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Getting conflicting info about STD test results

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem As discussed in Calculated Risks by Gerd Gigerenzer, there is a real problem with how statistical information, such as false positive/negative rates of medical testing, is understood by doctors and/or communicated to patients. If I remember...
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- Post #14
- Nov 6, 2010
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Best 30" monitor out there??

What is the intended use of this monitor? Gaming? Photo editing? I can't recommend in good faith any 30" monitor in your price range. All of them have poor uniformity and white glow, and most (all?) of them have terrible AG coatings that make the screen look perpetually dirty. I think these...
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- Post #5
- Jul 24, 2010
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Truecrypt 1, FBI 0

What you are actually saying is that your particular day-to-day operations don't need the IOPS throughput of the hardware you are using. While that's fine, that's not the same as saying that encryption has no effect on performance. To be clear, my point is not that the performance penalty...
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- Post #21
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: Security
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Case recommendations

There are, broadly speaking, two ways to build a quiet machine: a) using quiet parts, or b) using noisy parts in a sound-dampened case. Using the first method, it doesn't matter if your case is open (i.e., full of holes). I have a CM HAF 932 sitting next to my desk. The top and left side...
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- Post #13
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Anyone else buying Starcraft 2 to just play the singleplayer campaign?

Most of your claims are exactly the opposite of how SC1 is actually played at a competitive level. For instance, you assert that scouting gets you killed against rush tactics. The most glaring counterexample is PvZ early game, where scouting is absolutely crucial for P - to the point where...
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- Post #112
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: PC Games
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Firefox 4 Beta 1 download up

It's immediately apparent when you attempt to change tabs. Even with the tabs on top, there is a slight gap between the top edge of the tab and the top of the screen. Clicking in this gap will not select the tab, which completely defeats the point of putting the tabs on top because it fails to...
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- Post #62
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: Windows
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Firefox 4 Beta 1 download up

Well, to be fair, Chrome doesn't seem to have a full-featured speed dial either; hitting Ctrl-(number) in Opera at any time takes me to the page set in that slot in the speed dial, which is far more useful than a graphical speed dial that only functions when it's displayed. Chrome also seems to...
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- Post #60
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: Windows
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Truecrypt 1, FBI 0

Keep in mind that encryption introduces a performance penalty; the penalty is less, certainly, with AES-NI hardware, but still significant. Full-disk encryption on SSDs also deserves particular consideration because their operating characteristics vary based on the percentage of total space...
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- Post #14
- Jul 23, 2010
- Forum: Security
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Firefox 4 Beta 1 download up

For all the talk about Fitt's Law, it doesn't appear as though any of Firefox, Opera, or Chrome actually obey the principle, because the tabs do not reach to the top of the screen. The entire point of putting UI items at the borders of the screen is to extend their effective area; since the...
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- Post #56
- Jul 22, 2010
- Forum: Windows
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Advise on Backup Software

Windows 7 has a built-in backup utility that fulfills your criteria (automated file backup to DVD).
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- Post #2
- Jul 22, 2010
- Forum: Windows
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Odd SRP Behavior

I'm in the process of configuring a new Thinkpad T410s with Win7 x64. After setting up the standard software restriction policies (disallowed by default w/ program and root directory path rules), I noticed that a number of Thinkpad apps no longer functioned, such as the Fn key OSD modules. SRP...
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- Thread
- Jul 10, 2010
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Security
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Fatness leads to inactivity, but inactivity does not lead to fatness.

The disagreement I'm seeing comes from initial viewpoint: some of you are looking at this from the standpoint of "whose fault is this?", versus others who see it as "what *is* it, and how do we fix it?" Those of you who think that injecting "disease" into the discussion automatically absolves...
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- Post #113
- Jul 10, 2010
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Fatness leads to inactivity, but inactivity does not lead to fatness.

As pointed out above, sexual attraction is about as hardwired in us as anything, but "I was genetically predisposed to do it" isn't (yet) a credible excuse for affairs or harassment. Unless we lessen responsibility for any behavior that involves lack of discipline in general, I don't understand...
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- Post #101
- Jul 9, 2010
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Speaker recommendation request

The common recommendations for entry-range powered monitors are: Audioengine A2/A5 KRK Rokit 5/6/8 M-Audio BX5a/8a Swans M200 From what I've read, people tend to prefer the KRKs or the Audioengines (good features/connectivity). Subwoofer isn't strictly necessary for the larger monitors, since...
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- Post #6
- May 20, 2010
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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What is the utility of limited/standard user accounts in Win7?

Okay, I can see that, thanks. FUS gets pretty irritating pretty quickly, especially if your installations are "for all users" - even deleting desktop shortcuts requires administrator privileges unless they're in a particular user folder. And then there are programs like Secunia PSI and...
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- Post #5
- Sep 27, 2009
- Forum: Security

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