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Comment Re:Word processors are becoming page layout tools! (Score 1) 391

Wow, last time I started Word, it plopped me right on page one with a blinking cursor. If all you want to do is type in text and keep moving forward, word is as easy to use as any other text entry tool. Just start typing and ignore the menus. And for a writer the built in auto-save can be a lifesaver when the power goes out.
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High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Bigger Weight Gain In Rats 542

krou writes "In an experiment conducted by a Princeton University team, 'Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.' Long-term consumption also 'led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides.' Psychology professor Bart Hoebel commented that 'When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they're becoming obese — every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don't see this; they don't all gain extra weight.'"

Comment Re:Reality (Score 1) 477

There are LOTS of reasons to hate ACTA and for me, none of them are piracy related!

Claiming a copyright treaty negotiation must be secret for National Security reasons is just plain wrong.

Bypassing any legislative power to regulate copyrights is wrong. Using Executive branch treaty negotiations and only giving the legislature a yes/no vote on complex rights and freedom related issues is a very dangerous precedent.

Granting corporations, and or corporate representatives access to the negotiations which ordinary citizens are not is a terrible way to live up to government "of the people, by the people, for the people."

If these negotiations were simply to accomplish what you imply, then why must they be secret, and why are legislatures being intentionally bypassed?

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