Most off the shelf UPS' do not work on 12V DC batteries.

If they would, That would be a big feature.

"I summon the vast power of moderator"

Damn, it didn't work.

I'd give you points if I could.

( Clippit shows up)

Clippit : It seems you are trying to use an enterprise feature of the Web.
            Mozilla has stated that the enterprise is not there target audience.
            You should use Chrome which supports TLS 1.2 with graceful fail to TLS 1.1.

(Note: Just don't tell anybody that Chrome tracks your ass like it owns it)

XP was supposed to be a service pack for Windows 2000.

Next thing you know, you have to pay for it.

Don't count your free upgrade as "Free" until it installs for free.
Until it does, it's vapour-ware to increase sales.

I've had a new PC for almost a year with no JAVA.

No apps/sites have complained and I run LibreOffice, too.

GATTACA here we come!

For those who don't believe the parent, checkout this video.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sugar+the+bitter+truth

The doctor treats 6 month old babies with obesity.
  (Yup, not at typo. Over-weight sumo babies)

"With HFCS, the liver is FORCED to produce fat"

This being solved as we speak.

More and more people are childless.
Either by conscientious choice or by bad luck.

The "conscientious choice" part is caused by Economics. Soon only the rich will be able to have kids without living in poverty.

I suspect the "luck" part is caused by pollution of our so called food but I have no proof.

This is what is also known as a "submarine patent"

It lurks under the water while adoption builds.
Later on, the "submarine patent" surfaces and sues everyone.

I remember watching a video on LFTR reactors that said until the energy density of batteries matches and surpasses the density of Diesel or Gas, we will stay with Diesel or Gas for vehicles.

What the video proposes, however, is to extract the CO2 from the air to create Sweet crude or diesel directly using the high heat (700-900C) from the LFTR reactor. The technology exists but the cheap source of heat doesn't at this time.

Hopefully the Chinese will figure out how to upscale LFTR reactors to utility size because the US is too busy making Banks and Wall street happy.

RE: Pandora pays exorbitant license rates above and beyond that paid by actual FM radio broadcasters.

That's because the RIAA wants to kill competition.

If the RIAA owned Pandora, these fees would magically disappear.

This exercise is the middle-men trying to keep their leech-type jobs.

With copyright trying to create artificial scarcity, projects should be funded by donations or kickstater-like methods.

Anything else is playing little dutch boy:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=dutch+boy+finger+dam

For DVDs, at least, it's about forcing makers of DVD players to respect the "can't skip commercials" features of commercial DVD discs.

That way the commercials are force-ably watched. (at least on hardware players)

As copy protection goes, it's as good as ROT-13 for encrypting text.

and soon: http://imgur.com/a/CnXGL

go to the last video here:
http://thoriumremix.com/2012/

There is some thorium mentioned but I could not stand to watch the whole presentation.