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Comment Stop subsidizing corn (Score 0) 477

by Dunderflute (#33476136) Attached to: White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit

Corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, etc, etc.

Stop subsidizing corn. Instead subsidize wheat and healthy fruits, and vegetables. Make it illegal for advertisers to target young children with food ads, most of which are unhealthy.

"A system of sugar tariffs and sugar quotas imposed in 1977 in the United States significantly increased the cost of imported sugar and U.S. producers sought cheaper sources. High-fructose corn syrup, derived from corn, is more economical because the domestic U.S. and Canadian prices of sugar are twice the global price and the price of corn is kept low through government subsidies paid to growers."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup

HFCS has been linked to obesity, liver disease, and one study in 2005 found "measurable amounts" of mercury in 9/20 samples tested within the US.

http://ehjournal.net/content/8/1/2

If I remember correctly, I read somewhere that it's more economical for some farmers to grow corn even during a surplus because of government subsidies. I don't have a citation for it though.
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NASA Attempts To Cut Back Constellation 132

Posted by Soulskill from the just-stop-sending-checks dept.
FleaPlus writes "In a surprise move in the battle between NASA and certain members of Congress over NASA's future direction, NASA has told its contractors to cut back nearly $1 billion on this year's Ares/Constellation program, stating that the cutback is necessary to remain in compliance with federal spending laws requiring contractors to withhold contract termination costs. While complying with budgeting laws (and in line with NASA's desire to cancel Constellation), this move is also potentially in violation of a 2010 appropriations amendment by Sen. Shelby (R-AL) and Sen. Bennett (R-UT) which prohibits NASA from terminating any Constellation contracts. If NASA's move goes through, the biggest liability is $500M for ATK, the contractor who is/was responsible for the first stage of the Ares I medium-lift rocket."

Comment What's the point? (Score 1) 432

by Dunderflute (#31846840) Attached to: Is OS/2 Coming Back?

If they're going to build OS/2 on top of Linux then why not just use Linux? This brings back memories of the whole "Linspire" PR stunt.

I'm not a Linux expert so can someone explain why porting just the shell would be useful? Wouldn't it break compatibility with existing applications which use the KDE or Gnome APIs?

Comment Re:vs Java? (Score 1) 434

by Dunderflute (#31319154) Attached to: Google Go Capturing Developer Interest

Concurrency is important but my point is that it's not even complete. It might not ever be complete if it's just a pet project, Google-backed or not.

There are plenty of other languages for parallel programming that have a lot more testing and have been around for a lot longer.

Until I see Go used in something mission critical with some real financial backing I don't see it being any more than a hobbyists tool.

But if it's only being used for something small then why bother? If it's a script then use Bash. If it needs to be portable use Java. If you want to interact with a lot of free libraries then use C or C++. I don't understand where Go fits in. Just being "fast" is completely arbitrary.

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