Holy fuck. Bit I a double dose of emperical evidence for FOOD FUCKING CHANGING OUR BRAINS LIKE DRUGS DO. Well, that and a story about high fructose finally being demonstrated as a weight altering substance...but way more so than expected.I mean, half of us probably guessed this, but theres another thing to have it demonstrated emperically and finally be excepted as canonical:http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/28/fatty.foods.brain/index.html>By monitoring implanted brain electrodes, the researchers found that the rats in the third group gradually developed a tolerance to the pleasure the food gave them and had to eat more to experience a high...When the researchers applied an electric shock to the rats' feet in the presence of the food, the rats in the first two groups were frightened away from eating. But the obese rats were not. "Their attention was solely focused on consuming food," says Kenny.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100322121115.htm>"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."
>>2083 Theres nothing wrong with GM crops if you do them RIGHT. Monsanto, however, hasn't.They're kinda the 'bad press' generator for advancements in GM organisms in general, sadly.
>>2083I have no beef with GM crops. Monsanto, though, are a bag of dicks.
>>2086GM really does have the potential to vastly improve human life. Perennialization, disease, pest, cold and drought resistance, and higher nutrition could all greatly benefit us. It'd require careful oversight, of course.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/opinion/lweb13weeds.html?_r=1&emc=eta1Also, GM canola has gone feral.http://www.physorg.com/news201004189.html
Yo bros. This is my thread.My thread for finding you stuff.Computer stuff.Stuff.Come here if you need help finding builds and stuff FOR builds. Because having one thread is much easier than running around every thread.Always here to help, don't hesitate posting.
>>2043So are you willing to assemble it or do you want prebuilt?You know what I'm gonna make my own thread with blackjack and hookers respond there please so I don't fuck up Vorked's thread.
>>2053Assembling's no problem, either way works for me.
>>2062go to >>2064
Hey /tek/! I love my laptop but its speakers are on the bottom near the front (under my wrists...Asus made some weird design choices with this one), which as you can imagine is not optimal for sound performance. My volume is often near the max because I often just can't hear hardly anything from my position if there is any noise in the room.tl;dr speaker recommendations? My budget is a paltry $30. I'm not looking for surround sound or anything, just something that I can actually hear out of...Might be looking at these...http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-984-000108-Laptop-Speaker-Z205/dp/B0036VO6IC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1283760887&sr=1-1-spellhttp://www.amazon.com/Logitech-S220-Speaker-System-Subwoofer/dp/B000RQSGYOhttp://www.amazon.com/Logitech-S150-Speakers-Digital-Sound/dp/B000ZH98LU/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1283761002&sr=1-8
>>2055Thanks for the tip. I searched Amazon and found these Altec Lansing speakers, great reviews and less than $20.http://www.amazon.com/Altec-Lansing-BXR1220-Speaker-System/dp/B0025VKUPW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1283809889&sr=8-2
>>2057Hey, I have those. I forgot they were so cheap. They are well worth the price though.
>>2059Good to hear, I'm getting them as we speak :)
So let's say for some inexplicable reason I want to record myself playing video games. Console gaming, not PC gaming. What would be the most cost-effective way to do this while still getting high quality footage.
Get a capture card, pure and simple.
>>2040Well the issue with that is I'm using a laptop]
>>2041Almost every capture card I've seen is external, so you're in the clear there.Alternatively,You can set up a Livestream/Procaster account and use their client to record yourself. If you're doing some kind of machinima project, a straight capture card is the way to go, if you just want your video games recorded, stream can do that for you.
So I'm considering investing in a Blu-Ray drive for my computer, with the primary objective being to grab screenshots from series that I own on Blu-Ray and not DVD.First, any product recommendations?Second, what software stumbling blocks would I be likely to encounter while doing this? Google searching has given me...mixed results.
Your best bet is to go to Newegg or something and just search for one.
http://www.operatorchan.org/n/res/79127.htmlOPchan tears these guys a hole
ok /tek/ you are now the shooter. how do you get away with it.I'll assume that the m-16 is bullshit so let's assume you have an AR-15 and as much ammo as you can carry in loaded magazines.
