And that Lot! Gets it on with his daughters, has some kids with them, and his wife was conveniently nuked beforehand to enable him to bump uglies wit 'em. What a character!

I've used Lubuntu on some repurposed netbooks it has LXDE desktop. Pretty clean. http://lubuntu.net/ Otherwise Mint with Xfce is nice : http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2...

Suck to be you man - you are definitely doing something wrong, and blaming it on Ubuntu.

I've never ever had a Linux machine fail to reboot after an update. And I've been running systemd since it came out because I needed pulse audio, which despite some early problems, is now rather nice for my needs.

It's also a great dessert topping.

Systemd haters are becoming computing's version of the Mesothelioma lawsuit commercials on TV, and seriously, you need to get back to getting those fucking kids off your lawn. Or maybe bitching about them taking lead out of gasoline.

Don't like it? Don't use it. If you do not understand that by now, why would anyone pay attention to your stupid rants about it? Go to distrowatch, find a systemd version that is acceptable, visit the associated site, download and install a Linux version you like, there are over 200 distros there, or if you are really concerned that nothing bad gets on your computer, roll your own Linux distro. If you actually know Linux, it's not hard.

Your doctor called - You're booked for next Tuesday for your Cataract Surgery.

Seriously though, Mt better half used to have the same opinion you do, and yes, on her next visit to th optometrist, they told her she'd be having cataract surgery soon. Now? She very well knows the difference between the formats. As in "Oh wow" 480 to 720p, an "Geeze wow" 720p to1080p.

There are more bullshit myths about HDTV ever since the days when the get off my lawn crowd were telling us that you couldn't see the difference between HDTV and NTSC.

Actually, Genesis would be a good start.

Yes indeed - and glad you supplied that caveat. A good balance of Fruits, veggies and protein (AKA meat) is what makes for a healty diet. Venture too far in one direction or another, and you are likely to develop problems.

I know really, massively healthy men that can pick up over 500 pounds that use calorie bombs at McDonalds to replenish carbs (trust me, it's hard to eat your cals when you need 4500 or more, these are athletes remember).

I remember the days when I played 3-4 Ice hockey games a week. I could eat whatever I liked. Scaling back, and the calorie needs collapse. Sad to say, the appetite does not always follow.

Genetics.

Seriously, today, we see some 105 year old celebrating a birthday, and we think that if only we do everything right, we will live to be at least that old.

Or exercise, or whatever. Somehow, some way, all we have to do is hit on the right combination, and it's "sorry death, you lose."

When in fact its all just wishful thinking. No matter what you do, what you eat, no one gets out of here alive. And genetics has a huge amount more relevance to your lifespan than any organic or vegan delights you pass down your alimentary canal.

And if we do manage to stave off death for a few years, mother nature has other surprises for us - like dementia. Personally, I would trade off 15 years of life to avoid that fate.

And grifters like that woman just prey on the poor suckers.

Problem is, a fair amount of that "herbal crap" does actually work. Even some things called holistic actuall work - although it is stuff that isn't actually holistic.

Take Arnica Montana for instance. It's called "Holistic" but it's actually a rather concentrated medicine that is made by soaking the flowers in alcohol for a week or so, and the results do indeed act as a pain reliever. Monkshood is a rather powerful analgesic which was used until safer alternatives were derived. It's problem is that the theraputic dose isn't all that far from a toxic dose. St Johns wort, and Valerian root are also effective.

There is a whole list of herbal drugs - and sometimes the mainstream pharmiceuticals are based on them. Now that being said, there are some that are ineffective, and a few frauds that have become incorporated into the herbal pharmacy. But that doesn't change the fact that there are effective drugs that are not made by "big Pharma"

The problem is that we are so indoctrinated with the idea that our diseases are somehow "our fault" makes for a powerful blockage of any skepticism that might be shown. Its a powerful part of human nature, whch spans from Eating "right" to retribution by god for supposed sins.

Fact checking for this sort of thing? Ain't gonna happen.

And there you have it. No True Scotsman meets cancer blamer.

All of these insane ideas, end up having at their very core, the concept of your disease is somehow your fault. Get XXX disease? That's because you weren't a vegan, or you ate too much thisorthat.

It gets really weird, because we end up doing things like avoiding all sun exposure, and people frantically thinking they are going to get melanoma and die because they got a little sun, and their skin turned pink for a day.

And the results? Vitamin D deficiency. When I was a child, we got a lot of outdoor time. Coupled with Vitamin D milk, we were covered. I remember even admonitions against taking supplements, because you might get too much D. Now? D deficiency is becoming almost universal.

Folks, we don't live forever, we have a lot of different things that take us out, and problems based on what we eat are our fault much less often than the blamers would have us believe.