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Comment Re:HFC (Score 1) 542

Actually he was pretty much correct. Fructose is broken down in the liver to DHAP and GAP. They are both part of the glycolysis pathway and are the same intermediates that can come from glucose. At that point the fructose has become equivalent to glucose. The pathway either leads to pyruvate (post-prandially) or glucose (fasting state). The catch with fructose comes from the initial conversion in the liver. It's relatively slow and ties up phosphate. That's why people with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance get so sick when they ingest fructose, the conversion is even slower and their phosphate levels drop way too low.

Comment Re:Only one question... (Score 1) 262

Just to add a better source with more data: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1126812

If you look at the article you can see that in one years time (2Q 08 - 2Q 09) Apple went from 2.8% to 13.3%, almost a 500% increase. On the other hand, Nokia went down from 47.4% to 45%, a 5% decrease in market share. I am by no means a fan of Apple, but you should really check your info before posting it just makes you look bad. In the long run I really think Android will overtake both of them by sheer number and functionality.

Comment Re:Only one question... (Score 1) 262

According to this article: http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2009/08/13/apple-share-of-smartphone-market-increases-to-133-with-iphone-3gs-introduction/ iPhone has a 13.3% market share compared to Nokia's 45%. I'd say having about 1/3rd of the market size of Nokia when they have been in the mobile phone business for about 1/10th the amount of time is impressive. Also, it doesn't bode well for Nokia's future.

Comment Re:Only one question... (Score 1) 262

This isn't true at all. The CDMA Hero from Sprint has can NOT switch to GSM and the European GSM Hero can NOT switch to CDMA. If you flash the wrong radio onto the device it will completely brick it. This is the only way that I know of to completely ruin your Hero. I also have no idea why you are talking about the Hero and T-Mo since Sprint and Verizon are the only providers with Hero (Eris) hardware.

Comment Re:Adult Stem Cells FTW ! (Score 1) 147

Your kidding right? The tumor formation doesn't happen because the cells are from a different person. The tumors form because by definition stem cells can replicate in a unlimited fashion and sometimes that go out of control and becomes cancer. This is most certainly the case with adult somatic cells that are induced into pluripotent stem cells. You can even argue it is more likely for induced cells to cause tumors because the artificial steps we take to make them stem cells are not completely understood and are in no way perfect. The embryonic stems cells need less manipulation to perform their function because they are naturally primed to do the job and therefore less likely to go out of control.

Censorship

Submission + - Phoenix sheriff arrests newspaper reporters. (phoenixnewtimes.com)

SnotBob writes: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-10-18/news/breathtaking-abuse-of-the-constitution/1

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1019newtimes1019.html

From the AZCentral.com story:

Phoenix New Times owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested Thursday night by Maricopa County sheriff's deputies on charges of revealing grand jury information, a misdemeanor.

The charges stem from a story published under their byline in the Thursday edition of New Times, in which they describe a subpoena the paper reportedly received from a grand jury convened by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

The alternative weekly newspaper, in its cover story, said the subpoena was part of an investigation orchestrated to get back at its reporters and the critical stories they wrote of County Attorney Andrew Thomas' political ally Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The scope of the subpoena is unusually broad: It not only demands information from the reporters but also information about all the online readers of the publication since Jan. 1, 2004, including their Internet domain names and browsers and what other Web sites they visited before reading New Times.

Media

Submission + - Radiohead Made $6-$10 Million on Album (wired.com)

mytrip writes: "Thom Yorke's representative told me that the band have "decided not to give out any figures" for sales of Radiohead's In Rainbows album, but that isn't stopping people from making their best guesses based on what little information is available.

The Seminal estimates that Radiohead sold about $10 million-worth of albums as of 10/12, assuming that their source was correct that approximately 1.2 million people downloaded the album from the site, and that the average price paid per album was $8 (we heard that number too, but also heard that a later, more accurate average was $5, which would result in $6 million in revenue instead)."

Privacy

Submission + - Hacker builds tracking system for Tor pedophiles

Anonymouse writes: Hacker HD Moore has devised a series of "countermeasures" for pedophiles using public Tor servers to search for and download child pornography. Moore's system, which will be released as an open source project, uses patched Tor servers and a decloaking engine to pinpoint the exact location of a pedophile within an organization or residence. From the article: "At this point, my server is able to determine the internal address of the user, the external address from which they access the internet, and the ISP they use to provide DNS resolution, as well as the IP address they come from through the TOR network. This information, along with the unique tracking ID, allows me to identify a specific workstation within an organization or residence."
The Courts

Submission + - Developments in the Julie Amero case

Arrogant-Bastard writes: Julie Amero has a new attorney who is requesting a postponement of sentencing. Steve Bass of PC World has summarized the case. There are at least two blogs covering this: State v. Amero and Julie Amero. The latter is run by Julie's husband, Wes Volle, and is accepting donations to help with her defense. Please spread the word, and please contribute: this woman is facing 40 years in prison over pop-ups.

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