>>1997Let all the hostages go and let them know they were all brave and behaved respectably.Hold hands up and walk out of bus.Go to dancing prison and get out 4 years later because it's the fucking Philippines seriously what were they thinking you can buy your way out of anything why go out like that no one will remember it in a year like all the other ridiculous failmafia bullshit they try Pacquiao is going to beat the shit out of everyone
...who are all you people?
Are there any alarm clocks that play whatever mp3 you want or something?Because my old one broke, and I'd like to use this for my new one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855997371&cm_re=Alarm_clock_MP3-_-55-997-371-_-Producthttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855998547&cm_re=Alarm_clock_MP3-_-55-998-547-_-Product
foobar2000 has a neat and useful plugin called foo_scheduler that allows you to start playing music at whatever time you want.http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=49589
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38475126>CORNING, N.Y. — An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc. >The 159-year-old glass pioneer is ramping up production of what it calls Gorilla glass, expecting it to be the hot new face of touch-screen tablets and high-end TVs.>Gorilla showed early promise in the '60s, but failed to find a commercial use, so it's been biding its time in a hilltop research lab for almost a half-century. It picked up its first customer in 2008 and has quickly become a $170 million-a-year business as a protective layer over the screens of 40 million-plus cell phones and other mobile devices.>Now, the latest trend in TVs could catapult it to a billion-dollar business: Frameless flat-screens that could be mistaken for chic glass artwork on a living-room wall.>Because Gorilla is very hard to break, dent or scratch, Corning is betting it will be the glass of choice as TV-set manufacturers dispense with protective rims or bezels for their sets, in search of an elegant look.>Gorilla is two to three times stronger than chemically strengthened versions of ordinary soda-lime glass, even when just half as thick, company scientists say. Its strength also means Gorilla can be thinner than a dime, saving on weight and shipping costs.>Corning is in talks with Asian manufacturers to bring Gorilla to the TV market in early 2011 and expects to land its first deal this fall. With production going full-tilt in Harrodsburg, Ky., it is converting part of a second factory in Shizuoka, Japan, to fill a potential burst of orders by year-end. Message too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1798'White Plastic' is not the entierity of Apple's strategy.
>>1792The tech is expensive enough as is. Also, DS touchscreens are plastic, and designed to give a bit when you touch them.
The fools! The hubris!http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7964109/Scientists-create-dry-water.htmlScientists have created dry water.Yes, it's not technically true. Shut up, Buzz Killington.
I had a hard drive recently die after a long time of suffering from "Delayed Write Failed"NOW all of a sudden my portable drive got one too and it wiped my entire PortableApps folderAm I cursed?Unlucky?Stupid?Pic possibly related?
>>1971Actualy yeahBut the first drive was on a laptop so that theory is voidAnd the portable drive has never been plugged in during an outage.
>>1972did you try plugging it into different ports?different computers?
>>1972>>1973Constantly plugging computers into different ports with different voltages or whatevz can cause computers to eventually frizz out.Try getting another drive and see what happens, I guess. Another deal is you might have a... Oh shit what is that called.A circuit giving electricity to places it is not supposed to.I had one, my coaxial cables had electricity flowing through them a while back because of one.Man I am not being of much help, huh.
I got a new job on the military base as basically a data entry peon. My boss told me that we are all forbidden from using flash drives on the computers because the government has discovered that some foreign-made thumb drives have some kinda software on it that sucks data from the computer it's plugged into, and then streams it over the internet if you're connected. However, portable hard drives with spinning discs are safe to use.Anybody heard of this before? I guess I believe it, but I want to learn more about this.
That's a load of BS. All they want is to stop people from introducing malware into their network.
>>1934Well that's a pretty fair reason, I'd say.
>>1969I'm fairly certain he's defending them doing something for that purpose, though against whose claim I have no idea.
What is the BEST projector on the market, where it's relatively small and I can connect it to a computer or whatever to upload digital files to play?
>>1904True. Also thanks for clearing this up.UM.BLAHBLAHThere isn't really much better than the ones I posted for price and just how good it is.Man I suck at typing words when I am tired.
