That link is garbage. A study in the Netherlands that only simulated 3 certain types of illness from age 20+. It was a simulation that "scientists" with a predetermined theory put data found by them into a program with parameters designed by them and got a solution that they already assumed.

it also doesn't include market values of healthy people. Healthy people are simply more productive on average than obese people. (Please don't argue the exception for desk jobs. It's a statement on the mean value of healthy people.)

The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago.

If they know the region where it roamed, does that mean this isn't the first of it's species discovered? Is there other evidence of this specific species in other areas? Are they just assuming and then stating as fact? I read the article, and it suggests the later.

Why is it my mod point expire right before I find a good comment with useful links?

Time to cover my car in advertising bumper stickers and effectively make it invisible!

You should at least mention who the artist is in parenthesis. Not everyone has heard of that annoying song. (I didn't until i clicked it.) It's just common courtesy and an unwritten rule, but you know the rules, and so do I.

I can do the same. But it's probably because all my electronic devices have LEDs telling me that they're _almost_ off.

Even if they want to sell you stuff you can actually use? I'd rather get fed ads for products I'd buy than ads for products I have no interest in at all.

"And to the republic, for which it stands."

I'll just leave this here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE

Us nerds have already moved on to Rock-Paper-Scissors-Spock-Lizard a long time ago.
Been there, done that, got the shirt.

Actually, as a military police officer, we have a saying shared by other police agencies, "Fruit of the poisonous tree". if the means in which the evidence is obtained is illegal, then the evidence cannot be used. The 4th Amendment protects every citizen, not just suspects. In fact, only suspects can be searched. Either by a warrant or a good faith search.

Why not label it as a movie with "bonus features". All you need is a few quicktime events or a cutscene and you're good. Most bluerays have minigames in them now days.

Exactly. Back then you had to type what you wanted to do. Now days people just use the action cursor and spam it all over the screen until the solution is automatically given to you.

It's replaced the user intent (push, pull, climb, take, move, play, turn, lift, pick, pry, catch, jump, eat, steal, drink, etc) with *ACTION CLICK*

Where did I put that instruction booklet so that I can get the proper ingredients for the spells and not turn myself into a something.

Where's the parental oversight? He kid could just as easily be making calls to Cambodia and frequenting 1-900 numbers. If they're old enough to make virtual transactions it's a good time to start teaching them about personal finance. If a parent signs a contract with a company and then hands the device that's signed for to his child, the parent is STILL ultimately responsible.

Buying smurfberries with someone else's money after you run out is very common in real life. It's called "raising taxes to fill a budget gap".

Doesn't ketchup contain onions, celery, and other veggies? At least the brands I use do... Maybe you're thinking of the cheap kind with chemical stabilizers.

Don't get me started on how politicians reclassified tomatoes from fruit to vegetables so they could tax is higher.