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01/13/2011 12:20 #53431
Roswell RecyclingCategory: environment
01/12/2011 00:04 #53426
HypothermiaCategory: weather
At court the other day they had this 70s looking poster about hypothermia. I was surprised to see one of the ways to combat it was wearing proper night gear. You think that if your pajamas are your only source of defense you house is too cold and the pipes are gonna burst anyways.
tinypliny - 01/13/11 10:28
I think people get hyperthermia waaay before it gets too cold for the pipes to burst.
I think people get hyperthermia waaay before it gets too cold for the pipes to burst.
01/11/2011 23:58 #53425
Seabar DinnerCategory: food
(E:Matthew) and I went to dinner at seabar last night. It was supposed to be a quite and quick dinner but we ended up being there while they were filming a Time Warner commercial.
The oysters we so good. At the
end of our meal they ended up giving is a free bottle of wine which was nice but I got kind of tipsy drinking a bottle of wine over sushi.
The oysters we so good. At the
end of our meal they ended up giving is a free bottle of wine which was nice but I got kind of tipsy drinking a bottle of wine over sushi.
01/10/2011 15:15 #53421
The search for viagraCategory: work
I was doing some research for a court case I am an expert computer witness for. Part of that research involved searching for pharmaceutical advertisements on blogs within a specific domain. Anyhow, after searching viagra and other pharmaceuticals in like 216 million different ways I realized I was still logged into my work VPN on my computer at home. If anyone reviews those records they must think I have a serious need for viagra, lol.
Anyways, the court case in is two hours. The guy is is totally innocent based on my analysis of the records. Lets see how the justice system works it out. I am so curious.
The crazy part is that my work VPN did not block it at all but after a little bit of searching, google stopped working and made my confirm I was actually conducting the searches as they were not usual for my computer. I can't decide if that is awesome or scary. I mean normal in compared to what?
Anyways, the court case in is two hours. The guy is is totally innocent based on my analysis of the records. Lets see how the justice system works it out. I am so curious.
The crazy part is that my work VPN did not block it at all but after a little bit of searching, google stopped working and made my confirm I was actually conducting the searches as they were not usual for my computer. I can't decide if that is awesome or scary. I mean normal in compared to what?
tinypliny - 01/13/11 10:15
Hmmm.. that is strange about google asking you for credentials. After all google does allow querying bots.
Hmmm.. that is strange about google asking you for credentials. After all google does allow querying bots.
metalpeter - 01/10/11 17:05
I'm coming at this another way.... Why are Capchas so hard to read some times.....
I'm coming at this another way.... Why are Capchas so hard to read some times.....
01/09/2011 18:10 #53418
Flouride in the waterCategory: health
This controversy seems like it has been going on forever. I don't think they should add it to the eater but what I want to know is, what does (e:tinypliny) think? Here is a listvof 50 reasons why they should stop the prgram 
Floruide is one of the reasons I went reverse osmosis with our water. Sure, it wastes a bunch of water to make our water clear but I think its worth it considering flouride, the industrial chemicals, living down stream from west valley, the hexavalient chromium issue, etc. I mean, I know I am paranoid south stuff like this but we all agree the great lakes water is pretty gross.
Floruide is one of the reasons I went reverse osmosis with our water. Sure, it wastes a bunch of water to make our water clear but I think its worth it considering flouride, the industrial chemicals, living down stream from west valley, the hexavalient chromium issue, etc. I mean, I know I am paranoid south stuff like this but we all agree the great lakes water is pretty gross.
tinypliny - 01/13/11 10:07
I believe in water fluoridation for many reasons that I probably need a post to explain it. I will do a detailed post justifying my stance maybe next week... One the surface, some of those 50 reasons sound logical (some of them are really silly!) but many of them are not really based on the principles and practice of epidemiology.
The controversy is when people forget or are not very clear that the concept of "population health" is never the same as "individual risk". The dynamics and statistics operate differently in each group for good reason. If public health measures were based on individual risk, we would never have had vaccines, never had antibiotics, never had any public hygiene... the list would go on. And you can see how widespread the confusion is because there are groups of people who oppose vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurization and whatnot - all measures with evidence based benefits for population health.
I really need to make a detailed post about this. I think that would be good point to then agree or disagree with me. Because no science is perfect, I expect people to bring up logical fallacies in my thought and disagree. Should be interesting...
I believe in water fluoridation for many reasons that I probably need a post to explain it. I will do a detailed post justifying my stance maybe next week... One the surface, some of those 50 reasons sound logical (some of them are really silly!) but many of them are not really based on the principles and practice of epidemiology.
The controversy is when people forget or are not very clear that the concept of "population health" is never the same as "individual risk". The dynamics and statistics operate differently in each group for good reason. If public health measures were based on individual risk, we would never have had vaccines, never had antibiotics, never had any public hygiene... the list would go on. And you can see how widespread the confusion is because there are groups of people who oppose vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurization and whatnot - all measures with evidence based benefits for population health.
I really need to make a detailed post about this. I think that would be good point to then agree or disagree with me. Because no science is perfect, I expect people to bring up logical fallacies in my thought and disagree. Should be interesting...
libertad - 01/11/11 18:18
The big question to me is why are we still putting fluoride in the water when there are so many reasons not to? I use the Britta filter but you really do have to change and clean those frequently. I was also thinking of getting a shower filter too. Does anyone have any ideas on those?
The big question to me is why are we still putting fluoride in the water when there are so many reasons not to? I use the Britta filter but you really do have to change and clean those frequently. I was also thinking of getting a shower filter too. Does anyone have any ideas on those?
heidi - 01/09/11 18:47
I'm not (e:tinypliny), but I'm interested in the topic. I've found that and other lists of reasons before and I've also looked at it in the context of Appalachian dental issues. The mountain range's residents have about the worst teeth in the country. Bad dental health correlates with poverty and rurality. Places with fluoridation don't have lower cavity rates than places without. Seems kinda ridiculous.
I'm not (e:tinypliny), but I'm interested in the topic. I've found that and other lists of reasons before and I've also looked at it in the context of Appalachian dental issues. The mountain range's residents have about the worst teeth in the country. Bad dental health correlates with poverty and rurality. Places with fluoridation don't have lower cavity rates than places without. Seems kinda ridiculous.
For a while there, I believed their recycling "efforts" but I don't anymore - and not just because of this post.