If you read the article you will notice that they specifically state that HFCS is no better or worse than table sugar, and that they both get processed by your body in the same way. The difference between HFCS, white and brown table sugar (sucrose) is marginal and irrelevant.

The question is not just how impressive it is that it held up as well as it did. The question of what the worst cast scenario is when it does fail (considering you cant predict all possible failure modes) deserves significant weight in the debate.

Assuming a natural gas plant was hit by the same conditions, and all of it's safety systems failed and exploded in a horrible disaster, the worst case scenerio isn't that bad. Clearly even though nuclear power plants could have much "safer" designs than other plants, their worst case scenarios are *orders of magnitude* worse.

Why would they need to be a bank to be sued?

You're crazy.

And... there is an application that doesn't require your phone number.

... so then don't use this option. It is an option after all.

... the code changes every time you login. Memorizing it will do you no good. That is, in fact, the point. To compromise the second factor, you need to have the phone.

I think you misunderstand. First: It's optional. You have to specifically decided to use it. Second: You will not need to remember anything. It is generated by your phone each time you need it. Third, If you decide to use it, but don't want to use it every time, you can have it set to be required every X number of days.

NPR's Planet Money: "How Fake Money Saved Brazil"

How is that different from gold?

The deflation of BTC as it appreciates does seem to be a significant problem. It will really encourage people to hang on to the currency instead of spend it. Why would I buy a pound of coffee this week for 3BTC if I could buy one next week for 2BTC. I've not seen anyone address this.

Yes, but that is actually built into the idea of the system. For that reason bitcoins are divisible up to 8 decimal places. As the value goes up, you end up working with smaller divisions of the currency's base unit, just as with inflation you end up using higer multiples of the base currency. It cost 200USD in todays currency to buy what you might for 10USD in 1900. Effectively if the entire planet was using BTC we'd all be paying for things in nano BTC, no problem.

Oh, so that's the difference between light and other parts of the EM spectrum. Here I always thought it was just wave length...

I'm glad that science reporter was there to help educate the public. >:/