>>1901How bout the cheapest?
>>1946Cheapest, but at least good, you get this.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009223
To put it simple, what is the best disc holding case I can buy that also doesn't have any annoying things on it like the "Playstation 3" on this case?Of course one that'd allow me to put in my own sleeve would be best choice.I figured since I'm on the road and can just order them(or picking them up from somewhere is fine too) so they'll be there when I get home will be the best idea.Sorry I suck at something so simple.
You could just get regular slim DVD cases
Medical technology and discoveries?I apologize if what I'm doing would be considered spamming. http://www.physorg.com/news200046187.html>Pancreatic cancers use fructose, common in the Western diet, to fuel their growth>Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly, a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.>Although it's widely known that cancers use glucose, a simple sugar, to fuel their growth, this is the first time a link has been shown between fructose and cancer proliferation, said Dr. Anthony Heaney, an associate professor of medicine and neurosurgery, a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher and senior author of the study.>"The bottom line is the modern dietcontains a lot of refined sugar including fructose and it's a hidden danger implicated in a lot of modern diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and fatty liver," said Heaney, who also serves as director of the Pituitary Tumor and Neuroendocrine Program at UCLA. "In this study, we show that cancers can use fructose just as readily as glucose to fuel their growth.">The study appeared in the Aug. 1 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Research.>The source of fructose in the Western diet is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a corn-based sweetener that has been on the market since about 1970. HFCS accounts for more than 40 percent of the caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages, and it is the sole sweetener used in American soft drinks.>Between 1970 and 1990, the consumption of HFCS in the U.S. has increased over 1,000 percent, according to an article in the April 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Food companies use HFCS - a mixture of fructose and glucose - because it's inexpensive, easy to transport and keeps foods moist. And because it is so sweet Message too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1938He's saying that things not getting much worse in the last 10 years means it won't get much worse in the next 10.Which isn't flawless logic itself, but not what he meant.
>>1938>>1939I'm not saying antibiotic resistant bacteria aren't a threat.I'm saying the article is full of gross fear-mongering aimed at a public not very informed about the issue.
I know personally at least three people who've gotten MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection, and either died (two of them), or been horribly fucked up by it, so I know how serious the threat of resistant bacteria is. But I'm optimistic. http://www.physorg.com/news200144888.htmlhttp://www.physorg.com/news182450282.htmlhttp://www.physorg.com/news189963378.htmlhttp://www.physorg.com/news194186985.htmlThey've developed paints that contain MRSA-inhibiting enzymes, and nano-surfaces based on shark skin which, by their structure, inhibit the growth of bacteria by making it harder for them to grow in mats. And, as ever, there's always nature to look to for inspiration. Vultures and other scavengers have immune systems made of steel, and we're just barely getting an inkling on home our immune system works.
http://gizmodo.com/5601514/the-triceratops-never-existed-it-was-actually-a-young-version-of-another-dinosaurFinding out Velociraptors are little chickens were bad enough. Now THE TRICERATOPS DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.
>>1773Gigantopithecus?
>>1813Hory sheet! Its Bigfoot!
>>1778Compare the crest in the image in the link to this one.also whats next, styracosaurus is a baby triceratops?
I have no idea how this happened but I get no previews now in the thumbnails of my video files. I downloaded the latest windows vista codec package, but it didn't do anything. And the box in the organized folder is unchecked where it says to only show icons and not the preview. I am at a loss here.
>>1892Did you install the "Ultimate vista codec package"?I know after I installed a few codec packs, files would randomly show up without a thumbnail.If all files are like this, do note that Vista has an option where you can turn off thumbnail previews for better performance.
>>1898I only installed one vista codec package AFTER I wasn't getting any previews anymore, didn't do anything, and I uninstalled it. I can't understand what I did for my system to do this now, I've tried setting the folder layout to default too.
>>1902Nevermind, I tried Klite and the thumbnail previews are back now, although differen than before, it like uses the picture from the first couple of frames, and before most of my videos were not previewed with the beginning titles, but whatever.