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Comment Re:Adopting the proposed protocol? (Score 1) 201

Insightful comment, but maybe by first installing a 'private' (or 'commercial') P2P network these conglomerates feel entitled to push for stronger restrictions on public P2P networks since there should be no need anymore for them (since all legal free download will still be available, but controlled).

Their logic may go like this
1) getting scr**ed by public P2P
2) establish several private P2P
3) go to congress with argument that there is no more need for public P2P
4) public (uncontrolled) P2P becomes illegal
5) profit !!!

There is no need for the ????

Comment Re:Cuba? (Score 1) 1270

If Cuba's helathcare is a failure the let's compare Cuba to the US.
According to the World Health Organization (see http://www.who.int/countries ) the results are:

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years):
Cuba: 76/80
US: 75/80

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003):
Cuba: 67/70
US: 67/71

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births):
Cuba: 7
US: 8

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population):
Cuba: 127/82
US: 137/80

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2005):
Cuba: 333
US: 6,347

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005):
Cuba: 7.6
US: 15.2

Reach your own conclusions.
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I've been making a very conscious effort since I moved to BC back in 2005 to make my home more energy efficient. To start, I should note that I have things comparatively easy -- Gigi and I are living in a one bedroom apartment. However, as we're on the ground floor, with no balcony, and with a balcony directly above the living room window, with a ~3m cliff wall only about 4m away from and parallel to the windows, we get virtually no direct sunlight, thus artificial lighting is pretty much a

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Submission + - The Science of Sexual Desire

Dekortage writes: "What turns you on? In Seeking the Keys to Sexual Desire, the New York Times reports about several researchers studying these questions from psychological and biochemical perspectives — with some unexpected results. "By reordering the sexual timeline and placing desire after arousal, rather than vice versa, the new research fits into the pattern that neurobiologists have lately observed for other areas of life. Before we are conscious of wanting to do anything — wave at a friend, open a book — the brain regions needed to perform the activity are already ablaze.""

Feed Fascinating Spider Silk (sciencedaily.com)

Spider silk would be an ideal material for a large variety of medical and technical applications, and researchers are thus interested in learning the spiders' secrets and imitating their technique. Scientists report that the interaction between hydrophilic and lipophilic properties of the silk proteins plays an important role in the spinning process.

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