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Comment Re:Not a surprise, but is it just one ingredient? (Score 2) 422

No, Im someone who bothered to look it up before loosing my marbles.

Sucrose is glucose+fructose joined by a single bond, which is cleaved by sucrase into its constituent sugars.
HFCS is a mix (roughly 50-50, depending on which variety of HFCS you get) of fructose and sucrose.

One of those varieties has some 3% "other" (could be other types of sugar, not sure). But generally, if you were to say that HFCS and Sucrose are processed 97% the same in your body, you would be correct. The only real difference is the sucrase step. Is speaking verifiable chemistry fact now the sign of shilling?

Comment Re:May I suggest (Score 1) 334

Unless the car is a perfect insulator, the ambient temperature IS relevant, and even in summer the temperature at the poles will be quite low.

In fact, according to this site, Washington DC at noon on the winter solstice will get the more solar radiation per square foot than the north pole at the height of its summer (~750W/sq. m at the poles vs ~825 W/sq. m at 40 degrees north)

It doesnt really matter how long you leave it in the car if your ambient temperatures are sub zero and you get practically no solar radiation.

Comment Re:May I suggest (Score 1) 334

What has the latitude to do with that? Even at the north pole during 'polar day' it easy gets over 100 degrees C inside of a car.

The temperature the inside of the car can achieve is going to depend on a few factors:
  * How insulating the car is
  * How much energy is being recieved
  * The ambient temperature

Polar latitudes are going to have a low insolation and and a low ambient temperature, which will massively lower how hot the car can get.

Comment Re:Not a surprise, but is it just one ingredient? (Score 1) 422

Sure - is it that, or the HFCS, or the sugar generally, or the carbonic acid, or something in the caramel coloring?

1) Caramel coloring is generally not required to be specially labelled (can be listed as "artificial coloring") because its literally caramelized carbohydrates.
2) HFCS and sucrose are basically indistinguishable other than trace additives once your body metabolizes them; the sucrose becomes a mix of fructose and glucose.

Comment Re:You'll give them the password (Score 1) 220

1) Dont be guilty.
2) Tell them to get a warrant
3) Profit.

For the record they need a warrant to get an image to crack, and its generally not feasible to do.

They just inflate the original sentence to a much worse sentence,

I get the record that only like 3 people on slashdot actually understands how the justice system works. You do know that the prosecution doesnt get to decide your sentence, regardless of what they tell you, right? You do know theyre not obligated to be your buddy, right?

Trite remarks are good for getting +5 mods, but dont be deceived-- theres nothing informative about your post.

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