Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Stuff below the fold

Forget Big Sister at the airport. The latest invasion of privacy will be Smart pills, to rat to your doc if you forget a dose.

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The food police have oodles of articles like this one telling you how to "eat healthy" during the holidays.

As a Pinoy, I say: Bahala na! Enjoy yourself and thank the Lord.
and besides:Grateful folks live longer.

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Like climategate, the hype that "high sodium fast foods" were killing Americans as a ploy for the government to take over the food sector businesses seems to be a bit exaggerated: studies show that the sodium intake hasn't changed in 50 years.

What's even more interesting is that everyone in the world tends to eat the same amount of salt:
The average daily sodium intake was 3,726 milligrams a day, even across diverse populations and diets, and with no evidence of change over time. ... "It's spooky how consistent this number is," said McCarron.

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Yes, you can find our house on Google Earth now, but you still can't find Area 51. And visitors complain about their reception, if one believes Gizmodo.who posts this screencaputre:


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Those Chinese who insist that they are descended from Crassus' lost legion might be right....if the DNA studies are correct.

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and a happy birthday to Stan "The Man" Musial, who just turned 90.

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