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Comment Re:More allergenic? (Score 5, Interesting) 760

Diet makes a big difference in how meat tastes too. My family hunts and depending on the available food sources in an area the deer will taste different. People who often find deer taste very "gamey" should try changing the area they hunt in, this is often a result of the diet. Taking deer in an area with abundant sources of alfalfa and beech nuts will usually result in very good meat.
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California County Bans SmartMeter Installations 494

kiwimate writes "Marin County in California has passed an ordinance (PDF) banning the installation of smart meters in unincorporated Marin. Among the reasons given are privacy concerns associated with measuring energy usage data moment by moment and the potential for adverse impact on emergency communication systems used by first responders and amateur radio operators. The ordinance also comments that 'the SmartMeters program ... could well actually increase total electricity consumption and therefore the carbon footprint,' citing 'some engineers and energy conservation experts.'" The ordinance also mentions "significant health questions" raised about "increased electromagnetic frequently radiation (EMF) emitted by the wireless technology in SmartMeters."

Comment Re:Definition, please (Score 1) 525

Had you spent a second trying to figure things out before lambasting the writer you would have realized that TFS links into a post which is a continuation of an issue he introduced in a previous post. He is writing this post expecting that you've read the previous one, notice that the first sentence he writes mentions that he introduced the subject in a prior post and provides a link to it.

Comment Re:I have to deal with this all the time.... (Score 1) 945

My personal view is that it should be an absolute percentage. Everyone feels the same pinch and it does scale with income. What I disagree with is that percentage rising the more you make. How is raising the percentage of your money taken the more money you make seen as "fair"? If the poor cannot afford to pay that percentage and have enough left to live on that is certainly a problem but I don't think the current "solution" is ideal.

Comment Re:You could just do what I do (Score 1) 277

> ...what can realistically be memorized by the average person ...

And there is the real flaw: not the use of passwords, but the silly notion that average people should memorize them. WRITE THE DAMN THINGS DOWN!

Write them down, then what? It needs to be secure, you don't want someone else getting their hands on your password. It needs to be accessible, you may want to access that site on the go.

Beyond that, for the average user convenience will kill that idea quite quickly. After a few times of "I lost the damn paper" or "I left it in my other pants" etc... they will decide it's simply too much of a hassle and go back to their familiar memorized passwords.

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