• Science

    Can People Safely Eat Cat Food?

    By Posted on 2.13.2009 12 Comments

    Let's take a look at the ingredients in a typical can of cat food: meat by-products, chicken by-product meal, turkey by-product meal, ash, taurine. Nothing too horrible, but in general, these things don't constitute a healthy human diet, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian with the American Dietetic Association. "That said, I'm fully confident that your body can handle kitty chow."

    2.11.2009 at 08:42pm - Comment by Mister_Snitch

    "...meat by-products, chicken by-product meal, turkey by-product meal, ash, taurine" And this is different in what way, from hot dogs? Oh right. Hot dogs have more fat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog#Ingredients

  • Gadgets

    The iPhone Intervention

    By Posted on 11.17.2008 15 Comments

    I didn’t think I was the sort of guy who develops addictions. But a few hours ago, I realized that I’ve long had a monkey on my back, and it’s probably never getting off. I own a 3G iPhone, and I actually make calls with it—or rather I try to. I always start my conversations by telling the person “When the connection drops, I’ll call you back.” I just accepted the phone problems because I’m an Apple nut and love everything about the iPhone—well, except the phone part.

    11.18.2008 at 03:02pm - Comment by Mister_Snitch

    "You keep your "sexy" Apple junk, just know that I pity you." It's SO important for the typical Apple-bashing loner that we know Apple users are being bitterly 'pitied' by them. It's more important, in fact, than offering actual useful criticism of Apple's products, as this article did. Yes, the secret of the iPhone (well, maybe not SUCH a secret, but anyway) is that it's not much of a phone. Flip phones ARE more functional as phones! They DO feel better in your hand! Sound quality IS superior and dropped calls fewer! What Apple has made is a pocket internet appliance, gaming platform and MP3 player. It merely happens to also work as a phone. Fortunately for Apple, people such as yourself like the other stuff well enough that they tolerate what really is a very mediocre, at best, cell phone. It would be great to see an iPhone device that actually, you know, outperformed in the phone department. Maybe some day they will. Amazingly, though, as of now they don't really have to.

  • Science

    The Information Wrangler

    By Gregory Mone Posted on 10.15.2008 5 Comments

    Carlos Guestrin wants to stop the spread of waterborne disease, design chairs that adjust to your posture, and cure Internet-induced information overload. This might seem a bit overambitious, but Guestrin has developed a single algorithm that can tackle them all.

    10.15.2008 at 09:46am - Comment by Mister_Snitch

    So, uh, what WERE the other 99 "most efficient" sites that were found?? We want that list!!



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