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Risk rating for fatties?

Risk rating for fatties?But where are the exceptions?My wife went on heavy steroids when she was treated for acute leukemia. That changes your shape pretty fast - guess you could call it a bloating side effect.Actually, I prefer the tax on "fat food", including sugar based drinks, to build...

Tags: Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance company, government, insurance, health care, fatty

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Fatties are smokers

Fatties are smokersStep 1Indoctrinate into the health issues of being overweight.Step 2. Socialize medicine so everyone bears the cost.Step 3. Use step 2 to claim moral authority to control what you eat.Step 4. Sit back and smile as a nation full of useful idiots go along with your plans to...

Tags: Vertical industries, fatty, BMI, Fatties

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

The Gupta choice

The Gupta choiceWe are doomed.Why stop at an obesity tax? Why not a risky sex tax? You know, all those questions they ask you when you give blood? (Have you ever, even once, had sex with another man?)We could have a risky behavior tax. Do you...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, thought police, tax, cigarette, obesity tax, fatty, risk

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Additional Resources

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G fixes G1 issues

I'll skip this oneI too use a fatty battery in my G1, but right now that is the only thing not to like about it. Because, and I know I beat this point to the ground, I can change the software any time I want, and software improvements filter down...

Tags: Keyboards, Engineering, Monitors & displays, T-Mobile, 3G, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

US State Department Reschedules Twitter Maintenance Due to Iran Primetime

Reuters are reporting that the US State Department stepped in and asked Twitter to postpone maintenance in order not to disrupt service during Iranian daytime. Twitter, in their blog post explaining the rescheduled downtime, said ...our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is...

Tags: U.S. Department Of State, Twitter, Security Force, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac

Have you ever considered why the Mac is so well suited to the home environment? Has it ever occurred to you why the Mac is great with multimedia, with fun stuff like graphics and movie editing, but not so great at the serious stuff? With these, have you ever pondered...

Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Enterprise Network, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Getting green ideas spread around

That's the goal of ClimateWorks Foundation. "Low-carbon prosperity, as they say on their website. And they have found five greentech ideas, most supported by explicit political policies, that work and can be duplicated in other states or other nations. Perhaps the most useful in America: decoupling utility profits...

Tags: Energy, Food & Beverage, Web Site Development, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-29

ChemToolBox 1.1 (Windows)

ChemToolBox, the swiss army knife of the lab worker, is a freeware which contains numerous scientific data very useful in a laboratory. Thanks to its own database, ChemToolBox will easily substitute to the time-consuming use of scientific books such as Handbooks or online databases. ChemToolBox is a freeware desitinated to...

Tags: Freeware, Microsoft Windows, Chemistry, Polymer, ChemToolBox

Software downloads 2009-03-19

Outsourcing email, opening communications

OK, Christmas is over so put down the mince pie, fatty. It's time to get down to business, and this time I'm throwing myself in at the deep-end, in the salt-water connected to battery mains, swamped with sharks with lasers on their heads. At university, email can...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Mobile, Outsourcing, University Email, Google Gmail Gmail, Gmail Service, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Online Communications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun). Any bright ideas?

Fossil fuel prices are dropping so all the folks who rushed into the alternative energy branch of greentech are going to be slogging up a steep and slippery slope for some time. But can't somebody come up with a good idea for artificial lighting that is both more efficient...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Fossil Fuel Price, CFL, MERCURY, Worldwatch, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-04

How a lack of insurance kills

How a lack of insurance killsNot everyone can get insuranceAnd not everyone can afford it when they can be accepted.The insurance companies focus on excluding people that might have an existing condition cuts out a large group of people. My wife is a good example - she had breast...

Tags: Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Nate, Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2, Microsoft Windows NT

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass

Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...

Tags: Tech Giants, patent troll, patent, software patent, software

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for future

Innovation's Newark plant. I recently spoke with the head of a biodiesel firm that's on the production side of the business. Innovaton Fuels was formed from the merger of smaller start-ups and already has one production plant in operation, and a second on the...

Tags: Biodiesel, Innovation Fuels, John Fox, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Chemicals Trader Roll Outs Unified System in Four Weeks With Effective Methodology

ChemSynergy Asia, global trading specialist of oleochemicals like fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and fatty amines, wanted to synchronize business processes with its German headquarters, ChemSynergy AG. It used disparate applications to manually prepare financial reports, monitor inventory, and review accounts. With the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Raffles Solutions,...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Chemicals, Microsoft Corp., Monitors & Displays, Financial Accounting, Hardware, Components, Finance

Case studies 2008-04-01

Go with the generic

It was fun this morning, watching the contortions of the morning anchors as they tried to spin the bad news about Zetia without admitting the plain, simple truth. If your cholesterol is high go with the generic. While Zetia and Vytorin, which combines Zetia...

Tags: Generic, Zetia, Insurance, Branding, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Drop that decaf!

I personally think de-caffeinated coffee tastes nasty. So it was with some joy, on my second cup of regular, that I read of an NIH-funded study showing that decaf may be worse for your heart than the high-octane stuff. The study, done at the...

Tags: Blood Pressure, Study, Dr., Atlanta, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-26

iFitOne - Diet, Fitness and Weight Loss tracking made fun! 1.1.2057 (Mobile)

iFitOne - New!The fast, easy and fun way to stay motivated and succeed with your diet, weight and fitness goals.iFitOne is a breakthrough solution that makes getting fit and losing weight fun and helps you to stay motivated and reach your fitness goals!Amazingly simple daily pages help you quickly record...

Tags: Mobile, Goal, iFitOne, Advertising & Promotion, Food & Beverage, Keyboards, Marketing, Manufacturing, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-03-18

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet

Windows: Time to Go on a Diet...by abandoning WindowsI don't mind Windows, but you're right, it needs to be trimmed, a lot. Maybe the stripped-down Windows project will help.Linux does have less bloat, but[i]I haven’t bothered to put together a “Winbloatagraph” equivalent for Linux versions, but I suspect that that...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4.0, Microsoft Windows, Diet

Discussion threads 2008-03-03