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Comment: Re:More american-centric blabbering. (Score 1) 1017

by Takichi (#35868142) Attached to: Is Sugar Toxic?
You really should watch the presentation all the way through. He deliberately states that there are good (neutral) and bad forms of sugar. It is the manner in which the different sugars are metabolised that determines its health risk. Glucose can be used by any cell in the body, but fructose needs to be metabolised by the liver. Fructose doesn't have the short term effects of alcohol, but it is metabolised by the liver in essentially the same way and causes the same health problems.

The problem here is when people say "sugar" is toxic, they specifically mean the ingredient used to sweeten many of our foods (table sugar, high fructose corn syrup). You don't say, I'd like two lumps of sucrose for my coffee, you just say "sugar".

I understand that there is a lot of crap diets and unverified "science" out there, but this doesn't seem to be the case if you actually listen to what he says.

Comment: Re:Tabs! (Score 1) 189

by Takichi (#35442332) Attached to: Firefox 4 RC1 Released
I'm a little confused about placing tabs at the top of window above the address bar. They say it gives the tabs top visual priority, but it seems the opposite to me. If you are browsing webpages amongst different tabs, then surely placing the tabs at the bottom is better since that reduces the distance between the tabs and the content on the page. Plus, tabs at the bottom reduces visual interference from a largely irrelevant address bar. I'm hoping this will be customisable, but putting it at the top of the page as a major feature seems daft.

Comment: Re:If that's the definition of "society", so be it (Score 1) 445

by Takichi (#35431754) Attached to: Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books
It's unlikely all paper editions of books will cease to exist. The record industry is probably a good model for what will happen. The vast majority of content is digital, but there is still a strong niche market for vinyl. Vinyl is adored for the experience it provides, much in the same way paper books are.

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