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Comment: It's the software (Score 1) 293

by BoxedFlame (#33660580) Attached to: Australian Schools Go iPad-Crazy

Nice to know that the Australian government is wealthy enough to afford overpriced hardware and makes its purchasing decisions based on marketing and not, say, system specifications.

I had a friend who derided my decision to buy an iPhone because it was, according to him, way overpriced for the specs. He bought some phone that had better specs than the iPhone but then was forced to run windows mobile on it which he hated. Oh he could install android on it, but then the phone was unable to _make phonecalls_.

Hardware specs are worth absolutely nothing without good software.

Comment: What is the definition of the G-spot anyway? (Score 1) 392

by BoxedFlame (#30645392) Attached to: New Research Suggests G-Spot Doesn't Exist

If it's just "some area inside the vagina that is more sensitive than the rest" then just by the uneven expression of genes is almost HAS to exist. If you define it as "some area inside _all_ vaginas that will _always_ produce an orgasm is stimulated" then by definition it does not exist.

But of course, this is probably just the normal case of media misrepresenting the findings.

Comment: You've got it wrong in many ways (Score 1) 595

by BoxedFlame (#30634660) Attached to: How Norway Fought Staph Infections

The things that have cut down deaths by diseases since the middle ages are, in order of effectiveness:
1. clean drinking water
2. the water closet
3. hygiene in the form of washing with soap primarily
4. antibiotics
5. everything else

Antibiotics are the _last_ defense, not the first. I have never taken antibiotics in my entire life and that's not at all rare for men in their 30s here in Sweden. In fact, almost all of the antibiotics I know my friends and family have been prescribed have been for post-op or urinary tract infection which still calls for antibiotics it seems (women seem buggy in this respect :P ). It is also illegal to use low level doses of antibiotics when raising cattle, chicken, etc.

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