Comment: Re:Or the other way around: GET A LICENSE (Score 1) 515
Best place to start as he has a background in Molecular Biology.
http://robbwolf.com/
Comment: Re:What are his qualifications? (Score 1) 515
And you have a guy who makes a website, explicitly says - I am not certified nor a doctor but this is what worked for me and a fuckton of other people - and he gets in trouble.
I think California has similar laws about not being able to make "food plans" for people unless you're certified... so if that is what he was doing... I guess he should be punished - but it's disheartening. I have to wonder, though - Would he get in trouble if he were spreading the ADA misinformation they preach?
If not... then he needs to be let off the hook.
Comment: And so what if he WAS Certified? (Score 0) 515
The number one complaint I see is from people who love the Paleo life style and have seen many people succeed with it - from just weight loss to getting a handle on symptoms of autoimmune diseases - yet have to go through years of "misinformation" when becoming a dietician or nutritionist.
So what do they do? they go through the motions of learning about how great whole grains (and high carb) are for you only to cast the information aside and preach their own Paleo beliefs. There are many blogs regarding the same topic. I haven't really scoured his website to see how his is any different... it doesn't seem to be. Maybe he's just the only one without a disregarded nutritionist cert.
I think the real question is why do we put so much faith in the government created food pyramid and ADA? In seems more like a profit machine - keeping people sick.
Maybe this is more of a rant because i'm an avid supporter of the Paleo life style... but I find it disgusting that people are tossing around the word "fraud." Nutrition in America is broken - and this is NOT the man doing the harm.
Comment: 2 years for a Master's degree, or 2 years working? (Score 1) 330
Now, if I want to switch companies... okay... I may be in trouble?
Comment: Re:Audio Pipeline API!! (Score 2, Funny) 188
Comment: Re:Creator and Overseer of Android Responds (Score 3, Informative) 864
My principle complaint of the Android devices when I had one was that a simple OS update meant reinstalling all of my apps! Why in the world would someone allow that to be shipped?
Were you an early adopter? I did not need to do this on my HTC Incredible when moving from 2.0 to 2.2 (froyo). Of course, I did have to wait for HTC to release it.
My roommate went the other approach and installed it himself. Not sure what he ran into...
Comment: Re:What Android needs... (Score 2, Interesting) 299
What's interesting is that if an Android app doesn't have permission an exception is raised, but you're taught to make sure to add the permission flag instead of catching the exception. (Which makes sense, because as it stands right now, if you don't set the flag you'll -never- get the permission). But if they had told you to catch the exceptions, applications would be ready for user-flippable permissions.
Exactly. Take Camera.open for instance. According to the javadocs...
Throws
RuntimeException if connection to the camera service fails (for example, if the camera is in use by another process).
What about a permission exception?!?!
No - instead they say - "If you want to use the camera, include this catch all crap!"
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" / >
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" / >
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" / >
That's been my biggest pet peeve so far in developing. It can turn into a "add permission until it works" game for lazy developers.
Comment: Re:This is why OSS is so important (Score 1) 299
If a simple card game asks for fine-grain location information or full internet access, that should be a red flag to anyone paying attention.
Unless of course the card game advertises a global high score list. I haven't gone through all the Android permissions - but I think you'd have to grant it full internet access. This is where trust comes in to play...
Comment: Re:Two from around Richmond (Score 1) 416
For instance-
Acadia national park...
My mom always said "Arcadier," so my Maine->English filter figured it was "Arcadia." Nope.
Comment: Re: Fifth of Android Apps Expose Private Data (Score 1) 286
The fault is on me. But it's an easy habit to slip into.
Comment: I am okay with this... (Score 1) 319
I pay $30 a month (before discounts) for unlimited. I've used 620MB of data with 1 day left in my billing cycle.
Put me on a 1-2GB plan for half the price, and I'll be happy as a clam. I have heard way too many times that smart phones and data plans are too expensive. This is going to open a market for a lot of people to have connected devices. This may foster competition, forcing networks to build out infrastructure. And before you know it... unlimited could be back on the table for the masses, someday. Or am I blindingly naive and optimistic?
Of course, then there is always that one month you go over, and they charge you up the ass. They need to rework this to be a little more fair IMHO. I am too lazy to do the math and see how much markup they drill you with if you go over your subscription, but something tells me it's around 500%.
Comment: Re:Self-fulfilling prophecies (Score 1) 221
Does no-one see the problem here? If this becomes accurate to predict anything of actual use, the markets themselves will start using it... which renders the predictions themselves useless.
It's like seeing into the future and acting upon what you see - by doing that you alter the future itself, making the initial prediction invalid.
What was that, Ben Affleck? I couldn't understand you behind that rough and tough Bwastin accent.
WHAT'S MY FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAAAAM?!!?
Comment: Re:this is gonna be interesting (Score 1) 229
I'm really looking forward to the comments. When BP lets the oil spill continue day after day, the
Now Google has a mess, and is doing an internal audit. I'm curious if we will apply the same reasoning, or a different standard. And what justifications we'll see for it.
I'm willing to let Google hold the reins during this and let the Gov officials only monitor because when google sits on their thumbs, or their data, or plans for the best way to do this without affecting the bottom line, or save face, the problem isn't getting worse, or hurting wildlife, tourism, livelihoods, families, and various economies.
BP's interests only slow down the response effort and exacerbate the problem - the problem that has far reaching, immediate, effects.
Comment: Re:What's the scariest part of this? (Score 1) 799
It doesn't matter HOW MUCH we "conserve" if we don't stop breeding like rabbits, the J curve is going to happen. But in the mean-time I have a lot of hardwood to sell to humanity.
Maybe if you didn't have so much hard wood we wouldn't be in this predicament, now would we?