germ-line, and adult stem cells are being more studied, and there are ways that these cells can be reversed to pure stem cells, much like stem cells taken from embryos, and they can be just as effective. Let's face it. Although I am against embryonic stem-cell reserch, it's going to go on, whether I like it or not. Hopefully, scientists can bridge the embryonic stem cell to the new umbilical chord and germ-line stem cell. Anyways, I think that a cure for Diabetes, both type I and II is not that far off. Allready, scientists used stem cells and used them to create protected islet cells that produce insulin yet can't be attacked by the immune system, which cured type I diabetics. Now, for type II diabetics, a new drug is being delivered and it blocks the uric acid from entering the blood stream that's belived to have caused resistance to red blood cells. These cells than showed more insulin sensibility. Furthermore, stem cells can be used to repair the fatty liver and the pancreas (if necessary, if the pancreas has been effected by the type II diabetes disease). Now, as far as diabetic complications goes, stem cells has the ability to repair limbs damaged from diabetic neuroperty by reconnecting the nerve tissue to relieve the stinging, numbness, and tingling and heal up the uclers on the feet. Diabetic retinopathy can be corrected by blood and retinal stem cells and bone-marrow can grow new blood vessals in the eye ball. Unlike these abnormal blood vessils that the body grows, new blood vessals grown from stem cells are normal and will not bleed, while it replaces the damaged vessils. Stem cells may also treat all other complications by repairing tissue.
Mandatory Managed Copy confirmed in as a part of Blu-ray? {Engadget HD}
Oct 24th 2005 11:33PM Managed copying is important. Personal copying is very important. With the Blu-ray finally in talks of Managed Copy, consumers can copy it to the computer and put the disk safely on the shelf. I think that the ability to make personal copies of the movies not only is fair use of copyrighted works, it's very important for the consumers, it will benefit the media industry, the tech industry, and being able to make it compatible with ALL portable electronic devices will drive more competition in more layers, allowing faster innovation and new ideas. It's time for the industry to know that there are right ways to make copies. Making a copy on to the PC and editing the movies so that I can copy a clip off to insert it personally into "another" content, making a copy to put on my iPod player to listen on the go, and such and such. And people say that DRM that stifles piracy while still allowing consumer freedom can't be done...It CAN be done. All they have to do is to think about technology, programming, and writable chips that consumers can't alter. Assigned electronics can allow consumer IDs, and thus, DRM should be by consumer, not by restrictions. When I purchase content, I should do anything I want, as long as I don't give it away.
